Next week I have training for work from 9 am – 6:30 pm, Monday – Friday. That’s going to be tough for someone who’s used to working 6:30 am – 3:30 pm. And it’s definitely going to have a negative impact on linkity. Brace yourselves.
Especially since my car is making a horrific noise – a noise so horrific that people turn to gawk if I drive by. Rear brakes? Bearings? It sounds expensive, whatever it is. I have the car parked until I can drop it off at the dealer Monday morning and get a loaner – hopefully in time to make it in to training…
Tor.com’s doing a reread of a favorite of mine from long ago, The Chronicles of Amber – starting, of course, with the amazing Nine Princes in Amber. I wanted to be a prince of Amber so badly!
Jenre, Tam, and Kassa share some of their favorites books from when they started reading m/m romance.
Reading Update One Coffee With (Sigrid Harald #1) by Margaret Maron. I can’t figure out why I liked this mystery so much the first time I read it roughly 10 years ago. It has not aged well.
On Saturday, the movers (Tyler and Tyler) moved the bulk of my worldly goods from my old third-floor condo (no elevator) to my new condo 6.5 blocks away… on the same street.
Hey, I like my neighborhood! 🙂
And I am soooooo glad I hired movers (a first for me) – it was worth every penny.
But oh, I forgot how time consuming it is to unpack and find a place for everything…
Need to buy more shelf lining paper – have so far gone through around 55 feet of the 18″ wide stuff and I am not done.
Reading Update Undone Deeds (Connor Grey #6) by Mark del Franco. This is a book that seemed to be trying too hard and simultaneously not trying hard enough, as the first half was slow and the second half was hella fast. Refreshing your memory of Celtic mythology before you read it wouldn’t be amiss.
“Well, I guess this new purple couch is ok…” -Chaos
Reading Update Uncertain Allies (Connor Grey #5) by Mark del Franco. Ok urban fantasy in which Connor once again inadvertently rains death and destruction down upon the fey portion of Boston. Some things bothered me, like the spear reappearing as a spear, but nothing being mentioned about Connor’s silver “tattoo” vanishing from his arm at the same time, etc.
If you’re wondering why this hasn’t been cleaned up yet, the city has to deal with it because it’s a boulevard tree, but since it’s on a deadend street, I’m sure it’s very low on the priority list. Someother pictures.
Chiang Mai Thai in Uptown Minneapolis has this amazing green sauce that comes with the grilled chicken Chiang Mai style. Everyone I know who’s had it agrees it’s completely delicious and addictive, and we all hoard our leftover bits of the sauce to use at home. All I can tell you is that it has garlic, some sort of spicy green chile (I’m guessing a type of spicy green Thai chile), and something that makes it a bit sticky when spilled (sugar? lime juice?). It smells like the spicy essence of greenness. YUM.
Reading Update Unperfect Souls (Connor Grey #4) by Mark Del Franco. Shit hits the fan in Boston as Connor’s mysterious dark power continues to be mysterious.
“Something’s up. I don’t know what it is, but I know I don’t like it. Other than the great boxes that Mom brings home, that is!” -Mayhem
Reading Update (I know, I’m as shocked about this as you are) Unshapely Things (Connor Grey #1) by Mark Del Franco. reread. I originally read this in February 2008. Upon rereading, I definitely appreciated some of the more “old school” urban fantasy elements (harking back to Charles de Lint, Emma Bull, Terri Windling, Tanya Huff, etc), such as the involvement of the Fae and the city/urban environment seeming to almost be a character itself. In this tale of druid who’s lost his powers and helps out the Boston Police Department as best he can, the urban fantasy elements pair interestingly with a first-person noir detective narrative (as with the Dresden Files). On with my reread of the next two books, which is as far as I made it before running out of steam with the genre last time. Unquiet Dreams (Connor Grey #2) by Mark Del Franco. reread. Very good urban fantasy in which Connor encounters trolls and dwarves and tree spirits, oh my! Unfallen Dead (Connor Grey #3) by Mark Del Franco. reread. Another good installment in the Connor Grey series. Like orannia, I didn’t think the romantic relationship added anything to the story.
One Coffee With (Sigrid Harald #1)
Undone Deeds (Connor Grey #6)
Uncertain Allies (Connor Grey #5)
Unperfect Souls (Connor Grey #4)
Unquiet Dreams (Connor Grey #2)
Unfallen Dead (Connor Grey #3)
