I read Bad Monkeys a few months ago and found it very entertaining as well. I definitely liked it. It's one of the most page-turning books I've ever read.
Now, this would be the perfect time for a swear word.
Kaylee ,'Jaynestown'
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 - Aug 12, 2010 9:19:07 pm PDT #11882 of 28354
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Consuela - Aug 13, 2010 7:30:17 am PDT #11883 of 28354
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Yup, I would agree it was very page-turning, even when I was going o_0 at Jane's choices.
Kat - Aug 13, 2010 7:53:13 am PDT #11884 of 28354
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I read Little Bee yesterday and thought it was AMAZING. Anyone else read it?
Laga - Aug 14, 2010 10:35:07 am PDT #11885 of 28354
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I finished Cowboy Feng iffy about the ending. I have a helf-baked theory that Brust started the book without an ending in mind and when he got to that point he just couldn't think of anything else. But I did enjoy the ride.
Pix - Aug 14, 2010 3:59:56 pm PDT #11886 of 28354
The status is NOT quo.
I stayed up until 4am to finish the last of the Larsson books. I liked the first one all right, but DAMN the second two were good!
Amy - Aug 14, 2010 4:06:47 pm PDT #11887 of 28354
Because books.
I liked the first one all right, but DAMN the second two were good!
It's good to keep hearing that, because I keep trying to get into the first one and it's not working that well. Right now I'm simply too distracted, but I know there's a payoff, so.
megan walker - Aug 14, 2010 5:22:33 pm PDT #11888 of 28354
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
If it helps, a number of people I know felt the first book was slow until about page 150.
Pix - Aug 14, 2010 10:25:07 pm PDT #11889 of 28354
The status is NOT quo.
Yep, mw speaks true.
Steph L. - Aug 15, 2010 12:47:28 pm PDT #11890 of 28354
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I liked the first one all right, but DAMN the second two were good!
It's good to keep hearing that, because I keep trying to get into the first one and it's not working that well. Right now I'm simply too distracted, but I know there's a payoff, so.
I was just coming here to post this -- I started the first one over the weekend (we were out of town), and I'm only on page 70 and just want to chuck it. Seriously, a libel lawsuit, and pages of details about corporate theft or some shit? I'm waiting to care, and yet, I have not.
Also? I totally understand that what I'm reading, since I'm a monolingual American, is a translation, but the writing style, such as it is, is almost enough to make me give up.
So, the second and third are worth slogging through the first?
Kat - Aug 15, 2010 1:06:08 pm PDT #11891 of 28354
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Yes. Steph, get through the first 150. Skim the corporate bullshit and the libel lawsuit because they don't matter.