I'm catching up on YA because I don't read it when I'm writing it. And through Twitter and whatever, I've stumbled across a lot that's really appealing, especially the horror-like stuff, which I love.
Does anybody mind if I pass out?
Willow ,'Beneath You'
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."
Amy - Oct 20, 2011 6:12:18 pm PDT #16721 of 28282
Because books.
Atropa - Oct 20, 2011 10:14:44 pm PDT #16722 of 28282
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
especially the horror-like stuff, which I love.
Titles! Give me recs! I need more good horror YA.
Pix - Oct 21, 2011 9:02:49 am PDT #16723 of 28282
The status is NOT quo.
Jilli, have YOU read Skullduggery Pleasant yet? If not, I may need to loan you the first four paperbacks. It’s not YA horror, but it’s BEYOND AWESOME, and I know you would love it.
Amy - Oct 21, 2011 10:04:04 am PDT #16724 of 28282
Because books.
Anna Dressed in Blood looks really good, Jilli, but I'll let you know what I think when I start it. There are more but I have look some up.
I'm dying to read Gretchen McNeil's Ten, which comes out next year (and might not be called that anymore at that point), but it's definitely horror.
sj - Oct 21, 2011 10:05:39 am PDT #16725 of 28282
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
We had a cup of tea today in the little cafe where JK Rowlings began writing Harry Potter in Edinburgh. There will be pictures eventually.
Atropa - Oct 21, 2011 10:12:46 am PDT #16726 of 28282
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I have not read Skullduggery Pleasant yet! I keep being told I would really like it.
Anna Dressed in Blood looks really good, Jilli, but I'll let you know what I think when I start it. There are more but I have look some up.
The title sounds good.
DebetEsse - Oct 21, 2011 11:16:26 am PDT #16727 of 28282
Woe to the fucking wicked.
You would! Although there's a couple chapters in the second book that you should probably not read.
Toddson - Oct 21, 2011 11:40:52 am PDT #16728 of 28282
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
A while ago someone was asking about steampunk-y books without supernatural elements; I didn't have anything at the time, but I was going through some books and came across something that might fit the bill. It's by Gail Dayton, called New Blood. Victorian-era Europe; magic works. There are four types of magic, but only three are currently being practiced - one deals with spirits, can't remember the other two. The fourth, which has no practitioners, relies on blood (and, to a lesser degree, other precious bodily fluids). One reason it's no longer practiced is that most of the practitioners were women and there's a strong prejudice against women practicing magic. In ... the Austro-Hungarian empire? ... where the story starts, it's actually illegal for a woman to practice magic. Any interest? There's a second book, New Blood, which I didn't enjoy nearly as much.
Atropa - Oct 21, 2011 12:01:09 pm PDT #16729 of 28282
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
It sounds kinda interesting.
Steph L. - Oct 21, 2011 12:01:44 pm PDT #16730 of 28282
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Although there's a couple chapters in the second book that you should probably not read.
Oh my god, when I re-read the books, I try to skip those chapters, although Tanith is a badass in the one fight, so I like to read that. But -- good lord. It gives me the weebies.