Monthly Archives: March 2007

The Windsingers by Megan Lindholm

American Literature

Synopsis: The second in the adventures of gypsy teamster Ki, hired by a wizard to reunite his head with the rest of his body, which have been seized by the menacing Windsingers. Meanwhile, Vandien has contracted himself to a fool’s errand retrieving a treasure of the Windsingers, trapped in a sunken temple. Review: As I mentioned in my post on Harpy’s Flight, it doesn’t seem like Lindholm will be developing an overall mythology, though she is using some recurring characters, and might be continuing some…

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The Robber Bride–The Movie

On Reading

Phew!! Finally done with my work reading for the weekend. I finished up with 2 very short books in the same series. (By the way, I hate that WordPress only lets me publish partial feeds b/c of a bug. Sorry.) For this post, I’ll talk about the movie version of Margaret Atwood’s The Robber Bride, which starred Mary-Louise Parker as the titular man-stealing tramp who ruined the lives of her best friends. I have always loved this book and thought it would make a great…

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Marrying a Reader

On Reading

…means you get dirty looks if you go to bed first, because your bookworm wife likes to read in bed to relax even after she’s read three books in a row for work (the third one being a silly high school trifle that took 60 minutes for 300 pages). She’s just blogging to kill time while you drop into alpha sleep or whichever kind of sleep it is so she can turn the bedroom light on and climb between the sheets with your snoring ass…

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Harold Bloom’s Five Books vs. Mine

On Reading

In Newsweek this week, literary critic Harold Bloom offers his list of the five books he’d take to the desert island with him. Touchstone Magazine’s blog has some intriguing commentary, and some fun lists in the comments. I will not be bringing the 2nd of 3 books I read tonight for work, because it was by-the-numbers chick lit. The five books I’d bring to the stupid desert island are:

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Harpy’s Flight by Megan Lindholm

American Literature 1 Comment

Synopsis: After her husband and children are brutally murdered by a god-like Harpy, Ki undertakes an act of vengeance that severs her ties with her husband’s people, and sends her on a dangerous journey up an icy mountain overseen by a malevolent force. Review: Megan Lindholm is Robin Hobb, whom I love. Harpy’s Flight is the first in a 4-book series featuring teamster Ki and her unlikely partner Vandien, and while the storytelling isn’t as accomplished as in her later works, Harpy’s Flight is a…

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