Two recs and a promise

[mhalachai]

The next chapter of Inevitable will be out tomorrow, and I know this because I am halfway through the chapter now and I know exactly what I need to finish before posting. It'll be an odd chapter, with characters moving in odd directions and having the final piece of the puzzle laid in for the story finale. Plus, full moon.

Now, two recs.

Firstly, an X-Men movie fic that came out before X-Men 3 and is quite possibly the creepiest thing I've ever read. It's brilliant and I wish X3 had been like this. It's Jean-centric, told through Scott's eye.

Bring Out Your Dead by Apathy.

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Now, a book rec, actually a series recommendation. The Smoke series by Tanya Huff (andpuff) is a follow-up to the Blood series, centring on 24-year-old Tony Foster, former street kid and current Production Assistant on a vampire show in Vancouver (mad props to the home town, yo). Tony finds the whole thing rather surreal, especially considering he's friends with 450-year-old vampire Henry Fitzroy.

These books (Smoke and Shadows, Smoke and Mirrors, and Smoke and Ashes) are horror/comedy/drama and are, on all counts, fantastic reads. Smoke and Ashes just came out in June, so you'll only be able to find it in hard cover, but do yourself a favour and pick these books up for a read.

read read read

Comments

[askani.livejournal.com]

i actually picked up a copy of the blood series at a used bookstore for $3. its one i didnt have but i had borrowed from the library. im quite happy to have my own copy.

and ive heard some about the smoke series and i really need to write that down for books to search for once i have a job again. :)

i really want/need to go back and read all the chapters of inevitable but i just got danse macabre from the library today so i need to read that and return it because theres a long list waiting for it.

i think it will take me a few days or more to try to work my way through it.

[mhalachaiswords.livejournal.com]

I have a sneaking suspicion that Tanya Huff is from your neck of the woods (disclaimer: I'm from Vancouver, and everyone east of the Canadian Shield's living in the same neighbourhood), and yes, it's awesome.

I, too, need to reread Inevitable. I came across a situation today where I was all, "Have Harry and Hermione ever discussed her views on Necromancy?"

After much searching (more like word search in editpad) I discovered that yes, they have. Twice.

*sigh* I wish I could recall all this stuff. 468,992 words is a lot to go through :D

PS Yes, DM is rather... dense. Good slogging, and when you're done we'll chat canon.

[catherinecookmn.livejournal.com]

Heh! I don't envy you at all, my dear! I'm just glad that you've managed to come to terms with DM in such a way that it's not killed off your ability to do fic.

[askani.livejournal.com]

the funny thing is she was actually born in halifax - an hour away from where i live so you are right. but she grew up in ontario as most people from this area tend to move there - that or 'out west'.

so much stuff has happened in inevitable that im not surprised you cannot remember simple stuff that didnt take up a while chapter. [at least i dont think it did]

id love to chat canon. i think i need to re-read the book before dm because they mention a few people during the first couple of chapters and i dont know who they are. oh well. im sure itll just tell me later on anyway. :)