tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18507492.post6513890998175717975..comments2024-03-05T11:05:52.254-05:00Comments on Angieville: Fifteen Weeks of BeesAngiegirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00353676756221692186noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18507492.post-7189986400324738842009-02-25T04:04:00.000-05:002009-02-25T04:04:00.000-05:00I met Laurie via email when I invited her to the Y...I met Laurie via email when I invited her to the YARG discussion of the first two Russells. I helped her with a few issues behind the scenes that month--getting her account set up and that sort of thing. And wasn't she a terrific guest? She even handled Boromir's (our resident Holmes purist) heckling and exclamations with great aplomb. Go Laurie!<BR/><BR/>After that, I kept in touch with her from time to time. And one day a couple of years back, she emailed saying she wanted to start a forum and would I like to run it. And, being in something of a transitional phase, I jumped at it. And we've been having fun ever since. <BR/><BR/>We've started having LRK fan meet-ups at Bouchercon (this year's is in Indianapolis in Oct. *dangle, dangle*), expanded social media outreach, set up Cafepress and Amazon stores (both of which benefit Heifer International's beehive project--cool!) and we've just now started a YA thread in the forum (YAY!) called Russell's Irregulars--for YA lit fans of all ages :D <BR/><BR/>http://www.laurierking.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=566<BR/><BR/>Oh, and did I mention how much I love spreading the love for some of my very favorite books ever? :D :D :D :D :DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18507492.post-82439524552652682972009-02-21T01:02:00.000-05:002009-02-21T01:02:00.000-05:00Vicki, how did you get to know Laurie and get invo...Vicki, how did you get to know Laurie and get involved running the VBC? I can't think of someone better suited to the job. You are the YARG Goddess, after all. And you wield the Frying Pan of Doom.<BR/><BR/>Off to check out Russell's tweets...Angiegirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00353676756221692186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18507492.post-46558134304744968722009-02-20T01:18:00.000-05:002009-02-20T01:18:00.000-05:00*Waves to Angie and RJ* I'd really love to see at...*Waves to Angie and RJ* <BR/><BR/>I'd really love to see at least the first two books in the series offered in the YA sections of bookstores and libraries. Those were two of the most dearly beloved of the teens in the R'ville YARG. It was several of those girls, in fact, who twisted my arm into reading BEEK and I'll be forever grateful. I loved them so much I went on to read the whole series, all of Laurie's other books and then lots of other mystery series (after a lifetime of avoiding the genre). And now I even help Laurie run her Virtual Book Club. *Happy dance!* <BR/><BR/>Thanks for posting the 15 Weeks announcement! It's turning out to be great fun, and Mary Russell is even twittering and blogging! <BR/><BR/>twitter.com/mary_russell <BR/>myspace.com/maryrussell<BR/><BR/>And of course there are lots of prizes and giveaways and other cool stuff. Wheee! :DAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13402021218000029729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18507492.post-45935673992961249812009-02-19T14:57:00.000-05:002009-02-19T14:57:00.000-05:00RJ, according to King's site it was chosen as a No...RJ, according to King's site it was chosen as a Notable YA book by the ALA. But I agree, it would have done well marketed YA. I've seen several publishers repackage novels for the YA market, perhaps they'll eventually do that with BEEK.Angiegirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00353676756221692186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18507492.post-58494246624165822012009-02-19T08:17:00.000-05:002009-02-19T08:17:00.000-05:00I've often wondered whether, if these books had be...I've often wondered whether, if these books had been written a few years later, BEEK might not have been pushed as a YA novel. Possibly not given the direction of the series after that point, but of course those books had not been written yet...<BR/><BR/>Still one of my favorite books of all time, in any case.R.J. Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04503519800068573393noreply@blogger.com