Willow ,'Chosen'
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."
Dylan and I will be at WorldCon!
This year, when I'm finally eligible to vote for both the Hugos and the Nebulas, is the first year in ages I've barely read any of the finalists already--just A Sorceress Comes to Call. I'm already speed-reading as much of the Nebulas list as I can in order to vote by the end of this month, and I was hoping the Hugo list would overlap a bit more than it does.
Y’all, I am back to being 3 issues behind on all my magazines! I was doing so well for a hot minute there
I did not realize that a new Jasmine Guillory was out, but Flirting Lessons popped up on my radar and it is lovely. In general, my favorite tends to be whatever I read most recently since they are all so good, but I have a special fondness for these Napa books. I liked Avery well enough as Luke’s BFF in Drunk on Love but as a MC she’s wonderful
I stopped by Borderland Books on my afternoon of errands and started reading the new book by Robert Jackson Bennett (A Drop of Corruption). It sucked me in immediately so I went and got the previous and first book in the series, The Tainted Cup.
Has anybody read his stuff? This is a fantasy world setting with a Sherlock/Watson detective duo.
Bennett really knows what he's doing - as he sets the scene, establishes the world, makes the characters breath and gets his narrative hooks into you.
Goodreads reviews: [link]
I have The Tainted Cup waiting on my Kindle after several people raved about it.
Same as Dana. Hugo finalist, yes?
I loved The Tainted Cup - the characters, the world building, the Sherlock/Watson riffs. And it is nominated for both an Edgar (which I associate with pretty traditional mysteries) as well as the Hugo. And deservedly so. I have not read his Founders trilogy but they're on my TBR pile.
Ooh, dual Edgar and Hugo is pretty cool!
I’ve had it sitting on the kindle for over a year, maybe I should bump it to the front of the queue
I think I’ve also heard good things about City of Stairs but I might be conflating titles
So many books, so little time
I read Foundryside a couple of years ago and really enjoyed it. Glad to see this one getting a lot of high praise! I just added it to my library wish list.