So after taking a little break from reading this series. I’m back to it. I wasn’t really in a hurry to get back to them since the new season doesn’t start until April at the earliest and who knows when the next book comes out but Kate has now read all of them so far is bugging to do the same. So here we go. Bring it on Westeros!
I found this through Bookbub and started reading it on a plane.
We have great friends. They know us so well. So when my friend Melissa went to a signing of Maggie Stiefvater at Prairie Lights in Iowa City, She got me and Kate signed copies too. The signing was in July but since it and Melissa are in Iowa and Kate and I are in the state of New York. It took a while to get here. I didn’t care that I had to wait for it. I had already bought my own copy and had read it. Just knowing that Melissa thought to get copies for us was all I needed to know. Thank you again, Melissa.
I may have mentioned my love for Maggie before but just in case, I LOVE HER! She’s is one of my favorite authors. I love the way she writes. It’s almost melodic. I don’t think anyone tells stories the way she does. I don’t think you can even compare what she writes to anyone else either. Her stories are unique and at times hard to explain. I truly believe that if she wasn’t a YA novelist, she would be considered a top literary novelist. She truly doesn’t get the credit she deserves.
For those not familiar with Sinner. Sinner is a stand alone companion novel to the Wolves of Mercy Falls series. Shiver, Linger and Forever follows Grace, Sam, Cole and Isabel transform in out and of wolf form. A completely different take on werewolves, that has nothing to do with the moon. At the end of Forever, it left the budding and very complicated relationship of Cole and Isabel a little up in the air with Isabel moving to California. They are both easily fan favorite characters, so the moment Maggie announced this book, you could hear the fandom scream. After Forever came out, Maggie said she would never write another book about Mercy Falls again. That the story is complete and it is at least for Grace and Sam but I think, like many, I felt that Cole and Isabel’s story was unfinished. I’m pleased that they finally got they ending. It wasn’t a fairy tale ending but was perfect for them.
So go out and read her books! All of them! I promise you, you won’t regret them!
The Elf on the Shelf is watching you. What you say and what you do!.
So, it’s Thanksgiving. The one day to gorge on food, watch football and share what we are thankful for. So here’s my literary Thanksgiving list (in no particular order)
I’m thankful for Maggie Stievfater for she is amazing. Not only is she an unbelievable talented author but she she is also a muscian, artist, goat herder and crazy driver. To say that I love her would be an understatment. I love her. She gave me one of my favorite Book boyfriend, James (from Lament and Ballet). Her latest series the Raven Cycle, only gets better and eagarly (and dread) the final book, coming next year.
I am thankful for Percy Jackson. You sarcastic, sassy demigod you. I hope that after everything that he and his fellow demigods went through that he will get a chance to have a normal life and go to college and live happily ever after with Annabeth.
I’m thankful for Westeros. It’s such a messed up place made up of messed up people. I love it. I’m still not caught up but since I have a good year before book six to come out and until April for the new season, I’m in no rush to finish. I’ve got to make it last as long as I can.
I’m thankful for Maureen Johnson’s twitter. Yes, I do love The Name of the Star and the Madness Underneath but really, her on twitter just makes me happy. Is she insane or do just eccentric? Whatever, she’s entertaining.
And I’m thankful for all my friends and family who keep recommending such great books. I’ll never have enough time to read them all. sigh.
Happy Thanksgiving Everyone! What are you thankful for?
The other day at work, I was bored so I was checking to see if they were any updates to some of the books I can’t wait to read. One is the Lair of Dreams, book two in the Diviner’s series by Libba Bray. There was indeed an update. The publication date has been pushed back! Again! This book was originally supposed to be released this past September but was pushed back to this upcoming April and now July! JULY! July!!! That’s like 8 months from now! The first book, The Diviner’s came out in September of 2012 and I got an Advanced Reader’s Copy of it a couple months before, so I’ve already been waiting for more then 2 years by the time it does finally comes out.
Over the years, I’ve learned a few things about the publishing industry and about how it works. I have friends who work in various publishing houses in the city and follow several different authors on twitter and tumblr, so I’ve pieced the process together. It turns out a lot there is a lot of work that goes into making a book a book. From the first draft, the many rounds of revisions and edits to person who does the lay out and then the graphic design team to come up with the cover. All doing this on deadline, so it’s already to go to printing at the right time to be printed and shipped out and the marketing team have time to promote and spread the word. Here’s a what Cassandra Clare had to say on the process of publishing Clockwork Princess. Continue reading
I’m pretty sure Cersei is about to set a new record on crazy just when I thought Lysa Arryn couldn’t be topped.
I thought I would take a break from binging on Stephanie Plum and the drama of Westeros.
Finally! I was turned on to this series by a former employee at Simon and Schusters (She now works at HarperCollins) and I was hooked. The first book, The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer was haunting and a little weird. Is Mara’s crazy or can she actually make things happen with her mind or is it even something more? The Evolution of Mara Dyer and the Retribution of Mara Dyer, the other two books in the trilogy, pretty much explores this questions and takes you places you didn’t think it would go. So now that the trilogy is over (and you don’t have to wait two years between books 2 and 3) you should go out and read it.
2 Women, So Many Books 