Remember your Skullduggery lessons as you read Harry.
They're doing it backwards; walking up the down slide.
River ,'Ariel'
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."
Connie Neil - Aug 20, 2014 10:04:56 am PDT #22576 of 28344
brillig
Typo Boy - Aug 20, 2014 10:05:43 am PDT #22577 of 28344
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Try Amazon Canada for no hassle UK books. Though of course when dealing with Amazon you are dealing with evil. Not sure that all UK books can be gotten there, but many not-published in the US are.
Polter-Cow - Aug 20, 2014 10:23:09 am PDT #22578 of 28344
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I just got the first Harry Dresden book from the library, so I imagine I'll be down that particular rabbit hole for a while.
Aaaah yessssssss. I'm sure you've heard it before, but first few books are weak, they get way better, etc.
Steph L. - Aug 20, 2014 10:25:37 am PDT #22579 of 28344
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I'm sure you've heard it before, but first few books are weak, they get way better, etc.
I have, but I can tough it out. I think.
Polter-Cow - Aug 20, 2014 10:35:26 am PDT #22580 of 28344
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
For my money, they start getting really good at Book 4 and progressively better after that, with pretty consistent awesomeness starting at Book 7.
Connie Neil - Aug 20, 2014 10:55:30 am PDT #22581 of 28344
brillig
I quite enjoyed the first few books. Plus they're essential to know what the heck is going on.
Polter-Cow - Aug 20, 2014 11:16:22 am PDT #22582 of 28344
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
They're not bad, but they're like, "This? This is what everyone's excited about?"
It's actually cool to watch Jim Butcher improve as a writer over time.
shrift - Aug 20, 2014 11:43:31 am PDT #22583 of 28344
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
My enthusiasm for Jim Butcher's work waned when I realized that, while his writing improved, some things weren't going to change and those things were dealbreakers for me. I wanted more world-building and less of the pervasive whiteness, sexism, and no homo.
Kat - Aug 20, 2014 10:13:08 pm PDT #22584 of 28344
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Have any of you read The Rook by Daniel O'Malley? Slow in some bits, but immensely enjoyable about a British Supernatural Secret Service.
Gris - Aug 21, 2014 4:59:50 am PDT #22585 of 28344
Hey. New board.
Try Amazon Canada for no hassle UK books.
No good for ebooks. Stupid lockdowns. I could probably use a VPN and order the ebooks from Waterstones or something then convert them, but, again, hassles. Honestly, at this point if I decide I want to keep going on them I might order the paperbacks, immediately give them away, and ahem the ebooks.
Interesting question for you (and, really, anybody else who is anti-Amazon): would you say it is better to buy books from Amazon, or buy used? Lots of Amazon hate out there (and some of it is certainly justified) but so many of the people who hate on them are also big in favor of using libraries and used book stores - as am I! - which actually give the authors even less money (none extra, in the case of used). I know there's way more to Amazon hate than author royalties, but that seems to be the big point for most people; systemically lower prices drive down author pay. Or is that not the issue for you/y'all?