Kevin's Watch Book Club - January's Pick: Seized

Post by **I'm Murrin** » Wed Jan 02, 2013 7:23 pm

Welp, the poll has closed, and it looks like Seized by Lynne Cantwell has just edged out Life of Pi.

Now's the time to look into getting hold of the book to read - discussion will start in February.

Post by **aliantha** » Wed Jan 02, 2013 11:03 pm

I love you guys.

Murrin's idea is to have you guys read it and discuss, and then I'll come in and do a Q&A kind of thing. I think that's the plan, anyhow....

YouTube · Post by **Menolly** » Thu Jan 03, 2013 6:04 am

w00t!

Now I really need to read it, SD.
Then on to my signed copy of Fissured.

Post by **danlo** » Tue Jan 08, 2013 6:48 am

Can I get it on Kindle?

Post by **ussusimiel** » Tue Jan 08, 2013 10:21 pm

I got it off Amazon for the Kindle, my first ever purchase of an ebook

I'm on Chapter 4 already and it's going good. Lynne Cantwell is awesome!

u.

Post by **danlo** » Wed Jan 09, 2013 11:58 pm

Got it on Kindle, almost done with Chapter 2, I, sorta know the way ali thinks, and it comes out great in print, so far. Almost makes me want to take a road-trip to Boulder.

Post by **Linna Heartbooger** » Thu Jan 10, 2013 11:17 pm

aliantha wrote:Murrin's idea is to have you guys read it and discuss, and then I'll come in and do a Q&A kind of thing. I think that's the plan, anyhow....

That sounds like a great plan!

Murrin, your efforts to organize this book club thingy in a sane, sensible and also fair way are much appreciated.

Post by **deer of the dawn** » Tue Jan 15, 2013 7:14 am

Btw, I read Beyond the Event Horizon.Edit: actually, the more I remember it, the cooler I realize it was. Not perfect, but really good! I'm curious, who nominated it? Is the author on this forum?

Looking forward to Seized!!

EDIT: Bought it right after posting, started reading, immediately loving the "voice". I felt like I was sitting with this person in a cafe and she was intently relating her experience to me.

Post by **Frostheart Grueburn** » Tue Jan 15, 2013 1:23 pm

After much complaining about postage costs, I'm apparently 81% done with the novel.

I'm forced to rest a lot right now, so dl'ed the kindle software to my laptop and have read this in bed for the most part. Apparently the cloud has a nice syncing property too.

A small nitpick about foreign language usage:

Spoiler

I know this is fantasy and all, but seeing the word hrafn in a company name and then concluding that Óðinn owns it a second later... A bit too brusque, considering that the word's as common in modern Icelandic as krauka or lundi or kría, and an existing male forename besides. A bit like spotting the Finnish kantele somewhere and drawing a direct beeline to Väinämöinen.

Post by **deer of the dawn** » Tue Jan 15, 2013 3:38 pm

Frosty: Herben bergen schnergendergen.

Post by **danlo** » Thu Jan 17, 2013 12:04 am

I nominated it---not to be confused with Beyond the Blue Event Horizon, or the book version of the movie Event Horizon (and no the author is not on the Watch, that I know of...)

I'm over 1/2 way through Seized...

Post by **deer of the dawn** » Fri Jan 18, 2013 9:29 am

I'm about halfway through. I have to say that ali has really hit her stride with this book.

Post by **danlo** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 2:23 am

I'm done, that was quite the tease ali! You sneaky so-and so made me buy Fissured off Kindle---what %tage do you get off the 2.99?

When are we going to discuss?

Kevin's Watch Book Club - January's Pick: Seized

Which book should we read in January?