Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell is $1.99 on Amazon in case you haven't read it (I must confess that I haven't ... yet).
Ben: I didn't ask for any of this. I just want to be normal. Gronx: I wanted to be an underwear model. We play the hand we're dealt.
'Touched'
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."
Toddson - Jul 27, 2021 10:53:58 am PDT #26847 of 28079
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Laura - Jul 27, 2021 11:15:48 am PDT #26848 of 28079
Our wings are not tired.
I did enjoy that one, Todd.
-t - Jul 27, 2021 12:28:50 pm PDT #26849 of 28079
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That's a lot of book for $2
hippocampus - Jul 27, 2021 1:29:45 pm PDT #26850 of 28079
not your mom's socks.
Friends, a favor: Say I'm actually taking the much-much-much-needed vacation. Rec me a book you think I'd like?
dcp - Jul 27, 2021 1:36:28 pm PDT #26851 of 28079
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
So many choices!
I just finished re-reading The Book of Kells by R.A. MacAvoy
It is still one of my favorites. If I ever get to visit Ireland, I want to visit all the places mentioned in it.
Jesse - Jul 27, 2021 1:47:52 pm PDT #26852 of 28079
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh, speaking of recs, I think my best shot at a prize in the library's summer reading bingo includes a science fiction book with a female protagonist. I haven't read much science fiction at all (other than Bujold), so would love a recommendation!
EpicTangent - Jul 27, 2021 1:49:21 pm PDT #26853 of 28079
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
I haven't read that since high school. I should dig it out.
EpicTangent - Jul 27, 2021 1:52:47 pm PDT #26854 of 28079
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
Oh, speaking of recs, I think my best shot at a prize in the library's summer reading bingo includes a science fiction book with a female protagonist. I haven't read much science fiction at all (other than Bujold), so would love a recommendation!
Weeeeeell, Fran Wilde does some remarkable worldbuilding in Updraft.
(SF isn't my main genre either, so that's all I can rec off the top of my head!)
Jesse - Jul 27, 2021 1:59:07 pm PDT #26855 of 28079
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Funny story, I actually have read Updraft etc!
EpicTangent - Jul 27, 2021 2:15:03 pm PDT #26856 of 28079
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
Oh, Charlie Jane Anders - I've read her All the Birds in the Sky, which I think skews more Fantasy than SF, but her The City in the Middle of the Night looks good (I own, but haven't gotten to read yet).