Wow...no, I didn't know about that...feels like spotting a family resemblance or something.
I already know what I'm gonna call her. Got a name all picked out...
Mal ,'Out Of Gas'
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 - Feb 01, 2025 1:58:51 pm PST #28175 of 28200
Always Anti-fascist!
JenP - Feb 08, 2025 7:04:55 am PST #28176 of 28200
I am reading such a gorgeous book right now. It's In Ascension by Martin MacInnes. Has anyone read it? It covers a lot of bases in one and is beautifully written. Not overwrought while touching on some truths in a way that's... it's like, snippets of how we really think and connect things as we go through life, or something. I mean, not the specific connections, but the weaving of past experience, and expertise, and observation in such a relatable way. First person narrative.
Well, I say not specifically relatable, but some of the parts about the aging parent are 100% relatable.
And it's also suspenseful sometimes and gripping most times -- even the more mundane parts. A good read with a bunch of extra body to it. Really a beautiful work. Highly recommend!
askye - Feb 14, 2025 10:10:37 am PST #28177 of 28200
Thrive to spite them
I've been reading the Dungeon Crawler Carl series it's LitRPG which I've never read and the cover looked fun and it's got Princess Donut a tabby Persian as a main character.
It's funny and kinda gross at times and by the 5th book (there are 7) my heart was being torn to shreds and definitely in book 6. It packs an emotional punch on multiple levels. The audio books are supposed to be superb.
This is the most books I've read in 3 years I think ..(my reading really dropped off ) so I'm hoping this will inspire me to read more and try different types of books
Consuela - Feb 15, 2025 8:16:18 am PST #28178 of 28200
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
For those who (like me) still buy ebooks from Amazon: Amazon is cutting off the ability to download ebooks to a computer/laptop (and then convert them).
Dana - Feb 15, 2025 8:28:08 am PST #28179 of 28200
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Saw that last night. Fuck them.
P.M. Marc - Feb 15, 2025 11:02:33 am PST #28180 of 28200
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Well, two pages out of twenty now downloaded. Sigh.
amyparker - Feb 15, 2025 11:54:22 am PST #28181 of 28200
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.
If anyone else is still in the Barnes and Noble ecosystem and needs to fill in some of their Discworld collection, most of the Nook editions are on sale for $2 each today; Amazon is matching the price and does have The Wee Free Men on sale as well, but the other Tiffany Aching books are conspicuous by their absence.
Also spending time pulling down my Kindle books, bleh.
bennett - Feb 15, 2025 12:22:59 pm PST #28182 of 28200
If you haven't already tried it, may I recommend Calibre (https://calibre-ebook.com/) for managing your downloaded ebooks.
meara - Feb 16, 2025 8:39:42 pm PST #28183 of 28200
I haven’t yet but guess I better work on downloading the kindle stuff. I also don’t have whatever it is to de-DRM my purchases anymore so gotta look at that too. Hrm.
-t - Feb 17, 2025 3:30:55 pm PST #28184 of 28200
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I should do that.
Meanwhile - I just came across The Orb of Caraido, a new novella? novelette? Shorter work of some kind set in the Goblin Emperor world. The mc seems to be a new character, a historian. I’m only a couple of pages into it, but I’m liking it so far