Getting Funny with Fantasy

...Loki. On TV, we have tricksters like Bugs Bunny and Bart Simpson. And yes, children's fantasy writers create tricksters, such as Megan Whalen Turner's wonderfully clever thief, Gen. Another type of fantasy humor I like is wit and whimsy, which I've found most likely to pop up in books by ...

Young Adult novel...or not?

...disguised as YA. Examples that come to mind are The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, or The Queen’s Thief series by Megan Whalen Turner. These books are deliciously careful and sleepy, with beautiful language and wonderful characterization. And they ...in high school when these books started coming out) says: Zusak, Turner…meh. Cast? Loved ‘em when I was younger, but they’...

... read during a record-breaking three-digit heatwave), Megan Whalen Turner's Queen's Thief series (Eugenides, where have you been all my life), ...) Year of the Griffin by Diana Wynne Jones The Thief (The Queen's Thief, Book 1) by Megan Whalen Turner The Queen of Attolia (The Queen's Thief...'s Thief, Book 3) by Megan Whalen Turner A Better Woman : A Memoir of Motherhood by...

the rest of us

Fun news (and request)! A few Christmases ago I bought my father-in-law the Thief as I was convinced he would like the series and wanted to introduce him to the awesome. I ... anything back from him regarding the books but this year's gift list just came in and I quote "any books by megan whalen turner but not QT because I have all of those." Huzzah! He was converted, he just didn't let me know. :) ...

A review from Orson Scott Card

... is Megan Whalen Turner. The first volume is The Thief. The ...-state of ancient Greece. The Thief is named Eugenides, which is ... like the main character better. Turner's handling of personal politics ... enjoy -- the second. For me, Turner joins the very small pantheon of... book shows none, but because Turner writes about small-kingdom politics ... read the first book, The Thief, which was a Newbery Honor ...

Dear Yuletide Author,

...much I'm just not picky. She's Angelique De Xavia - she's tiny and kick-ass, there's no way fic about her doesn't rock. Megan Whalen Turner - The Thief series, Eugenides aka Gen/Helen Queen of Eddis/Irene Queen of Attolia I would love something about Irene and Helen and their respective approaches to ruling. Or ...

{ICONS!} 81 book cover icons from four series

... Old Kingdom/Abhorsen: 28 The Queen's Thief/Attolia: 16 BLOODY JACK by L.A.... 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 THE Queen'S THIEF by MEGAN WHALEN TURNER 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ...

Checking in, and meme

... character. Even though the film was a disappointment, I had fun making up stories about Obi-Wan and his master pre-episode one. 9. The Thief series, by Megan Whalen Turner. While I liked the first two books, it was the third book that made me fall headlong in love with the hero, Eugenides. The book had ...

100 female characters that I love.

...Adler ( The Club Dumas ) 12. Irulan ( Dune ) 13. Ghanima ( Children of Dune ) 14. Irene of Attolia (Megan Whalen Turner) 15. Marisa Coulter ( His Dark Materials ) 16. Jehane bet Ishak ( The Lions of Al-Rassan ) 17. ... ( Weeds ) 59. Raule ( The Etched City ) 60. Anne ( The Good Thief ) 61. Josephine March ( Little Women ) 62. Jiao-Long ( Crouching Tiger Hidden ...

Kapuscinski, Richler, Turner, and Allingham

... he said, "that's the horniest. " [68] Megan Whalen Turner, The Queen of Attolia (2000) -- While three tiny nations scrabble for geopolitical dominance, a thief attempts to even the score through strategic abductions. The Thief left me relatively cold . Its sequel was a distinct improvement, but as in The Thief , the denouement is unnecessarily drawn-out. There is ...