Joyce ,'Same Time, Same Place'
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."
I just started Code Name Verity too! And I also picked up the second book (I think it's a sequel, or at least has some of the same characters?) at the same time -- they were in an airport bookstore in Heathrow, and I couldn't resist.
Also, a big thank you to everyone who recommended Among Others by Jo Walton. I read it this week and, oh, it made me so happy.
The second book is out? I missed that!
I'd like to read Among Others, too.
There's a second book??
Yes. Set after the first and with an American ATA officer captured in a concentration camp. It's not available yet in the US.
Aargh. It's not supposed to be out here until September.
Yes, it's not out here until the fall, which is why I couldn't resist buying a copy in Britain.
OMG I hadn't heard there was another one by Wein! Wow. How can I get myself a copy, I wonder...
Finished Code Name Verity. Am weepy mess. But sooo good. Looking forward to re-reading, though not right away, as I think the library will want it back.
Someone just quoted parts of the wikipedia entry on the tenth Wheel Of Time book, which is like a how-not-to for pacing. Check these verbs:
[Character A] continues trying to rescue [stuff]. In addition, [A] is approached with the suggestion of [stuff], at least on a temporary basis, to defeat [stuff].
[Character B] continues trying to escape [stuff].
[Character C] continues trying to solidify [stuff]. Also it is revealed that [stuff], but the identity of [stuff] is kept secret from others.
[Character D] rests after the ordeal of [stuff]. He sends [stuff] to negotiate [stuff]. They return at the end of the book to tell him that [stuff], but [stuff].
[Character E] leads the [stuff] in maintaining the [stuff]. At the end of the book, [stuff].
It's good that a fan can summarise with such a dispassionate air, really.
Finished Code Name Verity. Am weepy mess. But sooo good.
I need to reread it, I think. It's been enough time now, not that it'll keep me from being a weepy mess on second reading, though.
Finished the last Montmaray book last night, and I miss them all already. The FitzOsbornes at War gave me so much more insight into what living through the Blitz, and the war itself, must have been like, and that's that after reading a lot of other WWII-set novels. I think part of it was the immediacy of Sophie's emotions and reactions, as well as the fact that the author never made her less than a real girl, who was horrified at the atrocities but also weary of not being able to buy stockings, or chocolate.
This is a trilogy I will read over and over again, I know.