I guess all book designers are of the "women won't buy books unless they can imagine themselves as the heroine" school.
Man, I read Discount Armaggedon and then I got my hair cut, and I still look NOTHING LIKE VERITY PRICE. Also can't dance.
Phooey.
You always think harder is better. Maybe next time I patrol, I should carry bricks and use a stake made out of butter.
Buffy ,'The Killer In Me'
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."
Steph L. - Apr 03, 2012 2:49:51 pm PDT #18336 of 28690
That which does not kill you should RUN
Polter-Cow - Apr 03, 2012 3:02:21 pm PDT #18337 of 28690
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Hee!!
Did you like it?
Steph L. - Apr 03, 2012 3:05:10 pm PDT #18338 of 28690
That which does not kill you should RUN
Holy shit, I *really* did. (Okay, I may have thought the last big fight scene, with the music choreography, was a little cheesy. Or, rather, the choreography was a little cheesy. But I get it. She's a ballroom dancer. It's cool.)
But I really, really liked it. I want to know EVERYTHING about her family.
Polter-Cow - Apr 03, 2012 3:15:40 pm PDT #18339 of 28690
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Okay, I may have thought the last big fight scene...was a little cheesy.
Ha, it totally was, but I agree that it's cool. Mostly I was just wanting to see that scene in the television show (come on, it's just begging to be a television show).
(Also I want to see the TV show because Seanan wants Alona Tal for Sarah.)
But I really, really liked it.
That's great to hear! I really liked it, but I felt like there was something missing, although I couldn't put my finger on it. And of course I found the romance aspect mostly eye-rolly (it works a bit better for me in the Toby books).
I want to know EVERYTHING about her family.
Great, because Seanan wants to tell you! She has the series mapped out (not in specifics, obvs) to, like, books nine and ten, I think, which are about Verity's grandmother's adventures in the underworld, based on the titles (she plans to switch POV characters every two books).
Pix - Apr 03, 2012 3:55:10 pm PDT #18340 of 28690
The status is NOT quo.
I LOVED Discount Armageddeon. Awesome book.
Polter-Cow - Apr 03, 2012 4:07:20 pm PDT #18341 of 28690
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Yay! And it juuuuust made it on the New York Times Bestseller list, too, so I hope that means DAW will pick up more books.
I linked it in my LJ post way back when, but you can also read "One Hell of a Ride" for free. It's the story of how a couple of Verity's ancestors met.
Calli - Apr 03, 2012 4:09:16 pm PDT #18342 of 28690
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I'm enjoying Discount Armageddon , too.
Steph L. - Apr 03, 2012 4:31:50 pm PDT #18343 of 28690
That which does not kill you should RUN
(she plans to switch POV characters every two books).
Cool. I want to read Antimony's POV.
And I *so* love the Aeslin mice. And Istas.
Polter-Cow - Apr 03, 2012 5:06:49 pm PDT #18344 of 28690
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Istas is awesome. As are the Aeslin mice. Hail!
Steph L. - Apr 03, 2012 5:11:12 pm PDT #18345 of 28690
That which does not kill you should RUN
HAIL!