Catching up on my reading

[alitheapipkin]

I had flu last week, which was incredibly annoying (especially as I had to soldier on working at home for the 1st three days because we had a software release to get out which I had put stacks of works into the website for and I couldn't bear to let anyone else mess up in my absence), but it did mean I got to spend Thursday in bed with Gemini, the

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[erindubitably]

Hah, I _just_ started LoLL myself!

[alitheapipkin]

:) I'm certainly enjoying it at the moment, although I'm looking forward to finally meeting Sabeth!

[danieldwilliam]

They sound cool. I shall look them up.

Thanks

[alitheapipkin]

The first one is called 'Niccolo Rising' and there are 8 in total. Three of the last four are mostly set in Scotland so you get to play spot the locations you've visited here too.

No problem, I love converting new people to my favourite books :)

[alitheapipkin]

Although you may want to read the Lymond ones first. I discovered reading the introduction to the last volume that there is some foreshadowing going on which made no sense to me having not read the earlier written, but later set, books.

[danieldwilliam]

Ta.

[mamatotrees]

You have excellent taste in books if I don't say so myself...love Lymond- haven't come across that many people who've read them- but need to find time for Niccolo.

I got into Locke Lomorra after some numpty complained that the 40+ female pirate captain with twins was really unrealistic - of course the whole thing is meant to be cutting edge reportage...Fantasy obviously being for young males...

[alitheapipkin]

Oh, you must find time for Niccolo, they are really great. I'm looking forward to rereading them now and spotting all the stuff I missed the first time now I no what is really going on!