Winter has come to Westeros. I’m done with A Dance With Dragons. Now it’s time to work on some short fiction pieces that I’ve been playing around with in my head for the last couple of months, and move on to more books. Any recommendations? I’ve tried using this, but it’s only so-so when you read so much… Next up on my list are some of the following:
Inkdeath by Cornelia Funke (finishing the trilogy at last)
Brisingr and Inheritance by Christopher Paolini (see above)
The Black Company by Glen Cook
Shadow & Claw by Gene Wolfe (halfway done)
11/22/63 by Stephen King
Lord of the Flies by William Golding (rereading)
1984 by George Orwell (rereading)
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (rereading)
The Shining by Stephen King (rereading in advance of the release of the sequel, Dr. Sleep)
A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula Le Guin
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
The Aleph and Other Stories by Jorge Luis Borges
There’s also this. It’s a new book called White Dove, and if the author’s name seems familiar, there’s a very good reason for that. It’s written by my fifteen year old cousin. I’m damn proud of her, albeit a little jealous that she got published before me. 😀
Winter has come to Colorado too. We’re finally getting some snow that’s staying on the ground for more than a few hours! This is kind of a big deal, people.
In winter, Colorado is basically Hoth
It doesn’t really actually mean all that much to me right now. I’m off of work for the next few days, unless I get called in to substitute for someone. In the meantime, I really should be looking for additional work, but there are so many things that demand for me to read them…seriously, it’s like an addiction. I can’t stop reading! That, and drinking Mountain Dew. And hopefully writing… Speaking of which, writing, that is, not Mountain Dew (though I realized the store had ten different varieties of Mountain Dew the other day, twelve if you counted the two diet flavors…), I found something that could come in very handy. If nothing else, I can use this for when I get into an argument with some gorbellied, motley-minded clack-dish:
For a more sophisticated way of saying "Your mother's a whore."
Goodnight!
The Swords of the Ancients 