That is a gorgeous poem, amyparker.
Who among us can ignore the allure of really funny math puns?
Willow ,'Empty Places'
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."
Calli - Feb 24, 2022 7:06:41 am PST #27323 of 28034
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Consuela - Feb 25, 2022 10:04:33 pm PST #27324 of 28034
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I finally got Piranesi from the library and read it in one sitting tonight.
SO GOOD. So beautifully written, despite the slow reveal of horror and trauma in the past. So many vivid gorgeous passages! So much kindness as well.
That's a very good book.
Laura - Feb 26, 2022 6:23:37 am PST #27325 of 28034
Our wings are not tired.
That is one of the few books I may have to read again. It was really unique.
Kate P. - Feb 26, 2022 7:35:16 am PST #27326 of 28034
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Yes! I just read that myself and felt like I was under a spell the whole time I was reading it. It's so strange and beautiful and magical. It also made me want to go back and reread The Magician's Nephew, which was apparently one of her influences.
Sophia Brooks - Feb 26, 2022 12:30:24 pm PST #27327 of 28034
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Oh wow- I love The Magician’s Nephew, so that makes me want to read it.
Dana - Feb 26, 2022 1:00:07 pm PST #27328 of 28034
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
I've had that on hold at the library for like a year.
Consuela - Feb 27, 2022 8:52:22 am PST #27329 of 28034
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Oh, golly, yes, there's a bit in the beginning where someone drops the name Ketterley and I sat right up.
There are also bits of A Secret History as well, I think.
Consuela - Feb 27, 2022 4:48:30 pm PST #27330 of 28034
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Finally got around to reading The City We Became and it was really good! Although I have cousins who grew up on Staten Island, so I have complicated feelings about Aislyn's choices...
Toddson - Feb 28, 2022 9:14:22 am PST #27331 of 28034
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I'm currently reading (hard copy) Plain Bad Heroines. I'd read the reviews and thought it sounded interesting, although I misunderstood what it was about. I'm not enjoying it as much as I thought I would. It just seems to be going nowhere - I'm not sure what the author intended it to be about, although I'm willing to go along with it and see where it ends up. Anyone else have any perspective on it?
Toddson - Mar 01, 2022 10:17:29 am PST #27332 of 28034
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Seemingly, T. Kingfisher's "Paladin's Grace" is on sale. If you haven't read it, it's delightful.