I just bought that one the other day, megan! Looking forward to reading it soon. I loved A Wrinkle in Time, so I'm hoping to be able to pick up most of the allusions.
Everybody dies, Tracey. Someone's carrying a bullet for you right now, doesn't even know it. The trick is to die of old age before it finds you.
Mal ,'The Message'
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."
Kate P. - Apr 18, 2010 8:09:37 am PDT #11270 of 28344
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
megan walker - Apr 18, 2010 8:17:21 am PDT #11271 of 28344
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
You don't have to have read it, but it gives the story an extra layer of depth if you have. In fact, it redeemed A Wrinkle in Time for me a little bit. (I read it again not that long ago and had been disappointed because I felt it didn't really hold up as an adult and I was so sad I had chosen to reread it.)
This book was extra fun for me because the main character was born just about when I was.
megan walker - Apr 18, 2010 9:06:53 am PDT #11272 of 28344
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I should warn you, you will probably figure out the mystery, especially if you've read another book I won't mention here, but I still thought it was fun.
Pix - Apr 18, 2010 10:21:18 am PDT #11273 of 28344
The status is NOT quo.
Just a fun little side note--my friend Devon, an LA actress, has been recording the audiobooks for all the Vampire Kisses books! I thought Jilli would especially appreciate that.
DavidS - Apr 18, 2010 7:00:23 pm PDT #11274 of 28344
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Steam punk, you say? (story and illustration from 1876: "The Steam Man of the Plains.")
Take that Thomas Pynchon. (illo worthy of Against the Day)
Hayden - Apr 19, 2010 5:51:27 am PDT #11275 of 28344
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Wow, that does look a lot like the description of the Inconvenience.
Rayne - Apr 20, 2010 7:08:25 am PDT #11276 of 28344
"Oh no! Has falling sky liquid once again caused you the sadness?" -Starfire
Just finished the newest Rachel Morgan and Mercy Thompson books.
LOVED the Mercy Thompson book, but my love for Rachel Morgan is waning (which makes me sad... I was totally in love with this series.)
Atropa - Apr 20, 2010 10:21:30 am PDT #11277 of 28344
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Just a fun little side note--my friend Devon, an LA actress, has been recording the audiobooks for all the Vampire Kisses books! I thought Jilli would especially appreciate that.
Oh fun! And yay, audiobooks!
Kat - Apr 20, 2010 3:03:32 pm PDT #11278 of 28344
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
OH MAN! If you have not read Christine Falls, you absolutely should. Very very enjoyable.
Consuela - Apr 20, 2010 4:59:04 pm PDT #11279 of 28344
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I just finished Karen Healey's Guardian of the Dead, which is a really good YA fantasy, with a not-thin girl lead doing things her own way and looking out for her asexual best friend. Also, it's set in New Zealand and relies heavily on Maori mythology.
Which is why it's so strange she's had several reviewers announce the novel is set in Australia. Do people honestly not know the difference?