I listen to a lot of Jennifer Weiner on CD. Unfortunately, they are usually abridged. They're really not what I usually read, but they are fun to listen to. I am usually looking for something different from an audio book than from a book I want to sit down and read, if that makes any sense.
Jayne: Well... I don't like the idea of someone hearin' what I'm thinkin'. Inara: No one likes the idea of hearing what you're thinking.
'Objects In Space'
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."
sj - Jul 18, 2012 4:41:03 pm PDT #19405 of 28343
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Jesse - Jul 18, 2012 4:41:24 pm PDT #19406 of 28343
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Pamie. She's a TWOPper.
Jesse - Jul 18, 2012 4:43:42 pm PDT #19407 of 28343
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I mean, not that that's all she is -- tv writer, novelist, etc., but that's why people might be on a first-name basis with her.
Amy - Jul 18, 2012 4:52:18 pm PDT #19408 of 28343
Because books.
It sounds vaguely familiar now that I look.
JZ - Jul 18, 2012 5:36:04 pm PDT #19409 of 28343
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Tangential question that may belong in Business instead (if so, let me know and I'll move it): Buffistas who read SF/F, what bloggers and reviewers do you trust for recs? I've got ARC's of Roz Kaveney's first novel (with blurbs from Gaiman and Pat Cadigan, among others) and want to start shilling it to reviewers, but to be perfectly honest I usually rely on recs from other Buffistas and have no idea (aside from Scalzi's Big Idea section on Whatever, which has already gotten a pitch from Deb) who I should be shilling at. Any suggestions?
I did already send a copy to Strix, who can vouch for its pretty-damn-goodness, but I need to strap on some ovaries and send a pitch to someone I *don't* already know.
Consuela - Jul 18, 2012 5:53:19 pm PDT #19410 of 28343
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Buffistas who read SF/F, what bloggers and reviewers do you trust for recs?
Mely/Coffeeandink, Kate Nepveu, Rachel Manija Brown, Abigail Nussbaum, Niall Harrison, Liz Burke, Jo Walton (with some caveats), the reviewers at Strange Horizons. I don't trust the guys on SF Signal, they tend to prioritize gee-whiz over good prose or characterization, but they do have a pretty good platform. Jim Hines is pretty good, and has a lot of people reading him.
Kat - Jul 18, 2012 5:59:05 pm PDT #19411 of 28343
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Jesse, yes! And YES. She is a novelist but I encountered her first on TWOP.
erikaj - Jul 18, 2012 6:02:41 pm PDT #19412 of 28343
Always Anti-fascist!
sj,I read Jennifer Weiner a lot too. Kinda psyched to see her new one.
hippocampus - Jul 18, 2012 6:03:33 pm PDT #19413 of 28343
not your mom's socks.
JZ - is this YA?
Strix - Jul 18, 2012 6:10:25 pm PDT #19414 of 28343
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
It isn't YA, but it is very good; I read it and immediately wanted the sequel. Fantastic characterization, dry wit, lovely protag(s)...very intelligent, draws on wonderful mythologies and twists some familiar religious tropes in a way that I quite enjoyed but that some might find blasphemous, which is always fun when it's well-done, and this is. The whole book is story-driven but lyrical. I really enjoyed it, and was chuffed to see Gaiman recced it; it deserves it.
It's reminiscent of American Gods in some ways, but not derivative.