I gave up on Outlander after the ... fourth? ... book. They just go on too long for me ... and I think I got confused about when they were, where they were, and who were those characters. That said, I can't deal with audiobooks; not sure why, but they just don't work for me.
Giles: Helping out with the dishes makes me feel useful. Dawn: Wanna clean out the garage with us
Saturday? You could feel indispensable.
'Dirty Girls'
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 - Dec 01, 2021 8:10:02 am PST #27205 of 27937
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Steph L. - Dec 01, 2021 8:34:57 am PST #27206 of 27937
Apparently if you're enough of a power nerd, there is nothing that cannot be flowcharted.
The building was on fire and it wasn't my fault.
Ha! Harry has a rough life.
-t - Dec 01, 2021 9:33:53 am PST #27207 of 27937
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I gave up on Outlander after the ... fourth? ... book.
I think I hung on through the fifth but I was pretty annoyed with all the characters by then and didn't want to deal with all their crap any more. I was so annoyed I haven't watched the series.
I only know the first lines that people quote mas if everyone should know the. I probably haven't even read many of those books, but even if I have I don't go around remembering things on my own. Well, I might remember, but I wouldn't know where it came from. I can't even remember which song the lyrics constantly repeating in my head came from most days
megan walker - Dec 01, 2021 9:43:52 am PST #27208 of 27937
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Sadly, I don't remember the opening lines to any true literature.
Ideally, with my First Lines challenge, it's first lines that have really struck me during the year no matter the source. However, I do try to mostly have stuff on there people might have read (either because it's new literary fiction & generally popular, or a classic). Of course the trick is remembering based on the line, so I try to choose (again, ideally) ones with details that might jog one's memory. Of course, all this was easier when I read closer to 50 books rather than 30. This year was slim pickings, but it also seems like there was more recent stuff that had been read than usual.
Jessica - Dec 01, 2021 12:47:01 pm PST #27209 of 27937
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
Update: Holy fuck Leviathan Falls is already so good.
-t - Dec 01, 2021 1:14:20 pm PST #27210 of 27937
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Stupid work
-t - Dec 01, 2021 8:47:26 pm PST #27211 of 27937
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Update: Holy fuck Leviathan Falls is already so good.
Ok, I don’t know at what point you said that, but hard concur
Calli - Dec 02, 2021 12:33:59 pm PST #27212 of 27937
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I was unable to get into Outlander. Oh well. I don't think it'll affect the author's career unduly.
Fans of Addison's Goblin Emperor, there's another book in that world coming out next spring! [link]
Toddson - Dec 02, 2021 1:21:18 pm PST #27213 of 27937
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
sigh ... I'd like to hear more about Maia's life
EpicTangent - Dec 02, 2021 1:27:49 pm PST #27214 of 27937
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
Though I enjoyed Witness for the Dead, I was thinking the same thing, Todd.
Though I will admit to being pleased when I realized from the Goodreads listing that she intended Witness to start a series.