We killed a homeless man on this bench. Me and Dru. Those were good times. You know, he begged for mercy, and you know, that only made her bite harder.

Spike ,'Sleeper'


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."


Jesse - Nov 14, 2021 11:32:20 am PST #27171 of 28342
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Larry's just a total tool poseur artiste on the show, which adds up, coming from his younger brother's writing.


dcp - Nov 14, 2021 12:35:49 pm PST #27172 of 28342
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

In Gerald Durrell's book My Family and Other Animals he describes Larry as "...designed by Providence to go through life like a small blond firework, exploding ideas in other people's minds, and then curling up with catlike unctuousness and refusing to take any blame for the consequences."

My 11-year-old self had never heard of "unctuousness," but "curling up cat-like" made enough sense to me to go on with, and I looked up the word later.


Toddson - Nov 15, 2021 6:13:04 am PST #27173 of 28342
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

I remember reading Gerald Durrell's books back in my teens and laughing over them. I tried reading one of the Alexandria Quartet (my parents had all four) but didn't get it - either I was too young or there really wasn't much of a point to it. I believe his books are still in print.


Cashmere - Nov 15, 2021 9:14:34 am PST #27174 of 28342
Now tagless for your comfort.

I enjoyed Addie LaRue but I was sort of mad about the ending. I stuck with the audiobook on that one and the narrator has a lovely voice. Very Addie.

New Montague Sibling book coming out tomorrow! Shipwrecks and Scandal! It's the Goblin!

I am trying to read at least a few books from the National Book Award list so I got All that She Carried and The Legend of Auntie Po (which I LOVED).


hippocampus - Nov 15, 2021 3:11:43 pm PST #27175 of 28342
not your mom's socks.

I love Auntie Po! That’s all I’ve finished reading because it’s Grading Season and my eyeballs are a bleeding.


sumi - Nov 16, 2021 12:37:31 pm PST #27176 of 28342
Art Crawl!!!

I enjoyed All That She Carried - just the thought of something surviving the rigors of life for that long & the stories that can be told from them was amazing to me. Material culture of people who aren’t the high & the mighty just doesn’t survive often.


Cashmere - Nov 18, 2021 2:49:57 pm PST #27177 of 28342
Now tagless for your comfort.

National Book Awards were announced. Late Night at the Telegraph Club won for YA.

All That She Carried also won.


Toddson - Nov 19, 2021 11:55:12 am PST #27178 of 28342
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

If you're in the mood for some TOTAL WTF-ery, Dara Joy's Knight of a Trillion Stars is on sale. Batshit. A fair amount of explicit sex, but batshit.


Jessica - Nov 19, 2021 12:48:27 pm PST #27179 of 28342
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

A fair amount of explicit sex, but AND batshit.

There, now it's a Buffista rec.


Toddson - Nov 19, 2021 1:22:25 pm PST #27180 of 28342
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

Thank you Jessica. You're right.

And other books of hers - equally batshit - are on Kindle, but they're mostly more expensive. This is CHEAP batshit.