Has anyone here read Lady of Ashes by Christine Trent? One of the GCS readers wrote in to recommend it to me. It sounds interesting (oooh, Victorian undertakers and mourning rituals!), but I also know that I prefer books with some sort of paranormal/magical realism/urban fantasy flavor to them.
Actually not needing validation right now, but thank you.
Buffy ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
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."
Atropa - Apr 23, 2013 8:15:32 pm PDT #20722 of 28370
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
erikaj - Apr 24, 2013 5:12:03 am PDT #20723 of 28370
Always Anti-fascist!
I'm reading a great mystery(I guess) although it's more litfic than a lot of them I've seen lately, called "Reconstructing Amelia". A lawyer thinks her daughter has committed suicide, but she finds out she didn't(and a lot of other things) by going through her posts and texts.
Consuela - Apr 24, 2013 8:09:30 am PDT #20724 of 28370
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Jilli, if you haven't read it already, I do think you would like "A Natural History of Dragons" by Marie Brennan.
Connie Neil - Apr 24, 2013 8:51:12 am PDT #20725 of 28370
brillig
So I took home my lovely copy of Good Omens and explained the World Book Night thing to Hubby. He was excited about the idea and asked me to sign him up for it. He wants to hand out books at hospitals and long term care centers and such. As someone who's spent a lot of time in hospital beds, he knows books would be welcomed. Is that in the spirit of World Book Night?
Polter-Cow - Apr 24, 2013 9:27:08 am PDT #20726 of 28370
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
When you apply to be a Giver, you have to say where you plan on giving the books out, so if they accept his application, then yes!
WindSparrow - Apr 24, 2013 9:27:18 am PDT #20727 of 28370
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
If it isn't, it should have it's own day.
sumi - Apr 26, 2013 4:28:39 am PDT #20728 of 28370
Art Crawl!!!
I've never heard of World Book Night - what a cool idea.
Flavorwire has posted a gallery of 20 amazing outdoor libraries and bookshops.
Steph L. - May 03, 2013 2:33:52 pm PDT #20729 of 28370
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
The new Kiki Strike book (The Darkness Dwellers) is a lot of fun. I read it in one sitting.
Unrelatedly, I've not read any of the Dresden Files books, but I just read something that said James Marsters narrates the audiobooks. t edit Well, I shouldn't make assumptions. It was a review of the audiobook of the second Dresden Files book, so I know he narrates at least that one.
We were at a party last weekend where half the people there had read or were reading the Dresden Files books, and just raved about them.
Connie Neil - May 03, 2013 2:40:37 pm PDT #20730 of 28370
brillig
I've enjoyed the Dresden books. They're all in 1st person and have some of the inevitable "dude, I'm tired of hearing about your crises" that comes when everything happens in the main character's head, but the author's good at keeping ongoing elements relevant and hasn't dropped any balls yet that I can see. And I think he actually has an end game to finish the series with, so it's not just "good lord, what are you doing to these poor people now?"
Polgara - May 03, 2013 2:57:58 pm PDT #20731 of 28370
Karma is a cat, sleeping in my lap cuz it loves me. ~TS
Dresden rocks. I can never put a Dresden book down once I've started it. (Except maybe the first one--I remember that one being only 'eh.')