Books 2009: help

You know, I might enjoy this thesis business, but today? I'd enjoy being home in front of the fire a lot more.

Winter appears to have arrived. For now.

---

Books 2009: 88-89


88. Elizabeth Bear, By the Mountain Bound.

Best book I've read this year. Gut-wrenchingly beautiful. Or maybe beautifully gut-wrenching. Also, very Norse. Very apocalyptic-y.

I think the only reason I didn't cry like a baby is because I already knew how it ended.


89. Ilona Andrews, On the Edge.

Definitely not even close to the best book I've read this year. I am sick of fantasy novels with romance in where the hero is an arsehole of immense proportions but! handsome! with! a! heart! of! gold!

Yeah. Still, the world-building was kind of nifty.

Books 2009: help

You know, I might enjoy this thesis business, but today? I'd enjoy being home in front of the fire a lot more.

Winter appears to have arrived. For now.

---

Books 2009: 88-89


88. Elizabeth Bear, By the Mountain Bound.

Best book I've read this year. Gut-wrenchingly beautiful. Or maybe beautifully gut-wrenching. Also, very Norse. Very apocalyptic-y.

I think the only reason I didn't cry like a baby is because I already knew how it ended.


89. Ilona Andrews, On the Edge.

Definitely not even close to the best book I've read this year. I am sick of fantasy novels with romance in where the hero is an arsehole of immense proportions but! handsome! with! a! heart! of! gold!

Yeah. Still, the world-building was kind of nifty.

Fire!

I have successfully built a fire with three sheets of newspaper, a candlestub, and some turf.

The rest of the evening is going to involve pizza, finishing the book I'm reading, DVDs, and other such stuff as is conducive to the maintenance of mental health. Stress is the opposite of fun.

Fire!

I have successfully built a fire with three sheets of newspaper, a candlestub, and some turf.

The rest of the evening is going to involve pizza, finishing the book I'm reading, DVDs, and other such stuff as is conducive to the maintenance of mental health. Stress is the opposite of fun.