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bunnyjadwiga) wrote2008-05-22 09:04 am
bunnyjadwiga) wrote2008-05-22 09:04 am
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Robin McKinley SQUEE!
So, the only reason I found out that Robin McKinley had a new-ish book out is because of reading her blog, Hellhounds and Roses (there's an LJ feed for it). It's not in any of the bookstores I looked for it in, but fortunately, the Madison library had it.
DRAGONHAVEN.
It rocks.
Ok, it's Robin McKinley, of course it rocks. There are divigations (which people complained of in her last two books) but they fit into the writing style of the main character. And of course it's about dragons, which are somewhat overdone (though not as overdone as, say, vampires). But there is also wildlife rescue, and living in a nature reserve, and... And there's lots of bits where world is clearly bigger than what we see, like when Jake talks about the troubles scientists had trying to reintroduce rescue-raised griffins and caspian walruses back into the wild population. I think McKinley has a particular affinity for talking (in retrospect) about experiences where one is so overwhelmed with a particular thing or task (such as baby-raising) that nothing else is actually computing:
Kyleri, have you read it? Did you keep looking over at Chocolate and saying "It's our own story exactly?"
Anybody else? I must squeee.....
DRAGONHAVEN.
It rocks.
Ok, it's Robin McKinley, of course it rocks. There are divigations (which people complained of in her last two books) but they fit into the writing style of the main character. And of course it's about dragons, which are somewhat overdone (though not as overdone as, say, vampires). But there is also wildlife rescue, and living in a nature reserve, and... And there's lots of bits where world is clearly bigger than what we see, like when Jake talks about the troubles scientists had trying to reintroduce rescue-raised griffins and caspian walruses back into the wild population. I think McKinley has a particular affinity for talking (in retrospect) about experiences where one is so overwhelmed with a particular thing or task (such as baby-raising) that nothing else is actually computing:
"This was what Dad later named my Footman Period. Remember the Frog-Footman in Alice, who, while all hell was breaking loose around him, sat on the doorstep and said, "I shall sit here till tomorrow or the next day, maybe. I shall sit here, on and off, for days and days." That was me. Days and days and days ..."
Kyleri, have you read it? Did you keep looking over at Chocolate and saying "It's our own story exactly?"
Anybody else? I must squeee.....
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New Robin McKinley *squeeeeeeeee*
Tks!
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Dragonhaven