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[meganbmoore]

EEEE!   My copy of Palimpsest has shipped!

Also "Gossip Girl...WITH VAMPIRES!" is neither as cracktastic nor as spiffy as one would think.  "Gossip Girl does 1899, take 3!" however, lives up to expectations.  (And I completely did not notice that the 2 books I grabbed to take to work were riding the Gossip Girl wave when I grabbed them before leaving the apartment.)

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[mycenae.livejournal.com]

Are these fanfics? Or just books that remind you of GG? Either way, I am intrigued and wish to know more.

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

Two book series that are riding the Gossip Girl wave. Anna Godberson's Luxe series less obviously so. It's 1899-1900 Old New York, and the idea-New York's upper class-seems to have been inspired by GG, but diverges into it's own thing almost from the start. Melissa de la Cruz's Blue Blood's basically is Gossip Girl...WITH VAMPIRES!!! Nifty worldbuilding and mythology, not-as-nifty characters.

[seven-trees.livejournal.com]

What's Palimpsest about? I looked on Amazon but all it gave me were quotes from the reviews.

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

I admit to not being ENTIRELY certain. I'm excited because of who it's by.

[seven-trees.livejournal.com]

Oh. Guess I'll check your review. If you write one up for the book, I mean.

[magicnoire.livejournal.com]

I believe the premise is that Palimpsest is a city that exists on people's skins via tattoos that appear after having sex.

[seven-trees.livejournal.com]

I believe the premise is that Palimpsest is a city that exists on people's skins via tattoos that appear after having sex.

Okay, I just WTF-ed all over the place. That's the most different premise I've ever heard of. I'm intrigued.

[magicnoire.livejournal.com]

It's actually very characteristic of Valente's work overall. Her previous two novels (The Orphan's Tales) are probably the most mainstream, accessible things she's ever written. All her other stuff tends to be in this vein, with or without some crazy prose gymnastics depending.

[seven-trees.livejournal.com]

I've never read anything by her, but I think I may have to look into this book. There's something strangely appealing about the premise.

[shiegra.livejournal.com]

Every single book Melissa De La Cruz writes has unpleasant characters she seems to think people will love simply because they wear designer clothes. And oh, how she goes on about the designer clothes.

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

The brand names could blind a girl.

But then there's all the reincarnation and secret society and guardians of humanity type stuff...

But Anna Godberson's Luxe books are much better. Not perfect, but more fun. And when she talks about fashion, it's turn of the century fashion.