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    <title>seanan_mcguire @ 2010-03-20T17:44:00</title>
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    <lj:music>Pink, "Crystal Ball."</lj:music>
    <content type="html">The one problem with being immediately post-release for one book and pre-release for another&amp;mdash;and believe me, I know, as problems go, this is possibly one of the best ones to have&amp;mdash;is the speed with which links build up in my little pile o' things I need to post here.  Since I need to get to work on the content for MiraGrant.com, I'm doing a roundup a little closer to the last one than I normally do, just to get them out of the way and free up a few tabs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(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.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;First up, Sunil, who will be rooming with me at the San Diego International Comic Convention, &lt;a href="http://spectralbovine.livejournal.com/205409.html"&gt;has posted his LJ review of &lt;i&gt;A Local Habitation&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.  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 &lt;i&gt;DeathPlay&lt;/i&gt; in San Francisco, and I highly recommend it for a night's entertainment.  He's a funny guy!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My friend Will recommended the Toby books to &lt;span  class="ljuser  i-ljuser  i-ljuser-type-P     "  data-ljuser="stormfeather" lj:user="stormfeather" &gt;&lt;a href="http://stormfeather.livejournal.com/profile"  target="_self"  class="i-ljuser-profile" &gt;&lt;img  class="i-ljuser-userhead"  src="http://l-stat.livejournal.net/img/userinfo_v8.svg?v=17080?v=158.1" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://stormfeather.livejournal.com/" class="i-ljuser-username"   target="_self"   &gt;&lt;b&gt;stormfeather&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, who &lt;a href="http://stormfeather.livejournal.com/246976.html"&gt;read and reviewed &lt;i&gt;Rosemary and Rue&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.  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 &lt;i&gt;An Artificial Night&lt;/i&gt;.  Yay!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Harriet &lt;a href="http://genregoroundreviews.blogspot.com/2010/03/feed-mira-grant.html"&gt;has posted a review of &lt;i&gt;Feed&lt;/i&gt; over at Genre-Go-Round&lt;/a&gt;, and says "&lt;i&gt;Feed&lt;/i&gt; 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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dirtysexybooks.com/Dirty_Sexy_Books/Home/Entries/2010/3/10_Dueling_Review_with_Book_Love_Affair_for_%E2%80%9CThe_Windup_Girl%E2%80%9D_by_Paolo_Bacigalupi_2.html"&gt;There's a new interview with me up over at Dirty Sexy Books&lt;/a&gt;!  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.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span  class="ljuser  i-ljuser  i-ljuser-type-P     "  data-ljuser="jawastew" lj:user="jawastew" &gt;&lt;a href="http://jawastew.livejournal.com/profile"  target="_self"  class="i-ljuser-profile" &gt;&lt;img  class="i-ljuser-userhead"  src="http://l-stat.livejournal.net/img/userinfo_v8.svg?v=17080?v=158.1" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://jawastew.livejournal.com/" class="i-ljuser-username"   target="_self"   &gt;&lt;b&gt;jawastew&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; has &lt;a href="http://jawastew.livejournal.com/254941.html"&gt;posted a lovely review of &lt;i&gt;Rosemary and Rue&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, and says "&lt;i&gt;Rosemary and Rue&lt;/i&gt; 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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span  class="ljuser  i-ljuser  i-ljuser-type-P     "  data-ljuser="bookblather" lj:user="bookblather" &gt;&lt;a href="http://bookblather.livejournal.com/profile"  target="_self"  class="i-ljuser-profile" &gt;&lt;img  class="i-ljuser-userhead"  src="http://l-stat.livejournal.net/img/userinfo_v8.svg?v=17080?v=158.1" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://bookblather.livejournal.com/" class="i-ljuser-username"   target="_self"   &gt;&lt;b&gt;bookblather&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; has &lt;a href="http://bookblather.livejournal.com/11101.html"&gt;posted a review of &lt;i&gt;A Local Habitation&lt;/i&gt; that is essentially pure comedy gold&lt;/a&gt;.  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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That's it for right now; more to come!</content>
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