Rosina Lippi's Blog, page 38

endless forest meets the wall street journal. yikes.

Now, this was a surprise. A great surprise. When I got the email from google alerting me to a cite of The Endless Forest, at first I didn't believe it.   Certainly made my day.

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which untold story would you most like to read? (new start)

I forgot Blue-Jay and Susanna in the list (horrors). So if you voted already you can vote again.

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which untold story would you be most interested in reading?

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Mohawk language notes

I had a very nice email today, which I thought I would share:

My mother (87 years young) is reading your book "Into the Wilderness" and happens to be a Mohawk native from Kahnawake, Quebec. She wants to know how you are familiar with the Mohawk language –as it appears in the book many times — I told her I would write to you to find out your connection to the language. As you know, native tongue is phonetic but she was able to understand all the Mohawk in the book – quite a surprise to her.

I...

review of tef out of new zealand

Here's a link (link #21)) to a podcast review of The Endless Forest, recorded by Radio New Zealand. The name of the show is Nine To Noon with Kathryn Ryan, and the reviewer is Louise O'Brien.

If you don't care to go listen, here's a summary of Ms O'Brien's remarks (note: she hadn't read the first five novels in the series):

1. Homestead was a wonderful novel.
2. The Endless Forest = what a come down, no charm* = but everybody has to eat.
3. Endless Forest = moral tale, young brides being...

quick explanation

I haven't been around much this week, because we've been dealing with a family tragedy. Our oldest cat — Jane Austen, age 16 — got sick very suddenly with a very aggressive cancer.

When the Girlchild was four, went went to the Humane Society and she picked Jane out of what seemed like a hundred kittens looking for a home.  So you can imagine how hard this was for her.

Yesterday the vet came to the house and helped Jane go. A very sad and stressful week, all in all.  Thank goodness we still...

Harriett Klausner: slow down. please. *updated*

Harriett Klausner is a professional book reviewer who is tremendously productive. So productive that some critics  have claimed there's something fishy going on behind the screen.

I have not jumped on that bandwagon and I will not, but I have to say that her reviews of my books have often contained fairly hefty inaccuracies. For the most part I make a Marge Simpson frustration sound, and go on my way. However. Klausner's  review of The Endless Forest at Genre-Go-Round (her own blog, I think)  ...

Harriett Klausner: slow down. please.

Harriett Klausner is a professional book reviewer who is tremendously productive. So productive that some critics  have claimed there's something fishy going on behind the screen.

I have not jumped on that bandwagon and I will not, but I have to say that her reviews of my books have often contained fairly hefty inaccuracies. For the most part I make a Marge Simpson frustration sound, and go on my way. However. Klausner's  review of The Endless Forest at Genre-Go-Round (her own blog, I think)  ...

Lovely EF review at the Seattle Times

This review is by Melinda Bargreen who has reviewed all or almost all of the novels in the series. It's really kind and very gratifying.

paperback writer is giving away books. again.

Lynn at Paperback Writer is giving away four copies of The Endless Forest.

There are some really good people out there, supportive of their colleagues and willing to go the extra mile. Lynn is one of them. And, she tells a fantastic story. Go have a look around, she's got things tucked into every corner.