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ellenkushnerLast week brought not one but two heart-stoppingly wonderful reviews of Welcome to Bordertown.
First of all, in her Bookslut column, Colleen Mondor called the new anthology:
Still the best mash-up of music, faery and coming-of-age drama. [....] Long live Bordertown, and thanks to all who brought us back there again.
Colleen and Bordertown go back a long way - don't miss her personal essay Bordertown and Me (aka Discovering Bordertown), on her blog Chasing Ray! It means a lot to us to know that the old fans love the new book - as you can imagine, we've had some sleepless nights worrying that the magic might have gone away for some . . . but so far, no one's been disappointed. We're collecting all the reviews here on the new website.
Later that week - was it only a few days ago? - came news of a starred review from Kirkus! (I've been trying to explain to my non-publishing friends what a huge deal this is. Can anyone think of the perfect Real World analogy?) Love the excerpt:
This is punk-rock, DIY fantasy, full of harsh reality and incandescent magic.
...and you can read the complete review here. I'm fascinated with how different reviewers love utterly different stories each time. To me, that means the anthology's really alive.
Meanwhile, sorry to keep torturing you with sneak peeks, when the book's not coming out til May 24th - but reviews like this give bookstores plenty of time to get their orders in, so that it's right there on the shelf grinning at you when you walk into your local indie shop that morning. (You might want to remind them that you'll be expecting it, though, just in case....) And if you favor Amazon.com, they're running a big pre-order sale, with a price so low you might want to buy 2 copies - one to read, and one to lend out! eBooks also an option on this one.
See you on the Border!
First of all, in her Bookslut column, Colleen Mondor called the new anthology:
Still the best mash-up of music, faery and coming-of-age drama. [....] Long live Bordertown, and thanks to all who brought us back there again.
Colleen and Bordertown go back a long way - don't miss her personal essay Bordertown and Me (aka Discovering Bordertown), on her blog Chasing Ray! It means a lot to us to know that the old fans love the new book - as you can imagine, we've had some sleepless nights worrying that the magic might have gone away for some . . . but so far, no one's been disappointed. We're collecting all the reviews here on the new website.
Later that week - was it only a few days ago? - came news of a starred review from Kirkus! (I've been trying to explain to my non-publishing friends what a huge deal this is. Can anyone think of the perfect Real World analogy?) Love the excerpt:
This is punk-rock, DIY fantasy, full of harsh reality and incandescent magic.
...and you can read the complete review here. I'm fascinated with how different reviewers love utterly different stories each time. To me, that means the anthology's really alive.
Meanwhile, sorry to keep torturing you with sneak peeks, when the book's not coming out til May 24th - but reviews like this give bookstores plenty of time to get their orders in, so that it's right there on the shelf grinning at you when you walk into your local indie shop that morning. (You might want to remind them that you'll be expecting it, though, just in case....) And if you favor Amazon.com, they're running a big pre-order sale, with a price so low you might want to buy 2 copies - one to read, and one to lend out! eBooks also an option on this one.
See you on the Border!
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A starred Kirkus!?!!
Date: 2011-04-13 03:47 am (UTC)Re: A starred Kirkus!?!!
Date: 2011-04-13 06:19 pm (UTC)It's funny that the review itself is not a rave - it sounds rather reserved, actually. Maybe someone slipped some happy juice into the corporate water supply - or their near-collapse scared them into being more mellow - used to be a star came only with the second coming of Proust.
Re: A starred Kirkus!?!!
Date: 2011-04-13 11:58 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-04-13 04:36 am (UTC)Amen.
Real-world equation
Date: 2011-04-13 03:08 pm (UTC)Think that's equal to the day when, after 12 years of marriage to Mike, my mother-in-law caved and decided that I would do. Wholly unexpected.
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