(I paused the audiobook to come post that.)
Yeah. He's my hero.
Mal ,'The Train Job'
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."
Jessica - Mar 26, 2026 5:06:34 am PDT #28603 of 28706
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
-t - Mar 26, 2026 10:10:53 am PDT #28604 of 28706
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
:: draws pink sparkly hearts over Jess's posts::
Jessica - Mar 26, 2026 10:19:34 am PDT #28605 of 28706
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
This narrator is so good at voices I thought for a second this was a full cast recording. (I am very relieved that it's not.)
kat - Mar 27, 2026 9:11:22 am PDT #28606 of 28706
"The thing about dorks is we stick together. Mostly for gaming purposes but also because it wards off jocks, gutter clowns and other Stephen King-like threats." - Lauren Okie
Has anyone read Book of Love? Some folks are saying it's a good one for Buffy fans. Haven't picked it up yet but am wondering if anyone else has.
Kate P. - Mar 27, 2026 11:11:51 am PDT #28607 of 28706
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
I did, Kat, and it was ... fine? It's long and not super plotty, so I got bogged down a bit, but once I switched to audio I enjoyed it better. I usually love Kelly Link but I think she's a better short story writer than novelist.
kat - Mar 27, 2026 2:56:07 pm PDT #28608 of 28706
"The thing about dorks is we stick together. Mostly for gaming purposes but also because it wards off jocks, gutter clowns and other Stephen King-like threats." - Lauren Okie
Dang! I wish I had checked back before I bought it... maybe after I read it, it will migrate to my classroom library.
Other books purchased today: Work Won't Love You Back and Lauren Groff's The Vaster Wilds.
-t - Mar 27, 2026 6:07:55 pm PDT #28609 of 28706
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I liked The Book of Love more than I expected to. I don’t actually love Link’s short stories that I’ve read, but Book of Love really grew on me as I read it.
bennett - Mar 29, 2026 11:03:06 am PDT #28610 of 28706
"The Senate today have voted to make me a god in Palmyra. They'll put a little statue to me in the temple, and people will bring offerings to me, asking me to bring rain or cure their father's gout. Tell me, Livia: if I'm a god, even in Palmyra, how do I cure gout?!" Augustus, "I Claudius"
Penric 16 impending from Bujold. Titled "Darksight Dare" and "takes place in the late fall after 'The Adventure of the Demonic Ox'". Should be out mid-April.
-t - Mar 29, 2026 1:15:25 pm PDT #28611 of 28706
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Yay, more Penric!
-t - Apr 12, 2026 1:30:22 pm PDT #28612 of 28706
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I just finished The Final Problem by Arturo Perez-Reverte and it is excellent. Sherlock Holmes, um, adjacent? Heavily referential, anyway. With excellent treatment of Moriarty and Irene Adler, anyone who was into Elementary’s version would likely enjoy this, I think (not that they are similar versions at all but similarly thoughtful and cool?)