I know this is off topic but I have to say how much this is me wrt Umbrella Academy right now!
I know it's still off topic, but I only watched the first episode tonight because I don't want it to be over and there are only 6 episodes dang it.
Gunn: You ready? Fred: Is no an acceptable answer?
'Lineage'
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."
Steph L. - Aug 08, 2024 6:56:03 pm PDT #28006 of 28095
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Pix - Aug 08, 2024 7:15:43 pm PDT #28007 of 28095
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
New Umbrella Academy is out?? Yay.
-t - Aug 12, 2024 6:44:27 pm PDT #28008 of 28095
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
The Pairing has me all verklempt. Good stuff. I don’t know if I need a full tour, but I could certainly go for some pastries and cocktails!
Steph L. - Aug 12, 2024 7:07:33 pm PDT #28009 of 28095
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
I could certainly go for some pastries and cocktails!
OMG, I want every single pastry in that book.
Jessica - Aug 22, 2024 6:51:16 am PDT #28010 of 28095
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
Update: I *do* like the characters. A LOT.
Curious to know when this happened for you because I'm in Bordeaux and...I still don't like them very much. Maybe it's the narrator? I can't tell, but something about this book isn't clicking for me.
-t - Aug 22, 2024 10:14:52 am PDT #28011 of 28095
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
It was definitely gradual and slow for me. Trying to see if I can look at the table of contents and remember...ok, it was certainly after Bordeaux. Maybe around San Sebastien? Maybe not until the POV switch? I remember being impatient to get the other side of the story, for sure, but I think I was liking the characters more before that happened.
I was also irritated with some of the line readings early on? And that eventually went away, not sure if I got used to whatever they were doing with them or if they got more like I wanted them to be or what.
A little tempted to listen to it again and see how the experience changes with knowing everyone going in, but I have started re-reading Anne Rice so that's gonna keep me busy for a while (I haven't decided how far I want to go, I stopped with The Body Thief or Memnoch the Devil (I honestly can not figure out if I read Memnoch the Devil or not) the first time around but I'm kind of intrigued by Atlantis)
Jessica - Aug 22, 2024 10:44:22 am PDT #28012 of 28095
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
Oooh I've been wanting to do an Anne Rice Vampires reread too, at least up to Body Thief, after seeing the S3 teaser.
Steph L. - Aug 22, 2024 11:34:06 am PDT #28013 of 28095
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Maybe not until the POV switch?
I think it was after the POV switch that I really started liking them.
Jessica - Aug 22, 2024 11:59:08 am PDT #28014 of 28095
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
Okay. I really don't want to DNF Casey McQuiston, so I will trust that Kit's POV will eventually make me less irritated with Theo's nepo-baby whining.
-t - Aug 22, 2024 1:06:26 pm PDT #28015 of 28095
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
after seeing the S3 teaser
Yeah, that's pretty much why