I recently finished Folly, by Laurie R. King. It's not part of her Sherlock and Russell series or her Kate Martinelli series, but I really liked it. It made me want to move to the San Juan islands. (Not that that's a hard sell for me.)
Wesley: Perhaps the whole point of this experiment is hair. Gunn: I vote he's not in charge.
'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'
We're Literary 2: To Read Makes Our Speaking English Good
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."
Calli - Jan 12, 2006 4:05:28 am PST #9764 of 10002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
sumi - Jan 12, 2006 4:24:16 am PST #9765 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!
I'm so glad that you guys are enjoying or have enjoyed Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell. I recommended it to a friend and she HATED it -- stopped reading it in fact.
Jars - I had the same experience as you did -- I tried to drag out the ending so that I wouldn't be done. I started reading it late in 2004 but I think I finished it in 2005.
Jessica - Jan 12, 2006 7:21:11 am PST #9766 of 10002
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
Volans - Jan 12, 2006 7:59:36 am PST #9767 of 10002
move out and draw fire
I just got Jonathan Strange, Anansi Boys, and Woken Furies.
Reading bliss.
Betsy HP - Jan 12, 2006 8:09:15 am PST #9768 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
Gah. I need help. I have this book I need to recommend but can't remember author/title.
Anyway, the author is an LJ stalwart, the book is called something like Melisande, it's got excellent dark worldbuilding and is roughly equivalent to Georgian London/Paris, and the main plot is about a tattooed sorceror who's being used to destroy the magical foundation of teh world.
Ring any bells? Cause, damn, it was good.
Dana - Jan 12, 2006 8:12:38 am PST #9769 of 10002
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
Is it Sarah Monette's Melusine? Which I haven't read, but I know the author on LJ.
Betsy HP - Jan 12, 2006 8:14:13 am PST #9770 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
Yes. Thank you. Guys, it's very good fantasy, with a solidly thought-out background, and with grim, realistic settings but not being drive-me-to-suicide dark. Good book.
Consuela - Jan 12, 2006 3:17:52 pm PST #9771 of 10002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I want to read that, but I hear it's part 1 only, so I'm waiting until it's (a) out in paper and (b) finished.
sarameg - Jan 12, 2006 4:34:34 pm PST #9772 of 10002
So I got a box of books from the parents tonight, and one is a copy I already have. It's Beirut Blues. I recall enjoying it as a broody politics and personal book I read when I was heavy into a modern middle east phase. If anyone is interested, speak up and I'll ship it to you. Sometime in the next couple of weeks.
sarameg - Jan 12, 2006 4:48:35 pm PST #9773 of 10002
Huh. Just read the reviews. It is kinda maze/puzzlelike and leaves things to be filled in. But I like that. I read it in conjunction with Map of Love (which has this extended metaphor and puzzle thing happening that is just AWESOME,) Drinking the Sea of Gaza , Nine Parts of Desire and Persian Mirrors.