what light through yonder window breaks?

[lunabee34]

1. The migraine is gone! I attribute this to all your well wishes in conjunction with my BFF M coming to witch doctor me up and anoint me with oils on Friday. I woke up Saturday headache free. :)

2. Emma is clearing out her room *sob*, so I have two coloring books free to good home: one is called Detailed Designs and Patterns and the other is Dot-to-Dot Therapy. Let me know if you want them, and I'll shoot them to you media mail.

3.



When True Night Falls by C.S. Friedman

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


The first half of this book drags for me, but when Hesseth, Damien, and Tarrant find Jenseny, it picks up and is a nail-biter until the end.

I really, really love the dramatic changes that both Damien and Tarrant go through; the evolution of their relationship is fascinating.

But Hesseth is my favorite, and her loss hurts. :(



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4. What's the nicest thing a stranger/random person/someone you didn't know well ever did for you?

5. Rec me something. Any category: book, food, notebook, website, flower to smell, whatever. :)

Comments

[china_shop]

1. Yayay! *hugs*

5. The Rampart Trilogy by M.R. Carey.

♥

[lunabee34]

I haven't read that one but I love The Girl with all the Gifts and the Felix Castor trilogies. He (I think a he?) is such a good writer.

[china_shop]

(Yeah, I think he's a Mike.) Such a good writer. The Koli books are filled with wonderful and interesting language things.

[lunabee34]

*nods nods*


Same with the ones I've read. Just gorgeous writing.

The Felix Castor ones are London books and they kinda remind me of Mieville's Kraken in the way the setting is almost another character.

[china_shop]

My partner read the Castor ones recently, but he thought they might be too dark to appeal to me. I should try The Girl with All The Gifts, though.

[lunabee34]

*nods*

It's been awhile since I read them so I can't remember specifics. Girl might be too dark as well; it does take place in a post-apocalyptic world.

[china_shop]

I've seen the movie of Girl, so I'm conveniently spoiled for the darkness, but that is why I haven't given it a try yet.

Koli/Ramparts is in a long-past apocalyptic world, which is pretty cool. There's some dark stuff, but a lot of goodness and found family too.

[lunabee34]

I do love me some found family. :)