thanks -t and Kate! I'll give it another try tonight if I can get this migraine to go away.
Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.
Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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."
sj - Jul 17, 2021 1:40:47 pm PDT #26803 of 28393
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
sj - Jul 18, 2021 12:47:27 am PDT #26804 of 28393
"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 28393
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 28393
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 28393
"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 28393
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 28393
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 28393
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 28393
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").
-t - Jul 20, 2021 10:43:31 am PDT #26812 of 28393
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Oh, Toddson, that's the Good Place extension that I still have on my browser (and forgot about) changing bitch to bench. I have gotten too used to it!