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.
I’m writing this on Saturday, and we have a big rainstorm on the way tonight. I’m looking forward to it!
I discovered this week that Goodreads now has 1/4 and 1/2 star ratings! I have no idea when this happened, they didn’t make an announcement, did they? But in any case, it works on both computers and phone apps, so exciting for those of us who use 1/4 and 1/2 stars!
Upcoming reads & reviews:
This week I might try to get three reviews posted, but we’ll see how that goes! For sure, look for my review of Mazywood tomorrow (so much fun!) and Off the Reservation on Thursday (I’m about halfway through and still waiting for the horror to kick in…). I’ve dipped into The Porcelain Sisters and I’m intrigued! Also there are nods to Harrison Squared, one of Daryl Gregory’s earlier books. My head is spinning with all of my October choices so I’ll probably go with my mood, but with the heaviness and slow pace of Off the Reservation, I feel like I need something different, so maybe Night of the Mallrats.
Other posts this week:
I might do the Creatures of the Night Book tag on Tuesday, since I have already done a “Fall colors” Top Ten Tuesday list; and Wednesday I have three new books to share on Future Fiction.
In case you missed:
My posts from last week:
The Killing of a Chestnut Tree by Oliver K. Langmead – Review 4.5/5 stars
Most Anticipated Books of 2026 – Fourth Quarter
Find Me Where It Ends by Cassandra Khaw – Review 4,5/5 stars
It’s interesting that Goodreads finally caved and added quarter/half stars now they have StoryGraph as a competitor. Many many moons ago when they had a public feedback forum and I often helped out in there, it was a very acrimonious subject!
Looking forward to your review of Mazywood, I’ve been meaning to try Tananarive Due’s work for sooo long.
I’m not a computer programmer but how hard could it be to figure out the half star thing? And knowing StoryGraph already had it, you would think they’d do it a lot sooner. Oh well.
I discovered this week, and totally by chance, the Goodreads rating and I am really happy about it! And yay for the storm!
I’m very happy too, I love seeing that extra half star:-)
I discovered the Goodreads rating thing by accident, but someone else said she got an email. Well, I tend not to look at the email I get from Goodreads, so I could have gotten one too and deleted it…lol.
Me too, I usually ignore those emails, lol.
I think it’s funny that Goodreads is making a big deal about their quarter and half stars, given how long people have been asking for it! (I’ve including the news in my weekly round-up too!) Looking forward to hearing about Night of the Mallrats — looks like fun! Enjoy your rain — hope you have a good week!
It took them forever to figure it out, lol. I do like the Goodreads function more than the StoryGraph one which has a pull down menu to select your rating.
That change to Goodreads happened only a few days ago, to my knowledge! So you’re not late to the party. 🙂
I figured I would hear people talking about it!
I’m so glad we finally have half stars on Goodreads. About damn time!
Right???
I got the email from Goodreads this week, so it just happened. Now I just need to be able to do the quarter stars on my blog, lol. And Amazon needs to do half stars at least too. Love the picture of Badger. A nice rainstorm is always something to look forward to. Although we had a rainy week a week or so ago, and I’m enjoying some dry time and hoping my grass will stop growing so I can be done mowing for the year. Have a good week!
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I wish Amazon would also do half stars! I’m crossing my fingers for you that your grass will stop growing!
We also got hit by the rain — and I’m in Utah. Supposedly thanks to the hurricane. Looking forward to reading you review of Mazywood. It caught my attention!
Mazywood was so good!
That Badger photo is GREAT. I just saw the stars things this week. We’re getting the rain today.
Anne – Books of My Heart This is my Sunday Post
Thanks Anne! I hope you enjoyed the rain.
I had no idea about these half stars either!!!
I must have received an email from Goodreads but I couldn’t find it. Oh well, I feel like I want to rate everything with a half star just so I can use that feature, lol.
Honestly, I didn’t think Goodreads would ever do it!
I didn’t either!
Yes, I noticed about Goodreads, literally by accident, when I was highlighting the stars it let me highlight just a fraction. I thought I was having a moment.
I can’t wait to see your review for Mazywood. I’ll be picking it up soon. Currently reading Buehlman and enjoying it.
Badger, his series of photos are telling a strange tale. He’s recently had a doppleganger and now he’s soul fully watching as a train disappears in the distance. Tune in next week for the next instalment of Badger the Black – or whatever you call him. Both my dogs have little nicknames. Bones is The King – he’s also Thunder Tank. Noodle is The Princess also known as Nosey Noodle.
Lynn 😀
LOL love it! My husband would love this, he loves to tell stories with his photos. I’ll have to tell him what you said:-) I love your dogs’ nicknames, the only nickname I’ve called Badger is “Badgey” which isn’t very creative lol.
I’m happy Goodreads finally got on board! Hope you have a good week!
Thanks, you too!
I hope the expected rainstorm was refreshing and not punishing.
Goodreads did announce it in their newsletter but I don’t think many people read it 🙂
Thanks for sharing your week, happy reading!
I missed the newsletter but saw someone talking about it on Instagram. And the rain was nice, not punishing at all:-) Have a good week!
Whoa, I had no idea about half stars either! The only thing is, all my old ratings don’t use half stars, so I think I’d feel worse having that inconsistency and might stick to full stars lol.
It’s nice to have the option though, right?
I need to look up The Killing of a Chestnut Tree. I am intrigued by that name!
It is a great title!
We also had a rainy Sunday, rained the entire day. But it was a nice gentle rain, no strong winds or lightning, so I was good with it.
Ours was pretty gentle too, although we did have some wind at times. My favorite rain is the kind that comes and goes within a day!
We’ve also had a fair amount of rain – and we need a lot more. Which is a shame, because I find I don’t much enjoy the wind and rain all that much now we’ve had so long without them:)). I hope you have a lovely week.
I always love seeing Badger. I need to do a post with some updated doggy pics soon. I remember The Only Good Indians being rather slow on the horror so I hope you end up liking Off the Reservation or I might be scared. I am scared to reread The Only Good Indians as well because I’m afraid of it not hitting the same now and I’ve built up in my mind how much I love it.
Another frame-worthy photo of Badger! That sky!!! That landscape!!!!