Starless Sea is -- I'm having a hard time finding a handhold. I suspect that's because I had a book in my brain, and am grading fifty thousand student stories.
No, that was exactly my experience as well.
My god...he's gonna do the whole speech.
Buffy ,'Chosen'
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."
Pix - Nov 16, 2019 5:58:16 pm PST #25544 of 28195
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Gris - Nov 16, 2019 11:54:54 pm PST #25545 of 28195
Hey. New board.
Okay, so the night circus was great. 10k days of January seems to the the next one being recommended, fair?
Gris - Nov 17, 2019 12:00:23 am PST #25546 of 28195
Hey. New board.
Ok, also, I'm finally catching up with NK Jemisen. Read and Loved the inheritance trilogy (ebook omnibus edition) but had a really hard time getting into Dreamblood duology. Should I keep trying or move on to her other big trilogy, name currently slipping my brain?
hippocampus - Nov 17, 2019 8:28:16 am PST #25547 of 28195
not your mom's socks.
Gris, the Broken Earth trilogy is fabulous. Pix, ahhhh I am sad to hear it.
If you haven't read Witchmark and love a bit of gay romance in your sff, plus bicycles and apples and a lot of other goodness, it just won the world fantasy award and I love it so. The sequel's coming out soon, why I mention it. (ETA: possibly for a second or third time)
Gris - Nov 17, 2019 8:37:37 am PST #25548 of 28195
Hey. New board.
Edit: wrong thread
-t - Nov 17, 2019 9:02:10 am PST #25549 of 28195
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I remember liking Dreamblood but I don't actually remember anything about it, so, yeah, maybe go on to something else. The Inheritance Trilogy also had a bunch of novellas IIRC, were they included in the omnibus? In any case, Broken Earth is so so good.
Calli - Nov 17, 2019 9:24:15 am PST #25550 of 28195
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I also loved Witchmark. I've preordered the sequel.
sj - Nov 17, 2019 3:02:05 pm PST #25551 of 28195
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Gris, her short story collection How Long to Black Future Month is excellent.
amyparker - Nov 17, 2019 3:46:06 pm PST #25552 of 28195
You've got friends to have good times with. When you need to share the trauma of a badly-written book with someone, that's when you go to family.
My copy of How Long 'Til Black Future Month? is keeping Le Guin's collected short stories company on my shelf. *g*
The Broken Earth trilogy is magnificent, but the first book especially needs a content warning. (Do we do those with spoiler font?)
Gris - Nov 19, 2019 1:24:28 pm PST #25553 of 28195
Hey. New board.
Okay Broken Earth it is.
I just finished Philosophers War , the sequel to late year's Philosopher's Flight.
Very interesting AU historical fantasy novels. Some plot points are feeling a little wrong (or overly convenient), and the romance is pretty boring, but my overall feeling is definitely positive. The second one is darker and more epic, but maybe I liked the first one a little more? Still sussing out my feelings.