Ooh thanks for the Penric heads up!
Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.
Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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."
meara - Jul 12, 2025 8:47:55 am PDT #28359 of 28461
sj - Jul 14, 2025 5:43:19 pm PDT #28360 of 28461
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I have tickets for a book signing for Leigh Bardugo at the end of August! It’s for her new children’s book but she’ll sign up to two additional books! So do I bring the Six of Crows Duology or the two Ninth House books or The Familiar? I can’t decide! Help!
-t - Jul 14, 2025 6:08:58 pm PDT #28361 of 28461
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Ooh, tough call! I’m leaning Ninth House but I don’t think there are wrong choices there. Should be fun!
sj - Jul 14, 2025 6:12:29 pm PDT #28362 of 28461
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I’m leaning Six of Crows but I also really loved The Familiar, but there is not another stand alone to go with it.
DavidS - Jul 14, 2025 6:54:11 pm PDT #28363 of 28461
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I vote Ninth House, but I haven't read the others.
Steph L. - Jul 14, 2025 7:31:57 pm PDT #28364 of 28461
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I vote Ninth House, but I haven't read the others.
Same. I feel like I can't really weigh in since I didn't read Six of Crows.
sj - Jul 14, 2025 7:46:32 pm PDT #28365 of 28461
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Six of crows kind of has a place in my heart because it has a delicious disabled character in it.
-t - Jul 15, 2025 4:03:35 am PDT #28366 of 28461
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Six of Crows is so good! I have had The Familiar on my reader since it came out but I have been weirdly reluctant to actually read it. No idea what that’s about. Anyway, I bet giving her Six of Crows to sign would be a nice treat for her, too, if for no reason other than she wrote it longer ago
-t - Jul 15, 2025 4:30:28 am PDT #28367 of 28461
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Unrelated: here are 50 cozy fantasy books on sale for 99 cents [link]
along with a reminder to myself that uncritically getting all of them would still be a lot of money to spend on books when I have a huge TBR pile. Maybe just a couple
bennett - Jul 15, 2025 4:25:13 pm PDT #28368 of 28461
The new Penric is finally available from Kobo: [link]