Many thanks to ninedaysaqueen for organizing this!

This is the third discussion for Queen of Attolia. The first section is here, and the second is here.

These discussions are spoiler free for the new short stories, “The Wine Shop” and “The Knife Dance,” as well as the Thick as Thieves arc ( Read more... )

If you haven't already, check out last week's discussion of QoA Section One (chapters 1-8) lead by ninedaysaqueen.

This week we’re reading from the beginning of Chapter 9, "The hunting retreat was a summer home..." through the end of Chapter 14, "...and ran back down the rampart stairs even faster than he had climbed them."

Chapters 9-14 of The Queen of ( Read more... )

This week we’re reading from, “He was asleep, but woke at the sound of the key turning in the lock.” To “‘He sighed inwardly.”

Chapters 1-8 of QoA.
These discussions are spoiler free for the new short stories, “The Wine Shop” and “The Knife Dance,” as well as the “Thick as Thieves” arc.

There may be spoilers for books 1-4, so if you haven’t read ( Read more... )

And we've reached the end! Thank you so much to ninedaysaqueen for coordinating.

This week's discussion covers chapters 10 through the end, from "When I woke, the sun was up and the day was already warm." to " 'Thank you, thief.' 'You're welcome, my queen.' "That is, I believe, the first time we hear anyone addressed directly as "My queen." It certainly isn't ( Read more... )

Hey everyone!!

Guess what today is? It's Miss Megan's birthday! Y'all know what that means - time to sign the birthday card (so sorry I didn't get this up a day early as I usually do, having major tech issues)

So without further ado, here's the card -

( Happy Birthday! )

I had so much fun during the character chat, that I thought it was worth it to pay ten bucks in order to save the full transcript. I do think it's a pretty sneaky way for Chatzy to get money. Honestly, it is better than ads though. Can you imagine being forced to watch a commercial for toilet paper before you are allowed to enter the chat room? ( Read more... )

I spotted this at a store esterday, and just couldn't help thinking of Eugenides and Irene.

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In a moment of weakness *, I pulled out my copy of KoA and was reading the part where Costis and Teleus come storming into the garden as the assassins attack Eugenides.  I read through to the end of chapter 8, where Gen finally allows Petrus the Timid to get on with his stitches.  And something occured to me ( Read more... )

Ready for another archaic analogy? You know how Beowulf and other ancient stories will take random tangents to talk about other people that no one cares about? Well, I was reading Beowulf  and came across this little side story. When Beowulf returns home victorious, the queen of the Geats is introduced, and the poem pauses to contrast her favorably ( Read more... )

So, I was rereading QoA becausethere isn't a new book, hint hint I like to torture myself, and I came across this passage, right at the beginning of chapter 15 ( Read more... )