What I did for Potterdammerung Day

[annathepiper]

... was not read Deathly Hallows, on account of I still ain't read books 4, 5, and 6 yet. Yeah yeah yeah, I know I've kept saying I'd read 'em, just haven't been motivated to yet. I'll get to them eventually, I'm sure. I'll just have to maintain my status as a (partial) Harry Potter Heathen a while longer.

What I did do today, Part I, was the Great Cleaning Up of the Upstairs Bathroom, oh joy oh glee. Not nearly as enjoyable, I know, as reading about boy wizards--but hey, it needed to be done. And it was made more fun by watching a couple of old episodes of third-season Remington Steele at the same time. Part II involved going with solarbird to Best Buy to purchase a new flat-screen monitor for Kimo, our office computer, since its ancient humongous CRT monitor was dying. It's amazing how different it looks in there now without a huge monitor dominating the desk. And, Part III: laundry, writing, and watching of old first-season X-Files since I've been in a mood for that. Gods, I had forgotten the yumminess of young David Duchovny's hair. *^_^*

And oh yes, I made me a new Yahoo avatar icon, since I was tired of looking at my last one. This one's a bit more colorful, and has a closer match to the type of hat I like to wear even if I think it sits funny on my avatar's head!

One last thing: as y'all know, I've enjoyed the J.D. Robb "In Death" series for quite some time. Were I to try to branch out into other Nora Roberts novels, which do y'all think I might like? I am interested on account of seeing her semi-regularly posting over on smartbitches in their comment threads, and displaying a generally nifty level of public clueage, and I am therefore interested in reading more of her work.

Miles since the 15th: 22.2
Miles out of Hobbiton: 2200.3
Miles out of Isengard: 407.3
Miles to Minas Tirith: 378.7

Comments

[firni.livejournal.com]

P brought it home, I read the end and then asked him a question that ruined it for him.

Because I'm JUST THAT WAY.

[annathepiper]

And he didn't immediately bean you with the book? ;)

[firni.livejournal.com]

To be honest, I don't think he heard me. I'll have to try again louder when I have actual eye contact.

[seimaisin.livejournal.com]

Nora books ... my sentimental favorites are the Donovan books - Charmed, Enchanted, and Entranced (and I think there's a fourth one now, but those are the original trilogy, in some order) ... I read them in high school, and they're very much Silhouette category titles, but they're the books that made me think "wow, maybe I can write both fantasy and romance at the same time!!" And I'm still in love with Sebastian Donovan to this day. ;)

For Nora's best writing, though, you'll probably want to go to the Gallaghers trilogy - Jewels of the Sun, Tears of the Moon, and Heart of the Sea - great romantic fantasy, with a gorgeous set in Ireland. Nora definitely has favorite character and plot archetypes, and there are several trilogies that cover sort of the same ground; this is the trilogy that, in my opinion, does it best. If you're looking for a standalone romantic suspense, her best, by far (in my view), is Northern Lights.

[annathepiper]

Cool, thanks much for the pointers! I'll see about maybe grabbing some e-books for the trip to Japan. :)

[agrimony.livejournal.com]

I haven't read any of the HP books, and I've only seen the first movie, so I'm more of a heathen than you!

[annathepiper]

I bow to your superior heathenitude!

[annathepiper]

Got that from here. I (heart) Fandom_Wank. ;)

[raise-a-jar.livejournal.com]

I held out four whole days before I broke down and bought Deathly Hallows. Finished it Saturday :D

As for Nora books...I like the Three Sister's trilogy (witches and such)and the Gallagher's trilogy (Irish lore and mythology). Stand alones would be "Blue Smoke", "Norhtern Lights", "Birthright"...and lots more, but those oare the ones that pop to mind.

[annathepiper]

Cool, thanks for the tips!

[raise-a-jar.livejournal.com]

And how could I have forgotten the Chesapeake Bay trilogy?!?! Well, actually, there are four of them. They're some of my favorite male characters of her. All four of them :D

[annathepiper]

*giggle* So long story short is, you like a whole bunch of Nora's books. ;)

I'm trying what appears to be one of her latest: Angels Fall. I'm about 100 pages in, and it's pretty good so far.

[raise-a-jar.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's the latest of her paperbacks. Just read it myself. It's a good one :)

There are few of her books that I haven't liked, just some more than others. I just can't handle the Silhouette novels, though...lol...

[annathepiper]

One of her old Silhouette novels appears to be the only one reviewed by smartbitches, who gave it a D--so yeah, I'll be steering clear of that one. ;)