I'd love to hear what people think about it, because my aunt gave me another one of his books for Christmas, on the strength of how much she loved Shadow of the Wind, and I could not get into the one she gave me.
I got stabbed, you know, right here.
Mal ,'Shindig'
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."
Jesse - Mar 06, 2011 8:21:53 am PST #14024 of 28283
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Polter-Cow - Mar 06, 2011 8:29:50 am PST #14025 of 28283
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Was it The Angel's Game, Jesse? I want to read that one; it's set in the same world. I loved The Shadow of the Wind.
Jesse - Mar 06, 2011 8:36:23 am PST #14026 of 28283
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Yeah, The Angel's Game.
megan walker - Mar 06, 2011 8:49:42 am PST #14027 of 28283
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I'm debating bringing it on my trip. I'm trying to take TBR books I can leave there or exchange with my sister-in-law, but I took that from the work bookshelf and sort of feel it's one of the "good ones" I should bring back.
ETA: Shadow, not the other one.
sumi - Mar 08, 2011 4:46:33 am PST #14028 of 28283
Art Crawl!!!
HBO tie-in cover for A Game of Thrones.
ETA: They changed the title of the book to conform to the tv show!
Toddson - Mar 08, 2011 4:47:04 am PST #14029 of 28283
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
ooh! I have the new Toby Daye book!
eta: and the new Rothfuss book is out! in hardcover, dammit
lisah - Mar 08, 2011 5:06:36 am PST #14030 of 28283
Punishingly Intricate
How is the prose in Game of Thrones? I know that is super subjective but is it one of those works with great characters or plot and cringe-making writing?
Polter-Cow - Mar 08, 2011 5:11:57 am PST #14031 of 28283
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
ooh! I have the new Toby Daye book!
I'm almost done! It's really good. It's my favorite since Rosemary and Rue.
Gris - Mar 08, 2011 5:12:56 am PST #14032 of 28283
Hey. New board.
lisah, I wouldn't call it cringe-making. I'd even say it's pretty good. It's not Faulkner, but it's much better than many series of it's type (I'm looking at you, Shanarra books!)
sumi - Mar 08, 2011 5:15:37 am PST #14033 of 28283
Art Crawl!!!
It is really good.
lisa - I enjoy the writing and the characters - I think you can find lots of samples online. There is an excerpt from the upcoming book here but I bet you can see parts of the first book at Amazon.