I have it waiting on Kindle and audio, but am suffering from "But if I read it I won't have it to look forward to anymore!" syndrome.
Anya Christina Emmanuella Jenkins. Twenty years old. Born on the fourth of July — and don't think there weren't jokes about that my whole life, mister, 'cause there were. 'Who's our little patriot?' they'd say, when I was younger and therefore smaller and shorter than I am now.
Anya ,'Potential'
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."
Jessica - Aug 08, 2024 1:30:55 pm PDT #28002 of 28087
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
-t - Aug 08, 2024 2:07:30 pm PDT #28003 of 28087
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Update: I *do* like the characters. A LOT.
Oh good! I read the sample and was not sure how I felt about it, so that makes me feel better. I will not be able to listen to it until I finish Sorceress, though. I don't think switching between those two would go well. And I'm not even halfway through The Last Murder at the End of the World and I'm a year behind on the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction! Ack!
Steph L. - Aug 08, 2024 4:50:42 pm PDT #28004 of 28087
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Final update: okay, that was DELIGHTFUL. And now I desperately want to take a food/wine tour of Europe.
-t - Aug 08, 2024 6:38:00 pm PDT #28005 of 28087
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
am suffering from "But if I read it I won't have it to look forward to anymore!" syndrome.
I know this is off topic but I have to say how much this is me wrt Umbrella Academy right now!
Steph L. - Aug 08, 2024 6:56:03 pm PDT #28006 of 28087
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
I know this is off topic but I have to say how much this is me wrt Umbrella Academy right now!
I know it's still off topic, but I only watched the first episode tonight because I don't want it to be over and there are only 6 episodes dang it.
Pix - Aug 08, 2024 7:15:43 pm PDT #28007 of 28087
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
New Umbrella Academy is out?? Yay.
-t - Aug 12, 2024 6:44:27 pm PDT #28008 of 28087
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
The Pairing has me all verklempt. Good stuff. I don’t know if I need a full tour, but I could certainly go for some pastries and cocktails!
Steph L. - Aug 12, 2024 7:07:33 pm PDT #28009 of 28087
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
I could certainly go for some pastries and cocktails!
OMG, I want every single pastry in that book.
Jessica - Aug 22, 2024 6:51:16 am PDT #28010 of 28087
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
Update: I *do* like the characters. A LOT.
Curious to know when this happened for you because I'm in Bordeaux and...I still don't like them very much. Maybe it's the narrator? I can't tell, but something about this book isn't clicking for me.
-t - Aug 22, 2024 10:14:52 am PDT #28011 of 28087
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
It was definitely gradual and slow for me. Trying to see if I can look at the table of contents and remember...ok, it was certainly after Bordeaux. Maybe around San Sebastien? Maybe not until the POV switch? I remember being impatient to get the other side of the story, for sure, but I think I was liking the characters more before that happened.
I was also irritated with some of the line readings early on? And that eventually went away, not sure if I got used to whatever they were doing with them or if they got more like I wanted them to be or what.
A little tempted to listen to it again and see how the experience changes with knowing everyone going in, but I have started re-reading Anne Rice so that's gonna keep me busy for a while (I haven't decided how far I want to go, I stopped with The Body Thief or Memnoch the Devil (I honestly can not figure out if I read Memnoch the Devil or not) the first time around but I'm kind of intrigued by Atlantis)