re: book covers, I'm really annoyed about books marketed to women that don't show a woman's face, or a body from the neck down or nose down, or osmething. As if seeing a picture of an actual person will somehow hurt the chances of someone picking up the book.
Zoe: Captain will come up with a plan. Kaylee: That's good. Right? Zoe: Possibly you're not recalling some of his previous plans.
'Safe'
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."
Connie Neil - May 09, 2013 9:36:55 am PDT #20757 of 28370
brillig
Gris - May 09, 2013 10:03:22 am PDT #20758 of 28370
Hey. New board.
I'm really annoyed about books marketed to women that don't show a woman's face
That's true. I remember the Gossip Girl books all doing that, and I thought it was very weird. Those covers matched the books almost not at all, except that neither of them were very good.
Connie Neil - May 09, 2013 10:08:37 am PDT #20759 of 28370
brillig
It's like someone in marketing said "Women want to identify with the heroine of the book, and they can't if there's a picture of someone on the book."
Jessica - May 09, 2013 10:15:34 am PDT #20760 of 28370
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I don't actually mind gender-marketed covers, though. My problem is with the men who want to read the books more pitched toward women but get embarrassed by the cover.
But the slideshow isn't really about that - most of these books are general fiction which in theory are marketed to everybody. But all the female authors get girly covers and all the male authors get manly ones regardless of what their book is about or who would enjoy reading it.
sj - May 09, 2013 10:50:46 am PDT #20761 of 28370
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
In the past two weeks I have finished three books that I really enjoyed (Girl Gone, Devil Said Bang, and, Frost Burned) now I can't figure out what to read next. Any suggestions? I have to take a couple things back to the library today, so I'll probably look around there. We're headed to Mom's tomorrow for the weekend, and I'd like to have something good with me.
Steph L. - May 09, 2013 10:52:20 am PDT #20762 of 28370
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I really enjoyed The Diviners, by Libba Bray.
Polter-Cow - May 09, 2013 11:49:15 am PDT #20763 of 28370
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Have you read anything by N.K. Jemisin, sj? She's my new Recommend to Everyone. If you're in a fantasy mood, check out The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (first in a trilogy) or The Killing Moon (first in a duology).
hippocampus - May 09, 2013 12:01:34 pm PDT #20764 of 28370
not your mom's socks.
seconding PC's rec for N.K. Jemisin.
-t - May 09, 2013 12:12:23 pm PDT #20765 of 28370
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
What is apparently the last Sookie Stackhouse novel is out. I've got it (I find this series perfect for reading while lounging in the sun and maybe dozing off) but I haven't started it yet.
Ginger - May 09, 2013 12:18:17 pm PDT #20766 of 28370
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Seraphina by Rachel Hartman is my current favorite. Also, I've just read Elizabeth Speller's two mysteries set in post-WWI Britain. The writing is lovely and the mysteries are complex.