I've had it downloaded for ages because I love Richard Osman. Sounds like I should get to it soon.
Spike? It's you. It's really you! My therapist thought I was holding on to false hope, but…I knew you'd come back. You're like…you're like Gandalf the White, resurrected from the pit of the Balrog, more beautiful than ever. Oh…he's alive Frodo. He's alive.
Andrew ,'Damage'
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."
Dana - Oct 15, 2021 7:21:24 am PDT #27101 of 28282
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
-t - Oct 15, 2021 7:51:23 am PDT #27102 of 28282
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I hadn't heard of it before, and I was only vaguely aware of Richard Osman. I guess the second one set some kind of record for sales? Something.
Anyway, haven't seen Only Murders in the Building yet but from the ads I can see where there might be kinship
Dana - Oct 15, 2021 8:15:24 am PDT #27103 of 28282
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Things to know about Richard Osman:
He is very smart.
He is very tall.
-t - Oct 15, 2021 8:18:18 am PDT #27104 of 28282
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I had no idea of the tallness. Okay!
There's a 45 minute conversation included at the end of The Thursday Murder Club between him and another author whose name I didn't catch but she wrote The Grown-ups, I think? It's also a good listen. So at this point that is mostly how I know him, I suppose.
EpicTangent - Oct 15, 2021 8:35:18 am PDT #27105 of 28282
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
My hold came in at the library so I just started Thursday Murder Club last night. I'm quite enjoying it so far.
Consuela - Oct 16, 2021 8:44:23 am PDT #27106 of 28282
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I like the Paladin books but I really want more Swordheart as well!
bennett - Oct 16, 2021 12:07:25 pm PDT #27107 of 28282
Agreed, Consuela. Beartongue meantioned "swords" in Paladin's Grace, so now I want to know what happened.
-t - Oct 16, 2021 1:16:05 pm PDT #27108 of 28282
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I have faith we will get more swords. I’m being very patient about it.
Toddson - Oct 18, 2021 6:46:01 am PDT #27109 of 28282
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Well, there are two more swords out there ... they deserve their own books.
amyparker - Oct 18, 2021 12:29:59 pm PDT #27110 of 28282
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.
If you're reading - or rereading - Dune before the release of the new film, I found this essay worth a look.