Just received my February Locus magazine, and find myself eating crow. Carolyn Cushman, who in her respective capsule reviews more or less panned both TDTCB and A Telling of Stars by my fellow Penguin Caitlin Sweet, has also chosen them for her favourite first novel releases of 2003! I'm going to have to dig out my August Locus and reread her review...
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Isn't 'eating crow' getting the bad side of things? You know, someone insults your team before a game and your coach tells you to "go out and make them eat crow!" or something? (Let me check my notes... from Merriam-Webster Online - eat crow : to accept what one has fought against.) Anyway, congratulations again! The book deserves it. Jonathan view post
Well they do say wisdom comes with time.
[i:3bpxpxb9]Just received my February Locus magazine[/i:3bpxpxb9]
Ah, I see I'm not the only one who gets his Locus so late in the month that next month's edition is just a few days from coming out
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DON'T get me started. You'd think Canada must be overseas or something. I reread the August review, and have decided it wasn't so bad afterall. We need a little smiley face with crow feathers sticking out its mouth... view post