Congratulations!
There are cockroaches in Mexico big enough to own property.
Cordelia ,'Lessons'
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."
DXMachina - Apr 08, 2020 3:11:42 am PDT #25775 of 28176
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Amy - Apr 08, 2020 3:58:02 am PDT #25776 of 28176
Because books.
So many books, and even now, so little time.
Sophia Brooks - Apr 08, 2020 8:29:13 am PDT #25777 of 28176
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Yay! Congrats!
Laura - Apr 08, 2020 9:02:34 am PDT #25778 of 28176
Our wings are not tired.
First, congratulations!
Second, a question for the Dresden Files readers. I've just started the 3rd in the series. The first two I thought were a bit heavy on the non-stop brutalization of poor Harry. Seriously, dude has sustained a whole lot of bodily injury and peril. So I am hoping there might be a bit more balance to come. Like maybe 50% of the book is Harry getting beat up by various entities or bad guys instead of 90% Harry getting beat up? Maybe some more time spent on investigations and interpersonal relationships and less on broken body parts?
Just wondering if maybe I should turn my attention to something a bit gentler. I do enjoy the actual prose, but am finding the stories a bit too one note.
Steph L. - Apr 08, 2020 9:15:15 am PDT #25779 of 28176
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Yeah, no, Harry pretty much gets his entire ass kicked over and over by like a gazillion different entities, both human and non-human, throughout all the books. (When he's not describing sex in a really off-putting way.)
Laura - Apr 08, 2020 9:37:49 am PDT #25780 of 28176
Our wings are not tired.
Sorry to hear that, but there is plenty in my to read queue that isn't all kick ass all the time.
DXMachina - Apr 08, 2020 9:53:38 am PDT #25781 of 28176
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
The other problem with the books is that as the series goes on, the final conjuring Harry does to win the day always has to be bigger and more extravagant than the ones before, which gets a little tiresome. That said I do like the books and will keep reading, even though he probably peaked at Dead Beat.
Steph L. - Apr 08, 2020 10:03:19 am PDT #25782 of 28176
I look more rad than Lutheranism
That said I do like the books and will keep reading,
Same here.
even though he probably peaked at Dead Beat.
I love Dead Beat so much.
esse - Apr 08, 2020 10:03:45 am PDT #25783 of 28176
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
I've come to think of Dresden very much as leveling up in a combat-oriented video game -- the story is what pieces it all together, but you spend a lot of time running around the world fighting shit to gain experience and better weaponry.
I found, Laura, that I enjoy the audiobooks of Dresden significantly more than reading the books myself. Not just because James Marsters is the reader! (Though he is permanently the voice of Harry in my head.) The pacing was better for me in the audiobook, and I connect more to the story & characters.
Laura - Apr 08, 2020 10:12:54 am PDT #25784 of 28176
Our wings are not tired.
I may try that, esse. I have heard good things about the audiobooks.
At this point my to read queue is so long that I don't feel I should stick with a series that isn't doing it for me.