I just picked it up -- can you believe that when I went to get it on Halloween they hadn't unpacked the books yet??

Foiled in my Halloween treat!

Must. Not. Read. Whitefont.

I'm *thisclose* to done with Morrigan's Cross and salivating to pick up Dance of the Gods, even though I am far more invested in Moira/Cian than Blair/Larkin (even with that sexy shapeshifting thing).

Hoyt got much sexier the further I got into Cross, I'll tell you that.

See, that's one of the many differences between Chicago and Austin.

True. No Kelly Hogan in Austin.

How's your book coming, Corwood?

I think I just nailed down my intro. It involves the 1683 Battle of Vienna. (Not to be confused with the 1529 Siege of Vienna as popularized in Robert E. Howard's short story "Shadow of the Vulture." A story most famous for introducing the character Red Sonja, later added to the Conan continuity via the comics, and thence to the movies, thus starting Brigitte Nielsen's career and leading to wacky hijinks with Flavor Fav. This is all relevant since Brigitte was once married to Sylvester Stallone who gave Tom Waits his movie debut in Paradise Alley. You can see how it all ties together.)

My mom just borrowed my copy of Nora Roberts' Blue Dahlia (her trilogy before the current one), which reminded me that I haven't yet purchased the third one after Morrigan's Cross and Dance of the Gods (must stop by the bookstore after dropping Mom off at O'Hare tomorrow morning).

erika, here's a review of the 15th anniversary edition of Homicide: Life on the Streets that I think you'll like.

Kathy, I finished your copy of Morrigan's Cross. That was fun reading! Hoyt and Cian are just hot.

I'm on the 2nd book of the other series you gave me (Rejar). I like the world she created but the romance book trope of the overbearing man smacks a bit too close to forcing sex, IMO, so I'm overlooking some of that for the sake of the story.

Aw, Hecubus, keeping my high-school rep alive, to wit: "Well, there was a guy bleeding on the cover, and I thought of you."(It's true, of course, but too much to carry at sixteen.) But a true Homicide fan would know that the whole idea for that book actually started with a feature on the Homicide unit at Christmas. They made him cut his hair and take his earring out to hang out for the book...how do I know that? Who knows?ETA: I want one, but I already have at least one. At one time I had two, but want all the Special Edition stuff, too. My fake husband is getting his props and moving up in the world.ETA: I'm a little ticked that LaTonya gets the whitefont treatment, but maybe some Wirefiends haven't read it yet, but the fact that that case *doesn't* go down is one of the most special things about that book...it's not fucking "Clue" for god's sake:Colonel Mustard in the rowhouse with the lead pipe.

Hot Library Smut

I'm still drooling.

I'm still drooling.

It's very drool worthy.

I thought I linked to that a few weeks ago, although it might have been in a different thread. I actually have that book sitting on my kitchen table, courtesy of (ironically) the Cincinnati Public Library. When I saw that blog post, I immediately went to the library's Web site and put it on reserve. It's even more drool-worthy up close.

I made The Boy look at it with me, and he got to see me totally get my geek on, because I kept *petting* the really amazing pictures. He just laughed, in a nice way.

The last picture, of the Trinity College library, is AMAZING in the book. It's so gorgeous, it makes me want to cry. And lick the picture.