Buffy ,'Chosen'
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."
OooOOo, Cherryh.
I'm still of the firm opinion that Merchanters' Luck is a sort of sister to Firefly. I didn't read that book, I absorbed it. It's written exactly the way I think. My husband hated it, he couldn't stand the shorthanded language.
And the Russalka books, and the Chanur books, and the Faded Sun books, and, and, and. Angst and exhaustion, yes, but you know that going in. And so worth it.
I haven't read Merchanter's Luck in probably decades. I don't even have a copy anymore, which is a shame. I recall it being one of her more accessible introductions to the Alliance/Union universe.
And now: Oh noes! Poor Vanye has just been captured by the bad guys! (Again. He gets captured a lot.) And now he's all "Woe I must live because if Morgaine is dead I must continue the Quest. So no noble suicide-by-bad-guy for me!" (He does this a lot too.)
If you like the Morgaine books, Barb, there was a simply awesome novella written for Yuletide a few years ago, set after the last Morgaine book. It's all horses and interpersonal drama, with some great explosions and fight scenes, too.
Part 1 of a 4 part interview with Neil Gaiman.
(Parts 2-4 are on that page too.)
ETA: Sorry - given context I thought that this was recent but I believe that this is probably from August.
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Classic Regency Romance - Now with Ultraviolent Zombie Mayhem!.
I'm still of the firm opinion that Merchanters' Luck is a sort of sister to Firefly.
I will be checking this out then.
As soon as I finish China Mieville's The Scar. With which I am absolutely, completely smitten.
eta: I can write a correctly choreographed sentence.
I met Sandra Cisneros tonight! She was our speaker for my school's speaker series this year, and I got to chat with her early and then listen to her wonderful reading. She was genuine and friendly and inspirational, and I'm giddy even thinking about it now. Yay!
For all of those Little House fans out there, I stumbled across this NPR Xmas special from a few years ago. It's an hour long reading of excerpts from the books with songs from the (so far) two collections of songs mentioned in the books (the CDs' producers are hoping to put out ten CDs in all).
I read the Trumpeter of Krakow (ehh)and Hitty (pretty good) for the 20s. I have one more I am waiting that is short stories.
For the 30s , 40s and 50s I have read The Cat Who Went to Heaven ,The door in the Wall, and Twenty-one Ballons. All were actually very good. I think I could sell 'em all. Of course I have 3 or 4 more I want to read, and that is before we even start the discussion.
Need a good cathartic cry? NYTimes story about two children's librarians killed in a car accident: [link]
Has anyone here ever used Shelfari? If so, thoughts?