Huh. I can't be too mad because I love Lori (she was one of my first authors at Kensington, and she really is a very talented author), but that's ... a stretch, for sure.
Mal: Inara, think you could stoop to being on my arm? Inara: Will you wash it first?
'Heart Of Gold'
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."
Amy - Jul 22, 2009 5:58:19 pm PDT #9710 of 28393
Because books.
Barb - Jul 22, 2009 6:00:07 pm PDT #9711 of 28393
“Not dead yet!”
I'd react the same way if it was any author, I think. I've read her for the RITAs and liked her work. It's just the amorphous, "oooh, this is popular, how can we spin it, let's use SHAKESPEARE!" vibe to the whole deal.
erikaj - Jul 22, 2009 7:32:57 pm PDT #9712 of 28393
Always Anti-fascist!
It's either going to be awesome and hilarious or romance's Medellin I don't see middle ground at all. But I don't know the author in question.
Volans - Jul 24, 2009 9:48:14 am PDT #9713 of 28393
move out and draw fire
Amazon and U of Michigan to reprint rare and OOP books...and sell them. [link]
beth b - Jul 24, 2009 9:46:50 pm PDT #9714 of 28393
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
Just finished reading The Strain.
It was a real horror book. and the Vampires were not attractive. Oddly the younger vampires seemed to have a lot of Zombie traits.
Not sure it can last three books.
I also just read The Hunger Games, whic is YA. Very very good. and I was horrified to realize it was part of a series becaus 1) post apoclyptic books arre harsh 2) this was extra harsh ( 24 children enter -- only 1 leaves alive -- all broadcast on tv) and 3) the next book isn't out until September.
Spoiler fonted parts are vague, but because I have a few friends that want to know Nothing I am extra careful
Kat - Jul 25, 2009 4:59:45 am PDT #9715 of 28393
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I really liked The Strain. I agree, it might be a bit insustainable. I think, though, the idea that the new vamps go after the ones they loved the most and therefore the son is targeted is even more heartbreaking than going after you spouse.
I'm meh on Hunger Games, BUT, students LOVE it. It's sort of like Battle Royale in premise.
Steph L. - Jul 25, 2009 6:56:48 am PDT #9716 of 28393
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
For zombie books (zombies apparently being the new black), I liked Carrie Ryan's Forest of Hands and Teeth. Bleak, though.
Kate P. - Jul 25, 2009 7:27:37 am PDT #9717 of 28393
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
I freaking LOVED The Hunger Games. I thought the writing and worldbuilding and characters and plot and relationships were all fantastic, and it was one of the few books I've read in the last few years that I just couldn't put down. Definitely one of my favorite books of the year.
beth b - Jul 25, 2009 8:34:57 am PDT #9718 of 28393
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
Ok so I did have nightmares last night -- not anything that was Actually part of the Strain , but related. And even though the worst night mare was this morning , the worst part of the night was where I kept dreaming that the putting in of the patio was a big part of the fight of good vs. evil. That was just stupid.
Fay - Jul 25, 2009 8:08:08 pm PDT #9719 of 28393
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
Did we already know about The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland In A Ship Of Her Own Making?
Because I've only read the first chapter, but I am charmed to death.