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paddies

Website help!

Dec 14, 2009 11:34

As you all know I'm not Queer Eyes' webmistress anymore (and I don't follow fandom stuff since QaF ended) but I know some of you are still very much into it, so maybe there's someone out there willing to help...

The lovely mwil298 - which is the actual Queer Eyes' webmistress just sent me this email:

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jenepherre December 15 2009, 05:37:17 UTC

I can't afford a lot right now, but I donated what I could. I wouldn't want to see Queer Eyes fade away.

Hope your holidays are awesome, Gio!

paddies December 15 2009, 08:35:53 UTC

Awww, darling! You are the best! ♥

Happy holidays, Jen! *loves*

flamencanyc December 15 2009, 20:23:04 UTC

Well, all the hard work you put into QE for so long is still very much appreciated.

Miss you and hope you're well.
Happy Holidays to you too!

xoxo

paddies December 16 2009, 08:43:23 UTC

Thank you, darling!

I miss you too (I *so* wanted to go to NY for New Year...but I'm broke. *cries*), happy holidays! ♥

theleapingmuse January 1 2010, 19:12:03 UTC

Hey lady!!

Was reading some UF the other day and thought of you. :) Have you read anything good recently? Everything I've picked up in the past few weeks/months lacks any form of exciting luster. It's been so bad I'm back to reading literary fiction. O_O

Hope you had a great holiday!!! Happy New Year!

paddies January 2 2010, 10:01:46 UTC

Hi darling!

Happy new year! (kinda late, but still... *g*)

It's funny you're asking for UF recs, because I've been feeling pretty much the same UF-block as you!
It's been months since I read a really good UF book and to be honest, I think I probably needed a break from the genre...*ponders*

I did read some really good "end of the series" books:

Charlie Huston's "My Dead Body" and L. L. Foster's "Servant, The Kindred" were both absolutely awesome. I loved both series a lot, but I have to admit that even tho they can be called "Urban Fantasy" they're also very different form the "usual" UF books. They're both very original and the writing style of both authors is definitely not your usual UF-style writing ( ... )

theleapingmuse January 3 2010, 23:23:33 UTC

I was thinking about a break from the genre, too. I get stuck on a few authors and when I can't find anything near the caliber of their work, the genre becomes very frustrating. Maybe I'll step away from UF until the summer, when all the new books are scheduled to be released. Hmm ( ... )

paddies January 4 2010, 20:33:14 UTC

I'll have to check out Huston and Foster. I'm up for new styles!

Charlie Huston has a very peculiar style (and it takes a little time to get into it because he doesn't use quotation marks to write dialogs, so you have to get over that to really appreciate his writing), and even tho his main character is a vampire, his stories are more "noir"/hard-boiled kinda stories than "classic" UF...still, I really loved those books.

I LOVE Foster's series mainly because I adore the heroine: she's incredibly strong (not just physically, but mentally), but she's also incredibly vulnerable and even naive sometimes...and that's an irresistible combination for me.

From what I remember of "Bitten," it was very heavy with the sex. Turned me off.Well, it's been ages since I've read "Bitten", but I don't remember a lot of sex in it. There is definitely the "romance" element, because a good part of the book is about Elena and Clay getting together, but I can definitely say that the rest of the series is not heavy on the sex, at all (I think in some of ( ... )