Just finished Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee and liked it a lot. It doesn't dig too deeply into any of the characters - most of them are just sketched in - but the strength of the prose and the ideas really kept me reading. Bring on Book 2!
Oz is the highest-scoring person ever to fail to graduate.
Willow ,'Him'
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."
chrismg - Aug 10, 2017 4:47:03 pm PDT #24699 of 28222
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
Amy - Aug 10, 2017 4:50:21 pm PDT #24700 of 28222
Because books.
Has anyone else read the Sebastien St. Cyr series, by C.S. Harris? I'm on the second book and LOVING it. It's 1811 London, he's a war vet (and former spy) and a viscount and, of course, dashing and broodingly handsome. Highly recommended for anyone who needs a new historical mystery series.
Connie Neil - Aug 10, 2017 5:10:18 pm PDT #24701 of 28222
brillig
I think I started the first St. Cyr book and never went back to it.
Amy - Aug 10, 2017 5:23:34 pm PDT #24702 of 28222
Because books.
The first one started a little slow, but once I was in, I was really in. I just always love finding a new series with lots of books I can binge.
bennett - Aug 10, 2017 5:44:51 pm PDT #24703 of 28222
I vaguely remember getting annoyed with something in the St. Cyr series along about the 3rd book and giving them up. But it obviously wasn't a memorable something. Now that I'm back in the historical mystery mood, I've been meaning to go back and try them again.
In the same genre, I've read and enjoyed the first of the Tasha Alexander books, but my library doesn't seem to have any more via Overdrive so I haven't been able to continue it. They did have most of the Deanna Raybourn books, and I enjoyed them. At the moment I'm rereading Elizabeth Peter's Amelia Peabody series and having fun with Ramses' take on his parents.
meara - Aug 10, 2017 6:24:57 pm PDT #24704 of 28222
Ooh, I quite liked the Lady emily Tasha Alexander books. I have to check if my library has the last couple that I haven't read.
Other random mystery series I've enjoyed lately include Victoria Thompsons Gaslight Mysteries, Sam Thomas' series also about a midwife (but in 1600s York), and the Lady darby series by Anna Lee Huber
Connie Neil - Aug 10, 2017 6:37:09 pm PDT #24705 of 28222
brillig
I'm rereading Elizabeth Peter's Amelia Peabody series and having fun with Ramses' take on his parents.
I have to admit I generally stop reading that series after Ramses and Nefret resolve their issues.
Toddson - Aug 11, 2017 7:03:17 am PDT #24706 of 28222
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I've enjoyed the C.S. Harris books.
In new news, the sequel to A Study in Scarlet Women is out - it's called ... A Conspiracy in Belgravia, I believe.
bennett - Aug 11, 2017 8:00:32 am PDT #24707 of 28222
I have to admit I generally stop reading that series after Ramses and Nefret resolve their issues.
I did the same the first time around, but enjoyed the last volumes with this reread. I don't really think Peters ever quite figured out what to do with Nefret as more than just Ramses's love interest. The other characters have their strengths and weaknesses and she enjoys playing with them. She doesn't seem to have the same fun with Nefret.
But I like the rest of the characters enough that I just skip over her.
Connie Neil - Aug 11, 2017 8:04:09 am PDT #24708 of 28222
brillig
I got tired of Sethos.