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!
Simon: I'm trying to put this as delicately as I can... How do I know you won't kill me in my sleep? Mal: You don't know me, son. So let me explain this to you once: If I ever kill you, you'll be awake, you'll be facing me, and you'll be armed.
'Serenity'
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."
Kate P. - Feb 17, 2023 8:40:29 pm PST #27560 of 27939
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
sj - Feb 18, 2023 6:44:15 am PST #27561 of 27939
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
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.
-t - Feb 18, 2023 10:45:27 am PST #27562 of 27939
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I’m relieved I’m not the only one, sj.
sj - Feb 19, 2023 7:34:39 am PST #27563 of 27939
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Oh, good-t! I’m relieved too. I’m going to read other things for a couple of days before starting the sequel.
sumi - Feb 19, 2023 1:41:27 pm PST #27564 of 27939
Art Crawl!!!
I’m reading Vampire Weekend by Mike Chen & thoroughly enjoying it as a different take on life as a vampire.
Beverly - Feb 19, 2023 7:47:26 pm PST #27565 of 27939
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
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.
Jessica - Feb 20, 2023 7:34:20 am PST #27566 of 27939
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
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!
Pix - Feb 20, 2023 9:34:27 am PST #27567 of 27939
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
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.
amyparker - Feb 20, 2023 1:44:36 pm PST #27568 of 27939
In the end it's only ever been one step, and then the next.
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
The owner knows where you live and has two other copies, you're fine. I will tell you that until you believe me. :-D
Steph L. - Feb 20, 2023 4:43:59 pm PST #27569 of 27939
Apparently if you're enough of a power nerd, there is nothing that cannot be flowcharted.
In my continuing meander through dark academia, yesterday I finished If We Were Villains. And yes, it is a lot a lot A LOT like The Secret History, not just thematically, but in terms of character beats and certain plot elements. Even so, I really liked it.
I think the next dark academia book I read will be Bunny, by Mona Awad. While I wait for that at the library, I have A Restless Truth, the second book in the series that started with A Marvellous Light, by Freya Marske.