Look what's now out!
The sequel to the very fabulous The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making, by Catherynne M. Valente! If you've read the first book, you'll undoubtedly be as excited about this as I am. If you haven't - - well, why on earth not? Granted, it's sort of theoretically a kids' book, but it's the sort that's equally enjoyable by adults, and some parts of it perhaps more so. To give you a slight sense of the flavour, a couple of quotes:
“September read often, and liked it best when words did not pretend to be simple, but put on their full armor and rode out with colors flying.”
“Stories have a way of changing faces. They are unruly things, undisciplined, given to delinquency and the throwing of erasers. This is why we must close them up into thick, solid books, so they cannot get out and cause trouble.”
“I wouldn't even consider it if I were you. But then if I were you, I would not be me, and if I were not me, I would not be able to advise you, and if I were unable to advise you, you'd do as you like, so you might as well do as you like and have done with it.”
Those are from the first book, not the new one, because I haven't read the new one yet (what with it only just having been released and all). But I've never yet been disappointed in any book of hers, so I have confidence this one will be just as awesome as the first!