I just didn't care about the characters, and the book barely held my interest.

It took me forever to read. I started Swordspoint after Fledgling and finished it first. It wasn't much of anything except a huge disappointment.

And I own it in hardcover. It's a bit harder to BookX those, emotionally.

I have accomplished Bookage. I am back in the nightie (oh, sweet blissful softness of aged silk!) and I have foie gras with sauternes, chevre du miel and margarita cookies.

I splurged. But not killing someone is emotionally exhausting. I needed it.

I will be back to discuss with you tomorrow, Jilli. Yea, new book by author I really like. She popped this out FAST.

She popped this out FAST.

I went to the reading she did here in Seattle on Wed. night, and she said the next one is already at the publisher.

Holy shit! Dayum, girl! But that's awesome news.

How was the reading?

Pimps. I just ordered the first two Harrisons used off the internet. I loved Greywalker and I'm enjoying His Majesty's Dragon and have the next two set to go, and the first two Dresdens after that. But the Harrisons sounded so *good*!

How was the reading?

It was fun. She's good with a crowd. I will admit, there were a couple ladies there who were shining examples of every bad media cliché of women who read vaguely smutty vampire fiction. (I kept wanting to go up to them and say "Look, it's possible to look vaguely gothy AND polished when you are a larger woman who is no longer in her teen years. Here, let me fix your eyeliner." I am a bad and somewhat petty person. But I controlled myself.)

The thing that impressed me most from the reading is that Kim Harrison doesn't really do any sort of occult/witchy research for her books; she makes most of it up. Considering how well it all holds together, I was amazed she didn't do tons of spoooooky research.

I am reading Swordspoint right now, and it is taking me a long time to read. It is good, but not my cup of tea. ( I have no idea what I mean by that)

The new Harrison book is out in hardcover. Both my sister and I were somewhat disappointed in the general direction they seem to be leaning. We both were unhappy with the direction that the relationship with the witch's partner has taken Too much "'eww... but I am intrigued" .

I'm going to have to track down and buy a copy of Swordspoint of my very own. And resist the urge to "liberate" the library's copy. I'd pay for it.

(I kept wanting to go up to them and say "Look, it's possible to look vaguely gothy AND polished when you are a larger woman who is no longer in her teen years. Here, let me fix your eyeliner." I am a bad and somewhat petty person. But I controlled myself.)

Sweetie, you're GMM (you always will be to me; damn the trademark!) I think you need a business card and a Goth ER kit and you can have your own "Gothy ReVamp" show! You could go to conventions and signings and do makeovers!

I would totally watch it.

Beverly, I think you'll really enjoy them. My sister gave me the ARC of the 1st, and I was instantly hooked.

I think many Buffistas could write a para novel w/o research based on their own genre and personal fun reading infoslutting.

t is heretical

I could go to the end of my life without knowing the end of HP book 7 and it would be okay.

I mean, I'll read the last book eventually, because they're fun, but I'm not particularly invested.