I only sort of believed this day would come. Part of me really thought that Return of the Thief would be like King Arthur returning to save the country in its hour of greatest need. I wasn’t even sad about it. In some ways I thought the promise of Return of the Thief was even better than actually having Return of the Thief in my own two hands. But now Return of the Thief has come at last, and it honestly is like King Arthur returning to save the country (of Queen’s Thief fans) in our hour of greatest need…
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Review: Thick as Thieves, Megan Whalen Turner
Published 5 Jun 2017
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Gin Jenny
What a world we live in, friends. Long, long, long ago I read the four books in Megan Whalen Turner’s Queen’s Thief series, and I hella loved them. Almost a decade later (okay, seven years, but still), Thick as Thieves, the mythical fifth Queen’s Thief book has arrived, and it did not disappoint.1 If you haven’t read the Queen’s Thief books, I advise you to walk away from this post straight away and read them. The Thief is the first one. It is fine. The Queen of Attolia is the second one. It is an infinity of fire emojis. Get…
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Published 17 Jun 2010
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Gin Jenny
When I was a little girl, I used to finish a book and turn around and read it all over again. The Little Princess, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Travel Far, Pay No Fare. I’m not talking about rereading (I still do loads of rereading), but finishing a book and flipping it over and starting all over again, because you can’t stand the idea of leaving it behind right away. And look, I was serious about Megan Whalen Turner before. I loved those books. When I finished the first three and got the fourth from my ever-obliging big sister, I left the…
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Immoderately gushing about Megan Whalen Turner
May I begin in justifying myself slightly for the fact that I have not read these books until now although my sister read and recommended them, like, a decade ago? When I really love a book, I want everyone who I think would like it to read it so that they can love it also. To this end, I will wheedle and cajole and sometimes manipulatively give the book to them as a gift so they will feel guilty for not reading it. It’s for their own good. In short, I cannot rest until the joy has been spread. I…
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