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In the mail today there was a package the size and shape of a book.
My heart-rate went through the roof--
there was only one thing we were waiting for in that particular book-size.

The Conspiracy of Kings!
fourth of Megan Whalen Turner's series starting with The Thief.
Because MWT writes books so deeply you can find new indications of what's going on in the fourth read, without having been lost in the first pass, she takes years to write new books.

You can imagine the release furor among her fans.

Welcome to my little release party!

( A Fan-Art Mini-Gallery to highlight the fandom's talent )

Landmark for Methana, by

irrel , post here (my title)

( Presents! )

( Some Bargains, too )

I'm actually kind of nervous about reading this. I posted this first, since I'd been intending to do so for some time.

Sadly:
Sid Fleischman passed away the other day, an amazing 90 years old. I would never have known he was so venerably age'd from the playful, energetic books coming out recently. I hope he fit in all the books he wanted into that full life!
The Whipping Boy is one of his more beloved books.

randomly: I seem to have returned to the dark ages of double-parking my books. *sigh* I am spring-cleaning, though, we'll see what I manage...

I'm, um, a little proud of this photograph...

This yarn is Spring in the Hephestial Mts., which you haven't seen because I haven't put it up for sale.
>,<
Anyway, springing out of my Queen's Thief FanArt Yarns, a fellow Reprobate of Sounis (trans: fan of the books, on the LJ fan community) said, "Hey, wanna collaborate to make something for the author?"

I wanted to do a Release Day present for Megan Whalen Turner, so I said, "Sure, if it can be sent to her for March 23rd!"

She somehow accomplished this. Not only that, she was creating a pattern to reflect the geography of the books, particularly the Hephestial Mountains, like I had themed the yarn on.

Go to her post on Sounis to see a close-up of the pattern (which is awesome) and more of the great shots she got of the shawl in action. [In the dead of winter Michigan has an uncanny resemblance to Oklahoma...]

This was my first time sending anything to an author I admire. I'm so glad

mortalasabee did such a great job, I'm really quite unjustly rewarded...

Current Music: Sorry To Myself - Alanis Morissette

Yes, that is quite bright, isn't it?
If I hurt your eyes, I do apologize--though Eugenides wouldn't.

"That waistband doesn't go with that coat."
"As you have already noted, I was late." ...his coat was yellow, and so was the waistband, but the shades were not the same. "My attendants have triumphed this morning in their quest to make me look foolish."
..."Perhaps if you did not order your clothes in colors that would suit a canary?"

The Colors of Attolis

The King's coat was light gold, the color of the hills in the autumn heat, embroidered in matching satin threads. His tunic underneath was a contrasting dark mulberry color. The blood didn't show against the fabric, but it welled between the king's fingers, and its bright stain spread in a messy spiderweb across the back of his hand.

It amused her that their sartorial choices clashed so completely with each other. Eugenides's loosely cut coat in the Mede style, more like a robe, was red silk shading to orange.

I'm not quite sure if I bought a roving a bit brighter than I wanted, or if Eugenides really is wearing such a brilliant spectrum. Your opinion welcome.

If I were to pick one moment this yarn was about, though, it is none of the above. I would call it "The Parade of Sashes"...

The attendants excused themselves, calculating how much more time could be wasted fetching and delivering sashes from the wardrobe, the least likely first, until almost every single sash the king owned was draped across the bed and hanging from the furniture around the room.

from The King of Attolia - Megan Whalen Turner
The Queen's Thief Series
Conspiracy of Kings coming March 23rd!

Attolis - Parade of Sashes

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5	6	7	8	9	10	11
12	13	14	15	16	17	18
19	20	21	22	23	24	25
26	27	28	29	30

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