:: draws pink sparkly hearts over Jess's posts::
A year and a half ago, I could have eviscerated him with my thoughts. Now I can barely hurt his feelings. Things used to be so much simpler.
Anya ,'Dirty Girls'
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 - Mar 26, 2026 10:10:53 am PDT #28604 of 28614
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Jessica - Mar 26, 2026 10:19:34 am PDT #28605 of 28614
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
This narrator is so good at voices I thought for a second this was a full cast recording. (I am very relieved that it's not.)
kat - Mar 27, 2026 9:11:22 am PDT #28606 of 28614
"The thing about dorks is we stick together. Mostly for gaming purposes but also because it wards off jocks, gutter clowns and other Stephen King-like threats." - Lauren Okie
Has anyone read Book of Love? Some folks are saying it's a good one for Buffy fans. Haven't picked it up yet but am wondering if anyone else has.
Kate P. - Mar 27, 2026 11:11:51 am PDT #28607 of 28614
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
I did, Kat, and it was ... fine? It's long and not super plotty, so I got bogged down a bit, but once I switched to audio I enjoyed it better. I usually love Kelly Link but I think she's a better short story writer than novelist.
kat - Mar 27, 2026 2:56:07 pm PDT #28608 of 28614
"The thing about dorks is we stick together. Mostly for gaming purposes but also because it wards off jocks, gutter clowns and other Stephen King-like threats." - Lauren Okie
Dang! I wish I had checked back before I bought it... maybe after I read it, it will migrate to my classroom library.
Other books purchased today: Work Won't Love You Back and Lauren Groff's The Vaster Wilds.
-t - Mar 27, 2026 6:07:55 pm PDT #28609 of 28614
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I liked The Book of Love more than I expected to. I don’t actually love Link’s short stories that I’ve read, but Book of Love really grew on me as I read it.
bennett - Mar 29, 2026 11:03:06 am PDT #28610 of 28614
Penric 16 impending from Bujold. Titled "Darksight Dare" and "takes place in the late fall after 'The Adventure of the Demonic Ox'". Should be out mid-April.
-t - Mar 29, 2026 1:15:25 pm PDT #28611 of 28614
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Yay, more Penric!
-t - Apr 12, 2026 1:30:22 pm PDT #28612 of 28614
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I just finished The Final Problem by Arturo Perez-Reverte and it is excellent. Sherlock Holmes, um, adjacent? Heavily referential, anyway. With excellent treatment of Moriarty and Irene Adler, anyone who was into Elementary’s version would likely enjoy this, I think (not that they are similar versions at all but similarly thoughtful and cool?)
bennett - Apr 12, 2026 1:42:25 pm PDT #28613 of 28614
Thanks for the rec. Hold placed.