Nevada Barr is great, and if you can't find them all, I don't think they especially need to be read in order--I mean, there's a few details, but especially the earlier books, there's not a ton of personal stuff that carries through. The last few books, there's some, depending on which book, but even those, a few of them, there's not hardly any.
Angel: How're you feeling? Faith: Like I did mushrooms and got eaten by a bear.
'A Hole in the World'
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."
meara - Dec 16, 2008 11:19:48 pm PST #8166 of 28431
Toddson - Dec 17, 2008 3:31:42 am PST #8167 of 28431
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
ooh! Vortex! the public library sells books - paperbacks are .50 and hardcovers $1 to maybe $5. They're books removed from circulation, contributions from people - the money goes to support the library. The main one downtown has a big Books Plus.
Gris - Dec 18, 2008 7:45:21 am PST #8168 of 28431
Hey. New board.
I've read most of the Vorkosigan books completely out of order (basically, in the order I found them.) They're all awesome, and readable without the others. They weren't written in chronological order either. So, basically... buy whatever you can get your hands on and read them in whatever order you want, is my suggestion.
As an additional suggestion, I just finished the entire "Twelve Houses" series by Sharon Shinn (the books that begin with Mystic and Rider) and loved them. They all have a romantic element - that's what she does - but there's also plenty of cool magic, swashbuckling, and political intrigue. In fact, I think that this series greatly improved her epic fantasy chops while sometimes underselling the romance. Which I was fine with.
Vortex - Dec 18, 2008 7:47:43 am PST #8169 of 28431
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I am sharing this with you because you will understand. I'm panicking because I'm only bringing 10 books for a 15 day cruise. I might have to buy some more tonight.
Kat - Dec 18, 2008 7:54:03 am PST #8170 of 28431
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Vortex, each ship I have been on has a library with a variety of qualities of books. And also, there is often a book exchange box where people drop and pick up as necessary.
Vortex - Dec 18, 2008 7:56:24 am PST #8171 of 28431
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Vortex, each ship I have been on has a library with a variety of qualities of books.
I keep telling myself that, but the panic! What if I don't have anything to read? I won't have the internet! If I can't read, surf the web or watch TV, WHAT WILL I DO!?!?!?!?
Fay - Dec 18, 2008 8:00:24 am PST #8172 of 28431
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
I am sharing this with you because you will understand. I'm panicking because I'm only bringing 10 books for a 15 day cruise. I might have to buy some more tonight.
And this, right here, is why I love the Buffistas. My people! With their boobs of war!
Polter-Cow - Dec 18, 2008 8:09:36 am PST #8173 of 28431
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Vortex, each ship I have been on has a library with a variety of qualities of books.
That's how I read...I forget. But I totally read a book that way! Maybe Shadow of the Hegemon ? I may have brought that with me.
DavidS - Dec 18, 2008 8:14:46 am PST #8174 of 28431
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
If I can't read, surf the web or watch TV, WHAT WILL I DO!?!?!?!?
Pick up cabanas boys for cheap sex and thrills?
Connie Neil - Dec 18, 2008 8:19:46 am PST #8175 of 28431
brillig
Pick up cabanas boys for cheap sex and thrills?
What do you think this is, Hec, the Love Boat?