Don't kill anyone if you don't have to. We're here to make a deal.

Mal ,'Serenity'


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."


meara - Jun 19, 2021 4:30:54 pm PDT #26752 of 27912

Great, I’m in! Just started reading some Helena Hunting (is there a name that sounds more like a fake name? I think not) and I can’t say I really understand why hockey romance is so big? I am not a hockey person but apparently it’s all I read!


Laura - Jun 21, 2021 5:54:14 am PDT #26753 of 27912
Our wings are not tired.

My book club pick for July's meeting was The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett. I had picked it this month as the newbie in the group because it was the #1 pick in category from Goodreads. It was a very good choice for book club! Particularly since our group leader is a retired teacher who really makes us discuss the book in depth and asks leading questions. There was a lot going on, and I only wish it was a few hundred pages more so that some of the characters could have been developed more.

Now, what is next? My TBR list is so long.


Pix - Jun 21, 2021 6:00:36 am PDT #26754 of 27912
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie

I loved that book, Laura. So well written and interesting. What genre are you looking at for your next rec?


Laura - Jun 21, 2021 6:28:06 am PDT #26755 of 27912
Our wings are not tired.

Yes, I will absolutely read more from Brit Bennett in the future.

I looked at my TBR list and decided to take a hard left to Sci-Fi since I am still swirling a bit from the reality of The Vanishing Half. Queued up The Kif Strike Back, the 3rd in the Chaunur series from CJ Cherryh. Familiar characters, adventure, space stuff.

I do like the variety in my fiction!


David J. Schwartz - Jun 21, 2021 12:17:49 pm PDT #26756 of 27912
New, fully poseable Author!Knut.

Hello book Buffistas! I am doing my once-in-a-great-while pop-in to the mother site to share news for those who may have missed it on the Facespace and the Twitterbooks. I have launched a Patreon and I'm posting weekly installments in a serial that will run until December of this year. It concerns a magical bookstore, gender shenanigans, and a shapeshifting wizard proprietor. If this sounds interesting, you can become a patron with full access for just $1. (More is permitted but not expected.)

You can check out the first part over here.

<3


Steph L. - Jun 21, 2021 12:39:38 pm PDT #26757 of 27912
Apparently if you're enough of a power nerd, there is nothing that cannot be flowcharted.

^^^^^^ This is SO DELIGHTFUL and I'm loving it. Don't sleep on it.


Laura - Jun 21, 2021 1:51:00 pm PDT #26758 of 27912
Our wings are not tired.

Exciting! Good to see you and the linky. I don't get over to those other places to any great extent so didn't see the news.


Consuela - Jun 22, 2021 9:20:17 pm PDT #26759 of 27912
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Knut! Nice to see your pixels here. I shall check it out.

Laura, I'm so pleased you're enjoying the Chanur novels. Isn't Pyanfar the best? I want her to get her own tv series. I really enjoy Cherryh.

In other news, Mely mentioned Gillian Bradshaw's Cromwell-era historical novels on Twitter today; she's the only other person I know who has read them! We decided that Bradshaw is sadly under-rated and underappreciated, given the volume of really solid historical fiction she has produced over her career.


Toddson - Jun 29, 2021 2:07:28 pm PDT #26760 of 27912
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

The Smart Bitches have three or four books available on sale every day. Today's included the N.K. Jemison Fifth Season. I check it out every day ... and have found some good books there (also some not so good ones, but at least I didn't pay full price).


Laura - Jun 29, 2021 3:51:11 pm PDT #26761 of 27912
Our wings are not tired.

Laura, I'm so pleased you're enjoying the Chanur novels. Isn't Pyanfar the best?

She certainly is. The current one, #3 The Kif Strike Back, has been a tougher read for me so far. Maybe because I only seem to get a chance to read late night and there are just an overabundance of competing factions. That said, I might have a bit of a crush on Khym. He's an excellent mate.