“She might have screamed, and hammered at the walls with her fists, or jumped over the low windowsill in her room, clambered to the ground by the ivy trellis… and run off toward the mountains; but she was trying her best to be good. So she was merely first to the breakfast table.” #TheBlueSword #RobinMcKinley

“She scowled at her glass of orange juice.”

Tell me that’s not a good opening line for a horses-and-swords fantasy.

Re-reading The Blue Sword for the first time in a long time, but it’s still so familiar that I can nearly quote each next paragraph as it comes. #RobinMcKinley’s prose is just… *chef’s kiss*

This one is quite special, honoring fantasy author Robin McKinley. Influential Books: The Hero and the Crown. https://open.substack.com/pub/jendiagammon/p/influential-books-the-hero-and-the?r=1cx606&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
#fantasy #books #RobinMcKinley #fantasybooks

In an effort to save my next new book for my upcoming trip, I reread #RobinMcKinley ‘s The Blue Sword and The Hero and the Crown. These were my first two of her books and I can’t even remember when I got them—middle school? Before? In any case, they haven’t lost anything over time for me, I’m always here for Aerin and Harry.
#TheBlueSword #TheHeroAndTheCrown #bookstadon

Cool! #RobinMcKinley is the newest #SFWA #GrandMaster! https://www.sfwa.org/2022/11/28/robin-mckinley-39th-sfwa-grand-master/

Robin McKinley’s blog is back up!!! This is not a drill!!! #RobinMcKinley’s blog is back up! 😍🤩😍

And still has the ridiculous number of footnotes that always made me open at least two browser windows to not lose my place while reading through a blog post.

http://www.robinmckinleysblog.com/

@Elena1701A Don’t see #RobinMcKinley mentioned enough

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