Rambling

[kellifer]

-> I'm going to be reccing more on my tumblr now because you just have to copy/paste the title and author off the A03 page and it does all the HTML stuff for you! Did I mention I am the LAZIEST person in the world?

-> I did a bunch of last minute fandom stockings and I think the reveal is... tomorrow? Not sure, I hadn't really investigated but just did some so peeps would not have empty stockings because that's just way too sad. :((( Some of the stuff is going to totally end up in fic though because I am shameless. ALSO LAZY - SEE ABOVE.

-> I'm watching a 'songs named after women' special on a cable music channel and while... good in theory and I always love me some Janey's Got A Gun... but ugh, SO MUCH TERRIBLE. I'm not sure what these programmers are thinking other than... not.

-> I need to write more. I HAVE DONE NOTHING, UGH.

-> Anyone got some bookrecs for me? I'm pretty eclectic in my reading - if you've read something lately that you loved, let me know. I'm starting to feel bad about basically only reading fanfic... I used to get through a book a week and now at a party on New Years someone asked me what the last book I read was and... I COULDN'T REMEMBER. I was horrified. I basically have turned into my sister who DOESN'T READ FOR PLEASURE AND I NEVER UNDERSTOOD THAT.

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[the-other-sandy.livejournal.com]

My favorites lately have been:

The Rivers of London series by Ben Aaronovitch
1. Rivers of London (retitled Midnight Riot in the U.S.)
2. Moon Over Soho
3. Whispers Under Ground

and

The President's Vampire series by Christopher Farnsworth
1. Blood Oath
2. The President's Vampire
3. Red, White, and Blood

The Rivers of London series is basically a British urban fantasy done as a police procedural. The police put on their disposable jumpsuits and collect evidence, question suspects, and write up reports, but the crimes are all magical, so there's also spellcasting and supernatural beings as both enemies and allies. There's also a fair amount of humor and some serious whumping (one officer who was injured in the first book still hasn't recovered in the third book).

The President's Vampire series is about Nathaniel Cade, who was bound by a blood oath to the office of the President of the United States when he was a newly-turned vampire in the 1860s. His job is to protect the U.S. from all supernatural enemies, both foreign and domestic, with the help of his current human liaison Zach Barrows. Cade doesn't sparkle. Cade is a monster, but he's not particularly angsty about it. People tend to wet their pants when he makes eye contact with them. There's nothing he enjoys more than battling a supernatural creature that's stronger and faster than he is and that he doesn't know how to kill, because then he doesn't have to hold himself back. The series is funny and scary and has great action scenes. If you want a sample of what the President's Vampire series is like, Christopher Farnsworth posted a deleted flashback scene (http://chrisfarnsworth.com/extras-deleted-scene/) on his website where Cade takes on the Benders (yes, the same Benders as from Supernatural, who were based on a real family).

[kellifer-fic.livejournal.com]

I will definitely check these out, thank you!