I have to admit Jim, by the end, I was shocked, and intrigued, and slightly saddened by parts of the outcome. Because damn, Johannes is a jerk. I mean, a complete and utter kneebiter.
And now, I'm so eager to see what the ripple effect of the battle will be in this world.
So...Daw has you under contract for about 20 more of these or so, right? I mean, there's just no way you can wrap this all up a another book or two. (*greedy fingers crossed*)
Also, totally loved the way you balanced the voices between the bits from Lena's POV/story, and the "main" narrative--and loved how it tied in with the main narrative in the end.
Books three and four are under contract. After that, we'll see what stories are left to tell. And how well the series is doing. If they stop selling, I doubt I'd be able to do more even if I wanted to :-/
(I.e., anxious author is anxious and nervous about his first sales statement on Codex Born.)
If we could just get someone to see the movie value in these, you'd be set. I can't see how the story can be wrapped up in just two more books. But maybe that's just me, and wishful thinking that we'll get a whole lot more. There's tantalizing glimpses of lots of other types of magic out there, and I'm curious to see what all else goes on. (I suspect that with a title like Unbound...we might get to see some of that non-libriomancer magic soonish.)
Looking forward to going back and listening to the Audiobook to see what different things I notice when I hear it instead of read it. But I think I'll let a bit more time pass so it feels more like a fresh reading.
Finished the book two days ago, and really loved it. I've actually bought both Libriomancer and Codex Born for my brother, who reads books so rarely that when he expresses interest in one, as he did with Libriomancer, I pounce. It's his birthday in a few weeks. Perfect gift? Check!
As I was reading, there were many moments that stood out for me - turns of phrase, or particularly nerdy details, for example, or the way Lena's character evolved. I second temporus's comment above about balancing her POV with Isaac's, that was well done
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Is it a real camp? I am intrigued to learn that this is the name of an Ojibwe warrior woman. Although the epilogue suggests that Jeneta's story is a tragic one (understatement, that), she still struck me as a warrior.
And I'm really glad Isaac feels guilty about this. Or will. (If it hasn't been written yet, but the storyteller knows it's true, does one use future, or present tense?)
The Wizard of Oz magic bit cracked me up! XD Strange magic indeed.
I want my own Smudge. :) Except not Godzilla!Sized! Smudge, because...that would be scary.
Really liked the bit where Nicola Pallas' letter's wording (re: Isaac no longer being a libriomancer) was precise, and Isaac was going to look into that loophole.
It was really moving when Lena said she needed to save Deifilia because she was family. And so beautiful when Isaac and Nidhi promised that they would read the book of Lena's story everyday. :)
I am *really* happy to read about Lena. Finally I get to see a bisexual, kickarse and likeable 3D character. None of that stereotypical crap about all bisexuals being indecisive or disloyal. Lena is the most loyal and decisive chartacter in the story. I don't see that in books often. It means a lot to me.
The Oz bit came along in part because I had been reading those books to my son. I don't think I had ever read them before (or if I had, it was so long ago I didn't remember), which is simply unforgivable!
Don't feel bad about that. I did not know thre was more than one Oz book, until I was around 30. I've actually read a lot of the books now, courtesy of Gutenberg online.
I read all of the Oz books actually written by Baum that I could find when I was a kid. Then when I got into college one of the sociology professors informed me that I couldn't possibly have read them all because there were, like, fourteen of them* and working class people don't read.**
Ah, the things I learned in college...
*In truth, I probably hadn't read all fourteen since I was relying on the local library... but I had definitely read more than fourteen books in general by the time I was in college.
**I'm sure there was some valid reason why we were talking about Oz in a sociology class although I can't remember what it was. Probably something to do with the gold standard.
Okay, now I'm about 230 pages in and still mostly liking it. There was one bit where Lena was demonstrating her +10 powers of lust control that gave me pause, though. She says "Imagine what I could make men do. Many women as well." And I can't decide if that's a reference to sexual orientation (in which case, what happened to gay men), a reference to women's lust (in which case it implies that some not insignificant proportion of women are non-lustful while all men have more than their fair share), a suggestion that it is easier to get men to do things for sex than it would be to get some women to do things for sex even if the lust levels were equal, or if "men" wasn't supposed to be read as "(all) men".
I also can't decide if that's an indication that Lena simply hasn't seen everything (maybe she's never met a gay or asexual man... seems unlikely, but, hey, who knows) or if you just weren't thinking about the implication of the words when read by a person like me who tends to quibble over the details while reading sex scenes. :)
Lena was thinking about sexual orientation. To be precise, it would have been, "Imagine what I could make straight and bisexual men do. And bisexual and lesbian women as well."
I haven't entered a book drawing since the book actually came out, because I bought the ebook and downloaded it that day, even though it has DRM. (I'm all for paying for ebooks, but it annoys me when my phone can't read me my ebook while I'm commuting, cleaning or doing bench work. Eyeballs are a precious resource.)
And I adore it. And I really love Lena, and Lena's backstory... and might have more to say about it eventually. (There's a certain amount of "Bah, part of that conditioning is kind of how I feel about having been a teenager at cons in the eighties. Ew. Obviously, many parts don't apply.)
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And now, I'm so eager to see what the ripple effect of the battle will be in this world.
So...Daw has you under contract for about 20 more of these or so, right? I mean, there's just no way you can wrap this all up a another book or two. (*greedy fingers crossed*)
Also, totally loved the way you balanced the voices between the bits from Lena's POV/story, and the "main" narrative--and loved how it tied in with the main narrative in the end.
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(I.e., anxious author is anxious and nervous about his first sales statement on Codex Born.)
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Looking forward to going back and listening to the Audiobook to see what different things I notice when I hear it instead of read it. But I think I'll let a bit more time pass so it feels more like a fresh reading.
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From your keyboard to Hollywood's ears!
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As I was reading, there were many moments that stood out for me - turns of phrase, or particularly nerdy details, for example, or the way Lena's character evolved. I second temporus's comment above about balancing her POV with Isaac's, that was well done ( ... )
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One of the things Isaac will be dealing with in book three is his guilt over what happened to Jeneta...
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Is it a real camp? I am intrigued to learn that this is the name of an Ojibwe warrior woman. Although the epilogue suggests that Jeneta's story is a tragic one (understatement, that), she still struck me as a warrior.
And I'm really glad Isaac feels guilty about this. Or will. (If it hasn't been written yet, but the storyteller knows it's true, does one use future, or present tense?)
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And hey, I've written it, even if it hasn't been published yet. Present tense works for me!
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I want my own Smudge. :) Except not Godzilla!Sized! Smudge, because...that would be scary.
Really liked the bit where Nicola Pallas' letter's wording (re: Isaac no longer being a libriomancer) was precise, and Isaac was going to look into that loophole.
It was really moving when Lena said she needed to save Deifilia because she was family. And so beautiful when Isaac and Nidhi promised that they would read the book of Lena's story everyday. :)
I am *really* happy to read about Lena. Finally I get to see a bisexual, kickarse and likeable 3D character. None of that stereotypical crap about all bisexuals being indecisive or disloyal. Lena is the most loyal and decisive chartacter in the story. I don't see that in books often. It means a lot to me.
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Ah, the things I learned in college...
*In truth, I probably hadn't read all fourteen since I was relying on the local library... but I had definitely read more than fourteen books in general by the time I was in college.
**I'm sure there was some valid reason why we were talking about Oz in a sociology class although I can't remember what it was. Probably something to do with the gold standard.
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I also can't decide if that's an indication that Lena simply hasn't seen everything (maybe she's never met a gay or asexual man... seems unlikely, but, hey, who knows) or if you just weren't thinking about the implication of the words when read by a person like me who tends to quibble over the details while reading sex scenes. :)
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And I adore it. And I really love Lena, and Lena's backstory... and might have more to say about it eventually. (There's a certain amount of "Bah, part of that conditioning is kind of how I feel about having been a teenager at cons in the eighties. Ew. Obviously, many parts don't apply.)
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