And I already read it! It was nice enough, but it's weird going backwards in Penric's life.
I wouldn't mind more stories set when he was studying shamanism in the Weald...
But she was naked! And all... articulate!
Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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 - Oct 29, 2025 8:54:16 pm PDT #28458 of 28469
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
-t - Nov 01, 2025 11:26:45 am PDT #28459 of 28469
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Just finished it myself. It does take some mental adjustment to be back in time like that. Makes me want to re-read in chronological order a little more than any of these do.
Nice to spend some some time with the princess-archdivine.
Consuela - Nov 02, 2025 10:10:58 pm PST #28460 of 28469
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Yes, I liked her!
In other news, I have pre-ordered the new Kate Elliott, the sequel to The Witch Roads. Happily, Bookshop.org has it DRM-free, so I can load it on my kindle.
-t - Nov 03, 2025 7:00:29 am PST #28461 of 28469
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I bought The Witch Roads but haven’t read it yet, another victim of my need to read library books before they are due back pushing the books I own further down the TBR queue.
-t - Nov 18, 2025 6:52:09 pm PST #28462 of 28469
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I love it when my kindle tells me there’s a new book out by an author I’ve read and it’s already in another reading app because past me pre-ordered. Sadly, a different book is due back to the library in 3 days and I haven’t started it.
meara - Nov 18, 2025 9:35:51 pm PST #28463 of 28469
Ooh what did you preorder? I never preorder but I also probably miss books I would otherwise be into (though thankfully catch some of them through heads up here!)
I’m trying to decide if I want to buy the latest from an author I used to like but haven’t much liked her recent books. I feel like she’s leaned too hard into the neurodivergent cozy theme and made everyone just sit and talk about possible feelings and actions and what would happen if they vaguely thought about going on a date rather than…going on a date? In her last few books. I like the world she’s built, and the premise of the new book is good, but…
-t - Nov 19, 2025 7:44:49 am PST #28464 of 28469
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Cat Sebastian After_Hours_at_Dooryard_Books
I am super hit and miss with pre-ordering, it’s always an impulse decision but it can be months before I get the gratification. Sometimes I am sure I must have already ordered something because I am looking forward to it so much but somehow I never did. And sometimes I forget that I ordered on Kobo and also get it through iBooks. I should have more of a system.
Jessica - Nov 19, 2025 7:48:32 am PST #28465 of 28469
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
That one hit my Kindle yesterday too, but I always hold off on Cat Sebastian because once I've read it, I'll be done reading it.
-t - Nov 19, 2025 7:48:54 am PST #28466 of 28469
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That is a good point.
-t - Nov 19, 2025 8:36:26 am PST #28467 of 28469
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
The library book is Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil which I did start and 20 pages in I do want to keep reading but finishing the remaining 500 or so by Friday seems unlikely.