The second book is out? I missed that!
I'd like to read Among Others, too.
Right, there comes a point where you have to either move on, or just buy yourself a Klingon costume and go with it.
Xander ,'Same Time, Same Place'
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 - Jun 30, 2013 5:22:21 pm PDT #20992 of 28370
Because books.
meara - Jun 30, 2013 6:24:27 pm PDT #20993 of 28370
There's a second book??
Kat - Jun 30, 2013 6:26:12 pm PDT #20994 of 28370
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Yes. Set after the first and with an American ATA officer captured in a concentration camp. It's not available yet in the US.
Ginger - Jun 30, 2013 6:30:57 pm PDT #20995 of 28370
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Aargh. It's not supposed to be out here until September.
Kate P. - Jun 30, 2013 6:58:27 pm PDT #20996 of 28370
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Yes, it's not out here until the fall, which is why I couldn't resist buying a copy in Britain.
Consuela - Jun 30, 2013 9:05:34 pm PDT #20997 of 28370
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
OMG I hadn't heard there was another one by Wein! Wow. How can I get myself a copy, I wonder...
EpicTangent - Jul 01, 2013 10:43:25 pm PDT #20998 of 28370
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
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.
§ ita § - Jul 05, 2013 2:02:02 pm PDT #20999 of 28370
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
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.
Amy - Jul 07, 2013 6:33:09 am PDT #21000 of 28370
Because books.
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.
Consuela - Jul 07, 2013 8:00:46 am PDT #21001 of 28370
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
This is a trilogy I will read over and over again, I know.
Me, too. It's already become comfort-reading for me, somehow. Despite all the trauma (and the drama), there's something weirdly cozy and domestic about it for me.
I pre-ordered Wein's next one, which is apparently sort of a sequel to CNV.
In other news, I finished Bee Ridgway's River of No Return on Friday, and read Cold Steel by Kate Elliott yesterday.
I liked the Ridgway, although I found it a bit predictable in spots. And I think it's going to be a much stronger draw in the romance community than the SFF community, because the romance is such a big part of the plot, but I didn't find it, well, all that unique or nuanced.
That said, it's a fun setup with a lot of great visuals and a plot driven by people being realistically people, and not by being evil. So far, anyway.
I liked the Elliott rather more: she's structured a universe in which the best science and creativity is coming from the Caribbean to Europe instead of the other way around, which I really enjoy. These characters, too, are mostly human (or, well, people, since many aren't human at all), all with their own agendas.