Happy soon-to-be New Year, folks! May all the good stuff from 2017 stay with us and all the not-so-good stuff stay safely behind as the calendar ticks over! <3
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The quality lit sounds amusing. :D Alas for the meh execution, though - from reading your commentary, I'll probably skip it until or unless I'm in the mood to yell at something about how I wish the worldbuilding had been in a better book. :D
Skipped past NYV for now, since I'm hoping to read it early next year, but it's definitely nice to hear that it continues to be cute, that the writing has either maintained or improved in quality, and that Bells continues to be as compelling as the POV character as he was as a secondary. :D
It (or maybe the sync-read associated with it) finally broke through my reading write-up block left in the wake of Vallista, when I was starting to wonder if anything would.
Yay for that! :)
And Behind the Border sounds really interesting. :)
Looks like a good collection of books, overall. Though I admit I did a double-take at the murdersports books -- were those really only earlier this year? It seems much longer ago than that. XD
And after checking your review of Grisha Six of Crows, I'm thinking
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I'll probably skip it until or unless I'm in the mood to yell at something about how I wish the worldbuilding had been in a better book. :D
This sounds like a solid call to me :P (IIRC, K has stalled out on it. Maybe you can sync read if she ever decides to go back to it.)
that the writing has either maintained or improved in qualityOver on DW, there is now a short thread which basically goes *valid criticism of NYV* 'but I don't care because Bells! :DDD', from both of us. Sooooo, I don't know if the writing has actually improved or if I don't care because Bells! :DDD but I found it emminently readable. (And my friend and her trans son have also already read and enjoyed it -- even before I could give them the book as a gift! :) So, thanks again for turning me onto this series
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not a day without a hydra :PhamsterwomanJanuary 1 2018, 03:01:28 UTC
I juuust finished The Stone Sky, and can confirm that it (a) continues to be consistently good, and (b) continues to have a lot of Nassun POV. So. :P
*heavy sigh* I will get there! But ouch.
I have heard mixed-but-not-quite things about Sorcerer to the Crown from pretty much everyone, but I guess I've gotten kind of fond of the Victorian magic genre and want to give this a shot. We'll see!
If you start in on The Night Circus, let me know? We have a copy at home, I just need an impetus to actually read it...
And thank you for the Lowachee passdown! I will be happy to read the short stories, too (the ones that haven't been previously posted on Tumblr, I mean), so at least there's that to look forward to! But alas for no longform Cairo for me in 2018...
Re: not a day without a hydra :PcyanshadowJanuary 1 2018, 08:45:39 UTC
I guess I've gotten kind of fond of the Victorian magic genre and want to give this a shot. We'll see! :D It's definitely quite good! And I feel like my main sticking point ended up being something that says a lot more about me than it does about the quality of the book: that the main character doesn't really like reading
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Re: not a day without a hydra :PhamsterwomanJanuary 1 2018, 20:59:03 UTC
ETA: and I keep forgetting to say, :D :D <333 at the thread title. :D
<3!
that the main character doesn't really like reading.
Oh, huh! I didn't know that, and on the one hand, I can see how it would make her harder to like, as a reader, but on the other hand, I can't help thinking that it's an interesting choice to make as an author, precisely because it's going to alienate your readers somewhat. We'll see how it works for me!
I think the vignette ebook is going to be mostly existing vignettes that have been posted to Tumblr etc. already, but IIRC there's supposed to be at least one new one. :)
That's my recollection as well, yep. But glad to hear that Matryoshka has some Cairo in it, too.
I keep hoping the library will send me the ebook. Aaaaany day nowwww. XD If it hasn't happened by the time I get back, I may just give in and go ahead and buy a copy. XD Actually, looks like it's a lendable ebook in Kindle format -- want me to loan it to you
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Re: not a day without a hydra :PcyanshadowJanuary 1 2018, 23:39:39 UTC
I can't help thinking that it's an interesting choice to make as an author, precisely because it's going to alienate your readers somewhat.
Yep! It definitely was, and I absolutely respect the author for making it. It just also was one of the major factors towards tipping this book into the "respect but not love" category for me, I think. :)
want me to loan it to you?
... Sure, actually. :D I've been trying to devote most of my concentration during vacation towards finally catching up on my reading roundups, but there's also only so many hours a girl can think and type. :'D
(wistful is a very good word for it!)
<333
I think I found the "My Immortal" story especially hilarious given Murderbot's earnest description of it being the maximally effective combination of tropes ... and, from what little I know of AI-generated anything, "turn everything up to 11 until it's ridiculous beyond the point of actually being good anymore" sounds like exactly what would happen if you set one on trying to write "the perfect" fic. :'D
Re: not a day without a hydra :PhamsterwomanJanuary 2 2018, 00:37:11 UTC
Hopefully you've gotten the email with the loan -- let me know if not!
of it being the maximally effective combination of tropes ... and, from what little I know of AI-generated anything, "turn everything up to 11 until it's ridiculous beyond the point of actually being good anymore"
Skipped past NYV for now, since I'm hoping to read it early next year, but it's definitely nice to hear that it continues to be cute, that the writing has either maintained or improved in quality, and that Bells continues to be as compelling as the POV character as he was as a secondary. :D
It (or maybe the sync-read associated with it) finally broke through my reading write-up block left in the wake of Vallista, when I was starting to wonder if anything would.
Yay for that! :)
And Behind the Border sounds really interesting. :)
Looks like a good collection of books, overall. Though I admit I did a double-take at the murdersports books -- were those really only earlier this year? It seems much longer ago than that. XD
And after checking your review of Grisha Six of Crows, I'm thinking ( ... )
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This sounds like a solid call to me :P (IIRC, K has stalled out on it. Maybe you can sync read if she ever decides to go back to it.)
that the writing has either maintained or improved in qualityOver on DW, there is now a short thread which basically goes *valid criticism of NYV* 'but I don't care because Bells! :DDD', from both of us. Sooooo, I don't know if the writing has actually improved or if I don't care because Bells! :DDD but I found it emminently readable. (And my friend and her trans son have also already read and enjoyed it -- even before I could give them the book as a gift! :) So, thanks again for turning me onto this series ( ... )
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I juuust finished The Stone Sky, and can confirm that it (a) continues to be consistently good, and (b) continues to have a lot of Nassun POV. So. :P
*heavy sigh* I will get there! But ouch.
I have heard mixed-but-not-quite things about Sorcerer to the Crown from pretty much everyone, but I guess I've gotten kind of fond of the Victorian magic genre and want to give this a shot. We'll see!
If you start in on The Night Circus, let me know? We have a copy at home, I just need an impetus to actually read it...
And thank you for the Lowachee passdown! I will be happy to read the short stories, too (the ones that haven't been previously posted on Tumblr, I mean), so at least there's that to look forward to! But alas for no longform Cairo for me in 2018...
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<3!
that the main character doesn't really like reading.
Oh, huh! I didn't know that, and on the one hand, I can see how it would make her harder to like, as a reader, but on the other hand, I can't help thinking that it's an interesting choice to make as an author, precisely because it's going to alienate your readers somewhat. We'll see how it works for me!
I think the vignette ebook is going to be mostly existing vignettes that have been posted to Tumblr etc. already, but IIRC there's supposed to be at least one new one. :)
That's my recollection as well, yep. But glad to hear that Matryoshka has some Cairo in it, too.
I keep hoping the library will send me the ebook. Aaaaany day nowwww. XD If it hasn't happened by the time I get back, I may just give in and go ahead and buy a copy. XD
Actually, looks like it's a lendable ebook in Kindle format -- want me to loan it to you ( ... )
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Yep! It definitely was, and I absolutely respect the author for making it. It just also was one of the major factors towards tipping this book into the "respect but not love" category for me, I think. :)
want me to loan it to you?
... Sure, actually. :D I've been trying to devote most of my concentration during vacation towards finally catching up on my reading roundups, but there's also only so many hours a girl can think and type. :'D
(wistful is a very good word for it!)
<333
I think I found the "My Immortal" story especially hilarious given Murderbot's earnest description of it being the maximally effective combination of tropes ... and, from what little I know of AI-generated anything, "turn everything up to 11 until it's ridiculous beyond the point of actually being good anymore" sounds like exactly what would happen if you set one on trying to write "the perfect" fic. :'D
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of it being the maximally effective combination of tropes ... and, from what little I know of AI-generated anything, "turn everything up to 11 until it's ridiculous beyond the point of actually being good anymore"
Yes! That was really believable, haha!
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