I'm also a big fan of the Temeraire books, though I agree there are a couple in the middle that drag a bit. But I love the characters, human and dragon, and the details of how the dragons fit into that world, and I get a vicarious thrill out of all the places they travel.
Zoe: Yeah? Thought you'd get land crazy that long in port. Wash: Probably, but I've been sane a long while now, and change is good.
'Shindig'
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."
Kate P. - May 31, 2015 9:19:31 am PDT #23382 of 28333
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Consuela - May 31, 2015 7:20:54 pm PDT #23383 of 28333
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Kate & Susan speak for me on the Temeraire books. I really loved the 1st, the 3rd & 4th, and quite liked the most recent one. I think the next one is either the last, or the second-to-last.
One of the things I liked about Uprooted is it shows more of Novik's range in a lot of ways. It's not much like Temeraire: it's 1st person POV, set in a somewhat fairy-tale setting, much less military, and more concerned with women and women's relationships than anything else I've read by her.
Pix - May 31, 2015 7:25:18 pm PDT #23384 of 28333
The status is NOT quo.
Agreed on the Temeraire series and this new one. Just finished Uprooted and enjoyed the heck out of it.
Toddson - Jun 01, 2015 11:27:29 am PDT #23385 of 28333
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I loved the first of the Temeraire books, liked the second, didn't finish the third.
I did, however, finish and really enjoy The Goblin Emperor. I'd really like to read a sequel, if there's going to be one ... and, if not, she should write one. For me.
Toddson - Jun 04, 2015 10:12:38 am PDT #23386 of 28333
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I just saw that Tanith Lee had died. And I saw a new edition of The Birthgrave just yesterday.
sj - Jun 04, 2015 10:22:26 am PDT #23387 of 28333
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
If someone has never read any Tanith Lee, what is the best book to start with?
Atropa - Jun 04, 2015 11:37:26 am PDT #23388 of 28333
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
If someone has never read any Tanith Lee, what is the best book to start with?
Probably Red As Blood, her collection of fairy tale retellings.
While the Blood Opera trilogy (Dark Dance, Personal Darkness, Darkness I) are my favorites, I know that gothic literature, creepy and twisted family dynamics, and a subtle thread of vampires aren't to everyone's taste. I don't UNDERSTAND that mind set, but I know it exists.
sj - Jun 04, 2015 11:45:38 am PDT #23389 of 28333
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
While the Blood Opera trilogy (Dark Dance, Personal Darkness, Darkness I) are my favorites, I know that gothic literature, creepy and twisted family dynamics, and a subtle thread of vampires aren't to everyone's taste. I don't UNDERSTAND that mind set, but I know it exists.
I don't see any problem with this description, but the books appear to be out of print. So, I'll start with Red as Blood.
Atropa - Jun 04, 2015 12:07:31 pm PDT #23390 of 28333
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
the books appear to be out of print
Noooo! And I know they're not available digitally, which vexes me.
DavidS - Jun 04, 2015 2:36:21 pm PDT #23391 of 28333
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I also really liked Tanith Lee's science fiction novel "Don't Bite the Sun" - which is sweet and strange and fun.
And the Flat Earth books, particularly Night's Master are cool in a louche, very sexy magical Arabian Knights kind of way.