So, most of the additions since June are novel-length fics, plus re-reads of the HP books. Me? Obsessed? Whatever gave you that idea? Just because now the list is up to 71 "first reads" and 16 "re-reads"? Egads. And I've probably forgotten some, as I'm relying heavily on my "favorites" lists at a couple of archives, and Sycophant Hex cut me ( Read more... )

Obviously I've slowed down considerably on the fiction. But not stopped! Not by a long shot. Since my last 50books post (May 30???), I've read Storm Breaking, Owlflight, Owlsight, Owlknight, and Exile's Honor from Lackey's Valdemar, as well as A.J. Hall's book-length VK-HP crossover Time Shall Not Mend. Here's the extent of my current ability ( Read more... )

It's Valdemar, so it's all good. Though I confess to having moments in chapter 2 reading the "dialogue" between Karal and Florian and thinking, "What 'verse am I in again? And canon or fic?" OK, I was confusing Florian with Flavion, but the fact remains that in my mind Karal is the Speaker of Silvy Vale, not a Sun-Priest from Karse. Though I'm ( Read more... )

I think I've rambled enough about A Deeper Season that I don't need to go on anymore about it, and will just add it to the "books read" count.

Back to non-fiction, I finished Saints and Madmen: Psychiatry Opens Its Doors to Religion today. So that can finally come off the TBR list and go back to the library. I think I'd like to have a permanent ( Read more... )

So I finished The Sun in Glory before No Time to Lose. No surprise there, since NTtL takes a lot of digesting, and I up and bought it since I knew I'd want to keep working with it long after the book was due back to the library.

I knew TSiG was a collection of short stories. I didn't realize most were by authors other than Mercedes Lackey. That ( Read more... )

Finally read Ancient Egyptian Dances by Irena Lexova. It wasn't what I was expecting, but it was a very interesting read. I don't know that any of it would end up informing my dance, really, though.

Also started the Mage Storms trilogy with Storm Warning. It was good, and I particularly liked that it was told from a Karsite's perspective. I'm ( Read more... )

This weekend had lots of downtime, that and I was completely sucked into these two: Winds of Fury and Brightly Burning. More Valdemar. What's funny is, I'd been hoping BB would shed some light on things that happened between the time of Vanyel and the time of Kethry. It really doesn't, though. It's a complete stand-alone that was an excellent ( Read more... )

So, that Barayaran Gatorade reference prompted me to reread Shards of Honor and Barrayar. And I had the quote a bit wrong. It's "potassium-salts-laced fruit-flavored pick-me-up for the metabolically depleted." IOW, Barrayaran Gatorade. *snicker* I love when sf/f writers do things like that.

Some ILL's came in today, so I'm working on Winds ( Read more... )

I ended up sitting at the hospital today. This is a Very Good Thing because I woke up in the middle of the night last night with basically a Charley horse between my shoulderblades, and my upper back still hurts. Much less, granted, after much Reiki and arnica, but still sore nonetheless. So sitting was better than being out on the floor. We'll ( Read more... )

Haven't updated this in awhile, I see.

I've continued the Valdemar spree, reading Oathbound, The Oathbreakers, and Winds of Change. I decided to reread By the Sword while I was at it, and some of it makes more sense having read the Vows of Honor duology. ( cut for spoilers )