{"id":33580,"date":"2016-11-04T21:06:49","date_gmt":"2016-11-04T08:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?p=33580"},"modified":"2016-11-04T21:06:49","modified_gmt":"2016-11-04T08:06:49","slug":"six-years-six-posts-you-seem-to-have-liked-a-lot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2016\/11\/04\/six-years-six-posts-you-seem-to-have-liked-a-lot\/","title":{"rendered":"Six + Years: Six Posts You Seem To Have Liked A Lot"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday I posted about having been blogging for six and a half years <\/a>now. And about relooking at some of the considerable depth of material in the blog backlist.<\/p>\n

I thought I’d start today with six posts that you have particularly liked over the past six years — one for each year (but not necessarily from<\/em> each year since this is about what has proven the “most-read”) of “…on Anything, Really’s”<\/em> life. So without further ado…<\/p>\n

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Kristin Cashore<\/p><\/div>\n

1. Without question, readers have really liked and kept coming back to my 2012 interview with Kristin Cashore. Here’s a retrospective taste of what it’s all about:<\/p>\n

“Helen:<\/strong>\u00a0 So what do you, as the author, love most about Bitterblue\u2019s character?<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Kristin:<\/strong>\u00a0 I love her loneliness. I love her loyalty. I love how much she loves her friends. I love how hard she tries, and I love her refusal to give up.”<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

To read or re-read the interview in full, click on:<\/p>\n

An Interview with Kristin Cashore, Author Of Bitterblue<\/a>
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2. Also from 2012, I posted the tauparapara, Te Tangi O Te Matui,<\/em> as a Tuesday Poem feature and it has proven to be another consistent favourite. Here’s a snippet…<\/p>\n

Kia wkakarongo ake au<\/em><\/span>
\n Ki te tangi a te manu nei<\/em><\/span>
\n A te matui…<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

I listen<\/em><\/span>
\n To the cry of the bird<\/em><\/span>
\n Of the matui, calling…<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

For the full tauparapara, click on:<\/p>\n

Tuesday Poem: Tauparapara\u2014\u201cTe Tangi A Te Matui\u201d; Traditional<\/a><\/h3>\n
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Bernadette Hall<\/p><\/div>\n

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\n3. Poetry has proven popular and this time it’s the critically praised “The Fox” by NZ poet Bernadette Hall. I featured two, more recent poems by Bernadette just this past Tuesday<\/a>, but this is the very first poem of hers I featured on the blog, awa’ back on 17 August, 2010:<\/p>\n

The Fox <\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

The fox is a single red stroke that cuts across<\/em><\/span>
\n the clearing. The colour seems to hang like smoke,<\/em><\/span>
\n you can almost see where she has come from…<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

To read the poem in full, go to:<\/p>\n

Tuesday Poem: “The Fox” by Bernadette Hall<\/a><\/h3>\n

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\n4. Next off the blocks is one of my many “list” posts, My Favourite Fantasy Standalone Novels<\/em>, this time from the 30th of January 2013.<\/p>\n

“With this list though, it\u2019s just \u201cFantasy\u201d because I honestly couldn\u2019t think of 10 standalone epic fantasy novels\u2014epic really does seem to run to series! I should also note that I tried to stick to one book per author, otherwise around four on my list would be by Guy Gavriel Kay. And yes, I know my reading \u201cslip\u201d is now showing, but hey\u2014just sayin\u2019”<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

To check out the ‘list of ten’, go to:<\/p>\n

My Favourite Fantasy Standalone Novels<\/a><\/h3>\n
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Brian Turner<\/p><\/div>\n

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\n5. The poets certainly seem to have their following and another Tuesday Poem feature, AB Negative (The Surgeon’s Poem)<\/em> by US poet Brian Turner, has also proved an enduring favourite — from back in that vintage year, 2012:<\/p>\n

“<\/em><\/span>AB Negative (The Surgeon\u2019s Poem)<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Thalia Fields lies under a grey ceiling of clouds,<\/em><\/span>
\n just under the turbulence, with anesthetics<\/em><\/span>
\n dripping from an IV into her arm,<\/em><\/span>
\n and the flight surgeon says The shrapnel<\/em><\/span>
\n cauterized as it traveled through her<\/em><\/span>
\n here, breaking this rib as it entered,<\/em><\/span>
\n burning a hole through the left lung<\/em><\/span>
\n to finish in her back, and all of this<\/em><\/span>
\n she doesn\u2019t hear…”<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

You will find the full poem at:<\/p>\n

Tuesday Poem: \u201cAB Negative (The Surgeon\u2019s Poem)\u201d by Brian Turner<\/a><\/h3>\n

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\n6. The sixth post readers kept returning to for quite some time was the synopsis for Daughter of Blood<\/em> that I posted in early 2014 — which is, I must admit, rather gratifying. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

“But also very cool (I thought!) was the sneak preview on the synopsis for DAUGHTER:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cA Failing Wall, a Broken Shield\u2026 Malian and Kalan are pursuing separate paths back to the Derai Alliance \u2013 but already it may be too late….”<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Wanna reread the original for old times sake and decide if it does accurately and aptly foretell Daughter of Blood<\/em> as published? Then go right here:<\/p>\n

Sneak Preview: A Synopsis For \u201cDaughter Of Blood, The Wall Of Night Book Three\u201d<\/a><\/h3>\n

And have a great weekend, one and all!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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