Alyse.org » Fannish http://alyse.org/home Blah, Blah, Blah from La La Land Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:56:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Rosemary and Rue – reviewish http://alyse.org/home/2009/09/01/rosemary-and-rue-reviewish/ http://alyse.org/home/2009/09/01/rosemary-and-rue-reviewish/#comments Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:07:13 +0000 Alyse http://alyse.org/home/?p=1573 [...]]]> I think it is amusingly appropriate that I finished reading Rosemary and Rue early this morning – as today is its official release day.


I have been reading the author’s (public and private) blog for quite a while, and even her descriptions of her role playing worlds have been fascinating, so I had some fairly high expectations for her book. I have been looking forward to reading this book since I heard it was getting published and was not disappointed. It is an Urban Fantasy (one of my favorite genres), and also a mystery, full of well drawn characters that have complex motivations and interactions. I was drawn into the book quickly although I didn’t take a liking to the main character until about a third of the way into the book. I was pleased that I didn’t get ahead of the mystery, and that there were a number of surprises as the plot came to its conclusion. I am going to stop here, because I am not much of a reviewer. If you look at Seanan McGuire’s Blog, you will find a number of links to more eloquent reviews.

Suffice to say, I really enjoyed the book, I think a number of you will too. I also predict that if you were enticed by the concept of Laurel K Hamilton’s Mary Gentry books, but left because the porn overtook the story – you will be very happy with what you find in Rosemary and Rue.

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Which is exactly what I have done for a while. I am not quite sure how much back on earth I am yet – but I thought I would mention that I am at least in orbit these days.

One of the things that has kept me away from posting is a lack of camera. I purchased a brand new one last fall, and after taking a number of great pictures of projects that I hadn’t had time to munge and post – I lost the camera. GRRRRR I am currently brainstorming ideas for posting knitting and spinning content without any actual pictures of what I am doing. I do plan on getting back here and posting more often about stuff.

I have about 8000 knitting projects on the needles, many of them seemingly close to being done. I hope by the time I get there I’ll have a way to show them off.

At this point I am not sure if anyone is even reading this anymore – But seeing as I don’t have any content of my own for today, I thought I would show off someone else’s creativity. I don’t know if you readers have ever seen what is called a “FanVid”, this is an excellent example of one.

Firefly and Serenity: Defying Gravity

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