I saw this and it struck me as something Jilli would enjoy - Strange Practice. What the author calls "sensible monsters."
One of the kids on Tumblr messaged me and recommended it!
Stop means no. And no means no. So . . . stop.
Xander ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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."
Atropa - Jul 26, 2017 3:01:34 pm PDT #24671 of 28222
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Consuela - Jul 26, 2017 8:27:16 pm PDT #24672 of 28222
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I LOVE love love Megan Whalen Turner. And I even loved The Thief, in part because she is a huge Rosemary Sutcliff fangirl and there's a couple of Sutcliff tributes in the first book. It took me a long time to get over THE THING THAT HAPPENS in the second book, but the third book makes it obvious that Turner is also a Lymond fangirl, and I am all over that.
I do love the way that every book is really different than the others, even though they're all in a series. The POV and the voice and the way the story is told varies widely, which is just really cool.
In other book news, I am reading the final volume of Kate Elliott's Court of Fives trilogy, and it's really pretty great. The lead character is headstrong and privileged but learns over time, and it's a very good examination of colonialism and class oppression, which also has American Ninja Warrior and magic and revolution. I would recommend.
Pix - Jul 26, 2017 8:29:38 pm PDT #24673 of 28222
The status is NOT quo.
I love the Court of Fives series!
Calli - Jul 27, 2017 1:36:52 am PDT #24674 of 28222
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Well where did that rule come from?
If I read my travel books now I won't have anything for the airport.
-t - Jul 27, 2017 5:00:00 am PDT #24675 of 28222
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That is very reasonable. You show remarkable restraint and deserve all the marshmallows.
Toddson - Jul 27, 2017 11:20:22 am PDT #24676 of 28222
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
One of the things I love about my e-reader is that I can carry it with me easily and I never have to worry about running out of books. Or, to prevent running out of books, carrying a lot of them with me.
I recently finished "Three Dark Crowns" - first of two books, YA fantasy, about three sisters (triplets), each with a specific "gift". At 16, they have to compete to become the one queen; the one who does becomes queen by killing off her sisters. Not exactly pleasant reading and I don't know if I'll go to the second book, but it was, um, different.
Kate P. - Jul 27, 2017 2:46:14 pm PDT #24677 of 28222
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Has anyone else read The Hate U Give? I finished it a few days ago and was so impressed. The characters, in particular, are so richly and fully drawn. Lovers of YA novel and social justice, check it out!
-t - Jul 27, 2017 4:22:39 pm PDT #24678 of 28222
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Yes, it's terrific!
Jessica - Jul 27, 2017 6:08:40 pm PDT #24679 of 28222
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I'm finishing up Ian Tregellis' Alchemy Wars trilogy, and I love these books. Maybe not as much as I loved the Milkweed Triptych, but I will take any trip available into Ian Tregellis' brain.
Consuela - Jul 27, 2017 6:13:02 pm PDT #24680 of 28222
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Wow, Jessica. I tried to read Milkweed, and the first book left me creeped out and horrified. It felt like the entire world was tainted with a bone-deep misanthropy, I just couldn't deal with it.
I did however just finish Buried Heart, the last of the Court of Fives books, and I think she really pulled it off. There's some great narrative payoff there, and a lot of excellent action and drama. Definitely recommended.