I just finished The Retired Assassin’s Guide to Country Gardening. It’s set in NZ, and I quite enjoyed it. I preordered the next in the series.
I know, world in peril and we have to work together. This is my last office romance, I'll tell you that.
Buffy ,'End of Days'
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."
Calli - Aug 02, 2025 8:51:51 am PDT #28378 of 28414
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
aurelia - Aug 03, 2025 7:13:18 pm PDT #28379 of 28414
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
As subject lines from emails go, this is pretty good: You finished If, Then. What's next?
-t - Aug 04, 2025 5:58:48 am PDT #28380 of 28414
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That is good!
Susan W. - Aug 04, 2025 7:28:13 pm PDT #28381 of 28414
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
I finally had my kaffeeklatsch session with Lois McMaster Bujold. There were three of us winners there, so the conversation was pretty rambling, but I'm happy to report she's already working on the next Penric & Desdemona, and it will fall somewhere in the middle of the existing canon. I mentioned wondering what's going on with Adelis, and she promised she does plan to bring him back into the main story eventually.
-t - Aug 04, 2025 8:32:49 pm PDT #28382 of 28414
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Thank you for sharing, Susan! Always good to hear there’s more Penric on the way. I would definitely like to know how Adelis and his wife and her extended household are getting along…
meara - Aug 04, 2025 9:00:28 pm PDT #28383 of 28414
Yay, love all the Penric stuff.
Consuela - Aug 04, 2025 10:11:54 pm PDT #28384 of 28414
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Yay for more Penric!
I finished The Raven Scholar and enjoyed it immensely. If you haven't read it, it's the kind of book you are happy there is more of while you are reading it.
-t - Aug 05, 2025 8:56:21 am PDT #28385 of 28414
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I very much want more stories in that world
-t - Aug 12, 2025 9:07:43 am PDT #28386 of 28414
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I finished Automatic Noodle the other day, which is a delight, and I don't think it's a spoiler to say it made me really want to try biang biang noodles. I found a place in Alameda that has them on the menu with online ordering, so I have made plans to pick some up and bring them to my folks to try with them. I am ridiculously excited about this!
DavidS - Aug 12, 2025 10:44:39 am PDT #28387 of 28414
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I am ridiculously excited about this!
Book food adventure!
I know Annalee a little bit so I'm always happy when her books find readers.