Comments on: Strange Candy by Laurell K. Hamilton http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2006/10/10/strange-candy-by-laurell-k-hamilton/ Guess what I'm reading? Wed, 16 May 2012 07:49:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: KL Morgan http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2006/10/10/strange-candy-by-laurell-k-hamilton/#comment-4161 KL Morgan Fri, 13 Oct 2006 03:25:00 +0000 http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2006/10/10/strange-candy-by-laurell-k-hamilton/#comment-4161 I'm another unwitting victim of <I>Nightseer</I>. It was loaned to me during the peak of my LKH love (Burnt Offerings was the latest book) and I remember reading it on the bus to school. And that's ALL I remember, unfortunately. And I have a pretty good head for books, but... yeah, I got nothin'. All I can recall is that it had the weakest. Ending. Ever. It was this huge tension buildup between Generic Fantasy Heroine and her Eeeeebil (Ish) Adversary Who Has Trapped Her Into Betrothal, (Betrothment? Whatever, he's like Jean-Claude in elf-fetish clothing.) and then the post-marriage scene of Will They DO IT? And something happened, and everyone laughed like chums. The end. Really, that was it. Book over. And I back up Sallahdog's advice -- a few choice trips to the Blog O Doom and you will canceling that preorder. Name something that COULD be wrong with a blog, and LKH's pleads guilty. Cannot structure a sentence to save her life? Check. Typos galore? Check. Comma splicing? Fucking CHECK. Spoiling her own (unpublished)books? You bet. Too much personal information? Oh god, my eyes. Yet managing to bore us to death with inane babble in the same entry? I'm half-certain she does this on purpose. It's too textbook bad to be real... isn't it? And of course the reasonable response to that is, so why do I still read it every now and again? To keep me from buying the books. Bam, if you thought the forewards were self-pitying and bitter in a "I'm a Big Name I don't need them anymore," you should see her account of the Strange Candy release party. MeeeeeYOW! I’m another unwitting victim of Nightseer. It was loaned to me during the peak of my LKH love (Burnt Offerings was the latest book) and I remember reading it on the bus to school.

And that’s ALL I remember, unfortunately. And I have a pretty good head for books, but… yeah, I got nothin’. All I can recall is that it had the weakest. Ending. Ever. It was this huge tension buildup between Generic Fantasy Heroine and her Eeeeebil (Ish) Adversary Who Has Trapped Her Into Betrothal, (Betrothment? Whatever, he’s like Jean-Claude in elf-fetish clothing.) and then the post-marriage scene of Will They DO IT? And something happened, and everyone laughed like chums. The end.

Really, that was it. Book over.

And I back up Sallahdog’s advice — a few choice trips to the Blog O Doom and you will canceling that preorder. Name something that COULD be wrong with a blog, and LKH’s pleads guilty. Cannot structure a sentence to save her life? Check. Typos galore? Check. Comma splicing? Fucking CHECK. Spoiling her own (unpublished)books? You bet. Too much personal information? Oh god, my eyes. Yet managing to bore us to death with inane babble in the same entry?

I’m half-certain she does this on purpose. It’s too textbook bad to be real… isn’t it?

And of course the reasonable response to that is, so why do I still read it every now and again? To keep me from buying the books. Bam, if you thought the forewards were self-pitying and bitter in a “I’m a Big Name I don’t need them anymore,” you should see her account of the Strange Candy release party. MeeeeeYOW!

]]> By: Jane http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2006/10/10/strange-candy-by-laurell-k-hamilton/#comment-4160 Jane Wed, 11 Oct 2006 14:03:00 +0000 http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2006/10/10/strange-candy-by-laurell-k-hamilton/#comment-4160 You have only yourself to blame! LOL. You have only yourself to blame! LOL.

]]> By: sallahdog http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2006/10/10/strange-candy-by-laurell-k-hamilton/#comment-4159 sallahdog Wed, 11 Oct 2006 13:01:00 +0000 http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2006/10/10/strange-candy-by-laurell-k-hamilton/#comment-4159 Bam, as an ex LKH junkie (I hear there are 12 step programs for this) I would suggest that you go read LKHs blog (read back for at least 2 years)... This will completely taint anything of Anita that you read and will help you break your addiction... It worked for me, all I hear when I see an Anita book is LKH whining and raging and whining about her life.. Bam, as an ex LKH junkie (I hear there are 12 step programs for this) I would suggest that you go read LKHs blog (read back for at least 2 years)… This will completely taint anything of Anita that you read and will help you break your addiction… It worked for me, all I hear when I see an Anita book is LKH whining and raging and whining about her life..

]]> By: Dance Chica http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2006/10/10/strange-candy-by-laurell-k-hamilton/#comment-4158 Dance Chica Wed, 11 Oct 2006 09:13:00 +0000 http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2006/10/10/strange-candy-by-laurell-k-hamilton/#comment-4158 “A Token for Celandine takes place in the world of LKH's first novel, Nightseer (I haven't read it, but I hear it sucks ass)” It does. I tried reading it and I just couldn’t finish. The main problem with it for me was that LKH never really explained the world very thoroughly and the characters just never really interested me. Anyway, loved the review! Especially since I, too, “love LKH like a fat kid loves cake.” However, I did manage to resist Danse Macabre and I will resist this too! LOL. Great review. “A Token for Celandine takes place in the world of LKH’s first novel, Nightseer (I haven’t read it, but I hear it sucks ass)”

It does. I tried reading it and I just couldn’t finish. The main problem with it for me was that LKH never really explained the world very thoroughly and the characters just never really interested me.

Anyway, loved the review! Especially since I, too, “love LKH like a fat kid loves cake.” However, I did manage to resist Danse Macabre and I will resist this too! LOL. Great review.

]]> By: Jo http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2006/10/10/strange-candy-by-laurell-k-hamilton/#comment-4157 Jo Wed, 11 Oct 2006 03:44:00 +0000 http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2006/10/10/strange-candy-by-laurell-k-hamilton/#comment-4157 I can't help but feel that LKH has <B>stolen</B> that cover from some other, more deserving, book. I stopped reading Anita after NiC, even from the library. I liked how in the Merry Gentry books, LKH realised that there was no realistic way to fit all the boinking in, so she just slowed time down. I can’t help but feel that LKH has stolen that cover from some other, more deserving, book.

I stopped reading Anita after NiC, even from the library. I liked how in the Merry Gentry books, LKH realised that there was no realistic way to fit all the boinking in, so she just slowed time down.

]]> By: bettie http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2006/10/10/strange-candy-by-laurell-k-hamilton/#comment-4156 bettie Wed, 11 Oct 2006 02:48:00 +0000 http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2006/10/10/strange-candy-by-laurell-k-hamilton/#comment-4156 "Did any of you actually read Nightseer?" I read it. It's the kind of book that makes writing a book and getting it published look easy. I think the heroine had some sort of deal going with a demon, or some sort of demon taint (hee, taint!). At any rate, I did wonder if LKH had made a similar sort of deal to get the thing in print. Then I read <I>Guilty Pleasures</I> and bought her next six books the instant they came out. Drat that LKH! “Did any of you actually read Nightseer?”

I read it. It’s the kind of book that makes writing a book and getting it published look easy. I think the heroine had some sort of deal going with a demon, or some sort of demon taint (hee, taint!). At any rate, I did wonder if LKH had made a similar sort of deal to get the thing in print.

Then I read Guilty Pleasures and bought her next six books the instant they came out. Drat that LKH!

]]> By: Evangeline Anderson http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2006/10/10/strange-candy-by-laurell-k-hamilton/#comment-4155 Evangeline Anderson Wed, 11 Oct 2006 01:28:00 +0000 http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2006/10/10/strange-candy-by-laurell-k-hamilton/#comment-4155 I'm just not gonna go there. All I can say is that I think we need to stage an intervention. We should put Bam in a room surrounded by all her hardback LKH books and ask her to add up the combined price of the books and think about what else she could have bought with the money. But I confess to being an ex-LKH junkie too. Remember, Bam, the first step is admitting you have a problem. lol E I’m just not gonna go there. All I can say is that I think we need to stage an intervention. We should put Bam in a room surrounded by all her hardback LKH books and ask her to add up the combined price of the books and think about what else she could have bought with the money.
But I confess to being an ex-LKH junkie too. Remember, Bam, the first step is admitting you have a problem. lol E

]]> By: katieM http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2006/10/10/strange-candy-by-laurell-k-hamilton/#comment-4154 katieM Wed, 11 Oct 2006 00:33:00 +0000 http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2006/10/10/strange-candy-by-laurell-k-hamilton/#comment-4154 Maybe in those next 15 books Anita will wake up, realize it was all just a terrible dream, and that Bobby is still alive! Maybe in those next 15 books Anita will wake up, realize it was all just a terrible dream, and that Bobby is still alive!

]]> By: Jackie http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2006/10/10/strange-candy-by-laurell-k-hamilton/#comment-4153 Jackie Wed, 11 Oct 2006 00:04:00 +0000 http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2006/10/10/strange-candy-by-laurell-k-hamilton/#comment-4153 Er, Bam, I heard that LKH has 15 more Anita storylines cooking. Be prepared... Er, Bam, I heard that LKH has 15 more Anita storylines cooking. Be prepared…

]]> By: Sandie http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2006/10/10/strange-candy-by-laurell-k-hamilton/#comment-4152 Sandie Tue, 10 Oct 2006 22:30:00 +0000 http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2006/10/10/strange-candy-by-laurell-k-hamilton/#comment-4152 See, I'm with Stella on this one...library run for me too...if I'm really hard-up for something to read. Luckily, I haven't been like in a LOOONG time. I also think the cover is hawt and it should be illegal to have a hawt cover like that on a shit-a$$ book. IMO. LOL. Sandie See, I’m with Stella on this one…library run for me too…if I’m really hard-up for something to read.

Luckily, I haven’t been like in a LOOONG time.

I also think the cover is hawt and it should be illegal to have a hawt cover like that on a shit-a$$ book. IMO.

LOL.

Sandie

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