::totally loving on JZ for her brilliance.::
I don't really have a security blanket... unless you count Mr. Pointy.
Buffy ,'Lessons'
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."
Scrappy - Apr 30, 2008 4:14:38 pm PDT #5598 of 28344
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Dana - Apr 30, 2008 4:14:57 pm PDT #5599 of 28344
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Sayers would have been a Buffista too.
Typo Boy - Apr 30, 2008 4:21:51 pm PDT #5600 of 28344
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Sayers would have been a Buffista too.
Her antisemitism and snobbery might have earned less than a perfectly friendly welcome.
Dana - Apr 30, 2008 4:22:30 pm PDT #5601 of 28344
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Obviously, when someone is a Buffista, they become the ideal version of themselves, and not the irritatingly real-life version.
Typo Boy - Apr 30, 2008 4:23:12 pm PDT #5602 of 28344
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Ah, shame it never worked for me. I would be much happier as an ideal version of myself rather than the irritatingly real life version.
Steph L. - Apr 30, 2008 4:40:45 pm PDT #5603 of 28344
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Kink isn't too bad, really (although did Teppy say it was historical? Because, yeah, not getting that vibe *at all*) ...
No, Susan said that the one she voted for was historical, with the 2 basically naked people. Because y'know, people throughout history have been naked....
Amy - Apr 30, 2008 4:47:01 pm PDT #5604 of 28344
Because books.
Ah. Oops. Thanks, Tep!
Ginger - Apr 30, 2008 4:51:48 pm PDT #5605 of 28344
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Other people have added several people I meant to include. Definitely Nevada Barr. BTW, the latest one is excellent. I also really like Margaret Maron. I prefer the Deborah Knott ones, mostly because the Sigrid Harald series came to such an abrupt and depressing end, but also because I think she had come more into her stride as a writer with the second series.
Her antisemitism and snobbery might have earned less than a perfectly friendly welcome.
She was a creature of her era. Not everyone can be more enlightened than the people around them.
t / just a teeny bit defensive of my biggest literary girlcrush next to MFK Fisher
Sharon McCrumb (the funny ones)
That's the great thing about different points of view, because I would have said "not the funny ones," or, more to the point, not the Elizabeth MacPherson books, except for "Killing Susan," in which she takes such sly advantage of the fact that her main character is an idiot. The Ballad books are wonderful, though.
I also forgot to mention James Lee Burke, who I think is one of the better current writers in any genre, at least in the sense of "Ain't those words purty. Damn, I wish I could write like that."
Amy - Apr 30, 2008 4:55:55 pm PDT #5606 of 28344
Because books.
Did anyone mention Deborah Crombie's Kincaid/James series? It's good British mystery and sort of Elizabeth George-lite, which I appreciate, much as I love George.
dcp - Apr 30, 2008 4:59:33 pm PDT #5607 of 28344
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Beautiful writing, but tough stories.
They're making a movie of In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead [link]