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Incommunicado lately because...
Feb. 11th, 2009 12:20 pm1) Synopsis is not my happy place.
2) Still haven't written the smart essays I mean to write.
3) Trying to get out of the house more to combat low level lack-of-sunlight depression. Also popping some Vitamin D pills.
Books wise...
Bones of Faerie was well written but so short and fast - I've gotten old. I remember when I was younger I read more into the books I read, now that I'm old and lazy I want them to spell it all out on the page for me. Everything that was on the page was great, and it was really well constructed for reading-into.
Christopher Moore has a new book! Yay. It's on my floor waiting for me.
J. D. Robb's Salvation in Death was solid. I read it on the treadmill which doesn't encourage deep engagement on my end, but I really felt for most of the people in the story. Am awed by the smooth way the books in this series are constructed.
Poppy Z. Brite's Soul Kitchen was a blast. I hadn't read Prime (just Liquor) but that was ok. Yay for gay main characters who do not wallow in oh noes angst about their relationships and being out or not. Also for stories where not everyone is white or middle class, and where these facts matter. (I notice that more of the authors who do this seem to be southern than northern - I can think of Poppy Z. Brite, Charlaine Harris, Joe Lansdale - all southern set stories. Can't think of any similarly awesome on class/race lines northern set stories.)
The War at Ellsmere by Faith Erin Hicks - totally fun. I like the art and the narrative - I noticed that the buildings and the outside environments both convinced me, which I don't always see in comics - often it feels like one type of setting gets a lot more love than the other. I love the utterly matter of fact fantastical elements. Something about the mix of tone reminded me of Chynna Clugston's Queen Bee, which I liked a lot as well. The [unnamed due to spoiler] creature was drawn in a totally awesome way. Reading the intro by Hope Larson caused me to try and suppress the tiny sprout of envy I get when I think about how very dedicated to their art Hope Larson and Bryan Lee O'Malley and their whole crew have been - effort and talent together certainly do encourage success, and all of them have both effort and talent going for them.
Meanwhile I wallow in slackerdom. Back to the blanking synopsis, says I.
2) Still haven't written the smart essays I mean to write.
3) Trying to get out of the house more to combat low level lack-of-sunlight depression. Also popping some Vitamin D pills.
Books wise...
Bones of Faerie was well written but so short and fast - I've gotten old. I remember when I was younger I read more into the books I read, now that I'm old and lazy I want them to spell it all out on the page for me. Everything that was on the page was great, and it was really well constructed for reading-into.
Christopher Moore has a new book! Yay. It's on my floor waiting for me.
J. D. Robb's Salvation in Death was solid. I read it on the treadmill which doesn't encourage deep engagement on my end, but I really felt for most of the people in the story. Am awed by the smooth way the books in this series are constructed.
Poppy Z. Brite's Soul Kitchen was a blast. I hadn't read Prime (just Liquor) but that was ok. Yay for gay main characters who do not wallow in oh noes angst about their relationships and being out or not. Also for stories where not everyone is white or middle class, and where these facts matter. (I notice that more of the authors who do this seem to be southern than northern - I can think of Poppy Z. Brite, Charlaine Harris, Joe Lansdale - all southern set stories. Can't think of any similarly awesome on class/race lines northern set stories.)
The War at Ellsmere by Faith Erin Hicks - totally fun. I like the art and the narrative - I noticed that the buildings and the outside environments both convinced me, which I don't always see in comics - often it feels like one type of setting gets a lot more love than the other. I love the utterly matter of fact fantastical elements. Something about the mix of tone reminded me of Chynna Clugston's Queen Bee, which I liked a lot as well. The [unnamed due to spoiler] creature was drawn in a totally awesome way. Reading the intro by Hope Larson caused me to try and suppress the tiny sprout of envy I get when I think about how very dedicated to their art Hope Larson and Bryan Lee O'Malley and their whole crew have been - effort and talent together certainly do encourage success, and all of them have both effort and talent going for them.
Meanwhile I wallow in slackerdom. Back to the blanking synopsis, says I.
