Rosemary and Rue @ Genreville

Rosemary and Rue by seanan_mcguire is the October book* for Publishers Weekly's Genreville's Book Club. Each month, Rose Fox and Josh Jasper lead discussions focusing on plot, setting, characterization, style, and how well the novel fits into the urban fantasy genre (or the given genre of the chosen book, I presume).

I wish I felt up to taking part in the discussions, but unfortunately I've either been too absorbed by this semester's classes or fighting the plague (just a viciously bad cold, I hope, I swear). I likewise wish I had been able to write my own review of Rosemary and Rue by this point, but I rather think that will have to wait for December when I'm finished with my classes.

However! If you've read Seanan McGuire's debut novel, you shouldn't hesitate to hie you over and discuss your thoughts! Here, I'll even link each of the discussion posts for you:

Day 1: The Plot
Day 2: The Setting
Day 3: The Characters
Day 4: The Style

Also, in case you haven't heard, Seanan has declared that she will shamelessly make a fool of herself record a performance of the "Hey, Mr. God" monologue from The Middleman (yea, even that short-lived TV show) if Rosemary and Rue is the October best-selling book at Borderlands Books in San Francisco. If you haven't bought a copy yet, therefore, I recommend you go ahead and do so. ;) Borderlands Books accepts telephone and Internet orders. Just sayin'.


* I know! How appropriate!