They're so good!
Did they really think they were going to get away with this? People, I swear.
Mal: If anyone gets nosy, just, you know... shoot 'em. Zoe: Shoot 'em? Mal: Politely.
'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."
Amy - Jul 08, 2013 9:52:05 am PDT #21009 of 28370
Because books.
Kat - Jul 08, 2013 4:16:51 pm PDT #21010 of 28370
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Have any of you read Hangman's Daughter? I finished it yesterday -- 16th century Germany and a murder mystery. So enjoyable.
Pix - Jul 08, 2013 5:24:00 pm PDT #21011 of 28370
The status is NOT quo.
I read it. Enjoyable, though I kept feeling like it had the potential to be even more so, if that makes any sense.
Polter-Cow - Jul 08, 2013 8:35:00 pm PDT #21012 of 28370
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Heeeeey, le nubian, it's months later, but I just finished The Human Division, and I can totally see your criticisms, but I really liked it anyway. Scalzi's comments here do help me understand what happened regarding the lack of resolution on the mystery plot, and I do agree that the B-team becoming the A-team was the real story, but it's still a bit frustrating. I'm definitely looking forward to the sequel, though.
If you liked the writing and the world of the book, I highly recommend you read the other books in the series. I promise each one of those has a beginning, middle, and end.
Sue - Jul 09, 2013 2:57:30 am PDT #21013 of 28370
hip deep in pie
Have any of you read Hangman's Daughter? I finished it yesterday -- 16th century Germany and a murder mystery. So enjoyable.
I haven't but it was only $4 for the Kindle so...I will.
Amy - Jul 09, 2013 3:12:48 am PDT #21014 of 28370
Because books.
Ooh, is it still? I'd been thinking of reading it, too.
Sue - Jul 09, 2013 3:19:52 am PDT #21015 of 28370
hip deep in pie
Well, I go through Canadian Amazon, but prices are usually the same.
Gris - Jul 09, 2013 3:34:56 am PDT #21016 of 28370
Hey. New board.
I read it too. I was very into it while reading and then I was done. No real interest in the other stories in the universe but I couldn't explain why. It was certainly a good read.
Amy - Jul 09, 2013 3:43:48 am PDT #21017 of 28370
Because books.
That happened to me with The Strain. I loved the first book as I was reading it, but once I was done, I had no real urge to read the next two.
Kat - Jul 09, 2013 3:48:47 am PDT #21018 of 28370
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I hadn't realized it was a series; I picked it up on a whim at my LBS... I don't feel the need to read the rest at all -- the ending felt complete enough that I am not interested in continuing to read.
I also finished the second book from trilogy that started with Blood and Shadow. I think it's called Siege and Storm. Bought it, read it the same day then re-read the first one. The author has a neat organizing strategy for trilogy itself, looking at the relationship of Alina with the three main people who want to use her power: The darkling, the royal family and, I assume next, will be the church.