I have The Tainted Cup waiting on my Kindle after several people raved about it.
Anya: We should drop a piano on her. It always works for that creepy cartoon rabbit when he's running from that nice man with the speech impediment. Giles: Yes, or perhaps we could paint a convincing fake tunnel on the side of a mountain.
'Touched'
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."
Dana - Apr 12, 2025 4:59:07 pm PDT #28252 of 28261
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
-t - Apr 12, 2025 6:39:14 pm PDT #28253 of 28261
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Same as Dana. Hugo finalist, yes?
bennett - Apr 12, 2025 6:48:57 pm PDT #28254 of 28261
I loved The Tainted Cup - the characters, the world building, the Sherlock/Watson riffs. And it is nominated for both an Edgar (which I associate with pretty traditional mysteries) as well as the Hugo. And deservedly so. I have not read his Founders trilogy but they're on my TBR pile.
-t - Apr 12, 2025 7:12:28 pm PDT #28255 of 28261
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Ooh, dual Edgar and Hugo is pretty cool!
I’ve had it sitting on the kindle for over a year, maybe I should bump it to the front of the queue
I think I’ve also heard good things about City of Stairs but I might be conflating titles
So many books, so little time
Kate P. - Apr 12, 2025 8:27:27 pm PDT #28256 of 28261
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
I read Foundryside a couple of years ago and really enjoyed it. Glad to see this one getting a lot of high praise! I just added it to my library wish list.
JenP - Apr 12, 2025 8:30:20 pm PDT #28257 of 28261
Consuela - Apr 13, 2025 12:26:29 pm PDT #28258 of 28261
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I Loved RJB's Divine Cities trilogy, starting with City of Stairs. Really cool setting, felt very post-Soviet, with lots of politics and magic in the ruins of empire, when the oppressed classes gain power and what does that look like. Great great characters too. Recommended!
meara - Apr 14, 2025 10:02:07 am PDT #28259 of 28261
Hmm, will have to check out Tainted Cup and also the new Guillory!
Anyone else randomly have recs? Not that I don’t have a ton of books in my Libby that I haven’t finished, already, but…
Susan W. - Apr 17, 2025 9:10:21 pm PDT #28260 of 28261
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Has anyone else read The Ministry of Time? I couldn't put it down, though I agreed with some of the reviews I read when I was afraid I might hate the ending that said the science fiction/time travel, romance, and thriller elements were sometimes awkwardly meshed.
-t - Apr 26, 2025 9:38:36 am PDT #28261 of 28261
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Happy Independent Bookstore Day! I had intended to celebrate by going to the little bookstore near work that I never manage to get to while it’s open, and I still might the day is young, but have already marked by buying an e-book through Bookshop.org that is credited to that bookstore.
I’ve been working my way through Christopher Moore’s oeuvre for no particular reason, mostly listening to audiobooks, and I got to Sacre Bleu today. (BTW I have developed a strong opinion that reading his stuff in published order is far superior to any other scheme) which I guess I bought from Chirp at some point when it was presumably on sale because Chirp. I noticed that he cover says “Includes artwork from the book” which sounded nifty but I can’t figure out what it means - there’s no pdfs or anything - so I got a sample of the ebook in the iBooks app (or whatever it is called now, I think the “i” is gone but how am I supposed to know it’s an Apple product without that?) and it definitely included some van Gogh pictures amongst the text. My library did not have this book available, but Bookshop did, so I splurged.
And the reason I am telling you all this (I know you were wondering) is that the ebook in the Bookshop reader is SO MUCH PRETTIER than the iBooks sample. Gorgeous! Check it out for all your ebook reading needs if you have not.