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.
We have to see the chimp playing hockey! That's hilarious! The ice is so slippery, and, and monkeys are all irrational. We have to see this!
Anya ,'Bring On The Night'
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 28353
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 28353
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 28353
"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 28353
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 28353
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 28353
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 28353
"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 28353
The status is NOT quo.
Yep, mw speaks true.
Steph L. - Aug 15, 2010 12:47:28 pm PDT #11890 of 28353
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 28353
"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.