My book club picked Nancy Mitford's The Pursuit of Love for next month,
Side note: The great cartoonist Mimi Pond has been working on a history of the Mitford sisters and posting pages as she goes and it looks amazing.
I'm a vision of hotliness, and how weird is that? Mystical comas. You know, if you can stand the horror of a higher power hijacking your mind and body so that it can give birth to itself, I really recommend 'em.
Cordelia ,'You're Welcome'
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."
DavidS - Aug 29, 2021 11:53:09 am PDT #26969 of 28078
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Consuela - Aug 29, 2021 12:09:50 pm PDT #26970 of 28078
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Oh, that sounds fun, Hec -- where is she posting this stuff?
DavidS - Aug 29, 2021 12:17:57 pm PDT #26971 of 28078
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I've been following her on FB, but you can scan through all the posted pages more quickly at Instagram:
She's really having fun digging into the layout of each page, and dishing both the interpersonal family dirt, historical weirdness and context of the era.
-t - Aug 29, 2021 3:36:49 pm PDT #26972 of 28078
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Do you have any specific recommendations, Consuela? I just took a quick look for Goblin Emperor fic and there is a lot…
Consuela - Aug 29, 2021 4:33:29 pm PDT #26973 of 28078
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Apparently I have only bookmarked two? Bad fan: [link]
-t - Aug 29, 2021 9:55:29 pm PDT #26974 of 28078
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Thanks!
meara - Aug 29, 2021 10:44:17 pm PDT #26975 of 28078
Will check out those recs! I had read most all the Goblin Emperor fic as of last Yuletide, but imagine more has been added with the new book!
DebetEsse - Aug 31, 2021 12:11:54 am PDT #26976 of 28078
Woe to the fucking wicked.
I went looking for Witness for the Dead fic, but was disappointed by the lack of Thara/Pel-Thenhior (there's a bit more now, which makes me happy). Sadly, I struggle with the world building in that universe enough to be unable to be the fic I want to see in the world.
Just finished Piranesi (I am binging that NPR list. I should probably slow down, but I've got 4 books whose loans will expire in the next week/10 days.) I think I liked it? It was sort of like the T Kingfisher books, but without the creeping dread. I think I'd have liked it more had I imprinted harder on the Narnia books. It is a very lock-down-y sort of book (which makes sense having read one of her interviews.)
-t - Aug 31, 2021 6:36:00 am PDT #26977 of 28078
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I know I liked Piranesi a whole lot when I read it but I'm not sure I could remember the details of why. I found it the opposite of horror, sort of, and seemed both comforting and revelatory.
Laura - Aug 31, 2021 6:51:34 am PDT #26978 of 28078
Our wings are not tired.
I knew I loved Piranesi and gave it 5 stars on Goodreads. I looked to see if I had a review and it read "That was a very satisfying experience. Loved the atmosphere of the world and the characters. It is not quite possible for me to describe why; you have to read and enter this experience yourself.". Not real helpful, but it was pretty hard to describe. My rare reviews are usually for my purposes only.