Retro Friday is a weekly meme hosted here at Angieville and focuses on reviewing books from the past. This can be an old favorite, an under-the-radar book you think deserves more attention, something woefully out-of-print, etc. Everyone is welcome to join in at any time! So this is a book I've spent a lot of time talking about. Chances are, if you've hung around these parts, you've heard me push it. But I actually read it for the first time way back in the olden days before the blog was, well, what it is now. I read it shortly after it was first published, back in 2007, when I was writing monthly posts, mere collections of mini-reviews. So Song of the Sparrow got shortchanged. I decided to address that situation today. The fun thing is lots of friends have read (and reviewed) it since, and so I was able to trip through their lovely thoughts and remember my own. When I heard about a retelling of Tennyson's " Lady of Shalott ," I was so in. I mean, I'...
Oooo, Robin McKinley - love!
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to the BEA post! I like reading them and reliving, hehe.
Janicu, yes! Those are 800 good first words...
ReplyDeleteWish we could have spent more time chatting at BEA. It's all a bit overwhelming, isn't it?
:sigh: I wanted to go! :cries:
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Good to have you back, Angie
holy crap - the werewolf looks awesome!! =) I'm excited.
ReplyDeleteI was too young to go to BEA..
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ALady, I bet. I was just lucky everything fell into place so I could go. Fingers crossed that it happens again next year and you get to come too!
ReplyDeleteCam, I thought so too! I have a feeling I'm going to enjoy Jake in this one...
Emily, I'm so sorry. Your time will come!
I want to be with TMUAGOBPE. I'm however terribly unqualified...
ReplyDeleteJacob looks yummy. If people weren't fans of him before, they probably will be now.
I think Charlie's Coffeehouse would be one of my cozy places too. I'll have to think of more.
Liza, I agree. Many a new Jacob fan will be made. And McKinley just nailed it with Charlie's. It just came alive and felt like the kind of place all those crazy, lovable people would want to be. So naturally we want to be there too.
ReplyDeletejust watched the trailer and I got chills
ReplyDeleteLiz, hehe. I know.
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