It was kind of her son to take the time to share the news in that way at what is surely a most difficult time for him.
Simon: I'm trying to put this as delicately as I can... How do I know you won't kill me in my sleep? Mal: You don't know me, son. So let me explain this to you once: If I ever kill you, you'll be awake, you'll be facing me, and you'll be armed.
'Serenity'
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."
Laura - Dec 12, 2021 11:25:03 am PST #27234 of 27939
Our wings are not tired.
Jessica - Dec 13, 2021 9:06:08 am PST #27235 of 27939
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
Between Stephen Sondheim and Anne Rice, that's a massive chunk of my formative teen identity gone from this world in the past month.
-t - Dec 13, 2021 9:34:18 am PST #27236 of 27939
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Yeah, those have been biggies to lose.
sumi - Dec 14, 2021 11:05:32 am PST #27237 of 27939
Art Crawl!!!
Thanks Kate P for reassuring me about a 3rd book.
-t - Dec 14, 2021 8:49:27 pm PST #27238 of 27939
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
If the Fates Allow: A Short Story by Rainbow Rowell is quite charming and timely. I've barely read any Rowell, I may need to seek out more.
There's a new Greenwing and Dart book! Plum Duff. Of all the things I enjoy about this series, and I do enjoy it very much both taken as a whole and considering particular aspects of it, one of my favorite things is how every title is a pastry (I was going to say they are all desserts, but stargazy pie is not desserty)
Jessica - Dec 19, 2021 2:43:56 pm PST #27239 of 27939
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
My Mom just texted me to say she's begun the Expanse books, and I let her know it's okay if she doesn't like Jim Holden, almost none of the other characters do either (Roci crew excepted).
I was EXTREMELY satisfied with the conclusion to book 9.
-t - Dec 19, 2021 6:17:47 pm PST #27240 of 27939
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Hooray!
Laura - Dec 20, 2021 5:25:49 am PST #27241 of 27939
Our wings are not tired.
My Mom just texted me to say she's begun the Expanse books, and I let her know it's okay if she doesn't like Jim Holden, almost none of the other characters do either (Roci crew excepted).
I read Leviathan Wakes and The Butcher of Anderson and am now halfway through Caliban's War. So a bunch considering I just started 5 days ago! They really are quite compelling. It looks like I am going to fly through the series.
DebetEsse - Dec 20, 2021 12:01:29 pm PST #27242 of 27939
Woe to the fucking wicked.
I'm also reading Caliban's War (delayed about a day to read the second Murderbot, so I could let someone else have the library e-copy). It's a fast read, but big enough that I don't think I'll finish it before it's due (hooray for the airplane mode trick) even during Less Work Week
askye - Dec 21, 2021 11:57:11 am PST #27243 of 27939
Thrive to spite them
I've been using my kindle more and I got some free ebooks. One of them was ok, world building wasn't too bad, and it felt kind of like an AU fanfic.. it's called.. Captured (I think) -- dude is heartbroken hearted because his cheated on him, stole their cat, and married some other dude and took all their friends. He gets wasted on the ex's wedding day and gets kidnapped by aliens. There's an alien prince who is half human and half alien and he ends up kind of rescuing the Dude in Distress and claims Dude as a prize to protect him... and they fall in lurve. But there's like family drama and alien worlds. And I guess it was free to get you interested in the series that follows characters introduced in this book. I don't think I'd buy the other books but this one wasn't too bad.
And then I read another that was also human who was running away from bad aliens is rescued by a hot alien. It was not good. The world building was not good the writing was not good it was just not good. So I deleted that one.