Leigh Bardugo's Blog, page 657
October 5, 2013
Color is Sailor, brand is Zoya - it’s like my pedicure is...
Color is Sailor, brand is Zoya - it’s like my pedicure is shipping #shadowandbone #happytoes
October 4, 2013
I’m having trouble parsing my reaction to...
I’m having trouble parsing my reaction to this.
There’s enthusiasm, but also a kind of gut churning weirdness. A lot of these people were my heroes growing up. I guess this is how everyone felt when Oliver Stone made The Doors, but I could give a shit about The Doors.
So, gut take:
Alan Rickman, yay!
Malin Akerman is miscast, but I’m willing to be won over.
The Ramones look too clean.
Iggy looks too clean but I feel weirdly optimistic.
I have no thoughts on Rupert Grint except that it’s nice to see him.
EVERYONE should go read Please Kill Me immediately. Even if you feel about punk the way I feel about The Doors, it’s an amazing read.
just finished reading siege and storm
i am at a loss for words right now. i love alina’s character even more (i didnt think that was possible since i think she is like the book version of me) and mal like ughh my heart. and the darkling i’m always on the fence about him but seriously ugh.
i want the next book right now but at the same time i dont want it to end =( seriously leigh,
Because I can.
(But seriously, thank you <3)
milazarevo:
¡Por fin! Siiiiiii. El 11 de noviembre.
You asked...
¡Por fin! Siiiiiii. El 11 de noviembre.
You asked and the publisher answered :) On November 11th, Shadow and Bone will be available in Spain! (And I can actually read this foreign edition… sort of.)
xekstrin:
when I publish my novel I want you all to swear to me that you’re going to write...
when I publish my novel I want you all to swear to me that you’re going to write uncomfortably erotic fic about characters I didn’t intend to have sexual tension
swear it
swear to me
for serious.
October 3, 2013
"I’m a little exhausted by the idea that our capacity for love — a young girl’s capacity for love —..."
I’m a little exhausted by the idea that our capacity for love — a young girl’s capacity for love — is worthy of derision, because I see it all the time (there’s a reason so much excellent SFF YA is ignored by the wider SFF community). Books for chicks, indeed.
Have we become so derisive of love and affection that we allow ourselves to erase entire books of complicated relationships and magic and wonder and heartbreak over a love story? How much derision will we, as a culture, continue to swallow regarding the importance of love in our lives and in the stories we tell each other, discuss, and reward with our accolades? Will we continue to build idols to the idea that masculinity is the last bastion of freedom from girl cooties? Will we defend the idea that there’s some arbitrary, natural divide between “stuff for girls” and “stuff for boys” that goes beyond cultural training? Will we keep building a narrative history that treats women as objects and devalue stories where men and women are equally important to the foundation of a relationship, whether it be romantic or otherwise? Will we keep pretending that characters build relationships while standing still, instead of building them along ley lines, on battlefields, while exploring star systems, on alien planets, and that everything else a novel could contain is overshadowed by the mere idea of feelings? Why else do we read a story but to feel?
”- Great review of Raven Boys. I really need to read this. (via thebooksmugglers)
YES to this. Read, internalize, go forth and do battle.
tastefullyoffensive:
Classic Paintings Recreated with ‘Sesame...
Classic Paintings Recreated with ‘Sesame Street’ Characters [via/via]
Previously: Classic Paintings Recreated with Modern Celebrities
October 2, 2013
kamigarcia:
lisiharrison:
yallfest2012:
44 Days Until...
44 Days Until YALLFest! What are you most excited for? Who are you most excited to see?
I’ll be here in 44 days, everybody!
So excited!
me too!!
whoa… the bottom of the silhouette is a skyline. amazing.
whoa… the bottom of the silhouette is a skyline. amazing.
