Week of June 5-11

[mrissa]

Five rejections, no acceptances.

All my energy ran out like someone pulled the plug yesterday late afternoon, and I'm going with the theory that it's better to rest before I get sick than keep pushing and get sick. So that's the theory. After supper, markgritter and I are going to be the last people on earth to see Episode 3, since half the planet has already seen it and the other half doesn't want to. In the meantime, I'm reading A Sorcerer and a Gentleman and poking slowly at house chores.

Cheerful thoughts, anybody?

Comments

[dichroic.livejournal.com]

That has actually been known to work, for me -- resting when halfway sick so as not to get fully sick, and then actually *not* getting fully sick. I think that's a cheerful thought.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

Well, for what it's worth, I don't feel incipient-virus nasty, I feel hormonal nasty. I'm not sure it's worth a lot, though.

[bradipo.livejournal.com]

I really enjoyed A Sorcerer and a Gentleman, so that's cheerful to the extent that our reading tastes overlap.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

I don't know that they do yet: I can't say whether I'll like it yet or not. I suspect I will, but I'm not very far in it. I told carbonel I was looking to read it because you recommended it, though.

[magentamn.livejournal.com]

You are not going to be the last people on Earth to see Episode III - I'm waiting until it gets to the Riverview.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

Well, when we find out what happens to Anakin Skywalker, I'll be sure not to tell you so as not to spoil it.

[angeyja.livejournal.com]

I just thought the same thing as bradipo, with a bounce. I did a reread last year (and finally did Zelazny's Amber again,) and am looking forward to your thoughts on it. First read or reread?

My current cheerful reading is Jim Butcher's Harry Dresden 1-5, punctuated by Robt Parker's Bad Business and then tonight on back onto Death Masks or possibly Mortal Love or The Curse of Chalion. Both are library books and should probably come first.

Cheerful thoughts, anybody?

It's finally cooling off, and I picked my first strawberry today.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

First read. I love The Curse of Chalion and was frustrated by but interested in Mortal Love.

Our blueberry bush has blueberries on it. Little green blueberries. We planted it for the colors it turns in the fall, so the little blueberries are just a plus.

[bradipo.livejournal.com]

One thing I liked about the story (and I don't think this is a spoiler at all) is that the story is full of set-ups for the classic bits that go into a epic fantasy story (the long journey through dangerous terrain, the rescue, the big fight, etc.), but then it often skips the event it had just set-up. At first I was feeling cheated, but then I realized that the author was just skipping the scenes that went exactly as you knew they would--the story started up with the next unexpected bit. I found it worked really well--the author gives you all the good stuff.

Looking forward to hear how you like it.

[mechaieh.livejournal.com]

Definitely good to rest.

Cheerful thoughts, anybody?

I shelved dozens of children's science books at the library today, and I'm going to make a Queen of Sheba torte after I shower.

[dancingwriter.livejournal.com]

"Cheerful thoughts, anybody?"

My hollyhocks have started to bloom, I've been eating fresh sugarsnap peas straight off the vine all week, and The Hallowed Hunt is every bit as good as Curse of Chalion and Paladin of Souls.

[mkille.livejournal.com]

Cheerful thoughts:

Technology rocks. My son talked to both my brother and my older niece on the phone tonight, and he had to be pried away from the headset after about 10 minutes, so that he could have his bath. Which his grandmother gave him, courtesy of air travel.

[ladysea.livejournal.com]

Cheerful thought...

Three little girls: a blonde, a brunette, and a redhead. All dressed up in little dance costumes. Kicking some dancing ass. =P

This was my evening. There were many happy tears shed. My eyes will be red for a week. I tear up just thinking of how terrific they did.

I love my girls. =) And I will have pictures to share soon, so everyone else can love them too. =P

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

We don't need pictures to dote on the girls!

Not that you shouldn't post the pictures. Far from it. I'm just sayin'.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

Living in the future, yep.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

Do you think so? I liked Paladin of Souls substantially better. But I like Paladin of Souls one heck of a lot.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

What's in a Queen of Sheba torte?

[ladysea.livejournal.com]

hehe. Understood. =)

[mechaieh.livejournal.com]

Chocolate and ground almonds. And, because I had it handy, Chambord.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

My. Hero.

[angeyja.livejournal.com]

First read.

What did you think? I read Well favoured Man first and I still tend to do them in this order.

I am very fond of the characters not least Freia (natch!) and aside from the capability angle it's a reassuring way to read. can't say much more here until you have read the next one without spoiling.

I love The Curse of Chalion and was frustrated by but interested in Mortal Love.

Hmm. I think I agree. The only bad moment of Saturday was hitting the library after it had closed as I was hoping for Paladin. I am too lazy to work up anything coherent when it is ninety degrees (or possibly any degrees ;-) but I really liked this book. I recognize I am probably the last person on the planet to read it.

The only thing is I could have actually liked it just as well w/o the romance. That is sort of odd for me. I am not adverse to romance.

Aside from that, great story, loved her "hero," and the way it all worked. I am crappy on plot analysis. I will tend to notice problems there or with charcterization as interruptions in my concentration and not really have the words for them.

Re: Hand, that expresses pretty well the way I am anticipating it, which is why it hasn't been read yet, that and I have to be in the right mood for getting into the heads of certain kinds of characters.

Our blueberry bush has blueberries on it. Little green blueberries. We planted it for the colors it turns in the fall, so the little blueberries are just a plus.

*grin* I tried lingonberries one year. have you ever had them? I had this great memory of lingonberry syrup over ice cream but they didn't like my space here, and I am really funny about gardening that way. I will grow what likes what I have to offer because it's supposed to be fun, and occasionally tasty... I will _not_ fuss.

This year just the lettuce mix, the strawberries (I am trialling five different varities) and I've have red raspberries for a while and they are loaded. About two weeks for those. There really isn't anything like things fresh from the garden. But space is an issue. I am focused mainly on the rose breeding but I try to tuck a few other things in too.

It is good for the roses also. Monoculture is really not a healthy thing when it comes to gardens.

Whoo. Babbled, again!

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

Have I ever had lingonberries. Oh, silly, silly you. Has there ever been a moment since we moved in when the fridge in this house was empty of lingonberries? (To answer my own rhetorical question, there has not. Ben and Rachel brought them for housewarming, and so did my auntie, and then I bought my own.)

We have herbs, and we've started tomatoes in pots, but for the most part we haven't anything to harvest, either. But the clematis bloomed today, which is lovely.

I just haven't been able to find Well-favoured Man, and neither could carbonel, who has lent me A Sorcerer and a Gentleman and The Price of Blood and Honor. In my case it was more "never seen it," in hers "where did I put that," from what I understand. Still. I talked a bit about it on novel_gazing today.

[angeyja.livejournal.com]

Let me know if you don;t find it and want a loaner.

*grin* I see you like lingonberries.

(Scurries off to novel gazing.)

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

I like cloudberries even better.