Reading roundup (ARRR)

[hamsterwoman]

This is actually a Reading Roundup post, but since today is Talk Like a Pirate Day, certain duties must be discharged:

Ahoy, mateys, arrr, avast, etc.

I'd never encountered this before, so thanks to gehayi for linking it: Talk Like a Pirate Day Song by Tom Smith.

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I actually found it not only clever (the rhymes!) and funny (giggled out loud a few

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[hamsterwoman]

If you enjoy Holly Black's other writing, I think White Cat/Red Glove are well worth checking out! I liked Tithe and sequels a lot, and was disappointed to find out that she wasn't going to be writing more Modern Faerie Tales and was going to work on these Curse Worker books instead, but I have to say the new books are good. Probably better than Tithe et al -- all the same strength, neat touches of realism, grittiness, interesting teenage protagonists, plus worldbuilding that's more original and more coherent, more nuanced themes.

I read a couple of books of Hollows, in very strange order (something like 6, 1, 2, 5), but I enjoyed them anyway, mostly for Trent and Ivy/the Tamwoods. I never felt swept up enough to go out of my way to find the missing books, and my library stopped ordering the new ones, I guess, but I wouldn't mind catching up.

I smell editorial interference!

Could be! It was certainly pretty bloodless... Dunno if her hands were tied as far as writing the more interesting stuff or (less charitably) is somebody told her, "Hey, paranormal YA is hot right now!" and she kind of phoned in paranormal YA...