Buffistas

Mal: He calls back, you keep them occupied. Wash: What do I do, shadow puppets?

'The Message'

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."

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-t - Jan 27, 2026 9:59:34 pm PST #28558 of 28564

I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Ooh, I keep forgetting about Hoopla. I love Ellis Peters but have not explored the audiobook versions…

Eta: A Morbid Taste for Bones is available through my Contra Costa library card, which any Californian is eligible for although you might have to physically go to a branch to get one…

Laga - Feb 06, 2026 9:52:41 am PST #28559 of 28564

You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

I have just finished my first complete Discworld (publication order) while listening to the Pratchat podcast (out of Australia). Now I'm speedrunning their short story episodes.

All the feels

-t - Feb 06, 2026 12:28:22 pm PST #28560 of 28564

I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Oh, wow, Laga. What a fun project! But intense, also, I’m sure

-t - Feb 06, 2026 10:16:58 pm PST #28561 of 28564

I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Ok, I have finished Bury Our Bones… and I’m not sure what I think of it. I liked the set up and the, like, vampire lore but by the time I got to the end I kinda lost all sense of why I want this particular story. Maybe it will settle better in my head in a day or two

bennett - Feb 07, 2026 7:38:25 am PST #28562 of 28564

I find that I'm not finishing more and more books these days. If they don't grab me from the beginning, I don't have the emotional wherewithal to keep going to see if they ever do. Also, after 40+ years as an academic librarian, I really have no interest in the trials and tribulations of kids growing up in a horrible world. So, no dark academic for me. I'm so glad I found Buffy before I got so cynical.

Calli - Feb 07, 2026 6:05:44 pm PST #28563 of 28564

I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

I read Master and Margarita for the local book group this past month. Not gonna lie, there was a fair bit of skipping and skimming. I don’t think mid-century Soviet magical realism is my thing. Still, I’m glad I encountered it, even glancingly.

DavidS - Feb 07, 2026 6:15:39 pm PST #28564 of 28564

"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

I read Master and Margarita for the local book group this past month. Not gonna lie, there was a fair bit of skipping and skimming. I don’t think mid-century Soviet magical realism is my thing. Still, I’m glad I encountered it, even glancingly.

The important thing to know is that novel was the inspiration for the Rolling Stones song "Sympathy for the Devil."

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