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  <title>Rose-Owls and Pumpkin Girls</title>
  <subtitle>The Journal of Seanan McGuire</subtitle>
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    <name>Seanan McGuire</name>
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    <title>seanan_mcguire @ 2013-01-03T10:28:00</title>
    <published>2013-01-03T18:28:09Z</published>
    <updated>2013-01-03T18:28:09Z</updated>
    <lj:music>Red Hot Chili Peppers, "Dani California."</lj:music>
    <content type="html">My foot's giving me trouble again, which means I'm hopped up on painkillers and not the best judge of what does and does not make sense.  To celebrate this legally altered state, here.  Have a review roundup.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well, this is sort of a review and sort of an ongoing game of verbal volleyball, but here: &lt;a href="http://bordersblog.com/scifi/category/seanan-mcguire-and-devon-monk/"&gt;have the long-belated link to the Babel Clash I did with Devon Monk&lt;/a&gt;.  I really miss the Borders Blog.  It was a great community, and they rustled up some excellent postage.  Plus they let me talk about the cold dead eyes of Care Bears.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Random Reads &lt;a href="http://fullheartedlife.wordpress.com/2011/07/20/random-reads-feed-and-deadline-by-mira-grant/"&gt;posted a review of &lt;i&gt;Feed&lt;/i&gt; and &lt;i&gt;Deadline&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, and says, "Grant constructs a very detailed and well researched world with wonderful, sympathetic characters. The action starts immediately and once it hooks you in, it doesn't let go. The pace is unrelenting, climaxing in a tragic denouement, with a scenario that I've never before seen an author attempt. I could not put this book down."  Awesome.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Russ Allbery &lt;a href="http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/reviews/books/0-316-12246-7.html"&gt;has posted a review of &lt;i&gt;Feed&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, and says, " I utterly fell in love with this book; the world is a better place because it exists."  Awwww.  (The review also contains some absolutely fair criticisms, and I salute the reviewer for offering them.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Blogcritics &lt;a href="http://blogcritics.org/books/article/book-review-deadline-by-mira-grant/"&gt;has posted a review of &lt;i&gt;Deadline&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, and says, "Grant takes the political intrigue of &lt;i&gt;Feed&lt;/i&gt; and ratchets it up to 11 to a stunning conclusion in &lt;i&gt;Deadline&lt;/i&gt;."  Victory!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And now for something completely different: Reflections on Reading Romance &lt;a href="http://reflectionsonreadingromance.blogspot.com/2011/08/review-of-home-improvement-undead.html"&gt;has reviewed &lt;i&gt;Home Improvement: Undead Edition&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, and says, of my story, "Despite the absence of my favorite, hottie Cait Sidhe king Tybalt, the story is a delight and a great example of McGuire’s style. Definitely recommend this one!"  Also: "For me the Patricia Briggs, Melissa Marr, and Seanan McGuire stories were definite highlights of the collection and more than made the purchase worth the price."  Win.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am well-pleased.</content>
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