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From: Tony Nance <tnusenet17@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: "Sleep No More" by Seanan McGuire
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2024 18:46:59 -0400
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On 9/10/24 12:03 AM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
> In article <9ngvdj9vl41ue1e9ueqbl3rgib6lkhgdbe@4ax.com>,
> Mad Hamish  <newsunspammelaws@iinet.unspamme.net.au> wrote:
>> On Sun, 8 Sep 2024 08:57:33 -0500, BillGill <tonisdad215@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I have tried the October Daye series and haven't enjoyed them.
>>>
>> Depending on how far you got in - and why you weren't enjoying it - it
>> could be worth giving them another try
>> The first couple of books were fairly rough compared to the later ones
>>> I have been enjoying Seanan's Incryptid series for years.  In
>>> the Incryptid series all the various mythical creatures (monsters)
>>> of the many societies on Earth are real and living secretly
>>> mong us.  The stories involve the Price family who are out to
>>> protect normal people from the monsters, and protect the
>>> monsters from people, as long as they don't go around eating us.
>>>
>>> Bill
> 
> I kind of got diminishing enjoyment syndrome on Toby Day.  When McGuire
> brought back Toby's daughter yet again, I checked out for now.

Sadly, my diminishment hit hard with either book 2 or 3, which is a 
bummer since she's so prolific.

I've been tempted to try the Incryptid series, but ....
Tony