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Books catalogued: 690
Estimate books yet to be catalogued: Uh. I dunno? 700, 800? More?
(Why do I keep buying books when a) I can't afford them and b) I haven't catalogued all the ones I own already?)

In the last week, my gmail address has been discovered by spam. The first day, this was a new and mildly amusing experience. By day three, it had moved from 'mildly amusing' directly to 'argh! Get these stupid phishers and advertisers out of my inbox!'

I mean, come on. I don't even have a paypal account.

My latest reading: Anne Bishop, Dreams Made Flesh. Four decent stories, all interesting. Her world, and worldbuilding here, however excellent, makes me distinctly uncomfortable. Still, it is very good.

Catherine Asaro, Schism. First book of Asaro's I've read: struck me as slightly off-balance and lacking in focus, but nonetheless compelling. I like the characters. Anyone out there have anything to say about her other books? I'd be interested in having a couple of extra opinions.

E. E. Knight, Way of the Wolf, Choice of the Cat, Tale of the Thunderbolt, and Valentine's Rising. The thinking person's post-alien-invasion, post-apocalyptic military fiction. Also a whole hell of a lot of fun. The series focuses on David Valentine, a soldier for one of the last free holdouts against the vampiric Kurian overlords. While the first book is very choppy and jumps around a lot, the rest are very well handled indeed.

Steven Brust, Athyra. Brust is always good: what else is there to say?

Regarding me: currently wallowing in self-imposed unemployment and the poverty brought on thereby, poking stories with sharp sticks to see if they'll roll over and cooperate. I need to start exercising again: I couldn't hack the job's eleven-hour shifts, and that, combined with the weather, has left me this past fortnight feeling rather under the weather and thus disinclined to anything more strenuous than going up and down stairs.

We improve and go onward.

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