Thanks again to everyone who partied with us yesterday! I'm thrilled to be chatting about all things SASSY today with Suzanne Supplee, author of When Irish Guys Are Smiling.
(*Side note - how adorable are the SASS titles? Seriously.)
I had the chance to visit Ireland when I was studying abroad during college, but it's been...oh, quite some time since I've been back! This book is definitely going on my TBR pile, stat, so that I can visit by proxy.
So, let's get to it!
Q: What's the most adventurous/out of character thing you've ever done while traveling?
A: I drove all over Ireland by myself! This doesn’t seem like such a big deal now, but it was huge for me back then. I was very young. I’d never traveled abroad, much less driven on the “wrong” side of the road. It was so much fun, though, all those sheep and stone cottages and hills and winding roads.
Q: That totally sounds like a big deal! Let's just say I'm not exactly a fearless - or skilled - driver myself. So, do you have any (other) travel horror stories?
A: I was extremely stupid while visiting Indonesia many years ago. Uh, hello, it’s south of the equator, and guess who did not bother with sunscreen? Yes, yours truly. If I end up a prune-like, leather handbag-ish old lady, you’ll know why.
Q: Ouch! I've been there. So, obviously, your can't-live-without travel item would be...
A: ...Sunscreen!
And, I’m a writer, so I need my journal and at least one great novel, preferably in paperback, maybe two. Oh, and also a highlighter because I am that nerdy when I read.
Q: Girl after my own heart. You won't see me with a kindle anytime soon. Do you have any souvenirs from travel that have special meaning or importance to you?
A: While visiting Ireland I bought this beautiful pair of wool mittens; all three of my daughters have worn them at some point. They are dirty now and covered in holes and too small, but I will never get rid of them.
Q: So sweet! Your mittens are kind of like the Traveling Pants. Ha! Have you tried any particularly exotic foods while traveling?
A: My favorite food while visiting Ireland was Irish butter. Not exactly exotic, I know, but it’s so sweet and delicious, and it screams green pastures and rain and friendly people. To have a giant glob of it on a hunk of freshly baked bread—my idea of heaven.
Q: Yum! I'll take that over Noah Harlan's choice (cubed cow's blood, for those who weren't with us yesterday) ANY day. So, what's your dream vacation spot - the one place you're dying to visit, and why?
A: Paris, please. It’s ridiculous that I’ve never been. Seriously ridiculous. I really want to go with my oldest daughter, not that I wouldn’t love to see Paris with my other two daughters or my husband, mind you. But my youngest daughters are eight and ten, not quite old enough to truly appreciate the extravagance of such a trip, and my husband has already been to Paris. Cassie and I would be seeing it together for the first time, and somehow that seems like a magical mother-daughter moment, one we would never forget.
Definitely!
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It's an odd week so far here at Biblio File. First off, I was really hoping to get The Sisters Grimm Book 6: Tales From the Hood, but Amazon is saying that they don't know when it will ship. (It was supposed to ship Monday.) All the other book sites say that it's not coming out until May. Poo.
Then, a book I had ordered used, Libricide: The Regime-Sponsored Destruction of Books and Libraries in the Twentieth Century got refunded because the used seller ran out of copies. (WTF?!) So, no book for me. It's a little on the pricey side to be buying new. Luckily, it looks like my school library has it, so I can still read it for the paper I'm writing.
Also, I'm having serious problems understand how to assign LC classification numbers to books (last week's lecture was a very, very bad one to miss. Stupid back.) I'm also completely blocked on this paper that's due tomorrow, and I need to come up with about 1,000 more words. I also fear that the 1,500 words I have so far don't make much sense. Oh, the insecurities of school.
AND THEN BRETT FAVRE RETIRED FROM FOOTBALL! I mean, ok, he's had a good career and it was a good season to end on (even though the last pass he threw in his career has to be one of the most painful) but... still. I feel like I should go home to Wisconsin so I can mourn with my people.
But! I found the rest of the Drina series at a price I'm willing to pay. And, inspired by the movie Helvetica, I added some super-fun buttons to my Zazzle store. More fonts will be added soon.
Also, I started physical therapy today, which I know a lot of people complain about. Yes, it's hard work, but it makes my back feel so much better! So, in the end, it's all good! And, while driving up the GW Parkway this morning to get to my appointment, the Potomac was super muddy and brown, because of the rain we got last night, but there were daffodils! In bloom! A whole host of little yellow heads that were so... jocund. (So, we all know what Friday's poem will be. 9th grad English has severely warped my mind when it comes to daffodils.) The ones in my yard are only about 7 inches tall, but there's a clump of them coming up.
Did I mention it might snow on Saturday?
But, let's talk about some books, m'kay?
Pru, our magical cheerleader, is back! In this latest installment, Pru is out of remedial magic classes, which means doing even more studying and homework--to the point where she's almost failing math--the one class she was good at. It's a good thing she doesn't have time for boys, because the only way she can get head cheerleader Tara to buy into mortal cheer competitions is by giving Tara along time with her Pru's super-hott next door neighbor, Angelo.
Of course, then it turns out that Angelo might not be as mortal we we thought, and when Agatha finds out about the squad's mortal cheering, she puts a stop to it completely, including cheering at games against mortal schools. This might just get the squad actually working together.
With Pru worrying about things like school and getting Agatha to change her mind, she doesn't spend as much time worrying about being kewl--her social status isn't as precarious as it was in previous volumes. Pru's greater concern about bigger issues, as well as more exploration of the mortal/witch divide takes away some of the plot lines that were becoming annoying and opens new doors for the series to stay fresh. My favorite installment to date!
A new Students Across the Seven Seas!
This time we have Delk, who's moneyed Nashville, but after her mother dies, the whole debutante scene just isn't for her. This is especially true when her dad remarries someone young enough to be Delk's sister!
So, Delk is off to Ireland. Holed up in a castle in the Irish countryside, Delk tries to hide her mother's death from her new friends, trying to get fresh start, plus there's the super-cute Pather, who works at the school and lives at a farm down the lane.
Delk's having so much fun, she may never want to go back to Tennessee!
This is my favorite SASS book so far (ok, it's tied with The Sound of Munich). There isn't a lot of drama between Pather and Delk--there's is a pretty straight-forward romance. Delk's drama is much more internal, and her friends have some serious drama, which breaks the mold of this series a little bit.
This is the last volume of the Miki Falls series! And just when Miki and Hiro think they're going to get away with their forbidden love...
Well, we wouldn't have much a story if they didn't get caught, now would we? Of course, all traces with Hiro's existence in Miki's town have been erased, so people are thinking she's a little cuckoo...
I continue to adore Crilley's unusual framing structure, lots of trapezoids and small and large frames on one page--many of his pages remind me of a shattering mirror.
There's also a cool feature-ette at the end of the book on the making of Miki-- including early character sketches, and how the story line has changed over time.
This book will make NO SENSE if you haven't read the previous 3, but I adored this series and highly recommend it.