[pat5150]

QuickTidal, on 02 September 2025 - 01:27 PM, said:

Sufficed to say this Green Rider fan is eating well at the moment. I know she usually stays locally in Maine near her cabin home, but I would love to see her come to Canada for the new book so I could meet her and tell her what her series meant to me during COVID when I got properly sunk into it.

I believe she attends Worldcon every year to be part of the annual Daw Books dinner. You might catch her there.

[Briar King]

Should be finishing up Dresden 9 reread today and starting 10.

[QuickTidal]

pat5150, on 02 September 2025 - 06:25 PM, said:

QuickTidal, on 02 September 2025 - 01:27 PM, said:

Sufficed to say this Green Rider fan is eating well at the moment. I know she usually stays locally in Maine near her cabin home, but I would love to see her come to Canada for the new book so I could meet her and tell her what her series meant to me during COVID when I got properly sunk into it.

I believe she attends Worldcon every year to be part of the annual Daw Books dinner. You might catch her there.

As a Canadian, I will not be travelling to the States any time soon out of principle.

But maybe she'll come up here one day to Bakkaphoenix or some other speciality bookstore.

[Mentalist]

Took advantage of the long weekend to finally finish "The Lost Metal". Not bad.

Guess I'll do that Le Flambeur re-read now.

[pat5150]

QuickTidal, on 03 September 2025 - 11:32 AM, said:

As a Canadian, I will not be travelling to the States any time soon out of principle.

But maybe she'll come up here one day to Bakkaphoenix or some other speciality bookstore.

Just checked her website and she'll also be at the World Fantasy Con this fall. But it's in the UK this year, so a bit far for you. . .

[QuickTidal]

pat5150, on 03 September 2025 - 08:02 PM, said:

QuickTidal, on 03 September 2025 - 11:32 AM, said:

As a Canadian, I will not be travelling to the States any time soon out of principle.

But maybe she'll come up here one day to Bakkaphoenix or some other speciality bookstore.

Just checked her website and she'll also be at the World Fantasy Con this fall. But it's in the UK this year, so a bit far for you. . .

Yeah. Oh well, one day hopefully. I truly think she's one of the best authors in fantasy today, and I'd love to tell her.

[Tiste Simeon]

 QuickTidal, on 04 September 2025 - 11:54 AM, said:

 pat5150, on 03 September 2025 - 08:02 PM, said:

 QuickTidal, on 03 September 2025 - 11:32 AM, said:

As a Canadian, I will not be travelling to the States any time soon out of principle.

But maybe she'll come up here one day to Bakkaphoenix or some other speciality bookstore.

Just checked her website and she'll also be at the World Fantasy Con this fall. But it's in the UK this year, so a bit far for you. . .

Yeah. Oh well, one day hopefully. I truly think she's one of the best authors in fantasy today, and I'd love to tell her.

Hmm the book is £0.99 on Kindle here... 🤔

[pat5150]

QuickTidal, on 04 September 2025 - 11:54 AM, said:

Yeah. Oh well, one day hopefully. I truly think she's one of the best authors in fantasy today, and I'd love to tell her.

I think she's pretty active on Facebook. It wouldn't be in person, but you could easily get in touch with her there.

[QuickTidal]

Tiste Simeon, on 04 September 2025 - 12:59 PM, said:

QuickTidal, on 04 September 2025 - 11:54 AM, said:

pat5150, on 03 September 2025 - 08:02 PM, said:

QuickTidal, on 03 September 2025 - 11:32 AM, said:

As a Canadian, I will not be travelling to the States any time soon out of principle.

But maybe she'll come up here one day to Bakkaphoenix or some other speciality bookstore.

Just checked her website and she'll also be at the World Fantasy Con this fall. But it's in the UK this year, so a bit far for you. . .

Yeah. Oh well, one day hopefully. I truly think she's one of the best authors in fantasy today, and I'd love to tell her.

Hmm the book is £0.99 on Kindle here... 🤔

The first one? Yeah, it's good. A Little formulaic as it was her first, but the series really finds itself in the 2nd and 3rd book, and the 4th and 5th books were peak fantasy for me.

[Tiste Simeon]

Yeah the first one. Might check it out on a QT recco.

[QuickTidal]

I also have an aesthetic reason to like them that's not associated with the story....all the books (hardcover anyways) are set in 12pt type...which is not the norm, and is a little bigger than average type size for hardcover books (I think it's usually 10pt, but I could be wrong)...it makes them blissfully easy on the eyes without seeming too big. I can't think of any other books or authors that do that (in fact some authors or publishers set them at like 9pt or 8pt in hardcover; a money/paper-saving endeavour that usually just serves to piss me off...I'm looking at you THE WILL OF THE MANY) and I know that it's Britain herself who makes it this way as she's commented on it before.

This post has been edited by QuickTidal: 04 September 2025 - 05:54 PM

[JPK]

Finally pushed through the rest of THE DAUGHTER'S WAR by Buehlman. Think this one lands as a 3* for me. I enjoyed the story that that was told but I also came in with higher expectations based on THE BLACK-TONGUE THIEF and the bits about The Daughter's War that are sprinkled through that book. Also, while I think the narrator chose a fitting accent for the character, I found it difficult to listen to in longer stretches. Though that one's definitely a preference thing.

Next up is Abercrombie's THE DEVILS. Between the buzz around here and the fact it's narrated by Stephen Pacey, I know I'm in for a good time with this one.

Still chipping at MADAME BOVARY as a daily serial read and I've also joined in on a discord read along for THE GOD IS NOT WILLING that is scheduled to finish right before NO LIFE FORSAKEN is scheduled to arrive, so I'm pretty happy with my current reads at the moment.

[Tiste Simeon]

I'm listening to Stone and Sky, the latest Rivers of London book and it's great! I know someone up thread was a little put out by the change in narrative as it flicks between Peter and Abigail, but after the first POV shift that is admittedly a little disjointed, I like it.

Abigail is a fun character with a great POV and is having a unique but linked adventure to what Peter is doing and I like the way they're tying together. The voice actor for Abigail is great, if not at the standard of Kobna Holdbrook Smith, but then I don't think anyone is so that's no great negative thing to my mind.

And on a personal note, having twin toddlers myself (though crikey they're nearly 4 so a bit older than those in the story) I found a lot of that side of things painfully, hilariously relatable!