You two carried me through that war. Now I need you to carry me just a little bit further. If you can.

Tracy ,'The Message'


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."


EpicTangent - Aug 26, 2021 9:20:52 am PDT #26940 of 28078
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty

I am currently reading River of Teeth, by Sarah Gailey. They moderated a talk by another author at my fave local indie and really impressed me, so I bought their book(s) (technically 2 novellas and a couple short stories bound in one book) that were recommended by one of the booksellers. It meets a space on my Summer Reading Bingo (at the same local indie store) so I'm reading it now and can say with authority - I just don't care for Westerns. Even AU Westerns with the addition of hippos.


Jesse - Aug 26, 2021 10:06:19 am PDT #26941 of 28078
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Yeah, I've been reading all of these books outside of my norms for Summer Reading Bingo purposes, and it's kind of killing me. I haven't even read Jasmine Guillory's new book yet!

And you don't even get a personal pan pizza! How much do I care about winning a pen, really?


Steph L. - Aug 26, 2021 10:10:33 am PDT #26942 of 28078
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated

And you don't even get a personal pan pizza! How much do I care about winning a pen, really?

I do love my library tote bag from when they expanded summer reading to include adults.


Toddson - Aug 26, 2021 10:11:57 am PDT #26943 of 28078
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

I read River of Teeth a while ago (it was on sale ... I have trouble resisting a sale and it sounded interesting). Western with hippos pretty well describes it. I liked it but wasn't driven to read anything else like it.


-t - Aug 26, 2021 10:27:05 am PDT #26944 of 28078
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I liked River of Teeth well enough,but I loved Magic for Liars and Upright Women Wanted is a lot of fun


Jesse - Aug 26, 2021 10:27:41 am PDT #26945 of 28078
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I do love my library tote bag from when they expanded summer reading to include adults.

I would be into a tote bag!


EpicTangent - Aug 26, 2021 10:36:30 am PDT #26946 of 28078
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty

And you don't even get a personal pan pizza! How much do I care about winning a pen, really?

I do love my library tote bag from when they expanded summer reading to include adults.

Yes, I'm fond of my new library tote bag (though I needed another tote bag like a hole in the head) - but theirs was just 10 books - of my choosing! Easy-peasy!

I liked River of Teeth well enough,but I loved Magic for Liars and Upright Women Wanted is a lot of fun

I had Upright Women Wanted and Magic for Liars as "Want to Read" on Goodreads. But the reviews for Upright Women are warning me off because of the Western-ness. I'll have to check the reviews on Magic for Liars. I'm disappointed because I liked Sarah Gailey so much when they moderated that author event, I really wanted to like their books.


EpicTangent - Aug 26, 2021 10:43:56 am PDT #26947 of 28078
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty

Oh - but I'm working on the Bingo because one row is good for 20 percent off purchase of a single book, blackout and/or books purchased at the store are raffle entries for a $100 gift cert.


-t - Aug 26, 2021 10:52:04 am PDT #26948 of 28078
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Magic for Liars is not at all a Western, I guess it'd be urban fantasy? Upright Women Wanted is maybe a Western somewhat like Firefly is, I suppose. I am bad at categorizing.


-t - Aug 26, 2021 10:53:53 am PDT #26949 of 28078
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I haven't even read Jasmine Guillory's new book yet!

Oh, that is hard! I hope you can get to it soon.