A Thankful Thursday post

[annathepiper]

To steal a concept from technoshaman, I'd like to do another post about some things that don't suck.

• I have finally been able to find a copy of Shannon K. Butcher's new novel No Regrets. For the benefit of my listening audience, Shannon Butcher is jimbutcher's spouse, and I am looking greatly forward to discovering whether she writes as well as her husband. Between Jim and Shannon, I have fantasy and romantic suspense covered. All my book-reading needs in one husband/wife writing team!
  
  
• I have also finally started reading Robin McKinley's Sunshine, which has been sitting neglected Too Damned Long on my To Read Shelf. I am about 100 pages in thus far, and enjoying it quite a bit. More to come on this when I finish the book.
  
  
• Speaking of more authors I greatly enjoy, naominovik announces here that the fourth Temeraire novel now has an official title and release date: Empire of Ivory, due out in October of this year. Elves say "YES PLEASE, I'll have some!"
  
  
• I have been feeling light-years better since I have started actually enforcing my two-sodas-a-day limit. Quite a bit of background tension has dropped out of my system, and while my sleep isn't quite back to normal yet, it's getting there.
  
  
• Going to see The Painted Veil with mamishka this past weekend turned out to be very pleasant indeed, especially as she followed it up with the DVD of The Illusionist, so we had an Edward Norton double feature. I hadn't seen The Illusionist yet, and I found it quite fun. Especially after The Painted Veil, which was a fine film, even though it was terribly, terribly grim. Meems also gave me belated birthday presents: the DVD of Eddie Izzard's Glorious show (to wit, YAY! And, I'm covered in BEEEEEEEEES!), and for particular giggles and grins, a toybox that contained both this and this. I am still laughing and laughing every time I look at them both.
  
  
• Speaking of mamishka, I look forward to joining up with her and others this Saturday to see Pan's Labyrinth, of which I have heard many good things.
  
  
• Last night we watched The Maltese Falcon again, which is chock full of goodness as well as the sterling lesson of how you just do not mess with Humphrey Bogart. Under any circumstances.
  
  
• The Young Dubliners are about to put out a new album, With All Due Respect: The Irish Sessions. Looking forward to this!
  
  
• Last but not least, tomorrow is FRIDAY!

Saturday through Thursday miles: 17.1
Miles out of Hobbiton: 1747.5
Miles out of Rauros Falls: 438.5
Miles to Isengard: 45.4

Comments

[rosepurr.livejournal.com]

I haven't read any of her straight up romances, but I love her suspense novels. There's a whole series all centered around the men in one family.

[annathepiper]

HrmRmm, duly noted. :) Maybe I'll check her out. Thanks for the tip!

[rosepurr.livejournal.com]

She writes GREAT sex.

[annathepiper]

*laugh!* So noted. I'm tough to impress with a sex scene, so I'll let you know if she works for me. ;)