Funny thing about black and white. You mix it together and you get gray. And it doesn't matter how much white you try and put back in, you're never gonna get anything but gray.

Lilah ,'Destiny'


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."


-t - Nov 21, 2023 10:52:23 am PST #27799 of 28564
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

And there's new Naomi Kritzer, Liberty's Daughter. I was reading the short stories in this setting in a magazine back in the day (which was possibly not that long ago, I really don't remember when this was) and loooooved them, so I am very excited to get a novel!

Eta - should perhaps disclaim, has nothing to do with CatNet so far as I know


Jessica - Nov 21, 2023 11:46:56 am PST #27800 of 28564
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

December!?!?!?! YAY!


Toddson - Nov 21, 2023 1:44:00 pm PST #27801 of 28564
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

Well, I clicked on that pre-order right away.


erikaj - Nov 21, 2023 2:10:11 pm PST #27802 of 28564
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-

I read a book this week...it was strange, but I loved it. [link]


megan walker - Nov 23, 2023 9:32:27 am PST #27803 of 28564
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

It’s that time of year literistas—my annual first lines challenge: [link]

I have high hopes for you this year!


megan walker - Nov 23, 2023 11:51:17 pm PST #27804 of 28564
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

I have high hopes for you this year!

I glad to see I was right. I think having six guessed on the first day may be a record.


Toddson - Nov 24, 2023 8:26:35 am PST #27805 of 28564
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

Several years ago, at a previous job, I was friendly with a co-worker. We both had a taste for old books and, one day, I asked him what he was reading and he said I probably had never heard of it. When he said "Scaramouche" I quoted the first line to him, which he found a little surprising. Well, it IS one of the great opening lines ....


megan walker - Nov 24, 2023 9:34:08 am PST #27806 of 28564
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

It has been such a joy to discover Sabatini this year.


megan walker - Nov 24, 2023 6:09:39 pm PST #27807 of 28564
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

Hints are up: [link]


aurelia - Nov 25, 2023 4:54:05 pm PST #27808 of 28564
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

#2 is taunting me. I just can't quite pull it out of the memory bank.