I've not read her before. I searched but didn't come up with any previous historical fiction.
Reavers ain't men. Or they forgot how to be. Now they're just nothing. They got out to the edge of the galaxy, to that place of nothing, and that's what they became.
Mal ,'Bushwhacked'
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."
Cass - Nov 22, 2013 7:18:24 pm PST #21651 of 28370
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Kat - Nov 23, 2013 4:03:07 am PST #21652 of 28370
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Nope, she doesn't (I too looked). Hild is technically, I guess, historical fiction but also a mix Game of Thrones going. How this reviews starts is crap which means her central argument is crap, but the book is lovely and compelling in the best way.
smonster - Nov 23, 2013 7:09:53 pm PST #21653 of 28370
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
She has written sci fi and, um, kind of hard-boiled badass lesbian fiction? The Blue Place is the latter and has a couple of sequels. Compelling and engrossing, definitely. She's been talking about Hild on fb through the whole writing process. Her partner, Kelly Eskridge, is also a writer. I've only read Solitaire by her, but I quite enjoyed it.
Amy - Nov 26, 2013 12:21:01 pm PST #21654 of 28370
Because books.
Finally started The Book Thief, and I absolutely love it.
Polter-Cow - Nov 26, 2013 12:27:00 pm PST #21655 of 28370
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I believe you will maintain that feeling throughout.
Amy - Nov 26, 2013 12:34:37 pm PST #21656 of 28370
Because books.
I believe you. I can't put it down, and I'm only a quarter of the way through it.
le nubian - Nov 26, 2013 2:44:55 pm PST #21657 of 28370
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Has anyone read Mira Grant's Parasite? Wondering what people think?
Polter-Cow - Nov 26, 2013 3:14:23 pm PST #21658 of 28370
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Here's my review. It's no Feed, but I liked it, though more for its potential for really awesome stories in the coming book(s). Lots of creepiness in this one, however.
le nubian - Nov 26, 2013 8:15:31 pm PST #21659 of 28370
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
P-C,
Oh, nice review! So I kind of felt like the book was a bit too slow going and there was a WHOLE lot of exposition. I kind of feel like the revelation(s) at the dead end of the book had come sooner - like half to 2/3rds of the way through so a few more implications of the revelation could be teased out. I am pretty sure I know what happened, but I guess I will need this spelled out next book.
erin_obscure - Nov 26, 2013 9:30:12 pm PST #21660 of 28370
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
I enjoyed reading it, then found myself profoundly disappointed after. The ending reveal was only a shocker to the character, not to the reader, and it's just....a prologue. I'm waiting for the actual book to start.