[identity profile] deirdrej.livejournal.com posting in [community profile] queensthief
Hi, everybody!

I thought you'd all like to know that this month's Horn Book just came out, and A Conspiracy of Kings got a rave review! You can read it here:
www.hbook.com/magazine/reviews/default.asp


Going from the sublime to the ridiculous -- do you notice the name of the reviewer? I guess many discerning women must be called Deirdre! (well, two of them anyway ;-D)

PS  VERY IMPORTANT!  THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS! Please do not read, if you don't want to be spoiled.

Date: 3/2/10 08:34 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] freenarnian.livejournal.com
I've always liked the name Deirdre. It's lovely. =)

Date: 3/2/10 08:34 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] katyhasclogs.livejournal.com
How spoilery is it? Can I click without fear of revealed plot-twists?

Date: 3/2/10 09:00 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] katyhasclogs.livejournal.com
Yay! Thanks. :)

Date: 3/2/10 09:58 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] keestone.livejournal.com
Whoops, there was a little bit more info there than in the sample chapters. It's no more spoilery than many book cover blurbs, but I'd warn current fans who really don't want to be spoiled.

Date: 3/2/10 09:31 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ilysia-039.livejournal.com
I love the use of "skullduggery". Such a great word.

Date: 3/3/10 01:22 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] agh-4.livejournal.com
And "cahoots!"

Date: 3/2/10 09:39 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] inkasrain.livejournal.com
"...most markedly, the Queen of Eddis."

YES!! Yes, yes, yes, YEEEEESSSS!!!!

Ahem. I'm, uh, I'm rather fond of Eddis as a character...

Date: 3/2/10 10:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] patndoc.livejournal.com
Great review. I liked "peerless Eugenides". Sigh, can't wait. I predict lots of pulling at heartstrings.

Date: 3/2/10 11:56 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] chachic.livejournal.com
Thanks for posting the link! It's a great review. :) Can't wait for March 23!

Date: 3/3/10 12:42 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] drashizu.livejournal.com
Excellent review. I like the ones that are just brimming with praise like that one is :) Which is pretty much all of them, by necessity. It makes me feel so awesome to have read a book that someone named Deirdre thinks is "masterful." I, too, have always liked the name Deirdre.

Date: 3/3/10 01:46 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] readsintrees.livejournal.com
Whoa, that was weird...I read that review and started getting all choked up! I got as far as "...becomes king, falls in love, fights a war..." and immediately felt all emotional. I guess it JUST hit me that there really is going to be a fourth book coming out (and very soon!).

*sigh*

Date: 3/3/10 06:08 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] emerald-happy.livejournal.com
Dude, it weirds me out and I've read the ARC.

Date: 3/3/10 01:56 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] agh-4.livejournal.com
Yay! Thanks! I'm looking forward so much to reading all the reviews when it comes out. (Not to mention the actual book, ahem ahem.)

:)

PS. One of my friends is named Deirdre, too.

Date: 3/3/10 03:32 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kulai-raito.livejournal.com
wwell that felt kinda spoiley for me. I just read like two sentences. I don't want to know the entire plot. I decided to just know nothing besides speed reading those online arc chapts, and await the book!!

Date: 3/3/10 02:31 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tearoha.livejournal.com
Discerning deirdres. I like it :P

Thanks for the link! But would you mind putting up a spoiler warning? There IS a fairly major plot spoiler that wasn't in the preview chapters in that summary, and I'd rather not have known...

No worries!

Date: 3/8/10 01:11 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tearoha.livejournal.com
Thanks, Deirdre! I'll come back and read it properly after March 23rd :D

Date: 3/7/10 10:58 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] filkferengi
You know, if you stretch it a bit, the phrase "discerning Deirdres" scans to "Waltzing Matilda."

Oh, dear; now I'm hearing "They'll come reviewing, the Deirdres, for me."
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