I'm somehow alternating it with The Night Circus, but it seems to work for me so far.
Strong like an Amazon.
Tara ,'Storyteller'
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 - Sep 10, 2012 10:16:12 am PDT #19711 of 28344
Because books.
Toddson - Sep 10, 2012 10:22:07 am PDT #19712 of 28344
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Oh ... I've been skipping and skimming, but didn't someone ask about steampunk series? I've found some -
George Mann, "The Affinity Bridge" and some follow-ups - includes more of the science than others.
Devon Monk, "Dead Iron" and "Tin Swift" - includes some supernatural elements, including werewolves and what I think are elves.
Meljean Brook, "The Iron Duke" - very much a romance-oriented book, first in a series, although I don't think the others are as good.
Pix - Sep 10, 2012 7:02:21 pm PDT #19713 of 28344
The status is NOT quo.
Damn you, wee Teppy and -t! I just placed my order because I CAN'T WAIT ANY LONGER.
-t - Sep 10, 2012 7:09:19 pm PDT #19714 of 28344
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Tep, at one point Val (or maybe Darquesse, I think it was during the fight for the Sceptre of the Ancients) caught sight of AU Mevolent's eyes flashing yellow, which isn't exactly golden, but got me thinking. Then again, yellow eyes could be a red herring.
And, yay Pix! Mwahaha, my plan is coming together.
Pix - Sep 10, 2012 7:11:08 pm PDT #19715 of 28344
The status is NOT quo.
I've read the first six and hard-sold them to all of my students. I just can't wait for #7 any longer!
-t - Sep 10, 2012 7:12:14 pm PDT #19716 of 28344
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
And once you get it you will have to devour it swiftly, and then we can talk about the Thing and the Other Things!
That's my cunning plan.
Pix - Sep 10, 2012 7:18:22 pm PDT #19717 of 28344
The status is NOT quo.
It is a good cunning plan.
DawnK - Sep 10, 2012 8:21:29 pm PDT #19718 of 28344
giraffe mode
I have to wait until the 20th when my brother gets back from England to read the new Skulduggery book. He's reading it on the plane and then stopping at our house on his way home from the airport to drop it off.. I love my bro - even tho I have to wait a week
le nubian - Sep 11, 2012 7:24:22 am PDT #19719 of 28344
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
the serious downside of purchasing on Amazon is that Amazon knows me. They send me email messages with things they think I will like and that engine is getting better and better.
check out this new fucking service:
kindle is partnering with audible and doing whispersync for select books, where you can read the book, and then it syncs with the audiobook position. I have wanted this shit for YEARS. YEARS.
The selection isn't quite there yet, but I'll be damned.
Steph L. - Sep 11, 2012 7:37:15 am PDT #19720 of 28344
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Tep, at one point
I thought that was AU Vengeous (or Serpine? argh, I think I read too quickly). Because in the "real" Skulduggery universe, Vengeous could just look at someone and they would sort of explode, and his eyes turned yellow before that happened.
I guess I need to go re-read that part. Which might be difficult, since Tim has possession of the book now. Hopefully I'll get home from work before him.