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.
Glory: Lesson number one, Vampires equal impure! Spike: Damn right I'm impure, I'm as impure as the driven yellow snow!
'Dirty Girls'
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."
askye - Apr 22, 2026 8:13:50 am PDT #28627 of 28644
Thrive to spite them
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.
Calli - Apr 23, 2026 3:47:32 pm PDT #28632 of 28644
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I’m getting “SGA fic in its banana pants heyday” vibes from that book description. And some of it was fun. Not really what I’m looking for in pro writing at the moment tho.
bennett - Apr 23, 2026 6:50:21 pm PDT #28633 of 28644
I don't mind bananapants but the idea that the author thinks I'm going to buy a books based on "A hilarious urban fantasy with over 1,600 five-star ratings on Amazon" irritates me. Also subtitles that say things like "A gripping and dazzling historical novel set in 1930s Berlin from the bestselling author of [some book that I've never heard of]". Let me find out if it's really gripping and dazzling. Don't tell me that upfront and expect me to believe it.
She said grumpily.
bennett - Apr 24, 2026 7:00:04 am PDT #28634 of 28644
New Penric available: Darkside Dare.
-t - Apr 24, 2026 10:12:52 am PDT #28635 of 28644
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Sweet!
-t - May 03, 2026 6:53:01 am PDT #28636 of 28644
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Aw, Dracula Daily has started. That should be good train reading