Also, and I realize this is the wrong thread for it, I just finished Heartless, and it actually made me say "Holy SHIT!" out loud, at about 4 different places in the book.
I KNOW, RIGHT?! I love the last image of the book. LOVE.
Okay, my Holy Shit Moments were: (1) the revelation that Professor Lyall is
bisexual,
(2) the revelation that Professor Lyall was
getting it on with Alexia's FATHER oh my god,
(3) Felicity being a
vampire snack/spy for the hive,
(or, actually, the fact that it was all due to a decision Alexia made), and (4) yeah, that last image, HOLY SHIT.
Good stuff.
I really enjoyed Heartless. And I'd read it again but I sent it back with my Dad. He really enjoyed the other ones so I left them down at the beach. However I have no idea what his reaction to
the bisexuality will be.
See, I had guessed
Lyall's bisexuality
, but Lyall
and Alexia's father?
HOLY SHIT. Did not see that coming AT ALL. And Felicity
being a spy and tea-girl for the hive queen?
Daaaaaamn.
I also loved
the oath for the Parasol Protectorate. I'm really tempted to figure out how to paint it on a jacket sleeve in a nice script.
I just get more and more tickled with Ivy as the books go on. I was a little sad there wasn't more Ivy.
And Biffy +
Chateau du Poupe
= OTP!
I'm starting wintersmith next week. Loved WFM and Hat Full of Sky. I'm willing to argue that WFM is an 'anybody' book - a really good story a good reader of any age can love. The book's language is less difficult than, say, Harry Potter, and the scary bits are scary in different ways than HP. The psychological stuff and the subtext shifts beautifully (as per my 2 sample in-house test) depending on the age of the reader. So far, it seems to give you exactly the story you should hear, whatever your age. I love that. I'm guessing as Tiffany ages, we'll slow down reading the books, as we're doing with HP. But for now, HKF adores and wants to be Tiffany, and I can't blame her a bit. I'm completely charmed.
Is there another one after Wintersmith?
George would be super-hard to cast, but ITA with Jensen Ackles as Shaun, and Fillion as Ryman. Although casting Fillion in something that doesn't use his quirky humor more is almost a waste. If he were 15 years younger, I'd say Shaun.
Seanan's choices are Allison Scagliotti and Jason Dohring. Check out this fanart! (More here.)
I also choose Jason Dohring. But for a whole 'nother thing.
So I was flipping thru an issue of W magazine featuring
The girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
(American film version). The director said that Lisbeth Salander is the goth Pippi Longstocking. Given that I haven't seen the movie, and have only read the books, and have also never read Pippi Longstocking, I'm still intrigued by this idea.
Thoughts from readers familiar with Pippi?
(the actress, Rooney Mara, also said that the ear cartilage piercings hurt worse than the nipple piercing, which I also found interesting, but that's sort of out of the scope of this thread).
