More Breaking News: It might only be Eight Months

[ninedaysaqueen.livejournal.com]

   
     **Warning**

The follow contains information of the most elating and extreme.  tiegirl  and inkasrain  promptly passed out after reading this. You have been warned.   

     Hmm... Two posts in a row. I am quite talkative today.

     I did a little web searching after the title, A Conspiracy of Kings, was announced; and I found something exciting.

     The Canadian Amazon site has a specific date listed.

     March 10, 2010

     Here is the link if you want to see for yourself.

www.amazon.ca/Conspiracy-Kings-Megan-W-Turner/dp/0061870935/ref=sr_1_10/182-4531927-5247648?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1244263138&sr=1-10

     Now, I know what you are thinking. March is in spring not winter, but technically March 10th is in winter. The vernal equinox is on March 20th. Spring does not start until that day. 

     My suspicions are that Mrs. Turner told her publisher to say winter, because she is sneaky and enjoys confusing us. Canada was not fooled. If there are any Canadians on this blog your Amazon site is wonderful.

     There is also the possibility that the date is wrong, but we shall see.

     Let us cross our fingers and hope.

Comments

[rosaleeluann.livejournal.com]

My fingers are so crossed. And toes and everything else. They CAN'T make us wait that long.

[viviolo.livejournal.com]

I may or may not have just doodled a bunch of hearts around March 10th on my calendar.

*shifty eyes*

[ninedaysaqueen.livejournal.com]

Be sure to put a ? in there as well. I have no idea if this is correct.

[tearoha.livejournal.com]

*mentally adjusts seasons to match hemisphere*

Awesome! Less than a year!

[ninedaysaqueen.livejournal.com]

Oh...

Sorry, TA. It's hard to imagine that your seasons come at the opposite time of the year. Christmas in summer. That's hard to fathom.

Lets see...

Winter would be summer for you, and spring would be fall. Is that correct?

So for you, it would be summer 2010.

[tearoha.livejournal.com]

That's correct. :D

[annikah.livejournal.com]

I was thinking that too, ninedaysaqueen. January and February tend to be more winterish than December, so! I'm glad I wasn't the only one thinking there might be two winters in 2010. ;)

[ninedaysaqueen.livejournal.com]

Yes, you weren't the only one.

BTW, Annikah. You are a fan a Gerald Morris. Correct? Since there is, sadly, a lack of internet fan-girling for his books, I was thinking of setting up a comm devoted to The Squire's Tales. It will be a little while coming to fruition. I don't have time right now, but would you be interested?

[annikah.livejournal.com]

Er, actually, I haven't read any of Gerald Morris. But a quick google search has told me that I definitely should. Not only does he write books in my academic time period, but he went to my alma mater. So, there is potential that I would be interested in a Squire's comm. Let me know when it's up!

[ninedaysaqueen.livejournal.com]

*head to desk*

I talked to somebody about them on the gift card post. A quick look back tells me it was actually Sclerotia. Your usernames look alike to me for some strange reason. Please, accept my apologizes. I am often a very confused person.

Yes, you should certainly read them. There are currently eight books in the series with the ninth to be released in September. They are very amazing, and quite true to the original tales of King Arthur. I promise you will laugh quite a bit too.


You can read the first few pages on Amazon. I would link you, but computer is disagreeing.

[annikah.livejournal.com]

No worries. I got a recommendation out of it. :) I just finished an Arthurian Legend course, too.

[ninedaysaqueen.livejournal.com]

Hey, Annikah.

You can read the first few chapters of "The Squire's Tale" on the link below; but if you've already found yourself a copy, I'm probably just annoying you.

*exit with a bow*

http://books.google.com/books?id=2M73qZFYEBMC&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:%22gerald+morris%22#PPA3,M1

[rj-anderson.livejournal.com]

Winter is a publishing season, not an actual season. :) HarperCollins has three seasons which are Winter (January-April), Summer (May-August) and Fall (Sept-Dec). Which means that the date given on Amazon.ca could well be correct; CONSPIRACY falls firmly within the Winter publishing season, and therefore no sneakiness was intended.

[ninedaysaqueen.livejournal.com]

"no sneakiness was intended."

You're sure now. I wouldn't underestimate Mrs. Turner.

It certainly could be a reference to publishing seasons not real seasons. I hope this date is correct, because I don't want to wait till December.

[in-my-niteshirt.livejournal.com]

I believe the announcement of "Winter of 2010" came from Greenwillow, not Mrs. Turner. I think we can assume that if a publisher is saying "winter" they mean publishers' winter, not meteorologists' winter.
Yes, I've talked myself into believing that we have less than a year to wait!
Yipeeeee!!!

[ninedaysaqueen.livejournal.com]

Yes, I've talked myself into it as well.

BTW, the "sneakiness" part was actually a joke. I don't suspect Green Willow or Mrs. Turner of trying to trick us.

[magicsandwiches.livejournal.com]

YIPEE HA HOO!

This is amazing news!

[pigrescuer.livejournal.com]

But.. that's less than a YEAR! I am not prepared!

Also, it means the gaps between books are getting smaller again. ^_^

4, 6, 4...

[checkers65477.livejournal.com]

Megan probably never had 438 people on her back before. In addition to however many real life people, too. Yikes.

[tearoha.livejournal.com]

And all constantly making cracks about knitting, too!

(er, sorry for jumping in every time you comment)

[checkers65477.livejournal.com]

But what I say is so profound! You can't help yourself. :P

[shaylee-ann.livejournal.com]

I hope this is true! It makes sense. I'd be a little surprised if it was at the end of the year.

[kulai-raito.livejournal.com]

accepts the book releasing in March!! and no later..
Go Canada amazon! though I don't even visit the site ha.
PR hopefully the gaps stay within 4 and under in the future too *cross fingers*

[tiegirl.livejournal.com]

Cannot...compute...


AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ninedaysaqueen.livejournal.com]

Did I just kill Tiegirl with too much information...?

Hey, RRelf! Your sister needs immediate resuscitation!

Hang in there, Tiegirl!

[queenofattolia.livejournal.com]

Thank you for this information! I've just ordered the book - we'll see what happens.

[ninedaysaqueen.livejournal.com]

My pleasure.

I hope your order arrives on time, for the sanity of us all.

[inkasrain.livejournal.com]

Oh my gosh, oh my gosh, omigosh!!!

*hyperventilates*

Seriously is this likely?? It would SO make my month!!!

[ninedaysaqueen.livejournal.com]

Deep breaths, IR. Breathing through your nose will help too.

If you do in fact hyperventilate with excitement, I will not be held responsible

[mycenaeth.livejournal.com]

SQUEE!