Introduce Yourselves, Pretty Please?

[rivkat]

I realize that I don't know as many of you all as I thought I did. Someday, perhaps after I grade my exams, I will read everybody's LJ, but for now I'd really love to get to know you better -- in a way that requires less effort on my part. So, how's about it? Also, should I review more books or fewer? What about music and movies? I'm unbudgeable on the fic, so those of you who aren't here for that are just going to have to skip it.

ETA: Specific questions about you:

What do you like to talk about?

I'm guessing we're mostly media fans, so what are your fandoms?

Would Superman take Batman, or would Batman beat Superman? (I have a very strong opinion on the latter.)

Comments

[rivkat.livejournal.com]

Hi there -- I remember you! I like the Anita Blake books more than you do; probably reading the first when it had just come out, when I was a little bit younger, has something to do with it. And I'm a sucker for tough guys and gals who like to crack wise when they're in a bad spot. I do agree that the character has developed some problems, though I don't mind the superpowers so much as the, you know, sociopathy. I really, really hope the next book deals with that internally the way that the book with Edward (titles escape me) did externally.

Wise guys

[haphazardmethod.livejournal.com]

I love Dennis Lehane's Patrick Kenzie series for a (sort of) tough guy who cracks wise. A lot of folks like Robert Crais' Elvis Cole series for exactly this reason, though I always found the character too glib (the author, too, actually). I'd hoped Anita was going down this road but somehow the author makes her sound more childish to me than funny.

So Viv Wiley is pushing Terry Pratchett these days, and suggests starting with "Guards! Guards!" Is that what you'd recommend?

Re: Wise guys

[rivkat.livejournal.com]

I love Pratchett, and the City Guards books are a good place to start. All his Discworld novels are fun; they can be roughly grouped into Granny Weatherwax books, with witches as main characters, Rincewind books, with wizards, and City Guards books (rather more obvious). You can also read them in pretty much any order, and Guards! Guards! is, I think, chronologically the first of the City Guards books, which are among my favorites, especially Feet of Clay.