I got a new job with a much longer commute, so naturally the first thing I did was get an Audible account. First I listed to
Olive Again, by Elizabeth Strout (12 hrs) - wonderful. I love Olive dearly. Then I listened to
A Discovery of Witches, by Deborah Harkness (24 hrs). I thought longer would be better but... it's not. I was not crazy about
A Discovery due to it having a VERY post-
Twilight feeling in that there's a lot of gross smelling and explaining of smells going on (
He smelled like cloves and summer nights sort of thing) and a weird old thousand-year-old vampire in no hurry to have sex. But, at least, unlike Bella, Diana actually has a real personality and some skills and knowledge that make her attractive/interesting to the broody vampire/reader. I kept thinking it would probably make a better movie than a book and, indeed, my colorist told me the tv series is really good.
I got a new job with a much longer commute, so naturally the first thing I did was get an Audible account. First I listed to Olive Again, by Elizabeth Strout (12 hrs) - wonderful. I love Olive dearly. Then I listened to A Discovery of Witches, by Deborah Harkness (24 hrs). I thought longer would be better but... it's not. I was not crazy about A Discovery due to it having a VERY post-Twilight feeling in that there's a lot of gross smelling and explaining of smells going on (He smelled like cloves and summer nights sort of thing) and a weird old thousand-year-old vampire in no hurry to have sex. But, at least, unlike Bella, Diana actually has a real personality and some skills and knowledge that make her attractive/interesting to the broody vampire/reader. I kept thinking it would probably make a better movie than a book and, indeed, my colorist told me the tv series is really good.
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