So Black Heart is done - it's one of those wonderful books that you can actually finish in a single sitting; a good, meaty story that's not so long that you can easily be bored by it. Now I need to decide whether to tackle Runelight - which is about twice the size and if it's anything like it's predecessor is chock full of Norse Gods, goblins and ( Read more... )

So, two things:

Thing the first; all my books have arrived! Saturday through to early morning Tuesday were kind of iffy but this has redeemed it. I've already started in on Black Heart; I can tell it's already going to be a good as the first two in the trilogy. I am so excited ( Read more... )

So, my twenty fourth has come and gone - the day itself wasn't especially remarkable, but it was stretched out over a period of three days and so it made up for itself - and I have books on the way. Three, in particular: Black Heart by Holly Black; Deathless by Catherynne M. Valente and Runelight by Joanne Harris. In the case of the first and the ( Read more... )