Instead, I have an interview with Arthur, one of the heroes of Kendra E. Ardnek's Bookania series. This interview was meant to be scheduled to post during my hiatus. Due to circumstances beyond my control, it didn't happen . . . so, with Kendra's permission, I'm rather belatedly posting it now for you to enjoy.
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Hello, Arthur! To start out, why don't you
tell my readers a little about yourself? Who are you, what do you do, favorite
hobbies, coffee or tea?
I'm Arthur, the newly-crowned king
of Britune, I, uh, do king things. My hobbies, which I haven't had time to
indulge in lately, mostly involve exploring the tunnels under my castle and
collecting bugs. I'm not sure what coffee is, but tea's good. Well, some teas.
Tea is excellent, if you ask me. If my timeframe is right,
you were somewhat recently crowned king of Briton. What do you think of ruling
so far? What's the hardest part? The best part?
Well, we've renamed it
"Britune," but you are correct. It's been interesting so far. So far
it's mostly been ceremonies and such. Hardest part has been dealing with people
- I've never really had to do that before. Best part is Shira. She's amazing.
I see. Who among your fellow
characters are you the closest to? (Excepting Shira, obviously . . . you two
are a really cute couple! And excepting Grandfather as well, for obvious
reasons.) Who do you get along the least with?
I think of everyone I'm closest to
my cousin Robin. I'm not really sure how it happened, though. She scared me at
first, but she's really an interesting person, and she doesn't like to
hide things like the others do.
I'm not sure there's anyone I
completely don't get along with, though. There are people that I avoid, but I
don't not get along with them. Does that make sense?
Perfect sense. Speaking of your fellow
characters . . . what was your reaction to finding out just who Grandfather,
Shira, Madeleine, and the others really are? How long did it take you to come
to terms with that?
Well, it was hard to believe at
first, I will admit, but I'd seen so many other strange things by that point,
it was just another strange thing to get used to. Everything now made sense,
and when things make sense, they're not confusing. How long did it take me?
About as long as it took them to explain everything.
I ... I really don't know. While I
don't like the fact that my great-grandfather was separately from his family
and friends, I don't think I would exist if he hadn't, and I certainly wouldn't
be the one married to Shira. As for my own life ... maybe I'd not have my
father be captured by pirates ... though again, what would that change now? I
think it's really best to leave things as they are.
I won't argue with that. Finally, if you could have
any Gift or superpower you could imagine, what would you choose and why?
Something that would help me be a
good king, because I think I'm going to need all the help I can get.
I'm sure you'll make an excellent king, and I look forward to seeing more of you in later Bookania titles.
Did you all enjoy the interview? Want to know more about Arthur?
Welcome back, Sarah! :D
ReplyDeleteI haven't heard of this Bookania series before. It sounds intriguing based on the interview. What's it about?
Thank you!
DeleteThe Bookania series is by Kendra E. Ardnek, the same person who wrote Water Princess, Fire Prince. It's essentially a collection of fairy tale and folk tale retellings, with quite a few retellings crammed into each story and references to many more abounding within the main stories. There's also a sort of impression I've gotten that these same stories (or some of them, at least) have happened before in that world, that history does indeed repeat itself again and again with slight variations. In general, it's a fun series- not amazing, but fun all the same. (And if you read the first book and aren't impressed, try to make it through to the third, which is the best.)
Okay, thanks! :)
DeleteOkay, thanks! :)
DeleteLoved this. Arthur is a great character. And It's nice to know they did actually rename it to Britune.
ReplyDeleteIndeed it is. :) Glad you enjoyed it, and thanks for reading!
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