Connie Willis' Doomsday Book is on sale today in the Amazon Kindle store. Strongly recommended.
Inara: So. Would you like to lecture me on the wickedness of my ways? Book: I brought you some supper, but if you'd prefer a lecture, I've a few very catchy ones prepped. Sin and hellfire... one has lepers.
'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."
bennett - Apr 15, 2023 6:48:36 am PDT #27618 of 28095
-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?
Calli - Apr 19, 2023 8:28:58 am PDT #27624 of 28095
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Isn't that just...Dracula?
Dracula wasn't originally fully chronological, and the Dracula Daily book will be. And they're throwing in memes, reviews, social media stuff, and so on. So, yeah, it's mostly Dracula, but it's a bit different. I'm on the fence about buying it, since I think I saw most of that stuff when it was happening. Doesn't mean it's not worth revisiting, but is it worth ~$27 to revisit? That's the question, for me.
-t - Apr 19, 2023 8:38:56 am PDT #27625 of 28095
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I thought that what I really liked was the real-time nature of Dracula Daily - getting the email on the day the action happens. And I *do* really like that and am looking forward to getting it again this year. But I guess I am more attached to other aspects of it as well. The book will at least partially be a souvenir of this journey we all take together, I guess, and also I can at least have the potential to have it lie open on a lectern turned to the beginning of the day's reading during Dracula season. That just tickles me.
DebetEsse - Apr 19, 2023 11:02:11 am PDT #27626 of 28095
Woe to the fucking wicked.
I am also signed up for Dracula Daily this year! I didn't do it last year, but saw some of the memes. My Tumblr usage really fell off till I noped out of Twitter and now I keep Tumblr, Dreamwidth, and Mastodon open (I am this username everywhere... Except Reddit. For Reasons)
meara - Apr 19, 2023 11:39:05 am PDT #27627 of 28095
I did it last year but I think my email started filtering them out at some point because I only got the first few.