Royal Blood, and damn, you're fast!
I had it pre-ordered, so it shipped to me on the release date in July. I'm a big enough fan that I periodically check to see what she's got listed as future releases, and then hit Amazon to place my pre-orders.
Dawn: I think a date should be in a real fancy restaurant, then champagne at a night club with a floor show, then ballroom dancing. Joyce: Unfortunately, we're not dating in a movie from the thirties.
'Get It Done'
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."
Atropa - Oct 05, 2009 1:07:51 pm PDT #10158 of 28379
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Steph L. - Oct 05, 2009 2:01:35 pm PDT #10159 of 28379
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I do know that Julie Kenner, of the cutesy-named demon books (California Demon, Deja Demon, Demons Are Forever, Carpe Demon [and that's not the order they were written]) has a new book out tomorrow (Demon Ex Machina), which is winging its way to me as we speak.
Polter-Cow - Oct 05, 2009 2:03:55 pm PDT #10160 of 28379
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Hee. Those are some cutesy names. Next up: Demon Little Demon Me.
Aims - Oct 05, 2009 4:55:07 pm PDT #10161 of 28379
Shit's all sorts of different now.
WOOO!! I love Julie Kenner!!
Atropa - Oct 05, 2009 5:01:15 pm PDT #10162 of 28379
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I haven't read her stuff. Would I like it?
Aims - Oct 05, 2009 5:09:15 pm PDT #10163 of 28379
Shit's all sorts of different now.
It's best described as Buffy Becomes a Soccer Mom.
I'm honestly not sure if you would like it. It's fluff. It's funny. There are definitely hints of Buffy-inspired humor that those well versed in the canon will get. There's also a lot of hand-wavium that must go on.
(I'm terrified of rec-ing books to people. Mostly cause I'm worried of the "She actually LIKES this crap? What a moron!" Not that anyone I know would actually do that, but my brain is not always a rational cookie.)
Hil R. - Oct 05, 2009 5:16:44 pm PDT #10164 of 28379
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I liked her Givenchy Code series. It was fun.
beth b - Oct 05, 2009 5:17:25 pm PDT #10165 of 28379
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
I liked the first one, couldn't really get past the beginning of the second. Issue: big secrets in marriage.
but that is my issue
Steph L. - Oct 05, 2009 5:44:57 pm PDT #10166 of 28379
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I haven't read her stuff. Would I like it?
It's fun and light, with a few heavier things thrown in as the series progresses. They're Funyun (or insert whatever indulgent snacky food you prefer) books.
The writing quality gets better as the series goes on -- the first one is much weaker, in terms of writing quality, than the rest.
It's best described as Buffy Becomes a Soccer Mom.
It really is.
Jesse - Oct 05, 2009 5:50:53 pm PDT #10167 of 28379
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Hey, Steph, do you know Jonathan Valin? (Not know-know, although if you did, that would be hilarious.) I picked a couple of his books off my parents' shelves, and they're about a Cincinnati PI.