Dawn: I think a date should be in a real fancy restaurant, then champagne at a night club with a floor show, then ballroom dancing. Joyce: Unfortunately, we're not dating in a movie from the thirties.

'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."


-t - Jul 17, 2021 11:54:38 am PDT #26802 of 28166
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Definitely more action


sj - Jul 17, 2021 1:40:47 pm PDT #26803 of 28166
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

thanks -t and Kate! I'll give it another try tonight if I can get this migraine to go away.


sj - Jul 18, 2021 12:47:27 am PDT #26804 of 28166
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

I’m about a quarter of the way through A Deadly Education, and it’s starting to grab me. It’s pouring rain again, snd I can’t sleep so I guess I’ll read.


-t - Jul 20, 2021 7:53:01 am PDT #26805 of 28166
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

One of the Smart benches recommendations I enjoyed was Spoiler Alert.

This floated to the top of my TBR pile in the past couple of days and it is fun! Such a love letter to fandom and fic. Thanks for the rec, Toddson!


Jessica - Jul 20, 2021 7:55:09 am PDT #26806 of 28166
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Spoiler Alert was a treat, and it's getting a sequel later this year!


sj - Jul 20, 2021 8:01:02 am PDT #26807 of 28166
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

I finished a Deadly Education. I thought it was fairly good. I liked some parts better than others. I'm always uncomfortable when a white author chooses to PoC as their main character, and some of her other choices didn't make me any more comfortable with it.


-t - Jul 20, 2021 8:52:02 am PDT #26808 of 28166
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I have pre-ordered the sequel! The whole actor who plays Cupid writing AU fic where Cupid is an actor [as if Misha Collins was writing The French Mistake fic] business was just meta-ridic enough to be highly amusing to me


Toddson - Jul 20, 2021 10:03:41 am PDT #26809 of 28166
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

The whole thing seemed very Buffista-oriented - fanfic, cosplay, etc. Looking forward to the sequel - the Cupid actor seemed like a fun character to read about (and I think I got hit with autocorrect ... it was the SmartBitches ... sigh).


amyparker - Jul 20, 2021 10:04:55 am PDT #26810 of 28166
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'm so happy to know that I'm not the only person here who liked Spoiler Alert!


Toddson - Jul 20, 2021 10:17:55 am PDT #26811 of 28166
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

I figure I can be upfront with my sometimes trashy reading choices ... but this wasn't trashy and it did seem like something my 'ffistas would enjoy (and, in re autocorrect, to quote a comment I saw, "it's NEVER duck").