This is my boat. They're part of my crew. No one's getting left. Best you get used to that.

Mal ,'Ariel'


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 - Aug 25, 2017 11:58:05 am PDT #24741 of 28215
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

I haven't read the Toby Daye books yet, either, and I'm behind on the Incrypdid series. Predictably, my favorite character(s) are the Aeslin mice.


-t - Aug 25, 2017 12:13:55 pm PDT #24742 of 28215
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

HAIL


Toddson - Aug 25, 2017 12:35:54 pm PDT #24743 of 28215
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

Pix - Aug 25, 2017 4:03:20 pm PDT #24744 of 28215
The status is NOT quo.

I pretty much love everything Seanan McGuire writes and consume it as soon as it's finished. For anyone starting the Toby Daye books, though, be aware that the writing gets a lot better after the first book. That may have been her first book, actually. I just know that I wasn't sold at first and fell in love with the series after I read 2 and 3.


Steph L. - Aug 25, 2017 4:56:00 pm PDT #24745 of 28215
I look more rad than Lutheranism

I got through the first 4 Harry Dresden books, so if there's only 1 Toby Daye book that's not as good, I can totally handle that!


askye - Aug 25, 2017 5:32:01 pm PDT #24746 of 28215
Thrive to spite them

I have 2 more books to read in the Harry Dresden series. I can't believe it I thought there were more.

I'm still iffy on them.


Steph L. - Aug 25, 2017 5:47:45 pm PDT #24747 of 28215
I look more rad than Lutheranism

I think they have big flaws, but they're entertaining popcorn books for me.


askye - Aug 26, 2017 4:51:58 pm PDT #24748 of 28215
Thrive to spite them

I like them and I skim a by and then go re read. I feel that at times there is too much in the books but also too much time between the books so I get lost in the timeline and feel cheated a bit out of story.


Frankenbuddha - Aug 28, 2017 10:38:58 am PDT #24749 of 28215
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

I pretty much love everything Seanan McGuire writes and consume it as soon as it's finished. For anyone starting the Toby Daye books, though, be aware that the writing gets a lot better after the first book. That may have been her first book, actually. I just know that I wasn't sold at first and fell in love with the series after I read 2 and 3.

Yeah, the first Toby book was a slog for me, mainly because it was also an info dump as I think I said at one point. But it WAS fun to re-read after reading the whole series. I love her "family" now and who ever said Connor was a drag was right on the money. Never got the appeal.


-t - Aug 29, 2017 9:21:19 am PDT #24750 of 28215
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I finally allowed myself to order Skullduggery: Resurrection from the UK. I live the way their email tells me my shipment has been dispatched. So much fancier than shipped.