{"id":894,"date":"2006-05-24T09:53:00","date_gmt":"2006-05-24T13:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/?p=894"},"modified":"2006-05-24T09:53:00","modified_gmt":"2006-05-24T13:53:00","slug":"castle-waiting-squeeeeeeee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/?p=894","title":{"rendered":"Castle Waiting SQUEEEEEEEE!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center>It&#8217;s out!  It&#8217;s out!  It&#8217;s out!!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tvini.org\/images\/castlewaitingbook.jpg\"><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1560977477\/ref=pd_rvi_gw_1\/102-7631636-3460149?%5Fencoding=UTF8&#038;v=glance&#038;n=283155\">Castle Waiting<\/a> is out!<\/center><\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know why Amazon says it&#8217;s not available yet, when I own my very own copy, purchased from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.heroesonline.com\">Heroes Aren&#8217;t Hard to Find<\/a> here in town.  In fact, I got the last copy &#8211; &#8216;Heroes&#8217; sold out the first day and are having to re-order.  My only regret?  Linda Medley&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.castlewaiting.com\/\">Castle Waiting website<\/a> says that her online store is temporarily closed, because I want to buy the colorplates to paste into my copy.  Pretty pretty hardbound with built-in ribbon bookmark.  I only wish it were larger so that the art could be better appreciated.  But at 448 pages and 1.9 pounds, there&#8217;s a lot of content here to enjoy!<\/p>\n<p>This would make a fantastic gift for someone who loves fairy tales, particularly for any young woman age 13 and up.  I&#8217;m going to have to restrain myself from buying copies for everyone I know.  There is a bit where the young woman who flees to the castle is running from her husband, and it&#8217;s implied that he hit her, but you never see it actually happen.  In fact, you can see that bit in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.castlewaiting.com\/id44.html\">the sample chapter<\/a> she&#8217;s got up on her site.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m particularly excited that it contains new material that wasn&#8217;t originally released with the comic series.  Linda Medley stopped one issue shy of wrapping up a storyline (the one about the abbey for bearded women), which thankfully is completed here.<\/p>\n<p>You know how big a deal Serenity was for Firefly fans, myself included?  You know how people waited on line for the next Harry Potter book?  This is every bit as big a deal for me, so I hope you will forgive my demented fangirl squealings.  But this book is a beautiful, moving, family-friendly fairy tale.  It manages to be clever, funny, and strong on faith, all without being cloying.  If you&#8217;ve got a fantasy-loving gal in your life, consider this as a gift for her.  If that fantasy lover is you, consider it as a gift for yourself.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve got a $16 credit at Amazon.com, and it&#8217;s on sale for about $18, down from the $30 list price.  I just may buy another copy.<\/p>\n<p>SQUEEEEEEEEEE!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s out! It&#8217;s out! It&#8217;s out!! Castle Waiting is out! I don&#8217;t know why Amazon says it&#8217;s not available yet, when I own my very own copy, purchased from Heroes Aren&#8217;t Hard to Find here in town. In fact, I got the last copy &#8211; &#8216;Heroes&#8217; sold out the first day and are having to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/894"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/894\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}