Perhaps I would have enjoyed the book more if I had gone into it without expectations, but I didn't get any Finn/Poe feels from it and felt misled.
BOOOOO. That's disappointing.
I have Boyfriend Material on my Kindle. I'll get to it...at some point.
Tara: Do you have any books on robots? Giles: Oh, yes, dozens. There's a lot of research to be done in order to--no, I'm lying. Haven't got squat. I just like watching Xander squirm.
'Get It Done'
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."
Dana - May 12, 2021 1:54:08 pm PDT #26678 of 28172
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Toddson - May 12, 2021 2:18:44 pm PDT #26679 of 28172
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I have a bunch of books on my reader waiting for me to get to them. Since I no longer spend significant time on my commute (yay new neighborhood), I don't get to them as quickly as I once did. I buy a number from the Smart Bitches daily sale listing, and sometimes they're disappointing, but a lot of them I enjoy enough to finish and some ... sigh ... get me hooked on another writer.
meara - May 12, 2021 7:32:47 pm PDT #26680 of 28172
I’ve had a hard time finishing books. But I also have book club Sunday and have only read like 10% of it so far.
meara - May 12, 2021 7:36:21 pm PDT #26681 of 28172
And also one of the books I DNF’d was Bomds of Brass.
Jessica - May 13, 2021 8:02:04 am PDT #26682 of 28172
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I have Boyfriend Material on my Kindle. I'll get to it...at some point.
If you are into audiobooks, I cannot recommend the audio version highly enough. It is narrated PERFECTLY.
-t - May 13, 2021 9:06:25 am PDT #26683 of 28172
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Ooh, good to know! Also have that in my TBR but only as a sample so switching to audiobook might work out well for me
I just finished A Desolation Called Peace and dear lord I remember NOTHING from A Memory Called Empire but the good news is that Desolation seems to work fine as a standalone novel. One of these days I will have to go back and read them both one after the other and no doubt experience that universe very differently.
DebetEsse - May 13, 2021 1:41:52 pm PDT #26684 of 28172
Woe to the fucking wicked.
That's good to know, -t. I am on the waitlist at the library. I think I remember things moderately well, but I've read a lot of books recently that seem to have similar elements.
DebetEsse - May 17, 2021 11:00:15 pm PDT #26685 of 28172
Woe to the fucking wicked.
I finished The Doctors Blackwell yesterday (background reading for a project that will come together...eventually...but overall a worthwhile biography).
I finished The Hollow Places today.
I...did less work today than I probably should have. I didn't read any last night, as I think Kingfisher horror books are daytime reading for me. Not sure they're exactly horror, but for sure creepy in a way that I expect will stick, and might keep me up if I read them at night. I hope she keeps up this loose series of sequel/rewrites of hundred-year-old stories.
-t - May 19, 2021 6:50:46 pm PDT #26686 of 28172
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Those are daytime only books for me, too.
Toddson - May 24, 2021 12:31:50 pm PDT #26687 of 28172
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Lois McMaster Bujold has a new Penric (and Desdemona) story out.