The narrator of The Hollow Places is called Carrot and I like her.
It's definitely horror.
Simon: I swear when it's appropriate. Kaylee: Simon, the whole point of swearing is that it ain't appropriate.
'Jaynestown'
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."
-t - Oct 17, 2020 1:44:03 pm PDT #26179 of 28222
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
-t - Oct 20, 2020 6:19:39 pm PDT #26180 of 28222
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Y'all. The Once and Future Witches. So very good.
DebetEsse - Oct 31, 2020 12:39:23 pm PDT #26181 of 28222
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Just finished Harrow. I think I liked it better, even, than Gideon, and I think it should be nominated for a Hugo. The narrative structure was really interesting and engaging (if a bit of *work* to follow) for me, although I could see others finding it off-putting.
But, I mean, come on, in has an in-universe barista AU . I liked that I thought I was figuring things out, but it turns out that, no! There's a whole other layer of THINGS.
-t - Oct 31, 2020 12:59:42 pm PDT #26182 of 28222
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Right? Glorious. I should get to my audiobook reread soon...
I randomly found myself thinking, apropos of nothing but regarding Harrow, "and it would surprise you to learn that planet-killing necromancers are perhaps not the good guys?" I'm gonna say it takes some sharp world building to put me in that position.
DebetEsse - Oct 31, 2020 4:29:17 pm PDT #26183 of 28222
Woe to the fucking wicked.
To be fair, I'm not sure there is a GOOD guy to be found.
Although I'm quite glad we got to spend more time with Abigail and Magnus, and actually got to meet Dulcinea.
-t - Oct 31, 2020 4:52:01 pm PDT #26184 of 28222
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
All true
Jessica - Nov 01, 2020 8:08:32 am PST #26185 of 28222
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
The audiobooks of this series are SO GOOD. I was especially impressed with the narration in Harrow because the first-person narrator during the second-person narration bits was able to be exactly the right voice without being objectively spoilery. I suspected, but I didn't *know* until I was supposed to.
Utterly brilliant.
-t - Nov 01, 2020 8:53:26 am PST #26186 of 28222
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Ooh. I haven’t listened before, I am really looking forward to the experience (once I finish listening to MurderBot, which I am also enjoying very much)
sj - Nov 01, 2020 4:10:25 pm PST #26187 of 28222
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Author Rachel Caine has passed away from cancer. [link]
Amy - Nov 02, 2020 7:11:01 am PST #26188 of 28222
Because books.
Oh man, that's awful, although not unexpected. She fought really hard.