Spike? It's you. It's really you! My therapist thought I was holding on to false hope, but…I knew you'd come back. You're like…you're like Gandalf the White, resurrected from the pit of the Balrog, more beautiful than ever. Oh…he's alive Frodo. He's alive.

Andrew ,'Damage'


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."


Jessica - Feb 24, 2017 8:22:38 am PST #24371 of 28765
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I read the Fionovar Tapestry ages ago and loved it, but never got into the rest of his work for some reason.


Calli - Feb 24, 2017 8:35:57 am PST #24372 of 28765
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

I remember crying over parts of The Summer Tree.


dcp - Feb 24, 2017 9:06:42 am PST #24373 of 28765
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

Yeah, good stuff.

It was The Lions of Al-Rassan that made me cry.


zuisa - Feb 24, 2017 9:29:39 am PST #24374 of 28765
call me jacki; zuisa is an internet nick from ancient times =)

Oh man, the battle at the end of Lions.. between Rodrigo Belmonte and Ammar ibn Khairan made me so upset I didn't want to read to see the conclusion.

Such a sad and beautiful story.


msbelle - Feb 25, 2017 10:16:58 am PST #24375 of 28765
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

for anyone doing or considering joining the loose goodreads bookclub thing I started, I have opened discussion for March's book.


Rayne - Feb 25, 2017 4:18:21 pm PST #24376 of 28765
"Oh no! Has falling sky liquid once again caused you the sadness?" -Starfire

Oh wow, I totally missed this! Congratulations Fran for the Nebula nomination for The Jewel and Her Lapidary!


Strix - Feb 27, 2017 7:38:24 pm PST #24377 of 28765
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

I love so much GG Kay. I remember absolutely, full-bore sobbing at pretty much the entire last 1/8th of the last book.

Loved Lions, Tigana, the Sarantium duology, Song for Arbonne, and his first Asian-inspired book. The others, though...I just didn't like the newer ones. That others are so emotionally rich and I just didn't feel much for the characters in the latest ones.


zuisa - Mar 02, 2017 1:37:02 pm PST #24378 of 28765
call me jacki; zuisa is an internet nick from ancient times =)

I'm halfway through Code Name Verity and I, uh.... I have a fair feeling I am going to be emotionally devastated by this book.


Amy - Mar 02, 2017 2:22:23 pm PST #24379 of 28765
Because books.

You're not wrong, zuisa. But it's completely worth it.


Consuela - Mar 02, 2017 2:24:30 pm PST #24380 of 28765
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Concur. But it's awesome.