{"id":3,"date":"2004-10-13T17:06:23","date_gmt":"2004-10-13T23:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.douglasblaine.com\/?p=3"},"modified":"2010-09-07T19:39:32","modified_gmt":"2010-09-08T01:39:32","slug":"across-the-nightingale-floor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.douglasblaine.com\/index.php\/20041013\/across-the-nightingale-floor\/","title":{"rendered":"Across The Nightingale Floor"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: left; margin-right: 10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1573222259\/apocomb-20\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.douglasblaine.com\/i\/z\/Otori1.jpg\" alt=\"Across The Nightingale Floor Cover\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><strong>Across The Nightingale Floor<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>by Lian Hearn<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis<\/strong><br \/>\nAn orphan, Takeo, is adopted by a nobleman and trained in the mysterious practices of The Tribe. Using his talents he save&#8217;s his &#8216;Uncle&#8217; from an assasination attempt but is ultimately unable to protect him from a second murderous plot.<\/p>\n<p>Revenge and a love story round out this feudal Japanese flavored fantasy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Review<\/strong><br \/>\nA friend of mine felt that this book and the whole series had been over-hyped, that it was ok, but nothing special. I cannot speak for the hype, since I am pretty sure I bought and read this before it was published in the US, but I would say it was something special.<\/p>\n<p>Makes a great blend of characterization, plot, and fantastic worldbuilding. The writing is crisp and poetic without being unreadable.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recommendation<\/strong><br \/>\nI bought this book at a Whitcoulls&#8217;s in Queensland, NZ at the end of a two week vacation. I was drawn to the title.<\/p>\n<p>The subtle inclusion of magic and the feudal asian-style setting are quite a refreshing difference from the typical hack and slash and dragon fantasy I cut my teeth on.<\/p>\n<p>Go get it.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Across The Nightingale Floor by Lian Hearn Synopsis An orphan, Takeo, is adopted by a nobleman and trained in the mysterious practices of The Tribe. Using his talents he save&#8217;s his &#8216;Uncle&#8217; from an assasination attempt but is ultimately unable to protect him from a second murderous plot. Revenge and a love story round out &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.douglasblaine.com\/index.php\/20041013\/across-the-nightingale-floor\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Across The Nightingale Floor&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[42],"class_list":["post-3","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-review"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb6Km-3","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.douglasblaine.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.douglasblaine.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.douglasblaine.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.douglasblaine.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.douglasblaine.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.douglasblaine.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":153,"href":"https:\/\/www.douglasblaine.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3\/revisions\/153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.douglasblaine.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.douglasblaine.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.douglasblaine.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}