Thank you for nominating me, ajoobacats at Ajoobacats blog, for The Versatile Blogger Award. Rules: Show the award on your blogThank the person that has nominated youShare 7 different facts about yourselfNominate 5 blogs of your choiceLink your nominees and let them know of your nomination Seven facts about me: I was born and raised in Scotland but am now married to an American and live in Quebec As well as Scotland and Canada, I have lived and worked in Germany, France, Austria, The Netherlands, Australia and New Zealand. New Zealand really is Middle Earth! I have read Lord of the Rings in four different languages; English, French, German and Dutch. My favourite films are the Lord of the Rings trilogy I was in Wellington, NZ for the world premiere of Return of the King and took the day off work to go wave at the stars – are you seeing a theme here? I have lymphedema in my legs, and especially in this hot summer weather it’s a real challenge to avoid their blowing up like balloons. As a kid, my nickname was Smurfette and I collected lots of figurines. I nominate the following Mogsy at the Bibliosanctum Jamie at…
The Wheel of Osheim by Mark Lawrence is the third and final book in his Red Queen’s War trilogy. It continues the story of Jalan Kendeth as he continues to follow the path upon which fate has set him. The Red Queen’s War trilogy is set in the same world as, and dovetails with, Lawrence’s earlier Broken Empire trilogy. In some ways that is both a blessing and a curse. It’s a blessing because the world in which the trilogies are set is awesome. It’s set in our world in the future, millennia after a nuclear war (the Day of A Thousand Suns) decimated the world and let magic in for the survivors. Some remnants of our world survive, but the current inhabitants have no cultural knowledge or background of them. So plastic shop dummies (I knew those things could survive nuclear attacks) confuse the heck out of them! This leads to one of the funniest moments in Wheel of Osheim involving an “iron pineapple.” You’ll just have to read it to find out what I’m talking about. It is a blessing because the protagonists of both series, Jorg and Jalan, are on separate quests to discover more about the…