In Which Mithy Blogs About a Book in An Effort To Read It

Readers,

If you know me, which many of you do and many of you do not, you are aware that I am an insatiable bookworm. As I was perusing my Google reader as I am notorious for doing at inopportune moments, and moments of boredom alike, I happened upon the blog Geek with Curves that I have been proudly following for many months now. In that days particular blog, the esteemed Amy Ratcliffe provided us with a review of Catherynne M. Valente’s The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making. In fact, I believe Amy, if I may be so bold as to refer to her on a first name basis, reffered to the book as "Gobsmacking" her, which, in my general opinion, means its worth reading.

This book, having been whopping newspapers, magazines and blogs all over the internet for the last week or so, has been causing quite a stir in the geeky circles I run in. I have not read it, but am highly anticipating the experience. The people who brag about it say it smacks of Alice and Oz but in an inspiring and truly original way. The book, which Valente originally provided in full online, is now the number 8 new york times bestseller. On a side note, I did a little cyber- snooping into Valente's background and found that I liked what I saw. Not only is Valente cute as a friggin' button, but she's witty and charming with her blogs and writings, a trait I hope carries over into this book. Oddly enough, I've been meaning to read her book Palimpsest, which has been on hold in my library queue for the last... um... year. I should probably just purchase it if I really want to read it before I'm 50.

But I digress. In the end, while I cannot provide you with a full review as of yet, I want to give you a heads up about this book in an effort to both read it myself and inspire you to do the same. There are very few original stories out there and I am hoping this piece lives up to the expectations I have of it.

Cheers and happy potential reading,
Mithy

Extra Goodies...

A book trailer of... this book. I find these odd. They are like commercials for the written word...


Linkies... mmmm....

Catherynne M. Valente
The books page, complete with a free preview. If you get clicky, perhaps you shall learn what I have about the author and her other works...

Amazon!
Who doesn't like Amazon... this link specifically, because if you click it, if transports you to the book!