I'm SO looking forward to a new Saint of Steel book. FYI, I recently finished a book about the Royal Wardrobe. I got the e-book on sale and it would have greatly benefitted from illustrations; maybe the hard copy has them. In just reading about various royals' styles, it got to be kind of boring; also, I kept finding historic inaccuracies, which left me sitting there, kind of going, "but, but, but".
Xander: Am I right, Giles? Giles: I'm almost certain you're not. Though, to be fair, I haven't been
listening.
'Sleeper'
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."
Toddson - Nov 27, 2023 7:25:25 am PST #27810 of 28095
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
dcp - Nov 27, 2023 8:17:54 am PST #27811 of 28095
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
I recently came across this video [link] which was delightful, and which led m me to this:
GLOSSI know a little man both ept and ert.
An intro-? extro-? No, he’s just a vert.
Sheveled and couth and kempt, pecunious, ane,
His image trudes upon the ceptive brain.
When life turns sipid and the mind is traught,
The spirit soars as I would sist it ought.
Chalantly then, like any gainly goof,
My digent self is sertive, choate, loof.
David McCord (1897-1997)
The Oxford Book of American Light Verse
I need help parsing "ceptive" and "sist", please. Any ideas?
meara - Nov 27, 2023 8:39:39 am PST #27812 of 28095
Insist? Perceptive or Deceptive?
-t - Nov 27, 2023 9:06:50 am PST #27813 of 28095
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Receptive? Agree on "insist"
megan walker - Nov 27, 2023 2:49:34 pm PST #27814 of 28095
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
The answers to my First Lines challenge: [link]
-t - Nov 27, 2023 3:27:56 pm PST #27815 of 28095
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
As I suspected, the ones I couldn't get I never would have. But now I want to read some of them
megan walker - Nov 27, 2023 4:01:09 pm PST #27816 of 28095
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
But now I want to read some of them.
My work here is done I guess.
askye - Dec 04, 2023 8:15:35 am PST #27817 of 28095
Thrive to spite them
I started reading the Murderbot series.for some reason I was confusing it with something else i had read and didn't like. But last night I finally decided to try it. I think I accidentally read an excerpt.
It was a mistake to start it last night I didn't want to go to bed.
megan walker - Dec 04, 2023 12:24:41 pm PST #27818 of 28095
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Advice needed: My niece (mid-20s), who has never been a big reader, has apparently become one of late. She's currently making her way through the Throne of Glass series, has already read Thorn and Roses, and wants to move on to Crescent City next and then something called the Fourth Wing series, which I presume is this? [link]
In any case, it is likely my sister will get her the above, even if I say I will (le sigh), so I'm looking for something in this vein but that is more of a cult classic/backlisted title that she might like but not be aware of. The only other thing I know she has read and liked recently is Lessons in Chemistry but otherwise I don't know what she's read or not.
ETA: Oh wait, I lie, I'm pretty sure she's read a bunch of the Bridgerton books.
Thanks in advance!
Dana - Dec 04, 2023 12:44:12 pm PST #27819 of 28095
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
If she likes dragons, there's Naomi Novik's Temeraire series; if she likes school stories, there's Naomi Novik's Scholomance series. If she likes magic, there's Diane Duane's Young Wizard series. All of her stuff is currently 50% off in her online store, so you could get the first 9 books of the series for $20.
Older fantasy stuff: Barbara Hambly, Robin McKinley. If she liked Bridgerton, maybe Georgette Heyer?