...is here.

A little bit mixed - there was stuff that didn't work for this particular reviewer, and stuff that did - but I'll single out two things -

1) being compared to Haruki Murakami - I'll take it...!

2) This:

"Essentially, 2012: Midnight at Spanish Gardens is five life stories wrapped around a conversation. Its Fantasy element and ( Read more... )

Are there any German-speakers out there who can improve on the Babelfish translation of this, which amused me immensely but did leave me if not entirely in the dark then certainly with a very dim light on the subject...? The reviewer SORT ogf liked it, no...?

...is up, right here

Enjoy...

The reviewer posted a heads-up to the thing on Facebook already, and she said: "We're so happy to feature Alma Alexander's newest book on The Uncustomary Book Review today. What a timely read! For those of you wondering how to prepare for the end of the world as we know it, this is a good start."

You can read the whole thing at the Uncustomary ( Read more... )

- and she really likes it...

First one, here - and this is the quote of it, for me:

"I found myself at home at the Spanish Gardens immediately, and I found myself right in the mix with the five friends."It tells me that I brought it home, that wonderful (and REAL) place that Spanish Gardens used to be - and that people who never had the chance to go there now know its name. ( Read more... )

Barely has it been let loose into the world, but a good review surfaces here. "Recommended", it says. Editor is happy.

Kudos to everyone - writers AND artist! - and it's onwards and upwards...

You might say, half-liked

But I'll take it for this quote alone:

...once you get to the halfway mark of Gift of the Unmage the story picks up quite a bit; we learn why Thea hasn’t been able to do magic and the world starts to get pretty amazing. At this point I couldn’t put the book down. I was literally stealing any time I could (even at work! ( Read more... )

It can be read here

- it's finally starting to look like it's getting close to June - it's the first day I've actually spent in *bare feet* for pretty damn nearly eight or nine months, I keep looking at my newly-released toes and wondering whether I forgot to get fully dressed this morning ( Read more... )