Can't even shout, Can't even cry. The Gentlemen are coming by. Looking in windows, knocking on doors. They need to take seven, and they might take yours. Can't call to mom, can't say a word. You're gonna die screaming but you won't be heard.

Dream Girl ,'Bring On The Night'


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."


amyparker - Feb 17, 2021 4:48:43 pm PST #26465 of 28175
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.

Toddson, I use a Space Pen with a rubberized stylus tip at one end with my Nooks; might something similar work for you?


Laura - Feb 17, 2021 6:10:34 pm PST #26466 of 28175
Our wings are not tired.

I find that with gloves on I need to tap on the Nook instead of trying to swipe.


amyparker - Feb 18, 2021 1:52:32 pm PST #26467 of 28175
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.

Oh wow, look at the lineup for this event honoring Octavia Butler!


Laura - Feb 23, 2021 5:23:30 am PST #26468 of 28175
Our wings are not tired.

I am here for it - [link]

Longtime friends Hillary Clinton and author Louise Penny are writing an international political thriller, "State of Terror," out in October. The plot:

A novice Secretary of State joins the administration of her rival, a president inaugurated after four years of American leadership that shrank from the world stage. A series of terrorist attacks throws the global order into disarray, and the Secretary is tasked with assembling a team to unravel the deadly conspiracy.


Calli - Feb 23, 2021 6:39:38 am PST #26469 of 28175
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

I did not know they were friends. Cool. While I'm not much for political thrillers (politics has had enough tension for me over the past few years), I do like Louise Penny's writing.


Laura - Feb 23, 2021 6:47:08 am PST #26470 of 28175
Our wings are not tired.

I am just tickled when I see two women I respect collaborating and have to support that!


Toddson - Feb 23, 2021 7:32:20 am PST #26471 of 28175
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

I would LOVE to hear their co-writing sessions.


Jesse - Feb 23, 2021 8:41:10 am PST #26472 of 28175
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

OMG, that's amazing. I have seen shout-outs to the family in Penny's book notes, and wondered how close they were.


Toddson - Feb 25, 2021 9:55:50 am PST #26473 of 28175
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

I hadn't seen it mentioned on the board, but Laurence Ferlenghetti has died.


Toddson - Mar 01, 2021 12:44:45 pm PST #26474 of 28175
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

eee! new T. Kingfisher - Paladin's Strength!