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Jayne ,'Safe'


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."


Pix - Feb 08, 2017 6:15:22 pm PST #24328 of 28260
The status is NOT quo.

Just finished Seanan McGuire's Every Heart a Doorway. I checked back in the thread, but the only mention I saw of it was when Steph's library hold came in. Anybody else read it?

I really liked it. She's such a great writer, and DAMN is she prolific.


Gris - Feb 09, 2017 5:30:18 am PST #24329 of 28260
Hey. New board.

DAMN is she prolific.

This. Seriously.

My favorite thing from her these days is actually the Valentine vs. stuff (partially published in eBook form but also serially released on her LJ. Some parts on her website.). Started out so fun and fluffy, really went deep! The fact that she can write serially and continue creating a universe that feels consistent without writing herself into too many corners is fascinating to me. See also: Indexing. It makes me think she could be great at television writing if that was something she wanted to pursue.

I haven't read Every Heart a Doorway yet. The premise is weirdly not appealing to me, actually. But I'll get to it eventually I'm sure.

I tell this story every now and again, but back before she was published I was lucky enough to be a beta on a book of hers (a YA still unpublished, probably never will be) and it was astounding. She literally sent me two to three almost-completely-done chapters a day. The whole book was written with a first round of polish in like three weeks. While she still had a full-time job.


EpicTangent - Feb 09, 2017 10:27:57 am PST #24330 of 28260
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty

I really liked it. She's such a great writer, and DAMN is she prolific.

Seriously. Every time I turn around, a new book. And I finally remembered to look for the short stories on her website; there's a million of them! Seriously, when does she sleep?

She literally sent me two to three almost-completely-done chapters a day. The whole book was written with a first round of polish in like three weeks. While she still had a full-time job.

Daaaang.

I haven't read Every Heart a Doorway yet. The premise is weirdly not appealing to me, actually. But I'll get to it eventually I'm sure.

It's really, REALLY good.


Toddson - Feb 09, 2017 10:31:38 am PST #24331 of 28260
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

As far as I can tell, she doesn't sleep.

I love the Indexing series, but I found the Valentine vs. series ... a little depressing. But I'm looking forward to the next Incryptid book (it's Antimony, who sounds interesting). I haven't gotten to the short stories online, yet, but I want to.


Steph L. - Feb 09, 2017 10:31:54 am PST #24332 of 28260
I look more rad than Lutheranism

There's a new InCryptid book out in March, too. This time Antimony is the protagonist.


Steph L. - Feb 09, 2017 10:32:26 am PST #24333 of 28260
I look more rad than Lutheranism

I was not as fast as Todd, but we were sharing a brain there.


Toddson - Feb 09, 2017 10:33:42 am PST #24334 of 28260
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

oooh! the best of company!


Steph L. - Feb 09, 2017 10:34:52 am PST #24335 of 28260
I look more rad than Lutheranism

Huh. Our library already has the ebook in the catalog, but not the paperback. (I do actually put reminders on my calendar in advance of books' release dates, so I check the library for them.)


Toddson - Feb 09, 2017 10:58:19 am PST #24336 of 28260
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

It struck me that this may be a book some of the Buffistas have been waiting for.


-t - Feb 09, 2017 10:59:17 am PST #24337 of 28260
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Oh, good! I'm always about half ready to drop InCryptid (I generally like the cryptids, but the Prices often rub me the wrong way) but Antimony is intriguing.

Haven't read most of her other stuff (except the Toby Daye books, which I love unreservedly, and Indexing which I am also ambivalent about, but I kind of enjoy analyzing my ambivalence about that series) partially because there is just so damn much of it, it's overwhelming.