Damn it! You know what? I'm sick of this crap. I'm sick of being the guy who eats insects and gets the funny syphilis. As of this moment, it's over. I'm finished being everybody's butt monkey!

Xander ,'Lessons'


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 22, 2024 2:11:59 pm PDT #27928 of 28095

I agree that the ending wasn't as neat as I usually like my endings to be. I think I'd've been more satisfied if I could see that the murderer was more tortured by what he'd done than we were shown. Nicky seems to be living a fine life as a college don. Maybe if we'd seen something about his life as an undergrad that was very different - more luxurious or extravagant or something - I might've been more OK with it. Or maybe I'm just over-analyzing.

I also was interested in the difference between justice, vengeance, and law, and how the people most affected made the call at the end.

I was also struck by how Jem doesn't seem to know much of anything about any of the group's parents other than Toby's, and then it's only the inheritance stuff that Nicky told him. He knows their social status because of what schools they went to and whose family has money, but nothing about whether the parents were supportive or distant, encouraging or dismissive, etc. We know Jem's parents didn't really understand him but they supported him when he had his breakdown, but there's no mention of what Prue's parents did when she left Oxford or really any of the others except Hugo's putting pressure on anyone writing about the murder. Mind you, I can't say I know much of anything about my college friends' families either but that was rather longer ago than 10 years.


-t - Apr 23, 2024 9:53:54 am PDT #27929 of 28095
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Hm. I don’t know, I do feel like he has been suffering but now I’m wondering if I came to that conclusion too easily.


bennett - Apr 23, 2024 2:27:07 pm PDT #27930 of 28095

Well Jem really believes him, but then Jem wants to. I'm not as nice as Jem.


-t - Apr 23, 2024 6:29:54 pm PDT #27931 of 28095
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I really really want Jem to be happy, is what it is.


bennett - Apr 24, 2024 6:45:44 am PDT #27932 of 28095

Yep. I really like the way Charles makes us want Jem to have a happy ending.


-t - Apr 26, 2024 2:17:26 pm PDT #27933 of 28095
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I started the "Creative Types" romance series by Joanna Chambers and Sally Malcolm. The first book is about a TV writer and his PA who is a secretly a big name fanfic author - it's not quite the gonzo celebration of fandom that Spoiler Alert is, but it's pretty fun. And I didn't realize until maybe halfway through that the TV show in question is centered on a vampire, so I thought I might mention that here in case it was of interest to anyone else

I kind of want to see the show (called Leeches, which is very cute, right?) - not as much as I'd like to watch Sanctuary Moon, but it does sound like the kind of thing I would at least check out


Amy - Apr 26, 2024 5:55:37 pm PDT #27934 of 28095
Because books.

I accidentally bought the first five books in the Temeraire series (I meant to buy only the first one for $1.99 -- the dangers of Distracted Shopping and Amazon's bevy of buttons to click) so ... I hope I like them? I loved the author's Sam and Dean fanfic so much...but I haven't had as much luck with some of her original fiction.


Laura - Apr 26, 2024 6:15:44 pm PDT #27935 of 28095
Our wings are not tired.

I really enjoyed the Temeraire series! I listened to the audio and could listen again.


Dana - Apr 26, 2024 6:18:10 pm PDT #27936 of 28095
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."

I think you could probably return them if you don't like them.


bennett - Apr 26, 2024 6:31:23 pm PDT #27937 of 28095

I love the whole Temeraire series and probably need to reread soon.