Very long, multi-volume fiction is my thing so I was delighted. With added bonus of timey wimey. However, if Mary Sue's Jamie's nose, eyelashes, and body aroma were mentioned a few less times it would have been a much shorter series.
Joyce: And what did you do tonight? Dawn: Irritated Giles. I'm beginning to get why Buffy likes it so much.
'Get It Done'
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."
Laura - Jan 04, 2017 10:09:14 am PST #24288 of 28260
Our wings are not tired.
Jessica - Jan 04, 2017 10:54:43 am PST #24289 of 28260
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Jamie's nose, eyelashes, and body aroma
Long, straight / auburn but dark at the tips (so unusual!) / LIKE A MAN
smonster - Jan 04, 2017 11:47:14 am PST #24290 of 28260
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
I love you people. I am laughing so hard right now.
Kat - Jan 05, 2017 2:01:30 pm PST #24291 of 28260
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Yeah. I'm about 20% into the first book. And just sort of.... meh. Like I don't care at all and time travel is not my favorite trope to begin with. See also why I don't watch Dr. Who.
I may give up soon.
lisah - Jan 05, 2017 5:49:33 pm PST #24292 of 28260
Punishingly Intricate
Oh, the first Outlander book is a slog. The tv show is way better (the knitwear alone!). I also liked the 2nd book a lot more than the first and would like to read the 3rd.
Laura - Jan 06, 2017 3:31:18 am PST #24293 of 28260
Our wings are not tired.
Although I read the entire series I haven't yet watched the show. See also, Game of Thrones. I have Season 6 of GoT sitting on the DVR, assuming since I read it all I don't really need to watch from S1. I'll probably watch Outlander at some point too, but my to watch list is so long I am focused on things I haven't read.
Gris - Jan 06, 2017 4:26:15 am PST #24294 of 28260
Hey. New board.
Laura, I have to say, it's worth watching Game of Thrones from season 1. The show follows the book pretty well in the first couple of seasons but starts to differentiate itself in some major ways (often improvements, in my opinion) after that. If you jump straight in on season 6 you'll be pretty confused. At the least, you should read a plot summary of seasons 1-2 and start with season 3.
Plus, the first three seasons are just spectacular television (assuming you aren't squicked by the ultraviolence and random sexposition, of course).
Jessica - Jan 06, 2017 9:00:23 am PST #24295 of 28260
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Yeah. I'm about 20% into the first book. And just sort of.... meh.
I would say, if you get past the wedding and are still bored, give up.
(I mean, obviously you should feel free to put it down and read something else any time you want, but IMO the wedding is the tipping point past which you're either going to be hooked or not. Everything before that is basically prologue and exposition.)
meara - Jan 06, 2017 10:46:11 am PST #24296 of 28260
I'd agree with Jess, probably if you aren't enjoying by the time of the wedding, it's not for you.
Kat - Jan 06, 2017 2:38:53 pm PST #24297 of 28260
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I dropped it. I'm reading Swing Time and loving it.