urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:seanan_mcguire The Journal of Seanan McGuire Seanan McGuire 2011-07-08T16:50:39Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:seanan_mcguire:369634 2011-07-08T16:50:39Z 2011-07-08T16:50:39Z Bits and pieces and stuff and fluff. Must. Post. Reviews. Must. Not. Drown in links. So here:<br /><br />Man in Black Reviews <a href="http://mibreviews.com/2011/06/08/horror-in-our-time-deadline-by-mira-grant/">has posted a fabulous review of <i>Deadline</i></a>, and says, "I commented that the Newsflesh trilogy opening was one of the better novels I have read in several years, that it had nowhere up left to go, and that the second novel, <i>Deadline</i>, would have no choice but to go down. I come here today to eat those words, because <i>Deadline</i> goes anywhere but down hill." Woo!<br /><br />Blogcritics <a href="http://blogcritics.org/books/article/book-review-deadline-by-mira-grant/">has also posted a lovely review of <i>Deadline</i></a>, and says, "Grant takes the political intrigue of <i>Feed</i> and ratchets it up to 11 to a stunning conclusion in <i>Deadline</i>. And we can only hope that the next book of the trilogy&mdash;<i>Blackout</i>&mdash;serves to answer some of the questions asked in the first two books. The only bad part is we have to wait a while for those answers when <i>Blackout</i> is released in May 2012. I'm not sure I can wait another year!!" Neither am I!<br /><br />Everything's better with <i>Feed</i>, right? Well, Alysha De Shae <a href="http://alyshadeshae.com/2011/06/28/feed-by-mira-grant/">has posted a lovely review of <i>Feed</i></a>. There are no real pull quotes this time, but it's a good, solid review, and I appreciated it.<br /><br />Our friends at <i>Geek Speak Magazine</i> <a href="http://www.geekspeakmagazine.com/archive/issue16/reviews/books/inthestacks/feed.htm">have posted an awesome review of <i>Feed</i></a>, and say, "I’ve lost count of how many people I have recommended this book to, and/or bought this book for. Twenty? Thirty? Fifty? Maybe more. It is just one of those rare books you start to read and then just cannot stop, no matter what else is happening in your life that demands your immediate attention. You. Cannot. Stop. And then, when you come to the end of it, you’re all like HOLY FUCK, did that just really happen? That was INCREDIBLE!" Also: "There is not a zombie story anywhere that compares to <i>Feed</i>. For mine, it is the single best genre book of last year, bar none."<br /><br />Sniffle.<br /><br />I can't top that review right now, and so I won't even try. Here. <a href="http://www.orbitbooks.net/2011/06/29/orbit-podcast-episode-4-with-mira-grant/">Go listen to me hanging out on the Orbit podcast, instead.</a><br /><br />More soon.