tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790614306320534072.post254136523419997086..comments2024-03-19T04:56:38.154-04:00Comments on The Book Rat: MORE BUZZWORDSS | Book ChatMistyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11436497955518156688noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790614306320534072.post-21044294593803157782018-09-19T03:18:52.777-04:002018-09-19T03:18:52.777-04:00Wow, I wasn't paying attention while typing, a...Wow, I wasn't paying attention while typing, and what the hell happened in that first comment. MAGIC AT A COST. Mistyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11436497955518156688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790614306320534072.post-15963384199348944272018-09-19T03:16:58.272-04:002018-09-19T03:16:58.272-04:00Oh, and cultural sensitivity with aliens: Read. TI...Oh, and cultural sensitivity with aliens: Read. TIN STAR. Mistyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11436497955518156688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790614306320534072.post-5598505135615743182018-09-19T03:15:44.461-04:002018-09-19T03:15:44.461-04:00Read Tin Star.
Concepts totally work for buzzword...Read Tin Star. <br />Concepts totally work for buzzwords, and may I recommend Spinning Silver. <br />Non-contemp gay: have you read The Gentlemans Guide to Vice and Virtue?<br />Ensemble cast, yes. Women empowering women, YES. <br />Magic at a i store, always. More of that. More of consequences in general. <br />The books you recommended are definitely added to my list, and yes, love Farscape, though I need to finish it Mistyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11436497955518156688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790614306320534072.post-66449302879651094682018-09-18T21:51:36.850-04:002018-09-18T21:51:36.850-04:00Yay buzzwords! Mine have for sure changed, and are...Yay buzzwords! Mine have for sure changed, and are:<br />Space Western for SURE (crap, now I want to read Tin Star even more). <br />Non-Disney fairytale retelling (less of a word, more of a concept). <br />Non-contemporary bisexual and homosexual characters. <br />Cultural sensitivity with alien species. <br />Historical fiction with kickass females (like historic assassins or ice-cold queens that aren't the villain). <br />Rogues with a heart of gold or moral compass (of all genders). <br />Ensemble cast (in all mediums, really). <br />Women empowering women/sisterhood (literal and figurative).<br />Dangerous magic/magic that comes with a real cost.<br />Set in Seattle (at any time period).<br />Genre-bending or genre-transcending.<br />Also YES to soft magical realism- I love the way you phrased it. It makes me feel like the world is a better place than I generally think it is. :D And huge to the baking/cooking bits. Like Water for Chocolate is ENTIRELY magical realism. I got but haven't read yet The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake, which is all magical realism baking. I'll see if I can remember the ones I've read and loved, to recommend to you.<br /><br />I need to hear how Kingfisher Club is! It's on my list, too. Oh, and you should read the graphic novel Lackadaisy- anthropomorphic cats in the 1920s set in a speakeasy, illustrated by the amazing Tracy Butler. <br /><br />Side note- you may enjoy reading The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, and The Expanse series, and you may enjoy watching Farscape (character-driven scifi with alien and/or Western themes). :)Beth Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01898921671895123053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790614306320534072.post-17109798283056584762018-09-18T13:36:59.759-04:002018-09-18T13:36:59.759-04:00All of those things. ALL OF THEM.All of those things. ALL OF THEM.Mistyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11436497955518156688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790614306320534072.post-87457510734303613072018-09-15T17:19:46.436-04:002018-09-15T17:19:46.436-04:00Yep, space westerns need to happen more often. Qu...Yep, space westerns need to happen more often. Quirky small town is definitely a thing for me, too.<br /><br />My buzzwords are 'gothic', 'atmospheric', 'adorkable', 'witty' 'awesome worldbuilding'Sophia Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07909417504496472472noreply@blogger.com