I liked how the Brother Cadfael books ended up, with Cadfael's crisis of faith and how he came back and was forgiven in the end.
Note to self: religion freaky.
Buffy ,'Never Leave Me'
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."
Connie Neil - Jul 06, 2010 3:14:09 pm PDT #11666 of 28343
brillig
Amy - Jul 06, 2010 3:41:44 pm PDT #11667 of 28343
Because books.
Good to know, Pix! I mean, the topic of the last two books was sort of off-putting, too, but they just seemed overly dense and boring. I'll try again, though! I loved those books so much.
Dana - Jul 06, 2010 3:48:45 pm PDT #11668 of 28343
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Miss Marple rocks. So does Brother Cadfael.
Pix - Jul 06, 2010 3:55:28 pm PDT #11669 of 28343
The status is NOT quo.
I'll try again, though! I loved those books so much.
Me too, and yes on the previous books being dense and boring. Do you know the big huge OMGWTF plot twist that happened at the end of the previous one? I'd say you could skip them both and just start with the newest one so long as you know that Helen is killed at the end of the previous one in a random drive by shooting. She was pregnant, and both she and the baby die. Lovely bit of SRSLY?!? there. But if you know that, you can move forward without reading the others.
Amy - Jul 06, 2010 4:02:39 pm PDT #11670 of 28343
Because books.
Yeah, I knew that, Pix. I was horrified! I'll pick up the new one, though, because man, I miss Tommy.
meara - Jul 06, 2010 5:12:32 pm PDT #11671 of 28343
Even the Jack Reacher books have gotten a little silly I think--I was explaining them to MeganWalker the other day and his whole schtick with not carrying even a bag etc? Yeahhh. I mean at least he supposedly has a bank account and ATM card these days...
Consuela - Jul 06, 2010 5:59:00 pm PDT #11672 of 28343
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I finally read N.K. Jemisin's The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms today, and even though in many ways it's the kind of book I don't like (it's about gods, most of the characters are unpleasant, the world-building is kind of glossed-over, and sex is RLY IMPORTNT), I actually enjoyed it a lot. It's compulsively readable, with some great mysteries you want the answers to, it's quite well-written, and there are some really vivid moments.
And the sequel is more about ordinary people than the elite, so I'm looking forward to that.
beth b - Jul 06, 2010 7:58:10 pm PDT #11673 of 28343
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
I read U of the Grafton books and thought it was really good -- far better than the last few.
I read the Stephanie Pkum books, but I take them out of the library after they fall off the hold list and really -- joe is all macho , but he wants a home / family and likes all your gofiness. Ranger might be really sexy, but he uses sex to humiliate/control her.
Hil R. - Jul 06, 2010 8:28:14 pm PDT #11674 of 28343
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
One for "sentences in old books that make me blink," from Anne of Windy Poplars:
She just loves church work and would be perfectly happy attending Ladies' Aids and Missionary Societies, planning for church suppers and Welcome socials, not to speak of exulting proudly in being the possessor of the finest wandering-jew in town.
(After a bit of googling, I'm pretty sure the "wandering-jew" she means is the plant.)
Jesse - Jul 07, 2010 3:04:08 am PDT #11675 of 28343
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Even the Jack Reacher books have gotten a little silly I think--I was explaining them to MeganWalker the other day and his whole schtick with not carrying even a bag etc? Yeahhh. I mean at least he supposedly has a bank account and ATM card these days...
Sure, but that's the premise! If you didn't like it in the first one, it doesn't really get worse. And without it, you don't get the scene in the one in Vegas (??) where his crew get their rooms ransacked, and he gets his toothbrush broken. Awesome.