Lydea, the prince's mistress, thrown out of the palace minutes after his death. Ducon, the bastard of the royal family - to courtiers he is a fascinating unknown quantity in politics but he just wants to make art and see his child-cousin, the new prince, alive. And Mag the waxling, servant to the sorceress of the undercity, who wonders if she is ( Read more... )

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Hi all! dressagegrrrl and phoenixfalls and I are going to all read Ombria in Shadow by Patricia McKillip and then (hopefully) post about it. Anyone else who wants to join in is welcome!!  Just start reading, then write something. :)

Hey, does anyone (Zainab? Phoenixfalls? Dressagegrrrl?) want to do another McKillip readathon? I've been feeling kind of blah about books I'm in recently, & it would be nice to reread a McKillip...

We did Solstice Wood last time. Any nominations for the next book? I'm up for any of them except Bell at Sealey Head (too recent).

Hi all! Zainab & I are going to have a mini McKillip-athon, we're going to read/reread Solstice Wood & review it on our journals. Does anyone else want to join us? If you don't, that's fine, if you do, comment on this entry & then link to any posts you make on the book! I'm not sure whether I envisioned review writing, or just sort of twitter-style ( Read more... )