Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
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  • Music: Cher, "Welcome to Burlesque."

One long ache while I wait and wait, or ONE SALT SEA to drown in.

Review time, because I need to reclaim my browser from the deadly tab proliferation! Seriously, it's interfering with my attempt to check the Monster High fan sites for news. These tabs need to go. And so...

The Discriminating Fangirl has posted a review of One Salt Sea, and says, "I'm a huge fan of Seanan McGuire's October Daye series, and I think it's hands-down the best urban fantasy series out right now. It's funny and clever and exciting, and the characters are so rich and understandable, even the ones you're not supposed to sympathize with. One Salt Sea, the fifth book in the series, is even better than its four predecessors, something that's pretty rare in series. Usually things start to go downhill around book five, but McGuire keeps knocking them out of the park."

Wow.

Travels Through Iest has also reviewed One Salt Sea, and says, "With One Salt Sea, Toby has climbed to the top of the heap and is seriously challenging Jim Butcher's wise cracking wizard Harry Dresden for the title of best Urban Fantasy protagonist ever!"

Double wow.

Reflections on Reading Romance has posted a review of One Salt Sea, and says, "The book is a heart pounding adventure, as McGuire skillfully maintains the tension throughout the novel with non-stop action." Woo!

That's what I have for right now—I want to do a single-book roundup for once—but it's pretty high-quality, so I don't mind the lack of quantity. Remember, Borderlands Books in San Francisco is always ready to hook you up with signed copies, and most chain bookstores should have restocked by now.

Whee, that post release cleanup continues.
Tags: one salt sea, reviews, toby daye
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pbristow

September 19 2011, 23:11:24 UTC 5 years ago

Any news on a UK release date?

Stupid Waterstones in Cheltenham - the biggest bookstore for miles around - hasn't ever stocked *any* of your books, despite being able to confirm when I asked that Rosemary and Rue came out over here yonks ago. After due consideration, I conclude I may have to force them at hatchet-point into ordering OSS it for me... (Or I could just ask nicely, I suppose, but where's the fun in that? )

seanan_mcguire

September 20 2011, 00:31:38 UTC 5 years ago

Sweetie, I don't have a UK publisher. There's never been a UK release date; there's just the date that the shops manage to import the title.

pbristow

September 22 2011, 12:53:36 UTC 5 years ago Edited:  September 22 2011, 12:54:15 UTC

Ah. Hmm. In which case, the assistant possibly wasn't reading her database thingie properly (or the data hadn't been entered properly), and was reading me the dates when specially ordered copies had arrived...?

OK. So, what's the preferred method for a UK reader to source your books? Order them specially from a local bookshop? That presumably would show up on their statistics as "UK people want this stuff", which might get back to the various publishers as "maybe you should look into handling this stuff"...?

(If there's a post I've overlooked somewhere that already covers this, just say "Lookee here, chump!". =:o} )

seanan_mcguire

September 22 2011, 22:15:31 UTC 5 years ago

However you like, darling. Just read 'em. :)