Jim Hines has released an ebook that gathers together 5 short stories related to his 'Jig the Goblin' series.  The first three stories involve goblins as the focus, although Jig spends the first story strapped in a baby carrier.  The fourth story relates an adventure the magically-inclined goblin Veka shares with a human girl at a school for magic.

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Reading:  Finished "The Golden Compass" last week.  I started the second book, but put it down after a few chapters.   The book was OK, but nothing more.  It certainly was not interesting enough to entice me to finish the trilogy.  It had none of the scope or grandeur of either LotR or the Belgariad.

On the other hand, started "Old Man's War" by ( Read more... )