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.
Wash: Don't fall asleep now. Sleepiness is weakness of character. Ask anyone. You're acting captain. Know what happens you fall asleep now? Zoe: Jayne slits my throat, and takes over. Wash: That's right. Zoe: And we can't stop it.
'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."
Susan W. - Aug 04, 2025 7:28:13 pm PDT #28381 of 28414
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
-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.
-t - Aug 12, 2025 12:00:29 pm PDT #28388 of 28414
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I've met her, I'm pretty sure, but I don't really know her to talk to. I like her books a lot in general, this one in particular feels very aimed right at me and it does not miss
Calli - Aug 16, 2025 7:35:05 am PDT #28389 of 28414
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I’m reading The Left-handed Book Sellers of London and really enjoying it.
Pix - Aug 16, 2025 8:33:43 am PDT #28390 of 28414
The status is NOT quo.
I recently read Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto, and it was a total delight — set in San Francisco and all about found family. The tea-shop-owning self-proclaimed detective protagonist is based on the author's parents, and although Sutanto wrote that she always worries about playing into Asian stereotypes, she instills such dignity into Vera Wong that I found it utterly charming.