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Get up...get up, you stupid piece of... What did you do that for? What's wrong with you? Didn't you hear a word he said? All of you! You think there's someone just going to drop money on you?! Money they could use?! Well, there ain't people like that. There's just people like me.

Jayne ,'Jaynestown'

Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.

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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."

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-t - Jun 27, 2017 5:09:14 pm PDT #24639 of 28404

I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

That is weird, sumi, but I've noticed that even when, say, buying e-books that books in a series will get categorized differently. I suppose it's someone different making the decision each time?

Up to book 17 of the Foreigner series (although I think she calls it something else, First Contact?) and I'm pleased with my decision to catch up on it. Weird to read after the Three Body Problem, I keep thinking about cosmological sociology, but the Trisolarans initiated contact with the Solar System rather than just "cleansing" them, too. So. I don't know what I conclude from that, but I continue to enjoy Cherryh's way with alien cultures.

sumi - Jun 28, 2017 9:53:32 am PDT #24640 of 28404

Art Crawl!!!

Meanwhile - an important fact I have learned from Stiletto : the Dutch put chocolate sprinkles on their toast.

Toddson - Jun 28, 2017 12:24:39 pm PDT #24641 of 28404

Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

(packs bags for trip to Holland)

In strange shelving stories, when I was a kid I found "Animal Farm" had originally been classified as a children's book ... someone explained to the librarians and it was reclassified as a book for grown-ups, but the original stamp was visible.

DavidS - Jun 28, 2017 8:13:40 pm PDT #24642 of 28404

"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Meanwhile - an important fact I have learned from Stiletto : the Dutch put chocolate sprinkles on their toast.

For breakfast most mornings, apparently.

Amy - Jun 29, 2017 6:35:24 am PDT #24643 of 28404

Because books.

Nancy Pearl's summer reading list, via NPR: [link]

I love the sound of the first book, a vintage Hollywood mystery with Edith Head (!) as one of the detectives.

-t - Jun 29, 2017 6:55:42 am PDT #24644 of 28404

I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Ooh!

Sheryl - Jun 29, 2017 1:32:53 pm PDT #24645 of 28404

Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

I read that for the Agatha awards(it was nominated for Best First mystery- alas, it didn't win.) and enjoyed it greatly.

Jessica - Jun 30, 2017 12:14:10 pm PDT #24646 of 28404

And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

This is cool!

Crowd-sourced "literature map" that lets you see "readers who like this author also like" in a very nice graphical format.

EpicTangent - Jun 30, 2017 1:43:01 pm PDT #24647 of 28404

Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty

Very cool - investigating a new author in another tab even as we speak!

Laura - Jul 01, 2017 5:46:54 am PDT #24648 of 28404

Our wings are not tired.

The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter by Theodora Goss is awesome

As a reward to myself this morning, after cleaning up several times after a sick dog, I added this one to my Nook. I have to laugh at myself since I already have many years worth of unread volumes in paper and electronic form here. But I deserved a reward and the reviews from my friends are making it irresistible.

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