I hope you made it through your GRE prep all right. :D
I went to the library today, and they didn't have anything by Connie Willis. D: Awesomely, my public library system is tied to the state university system, so I still have access to my beloved Link+. So I'll probably have Bellwether in my hot little hands in a couple weeks. :D
Also, I caught that link buried in your post, with the lexicographer! She is adorable! It's exactly the kind of geeky/awkward/dorkily funny presentation that I would think up, and I totally downloaded that sucker as soon as I finished watching it. And of course when she mentioned fishing I thought of our burned Maou. XD
Kel's series seems more...mature, to me, compared to the others. I agree, I liked that Pierce really developed Kel's relationships with a wide variety of people, that it touched on class and cultural issues and I really liked her Yamani friends.
Re: the Circle books. There, you've articulated something that was bothering me about the second series, where they're interesting but there was something missing or too predictable but I couldn't quite put my finger on it (ahaha pattern detection fail). I did like that there were...unspoken things, I think that's what I liked about The Will of the Empress, that there were references to time passing and adventures happening that are beyond our sight. So we have to play detective a little, and see how the characters have grown. Have you read that one? I squeed so hard about Daja. :D
...darn it. You're making me want to go find the Kel books, and I told myself I would finish reading what I got today before borrowing more, or things would be due before I could finish. ^^;;;
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Date: 2009-06-15 06:37 am (UTC)I went to the library today, and they didn't have anything by Connie Willis. D: Awesomely, my public library system is tied to the state university system, so I still have access to my beloved Link+. So I'll probably have Bellwether in my hot little hands in a couple weeks. :D
Also, I caught that link buried in your post, with the lexicographer! She is adorable! It's exactly the kind of geeky/awkward/dorkily funny presentation that I would think up, and I totally downloaded that sucker as soon as I finished watching it. And of course when she mentioned fishing I thought of our burned Maou. XD
Kel's series seems more...mature, to me, compared to the others. I agree, I liked that Pierce really developed Kel's relationships with a wide variety of people, that it touched on class and cultural issues and I really liked her Yamani friends.
Re: the Circle books. There, you've articulated something that was bothering me about the second series, where they're interesting but there was something missing or too predictable but I couldn't quite put my finger on it (ahaha pattern detection fail). I did like that there were...unspoken things, I think that's what I liked about The Will of the Empress, that there were references to time passing and adventures happening that are beyond our sight. So we have to play detective a little, and see how the characters have grown. Have you read that one? I squeed so hard about Daja. :D
...darn it. You're making me want to go find the Kel books, and I told myself I would finish reading what I got today before borrowing more, or things would be due before I could finish. ^^;;;