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You might say it’s a Maas Effect? 😜 I’m fully on that train, currently in ACOTAR #3.
What are you guys liking about Sarah J Maas? Sell me on it.
Cross-post from Discord, but I started book 1 of ACOTAR last night. Liking it so far. Totally influenced by the Word of V.
I don't think it's a problem to say that someone didn't like the damsel in distress aspect of the Emily Wilde book. I personally didn't love that and while I don't "hold it against the author", it also made me less interested in continuing. Just wasn't my jam.On the topic of local indie bookstores, yay! I definitely recommend checking them out, many have stuff other than books like cards (birthday, thank you, etc), puzzles, and book-adjacent things. My favorite store also has stickers and chocolate creations from a local candy maker. If you don't want to buy a physical book, maybe those other things would appeal. My local stores also work with Kobo for ebooks and Libro.fm for audiobooks. When I buy books on those, my local store gets credit.
I appreciate the input on the ACOTAR reading order. ;)
Based on the preview/book brief discussion for the June book, it almost feels like there's some commonality with Iron Widow ((view spoiler)).
What I always do when I go to an independent bookshop is buy a bookmark (I did this today in fact). I don’t read as many physical books these days as I would like but I’m always happy to acquire a pretty new bookmark. I have quite a collection of them so I can choose one that fits the aesthetic of my latest read.On SJM, I *hated* Throne of Glass, so I’ve always steered clear of her other books. Is it worth trying another one or should I just accept that she isn’t the writer for me?
To riff on Tom's comment (on my comment) about the Dark Side of the Moon line, "or were they just stoned?"Noooo. No no no no. Noooooo. Never!
...And as proof I offer a David Gilmour clip from the Live at Pompeii concert movie, where he says "...most people think of us as a very drug orientated group...of course we're not. You can trust us."
Gilmour is, of course, completely, totally sober in the clip. Honest.
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Regarding Scalzi's latest, a good example of the fixup novel / sequential story is our recent read China Mountain Zhang. Related stories, tell a full novel's worth of material, different characters and events in each story / chapter.
Gunn: “This one makes me feel a little bit less completely out of place. I'd say 17% less. Plus... a little bit of a view of the mountains. Lived my whole life in L.A., now I find out there are mountains. A brother should be told."Wesley: "It's very nice."
Gunn: "So's yours. I mean, if it works for you. We can switch if you don't like the... you know, the kung pao or whatever."
Wesley: "Feng shui."
Gunn: "Right. What's that mean again?"
Wesley: "That people will believe anything. Actually, in this place, feng shui will probably have enormous significance. I'll align my furniture the wrong way and suddenly catch fire or turn into a pudding."
- Angel, "Conviction"
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Mrs. Trike appreciated the Elf callback.
Sword and Laser and dogs.
terpkristin wrote: "I don't think it's a problem to say that someone didn't like the damsel in distress aspect of the Emily Wilde book. I personally didn't love that and while I don't "hold it against the author", it also made me less interested in continuing. Just wasn't my jam."With regards to whether or not to continue the series.
Against: I rated both books equally and, apparently, gave them the same rating that you did. How much you liked the first book is likely indicative of how much you would like the second.
For: They are very short and certainly humorous/fun. The second book does reverse the rescue dynamic and it resolves most if not all of the unfinished plot lines from the first book.
My local independent bookstore has a cafe attached, so I try to frequent that. I also try to buy one physical book per month, even though I prefer reading on Kindle. I find I end up buying a lot of novellas so I can minimize the actual amount of small font reading I have to do. :-)I'm fortunate enough to have enough money that this won't break the bank, and I like having the bookstore in town!
Bookstores should have a system where you buy a drink, and then you can read ebooks on an app in the store wifi, and they can track what gets read and those authors get some money.
^ A business version of Kindle Unlimited. I like it! Need to get Mr. Bezos to agree tho.
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