Anyone read Alderman's The Future? I'm 20 percent in and enjoying it immensely, even if it's taking me a bit to get the characters un-mixed-up
Joyce: And what did you do tonight? Dawn: Irritated Giles. I'm beginning to get why Buffy likes it so much.
'Get It Done'
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."
DebetEsse - Oct 10, 2024 7:01:57 pm PDT #28050 of 28087
Woe to the fucking wicked.
amyparker - Oct 15, 2024 4:40:07 pm PDT #28051 of 28087
You've got friends to have good times with. When you need to share the trauma of a badly-written book with someone, that's when you go to family.
Hi there! Did anyone else know that Victoria Goddard is offering ebook bundles at her website? Boy, when I've got seventy-odd dollars going spare . . . .
-t - Oct 15, 2024 8:50:28 pm PDT #28052 of 28087
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Oooh. I think I’ve already bought them all, but I better check.
JenP - Oct 16, 2024 7:48:22 am PDT #28053 of 28087
Anyone read Alderman's The Future? I'm 20 percent in and enjoying it immensely, even if it's taking me a bit to get the characters un-mixed-up
I have not, but I feel you in the challenge of unmixing characters. I think I used to be better at it.
Today I'm picking up the second Expanse book from the library. Right now I'm listening to a Max Tegmark book on one of his more out there ideas - everything is just one big mathematics construct. I fade in and out of getting his meaning now that he's reached that part of the book. Fun listen, though.
Jessica - Oct 21, 2024 8:50:41 am PDT #28054 of 28087
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
This month's office book club book was God of the Woods. I made it about 40% through (on audio) before I broke down and hit up Reddit for spoilers, which I'm very glad I did because now I don't have to finish it. (There's probably a good book in there somewhere but I got really tired of being introduced to a new POV character every five minutes and then jumping to a different time period to make sure I, the reader, didn't accidentally figure out what was going on.)
JenP - Oct 21, 2024 9:51:58 am PDT #28055 of 28087
That does not sound delightful.
Guess who forgot to pick up her second Expanse book last week? I'll put in hold again -- maybe it's still on site. That'd be nice.
-t - Oct 21, 2024 10:50:14 am PDT #28056 of 28087
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I know I'm supposed to be willing to put in the work to read that kind of confusing stuff to keep my intellectual card but at this point I'm really not. That card probably expired a while ago, honestly.
Unrelatedly, listening to The Duke at Hazard and Swordcrossed back to back has me wishing I was occupying an aristocratic (ish) position I could run away from for a while.
erikaj - Oct 21, 2024 3:23:47 pm PDT #28057 of 28087
Always Anti-fascist!
A truly challenging book doesn't just, you know, twist for the sake of it, though.
-t - Oct 21, 2024 3:27:23 pm PDT #28058 of 28087
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That's true. But can I tell the difference? Maybe, maybe not
Calli - Oct 22, 2024 7:22:53 am PDT #28059 of 28087
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
The sequels to Gideon the Ninth had some complex timeline and POV issues. But the author built up a lot of trust and goodwill in the first book, so I was willing to trust her in the sequels. I doubt I’d do the same with a new-to-me author.