Uh Oh, She Shouldn't Have Said That!

[chomiji]

"For the first time in a long time, I was totally relaxed, sure that nothing was going to ruin my good mood."

— October (Toby) Daye at the start of Chapter 2 of The Winter Long, vol. 8
of the October Daye series by Seanan McGuire (a/k/a Mira Grant)

Toby never learns, does she?

(Also, I still can't see "Amy" as a nickname for the name "Amandine" ... plus, to me, "amandine" is a culinary term that means with almonds.")

Comments

[ar]

I feel like Mandy would be the more natural nickname there.

[chomiji]

Yes! Someone on LJ suggested "Dina," but then you'd have people pronouncing it "Dye-nah," which wouldn't work either.

[avierra]

I liked the last book, although I need to re-read for nuance. What did you think of it?

[chomiji]

If you mean the one I just quoted, I'm still reading it! I'm actually a little less fond of Toby now that she had more power, but given the increasing stakes, she wouldn't survive without it.

Also, I still have random moments where she sets off my ugh-girly-meter. I can't figure out exactly where, though, and it's certainly nowhere near the issue I had with Sookie Stackhouse.

[macavitykitsune]

I think she's delightfully suicidally optimistic, myself :P

How are you doing???