Sue and her brother Eddie are going to London and they are going on lots of tours with their tourist and other people who want a tour,too (of course).But then while they are going to a castle they can't find their tourist when they reach the tower where people were slaves and killed.They keep on seeing this creepy man with red eyes and a hood on with a ax in his hand and very scrunched over because of his back
. Then they keep on going back in time and seeing weird things and they are being chased by the guy with red eyes and it is just
very confusing.
What I don't like about this book is it isn't just very confusing it is too confusing,I had to read it twice and I still don't get it that's why this one is kind of later then the others because I was still trying to figure out if I should review it or not and if I should just cross it off my list.That is the only thing I didn't like about it I did like the kid's personality's and the book was pretty good when I wasn't to confused.This book is like about castles and princes and princesses and all those fancy really old castles.So if you like that kind of stuff this book is the perfect one.
I’ve decided I’m going to begin stalking authors. Not in a “sneak around outside their homes, hide in the bushes, follow them to their local coffee shop and become this like them in a Single White Female” kind of way, but in “get over your damn shyness and email them” already kind of way. I need to get started now because I’ll have a box of homework by the 20th and severely less time (especially if they keep me on for a few more weeks with the bookie job).
And the first author I plan on stalking?
Chelsea Cain.*
Ms. Cain has gone from writing funny memoirs and a satirical take on Nancy Drew to writing Heart Sick which contains a serial killer that sounds like she could take on Hannibal in the twisted department.
From Minotaur:
Portland Detective Archie Sheridan spent ten years tracking Gretchen Lowell, a beautiful serial killer, but in the end she caught him. Gretchen kidnapped Archie and tortured him for ten days, then she released him, and turned herself in. Now Gretchen is locked away, while Archie is in a prison of another kind—addicted to pain killers and powerless to erase those ten days from his mind.He continues to visit Gretchen in prison once a week, saying he wants her to confess the whereabouts of more of her victims, but he knows the truth is that he just can’t stay away.
When another killer begins snatching teenage girls, Archie knows that he has to pull himself together and investigate the murders. Newspaper reporter Susan Ward begins following Archie’s investigation, sparking a deadly game between Archie, Susan, the new killer, and even Gretchen. They need to catch a killer, and maybe somehow Archie can free himself from Gretchen once and for all.
Intrigued? I am. Being from the Northwest, with our preponderance of serial killers, the idea of a female serial killer pulling the strings of some other character is fascinating to me. So to is the idea that this all takes place in Portland where the “keep Portland weird” culture—if done right—could practically be another character. But if that’s not enough, look at the galleys** (which sparked my stalking needs weeks ago)!
Way to push me over edge of want to need. I must find Chelsea Cain and fast.
*Here’s hoping she compulsively googles her name and contacts me, thus making this whole stalking thing that much easier.
**Pictures shamelessly stolen from Super Librarian whom I’m jealous of because she has a copy.
but in a “get over your damn shyness and email them” already kind of way.
BSC, good for you. Someone has to start acting like authors are normal people sitting around like everyone else, checking our e-mail several thousand times a day just to see if anyone has sent the kind of letter you're talking about.
Go ahead and make some author's day. Good things will come of this.
>checking our e-mail several thousand times a day just to see if anyone has sent the kind of letter you're talking about.
really? don't you have a novel published already? I thought that would be only those of us who were getting started.
of course, I check my mail box regularly so I can promptly respond to an acceptance letter; it's not needy, it's efficient!
Seriously, though, what Robin says makes sense, authors wouldn't mind giving up a bit of time for some free promo, and you have good following here, so it's a big incentive.
Steal away. I actually got this ARC thanks to a library rep at Holtzbrinck (who owns St. Martin's, Tor, and a slew of others). Bless her heart, she's my new favorite person.