Jess's recs are good ones! BTW, I loved After Hours at Dooryard Books, as expected
Mal: You want to tell me how come there's a statue of you here looking at me like I owe him something? Jayne: Wishing I could, Captain.
'Jaynestown'
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."
-t - Dec 30, 2025 8:40:39 am PST #28514 of 28558
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
JenP - Dec 30, 2025 8:43:30 am PST #28515 of 28558
Thanks for the recs -- always, always love the recs!
Jessica - Dec 30, 2025 8:47:18 am PST #28516 of 28558
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Speaking of Cat Sebastian, for folks experiencing a Heated Rivalry hangover, I'm currently rereading Season's Change by Cait Nairy, which I haven't seen pop up on any of the "What to read after HR" lists out there but which Cat Sebastian recommended when it came out as "weapons-grade idiots to lovers" and she is never wrong. Nairy's other two books aren't nearly as good but this one is a periodic reread of mine.
-t - Dec 30, 2025 9:00:37 am PST #28517 of 28558
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
See, this is why my library holds are out of control. Although this particular book is available immediately, so it is actually contributing to a different problem.
bennett - Dec 30, 2025 9:23:34 am PST #28518 of 28558
Seconding "After Hours at Dooryard Books". I'm not as big a fan or her 60s-era books as I am her more historical ones (I love, love love, "The Queer Principles of Kit Webb"), but Dooryard Books is a real comfort read.
meara - Dec 30, 2025 11:54:40 am PST #28519 of 28558
Cait Nary is good, also Tal Bauer, if you're wanting more M/M sports romance (and some non-sports romance)
Jessica - Dec 30, 2025 12:04:25 pm PST #28520 of 28558
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Tal Bauer is amazing - You & Me is a frequent comfort reread, but his latest ( The Fall ) was so stressful to read I finished it in one sitting because I could not STAND not knowing how it would resolve itself.
Calli - Dec 31, 2025 11:09:08 am PST #28521 of 28558
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I’m thinking of upping my new poetry reading in 2026. And I was wondering if anyone had any recs, please. I’m pretty good on pre-20th century English poets, but I’m weak on American poets (aside from Edna St. Vincent Millay and Mary Oliver) and most post-WWI poetry. I’d love to expand my range a bit. I’m afraid I’m monolingual. At least, I’m not good enough in any other language to really appreciate the poetry, even if I can order a vin blanc or kaffee mit schlag. But I’m open to especially good translations.
dcp - Dec 31, 2025 1:48:47 pm PST #28522 of 28558
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Robert Service? Don Marquis? Guy Wetmore Carryl?
I never much liked Robert Frost or Carl Sandburg, but I think that is because we were forced to study them in high school.
When I try to think of more modern poetry, I keep coming up with song lyrics. Woodie Guthrie. Simon & Garfunkel. Jimmy Buffet. John Prine. Jim Croce. Joan Baez. Carole King.
DavidS - Dec 31, 2025 2:59:57 pm PST #28523 of 28558
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I’m thinking of upping my new poetry reading in 2026. And I was wondering if anyone had any recs, please.
I just suggested Marianne Moore and Elizabeth Bishop (with links) on the year-end thread.