I was like that when I was her age, then everyone decided to Prepare Me For Real Life by taking me down a peg. Sometimes I think they took a few too many pegs. ETA: Ok, so maybe "poise" is a stretch. But I was more confident, which might have become poise.
We killed a homeless man on this bench. Me and Dru. Those were good times. You know, he begged for mercy, and you know, that only made her bite harder.
Spike ,'Sleeper'
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."
erikaj - Apr 14, 2026 4:52:26 pm PDT #28622 of 28644
"Somewhere in this building is our talent." Toby Ziegler, my spirit animal
bennett - Apr 15, 2026 6:41:06 am PDT #28623 of 28644
New EH Lupton is now available - Renaissance.
sj - Apr 16, 2026 8:56:41 am PDT #28624 of 28644
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I’m sorry that happened to you, erika. I will beat up anyone trying to take my kid down a peg.
erikaj - Apr 16, 2026 11:27:14 am PDT #28625 of 28644
"Somewhere in this building is our talent." Toby Ziegler, my spirit animal
Yeah, I know. The worst part is that they thought they were helping, probably, and not just random strangers.
erikaj - Apr 16, 2026 1:04:51 pm PDT #28626 of 28644
"Somewhere in this building is our talent." Toby Ziegler, my spirit animal
Cheerios: I write about the memoir that people are talking about, here. [link]
askye - Apr 22, 2026 8:13:50 am PDT #28627 of 28644
Thrive to spite them
I have fallen down the MF tomance rabbit hole. I was trying to get out of reading romances for awhile but ended up just switching types. Although I kept reading a few pages and then quitting books because the heroines were all dealing with major misogyny in the first few pages and I don't want to deal with that in my escapism.
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 23, 2026 12:05:30 pm PDT #28628 of 28644
You have to remember that being a 5-time Olympic medalist means Hilary Knight has been playing hockey at an elite level at least 16 years. It's impossible for her to be a teenage girl less than 16 years old, thus the President's complete lack of interest.
Why I am distrustful of book rankings on Amazon, Exhibit A:
As fire-breathing unicorn shifter Bailey and her new husband, incubus police chief Quinn, struggle to take care of two orphaned gorgons, all hell breaks loose! A hilarious urban fantasy with over 1,600 five-star ratings on Amazon.
Jessica - Apr 23, 2026 12:50:13 pm PDT #28629 of 28644
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
With a blurb like that they should ALL be five-star ratings!
bennett - Apr 23, 2026 1:26:34 pm PDT #28630 of 28644
I wonder whether anybody actually buys something with a blurb like that. Maybe so, but that's so over-the-top I wouldn't touch it with a 10-foot pole. But then, I feel like that for most blurbs. These days, I'm only buying off recommendations from people I know. And even then, I try to get something from a new author via Libby just to be on the safe side. Mind you, I'm noping out of a lot of books these days.
Jessica - Apr 23, 2026 1:36:32 pm PDT #28631 of 28644
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
The whole shifter/monster-fucking thing isn't my particular jam but I'm not going to judge anybody for enjoying bananapants unhinged escapism. These days, the farther a fictional premise is from reality the more I want to live there.