#Jimmy Hailler

[queentanaofcharyn]

The Place on Dalhousie || Melina Marchetta [x]

[lallemcnt]

💕💞💓💗💖💘

[anabelsbrother]

THE JIMMY BOOK IS COMING

i’m on mobile so idk how to link but GO CHECK MARCHETTA’S WEBSITE

https://melinamarchetta.wordpress.com/2018/06/13/1833/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

The Place on Dalhousie is coming March 2019!!

[bettygemma]

It's out in March, you guys, thats only seven months away! Holy crap!! After literally YEARS of waiting there'll finally be a follow up to one of my favourite book series of all time. I really hope Tara's in it and she's Prime Minister.

[marchettadaily]

It will be a novel primarily about one house, four characters, five lives, and told through three points of view. Jimmy is 23 years old in When Rosie met Jim.  In the novel, he’ll be about 25 because it takes place in Sydney about two years after the events of the short story. It’s not  YA, but regardless, I’m predictable. It’s a generational story and it’s character driven, relationship driven and pretty much about community, solace and the ties that bind. (and netball). The song I’m listening to at the moment is Babylon by Dave Gray and it’s become my lead into the lives of the older characters.

Melina Marchetta [x]

[linvinlikeaplayer]

YA LIT MEME: Seven Friendships.

↳  SAVING FRANCESCA + THE PIPER‘S SON; Francesca Spinelli, Tara Finke, Siobhan Sullivan, Justine Kalinsky, Thomas Mckee and Jimmy Hailler. [1/7]

“ Your friends are at the house.' I sit up, straight. 'Who'? 'I don't know. Weird people. The Sullivan girl, whose father got the Gosford police to pick you up.' 'Siobhan?' 'And another one who's making cups of tea for everyone, and keeping the boy who's telling Luca fart jokes away from the girl who says he's "the last bastion of patriarchal poor taste".' 'Justine, Thomas and Tara.' And the drug fiend, Jimmy, is keeping Mia calm and the Trombal boy's rung about ten times. I don't like his manner on the phone.' 'You won't like any guy's manner on the phone. ”

[donewiththecompass]

Jimmy was all bedlam and hell at times. A curse to be around when you just wanted things to be calm. 

The Piper’s Son, Melina Marchetta

[bluesadam]

marchetta meme: [2/9] characters>>>jimmy hailler, saving francesca and the piper’s son

Jimmy Hailler was a killer of a listener. The guy understood fragmented people.

[sawthefaeriequeen]

I was having a Bad Day, and then I remembered Melina Marchetta has a new book coming out - not just a new book but the one we've been speculating about for more than five years.😭

[ammapreker]

"Close your eyes; / maybe you can imagine / that love is enough, / that you never knew the / sweet taste of doubt / in the throat, / that she is not slowly / forgetting your name / after you failed her, / after you watched / as hell’s fingers / gripped her waist / and yanked her back / into the darkness, / all the while she was / reaching out for your / cursed hand.” — Emily Palermo, excerpt of Orpheus Is Still Singing Sad Songs

MARCO PAGANI, 24, ORPHEUS —

VIBES, desperately looking for a purpose in life; Jimmy Hailler (Saving Francesca); the determinator; chronic hero syndrome; Knox Overstreet (Dead Poets Society); allergic to routine; stepford smiler; aimless man seeks happiness or something like it; the charmer; Romeo Montague (Romeo and Juliet); in love with love.

THEN, “[...] I seek one who came to you too soon. / The bud was plucked before the flower bloomed, / I tried to bear my loss. I could not bear it. / Love was too strong a god” (Edith Hamilton, Mythology). Orpheus the lover, Orpheus the poet — which role, then, incited his folly? We ask, of course, the question posed since the story’s inception: Why did Orpheus look back? He had been warned, had he not? Had it been the mad act of a lover still uncertain of his victory, desperate to ensure his success? Did he instead choose the pain, the poetry buried beneath the tragedy? Or, had it not been his choice at all? “She spoke a last farewell that scarcely reached his ears and fell back into the abyss. Perhaps she was the one who said, Turn around” (Portrait of a Lady on Fire). Orpheus leaves the underworld as he’d come into it — alone, half gone.

NOW, in a word: lost. A born wanderer whose loneliness conceals itself beneath stepford smiles and a pile of bullshit he’s quite content to shove down your throat. [cw death of a (grand)parent, parental abandonment] His father died when he was young and his mother ran off, leaving him to be raised by his grandfather and learn to despise the taut silences that always seem to fall upon his ears. Even seeing his cousin, Littleton, at least serves to eliminate the need for it, abating the loneliness until he, like everyone, leaves him behind. Became adopted into a co-dependent found family of misfits and outcasts during high school who made a ~somewhat honest man of him — at least in their presence. It’s them, too, who brought Areum de Witte into his life, who — even after they slept together and he ran away following the death of his grandfather — agreed to marry him, inciting a curse upon them both. He’s stirring in the darkness, his dreams of a wedding darkening to nightmares, ending with Areum’s death. Those who begin to witness the trepidation, the uncertainty might believe his feet to be growing ever colder, the groom on the brink of running. And, what can he tell them to still those rumors? That he dreams of the death of his bride, swept away with the spring? Fear becomes a noose around his throat, restricting any attempt to diffuse the disaster in the making. After all, the show must go on.

NEEDS, he works as a pianist at some bar/restaurant/anything ??? so if anyone has anything I can throw him into please lmk !!!!! / looking for a Saving Francesca inspired wedding party for his and Areum’s upcoming wedding !!! just thinking vibes, will definitely put up a request but if anyone knows what I’m talking about and wants join before I have to do that, then please ??? do ??? Jimmy and Rosie are all that’s taken. The group all came together in high school, and then whoever went to college (lol not Marco) brought Areum (the Rosie) in / I just get the “would accidentally get into some shady sh*t” vibe from him so if someone wants to drag him into something Dark, please do? SPECIFICALLY abi’s idea about “learn[ing] to navigate the labyrinth as a way to sneak into places to steal things” PLEASE LET HIM BE INVOLVED IN THIS / my brain cell stopped working but PLEASE I would love to plot!

[astreiants-archive]

ok but it would be just cruel of her to create a third character called jimmy

[lallemcnt]

jim in When Rosie Met Jim has been confirmed as jimmy hailler, we all suspected but it’s real now ahdjoasfpdg

[anabelsbrother]

He’s home, and he knows his home because they’re here and that’s the way it is, just the certainty that one of them will always be around, and it feels like everything’s going to be okay in a way that it hasn’t since that phone call, and he’s just hugging the three of them because he’s become the sort of person who goes straight for the clinch, because once that hug came from Frankie Spinelli years ago, he knew his days of holding back were over. And everything looks the same and different, and he has one of those epiphanies in front of the clocks outside Central on Elizabeth Street next to a guy selling The Big Issue. That regardless of where his car took him and what he didn’t end up finding, he’s part of this city too and he realizes that they’re laughing and that he’s said it all out loud. 'Shut up, Jimmy!' And the girls link their arms with his and Mackee takes Jimmy’s duffel, and he’s so overwhelmed by them, and the city, and being home, that he forgets why he’s really here, and just lets it all set in. That he’s home.

The House That Seb Built (Jimmy Novel working title) (x)

[theawkwardterrier]

Hey, good morning, it’s a beautiful day to love Jimmy Hailler and the whole Sebastian’s crew!

[marchettadaily]

When Rosie Met Jim is now up for pre-order! [x]

[ladyherenya]

Books read in April

Holidays are an ideal time to find oneself with a pile of library books to read. The downside to having gone away with a pile of books is having too many books to write about afterwards.

I also reviewed the short stories I listened to: “Intro to Prom” and “Semiramis” by Genevieve Valentine, “The Shipmaker” by Aliette de Bodard and “When We Were Starless” by Simone Heller.

Favourite cover: Stand in the Sky!

Reread: Once again, didn’t get to the book I’d planned to reread.

Still reading: Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee.

Next up: Begin, End, Begin: A #LoveOzYa Anthology. A Thousand Sisters: The Heroic Airwomen of the Soviet Union in World War II by Elizabeth Wein. Maybe Ancestral Night by Elizabeth Bear.

(Longer reviews and ratings are on LibraryThing. And also Dreamwidth.)

Pride by Ibi Zoboi (narrated by Elizabeth Acevedo): Seventeen year old Zuri Benitez is proud of her family, her Haitian-Dominican heritage and the community of her Brooklyn neighbourhood. She’s unimpressed by changes like gentrification or the wealthy Darcy family moving in across the street. This contemporary YA remix twists the events of P&P fit Zuri’s context, allowing the story explore cultural identity, class and dealing with change, and for Zuri’s relationship with Darius makes sense for 21st century teenagers. It’s a cute teen romance but most powerful as a love-letter to Zuri’s hood. The audiobook brought it to life even more vividly.

Stand on the Sky by Erin Bow: Achingly beautiful. It kept making me tear up because while it’s only sometimes sad -- while this is a hopeful and joyous story -- it captures twelve year old Aisulu’s emotions so intensely. When her older brother is taken to hospital, Aisulu is left behind with their herds and relatives and throws herself into raising an eaglet. A fascinating insight into nomadic Kazakhs living in Mongolia and into the challenges and the rewards of eagle-hunting. I love the prose, sense of place and characters; I love Aisulu’s relationships and the way this is her story -- her journey.

Song of the Current by Sarah Tolcser: Caro has grown up on the river with her father, a wherryman and a smuggler. She’s offered her first job in exchange for her father’s freedom -- to deliver a crate, unopened, to Valonikos. But when she opens the crate, its occupant has other ideas about their destination. This YA fantasy shines the strongest in the skills and knowledge Caro has about sailing and about river life. I enjoyed the rest, but some things happened a bit too quickly for me to feel invested.

Undying by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner: I wasn’t very enthusiastic about Unearthed but this sequel was a lot of fun to read. High-stakes and satisfying. There’s escaping and travelling across Europe incognito and trying to save the world. And it got to build upon what had previously been established, so there’s more nuance and it all felt more believable. After reading these authors’ other books, I was confident that everything would turn out okay. I’d have liked the ending more if the authors had surprised me and there had been a higher cost -- but this is a YA novel and teenage-me certainly wouldn’t have wanted that.

Cobalt Squadron by Elizabeth Wein (narrated by Kelly Marie Tran): I didn’t find The Last Jedi very satisfying but I’m a fan of Elizabeth Wein, so I listened to this story about a mission that Rose, her sister Paige and the rest of Cobalt Squadron are involved with. Knowing that the Tico sisters survive lessened the tension somewhat, but I liked getting to know them better. (I also know that Wein is capable of writing more complex and harrowing stories but that’s not what this one is aiming for.) The audiobook includes Star Wars music and sound effects. I’d love to see music and sound effects used in more audiobooks.

A Question of Holmes by Brittany Cavallaro: Charlotte Holmes and Jamie Watson are attending an Oxford summer program before they start university. Charlotte is asked to investigate a mystery involving the drama society. It’s a quieter mystery than the preceding ones but I am not going to complain about that. I’m happy to read about mysteries at Oxford! Towards the end Charlotte makes a decision which I thought needed to be foreshadowed better and then the epilogue rushed over some things, and I wasn’t totally satisfied. I also found Charlotte’s references to things like “fall”, even though she’s living back in the UK, jarring. Minor-ish quibbles?

The True Queen by Zen Cho: The companion to Sorcerer to the Crown. This took a while to hook me, but once the story got underway, I enjoyed guessing where it was all headed. It is a delightfully diverse Regency fantasy, with some satisfying twists. If I have any quibbles, it’s that I wanted a better resolution for something -- and maybe also just more of the ending? I don’t quite know... I didn’t spend much time analysing my reaction and it was now over half a dozen books ago.

Scorch Dragons by Amie Kaufman: In the sequel to Ice Wolves, 12 year old Anders and his twin sister find themselves on different sides of the conflict between wolves and dragons, but they work together with their friends to prevent a second war. The riddle-solving and questing for a hidden objects reminded me of Deltora Quest, which I enjoyed when I was Anders’ age. A very satisfying sort of adventure.

European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman by Theodora Goss (narrated by Kate Reading): In the sequel to The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter, Mary Jekyll and Justine Frankenstein set off for Europe to rescue Lucinda Van Helsing at the request of Mary’s former governess, Mina Murray, and receive help and hospitality from people like Irene Adler and Carmilla. I particularly enjoyed the Athena Club’s interjections and digressions in the narrative, and interactions with each other. They make a great team. Kate Reading does a great job with all the voices and accents, which made the story all the more engaging. Even at 1.5 speed (due to 20+ hours of audiobook to get through!) it was easy to keep track of who was speaking.

The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie: I liked it! It’s engaging, intriguing and doing some surprisingly-similar things to Ancillary Justice (which I loved), such as: a first-person narrator who neither human nor omnipotent but has greater awareness and abilities; an interesting use of pronouns -- Eolo’s actions are described in the second-person; and a story about the past eventually collides with the story about the present. I completely missed that this is ALSO themes and variations on Hamlet. That might explain why I found the ending incredibly satisfying for the first-person narrator but I was expecting something more from -- for? -- Eolo.

The Cruel Prince by Holly Black: I borrowed this because it has a delightful map by Kathleen Jennings, it’s a finalist for the Lodestar Award, and I liked the last book I read by Black. It’s an interesting exploration of what it means to love terrible things, with a clear-sighted awareness of their flaws, but I spent most of the story thinking “I hate faeries” and wishing Jude could escape them. Then the plot did its thing, and I had to admit that this is a successful piece of storytelling, if still not quite my thing.

The Austen Playbook by Lucy Parker: Parker’s fourth romance about actors from the West End -- in which Freddy accepts the role of Lydia Bennet in The Austen Playbook, a televised, audience-interactive murder mystery theatre production -- is a lot of fun. Having an interesting setting and plot outside of the romance definitely enhances my enjoyment of the story. This had Jane Austen and Harry Potter references, rehearsal tensions, important family relationships, a mystery involving a (fictional) play, banter, and a lively actress and a grumpy theatre critic who are honest with each other.

The Place on Dalhousie by Melina Marchetta: This is about Jimmy Hailler (from Saving Francesca), now in his mid 20s. But it is equally about Rosie, who meets Jimmy in a Queensland town during a flood, Rosie’s stepmother Martha and the house built by Seb, Rosie’s late-father. It’s a powerfully moving story about grief, friendship and finding family. It’s shorter than Marchetta’s more-recent novels and I finished it feeling oddly disappointed, like it needed to be longer. Then I reread the book the following day, and reconsidered. I’d like more, certainly, but it is a satisfying story as it is.

From Clarkesworld Magazine, narrated by Kate Baker:

“Intro to Prom” by Genevieve Valentine (Issue 133): About four teenagers for whom prom is like a game they play, a way to pass the time. It is intriguing but bleak.

“Semiramis” by Genevieve Valentine (Issue 57): This is Valentine-ishly bleak and yet satisfyingly so? 

The worst thing about being a sleeper embedded somewhere long-term was that inevitably, eventually, you started to care. The worst thing about being embedded long-term as an administrator at the Svalbard Seed Vault was that when you inevitably started to care, you started to care about things like proper political geo-temperate arrangement of seeds, and there was just no one else in their right mind who was going to care about that with you.

“The Shipmaker” by Aliette de Bodard (Issue 124): Set in the same universe as The Tea Master and the Detective. It is intriguing but sad, and I wonder if I’d appreciate it more if I read more of de Bodard’s stories and understood the context better.

“When We Were Starless” by Simone Heller (Issue 145): This has been nominated for the Hugo for Best Novelette and I can see why! It’s a hopeful story about survival, questioning what society teaches and finding a way to a better future. There’s also an AI with feelings.

Once, I might have felt out of place, an unwelcome disturbance. But I had left my fear of ghosts behind like an old skin a long time ago, and what I had found instead was the unforeseen, and sometimes pure beauty.