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.)
Spike? It's you. It's really you! My therapist thought I was holding on to false hope, but…I knew you'd come back. You're like…you're like Gandalf the White, resurrected from the pit of the Balrog, more beautiful than ever. Oh…he's alive Frodo. He's alive.
Andrew ,'Damage'
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."
Jessica - Oct 21, 2024 8:50:41 am PDT #28054 of 28067
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
JenP - Oct 21, 2024 9:51:58 am PDT #28055 of 28067
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 28067
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 28067
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 28067
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 28067
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.
Jessica - Oct 22, 2024 8:19:59 am PDT #28060 of 28067
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
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.
With both Harrow and Nona, I LOVED the ride I was on even if I was hopelessly lost for a good chunk of the narrative. And I never felt like I was being deliberately misled for the sake of a twist ending (poor Harrow being at least as confused and frustrated as the reader and she had to actually live through the damn book).
-t - Oct 22, 2024 8:37:17 am PDT #28061 of 28067
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Those somehow did not make me feel like I should be working to try to figure out what was going on, I could just go with it. And you're right, Calli, there is a certain amount of trust involved
Calli - Nov 11, 2024 4:18:51 pm PST #28062 of 28067
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Rebecca Solnit’s Hope in the Dark is free for non-UK people. [link]
Jessica - Nov 12, 2024 6:38:37 am PST #28063 of 28067
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
Am I about to DNF a 2nd work book club book in a row? We are reading The Hollow Kingdom and....ugh! Everything this book is trying to do I can think of another book that does that thing better.
POV animals and they're on a quest - Watership Down
Random poetic essays about the meaning of life - Space Opera/Space Oddity
Zombie dystopia - okay this one admittedly stumps me because I don't really do zombies, but enough people have recommended Feed I'm gonna say that one
So on the one hand I don't want to finish it but on the other hand I don't want to be the person who noped out of two books in a row either.