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.
Now, I can hold a note for a long time...actually I can hold a note forever. But eventually that's just noise. It's the change we're listening for. The note coming after, and the one after that. That's what makes it music.
Host ,'Why We Fight'
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 28450
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Steph L. - Oct 05, 2009 2:01:35 pm PDT #10159 of 28450
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 28450
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 28450
Shit's all sorts of different now.
WOOO!! I love Julie Kenner!!
Atropa - Oct 05, 2009 5:01:15 pm PDT #10162 of 28450
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 28450
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 28450
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 28450
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 28450
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 28450
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.