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!
What is your childhood trauma?
Cordelia ,'Lessons'
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."
Consuela - Apr 13, 2025 12:26:29 pm PDT #28258 of 28263
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
meara - Apr 14, 2025 10:02:07 am PDT #28259 of 28263
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 28263
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 28263
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.
meara - May 04, 2025 9:26:32 am PDT #28262 of 28263
Omg am reading a book that clearly started as Bon Appetit Test Kitchen fanfic, Claire/gender swapped Brad? It’s super cute though a little frustrating because the Claire character is super dumb about things that I don’t think make sense? But still cute. “Chef’s Kiss” by TJ Alexander
DavidS - May 04, 2025 12:27:05 pm PDT #28263 of 28263
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Omg am reading a book that clearly started as Bon Appetit Test Kitchen fanfic, Claire/gender swapped Brad? It’s super cute though a little frustrating because the Claire character is super dumb about things that I don’t think make sense? But still cute. “Chef’s Kiss” by TJ Alexander
That's hilarious! Harvard Educated Claire?! C'mon, TJ, smarten up your protag.