OH, good one. And that reminds me there's a new Alix Harrow book out - I don't know if it's scary or gay, I pre-ordered it and don't even remember the description
Gunn: We open a can of Machiavelli on his ass. Harmony: It's Matchabelli, Einstein, and it doesn't come in a can.
'Soul Purpose'
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."
-t - Oct 03, 2023 11:56:44 am PDT #27737 of 28095
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
DavidS - Oct 03, 2023 6:39:46 pm PDT #27738 of 28095
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Has anyone read Tender is the Flesh? I’m reading it now, and it is quite possibly the most disturbing book I’ve ever read.
It's the next book up for my friend Eleanor's Creepy Girls Book Club!
sj - Oct 04, 2023 3:42:36 pm PDT #27739 of 28095
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I finished it last night. It was deeply disturbing and thought provoking and so well written.
-t - Oct 04, 2023 5:04:24 pm PDT #27740 of 28095
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
This is the root of ambivalence to horror - it lures me in with being thought-provoking and well-written but gives me nightmares or otherwise messes with my head. A real attraction-avoidance thing that I keep penduluming away in. And I have to go through the dance with every book/movie/whatever, it's tiring!
sj - Oct 05, 2023 8:13:37 am PDT #27741 of 28095
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I’m more likely to get nightmares from visual media than written or audio media.
-t - Oct 05, 2023 2:17:00 pm PDT #27742 of 28095
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I feel like I get them more from written but that is possibly because that is what I am more likely to stay up late to consume...
Toddson - Oct 06, 2023 5:54:33 am PDT #27743 of 28095
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I noped out of T. Kingfisher's sequel to The Twisted Ones and have sworn off horror, although I did read her House with Good Bones, which I found creepy but not terrifying.
sj - Oct 06, 2023 11:40:55 am PDT #27744 of 28095
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
There's a sequel to the Twisted Ones?
Toddson - Oct 06, 2023 1:07:02 pm PDT #27745 of 28095
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I'm not sure if it's an actual sequel, but it's another horror novel from T. Kingfisher, The Hollow Places.
sj - Oct 07, 2023 9:41:03 am PDT #27746 of 28095
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Same tone but not connected. I’ve read them both.