Xander ,'Empty Places'
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."
I agree with -t's assessment. Part of what I find off-putting with westerns is how dude-a-riffic they are, and Upright Women definitely doesn't have that going on. I guess it depends on what part of Westerns you tend to dislike.
Magic for Liars is...like a CW show, but rewritten to focus on the grownups. I liked it pretty well.
Magic for Liars is...like a CW show, but rewritten to focus on the grownups. I liked it pretty well.
Now that is a review that I can work with!
I liked River of Teeth well enough,but I loved Magic for Liars
Yes to all of this.
Clock Star Rose Spine got some nice blurbs, including one from Samuel R. Delany.
I just started reading. The line "Exact change is required" made me laugh.
I loved River of Teeth and pretty much everything I have read by Gailey.
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Hee, I like World of the White Rat as a description! Possibly my favorite fictional religion. And I am a bit of connoisseur.
That's how they're grouped at GoodReads. And, indeed, one of things I like about the books is the importance of religion to some of the characters. Stephen's longing for the certainty the he lost with the death of the Saint of Steel, Caliban's need to be a true Paladin again make the characters real to me. This is something I love from Bujold's World of the Five Goods books as well.
So many other books do not include religion at all or only in a superficial way. Or go to the other extreme and are just preachy.
Oh, yes, the Five Gods are another favorite.
I forget how I have seen the Kingfisher books grouped - Clocktaur War, Saint of Steel and I guess it is just Swordheart but she did say she was going to write the other sword's stories - although they are all the same world so grouping them together makes sense. And World of the White Rat delights me as a term of art. Good job, Goodreads.
I really liked the White Rat ... clerics? is that the right word? ... they seem to be intelligent and pragmatic and work to actually help people. I hadn't made the connection with Bujold's Five Gods world, but I could see the White Rat and the Bastard (one of whose symbols is a white rat) getting on well. (If this inspires any fanfic, please let me know.)
True! What an interesting idea
Oh, I love the idea of a White Rat/Five Gods crossover. Brilliant.
I have read about three of Gailey's books, but they don't hook me. I feel like they lack complexity or depth or something. It's all about the premise and not about the complicating factors/characters. "Upright Women Wanted" was a premise in search of a story, IMO.
I'm glad they work for some people though.