JZ - is this YA?

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.

Thanks - it sounds wonderful. I was mostly asking in terms of who I could suggest beyond Consuela's excellent recs.

I officially love The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel. I liked it from the beginning, but after the fifth book I like it more than any YA fantasy series I've read other than the big HP. I actually think I like it more than The Chronicles of Prydain, and that's some serious childhood memory it's beating to get there.

Thanks, all!

It already got a blurb from Jo Walton with a promised full review to come, so she's covered.

Mely/Coffeeandink, Kate Nepveu, Rachel Manija Brown, Abigail Nussbaum, Niall Harrison, Liz Burke ... Jim Hines

Ooh, excellent. Thanks much. Are Mely and Abigail Buffistas emeritae/Buffista-adjacent, or am I misremembering? Are any of the others?

Definitely not YA (or, if YA, then guaranteed a spot in the top three of next year's Most Challenged Books list).

Pammy?

Pamie was the TwoP recapper who completely failed to understand what people saw in Wonderfalls and dedicated herself to spreading that same joyless ennui to her readers. Not high on my list of people whose original work I'd be interested in reading.

I did enjoy her Gilmore Girls recaps, though, and Why Girls Are Weird.

Mely has posted here on occasion, but not recently. She's been pretty quiet publicly lately (I assume since she was being stalked/harrassed pretty horribly in the aftermath of RaceFail), but she does occasionally post reviews.

Frankly, for a professional blurb, Abigail, Niall, and Hines are your best bets. Abigail does reviews for Strange Horizons as well as on her own blog; Niall used to be the editor of Clarksworld, I think; I assume you know who Jim Hines is. Kate, Mely, and Rachel are great for word-of-mouth. I know Niall, Kate, Mely, and Rachel, and Abigail to a certain extent, and you're welcome to use my name there.

Oh, and apparently Ron Moore wants to make Outlander into a television show.

... he does know it's basically just sex with costume porn, right?

... perhaps I'm being too hard on it, but I had to stop reading them when the plot began to be driven by The Stupidity Engine and the characters we were supposed to like began acting in deeply horrible ways. Also, I was skimming the increasingly-frequent sex scenes, which were getting boring.

Anyway: Outlander: the TV Series by Ron Moore. Discuss.

Diana Gabaldon's Outlander? I could see it, especially after what's been done with Game of Thrones, but it would also be big budget.

I stopped after the third book, but I loved all three. I think the fourth wasn't out yet, and by the time it was I had forgotten a lot of prior details and I didn't feel like refreshing myself. And that was that, although I look at them now and think that if I ever have a year to devote to something, I could read them all at one go. I did love Claire and Jamie, especially in the first three books.