We're not gonna die. We can't die, Bendis. You know why? Because we are so very pretty. We are just too pretty for God to let us die.

Mal ,'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."


erikaj - Apr 14, 2023 10:52:01 am PDT #27614 of 28095
Always Anti-fascist!

If you are looking for something...kind of ambitious(and have some time, because it's long), you could do worse than "Mount Chicago."


-t - Apr 14, 2023 3:31:28 pm PDT #27615 of 28095
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I have downloaded a sample of that to check out, sounds interesting

I had been putting off reading the last two (last as in most recent, not last as in there won't be any more) InCryptid novels because they are Alice-centric and Alice is not my favorite. I was kind of grumbling to myself all the way through that there was too much Prices and not enough cryptids in these. However, the last one also has a bonus story that is partly from the POV of an Aeslin Mouse and the Aeslin Mice *are* my favorite, so it's all worthwhile and thought I'd better say so here in case anyone else might need that story. Bonus Novella: Where His Waffles Went in Backpacking Through Bedlam


Steph L. - Apr 14, 2023 6:13:04 pm PDT #27616 of 28095
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

I'm 4 books behind on the InCryptid novels. I missed both Sarah novels and both Alice novels. But they're on the TBR list.


meara - Apr 14, 2023 7:36:36 pm PDT #27617 of 28095

Ooh I am at least one if not two InCryptid behind, good reminder.


bennett - Apr 15, 2023 6:48:36 am PDT #27618 of 28095

Connie Willis' Doomsday Book is on sale today in the Amazon Kindle store. Strongly recommended.


-t - Apr 15, 2023 8:22:34 am PDT #27619 of 28095
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Sweet. That’s my current listen-while-driving book, being able to switch to an e-book will come in handy.


-t - Apr 19, 2023 7:43:07 am PDT #27620 of 28095
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Dracula Daily starts in two weeks! I am excited to be in on the start this year, I was a bit late last year. [link]


-t - Apr 19, 2023 7:50:38 am PDT #27621 of 28095
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I am loving the concept of “Dracula season”

Also, when I first heard that they were going to print a physical book of Dracula Daily I thought that was a silly idea but here I am pre-ordering it. But it’s sparking joy, so there you go.


Steph L. - Apr 19, 2023 7:53:18 am PDT #27622 of 28095
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

I'm definitely getting the Dracula Daily book!


Jessica - Apr 19, 2023 8:05:05 am PDT #27623 of 28095
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Also, when I first heard that they were going to print a physical book of Dracula Daily I thought that was a silly idea but here I am pre-ordering it. But it’s sparking joy, so there you go.

Isn't that just...Dracula?