Zoe: I thought you wanted to spend more time off-ship this visit. Wash: Out there is seems like it's all fancy parties. I like our party better. The dress code is easier and I know all the steps.

'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."


dcp - Jun 13, 2025 8:23:02 am PDT #28341 of 28370
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

copperbadge has released a new story in the Shivadhverse, The Chicken Salad War [link]


Susan W. - Jun 13, 2025 8:40:44 am PDT #28342 of 28370
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights

when and where is your thing happening?

I don't know yet--I figure I'll get an email from SFWA soon to coordinate times and set it up.


Calli - Jun 20, 2025 4:31:37 am PDT #28343 of 28370
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

I’m enjoying The Chicken Salad War. Having started with the royals, it’s fun to see them through the eyes of others.

Congrats, Susan! Ms. Bujold was always lovely when I was on the listserve for fans of her books.


erikaj - Jun 26, 2025 5:18:47 pm PDT #28344 of 28370
Always Anti-fascist!

I wrote this review and wondered if people here want to see it. [link]


-t - Jul 08, 2025 2:57:59 pm PDT #28345 of 28370
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I haven't read much (any? Can't remember) Kinsella, but that sounds intriguing

Huh, someone is continuing the Girl With the Dragon Tattoo books. Not sure why but I find that surprising.

More relevantly to my immediate reading plans - new Rivers of London just came out! I finished the library book I was listening to driving to pick up lunch (The Mermaid the Witch and the Sea, which I had to take to runs at but ended up liking. It's an interesting take on mermaids. And witches. And pirates. There's a sequel which I have waiting in the wings) so I can start listening to Stone & Sky after work, hooray!


JenP - Jul 08, 2025 3:14:35 pm PDT #28346 of 28370

Nice! I just listened to The Disappearing Spoon, which is about the periodic table (and its elements, as you might imagine), and was thoroughly enjoyable and interesting.

I stalled out on reading. I need to figure out where I want to pick up.


Laura - Jul 08, 2025 3:15:11 pm PDT #28347 of 28370
Our wings are not tired.

Yes, there were maybe a couple of books written by another author in the series, and now another author is taking up the reins. I read the first two, but I don't think I finished the third written by Larsson.


-t - Jul 08, 2025 3:18:04 pm PDT #28348 of 28370
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Ooh, available at my library...


Tom Scola - Jul 10, 2025 10:24:20 am PDT #28349 of 28370
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

Read a New Murderbot Story for Free, Right After the Season Finale


-t - Jul 10, 2025 10:28:13 am PDT #28350 of 28370
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

In a perfect world, I would be able to spend all day rewatching the season so far, watch the finale, and then read that. Stupid not perfect world