That first one, with the Frankenstein cover, made me wonder if it was some kind of Munsters in-joke.
ETA: On the Bad Covers link, I mean.
Look, you got a little stabbed the other day. That's bound to make anyone a mite ornery.
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."
chrismg - Mar 18, 2021 9:03:17 am PDT #26548 of 28175
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
Calli - Mar 19, 2021 4:20:19 am PDT #26549 of 28175
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Tor.com has an interesting article on gothic YA here: [link]
askye - Mar 22, 2021 4:52:22 pm PDT #26550 of 28175
Thrive to spite them
I started An Empire Called Memory and then got sucked into Daniel Abraham's fantasy series. I had a little trouble picturing what some of the races look like but overall didn't get lost in who people were and I did care about the characters.
I recommend the series from what I've read so far. There are alternating POV chapters like in The Expanse books. Although so far it's only POv from the more human ones. There is one character whose wife and daughter were tragically killed but he has dealt with that and so it's not about his pain.
The women are interesting and there is no sexual assault or attempted sexual assault. At least through the 2nd book. I hate that I have to point that out but since so many writers feel they have to include women being hurt as character building or to increase their peril.
-t - Mar 22, 2021 6:34:03 pm PDT #26551 of 28175
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Good to know, askye, I’ll keep that in mind
Toddson - Mar 23, 2021 5:41:28 am PDT #26552 of 28175
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I know that Seanan McGuire once posted something about being asked when Toby (October Daye in her series) would be raped and responded never ... it's become a quick and easy way to set up trauma for anyone female (as though there isn't enough other trauma in this or any other world).
Laura - Mar 23, 2021 6:04:24 am PDT #26553 of 28175
Our wings are not tired.
I hate that I have to point that out but since so many writers feel they have to include women being hurt as character building or to increase their peril.
Thank you. I couldn't agree more.
askye - Mar 23, 2021 9:28:11 am PDT #26554 of 28175
Thrive to spite them
Toddson-yeah she carries that over on all of her books. Obviously.
On Twitter someone asked about sexual assault or something like that in The Expanse (I don't remember the context) and Abraham's writing partner runs the James SA Corey Twitter account and he said they would never show it and there was no need.
I was really disappointed when Patricia Briggs used rape to traumatize Mercy Thompson.
Steph L. - Mar 23, 2021 9:46:49 am PDT #26555 of 28175
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I know that Seanan McGuire once posted something about being asked when Toby (October Daye in her series) would be raped and responded never
Toddson-yeah she carries that over on all of her books. Obviously.
Yeah, I love reading the InCryptid books and knowing I'm never going to get blindsided by sexual assault.
Shir - Mar 23, 2021 11:21:53 am PDT #26556 of 28175
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
I know that there are several lists and groups that are assigning trigger warnings to books. A while ago a friend fw'ed me a list specific to sexual assaults. I can't find it now, but google brought me this: [link] and [link]
amyparker - Mar 23, 2021 2:26:39 pm PDT #26557 of 28175
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.
I have told folks recommending things to me that there are Too Many Books (not really); I have to filter somehow, and right now I'm choosing to not read works with casual attitudes about violating bodily autonomy/violent deaths, especially of children or animals. If that means I miss the latest thing or will not try their particular beautiful cake? There is enough other stuff that we can find something else we both will like! In the unlikely event that they get arsey about it, they will find that we are talking rather less about what we like to read.