I'm at the library bookstore for the next hour and a half if anyone is looking for Holiday gifts cheap or something for themselves.

I recently finished T. Kingfisher's "Clockwork Boys" (enjoyed it a lot). I read the acknowledgements section at the end and one of the things she mentions is all the games with gloomy paladins - they infuriated her and gave her some inspiration for the paladin in this book. Her comment about this? Inspiration knocks now and again, but spite bangs on the door all year long.

Heh. Yep. Kingfisher recently released a new book in that universe (Swordheart: [link] Great dialog, fun characters.

I was reading it on the bus and kept breaking into giggles (Clockwork Boys).

And, for your giggling pleasure, the bad sex award quotes.

I read Swordheart this week too! I really enjoyed it, although I kept expecting it to end sooner than it did. Which I think means there's a problem with the pacing. All that said, it's quite amusing. And I definitely intend to read the next 2 in that series.

Rivers of London - the law offices of Bock, Loupe and Stag, that's an homage, I suppose?

Sort of a book question -- this book looks so cool!

She was black and a woman and a prosecutor, a graduate of Smith College and the granddaughter of slaves, as dazzlingly unlikely a combination as one could imagine in New York of the 1930s—and without the strategy she devised, Lucky Luciano, the most powerful Mafia boss in history, would never have been convicted.

But the question is, is it too *something* to get for my cousin who is a lawyer (not that kind of lawyer) and has a black husband (she is white)?

Also, if anyone would like to make book recommendations for my other relatives, I would greatly appreciate it! Still in the mix are a boy graduating from college this year, my diplomat cousin-in-law, and two kindergarten-ish girls.

For the kindergarten girls the Princess in Black series.