All Things Considered had an interview with the author of The Bridge to Terebithia on Sunday.
Jayne: Captain, can you stop her from bein' cheerful, please? Mal: I don't believe there is a power in the 'verse that can stop Kaylee from being cheerful. Sometimes you just wanna duct tape her mouth and dump her in the hold for a month.
'Serenity'
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."
sumi - Feb 19, 2007 5:16:12 am PST #1986 of 28174
Art Crawl!!!
sj - Feb 19, 2007 11:36:15 am PST #1987 of 28174
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
sj, I've gotten a lot of recommendations for that series, and I read the first 3. By the third one I was ready to throw it across the room and haven't picked one up since. I've been told I'm in the minority, though.
Deena, I just finished the first Weather Warden book, and I mostly liked it. I thought the sex scenes were very unsexy. I don't see how the series can be a Weather Warden series since she is no longer a Weather Warden when the first book ends. I definitely liked Dresden better, and I am still waiting for that second book to come in.
Deena - Feb 19, 2007 12:05:07 pm PST #1988 of 28174
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
She's very involved with the weather wardens though and even though it's not official, she's still changing the weather
sj - Feb 19, 2007 12:09:15 pm PST #1989 of 28174
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Interesting, Deena, does she get to keep her warden powers or does she use the Dijin (sp?) powers to change the weather? It seems like a bit of a shark jump to me.
I am interested to hear what you didn't like about the books.
Deena - Feb 19, 2007 12:19:45 pm PST #1990 of 28174
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
It's been a little while, but both I believe.
She starts out one thing and ends up the other thing. She dies at the end of the second or third book, I can't recall. And then she becomes a djinn. I disliked the books because they were Anita Blake-ish in her growing powers willy nilly to solve every problem.
sj - Feb 19, 2007 12:23:21 pm PST #1991 of 28174
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
She Dies and becomes a djinn at the end of the first book, actually. I did notice a little bit of the rules changing to fit the situation even in the first book, and I saw the two demons destroying each other coming from a mile away. Mainly because it reminded me of "Dark Age" from Buffy.
Deena - Feb 19, 2007 4:17:37 pm PST #1992 of 28174
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
Ah, I didn't remember that. It's been a while and I didn't try to hold on to it. I hope the series has gotten better. Obviously it still has an audience and it can't just be for the sex. I don't know why, exactly, I dislike the heroine, but I don't think, even if this series got better, I'd read it again. I will try the next thing from this author, though.
Sheryl - Feb 19, 2007 4:46:50 pm PST #1993 of 28174
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
I'm still reading the Weather Warden series, though I guess its mostly for the universe. The problems you mentioned I've noticed as well, but I'm also annoyed by the cliffhangers at the end of every book plus the recent plot development of "Gee, I'm pregnant, well, sort of, and I had no choice in it. When my 'child' is born I'm going to instantly love her to the point of offering my life for hers." That bugs me for some reason.
Deena - Feb 20, 2007 2:44:27 pm PST #1994 of 28174
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
Oy, Sheryl, that would bug me a lot too.
meara - Feb 20, 2007 6:48:42 pm PST #1995 of 28174
Ew, that spoiler makes me kinda glad I quit reading them, Sheryl. I dunno, though, I felt like I liked the author and the way she was writing, I just didn't especially care for the characters/plot. I liked the universe, I liked the style...I think I'd be (cautiously) willing to try something else she wrote, I just got annoyed and gave up round about the third book (it takes me a while to give up, after I get annoyed...I read the Anita Blake books for FAR too long)