Bev, I saw that but haven’t read it. It’s YA—might be interested.
Cat Sebastian just released two short stories as ebooks (The Cabots). I like her post WWII settings. Solid romance.
The Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking is next on my reading list.
Man, just ascend already.
Willow ,'Chosen'
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."
Cashmere - Sep 23, 2021 4:11:50 am PDT #27053 of 28078
Now tagless for your comfort.
Toddson - Sep 23, 2021 5:55:49 am PDT #27054 of 28078
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
oh, that's a fun one! with some interludes of scary, but generally fun
sj - Sep 24, 2021 4:50:44 am PDT #27055 of 28078
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I’m reading The Hollow Place by T Kingfisher, which is very different from other books I’ve read by her, but so far I like it.
Toddson - Sep 24, 2021 5:45:17 am PDT #27056 of 28078
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I read The Twisted Ones (which I think is connected to The Hollow Place) and it scared me enough that I wouldn't read it at night. So I'm giving the other a pass. But enjoy!
sj - Sep 24, 2021 7:11:39 am PDT #27057 of 28078
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
So far I haven't found it particularly scary.
-t - Sep 24, 2021 11:33:44 am PDT #27058 of 28078
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Yeah, The Hollow Place was very different. I know I liked it, I think the world-building (if that's the right word, core concepts maybe?) was interesting. I don't have any familiarity with the works she's riffing on for Hollow Place and Twisted Ones but I did what she does with them.
Consuela - Sep 25, 2021 8:05:26 am PDT #27059 of 28078
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I finally read the first Sholomance book while traveling this week! I enjoyed it, although it's one book that might be better in hard copy than on Kindle, because my Paperwhite doesn't show the illustrations very well. I should probably google up a schematic of the school.
I do have a question, though: I must have missed the bit where Novik explains why children are so at risk: are the maleficaria just more attracted to kids, or are they just less able to defend themselves? And how is the mundane world not aware of any of this?
-t - Sep 25, 2021 8:29:44 am PDT #27060 of 28078
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
There are illustrations? Hm. Kinda want to reread that to be able to discuss it intelligently...and the next book comes out next week so that's a better idea than I first supposed!
-t - Sep 25, 2021 9:14:31 am PDT #27061 of 28078
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Unrelatedly, I am frustrated that I can’t search audiobooks for a character name to remind myself how we originally met this particular character 7 books ago. My theory that binge-listening to the Flavia Albia series would let me keep details from earlier books in mind by the time I got to the most recent is not playing out as well as I hoped. Oh well, slightly more retention of knowledge is worthwhile.
-t - Sep 25, 2021 9:34:18 am PDT #27062 of 28078
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Thanks to my freshman-year Maleficaria Studies textbook, I know that our deliciousness goes up another order of magnitude every six months between thirteen and eighteen, all wrapped up inside a thin and easy-to-break sugar shell instead of the tough chewy hide of a grown wizard.
That may be all the explanation we get