Buffy’s Corner 11/3/24 – Looking at the Week Ahead

Welcome to Buffy’s Corner, where I take a look at what’s coming up this week on the blog! I’m linking up with The Sunday Post over at Kimberly’s blog, The Caffeinated Reviewer:-D


It’s that time of year when we turn the clocks back an hour, and in a couple of days we decide the fate of our country for the next four years. I hesitate to talk politics on this blog, but I was just made aware of a short film called Red, White and Blue, and if you are on the fence at all right now about who to vote for, I urge you to watch it. It’s been nominated for an Academy Award and it’s a heartbreaking story with a very important message (trigger warning: abortion).

On a lighter note, I just watched  A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder on NetFlix, and wow, I loved it! It’s only six episodes and it’s based on the Holly Jackson book. There are three books in the series, so I hope they adapt the other two. Emma Myers, who plays Enid on Wednesday, is the main character, and she’s fantastic!

I hope everyone has a good week!

Upcoming reads & reviews:

I read a lot last week, which I’m very happy about. I just happened to choose books that worked well for me, so I breezed through Grimm Curiosities (loved it!) and The Hollow and the Haunted (also really loved it!) and I’m about halfway through Dark Space (lots of fun!), and I may be able to post all three reviews this week, wish me luck:-) Next I’d like to pick up a November release, The Swarm. Even though spooky season is over, it’s really never over for me, lol.

Other posts this week:

I’m joining in Top Ten Tuesday for their prompt “____ on the Cover.” Stop by to see what cover theme I’ve chosen; Wednesday I’ll have three new covers to share on Future Fiction; and I’m working on a discussion post (something I’ve haven’t done in years) about how I decide which books to give a full 5 stars to. It’s a topic I’ve been thinking about a lot, specifically what’s the difference between 4 1/2 and 5 star ratings for me. If I can finish writing it, look for that post later this week!

In case you missed:

My posts from last week:

What’s On My Plate – November 2024 – Welcome to Sci Fi Month!

October 2024 Reading Wrap-Up

Future Fiction #303

Favorite Horror Books of 2024 So Far

Run by Blake Crouch – Review 4/5 stars

Buffy’s Corner 10/27/24

A giant Jabiru Stork.
Giant Jabiru Stork, Brazil.

Hope to see you around the blogosphere:-D

Posted November 3, 2024 by Tammy in Buffy's Corner / 36 Comments

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36 responses to “Buffy’s Corner 11/3/24 – Looking at the Week Ahead

    • Tammy

      I love that other countries sympathize with the U.S., it’s just unbelievable to me how divided this country is.

  1. I don’t have Netflix, and on rare occasions, I feel like I’m missing out on something. This may be one of those times.

    That is a lot of reading for one week!

    I’m very excited to see what you and others have chosen for what’s on the cover. I almost went with words because it was harder than I thought!
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  2. Woah, thanks for the reminder about the clocks. My father had reminded me yesterday but of course I forgot again. I look forward to reading your ratings discussion. I feel like my ratings are pretty haphazard at times, not very methodical at all. And that’s quite an interesting looking stork. Certainly not a species we see around here. 🙂

  3. I still haven’t read A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder even though I really want to and I want to watch the Netflix series too. But will I ever get around to it is another question. I can’t believe American elections are already coming up. Not gonna lie, it’s been scary watching women’s rights and reproductive freedom being taken away from you all and I feel Europe is also going in that direction slowly, as well as other bad things. Sending good vibes on the 5th!

  4. I have read the Good Girl’s Guide to Murder and watched a couple episodes and wasn’t a fan, didn’t feel much like the books to me, but maybe it had been to long since I read them and I had forgotten somethings but it just seemed really different. Glad you enjoyed it.

    Have a great week and happy reading!
    Stormi
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  5. Good stuff. I read that studies show Maternal deaths have tripled and infant mortality is up 7% since the abortion bans. Women can’t get care, even when they want the baby. I’ll have to check out the Good Girls Guide as I read all the books. So great you got to more reading. I’ll look forward to how you decide about 4.5 vs 5, it can be a tough call.

  6. Looking forward to this week’s reviews, especially The Hollow & the Haunted, which just started popping up on my feeds. Thanks for the Netflix recommendation! I hadn’t considered that one, but maybe I”ll give it a shot. Wishing you a great week… while holding my breath to see how it all goes on and after Tuesday.

  7. Beautiful picture! I’ll be out to vote on Tuesday. I have been thinking of a similar post about why I rate things specifically a 4 or half stars, and why sometimes on sites that I can only give whole stars I might give it the higher vs. sometimes rounding down. Will look forward to reading your post on that! I might also do that Top 10 Tuesday, that sounds like a fun one!
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