Kat, I am really looking forward to reading Hild.
We're not gonna die. We can't die, Bendis. You know why? Because we are so very pretty. We are just too pretty for God to let us die.
Mal ,'Serenity'
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."
hippocampus - Nov 22, 2013 4:56:00 pm PST #21648 of 28476
not your mom's socks.
smonster - Nov 22, 2013 5:27:38 pm PST #21649 of 28476
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
I'm hoping to get Hild for Hanukkah! I love Nicola Griffith.
Kat - Nov 22, 2013 7:13:04 pm PST #21650 of 28476
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I have never read any of Nicola Griffith's books before. Does she normally write historical fiction?
Cass - Nov 22, 2013 7:18:24 pm PST #21651 of 28476
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
I've not read her before. I searched but didn't come up with any previous historical fiction.
Kat - Nov 23, 2013 4:03:07 am PST #21652 of 28476
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Nope, she doesn't (I too looked). Hild is technically, I guess, historical fiction but also a mix Game of Thrones going. How this reviews starts is crap which means her central argument is crap, but the book is lovely and compelling in the best way.
smonster - Nov 23, 2013 7:09:53 pm PST #21653 of 28476
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
She has written sci fi and, um, kind of hard-boiled badass lesbian fiction? The Blue Place is the latter and has a couple of sequels. Compelling and engrossing, definitely. She's been talking about Hild on fb through the whole writing process. Her partner, Kelly Eskridge, is also a writer. I've only read Solitaire by her, but I quite enjoyed it.
Amy - Nov 26, 2013 12:21:01 pm PST #21654 of 28476
Because books.
Finally started The Book Thief, and I absolutely love it.
Polter-Cow - Nov 26, 2013 12:27:00 pm PST #21655 of 28476
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I believe you will maintain that feeling throughout.
Amy - Nov 26, 2013 12:34:37 pm PST #21656 of 28476
Because books.
I believe you. I can't put it down, and I'm only a quarter of the way through it.
le nubian - Nov 26, 2013 2:44:55 pm PST #21657 of 28476
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Has anyone read Mira Grant's Parasite? Wondering what people think?