Thank you!

My copy is already pre-ordered!

D.J.

Her world is centered on thieves, shopkeepers, beggars, drinking dens, and the Court of the Rogue.

Sounds good to me! Thieves are love, and I can't wait to read this.

-Queenie

Oh my. I am so lame. I spent all this time going, "Should I? I shouldn't. But I want to. I should. Shouldn't I? Oh, god, it's first person! New style! No. No, won't read. Waiting until October 24th. So far away. Weeks, even. Weeks without new Tammy. Light fading from world. No, I'll be strong. I'll read it all later. Hey, now, Faithful? Screw it, I'm reading."

I gave in. I'm such a Tammy junkie. I SWEAR I CAN QUIT ANY TIME I WANT! *clings to books* *eyetwitch* Hehehehehheehnewbooooooks, preciouss, yess, we loves our new bookses spoilerss, we doess.

-Fee-

  

I don't know--how many times are nicknames spelled like the name they're taken from?

Tammy

“No person is your friend who demands your silence.”
Alice Walker

AHHHH!

Forget taking a nap. This is WAY MORE IMPORTANT.

ETA: That was longer than most of our previews, no? The more the merrier! ~sigh~ How long until the book comes out?

Black cats with purple eyes are love.
nim

...I can't believe I'm still having sig problems....

Much as I am really not a fan of first person I must say it didn't bother me that much. Still I think with this book I may have to read it first before I decided to buy it.

  

I read it, and really, really liked it. So now I'm even more excited about Terrier.

Good thing that I've already pre-ordered a copy, then.

~ Kurayami ~

I can't read it right now My eyes are being funky and I really should get off the internet.

*Leeny*

To read makes our speaking English good.
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It took me a while to figure out what peaches were...

*is halfway through it*

Wow, the style is very different from the first 12 Tortall books and again from TC/TQ. First person is an interesting change; I really like first-person books, although I'm not huge on the journal concept because that never made sense to me; how do characters have enough time to write all that down? How do they remember all the dialogue? *shrug* Maybe they have more accurate memories than mine.

I like Beka. She sounds enormously like me - same hair and eyes, same personality, same height (sorta.) I can relate to her. Yay!

Just Finished: Vacations From Hell by Libba Bray, etc.
Currently Reading: The Singing by Alison Croggon

Novel Count for 2010: 26

I can't wait for the 24th. I want to read the rest.

Spoilers for anyone who hasn't read the chapter yet***






THE CAT! So he's been Pounce and Faithful... I wonder what his real name is?

Re-reading Tammy's complete novels this summer...
Current progress - 8/26
Just Finished - Shatterglass
Currently Reading - Will of the Empress

  

It looks really good. I didn't read much - I hate reading things on the comp - but the peaches thing cracked me up.

I already have it reserved at the library (15th on the list )

One thing though. What is with the really cliched cat names? First Faithful, now Pounce. Not to be rude, Tammy, but couldn't you think up something original?

yes! about time tammy. thank god its here.

Nisi mecum concubueris, phobistae vicerint.

I liked the thing in her hair. I wonder how the mechanics work. Could I have one made up?

Nolite te bastardes carborundorum.

Wow. That was... fantastic. And really almost Emelan-ish. If that makes any sense. Some parts, anyway.

Also, is this a typo or am I just not able to comprehend the following sentence:

"The Watch Commander is some member of the As the sun touched the rim of the city wall, I walked into the Jane Street Kennel in uniform."

Member of the what?

Fortune and glory, kid. Fortune and glory.

Must read more *twitch*. That was great. I don't know if this will count as a spoiler but oh well.




spoilers




The pigions that hang around her, could there be any connection with George's messenger birds?

Last night I drempt that I got an email that said Terrier was posted on Tammy's website and when I woke up I was all disapoined when I ralized it was a dream. Then I go on sheroes and find this and I'm like OMG, that's wierd.

don't like the whole first-person thing. but other than that, very cool. i'm dying for some kind of reference to the nobility or royalty or something. hmm.... i guess i'll just have to wait.

Faithful, Pounce - next he will be called Blackie, or Raoul Although i will always think of him as Faithful. And am disappointed we don't "hear" his voice, that it has to get relayed via Beka. But its Faithful. I love faithful.

Nisi mecum concubueris, phobistae vicerint.

I was almost done with the whole thing when...my mother turned the computer off because I wasn't listening to her. Ugh! I will go in a bit to finish the sample.

Oh and Yay!

~Audrey

Thanks meg o las!

  

*admits to the sophomoric uncontrollable giggling with the mention of peaches*

So a "Dog" is basically like a reeve of sorts?
im a little befuddled as to what a "mot" is? a trainee? i cant help but think of applesauce.

brave move on Pierce's part to write first person, i agree. Kudos for making it completely awesome.
i like the fact that Beka looks all menacing on the covers.


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i've got it! I'll take Lord Voldemort, Santa Claus, the minstrel of Brave Sir Robin, Alanna the Lioness,Han Solo, Julie Andrews, Rasputin, and George Gershwin on a pilgrimage to find a bathroom in Italy.

I find it rather difficult to understand and therefor quite annoying to read, but the story sounds good.

still, why can't they just talk normal?

My thoughts:

Not usually a fan of first person, but I like this!

All the strange terms/language is like doing mental pushups.

YAY! Finally a blonde MC.

Anyone else picture James Marsters a la Buffy when reading the description of the mercenary guy at the Mantel and Pullet?

Thanks pink_pineapple!

Exsciting!!!!YAYness!
NEVER a Dollanganger

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I kept meaning to read it and meaning to read it and meaning to read it...And then I kept meaning to post about it and meaning to post about it and meaning to post about it...And finally I decided to get my priorities straight, because this is obviously a little more important than my quiz tomorrow.

Anyway, I would like to say I LOVED it! It was worth neglecting my Kanji study. I love the first person, I've always been willing to suspend disbelief for a first person narrative, and I like that Faithful...Pounce...Whatever...Is back. I just hope he doesn't die violently this time around because I bawled my eyes out the last time because he's much too good of a critter to have to die violently. Maybe Tammy will let him die of old age or something peaceful this time. Maybe we'll find out what his function is as an immortal when he isn't helping the protaganists become living legends. I'd like to know that eventually, even if it isn't in a book. Regardless, I enjoyed how he charmed his way into the patrol, I think he did something similar to Alanna's training masters, apparently he hasn't changed a bit over the centuries!

I wonder, will we run into some of the last female knights before Alanna? I seem to recall Coram telling Alanna that the last lady knights had been two hundred years before Alanna's time. Maybe this book will offer some explanation as to why they died out? I've always wanted to know why they stopped existing.

And I really like the slang, how the interpersonal relationships and interactions are described, and the detail of the Lower City. It makes Beka more real to me, especially since her social class and background is so different from Alanna's, Aly's, Kel's, or even Daine's. I'm really looking forward to getting to know this earlier Tortall. And there is also the fact that Beka and I share a nickname, which is a really, really silly reason to be happy because it's purely coincidental, but that plus the fact that Beka is tall and shy like me made me do a happy dance.

And I just figured out that six weeks from now Tammy will be signing books a mere fifteen minutes away and I can go meet her (sort of) and get a book signed (I may not have money to buy Terrier upon its release because it's hardcover but darn it, I WILL FIND SIX DOLLARS TO BUY A NEW PAPERBACK COPY OF LIONESS RAMPANT AND GET IT SIGNED)! I'm very, very, VERY excited!!!

So I've had a pretty awesome day on account of the excellent preview and the news of a chance to get a book signed. Thank you!

i can't wait for this too come either! the end of october can't come fast enough.

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does anyone know what the rock is? i think it may be an opal. one of the dogs with the gift said it could be used as a spellstone and if they haven't been discovered yet... they would definately make Crookshanks rich, don't you think? and they would pose a major threat if the wrong people got their hands on them...

It has a different style from her other books, other then being first person that is. Nicknames never are really spelt the same, that why they are nicknames right?
Can't wait:-)

Plus the peaches thing cracked me up.

Oh, I'm an idiot, just realized what peaches were... Anyways I never really liked first person/journal books, but it's Tammy so I gotta semi-love it. However, I reallyreallyreallyreally wanted a book about the thieves, Lower City, etc. While Neal is my favorite character and he's a noble, I have always *really* liked George and stuff, so this is good.

Who in Tortall are you? - Quiz by Teggo

15 MORE DAYS 15 MORE DAYS

I keep forgetting I don't actually *have* the book yet, therefore all thoughts of rushing home to read the next chapter must be abolished.

The new writing style took a little while to get used to, but I think I like it. It's more realistic, the terms and the people make it seem like it could have actually happened. I don't know why people are throwing such a hissy fit about the "peaches" thing; have they even read historical fiction? There're a lot worse slang terms than that that common people would've used. That's one reason I like it--it's gritty, as I heard someone say.

The downside is it doesn't feel like Tortall. The whole happyfunrainbow shield is down. But *points to bookshelf and gazillion other Pierce books* that's what those are for.

Why, oh why, did I think I could wait till my Thankgiving break to read it?! Why did I preorder it with another book that won't be out until the middle of November? *swears to herself that she will not read spoilers on sheroes before then* *snorts in disbelief*

ETA: Ok, I'm weak. I went and cancelled my other order so that I can have the book this upcoming week. Of course, this is also the week that I have to write a major paper--I might need my roommate to dangle it from the ceiling above my desk and lower it a little for each page I finish.

I really enjoyed the sample chapter. It took a few minutes for me to get sucked into the different Tortall, but once I was there my shock at the first-person style and the slang died a quick death. I actually like first-person when it's done well, and Tammy, you did it really well. I felt totally in tune with Beka within a few paragraphs.

The fact that she's shy around others but blunt about things like her peaches in writing made it really easy for me to relate to her--I'm still painfully shy around people I don't know well, to the point where I won't ask a store clerk for help finding something on a particularly shy day--but give me some really good friends and I can talk about certain personal things in the bluntest way possible.

I liked her two Dogs too--they reminded me of Rosethorn and Evin Larse, characters that I always want to see more of. And I cracked up when I read, "Puppy, sit" and realized that it was addressed to Beka--small moment of mental confusion there. Thank you, Tammy!