I am convinced that Gaelic is just an enormous prank the Celts are pulling on us.

That would also explain Welsh spelling.

I read Scorpio Races and enjoyed it. Nice mix of supernatural with realistic life.

I think the Isle of Thisby is loosely modeled on the Isle of Man.

I read Scorpio Races and enjoyed it. Nice mix of supernatural with realistic life.

She does first-person really well. I don't love multiple first person narratives, but that seems to be her thing. Or had been until The Raven Boys, which I'd also like to read. I never read any of the Shiver trilogy, though, aside from skimming enough to get the multiple first person.

Not "literary" at all, but book related, I ended up with a pack of Kristan Higgins books. They are contemporary romances (but pretty fade-to-black on the sex scenes), and HOLY CRAP are they depressing. I liked the last one I read best, as it was all yearning and depression, as opposed to just depression, but somehow all of them, even though they have happy endings and everything, instead of feeling like "boy meets girl, happy happy drama resolution happy ending", it felt like "girl is horribly lonely and everyone else around her is happy and she is trying to be happy being single but all she can envision is being an old maiden aunt and a burden to her distant relatives who would not want to visit her, and...oh hey, there's a dude who there is awkwardness with, and then sex but really not going to solve the issue...wait, resolution marriage happy ending!"

...somehow all that stuck with me was the lonely depression part. Good god.

Amy, I'm reading Raven Boys. Enjoying it... er, intermittently.

Interesting, Sox. What made you choose it?

I ended up with a pack of Kristan Higgins books. They are contemporary romances (but pretty fade-to-black on the sex scenes), and HOLY CRAP are they depressing.

I haven't read her, but I looked it up -- she's published by Harlequin HQN, which can be light on the sex scenes sometimes. The depressing part seems weird for them, though.

Interesting, Sox. What made you choose it?

A friend's recommendation. And I really liked Shiver.

I have Shiver but I haven't read it. I haven't been in the mood for werewolves!

A friend's recommendation.

I really liked Raven Boys. It feels like Stiefvater truly knows what she's doing: she's got total command of the narrative and the characters. And while it's a YA supernatural story, it seems not to involve either werewolves or vampires. Or demon-hunters of any kind.

I'm looking forward to reading the second in the series, although I'm waiting for the ebook to show up at the library...

I'm really liking The Scorpio Races so far. She's such a confident writer -- like you said, total command of the narrative and the characters' voices. I also love this myth -- I never imagined horses could be so terrifying.