Meta tags:
description=4 posts published by Laura Lam during February 2012;

Headings (most frequently used words):

february, books, read, in, the, month, 2012, book, review, winter, palace, tale, of, catherine, great, eva, stachniak, sfx, weekender, january, welcome, pages, goodreads, authors, publishing, where, else, to, find, me, archives,

Text of the page (most frequently used words):
the (47), and (40), 2012 (22), was (16), february (15), 2013 (12), 2014 (12), 2015 (12), laura (11), lam (11), this (10), #catherine (10), with (8), reading (8), posted (8), also (8), books (7), about (7), but (7), more (7), young (6), read (6), great (6), sfx (6), that (6), have (5), september (5), october (5), november (5), december (5), january (5), march (5), one (5), from (5), for (5), wordpress (4), com (4), write (4), comment (4), other (4), 2011 (4), april (4), may (4), june (4), july (4), august (4), tales (4), shadowplay (4), pantomime (4), micah (4), grey (4), fantasy (4), tagged (4), not (4), time (4), felt (4), were (4), they (4), than (4), there (4), their (4), last (4), life (4), russian (4), book (4), court (4), she (4), her (4), like (3), adult (3), vestigial (3), strange (3), links (3), tor (3), leave (3), palace (3), weekender (3), wales (3), next (3), year (3), any (3), them (3), didn (3), loud (3), enjoyed (3), full (3), way (3), party (3), when (3), history (3), you (3), through (3), varvara (3), sophie (3), little (3), get (2), started (2), site (2), name (2), required (2), comments (2), content (2), log (2), sign (2), subscribed (2), subscribe (2), now (2), writing (2), travel (2), fiction (2), random (2), research (2), photos (2), signings (2), short (2), stories (2), publishing (2), reviews (2), gender (2), conventions (2), goodreads (2), agency (2), robin (2), hobb (2), works (2), masquerade (2), fan (2), false (2), hearts (2), discussion (2), pages (2), out (2), welcome (2), beta (2), novel (2), girl (2), scott (2), westerfeld (2), winter (2), tale (2), eva (2), stachniak (2), convention (2), costume (2), urban (2), elf (2), because (2), went (2), girls (2), had (2), women (2), though (2), two (2), who (2), really (2), necessary (2), sophia (2), mcdougall (2), few (2), main (2), sit (2), chat (2), fantasycon (2), room (2), canteen (2), almost (2), make (2), myself (2), friends (2), having (2), place (2), would (2), peoples (2), only (2), panels (2), which (2), good (2), couldn (2), won (2), people (2), met (2), well (2), others (2), cabbie (2), don (2), came (2), back (2), chalet (2), think (2), how (2), evidently (2), food (2), apples (2), pontins (2), prestatyn (2), nothing (2), home (2), what (2), frozen (2), know (2), power (2), much (2), 18th (2), century (2), comes (2), character (2), princess (2), become (2), empress (2), own (2), father (2), elizabeth (2), design, website, email, loading, collapse, bar, manage, subscriptions, view, reader, report, privacy, already, account, join, 363, subscribers, blog, 2016, archives, synchronicity, coincidences, science, lists, intersex, glbt, vestigal, uncategorized, self, nanowrimo, miscellaneous, general, sexuality, tumblr, pinterest, mailing, list, instagram, facebook, author, allsorts, absolute, forums, where, else, find, juliet, mushens, united, talent, heyne, verlag, fanucci, editore, creative, artists, bragelonne, wesley, chu, tristina, wright, lee, collins, kim, curran, katherine, locke, justina, ireland, emma, maree, corinne, duyvis, bryony, pearce, anne, lyle, amy, alward, authors, consulted, resources, visits, events, poetry, art, questions, contact, follow, speculative, upcoming, inheritance, megan, lindholm, lessons, dead, knowles, leviathan, monster, calls, patrick, ness, genesis, bernard, beckett, delirium, lauren, oliver, lastly, here, half, assed, blurry, joe, abercrombie, background, photocred, andrew, hard, sure, glad, criticism, concerns, lingerie, stilts, prude, stretch, imagination, unnecessary, fairly, even, divide, attendance, far, could, tell, men, perhaps, queer, spoke, bisexual, similar, feel, says, all, better, did, criticisms, nowhere, easily, unlike, signing, crowded, smelled, stale, grease, arena, dark, screening, something, going, pub, throat, protesting, saturday, night, constant, yelling, heard, quieter, nurse, drink, most, tags, astronomically, bad, remembering, names, saves, ass, several, preservation, examined, races, purpose, genre, literature, attended, space, opera, present, contest, see, thing, idea, too, bothered, those, dislike, queuing, wonderful, meet, new, highlights, include, kebab, fiasco, getting, lost, some, tiny, welsh, lanes, adam, christopher, will, hill, lou, morgan, finding, lavie, tidhar, david, tallerman, stranded, pampered, pets, cattery, worry, staying, late, chatting, roomies, suzanne, mcleod, alex, bell, michaela, deas, diane, ware, briefly, china, mieville, anything, interesting, say, him, attending, chemistry, pizza, surprisingly, delicious, nearby, haven, civilisation, known, beaches, hotel, playing, lot, fun, bunch, writers, publishers, plus, totally, hehe, regret, never, got, around, dancing, held, holiday, camp, called, chalets, bear, resemblance, council, estates, basic, amenities, inedible, cardboard, house, huge, improvement, over, location, shudder, haunted, look, into, eyes, mentioned, seen, unspeakable, horror, weekend, made, arduous, journey, north, aberdeen, northern, third, annual, second, expect, utterly, terrified, confident, ease, overall, rise, after, finishing, wished, learn, listened, these, podcasts, stuff, missed, class, however, caution, listen, before, quite, obvious, contains, spoilers, recommended, prose, lush, lyrical, metaphor, delightful, turns, phrases, russia, knew, specifically, sickly, sweet, smiles, holding, knives, behind, backs, just, twisted, royal, course, every, uses, another, interactions, layers, doll, slow, meandering, its, cynical, world, wise, mother, engaging, drawn, loved, matryoshka, then, anhalt, zerbst, engaged, crown, prince, peter, selfish, boy, rennamed, seems, completely, element, powerless, decadent, are, both, tossed, manipulated, until, start, fight, knowledge, can, day, varara, polish, daughter, bookbinder, journeyed, opportunities, work, renowned, attracted, notice, herself, family, fortune, leaves, orphan, seeks, refuge, taken, first, imperial, seamstresses, stubbornness, luck, becoming, tongues, spies, review, manuscripts, least, twice, hiding, elephant, magicians, invented, impossible, learned, disappear, jim, steinmeyer, shotgun, gravy, chuck, wendig, miss, peregrine, peculiar, children, ransom, riggs, behemoth, month, isn, daydream, real, skip,

Text of the page (random words):
february 2012 laura lam skip to content laura lam this isn t a daydream this is real life month february 2012 books read in february posted on february 29 2012 february 29 2012 by laura lam 8 behemoth scott westerfeld 9 miss peregrine s home for peculiar children ransom riggs 10 shotgun gravy chuck wendig 11 hiding the elephant how magicians invented the impossible and learned to disappear jim steinmeyer i also beta read 2 5 manuscripts and read my own book at least twice posted in reading tagged books reading leave a comment book review the winter palace a tale of catherine the great eva stachniak posted on february 21 2012 february 21 2012 by laura lam varara is a polish daughter of a bookbinder her father journeyed to the russian court because he felt there would be more opportunities there her father s work was renowned and attracted the notice of the empress elizabeth herself but when family fortune leaves young varvara an orphan she seeks refuge at the palace she s taken in first as one of the imperial seamstresses but with stubbornness and a little luck she works her way up to becoming one of elizabeth s tongues or little spies and then princess sophie comes to court a princess from anhalt zerbst to become engaged to crown prince peter a selfish strange little boy young sophie is rennamed catherine by the empress and seems completely out of her element and powerless at the decadent russian court varvara and catherine are both tossed about manipulated by others until they start to fight back through knowledge of their own so sophie can one day become catherine the great of course there s much more to it that that every character uses another character interactions have more layers than a matryoshka doll it s a slow novel meandering its way through varvara s life from when she s a young girl to a cynical world wise mother it s engaging and well drawn and i loved it the prose is lush and lyrical full of metaphor and delightful turns of phrases 18th century russia comes to life through the pages i knew next to nothing about russian history specifically in the 18th century and it s full of sickly sweet smiles with people holding knives behind their backs and just as twisted as any other royal court recommended after finishing this book i wished to learn more about catherine and so i listened to these two podcasts by stuff you missed in history class however i caution not to listen to it before you re read the book if you don t know much about catherine as it quite obvious contains spoilers catherine the great s rise to power catherine the great in power posted in reading reviews tagged books catherine the great reading russian history leave a comment sfx weekender 3 posted on february 8 2012 february 8 2012 by laura lam last weekend i made the arduous journey from the frozen north of aberdeen to frozen northern wales for the third annual sfx weekender this was my second uk convention last time at fantasycon i didn t know what to expect and was utterly terrified this time i felt more confident and at ease and overall i enjoyed myself sfx was held in pontins holiday camp in prestatyn wales pontins is nothing to write home about so called chalets that bear more resemblance to council estates with basic amenities and the food in the canteen was inedible cardboard but really it was only a place to house us and evidently prestatyn was a huge improvement over last year s location i shudder to think what that were like a haunted look came into peoples eyes when they mentioned it like they had seen unspeakable horror it was wonderful to meet people i met last time and make new friends as well highlights include the kebab fiasco almost getting lost on the way to the tor party in some tiny welsh lanes with adam christopher will hill and lou morgan and finding lavie tidhar david tallerman and a few others stranded at a pampered pets cattery by their cabbie don t worry the cabbie came back for them staying up late and chatting with my party chalet roomies suzanne mcleod alex bell michaela deas diane ware and sophia mcdougall i also briefly met china mieville though i couldn t think of anything interesting to say to him other than how s life evidently it s good i also enjoyed attending the strange chemistry chalet pizza party having surprisingly delicious food at the nearby haven of civilisation known as beaches hotel and playing apples to apples which is a lot of fun with a bunch of writers and publishers plus i totally won hehe i regret that i never got around to dancing i only went to several panels but i enjoyed them elf preservation examined fantasy races and their purpose in genre literature i also attended the urban fantasy and space opera panels which were full of good discussion i was also present at the costume contest but i couldn t see a thing so i have no idea who won i didn t go to any signings as i m not too bothered by those and i dislike queuing more than necessary i did have a few criticisms the main one was that there was nowhere to sit and chat easily unlike fantasycon the signing room canteen was loud crowded and smelled of stale grease the main arena was loud and dark as was the screening room if something was going on in the pub it was also loud my throat started protesting saturday night from the constant almost yelling to make myself heard to my friends next year having a quieter place to sit and nurse a drink and chat would be most welcome i m also a fan of name tags as i m astronomically bad at remembering peoples names and this saves my ass my other criticism concerns the girls in lingerie on stilts i m not a prude by any stretch of the imagination but it felt unnecessary sfx had a fairly even gender divide in attendance as far as i could tell the girls were for the men and perhaps queer women though i spoke to two bisexual women who felt similar to me about them i really didn t feel they were necessary and sophia mcdougall says it all better than i have because wales is hard for me to get to i m not sure if i ll go next year but i m glad i went this time lastly here s me in my half assed costume of an urban fantasy elf with a blurry joe abercrombie in the background photocred andrew posted in conventions tagged convention sfx sfx weekender 4 comments books read in january posted on february 1 2012 february 1 2012 by laura lam 1 delirium lauren oliver 2 the winter palace a tale of catherine the great eva stachniak 3 genesis bernard beckett 4 a monster calls patrick ness 5 leviathan scott westerfeld 6 lessons from a dead girl jo knowles 7 the inheritance robin hobb megan lindholm i also beta read one novel posted in reading young adult tagged books reading leave a comment welcome hi i m laura lam and i write speculative fiction upcoming books false hearts masquerade out now pantomime shadowplay the vestigial tales follow laura lam on wordpress com pages about contact discussion questions false hearts fan art links micah grey 1 pantomime micah grey 2 shadowplay micah grey 3 masquerade short stories poetry vestigial tales visits events works consulted resources goodreads authors amy alward anne lyle bryony pearce corinne duyvis emma maree justina ireland katherine locke kim curran lee collins robin hobb tristina wright wesley chu publishing bragelonne creative artists agency fanucci editore heyne verlag juliet mushens of united talent agency tor uk tor us where else to find me absolute write forums author allsorts facebook goodreads instagram mailing list pinterest tumblr conventions gender sexuality general links miscellaneous nanowrimo pantomime photos random research reading reviews self publishing shadowplay short stories signings travel uncategorized vestigal tales writing young adult books fantasy glbt intersex laura lam links lists micah grey pantomime photos random research reading science fiction shadowplay strange coincidences synchronicity travel vestigial tales writing young adult archives march 2016 december 2015 november 2015 october 2015 september 2015 august 2015 july 2015 june 2015 may 2015 april 2015 march 2015 february 2015 january 2015 december 2014 november 2014 october 2014 september 2014 august 2014 july 2014 june 2014 may 2014 april 2014 march 2014 february 2014 january 2014 december 2013 november 2013 october 2013 september 2013 august 2013 july 2013 june 2013 may 2013 april 2013 march 2013 february 2013 january 2013 december 2012 november 2012 october 2012 september 2012 august 2012 july 2012 june 2012 may 2012 april 2012 march 2012 february 2012 january 2012 december 2011 november 2011 october 2011 september 2011 blog at wordpress com subscribe subscribed laura lam join 363 other subscribers sign me up already have a wordpress com account log in now privacy laura lam subscribe subscribed sign up log in report this content view site in reader manage subscriptions collapse this bar loading comments write a comment email required name required website design a site like this with wordpress com get started