Cool, thanks!
I meant should in the "I might have liked it better when I was younger and things in general were newer to me" sense -- like, if I'd wanted to like it, I should have read it earlier, ha!
Zoe: Planet's coming up a mite fast. Wash: That's just cause, I'm going down too quick. Likely crash and kill us all. Mal: Well, that happens, let me know.
'Shindig'
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."
JenP - Mar 23, 2025 1:30:23 pm PDT #28228 of 28235
EpicTangent - Mar 23, 2025 1:43:20 pm PDT #28229 of 28235
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
I haven't read Red Rising myself (yet), but I bought the first book on the strength of the really, really strong recommendation of a friend whose opinion I value. I'm not sure how strong of a data point that is, but there it is.
JenP - Mar 23, 2025 4:55:57 pm PDT #28230 of 28235
Ooh, cool. I look forward to your review!
-t - Mar 23, 2025 5:33:43 pm PDT #28231 of 28235
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I'd wanted to like it, I should have read it earlier,
Oh, that totally makes sense!
If you like it I will reconsider my stance, Epic. It’s very possible that what I didn’t like about the samples was the production (I think was one of those “full cast” readings which I can hate even if I like the source material (not always, sometimes I love them. I wish I knew what the critical difference that led to those divergent outcomes was!))
EpicTangent - Mar 23, 2025 5:53:15 pm PDT #28232 of 28235
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
Well, unfortunately, I won't be getting to it soon! My library has been annoyingly prompt with bringing in my holds lately, so those are priority. But I'll let you know. Patrick (my friend) was a really big reader, and a very smart guy, so if he recommended it (and seriously, he REALLY recommended it), it must have ... err ... something to recommend it.
Jessica - Mar 24, 2025 8:37:45 am PDT #28233 of 28235
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I read Hyperion something like 30 years ago, it’s pretty hazy.
Same here. I remember the worldbuilding more than any of the characters, but I am glad to have read them. (That house that one guy has in Endymion? I want to live there! Except for the, um, consequences.)
JenP - Mar 25, 2025 5:49:59 am PDT #28234 of 28235
Just finished listening to Murder by Memory thanks to -t's post. Very fun!
-t - Mar 25, 2025 7:36:22 am PDT #28235 of 28235
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I actually just listened to it myself yesterday! Very pleased with it - the world building is interesting, the mystery is good, and Dorothy Gentleman is a likable detective