Hild roundup #7
Three pieces of Hild news:The hardcover, which has been out four weeks and three days, has just gone into a third printingThe audiobook will go on sale on Wednesday, 17 December; it's available for pre-orderIf you don't subscribe to the New York Times Book Review you might want to buy the edition dated 12/15. Not a review but... Chortle.Meanwhile, here's the latest links roundup for Hild. It's not everything; I haven't included a zillion reviews from places like Goodreads and Amazon and smaller personal blogs because it's just too hard to keep track. But if you see something you think I might have missed, please let me know. Previous roundups available here.
REVIEWSThe Week
Novel of the week: Hild
"This 'fierce, brilliant, and accomplished book' brings to life a 7th-century England in which women worked in every corner of the economy."
(print only for now, but they liked it)
Fox HomeReading Wednesday - Hild by Nicola Griffith"Despite gruesome scenes of battle and torture this is a book that can be called lovely, because this is a book about seeing. We see a beautiful land that is still mostly natural. We see it through the eyes of Hild..."
Keep the Wisdom
Hild"I have spent the last four days in seventh century Britain so fully engrossed in its brutal and beautiful world that sitting down at my computer feels like I have come back to the future."
Literary Omnivore
Review: Hild
BookpageA Middle Ages Heroine Brought to Life, Lauren Bufferd
Sacramento News and Review
From Pagan to Saint, Kel Munger
MISCELLANEOUSThe Morning News put Hild on its Tournament of Books long list. Some great, great titles here.Largehearted Boy chooses Hild as one of his Best Novels of 2013Tor.com Reviewers' Choice puts Hild in the Best Books of 2013Parnassus Reads picks Hild as one of six 2013 Bookish Holiday GiftsThe Lambda Literary Foundation has chosen Hild for it's Online BookclubI wrote a wee thing for Slate's Outward blog on the Best Moments of Queer Culture 2013To go with my SPL reading on Tuesday, I wrote about my Nightstand Reads.And finally one dog, at least, likes Hild as much as cats seem to:
Petunia will fight you for a book
REVIEWSThe Week
Novel of the week: Hild
"This 'fierce, brilliant, and accomplished book' brings to life a 7th-century England in which women worked in every corner of the economy."
(print only for now, but they liked it)
Fox HomeReading Wednesday - Hild by Nicola Griffith"Despite gruesome scenes of battle and torture this is a book that can be called lovely, because this is a book about seeing. We see a beautiful land that is still mostly natural. We see it through the eyes of Hild..."
Keep the Wisdom
Hild"I have spent the last four days in seventh century Britain so fully engrossed in its brutal and beautiful world that sitting down at my computer feels like I have come back to the future."
Literary Omnivore
Review: Hild
BookpageA Middle Ages Heroine Brought to Life, Lauren Bufferd
Sacramento News and Review
From Pagan to Saint, Kel Munger
MISCELLANEOUSThe Morning News put Hild on its Tournament of Books long list. Some great, great titles here.Largehearted Boy chooses Hild as one of his Best Novels of 2013Tor.com Reviewers' Choice puts Hild in the Best Books of 2013Parnassus Reads picks Hild as one of six 2013 Bookish Holiday GiftsThe Lambda Literary Foundation has chosen Hild for it's Online BookclubI wrote a wee thing for Slate's Outward blog on the Best Moments of Queer Culture 2013To go with my SPL reading on Tuesday, I wrote about my Nightstand Reads.And finally one dog, at least, likes Hild as much as cats seem to:
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Petunia will fight you for a book
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