Okay, I inhaled Deadline and Blackout last night. Uh, wowza. Seanan definitely seems to be a scholar in the Whedon/Minear school of writing. Kept me guessing on who was going to live or die. I was torn between hoovering the story up and savoring it. I hoovered, so I'll have to go back and read more slowly.
Hey, don't worry about it. Nest full of vampires, you come get me, okay. Box full of puppies, that's more of a judgement call.
Jonathan ,'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."
smonster - Aug 03, 2013 8:18:33 am PDT #21204 of 28378
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Polter-Cow - Aug 03, 2013 8:22:54 am PDT #21205 of 28378
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Oh yeah, Seanan will kill everyone. But she does it well, and not gratuitously.
I hoovered Blackout even though I'd already read/edited it. So addictive.
Connie Neil - Aug 03, 2013 9:34:32 am PDT #21206 of 28378
brillig
I am re-reading Mary Stewart, starting with Madam, Will You Talk? and Wildfire at Midnight. I'd read them backwards and forwards twenty years ago, and I was a little anxious that they wouldn't bear up, but gosh, they do. Witty, suspenseful, beautifully crafted. and evem though they're Gothic romances, the relationships do develop somewhat reasonably, rather than "Oh, I'm in danger, oh, he's handsome, oh, we're getting married." There's generallly, "I'm in danger, he's handsome, darn it, I think he's the killer I'd better watch myself very carefully." Heroines with brains and a lick of self-preservation instinct. Generally.
I'm saving Crystal Cave and Hollow Hills and Last Enchantment for last.
Connie Neil - Aug 03, 2013 9:40:07 am PDT #21207 of 28378
brillig
Reading her books is a masterclass in setting up character and situation. With Mid-Century being the Next Big Thing, her books should get a renaissance, if all was fair.
Strix - Aug 03, 2013 10:21:02 am PDT #21208 of 28378
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
The Newsflesh series is made of AWESOME!!!
I'm so glad you enjoyed it -- I adore it. So good.
WindSparrow - Aug 03, 2013 12:45:38 pm PDT #21209 of 28378
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.
I'm saving Crystal Cave and Hollow Hills and Last Enchantment for last.
I did not enjoy The Wicked Day. Haven't read it since high school. But I read the Merlin Trilogy repeatedly. I wonder if I should give it another try.
Connie Neil - Aug 03, 2013 1:22:34 pm PDT #21210 of 28378
brillig
You'll note I left Wicked Day off. I didn't enjoy it either.
Beverly - Aug 03, 2013 5:12:13 pm PDT #21211 of 28378
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Ditto on The Wicked Day. It's one of the very few Stewarts I won't reread. Nine Coaches Waiting? This Rough Magic? Airs Above the Ground? Yes please. It's been awhile, I should revisit. My paperbacks are brittle and friable. I should probably replace them.
Connie Neil - Aug 03, 2013 5:18:46 pm PDT #21212 of 28378
brillig
I also love Jane Aiken Hodge, but she's harder to replace.
Polter-Cow - Aug 03, 2013 5:32:33 pm PDT #21213 of 28378
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I highly recommend Fair Coin and Quantum Coin (spoilers for Fair Coin in review), by E.C. Myers. It takes the "wishing coin" idea and crafts a really cool world out of it. The books are ACTUALLY about parallel universes and the idea of the multiverse, and the second book especially is great YA sci-fi.