Buffy ,'Same Time, Same Place'
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."
I've been really lucky in my fantasy reading this month.
When the Angels Left the Old Country by Sacha Lamb: If I had to elevator pitch this, I'd call it Jewish Good Omens in early 20th century NYC, and it's so charming and sweet.
Saint Death's Daughter by C.S.E. Cooney is a rather long and twisty story of a rather sunny-natured necromancer with a literal allergy to violence.
Siren Queen by Nghi Vo is Old Hollywood with fae and dark magic.
Oh, hey, I picked up a sample of Saint Death’s Daughter - I think because of a review but I don’t actually remember how I came across it. Anyway, good to hear you liked it! Adds some weight to its entry in the what-to-read-next lottery
I really enjoyed When the Angels Left the Old Country. It was less Good Omens-y than I thought it might be (no apocalypse, for one thing), but I didn't mind. I thought it was well-plotted and the specifically Jewish theology of the angels and demons was really interesting to me. And I appreciated how joyfully queer the story is without feeling anachronistic. I predict many Buffistas would like it too!
I finally finished my reread of Ninth House and OMG I had forgotten so much. I knew Sandow and Belbalm were the bad guys and Darlington was in a Hell dimension, but that was about it. I guess that’s what you get for reading like your life depends on it during a pandemic and not really taking any time to reflect on any of it. I’m hoping to start the sequel tonight.
I’m relieved I’m not the only one, sj.
Oh, good-t! I’m relieved too. I’m going to read other things for a couple of days before starting the sequel.
I’m reading Vampire Weekend by Mike Chen & thoroughly enjoying it as a different take on life as a vampire.
Taking a break from KJ Charles, lest I read them all and have no more to read. Parnassus on Wheels at the moment, then Madly Deeply, Alan Rickman's memoirs, a loaned copy of Le Guin's Always Coming Home which I must read and return before its owner thinks I've absconded with it for good. And The Alice Network, about which I've heard good things.
Taking a break from KJ Charles, lest I read them all and have no more to read.
She has a new book coming out in 2 weeks!
Princess Bride vibes with a woman with much more agency? Yes, please. "Tress and the Emerald Sea" by Brandon Sanderson (a secret project he wrote for his wife). Loved it.