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Jayne (Husband): Oh, I think you might wanna reconsider that last part. See, I married me a powerful ugly creature. Mal (Wife): How can you say that? How can you shame me in front of new people? Jayne (Husband): If I could make you purtier, I would. Mal (Wife): You are not the man I met a year ago.

'Our Mrs. Reynolds'

Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.

Discussion Threads

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."

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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.

-t - Aug 25, 2022 11:50:37 am PDT #27416 of 28067

I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Oh, good to know! I keep looking at that and wavering about whether I want it or not. I don't know why it's been such a difficult decision.

Toddson - Aug 25, 2022 12:05:01 pm PDT #27417 of 28067

Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

I got the kindle version when it was on sale. The author, in his afterword, compared it to a pop song - comparatively light ... which is needed these days.

Jessica - Aug 25, 2022 12:46:24 pm PDT #27418 of 28067

If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?

The author, in his afterword, compared it to a pop song - comparatively light ... which is needed these days.

I listened to it with my kids on audio and thought it was just okay, but it totally makes sense as a "I had writers block during the pandemic and writing this book made me feel better" bit of fluff!

(The last Scalzi I read before KPS was the Interdependency trilogy in 2020, which I had to put down for a year because "society very slowly collapses in a way that forces everyone into isolation" was not a plot I could in any way enjoy reading at that time. So I get it! Light-hearted predictable shenanigans for the win!)

Cashmere - Sep 15, 2022 4:59:54 pm PDT #27419 of 28067

Now tagless for your comfort.

I'd recommend Kiss Quotient. I didn't love Love Hypothesis.

I started Bones and All before realizing it was being made into a film with Timothee Chalemet. It's pretty good. Seems like the film got raves at Venice.

Next up is The Taking of Jake Livingston. I'm not a horror fan, per se, but Kevin R. Free does the audio and I loved his narration of Murderbot. I have high hopes.

-t - Sep 15, 2022 7:54:17 pm PDT #27420 of 28067

I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Agree on the Free narration of MurderBot. Very good!

Jessica - Sep 16, 2022 9:43:49 am PDT #27421 of 28067

If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?

I can't believe none of you reminded me that Nona the Ninth came out this week.

DavidS - Sep 16, 2022 10:35:35 am PDT #27422 of 28067

"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

I can't believe none of you reminded me that Nona the Ninth came out this week.

I bought it for a random teenager the other day!

I was at Borderland Books, which has now relocated to Haight Street after being in Mission.

I was talking to book clerk, Eleanor, when two teenage girls came. They were buying the first two books in the trilogy for their book club. One girl asked wistfully if Nona the Ninth was out in paperback. Eleanor said, "Girl! It just dropped in hardback. It's going to be a while before the trade paperback comes out."

The teen sighed wistfully in disappointment. Hardbacks were out of her buying range.

So I bought it for her, which made both of them giddy with glee.

-t - Sep 16, 2022 11:18:32 am PDT #27423 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 realized it yesterday, Jess, and I almost came here to say so but I haven't started reading it yet because I am currently mired in Wodehouse and that transition, I suspect, will be disorienting so talking about the Locked Tomb at all kind of seemed beyond me. I read the cast of characters or whatever it is called at the very beginning and felt like I needed more brain to devote to going any further.

Aw, way to book fairy, Hec! Well done

Steph L. - Sep 16, 2022 11:27:26 am PDT #27424 of 28067

the hardest to learn / was the least complicated

talking about the Locked Tomb

At a family party last weekend, our nephew talked up this series to me, and maybe I was looking dubious or something (I wasn't feeling dubious), because he said "Okay, 4 words: lesbian necromancers IN SPACE." I said "Those were the only 4 words I needed."

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