PSA for Hands of the Emperor fans - there's a novella out in what is apparently called the Lays of the Hearth-fire series: Portrait of a Wide Seas Islander
Oh, smacked in the noggin with a 2x4 wrapped in velvet. Yeah, that's what it felt like.
Lorne ,'Smile Time'
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."
-t - Mar 30, 2022 4:02:04 pm PDT #27355 of 28067
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
meara - Mar 30, 2022 6:13:13 pm PDT #27356 of 28067
Ooh thanks t!
amyparker - Mar 31, 2022 7:59:00 am PDT #27357 of 28067
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.
Yay! Thanks, -t!
-t - Apr 05, 2022 6:45:18 pm PDT #27358 of 28067
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
New Sebastian St Cyr novel out - its set in 1915 Paris and the opening line is “One more day” and I’m just going to have to pause for a moment and savor that
Toddson - Apr 06, 2022 6:13:21 am PDT #27359 of 28067
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
-t, I think you mean 1815? or else he's a vampire (see landlord discussion in Natter)
-t - Apr 06, 2022 6:51:21 am PDT #27360 of 28067
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Yes, 1815. I guess I can’t blame autocorrect for that, but I was *thinking* 1815 whatever I typed
bennett - Apr 06, 2022 8:20:00 am PDT #27361 of 28067
The first two chapters of the new T. Kingfisher are now available from Tor. Nettle & Bone is scheduled for release on April 26th.
-t - Apr 06, 2022 8:49:07 am PDT #27362 of 28067
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Ooh. But reading two chapters and not being able to read the third for a while might be painful.
-t - Apr 13, 2022 6:50:52 pm PDT #27363 of 28067
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
In case anyone could use this information, Adjoah Andoh reading Pride and Prejudice is pretty dang great. It’s not quite MOAR LADY DANBURY but it’s very nice indeed
Calli - May 03, 2022 1:38:38 pm PDT #27364 of 28067
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Starting today you can get Dracula sent to you as it happens. (It's an epistolary novel, with dates, and it starts on May 3.) [link]