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From: BillGill <tonisdad215@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Aftermarket Afterlife by seanan McGuire
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2024 08:12:34 -0500
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On 9/30/2024 5:54 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
> On 9/27/2024 8:03 AM, BillGill wrote:
>> On 9/26/2024 5:59 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>>> On 9/22/2024 12:58 AM, Bobbie Sellers wrote:
>>>> Just finished yesterday
>>>>
>>>> "Aftermarket afterlife" by Seanan McGuire. this is an novel of a 
>>>> series about a groups of scientists who attempt to preserve cryptid 
>>>> life forms from dragons to boogeymen. They are heretics and escapees 
>>>> from the Covenant of St.George which as you might guess is quite 
>>>> interested in making dragons extinct. They are also the object of 
>>>> worship by the Aeslin mice which talk a lot. I believe that they 
>>>> pretended death and escaped to North America where they do their 
>>>> best to protect the strange creatures most of us ignore. The 
>>>> Covenant in this novel attacks the Dragon Nest in New York City but 
>>>> only kill a female dragon. The male dragon is safe but one of the 
>>>> family members is injured and her husband is killed. Now the main 
>>>> POV here is of one Ghost named Mary Dunleavy who as explained in the 
>>>> story is the Family's babysitter and they can call on her in the 
>>>> dase of distrees. Oliva is a 5 year old human child living in the 
>>>> Dragon nest and Mary rescues her with the aid of Sarah, a cuckoo 
>>>> (not a bird) who has the power of teleportation. And the story goes 
>>>> on from there with Mary assuming the role of a general in protecting 
>>>> her family for which she has been baby-sitting for over 100 years. 
>>>> All in all a very satisfy read.
>>>>
>>>>      The background remark are intended for a person who is
>>>> not reading the series currently.  I try to keep the SA of
>>>> the Team Amiga mailing list well entertained with notes
>>>> about this sort of thing and manga.
>>>>
>>>>      bliss
>>>
>>> Bummer, my cousin's MMPB does not come out until February 25, 2025 
>>> which I have ordered.  Are you reading the ebook or the hardback ?
>>>
>>> https://www.amazon.com/Aftermarket-Afterlife-Seanan-McGuire/ 
>>> dp/0756419727/
>>>
>>> And the next book in the 14 book series comes out in ebook / trade 
>>> paperback on March 11, 2025.  I would guess that the MMPB will be out 
>>> in 2026.
>>>
>>> Lynn
>>>
>> I ordered my copy yesterday.  I didn't ask what format it was
>> but I guess I will be getting a hardback.  I'm not sure that
>> Seanan McGuire is worth the hardback price, but I didn't ask
>> so I will get it however.
>>
>> Bill
> 
> I just do not have shelf space for hardbacks.
> 
> Lynn
I have been keeping books since 1958.  My bookshelves
are just about full.  I have a 400 square foot room
devoted to my library.  They are all in homemade book
shelves.  And now my daughter is about to move in with me
and bring her books.  I may have to weed them out.

Bill