At the moment, I am working on reading a Robin Hobb novel on my Nook, the first in her new Dragon series. No, can't remember the title at this moment (too lazy to go get the Nook and turn it on). Okay, I took advantage of the Internet, looked it up and it's Dragon Keeper. Are you happy?
I am enjoying it. Having a wonderful reading time, even if there are the occasional infodumps that slow some of the prose down. It's still a good book, and it has my attention. And I'm getting well acquainted with my Nook.
Meanwhile, I glommed a copy of the latest issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. Some good stories there. I liked Likoko Hall's The Gypsy Boy. Predictable, yet well written and interesting enough to make me finish it. Somehow, I just knew where it was going and how it was going to end, and had I written the story, I would not have made people wade through a third of a tale before getting to the meat of it, but as I said, I still liked it enough to read it all and think it was a really good story.
The other interesting story was Fred Chappell's Thief of Shadows. Had way too much fun with that one. A grand tale of swords and shadows and thieves, all entertwined into a mystery. And Fred Chappell is one of those authors who makes literary accessible and readable and still makes you think you are reading better writing than most.
I also liked Seven Sins for Seven Dwarves, a quirky tale using the theme of Snow White as its basis. But there is no romantic prince or cute little dwarves here. Instead, we have a darker tale with bits of humor slipped in that make you chuckle maniacally. Snow is not a welcome character when she shows up at the home of the dwarves. She is too good at ferreting out secrets that should not be found. So the story takes a satisfying twist on the tale.
Disney would never approve, but who cares. It's a good story.
At any rate, several days of severe storms have me anxious to get back to writing.
Fortunately, today is sunny (at the moment). Though as I understand it, there is still more rough weather ahead.
Must get one of the children fired up so I can work sans power.
Elsewise, I am going to fall behind.
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