The only one of those I've read was True Grit, and that was a very long time ago.
Simon: I'm trying to put this as delicately as I can... How do I know you won't kill me in my sleep? Mal: You don't know me, son. So let me explain this to you once: If I ever kill you, you'll be awake, you'll be facing me, and you'll be armed.
'Serenity'
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 - Dec 01, 2025 12:54:27 pm PST #28485 of 28503
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
-t - Dec 01, 2025 1:39:57 pm PST #28486 of 28503
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
The only one I'm sure I read is We Solve Murders and I guess I forgot all about the bits that were how-to-be-an-international-criminal-mastermind although I enjoyed them when I was reading. Frankenstein makes sense now that I know it, but I was not making the connection (I have thought for years that I read it but what I actually remember of it is the cover of the paperback I found in a used book store which I am pretty sure I bought but not completely certain I read)
Dana - Dec 01, 2025 2:33:36 pm PST #28487 of 28503
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
The only one I read was Frankenstein, which might have been as far back as high school.
Dana - Dec 01, 2025 2:35:04 pm PST #28488 of 28503
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
Also, how TF is Richard Osman so prolific? He's already got another Thursday Murder Club, plus that one from his new series. And he hosts a game show!
-t - Dec 01, 2025 2:39:43 pm PST #28489 of 28503
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
He churns them out like clockwork!
megan walker - Dec 01, 2025 2:45:19 pm PST #28490 of 28503
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Also, how TF is Richard Osman so prolific? He's already got another Thursday Murder Club, plus that one from his new series. And he hosts a game show!
I read both! Neither really were guessable but I knew some people here had read the book I used and I thought the first line was funny given the context of the challenge. Plus, it gave me the idea to put the items in order of length, so...
BTW, I really liked both books. It is amazing to me how he manages to stay true to the TMC characters and yet still keep the stories fresh. I'm usually well tired of a series by the time it hits #5.
-t - Dec 01, 2025 3:15:15 pm PST #28491 of 28503
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I have the Impossible Fortune out from the library but it's about to go back and I haven't gotten to it. Woes.
Eta: because, I feel I should explain, I irrationally decided to prioritize reading Snake-eater from that other prolific writer T Kingfisher. I think this is her third this year? Plus the Swordheart reissue
-t - Dec 01, 2025 3:20:23 pm PST #28492 of 28503
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
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aurelia - Dec 01, 2025 4:34:21 pm PST #28493 of 28503
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Really surprised no one came up with #10. I thought I made it easier by using the preface but maybe not.
If I had submitted a guess, that is what I would have guessed. I don't have a copy of that one to check though.
Also, how TF is Richard Osman so prolific?
He's used to churning out content on a tv schedule??
-t - Dec 01, 2025 6:55:31 pm PST #28494 of 28503
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
If I had submitted a guess, that is what I would have guessed.
For some reason I made the leap to the spontaneous human combustion in Bleak House and while I was pretty sure it wasn’t that I couldn’t think of anything else. Even with the movie out.