Reynolds, I'm a dangerous-minded man on a ship loaded with hurt. Now, why you got me chatting with your peons?

Womack ,'The Message'


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."


Cashmere - Aug 24, 2023 2:01:50 pm PDT #27689 of 28033
Now tagless for your comfort.

My boss loved that book.


Amy - Aug 24, 2023 3:48:58 pm PDT #27690 of 28033
Because books.

I did not see most of it coming. LOVED.

I have read Hendrix and he's wonderful. Particularly liked I Southern Book Club.


Amy - Aug 24, 2023 3:49:35 pm PDT #27691 of 28033
Because books.

Apparently I'm shit at formatting on my phone.


sj - Aug 24, 2023 5:40:46 pm PDT #27692 of 28033
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

I have read two Hendrix where I loved the concept but hated the execution of it.


sj - Aug 25, 2023 6:32:25 am PDT #27693 of 28033
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

Amy, I finished the book last night. I saw most of it coming, but there were a few surprises.


Dana - Aug 25, 2023 7:56:10 am PDT #27694 of 28033
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."

With the stuff of his that I've read (which I think is just Horrorstor and How to Sell a Haunted House), it works for me about 90%. Not quite a home run, but enough that several times during Haunted House, I said out loud, "Holy shit."


Amy - Aug 25, 2023 8:09:12 am PDT #27695 of 28033
Because books.

Dana, yeah, Haunted House had some wild stuff. I think My Best Friend's Exorcism and Southern Book Club are two of the best.

Thanks, sj! There was one of hers I stopped reading because it freaked me out too much (The Hollow Places) but I really liked her writing! I'll pick up ...Good Bones from the library.


sj - Aug 25, 2023 8:33:01 am PDT #27696 of 28033
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

Hollow Places is definitely her scariest book, imho.

I read Horrorstor and The Final Girls Support group. I loved all the chapter headings and such with Horrorstor, but the story itself didn’t scare me. FGSG just made me think he should write less female characters because there was a lot of cringe there.


Toddson - Sep 01, 2023 9:09:30 am PDT #27697 of 28033
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

Connie Willis's "To Say Nothing of the Dog" is on sale at Amazon for $1.99.


Toddson - Sep 07, 2023 1:49:13 pm PDT #27698 of 28033
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

I recently finished T. Kingfisher's House With Good Bones - it got kind of scary at some points, but not horrifying (in that I could read it in the evening and be able to sleep afterwards). I didn't love it, but liked it. Want more gnoles and continue the story of the Paladins of the Saint of Steel.