Anya ,'Touched'
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."
Jilli, have you read "The Coldest Girl in Coldtown"? It's a vampire YA I kept thinking you would really enjoy. I did.
Also, I read Rae Carson's "The Girl of Fire and Thorns" trilogy, which I thought was well-done, with some good twists on your typical high fantasy YA.
Anyone read either of these?
I just read The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society the other day. I feel mildly uncomfortable about how endearing I found it. It's basically a pastoral romance pasted on top of a horrifying story of occupation, and it shouldn't work at all. And yet it does.
Did anyone else read this? What did you think?
I haven't read it yet, Consuela. But it's this month's book for my book group, so I probably will try to do so in the next week or so. I'm glad you liked it, even with problematic elements.
I just finished The War for the Oaks , based on recommendations from here (I'm pretty sure). I quite enjoyed it. I can't quite put a finger on what, exactly, I enjoyed. But it was engaging and kept me interested. I guess that's what matters, not LIT-rah-choor, but an interesting story that you want to keep reading.
I just finished The War for the Oaks , based on recommendations from here (I'm pretty sure).
I always pimp it, I know. It really deserves some credit for being one of the first works in what is now called Urban Fantasy. Or launching the whole trope of Fair Folk Among Us In A Contemporary Setting.
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
I have read it. I also found it endearing. I have few thoughts beyond that.
I just finished The War for the Oaks , based on recommendations from here (I'm pretty sure).
I loved that book. I read it back in college and tried pimping it to all my friends. I ran with a fairly geek-tastic crowd (VP of the college SF and Fantasy club, bay-bee) and none of them got into it. Not even the person who gave me DeLint's Moonheart, which arguably was also an early urban fantasy. Pity, that.
Jilli, have you read "The Coldest Girl in Coldtown"? It's a vampire YA I kept thinking you would really enjoy. I did
I have not! I've been reading a lot of hilariously trashy "Gothic Satanic Romance" pulp from the 70s, because apparently my brain is craving fluff right now. But I will add it to the list of things I should read.
I just finished The War for the Oaks , based on recommendations from here (I'm pretty sure).
LOVE that book. I should add it to the rereading list.
Right now I'm reading Long Live The Queen by Kate Locke, the third book in her "Immortal Empire" set. The whole trilogy has been fun so far.
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
I read this for one of my first book salons (theme=Books and the Bookish), along with The Reader (also WWII-themed, but certainly not endearing). Obviously, it was quite fun to be reading about a book salon for my book salon. I don't remember much about it beyond that it was a sweet book, with a sweet publication back story.