Tag Archives: Kay

What I Read on My Holiday – the reprisening

Posted on 07/05/2024 by Roseanna

Last year, I decided to take myself off to some remote(ish) part of England with a big stack of books for a long weekend of reading, quiet and generally ignoring the world. I had a great time, cannot recommend it … Continue reading →

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What I Read Last Week – 28th May to 4th June

Posted on 05/06/2022 by Roseanna

I finally (and by “finally” I mean “alarmingly swiftly because OBSESSION”) finished playing the base game of Fire Emblem: Three Houses* and so I remembered books were a thing again, at least until I do another playthrough. But I leaned … Continue reading →

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Children of Earth and Sky – Guy Gavriel Kay

Posted on 13/10/2019 by Roseanna

In a shock twist, GGK can still write beautiful stories that make people, especially this person, deeply sad about big, grand themes and also about little individual lives. This time with a lot of references harking back to his previous … Continue reading →

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Tigana – Guy Gavriel Kay

Posted on 18/08/2019 by Roseanna

The boyfriend and I read this roughly simultaneously, and we both had the same two responses to it. Firstly, “BIG MOOD”. Secondly “SO SAD”. You may see from my previous Guy Gavriel Kay related post that I like him because … Continue reading →

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Lord of Emperors – Guy Gavriel Kay

Posted on 17/08/2019 by Roseanna

I nearly fucking CRIED. I don’t cry at books. It made me feel emotions and it was deeply distressing at the most fundamental level. By which I mean I fucking loved it. And I know this is blasphemy – there … Continue reading →

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A Song for Arbonne – Guy Gavriel Kay

Posted on 08/09/2014 by Roseanna

Just to get this out of the way first – I know naff all about medieval France. Absolutely nothing. Ok, nothing useful. I think they wrote godawful Latin poetry that rhymed, because they were heathens*. That might have been someone … Continue reading →

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The Lions of Al-Rassan – Guy Gavriel Kay

Posted on 09/05/2014 by Roseanna

I have two overwhelming impressions of Kay’s style, after reading The Lions of Al-Rassan. The first is that he really, really likes foreshadowing, and the second is that he likes using foreshadowing to trip you up. Both of these I find … Continue reading →

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Sailing to Sarantium – Guy Gavriel Kay

Posted on 01/10/2013 by Roseanna

This is not the first time I’ve read a book by Guy Gavriel Kay, but the first time I’ve finished one. I started the Lions of Al-Rassan a while ago and gave up, not keen on the writing style or … Continue reading →

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