It made me want to do a tour of Eastern Europe, and I'd never been interested in that region before. She really made the political history come alive.
Police procedure has changed since I was little.
Wash ,'The Message'
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."
Polgara - Dec 04, 2011 11:26:58 am PST #16979 of 28282
Karma is a cat, sleeping in my lap cuz it loves me. ~TS
smonster - Dec 04, 2011 11:28:56 am PST #16980 of 28282
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Very cool, Jilli! And it sounds like I should add The Historian to my TBR list.
Atropa - Dec 04, 2011 11:32:51 am PST #16981 of 28282
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
It made me want to do a tour of Eastern Europe, and I'd never been interested in that region before.
I really, really want to go to Slovenia and Transylvania. Mostly for family history reasons, but also because I am that kind of vampire geek and want to go visit Those Sorts of places.
Strix - Dec 04, 2011 11:37:51 am PST #16982 of 28282
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I liked The Historian; I didn't LOVE it, because it seemed to lack a little action that I like, and the ending seemed to lack a little something I needed. It felt like sequel bat, and there's not going to be a sequel.
I understand the notion of an open ending perfectly well; it felt like she was just tired, and struggling for a way to end it. YMMV.
Huh. I was needing something to re-read tonight; maybe I'll revisit it.
But I do love the actual academic angle of it, and it was a good story.
I tried to read Kostova's next book: snoozefest, IMO.
Strix - Dec 04, 2011 11:39:35 am PST #16983 of 28282
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Do y'all think if a person took a lot of iron supplements, it would make their blood toxic to sidhe?
Cass - Dec 04, 2011 11:40:02 am PST #16984 of 28282
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Cass, it is safe for you to read. Not violent, but scary creepy. I'll loan you my paperback the next time I see you. Because yeah, you would LOVE it. Historical research AND vampires!
That sounds fantastic. Thank you.
-t - Dec 04, 2011 12:12:33 pm PST #16985 of 28282
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Do y'all think if a person took a lot of iron supplements, it would make their blood toxic to sidhe?
Not before it was toxic to them. Too much iron in your blood is bad news and most people's bodies will not let it build up.
Tries to remember where I keep my To Be Read List to make sure The Historian is on it...
Strix - Dec 04, 2011 12:18:30 pm PST #16986 of 28282
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
That's what I was thinking. You could probably make iron water, by soaking nails and such, perhaps?
Hmmm.
Ginger - Dec 04, 2011 12:25:46 pm PST #16987 of 28282
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
The mythology around iron varies wildly, so you have considerable room for making shit up.
megan walker - Dec 04, 2011 12:38:13 pm PST #16988 of 28282
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Hmm, how creepy? Violent, scary creepy or just really disturbing? Basically can I read it?
Well, I wouldn't recommend reading it when you are about to discover a bat in your basement, but I'd say it's more creepy than really disturbing.
It goes off the rails in the last part, but up until then I really enjoyed it.