Because The Beekeeper's Apprentice is one of my top ten favorite books of all time, and Laurie R. King is a lovely and generous person whose request I cannot possibly refuse, I pass this on for the interest of my f-list:July finds a discussion of The Beekeeper's Apprentice at the Laurie R. King Virtual Book Club. To mark the occasion, on July 21st ( Read more... )

Some of my favorite grouchy people were born in early January, it seems. First we have Mary Russell on January 2nd, on no lesser word than that of her author editor Laurie R. King; then Sherlock Holmes on January 6th, a date not explicitly given in canon but nonetheless widely accepted among Holmesians as correct due to Holmes's penchant for ( Read more... )

It has occurred to me that a few of my flist may be a bit shellshocked by all the Doctor Who raving all of a sudden, and are wondering whether I've completely lost my mind and will ever talk about anything else. To which the answer is:

No. BWAH HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!Erm, actually that's not quite true. Just expect the DW stuff to be dominant for ( Read more... )

I can't believe I forgot to gloat over mention this before, but --

Thanks to lrk_mutterings's kindness I have read the new Mary Russell & Sherlock Holmes novel, Locked Rooms and you haven't, ha ha haIt's really excellent -- not to mention ground-breaking, as King has taken some definite departures from the series norm in terms of the narrative structure, but ( Read more... )

I haven't seen this week's episode of "Lost" yet, so please nobody on my flist spoil it for me. This is the first show I've ever watched that I really don't want spoilers for. I think I'll have much more fun that way. And, on a related note, will someone please hit me over the head before I start actually liking Sawyer? I mean, what is up with ( Read more... )

I got an unexpected package in the mail from Laurie King today! And inside was a gorgeous white t-shirt with the cover of The Game on it! Plus, a nifty stand-up promotional card for the book, with the same artwork and a blurb that reads, "This game's too good for the world's greatest detective to take on alone. Fortunately, she'll have some help ( Read more... )

I have not forgotten the Ask-The-Characters meme I posted a couple of days ago, but it might be another day or two before I can get to it. Yesterday I spent all day working on the Snape Essay, and today I used what little spare time I had to make a store for the Mary Russell/Sherlock Holmes mailing list I run, so that the Bees could buy the t- ( Read more... )

Oh, I feel so guilty now. But you jealous types are all so funny.

Seriously, listen. Next time you read a book you really really like by an author you've never heard of before, write that author a long enthusiastic letter telling them how much you liked the book, and why. Then tell them that you've just set up your first website and part of ( Read more... )

I have just read the ARC of Laurie R. King's latest Russell/Holmes adventure, The Game. The one that's a follow-up to Rudyard Kipling's Kim. The one that won't be published until March 2, 2004. That one.

And it absolutely rocks. I ate up every syllable. I laughed out loud, I gasped in shock, I grinned like an idiot when I realized my leg had ( Read more... )

...because I just got an e-mail from Laurie King telling me she's mailed me an ARC for her new Mary Russell / Sherlock Holmes book The Game! ***SQUEE!!!*** So if some time in the next couple of weeks I mysteriously (ha) disappear for a while, you'll know what happened...

And speaking of Russell, The Beekeeper's Holmes Page has finally been ( Read more... )