I’m reading The Left-handed Book Sellers of London and really enjoying it.
They should film that story and show it every Christmas.
Xander ,'Same Time, Same Place'
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."
Calli - Aug 16, 2025 7:35:05 am PDT #28389 of 28400
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Pix - Aug 16, 2025 8:33:43 am PDT #28390 of 28400
The status is NOT quo.
I recently read Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto, and it was a total delight — set in San Francisco and all about found family. The tea-shop-owning self-proclaimed detective protagonist is based on the author's parents, and although Sutanto wrote that she always worries about playing into Asian stereotypes, she instills such dignity into Vera Wong that I found it utterly charming.
JenP - Aug 16, 2025 9:13:06 am PDT #28391 of 28400
Ooh, that sounds intriguing.
bennett - Aug 16, 2025 9:36:37 am PDT #28392 of 28400
I had a long waitlist for "A Drop of Corruption" on Libby, but I'm finally reading it. Enjoying the setting and the returning characters. I'm not far enough into the mystery to have any idea what's going on.
-t - Aug 16, 2025 11:34:08 am PDT #28393 of 28400
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I LOVE Vera Wong! It was the first Sutanto I read and remains my favorite, although I will pretty much read anything she puts out at this point. I think the second came out this year (VW’s Guide to Snooping on a Dead Man) and maintains everything I enjoyed in the first
Left Handed Booksellers I have looked at so often and not yet read. And look, the audiobook is available from my library now. Can’t have too many audiobooks lying around (note, I have clearly demonstrated that I can have too many audiobooks when they have to be returned on a certain date but I will ignore that for now)
It’s something the way the books I have actually bought get neglected because I need to read the library books that have a deadline first
bennett - Aug 17, 2025 9:54:32 am PDT #28394 of 28400
2025 Hugo winners. I really recommend "The Tainted Cup".
Vortex - Aug 17, 2025 8:18:16 pm PDT #28395 of 28400
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Random question -- what is the difference between a novella and a novelette?
megan walker - Aug 17, 2025 8:28:24 pm PDT #28396 of 28400
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Random question -- what is the difference between a novella and a novelette?
It's only a novelette if it comes from the novel region of France, otherwise it's a sparkling short story.
JenP - Aug 18, 2025 7:20:04 am PDT #28397 of 28400
Ha, ha, ha! Jessica beat me to the Comm.
Jessica - Aug 18, 2025 7:30:32 am PDT #28398 of 28400
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I think there is a semi-official wordcount difference but I don't know offhand what it is.