Well, it's just good to know that when the chips are down and things look grim you'll feed off the girl who loves you to save your own ass!

Xander ,'Chosen'


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."


Gris - Jul 08, 2011 2:19:12 pm PDT #15625 of 28601
Hey. New board.

I just finished my re-read of Ice and Fire.

I have to say, there are a lot of criticizers of A Feast for Crows, but I think it is one of the best books in the series. Yes, I wish I saw more of the missing characters, but the scope of the series is so thoroughly expanded in the book that I just don't mind.

Do we know how many books are planned? ADwD is supposed to cover all of the AFFC timeline plus some more, I know. How much longer before the climax?


Pix - Jul 08, 2011 2:39:46 pm PDT #15626 of 28601
The status is NOT quo.

How much longer before the climax?

She screamed.

t /12


Volans - Jul 08, 2011 5:26:35 pm PDT #15627 of 28601
move out and draw fire

I started reading "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" but stopped about a third of the way in.

I've heard this from a bunch of folks, but the whole presentation of the book is right up my DH's alley, so I got it for him. He actually quite liked it.

It is the first in a series, though, and doesn't even make a pretense of ending. Basically, it's the "inciting incident" for the overall story. Yes, the whole book is the inciting incident.


erin_obscure - Jul 08, 2011 5:52:18 pm PDT #15628 of 28601
Occasionally I’m callous and strange

Gris, i read that the goal is 7 books (7 kingdoms, 7 aspects of the divine..)

And given how long #5 took, i think we can all safely assume we will not live to see the climax.


Rayne - Jul 08, 2011 6:19:28 pm PDT #15629 of 28601
"Oh no! Has falling sky liquid once again caused you the sadness?" -Starfire

It was originally supposed to be a trilogy, then a four book series, then six. Hopefully seven will stick. I'm hoping that the final two books will be easier for him to write because hopefully he has a clear end game. I think the middle just got away from him a bit.


sumi - Jul 08, 2011 6:33:39 pm PDT #15630 of 28601
Art Crawl!!!

He is only about 100 pages into Winds of Winter.


Polter-Cow - Jul 08, 2011 10:09:41 pm PDT #15631 of 28601
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

I just finished Pretties, and, ah! I did not see this coming, and yet I totally should have seen this coming.

It's kind of distracting how much I'm reminded of Hunger Games, even though this came first. I think it's just that they use a lot of the same genre tropes.


sumi - Jul 09, 2011 7:11:57 am PDT #15632 of 28601
Art Crawl!!!

The SumHarry - the entire plot of the Harry Potter books on one poster.


sumi - Jul 09, 2011 10:01:40 am PDT #15633 of 28601
Art Crawl!!!

Apparently, it is possible for a few complainers to get a book pulled from Amazon.com's shelves.

Sorry - use Amy's link below. I cannot find that story again.


Steph L. - Jul 09, 2011 10:28:30 am PDT #15634 of 28601
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

sumi, that link gives me a 403.