Reading roundup: SPECTR and things

[hamsterwoman]

13. Jordan L. Hawk, Master of Ghouls (SPECTR #2)
14. Jordan L. Hawk, Reaper of Souls (SPECTR #3)
15. Jordan L. Hawk, Eater of Lives (SPECTR #4)
16. Jordan L. Hawk, Destroyer of Worlds (SPECTR #5) -- sooo, yeah, I kind of mainlined most of the first series of SPECTR, even though I thought I was going to be reading other things. There's actually a

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[egelantier]

o hey, chilla's also selling me on the gay victorian detectives book; we're pleasantly in synch, i think i'll pick them up next once i'm done :D

SO MUCH FLUFF IN THE COLLEGE BOOKS. i've just finished her more traditional space opera thing in the same universe, and it's muuuuuuuuuch mooooooooore gorey but is written in sort of same style, it gives me cognitive whiplash.

[hamsterwoman]

I will be curious to see what you make of the gay Victorian (they're actually in the US (which I hadn't realized when I started the series), so I'm not sure if Victorian is the right term. Gaslight, maybe?). I think I like the gay modern urban detectives a bit more, but both series I've found to be pretty clair, despite the horror elements. Everybody's trying to do the right thing! (except the actual villains, but not much time is spent on those

[egelantier]

HAH, this is absolutely a curtainfic of pro literature, isn't it? it picks up some steam closer to the end of the first book, and the second one has Plot and Drama (relatively), but the main focus is still on the relationship and development thereof. and cookies.

(which is not really my thing, either, but as i was reading it while sick and kinda miserable, it sure hit the spot).

on the plus side, the earthrise book have shenanigans in spades, so that was a conscious authorial choice, not an inability to write anything else; i respect that.

[hamsterwoman]

So much pro curtainfic! XD I can definitely see how these would make fabulous comfort reading, especially while sick -- it's so very cozy! And I'm perfectly happy to read about mundane college life (e.g. Pamela Dean's Tam Lin), so the curtain-ness is not a complaint.

But good to know there are more shenanigans in the other series, because I think I can only read the curtainfic thing in smallish doses...

[rachelmanija]

Given what you did and didn't like in book two of Lady Trent, I think you'd like book three more.

[hamsterwoman]

Thank you -- that's good to know! I have seen from the blurb that she will have her son along, so I'm looking forward to that.

[aome]

I'm catching up on your reviews of Jordan L. Hawk's works. Not much to comment, but just reading for now. (And I liked the "I owe Kaniyar twenty bucks" line, too. *g*)

Btw, did you get SPECTR back, so that you can read it? Even though I got emails saying that the book loan was over, my Kindle is still claiming that the Whyborne & Griffin books are on loan. I've tried syncing, thinking maybe that's how I would get them back, but that's not working. I didn't know if the same happened to SPECTR when it came back to you?

[hamsterwoman]

Hmm, it didn't come back on its own (I still had the "on loan" message), but I was able to force it to come back by going to my Archived Items and clicking on SPECTR there, which forces a synch on that specific item. You could probably get the same effect by using "transfer to Kindle" or something from the digital titles list on your Amazon, though I didn't try that.

The W&G books were definitely promptly gone off my Kindle when the loan expired. Annoying that they don't come back automatically, too.

I haven't had a chance to post about it yet, but I actually finished Bloodline a while ago and really liked it -- it was my favorite in the series so far! Just need to make my books/movies post...

[aome]

Ok, thanks - I couldn't use the Archived Items thing, but I could go to Amazon's page and go through "Manage content and devices" and I re-delivered all five books back to my Kindle - which is currently somewhere unknown, so I can't check to see if I can read it there (after synching) but I'm sure it will turn up in a day or two.

Bloodline is my favorite overall, too (and I kept getting all mushy over the ending :P). Let me know if/when you'd like Book 6: Hoarfrost.

[hamsterwoman]

Bloodline writeup is posted now! Nice to hear it's your favorite, too, that we agree there. And, yep, ready for Hoarfrost. That'e the next-to-last-so-far one, right?

Hope your Kindle has turned up, with the W&G books on it :) (Worst case, I would think you could probably transfer-by-USB if the synching doesn't work? It's definitely not in two places at once anymore, so Amazon shouldn't complain!)