Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire

  • Mood:
  • Music:

Rosemary reviews, news, and interviews.

First up, some exciting Rosemary and Rue-related news: namely, it's going to be October's book of the month at Genreville. Genreville is an exciting genre-focused blog hosted by Publishers Weekly, moderated by some really awesome folks. I couldn't be happier.

If you've been waiting for an interview with me that dared to ask the really bizarre questions, you should take a look at this fun, flippant interview conducted by Jonathan Fesmire. Jon's a dear friend of mine, and I was his "maiden voyage" into the world of interviewing authors. Let's see if future interviews stay this surreal.

The nice folks over at BSC (a blog with the endearing subtitle of "Because We Said It") posted this charmingly detailed and lengthy review. Quoth the reviewer, "Rosemary and Rue combines mystery and fantasy to very good effect, making this book fast-paced and full of action. It's very nice to see an urban fantasy book that doesn’t include the modern trend towards paranormal romance." Also: "I would definitely recommend this book for fans of urban fantasy, as well as readers who don’t mind well-mixed genres." Yay!

Also in today's review roundup, the Suburban Banshee posted this awesome review, including such delicious quotes as "This is real urban fantasy, in short, and not the McDonald’s equivalent that’s been crowding the shelves for the last few years. Buy it, buy it, buy it, before the last few copies disappear from your bookstore." (If you could make those last few copies disappear, I'd be ever so grateful...)

Finally, I give you the review that made me squeal like I'd just been named Prom Queen at the Geek Prom, where the pig's-blood shower is a perk, not a problem: Rosemary and Rue has been reviewed on IO9. It's a long, detailed, and best of all, fair and balanced review which neither paints me perfect nor positions me for pillory. Charlie Jane is awesome that way, and says—among other things, you should really read it—"After exploring McGuire's fairy city for one dark murder mystery, I'm on board for more, and looking forward to seeing how October's tangled web of allegiances and obligations plays out over the course of the next few books."

I win at geek.
Tags: dino dance party, good things, interviews, reviews, rosemary and rue, so the marilyn, toby daye
  • Post a new comment

    Error

    Anonymous comments are disabled in this journal

    default userpic

    Your reply will be screened

    Your IP address will be recorded 

  • 25 comments
You do!
I am so gonna be the Geek Prom Queen this year.
WIN. :D
*dance*
Good reviews. It'll be interesting to see how the discussion goes at Genreville.
I'm excited.
I found Rosemary and Rue to be an excellent book. I've already pushed it recommended it to several family members. Thanks for writing it.
Awesome! Thank you for reading it, and for sharing the love around. :)
Go you! io9 is one of my favorite websites - if you've gotten their attention, you are definitely doing well!

PS - I dropped your name on a colleague last night, at a fiction reading. He's very into sci-fi and fantasy, so I told him about you. Just trying to spread the word!
I was absolutely bricked to get the notice of the review. They mentioned Feed earlier this year—my first book under my pseudonym, Mira Grant—but that's so much more their usual territory that this was a lot more stunning.
Enjoyed R&R thoroughly--I picked up the last copy at the Union Square B&N in NYC.
Oh, fantastic!
"it's going to be October's book"

I thought it already was her book *g*...

Well done, ye!
Thank you!
That's a lovely interview.

Seanan, I know you don't usually have time to read people's journals on account of the writing and so many friends but I would particularly like you to see this entry http://valdary.livejournal.com/128529.html

I have friends in the Philippines that I am worried about and if you mentioned the aid link on your blog it would reach a lot of people. Thankyou.
Plus you did want to know about big storms.
Oh, that's terrible. I hadn't realized there was flooding going on until today.
Yes, you do win at Geek. Duh!

My daughter is going to finish her current book, going to read To Kill A Mockingbird (no, not for a school assignment, but because it's my husband's favorite book), then Rosemary and Rue. Spawn the Elder, that is. While Spawn the Younger is fond of picking it up and babbling while flipping pages, we don't *think* she's reading it quite yet ;-). Board books that are resistant to chewing are still more her speed!
Rock on!

Deleted comment

Awesome!
Marcon! I didn't know about that one. I'll see you there. (I'm part of the art show crew.)
I...am not seeing the segue, sweetie.
Oops, sorry, shifted gears too fast, and was way too terse.

I did not know that you were going to be a guest at next year's Marcon until I followed the link to your interview with Jonathan Fesmire. This makes me happy, because Marcon is a con I usually attend. In my happiness, I forgot that you hadn't actually mentioned Marcon in this post. The art show mention was just me making conversation, and has nothing to do with you.
Ah, keen! Yeah, I'll be at Marcon. :) It'll be fun!