'Shindig'
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."
I finished Soulless and I liked it a lot more than I expected and I can't wait to read the next one.
I'm still not sold on the idea of werewolves being mostly dead and keeping vampire like hours however, that concept does set up some interesting things for the main character.
Also I'm not sure how accurate it is on Victorian times but the obsession with manners does make things interesting.
Not surprisingly, you and I are alike on this. I got to that point in the book and thought, oh my god, it was RIGHT THERE! How did I miss it?
My friend was even more amused because I had mentioned that I was waiting for that character to show up. I thought it was a brilliant thing to do because it's only obvious in hindsight: Gaiman counts on the reader not to make the connection out of context.
I guess this is the internet critic then.
Plei, punch away.
Plei, punch away.
Nah, I don't think I want to give the little troll man the satisfaction of having an actual factual girl that close to his package.
Hey, I just read that this weekend! I liked it quite a bit; I thought it was fun, although sometimes the characters dropped abruptly out of the Victorian mannered thing. I'm thinking of a sentence where the hero said "Gee, (something snarky)" and it threw me.
But it was mostly lots of fun.
I figure not getting to enjoy Neil Gaiman's writing is punishment enough for his detractors.
I just shake my head at Neil Gaiman detractors and feel vaguely sorry fir them.
Soulless was, as The Kids say, totes ridic, and I loved it beyond all reason. It was just so frothy and silly! With vampires and werewolves and tea trays and bustled dresses! What can I say, sometimes I'm really easy to please.
I need to read Souless. Vampires and tea trays? The friend who told me that I HAD to read it apparently knows me quite well.
And the parasol!
I covet the parasol SO MUCH.
Every time you guys mention the parasol I go right to a Mary Poppins place. Which isn't a bad thing!
Is anyone else reading the Melissa Marr faerie books? I know (I think) I've asked before, but I'm really loving them. They're a lot more unflinching and less frothy than I expected, and I'm thrilled. The second one, especially, hit some dark places.