Thanks, Pix, your recs have always been reliable indicators for me
Gunn: The final score can't be rigged. I don't care how many players you grease, that last shot always comes up a question mark. But here's the thing. You never know when you're taking it. It could be when you're duking it out with the Legion of Doom, or just crossing the street deciding where to have brunch. So you just treat it like it was up to you—the world in balance—'cause you never know when it is.
'Underneath'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
-t - Feb 11, 2021 12:20:18 pm PST #26424 of 28765
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
meara - Feb 11, 2021 1:12:23 pm PST #26425 of 28765
t, I read Addie La Rue and while it wasn’t my super best omg book, i enjoyed it (maybe not the very end??) and finished it. Which these days says something.
DavidS - Feb 11, 2021 1:58:20 pm PST #26426 of 28765
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I just picked up Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo, and I'm really enjoying it.
It's Dark Academia (literally a "what-if those secret societies at Yale were actually doing dark magic") and it's well-written, and it scratches the itch I enjoyed of the scenes at Brakebills in The Magicians.
sj - Feb 11, 2021 2:00:49 pm PST #26427 of 28765
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I loved Ninth House and can’t wait for the sequel!
Steph L. - Feb 11, 2021 2:47:47 pm PST #26428 of 28765
That which does not kill you should RUN
Dark Academia
I'm ready for the genre of Dark Macadamia. The protagonist is really into nuts...but in a spooky way.
Amy - Feb 11, 2021 3:05:52 pm PST #26429 of 28765
Because books.
Ninth House was fantastic, although it took me a minute to adjust to the voice and setting after reading all the Grishaverse books.
DavidS - Feb 11, 2021 3:11:51 pm PST #26430 of 28765
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I'm ready for the genre of Dark Macadamia. The protagonist is really into nuts...but in a spooky way.
Terrifyingly delicious! Especially dipped in DARK chocolate!
-t - Feb 11, 2021 4:01:13 pm PST #26431 of 28765
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I am down for the genre of Dark Macadamia with Dark Chocolate!
Ninth House made me kind of anxious because I am all too ready to believe that Yale is actually full of sorcery and whatnot, but I did really like it and cannot wait for the next one. Have not read any of the Grishaverse, probably should.
Hec, you should read A Deadly Education (Naomi Novak, first in The Scholomance series) for a different but very well thought out and highly enjoyable take on magical education.
sj - Feb 11, 2021 4:14:46 pm PST #26432 of 28765
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Have not read any of the Grishaverse, probably should.
Yes, you should. I love the Grishaverse so so so so much! And there is going to be a TV show based on it on Netflix in April.
amyparker - Feb 11, 2021 4:27:28 pm PST #26433 of 28765
You've got friends to have good times with. When you need to share the trauma of a badly-written book with someone, that's when you go to family.
I love my local bookstore, I know that freight times are best guess right now, but 9 days is a long time to wait.
(Winter's Orbit, for the curious. Yes, I have The Course of Honour backed up in multiple places, but - is a book!)