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walkitoutYesterday, I was wasting time online. I read a bit over at the SB blog and found this:
http://smartbitchestrashybooks.com/blog/links-and-news-and-a-few-coupons
Which led me to this:
http://www.jimchines.com/2012/01/striking-a-pose/
Which made me laugh and laugh and laugh and remember that I own at least one book by Jim Hines and I really ought to read it because every time I run across anything involving Jim Hines I laugh and laugh and laugh and he seems like a completely wonderful human being.
From there, you can go lots of places, but don't miss the follow-up post:
http://www.jimchines.com/2012/01/follow-up-to-the-fantasy-poses/
He also says this:
"A few covers which I feel do a pretty good job of conveying strong, capable female characters: The Gaslight Dogs, An Artificial Night, The Darkest Edge of Dawn. Other suggestions and general discussion are welcome, as always."
The Charlie Madigan book is book 2 in the series and I hadn't read any of it yet. Looked like fun, tho, so I picked up _The Better Part of Darkness_ last night and read it on the kindle. Review to follow, however, I enjoyed it enough to think that I might try out a "pick a book by its cover policy" with a tilt towards covers that do a "pretty good job of conveying strong, capable female characters". As opposed to a really stupid job of same.
http://smartbitchestrashybooks.com/blog/links-and-news-and-a-few-coupons
Which led me to this:
http://www.jimchines.com/2012/01/striking-a-pose/
Which made me laugh and laugh and laugh and remember that I own at least one book by Jim Hines and I really ought to read it because every time I run across anything involving Jim Hines I laugh and laugh and laugh and he seems like a completely wonderful human being.
From there, you can go lots of places, but don't miss the follow-up post:
http://www.jimchines.com/2012/01/follow-up-to-the-fantasy-poses/
He also says this:
"A few covers which I feel do a pretty good job of conveying strong, capable female characters: The Gaslight Dogs, An Artificial Night, The Darkest Edge of Dawn. Other suggestions and general discussion are welcome, as always."
The Charlie Madigan book is book 2 in the series and I hadn't read any of it yet. Looked like fun, tho, so I picked up _The Better Part of Darkness_ last night and read it on the kindle. Review to follow, however, I enjoyed it enough to think that I might try out a "pick a book by its cover policy" with a tilt towards covers that do a "pretty good job of conveying strong, capable female characters". As opposed to a really stupid job of same.
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Date: 2012-01-23 03:22 am (UTC)Anne's liked his former-fairy-tale-princesses series, although she's mentioned he has his rough spots regarding plot and believable-course-of-action.