Totally! It was so not what I was expecting from the blurb but it was a great surprise how GOOD he was at the job so quickly! And the story's just so INTERESTING. Though the names were at times a bit much - so much flipping back to the notes in the back! And I agreed with what both of you said you'd have liked to see more of, with the addition - I'd love to watch as his relationship with the kids continues to grow. He finally got a family! But he's accidentally sort of the patriarch! But he and Idra were bonding! And the girls just adored him! Good stuff!
Inara: So. Would you like to lecture me on the wickedness of my ways? Book: I brought you some supper, but if you'd prefer a lecture, I've a few very catchy ones prepped. Sin and hellfire... one has lepers.
'Serenity'
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."
EpicTangent - Jun 30, 2014 8:44:20 pm PDT #22473 of 28344
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
Atropa - Jul 01, 2014 9:52:55 am PDT #22474 of 28344
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
The Delicate Dependency by Michael Talbot, one of my favorite vampire novels ever, has just been republished by Valancourt Books: [link]
Oh, and a certain gothy type with goals of becoming Vampire Witch Queen wrote the foreword for the new edition.
Connie Neil - Jul 01, 2014 10:07:26 am PDT #22475 of 28344
brillig
Woot!
sj - Jul 01, 2014 10:11:42 am PDT #22476 of 28344
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Yay, Jilli!
EpicTangent - Jul 01, 2014 10:32:05 am PDT #22477 of 28344
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
Very cool, Jilli!
hippocampus - Jul 02, 2014 6:36:57 am PDT #22478 of 28344
not your mom's socks.
Awesome, Jilli!
-t - Jul 06, 2014 6:00:16 pm PDT #22479 of 28344
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
The Delicate Dependency by Michael Talbot, one of my favorite vampire novels ever, has just been republished by Valancourt Books
Thanks for that, Jilli. I'd never heard of it and I'm really glad to have read it now.
Nice job on the foreword, too. Those seem tricky and yours is a good one.
Atropa - Jul 06, 2014 6:47:28 pm PDT #22480 of 28344
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Thank you so much! I agonized a bit over it, because it's a book I adore.
-t - Jul 08, 2014 3:06:08 pm PDT #22481 of 28344
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Of course, now that I've read the book I need to re-read the foreword. And then re-read the book.
But first...
EEEEEE I have new Skullduggery Pleasant to read! Not the novel, of course, but new-to-me (possibly legit not published before, I'm not sure) short stories. Yay!
meara - Jul 08, 2014 4:56:57 pm PDT #22482 of 28344
Anyone read the new outlander book? I had to re-read the previous one because I couldn't remember most of it. I'm wondering how many more books she's planning--there are several open plot lines.