I finally (I say finally, but I don’t actually remember when it came out, maybe not that long ago) read The Bone Harp, a standalone novel from Victoria Goddard that is not connected to the Nine Worlds. It’s described as “A Tale of Elfland”, and those would be Tolkeinesque and particularly Silmarilliony elves, which I wouldn’t have thought I was hungry for but very much enjoyed. Took me a bit to get into it, as new universes often do, but the story is a good one and by the end I was desperately invested in the characters
Flames wouldn't be eternal if they actually consumed anything.
Lilah ,'Not Fade Away'
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 - Mar 30, 2024 6:04:30 pm PDT #27913 of 28095
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Toddson - Apr 18, 2024 12:53:30 pm PDT #27914 of 28095
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
There's a new K.J. Charles on Amazon - "The Spires"
-t - Apr 18, 2024 1:08:26 pm PDT #27915 of 28095
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
It's a murder mystery! Death in the Spires. I like it very much.
Toddson - Apr 18, 2024 1:11:04 pm PDT #27916 of 28095
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Well, I know what I'll be doing this weekend.
Jessica - Apr 19, 2024 12:03:54 pm PDT #27917 of 28095
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
I have been asked by one of my Books colleagues to plug the Romantasy Deals promotion running this month. So here it is! Romantasy on sale!
Calli - Apr 20, 2024 5:16:00 am PDT #27918 of 28095
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Oooh, I’ll have to see if those intersect with anything on my shopping list.
amyparker - Apr 20, 2024 9:06:02 am PDT #27919 of 28095
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.
Oh, half off on the LoA edition of Le Guin's Hainish stories!
-t - Apr 20, 2024 12:54:07 pm PDT #27920 of 28095
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That caught my eye, too! If that counts as “romantasy” I guess I am for it.
Toddson - Apr 22, 2024 6:01:24 am PDT #27921 of 28095
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Well, I whipped through the K.J. Charles this weekend. Finished it Sunday evening ... leaving me with the rest of the evening/night to fill. It's good - set in Oxford, seven good friends, one of whom is murdered. And the big question is, of course, who and why. I had thought it would be someone else (and I'm not entirely buying the "who"), but it does bring some closure.
bennett - Apr 22, 2024 6:15:51 am PDT #27922 of 28095
I read an ARC of "Death in the Spires" and also have some questions/issues about the who. We only have their word for how the murder went down and, while I get why the others accept it, I'm not sure I do. Or maybe I think it would be more fun if the murder were more planned as a sign of sociopathy. Anyway, I've thought a lot (probably too much) about it since I read it.