I listened to it and thought it was fine but not great? Normally I love fake dating tropes but not when they're 100% dependent on a fifteen-second long conversation the MCs should have had in chapter 4 (but avoid for Plot Reasons until literally the last possible moment).
Death is your art. You make it with your hands day after day. That final gasp, that look of peace. And part of you is desperate to know: What's it like? Where does it lead you? And now you see, that's the secret. Not the punch you didn't throw or the kicks you didn't land. She really wanted it. Every Slayer has a death wish. Even you.
Spike ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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."
Jessica - Aug 23, 2022 3:34:05 pm PDT #27406 of 28067
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
Jesse - Aug 24, 2022 7:20:20 am PDT #27407 of 28067
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
For sure it's no The Kiss Quotient, if you're looking for a STEM-ish titled romance!
-t - Aug 24, 2022 7:58:32 am PDT #27408 of 28067
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
This should be helpful for my occasional buying-a-book-because-I-like-the title sprees
sj - Aug 25, 2022 6:45:57 am PDT #27409 of 28067
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I’m at my volunteer job at the library bookstore today. So if anyone is looking for a book for $1 or less, let me know.
-t - Aug 25, 2022 9:13:09 am PDT #27410 of 28067
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I just bought an Elizabeth Peters book that I may or may not have already read solely because it was only $2, so probably best I don't have too much access to that, sj.
sj - Aug 25, 2022 10:17:45 am PDT #27411 of 28067
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Tell me about it -t. I’m going to try not to leave with too many books today.
meara - Aug 25, 2022 10:47:07 am PDT #27412 of 28067
I’m trying not to go wild buying stuff (aka some kindle books that just came out from fave authors, among other things) just because “it’s going to be my birthday” and therefore I should buy All The Things?
-t - Aug 25, 2022 10:54:26 am PDT #27413 of 28067
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Mm, I am standing by ready to enable you if you decide that's what you really want, meara. But go you being steadfast!
sj - Aug 25, 2022 11:15:02 am PDT #27414 of 28067
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Meara, I tried to teach ltc that last month. I don’t think it took.
Toddson - Aug 25, 2022 11:19:07 am PDT #27415 of 28067
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
There's a local group that gets books donated and they re-sell them inexpensively and use the funds for literacy programs. Once a month, they'll set up at an open plaza near my office, so I can pop over on my lunch break. Sometimes they'll set up shop for an extended period in a storefront that the owner hasn't been able to rent out, and I have horrible problems not picking up books until I can't carry any more. A lot of them go back, so I view it much like renting a book.
I finally got around to reading The Kaiju Preservation Society and really enjoyed it. I can recommend it to anyone who might be interested.