Me? I'm good. Not at work - woo, federal holidays! - and it's sunny and cool and I get to go spend money on books later, so I really can't complain. What about you, my Pique? How are you?
Oh yes! You get a long weekend this weekend. We had one last weekend so sadly, I'm at work. But, happily, I'm not doing a blessed thing. I spent all morning cleaning up my mp3 files and generally screwing the pooch, and I'm just about to go out for lunch. And go to the library maybe. Or the bookstore if I'm feeling naughty.
Can you rec me a book? I need something really good to read.
The last three things that I adored were: The Bone People, by Keri Hulme, which is set in New Zealand and focuses a great deal on Maori culture, and is gut-wrenching and traumatic, but gorgeous; Lamb: The Gospel According To Christ's Childhood Pal Biff, by Christopher Moore, which is laugh-out-loud-in-public-places funny; and Daughter of the Forest, by Juliet Marillier, which is a retelling of The Wild Swans fairytale set in ancient Britain and is slow to start but after the first 75 pages or so, absolutely wonderful.
Michael says I read too much. To which I say, "Pshaw. You can't possibly read too much."
As a weird coincidence, I'm reading Lamb right now :) Well not RIGHT now, because RIGHT now I'm replying to you but I was reading it 5 minutes ago before I got out of the bath.
Yay baths!
And I have to second your Marillier rec as well.
ANd I hate Bobby Flay with a passion. HE Should be flayed. Fillet of flay! Except, grr. My intense loathing knows no bounds.
Have you read Marillier's second book? The sequel to Daughter of the Forest? I haven't, but I sort of wanted to know if it was as good as the first before I bought it. So.
I read all three, actually, and one right after the other. It's been a year and a half or so, but I remember really liking the second one - Son of the Shadows - and being good with the third, but not loving as much as the other two.
Unless I got that reversed, hee ! But I think it's worth the money, although it tends to move away from the retelling aspect which is what intially brought me in - I have a weakness for fairytales retold.
Right. Then I am decided that I will use my Borders gift card to get another Christopher Moore novel because hello, teh funneh! And Son of the Shadows. If it ever stops raining and I want to leave the house, that is.
Have you read Diana Wynne Jones' Fire and Hemlock? It's one of my very favorites; a lovely retelling of Tam Lin. It's just now back in print and totally worth a read.
Lamb is more...sophisticated, you can tell Bloodthirsty Fiends is older but it's...god, it's hysterical.
Also Practical Demonkeeping, the first of his books - you remember the demon Catch in Lamb? The one that was released? That entire scene is a reference to Practical Demonkeeping and the sequel.
if you felt similarly to how i did, you're remembering properly. i loved son of the shadows but child of the prophecy was less... something. also, her new series, beginning with wolfskin last summer and which promises us another book this summer, started off well. the same somewhat slow lead in, but i couldn't put it down by the end. the way that woman tells a story... :)
I think it must be her style ... it wasn't the story that I found initially slow, just the actual reading. Once I adjusted to her language patterns and so on, I couldn't put it down.
Now I'm definitely going to use this Borders card to get the sequel to Daughter of the Forest. Mmmm.
Have you read anything by Garth Nix, hon? I think you'd like him. Sabriel and the sequel Lirael are both gorgeous, and very inventive unusual sort of fantasy stories.
*pets you*
So ... how you doin'?
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Can you rec me a book? I need something really good to read.
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Michael says I read too much. To which I say, "Pshaw. You can't possibly read too much."
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As a weird coincidence, I'm reading Lamb right now :) Well not RIGHT now, because RIGHT now I'm replying to you but I was reading it 5 minutes ago before I got out of the bath.
Yay baths!
And I have to second your Marillier rec as well.
ANd I hate Bobby Flay with a passion. HE Should be flayed. Fillet of flay! Except, grr. My intense loathing knows no bounds.
Ok, I feel better. *kicks Flay*
Also, weee! Hi!
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*insert gratuitous leering*
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*shimmies for you*
yes! All slidey and slippery and floating in the water, hurray!
I need a bigger bathtub. *pulls you in with her*
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*gets sudsy*
*hands you the loofah*
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Hi! *gropes you*
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I read all three, actually, and one right after the other. It's been a year and a half or so, but I remember really liking the second one - Son of the Shadows - and being good with the third, but not loving as much as the other two.
Unless I got that reversed, hee ! But I think it's worth the money, although it tends to move away from the retelling aspect which is what intially brought me in - I have a weakness for fairytales retold.
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Have you read Diana Wynne Jones' Fire and Hemlock? It's one of my very favorites; a lovely retelling of Tam Lin. It's just now back in print and totally worth a read.
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And, god, yes Moore - I want to get Fluke next, although I still have the biggest soft spot ever for Bloodsucking Fiends, because it killed me dead.
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Also Practical Demonkeeping, the first of his books - you remember the demon Catch in Lamb? The one that was released? That entire scene is a reference to Practical Demonkeeping and the sequel.
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Now I'm definitely going to use this Borders card to get the sequel to Daughter of the Forest. Mmmm.
Have you read anything by Garth Nix, hon? I think you'd like him. Sabriel and the sequel Lirael are both gorgeous, and very inventive unusual sort of fantasy stories.
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