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aceofkittensSome kind of -- demonstration -- has been going on near here since about 7 a.m. I can hear them shouting and cheering and they've been getting cars to honk. I don't know what the hell it's about, but if it continues into the afternoon, I'm sure I'll still not go over there to check it out.
Meanwhile, here is my book review for Sunshine, by Robin McKinley.
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baogirl loaned this book to me, but I totally forgot about it til the other day when I took public transportation, then had to wait for people who were a little late. My previous experience with Robin McKinley was Beauty, her version of Beauty & the Beast -- probably one of my favorite retellings. She then, for an odd reason I can't fathom, wrote it again, as Rose Daughter, which I haven't read. Anyway, I also haven't read her The Blue Sword nor Hero and the Crown. I have read Deerskin, which is a lot darker than the others, and probably most similar to Sunshine in that respect.
All in all, I liked Sunshine, but it seemed like McKinley's attempt to cash in on the Anita Blake craze. It managed to keep my interest for 300 pages before I started getting antsy and skipped ahead to check out the ending (which was only 80 pages later). However, there was a kind of unfinished quality to it (I'd call it "half-baked," which is a joke since the main character is a baker in a coffee shop) that screamed: "Profitable series of sequels set in the same universe!!!" The universe is an interesting one -- you've got your magic, your Werewolves, and, of course, the Deadly Vampyres; the main character, Sunshine aka "Rae" (short for "Raven Blaise"), was less annoying than Anita Blake. I'll definitely read the sequels. :)
I got sidetracked; now I have to go.
Meanwhile, here is my book review for Sunshine, by Robin McKinley.
A while ago,
baogirl loaned this book to me, but I totally forgot about it til the other day when I took public transportation, then had to wait for people who were a little late. My previous experience with Robin McKinley was Beauty, her version of Beauty & the Beast -- probably one of my favorite retellings. She then, for an odd reason I can't fathom, wrote it again, as Rose Daughter, which I haven't read. Anyway, I also haven't read her The Blue Sword nor Hero and the Crown. I have read Deerskin, which is a lot darker than the others, and probably most similar to Sunshine in that respect.All in all, I liked Sunshine, but it seemed like McKinley's attempt to cash in on the Anita Blake craze. It managed to keep my interest for 300 pages before I started getting antsy and skipped ahead to check out the ending (which was only 80 pages later). However, there was a kind of unfinished quality to it (I'd call it "half-baked," which is a joke since the main character is a baker in a coffee shop) that screamed: "Profitable series of sequels set in the same universe!!!" The universe is an interesting one -- you've got your magic, your Werewolves, and, of course, the Deadly Vampyres; the main character, Sunshine aka "Rae" (short for "Raven Blaise"), was less annoying than Anita Blake. I'll definitely read the sequels. :)
I got sidetracked; now I have to go.
