Onwards

[ki_caelum]

It's moving day tomorrow. I've spent the last four weeks or so obsessively cleaning the place. The damp in our room is particularly horrible. I suspect I've started to get a mad glint in my eye every time the Hack goes near one of the many bleached, vinegared, salted and scrubbed surfaces. The flat smells a little like a chippy at the moment, but

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[windiain]

Funny how I'm still procrastinating over Nightfall, too. XD

BTW, I can't remember if I thanked you or not for the last TT donation. If I didn't, apologies and many thanks! :)

[ki_caelum]

I have it on the laptop. I just can't bring myself to do it. Time is so precious. Nightfail is, by all accounts, so crap.

You did, and no worries :D Very much my pleasure!

[savage_midnight]

Yay for Smith! At least she's more than making up for her absence with a few gems (hopefully) in store for us.

You know, I've been considering Andrews' Magic series for a while now and I wasn't sure if it was my cup of tea. I might just give it a try now that you've recced it :)

I also hear you on the burn marks side of things. I'm covered in carpet burns from an accidental (I say accidental, but I was very drunk and decided to use my friend's neck as a swing, which failed miserably) trip in a club. Sigh :( I look like I'm twelve again, with boo-boos in all those glaringly-obvious places.

[ki_caelum]

Well, I don't know if you've seen Nightfall yet (if not, and you want to, sling an email my way), but it's had very mixed reviews. I am hoping SF will be better, but given that she's said it's already 1000 pages (!) and she's not done yet, I am a little tentative.

Yes, Andrews is awesome. I love her series. She subverts quite a few of the genre cliches too.

Oh, those crazy club burns ;) I wish I'd seen that! My finest ever night-out relics were cuts all over my feet where I had trodden on broken glass and not noticed. It was gacky.

Is evil empire back up yet? I went a couple of weeks ago and it was AWOL. :(

[savage_midnight]

I didn't even realise it was out already, but I checked Amazon and it looks like her old fans aren't particularly happy with it. What a disappointment.

Ouch! I don't think I've ever done that, mostly because when I'm that drunk I can never seem to figure out how to take my shoes off at the end of the night, nevermind during the night. Haha.

No, EE isn't back up yet, unfortunately. It's been down for a while and I really don't think it'll be back for a while longer, to be honest. I've been getting my e-books via torrents, mostly because I can't afford to buy enough books to keep me going :( But if you need anything to read, lemme know and I'll give you a list of e-books that I already own, or I can post you a few off my bookshelf like I did last time.

[ki_caelum]

Yes, it's caused controversy. She also flounced off Amazon claiming all the negative reviews were by the same person. (They weren't - I know a fair few of those people, and they were just damn disappointed.)

I had the shoes on, but they were very thin and strappy (and metallic pink! I miss those shoes so much.), so the glass kind of got in between and...well mess.

If you want to borrow any books, let me know! I can post them up to you on my days off. I have a pretty big selection, so feel free to have a browse and pick a few.

Ooh, rec me some e-books! It's always really interesting to see what other people like.

[lydia]

That fall sounds ... like many ouches. Ouch!

I was re-reading a little of Nightworld over this weekend as well! Just Soulmate, the first one I ever got and read (given to me as a Christmas present, actually) - obviously I have to admit it made much more sense when I then started from number one and worked my way up to that one. You're right about them standing the test of time - I look at some things from my youth and cringe, but these books, nope...!

If I ever go into a book shop, I always go to the Children's section to see whether Nightworld is there, and it never is - I then feel dismayed that so many people are missing out.

Could you give me a summary about Magic? Obviously no spoilers, but I would say that your recommendations are of value!

Hope you heal up soon!

[ki_caelum]

It has been a week of ouches. Sometimes, it all happens at once

[moreta]

Mmm Curran.

I ordered "Magic Strikes" from Barnes and Noble because they were releasing it early. That's how badly I wanted to read the book ;) The best in the series, no question.

That reminds me. I've just restarted writing and posting Rome officially. Please shoot me now ;)

Hope you can kick your landlord's ass.

[ki_caelum]

Mmm Curran indeed. I admit, I squeed during the end half of that book.

And Kate! I adore her total non-ego issues about her past. The lack of angst is fab. The series is just going from strength to strength. I really like the shaepshifter hierarchy as well - I find it very realistic as a social structure, based on the human side as well as the animal one.

Hahaha. Good luck! Good luck with Rome :) Are you putting it up on FFN?

I aim to. He's being a right pain. Lesson very much learned there.

[moreta]

I totally figured out Kate's "secret" in book one, so I wasn't surprised by that revelation, but yeah, I really like the shapeshifters. They actually seem like actual human beings, not just the HOT ANGSTY! STUDMUFFINS (not that there's anything wrong with that), yet they also have their animal sides.

Muchly appreciated that there's only Kate and Curran, not Kate and 2342095343 long-haired guys chasing after her.

I'm writing Rome as original, so it actually goes on Fictionpress.

Don't get me wrong, I miss the fanfiction, but with the, um, recent developments in the fandom, I think I'm better off with original works for now.

And yes, that means I haven't read Nightfall yet. I'm too scared to.

[ki_caelum]

I have no objections to HOT ANGSTY! STUDMUFFINS as a rule, but seeing them in every urban fantasy book in the same alpha-beta growling snapping biting snarling blah blah blah gets very dull after a while. Not that I'm looking at Laurell K Hamilton or anything.

Oh, the long haired thing...

Heh. Well, the crazy is all coming from th author. The fen are still sane! In fact it's quite nice and cosy over in the old-school section of fandom, where we can all boggle in unison.

I have NF. I'm going to tackle it. Wish me luck. If I don't come back, el my family I love them...

I'm kind of terrified about what Strange Fate will look like.