I'm not sure he can stomp on my heart more than he already has. And yet, I feel sure that he will.

(We included a Skulduggery Pleasant quote in our wedding vows -- seriously -- and I can't decide if sending Derek Landy a note to tell him that would be cool or CREEPY AS SHIT.)

You could do it so it wouldn't be creepy, I think. Because it's awesome!

I'm not sure he can stomp on my heart more than he already has. And yet, I feel sure that he will.

That sums it up so well.

You could do it so it wouldn't be creepy, I think. Because it's awesome!

It was from Dark Days, I think, and it's dialogue between Valkyrie and Skulduggery:

V: “I’m here because I CHOOSE to be. You save my life. I save yours. That’s how we work.”
S: “Until the end.”
V: “Until the end.”

In this case, I was Valkyrie and Tim was Skuldggery. (He did NOT do the Skulduggery voice -- which, if you haven't heard the audiobooks, is deep and resonant, about an octave below Tim's normal voice, which he actually does extremely well.)

t edit We didn't identify it as a quote, or anything, so people might have thought it was just me being dramatic, but I don't really care. And, you know, Skulduggery Pleasant wedding vows FTW.

Excellent vows.

They also included "I love you more than the semicolon," which drew both laughter and feigned shock from the guests.

But that's HUGE, yo.

I think Derek Landy would be chuffed to hear that.

I just finished an excellent, page-turner urban fantasy, London Calling, by Paul Cornell, who's also written Doctor Who episodes and a slew of comics. I suspect I will be standing ready to download the sequel when it comes out next week.

That looks really good, Ginger.

London Falling?

There are a lot of London Callings, I want to be sure I'm looking at the right book.

Yes, Falling.

I've heard good stuff about London Falling, too.

I just gave up and "returned" two books to Audible: an Iain M. Banks Culture novel, and Atwood's Oryx and Crake. They're not bad, but they're better on the page, I think. I've realized that I have to really trust the writer, or love the narrator, or love the voice of the novel itself, to be happy with an audiobook.

So Pratchett is fine: great narrator, great voice, great stories. Patrick O'Brien is great because the writing is so good, and the narrator is excellent. Rowling is good because even when the writing isn't good, Stephen Fry is awesome. Bill Bryson is good because he's hella funny and he reads his own work so he doesn't mis-emphasize things.

For some reason Elizabeth Moon's novels do well as audiobooks, even though the narrators aren't that great. ::shrugs:: Something about the smoothness of the prose, and the pace of the narrative itself.

But I bounced hard off Oryx and Crake, couldn't listen for more than 45 minutes before putting it down. And you can't skim with an audiobook!

Anyway, Audible lets you return a couple books a year for credit, which is useful.