Sunday night catchup
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solarbird, spazzkat, and I did on Friday night, and to that post I will add that we had the obligatory pre-flick wandering around Barnes & Noble so's to kill time before we went and got in the line. I was very pleased to score myself a copy of Lindsey Davis' The Silver Pigs, which cafiorello had recommended, a long time ago. It looks like they're starting to reprint the initial books of that series, so yay! I also picked up another Young Dubliners CD, Absolutely. I really want to find the Seven Nations album Thanks for Waiting, but I've had a devil of a time finding it in local stores. I may have to wind up ordering that one. Foo.
My next purchase will of course be Courage & Patience & Grit, the release date for which is so very, very nigh that I may just break out into random squealage over the next 48 hours.
Meanwhile, I have done a Charlaine Harris doubleheader, reading Grave Sight, the first of her new series, and Dead as a Doornail, the fifth Sookie Stackhouse. I quite liked Grave Sight, and am not sure what I thought about Dead as a Doornail. Particularly weird was seeing the heroine of Harris' other series, the Lily Bard books, show up in this one--and apparently married to her love interest, which made me go "buh huh what did I miss something over there in those other books?" Also, while I continue to be grateful that the Sookies haven't gone the way of the Anita Blakes--i.e., sacrificed plot in favor of supernatural sexual hijinxs--I'm getting vaguely weary of her being the lust pursuit of every single supernatural guy she meets. I've counted six different guys over the series so far who have had, are having, or who are about to have a relationship with her. Just once, I'd like to see at least one major supernatural male character show up in the plot, in a non-villain capacity, and not want to date Sookie.
Battlestar Galactica has also been watched, despite my lack of commentary posts lately. Blame that on Nanowrimo, though I'm still mulling over what I thought of the last two episodes. We'll see how things settle out again once the end of the month draws nigh.
The annual Murkworks Homeless Waifs Thanksgiving Day Turkeyfest is also drawing nigh! Mmm, turkey. I'm vaguely bummed I don't have the Friday after Turkey Day off anymore, though. I'd take it anyway, except I promised to go ahead and come in. Hopefully I can still get away early. ;)
And oh yes--Faerie Blood has now passed the two-month mark at Baen. I'd be more excited about this if I thought they'd actually read it yet, since I also know their posted turnaround time is something on the order of nine to twelve months! If I hear back on it any time before then, I'll consider myself lucky. But here's hoping.
Monday through Sunday miles: 16.4
Miles out of Hobbiton: 1545.3
Miles out of Rauros Falls: 236.3
Miles to Isengard: 247.7
solarbird, spazzkat, and I did on Friday night, and to that post I will add that we had the obligatory pre-flick wandering around Barnes & Noble so's to kill time before we went and got in the line. I was very pleased to score myself a copy of Lindsey Davis' The Silver Pigs, which cafiorello had recommended, a long time ago. It looks like they're starting to reprint the initial books of that series, so yay! I also picked up another Young Dubliners CD, Absolutely. I really want to find the Seven Nations album Thanks for Waiting, but I've had a devil of a time finding it in local stores. I may have to wind up ordering that one. Foo.My next purchase will of course be Courage & Patience & Grit, the release date for which is so very, very nigh that I may just break out into random squealage over the next 48 hours.
Meanwhile, I have done a Charlaine Harris doubleheader, reading Grave Sight, the first of her new series, and Dead as a Doornail, the fifth Sookie Stackhouse. I quite liked Grave Sight, and am not sure what I thought about Dead as a Doornail. Particularly weird was seeing the heroine of Harris' other series, the Lily Bard books, show up in this one--and apparently married to her love interest, which made me go "buh huh what did I miss something over there in those other books?" Also, while I continue to be grateful that the Sookies haven't gone the way of the Anita Blakes--i.e., sacrificed plot in favor of supernatural sexual hijinxs--I'm getting vaguely weary of her being the lust pursuit of every single supernatural guy she meets. I've counted six different guys over the series so far who have had, are having, or who are about to have a relationship with her. Just once, I'd like to see at least one major supernatural male character show up in the plot, in a non-villain capacity, and not want to date Sookie.
Battlestar Galactica has also been watched, despite my lack of commentary posts lately. Blame that on Nanowrimo, though I'm still mulling over what I thought of the last two episodes. We'll see how things settle out again once the end of the month draws nigh.
The annual Murkworks Homeless Waifs Thanksgiving Day Turkeyfest is also drawing nigh! Mmm, turkey. I'm vaguely bummed I don't have the Friday after Turkey Day off anymore, though. I'd take it anyway, except I promised to go ahead and come in. Hopefully I can still get away early. ;)
And oh yes--Faerie Blood has now passed the two-month mark at Baen. I'd be more excited about this if I thought they'd actually read it yet, since I also know their posted turnaround time is something on the order of nine to twelve months! If I hear back on it any time before then, I'll consider myself lucky. But here's hoping.
Monday through Sunday miles: 16.4
Miles out of Hobbiton: 1545.3
Miles out of Rauros Falls: 236.3
Miles to Isengard: 247.7