amanda does it again...

[ewein2412]

This time it's a character from Rose Under Fire and by gosh it isn't Rose - it's IRINA. I'm pretty sure that if you haven't read the book there won't really be any spoilers here, but if you have, let me just say: RED BATHING SUIT WARNING. I don't know whether to laugh or to cry, really.

Irina arrived today and I got all excited and worried just looking at the customs label.



Excited because, well, Amanda has actually already made me four other literary action figures. Worried because, um, Ravensbrueck. You will have to leave some of Irina's accessories to your imagination. But don't worry, she is the BEST EQUIPPED BARBIE I HAVE EVER OWNED.

I bring you the experience of opening the package! This is what lay on top:



It is a diagram of a Storch. Fieseler 156. Not Irina's aircraft, but hey. Significant for other reasons.

And when you lift the paper, here she is. Look! she even comes with a pretty civilian summer dress so she can go dancing or something:



And here is her marvelous gear. Escape kit - maps, Russian spam, compass -



And parachute, of course. I hope she knows how to get it on.



She also happens to be a decorated Hero of the Soviet Union.



Close-up of those medals:



FEEEELLLLS :'(





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THANK YOU AMANDA, I AM NOT WORTHY!!!!! :P


She also sent me a scissors. Best. Eiffel. Tower. Tat. EVER.



The instructions are worth reading, too.

Comments

tanita is envious ☺

[(Anonymous)]

Oh, my goodness. Can *I* have an Amanda???

Also, I have always collectioned the place that children can't touch. I have collectioned many of that place.

Re: tanita is envious ☺

[ewein2412]

personally I don't see why you need to use scissors in nusing.

Re: tanita is envious ☺

[ewein2412]

I also think it's pretty cool that one of the features of the scissors is that they are sharp.

[3rdragon]

THIS IS AMAZING.

That is all.

[3rdragon]

. . . Maybe that's why Barbie is as thin as she is.

Also, I love the itty-bitty maps.

[ewein2412]

damn, that's exactly what Tori said! hah.

[estara.livejournal.com]

Wow. the detail again and the way the pleats fall and the tiny, tiny medals and...wow.

[ewein2412]

I think she just has fun playing with dolls! :D

[(Anonymous)]

I'm a long-time reader and blog lurker, and I just popped by to say that I finally got a chance to read CNV. I'm a bit out of the target age range now, and I just didn't think I was very invested in the story until I cried through the last few chapters. So thanks for another good read. What I really want to say though, is that I have been reading your books once (or multiple times) a year since probably middle school. I just graduated college and I still enjoy them every single time. I am so glad to hear that you are finally getting some MUCH deserved attention. I loved CNV, but Telemakos and Medraut, etc. are fixed in my heart in a way that only happens when you live with a story for a long time.

All the best.

[ewein2412]

so pleased to hear from an admirer of Telemakos! It is true that he is a permanent fixture in my own heart. Thanks for stopping by and for the good wishes!

[singersdd.livejournal.com]

Now that I've read the book (thank you, Net Galley!) the feels have just been killed again.

There was a particular page in Code Name Verity that I had to read 3 times, to make sure I'd really read what I thought I read. Then I sobbed for the next 5 pages.

With Rose Under Fire, I didn't cry till I read your author's note at the end. But the feels have still suffered. I finished reading it yesterday and started reading it again today. The book is that. good.

You, ma'am, have the gift of stringing words one after another in the right order. I love this book.

Thank you for telling the world.

[ewein2412]

you are so, so welcome. thank you for reading, and passing it on!