But I can't put my finger on what made it so hard to get into this time.
I had the opposite experience. I got into it much faster than I got into Soulless since it went right into the plot.
She's terse. I can be terse. Once in flight school, I was laconic.
Wash ,'War Stories'
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."
Polter-Cow - Jun 16, 2010 8:07:59 am PDT #11588 of 28343
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Steph L. - Jun 16, 2010 8:11:49 am PDT #11589 of 28343
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
It's possible that since I tried to start it when I was in the middle of oh-crap-my-antidepressant-isn't-working that I just couldn't concentrate.
Strix - Jun 16, 2010 10:53:38 am PDT #11590 of 28343
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I will have to pick up The Hunger Games sometimes soon, as I hear so much good about it.
megan walker - Jun 16, 2010 11:37:37 am PDT #11591 of 28343
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I will have to pick up The Hunger Games sometimes soon, as I hear so much good about it.
Yes! I was all set to buy it for my niece's birthday and was saddened to learn that she had read them both already.
meara - Jun 16, 2010 12:07:25 pm PDT #11592 of 28343
I was trying to explain the premise of Hunger Games to my mom and she looked at me funny and said "and you read this for FUN?". Apparently I did not convince her that postapocalyptic struggle to survive against people trying to kill you is entertaining?
megan walker - Jun 16, 2010 12:53:15 pm PDT #11593 of 28343
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Apparently I did not convince her that postapocalyptic struggle to survive against people trying to kill you is entertaining
And, don't forget, it's televised!
Steph L. - Jun 16, 2010 5:03:37 pm PDT #11594 of 28343
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
May the odds be ever in your favor!
I finished Changeless, and I was right about what I guessed, although I didn't see the twist coming afterward. Interesting.
Also -- oh, IVY.
Atropa - Jun 16, 2010 5:09:49 pm PDT #11595 of 28343
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
although I didn't see the twist coming afterward. Interesting.
IIIEEEEE I CANNOT WAIT UNTIL SEPTEMBER! And good lord Conal better stop being a jerk.
Strix - Jun 16, 2010 7:11:38 pm PDT #11596 of 28343
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Yeah, Jilli, I kinda thought that was an asspull. I mean, has a soulless ever gotten together with a were before? Geez, leap right into the Pit o' Conclusions, dude.
Steph L. - Jun 16, 2010 7:11:54 pm PDT #11597 of 28343
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
And good lord
Right? I felt that was maybe just a *skosh* over-the-top, even for him. I know, I know, he's 200+ years old, and a werewolf has never been able to reproduce, blah blah supernaturalcakes, but still. And he's intelligent enough to realize, oh, yeah wife is soulless, so maybe that's a new wrinkle. Durrrr.
Like I said, only a *skosh* over the top.
Also, I love Mme. Lefoux. LOVE. When she was all, "Sure, throwing someone over a dirigible is one thing, but destroying an aetherograph WHY GOD WHY?!?" it made me laugh my ass off.