Mel wrote:Valia, I found the book my dad was talking about!
Cool!

No, I don't think we looked at that specific book, but I'm glad you figured it out. Excellent work, Sergeant Mel!
Yes, I think you shall consider it rather the hardship to reread
Knife/
Spell Hunter.
Yes, there still could've been a plot if there were male fairies. And, indeed, a mystery! Like where did they all go?

The exact same question they're asking about the rest of the fairies.


Seafoam, very nice. Though, rather disappointing. I wonder---do you think the author has answered that question about the slightly inspired characters anywhere?
True.

And, honestly, most main characters get at least a little bit annoying some of the time.

Right.

She could be an excellent villian, perhaps.
I liked the world-building overall. Like I said, I mainly had some issues with the characters/relationships. Though, the world could've been improved with the addition of male fairies.

The worldview was fine, too, at least what I noticed. I didn't notice anything immediately that I objected to, which is always a good thing.

Were you thinking of anything in particular?
I'm glad you mostly enjoyed my recommendation!

And if it makes you feel any better, I'm quite enjoying your other recommendation (Keys of the Kingdom).

*waves to Mara* Hey, there!

I love the lolcats!

And Mara's comment to lys reminded me that I'd meant to say something about
Briar Rose: I agree with lys about it.

It had the potential to be a really good story and Yolen kind of just destroyed it by adding in modern and politically correct stuff.

I just tended to avoid animal stories at all; they never seemed to be happy stories.

I still haven't read, prepare yourself,
Charlotte's Web.

I'm glad you enjoyed
Inkdeath, DiGs; is it better than
Inkspell? I liked the first well enough, but the characters and their actions in the second drove me to no end of distraction (there were two, maybe three characters I actually liked/could stand in it), which is why I haven't bothered with the third.

I hope you enjoy LotR, sandy! It's not the end of the world if you don't, but they're lovely books.

I encourage you to perservere, though, and make it all the way through if you can.

Why don't you like
Persuasion, Eustace+Jill?

I think that one is actually my favourite Austen.

I liked the only Bronte I've read (
Jane Eyre), and the few Dickens I've read. Which are your favourites?

I've actually just finished the prologue on
Superior Saturday. The series has been rather interesting; Nix is rather clever, though I don't agree with what I've seen of his deeper implications, as it were.

I had a question, though, about the world/series:
I'm not sure if it's just me being a bit thick or not, but there were a couple of things that Nix brought up that made me curious. First off, there's the whole protocol/law that allows for martial law pretty much if there's a serious outbreak of something. I'd first thought that it was just a futuristic thing/deviation for plot point because I'd never heard of it, but I'm not quite sure now. In
Lady Friday, I think, Leaf mentions something about Chinese astronauts---I'm not sure if that's just me not knowing much about recent space exploration, but have there been any Chinese astronauts? Are both those things just strange details, or do they seem to indicate an 'alternative universe'?

Or should I just wait and finish the series and find out?

I've currently got a hold on
Lord Sunday; if it was checked out by the same person I 'stole' 4-6 from, they've got their revenge on me.

I checked the library site on Friday and it was in, but when I went to check it out a couple hours later, someone had already got to it.

Oh, and I'm number 11 on the hold list for
Mockingjay. *grumbles* At least there are two copies ordered (they said if the hold list gets much longer, they'll order more).
