I had a hard time keeping up, so forgive any errors! This was a great, energetic panel, and I was really glad I happened to have brought The Masqueraders with me so that I could immediately start rereading it.

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I just registered for Sirens! I was waffling (because of money and other things), but the schedule already looks so enticing that I couldn't resist. Who else is going?

I guess this means I should get back to trying to read more of the books on the reading list. I did just start rereading Swordspoint. Maybe I'll do a poll later and lazily get you ( Read more... )

Fair warning: I waited way too long to write these up, so I don’t know that these are going to be very coherent.

R.J. Anderson, Ultraviolet, Quicksilver: amazing. I really can’t say anything about the plot without being spoilerific (and do not read a plot synopsis for the second book if you haven’t read the first!), but I will say that they’re ( Read more... )

(One of these I wrote up immediately after reading it; the others I didn’t. I think you can probably tell which are which.)

Vivian Vande Velde, Heir Apparent: Giannine is playing a VR fantasy game called “Heir Apparent”, and every time she loses (read, dies in the game), she has to go back and begin ahead. Unfortunately, outside forces have ( Read more... )

I'm going to try getting into bookblogging again by doing a monthly post on the reading I'm doing from next year's Sirens staff reading list. We'll see if I can keep it up!

( Taylor, Daughter of Smoke and Bone )

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I really want to post more about Sirens, but I'm up to my eyeballs in school stuff this week. Everyone was very friendly, and it was lovely to meet some of you IRL. I had a great time in spite of some initial social anxiety issues, and I definitely plan to go back next year. I'll try to post in a little more detail over the weekend, if I possibly ( Read more... )