happy(I do these for reference sake, for archive's sake, and because my publisher actually does track reviews through my blog. In case you were wondering.)
First up, Sunil, who will be rooming with me at the San Diego International Comic Convention, has posted his LJ review of A Local Habitation. He had some issues with the book, which I found totally fair, but it was a generally positive review. There were no good pull quotes from this one; you'll just need to read it. Also, if you're in the Bay Area, Sunil is currently appearing in DeathPlay in San Francisco, and I highly recommend it for a night's entertainment. He's a funny guy!
My friend Will recommended the Toby books to
stormfeather, who read and reviewed Rosemary and Rue. Yay! She says "The stories are intricate enough and involving, and I basically just enjoyed most of the things about these books." (She also wants to see more of the San Francisco crew, which I can guarantee in An Artificial Night. Yay!)Harriet has posted a review of Feed over at Genre-Go-Round, and says "Feed is a profound action-packed paranormal political thriller that extrapolates from modern trends including epidemiology research, political buying, handling and spins, and blogging superseding mains stream media, but in a way that the audience would not expect." Woo-hoo! That makes me very happy. And not just because she said "politics" a lot.
There's a new interview with me up over at Dirty Sexy Books! I love this site, and this interview included some really fun questions for me to answer. (Actually, I just love interviews, period, as long as they don't ask where I get my ideas or make nasty comments about the amount of soda I consume.)
jawastew has posted a lovely review of Rosemary and Rue, and says "Rosemary and Rue is one of those novels I love and had so much fun with, I almost don’t want to screw those super fantastic feelings of glee with a review." But the review is there, and absolutely lovely. Give it a read.bookblather has posted a review of A Local Habitation that is essentially pure comedy gold. She says "I promised myself I would be calm and coherent in this review. But I think we can all agree that that's not happening." Seriously, just...just read it (if you've read the book, she freely admits to the presence of spoilers). The laughing out loud, I does it.That's it for right now; more to come!
March 21 2010, 02:44:25 UTC 7 years ago
March 22 2010, 00:50:18 UTC 7 years ago
I try to post all the reviews that my Google spiders find for me. Good little spiders.
March 22 2010, 05:05:43 UTC 7 years ago
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March 22 2010, 18:53:27 UTC 7 years ago
Even if I don't like a book, that's really no justification for being unable to recommend it to readers who may. In any event, my undergraduate emphasis was in creative writing. There's certain things I can appreciate from personal experience that make me even more conscious of what I say and how I say it when reviewing. People really do tend to forget authors are breathing human beings with feelings that can and do get hurt.
April 1 2010, 15:30:40 UTC 7 years ago
I appreciate your remembering that authors have hearts. It's really, really an awesome thing to keep in mind.