A truly challenging book doesn't just, you know, twist for the sake of it, though.
Harken: You fought with Captain Reynolds in the war? Zoe: Fought with a lot of people in the war. Harken: And your husband? Zoe: Fight with him sometimes, too.
'Bushwhacked'
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."
erikaj - Oct 21, 2024 3:23:47 pm PDT #28057 of 28089
Always Anti-fascist!
-t - Oct 21, 2024 3:27:23 pm PDT #28058 of 28089
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 28089
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 28089
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 28089
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 28089
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 28089
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.
Dana - Nov 12, 2024 12:42:47 pm PST #28064 of 28089
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
I vote you just reread Watership Down.
bennett - Nov 12, 2024 12:48:07 pm PST #28065 of 28089
I second Dana. Watership Downs is one my comfort reads.
Jessica - Nov 12, 2024 1:11:29 pm PST #28066 of 28089
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
Rereading Watership Down is always a good choice (even if I could probably recite most of it from memory!)