As you probably know ;] that's SRB's book, The Demons Lexicon. In Japanese. Right there next to Harry Potter. The cover was done by the guy who does Fullmetal Alchemist, which means Baby Sarah, who went by Maya on the interwebs since she was fourteen because she wasn't allowed to use her
name, is all grown up and astonishing publishers weekly.
The May first review from Kirkus. This actually means a lot, fyi. Like, it's a professional guide along with Publishers Weekly and Booklist.
THE DEMON’S LEXICON
Written by Sarah Rees Brennan
A fresh voice dancing between wicked humor and crepuscular sumptuousness invigorates this urban fantasy. Askew of everyday England there lies a darker world, where power-hungry magicians sacrifice innocents to demons and their victims peddle protection with like ruthlessness. Nick Ryves has spent all of his 16 years therein, perpetually on the run, his father murdered, his mother driven mad, his crippled older brother the only person he can trust. When two desperate teens seek out their aid, he will find the last few certainties of his life stripped away. Nick is an astonishing protagonist: vicious, deadly, callous, nearly feral, all but consumed with rage, yet rendered irresistibly attractive by his mordant wit, his clear-eyed recognition of his flaws and his terrified bafflement at his own fleeting moments of tenderness. Every character hides secrets, every conversation hints at double and triple meanings. From the pitch-perfect opening paragraph to the heartbreaking final pages, the narrative peels back layers of revelation, deftly ratcheting up the tension and horror to a series of shattering climaxes. The conclusion, while utterly satisfying, also leaves room for the story to continue. Delicious. (Starred Review)Where will you guys be in June? Cause I'll be chillin in line. :]
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June, eh?
Well, I shall have to drop by Border's sometime and have a look, then.
Also, that could be meeeee!1
Haha, people who aren't allowed to use their real names on the internet.... people like that crack me up. Just like the people who need their Mom's to call and confirm details =)
You. Should get on AIM now.
Tomorrow's my last day of school; have no car (Or rather, I have half a car, and, well, I guess the other half, too, really, except that one half works and the other doesn't quite.), so am riding on the choo-choo. It will be my last meeting ever with Carly from creative writing class, and nothing, of course, will happen, because I have awesome powers of awesomeness...
Aaaaand I'm totally relaxing it up this summer. Quitting WalMart and looking into freelancing. It seems it really isn't all that difficult. Like, at all. So, like, if I can get one of the gigs I'm shooting for, I'll probably make a fairly decent amount of money for relatively very little work.
Problem, though: I must now raise money for a car, or to fix my car, or doing anything in Orlando or on campus will be VEEEEERY diff'cult.
Gak. My Border's is retarded and doesn't have it. Unless I'm very bad at searching.
@Omelettes - LOL, you may need to actually swallow the awkward and ask someone. ROFL. I don't think you'll regret it.
@pandasp0ts - Well, okay. I'll try.
@pandasp0ts - Also, in less than the past week I've written 10,000-ish words. How awesome is that? (Very awesome.)
Also, phone yet?
@Omelettes - I am very excited for you.
@pandasp0ts - ¬_¬. I love how you always pick the irrelevant and/or rhetorical questions and answer them first, and then save the important ones for, like, way later.
@Omelettes - It's part of my charm. :] I'm unpredictable.
I don't have a pleasant answer for you. I thiought that'd be obvious enough by not answering it, twerp. xD
@pandasp0ts - Well, there are varying degrees of unpleasantness. There's "No, not yet," and there's "Yes, and you aren't allowed to have it because I want to keep you at a fair distance and also I'm not really sure about this whole coming to visit at the time of the HP movie thing because I'm afraid it'll be awkward," and there's "Yes, but I'm still debating on whether or not I want to let you have it again," and other possibilities. I'm the analytical type; when you don't answer, I assume all of these to be simultaneously true, which creates a bit of a headache.
@Omelettes - Gah. Listen to me use words like "analytical type" in reference to myself. I'm getting to be just like my Mom. XD
@Omelettes - Also, it's been forever since we've argued about anything. We should, like, find a thing to disagree about, for old time's sake.
@pandasp0ts - In any case, I shall assume for the time being that that means "No, not yet, and also I haven't confirmed anything over here for the visit so be patient don't get your panties in a bundle, dworb."
@Omelettes - I just assumed you knew me well enough to know I wasn't withholding my phone number.
But I legitimately missed & forgot about the other question. Yes, it would be nice to have you here during HP.
@pandasp0ts - Eh. I'm just overly sensitive to silences. Plus, my friends keep hinting that they think my going to Florida is a bad idea, so I'm going into OCD just-have-to-be-sure mode. Anyway, thanks. :).
@Omelettes - *glare* You have to stop this. It's irritating. We've been friends for too long for you to be all second-guessing me. It's like assuming your mom doesn't like you anymore. And you do this to me all the time. And have you told your friends that it's visit numero dos???
@pandasp0ts - Okie-dokie, then. I'll promise not to go all apprehensive and self-conscious on you anymore. But in return, promise that whenever something's up, you'll let me know about it sooner rather than later so I won't have to be in perpetual overanalysis mode to find out what's going on. I think that sounds like a fair deal, yes?
@pandasp0ts - I cut out the last three paragraphs of that comment, because it was mostly incoherent 1 AM rambling, and put it where I put all my incoherent 1 AM rambles.
@Omelettes - There isn't anything "up" hasn't been much "up". you've been metaphorically hyperventilating for nothing for a while, which is the annoying bit.
@pandasp0ts - Yeah. That would get kind of annoying.
To my defense, the last time (Austin McCutchen's Brief Encounters with the Unknown) was a completely different matter. I was flipping out out of personal guilt, and nothing else. Truth be told I was kind of hoping you'd scold me for it so I could have a tangible punishment for my actions and file the whole thing away in my mind.
Anyway, I'll stop now. Break the habit. For good.
@Omelettes - Would you like me to? And would you like me to, er, back-tax you for the other thing? Assign you an essay?
@pandasp0ts - PS QUIT TALKING ABOUT THINGS AND GO READ TDL
@pandasp0ts - Oh, Katelyn. You and your words never cease to amaze me.
Err... I'll pass on the essay. Too lazy. I mean, it's the thought that counts, right?