Fin's Wrong Ideas

I’ve been out of touch. I’ve been reading tons of books, but not commenting on them. I picked up the last two Amy Lane books. I’ve read them, but I need to form and opinion of them before I put it down on paper. I’ve started reading “The Name of the Wind” by Patrick Rothfuss, and thoroughly enjoying it. It’s been awhile since I’ve read pure fantasy. I have a huge library of mostly fantasy novels, but I really got tired of reading the same thing over and over. The genre just hasn’t had anything new published for awhile. The Urban Fantasy section is starting to get there as well.

I got an early Christmas present of an Acer Aspire 8.9″ laptop. I want an E-reader but the cost for a reader is totally absurd. This lets me log in where ever there is internet access which is practically everywhere. Hopefully this will allow me to post more often.

Here are some upcoming books to look forward to:

Books due January 2009:

• 6 Lord of Misrule (The Morganville Vampires, Book 5) by Rachel Caine
• 20 Kiss of a Demon King (The Immortals After Dark, Book 6) by Kresley Cole
• 27 Kitty and the Dead Man’s Hand (Kitty Norville, Book 5) by Carrie Vaughn

Books due February 2009:

• 1 Pride by Rachel Vincent
• 24 Kitty Raises Hell (Kitty Norville, Book 6) by Carrie Vaughn
• 24 White Witch, Black Curse (The Hollows, Book 7) by Kim Harrison
• 3 Bone Crossed (Mercy Thompson, Book 4) by Patricia Briggs

Just finished rereading theCrossroads series by Nick O’Donohoe. It’s an old series, and you probably won’t find it on the shelves at your local B&N. I own the first two books and haven’t ever bought the third one. I enjoy them though so eventually I’ll pick up the third book.

I love the characters, I love the setting, and I love the story. Overall it’s a great read, but some readers may get turned off by the level of detail the author uses in some of the animal surgery scenes.

I have read a ton of fantasy, it’s by far my favorite genre. This book is a branch off of the fantasy tree into urban fantasy. It was originally printed in 1994 so it’s not like a lot of the recent urban fantasy novels.

There aren’t vampires in it, but there are werewolves or Wyr as they are called. Most of the critters in the book are from classical lit: centaurs, satyrs, chimera, and griffins. The setting is a place called Strangeways, it’s an intersection of space and possibly time where people come and go and it’s magical of course. The interesting twist is that it’s about veterinarian students who go into Strangeways to help the magical critters. It’s different. There is a touch of romance to it, but it’s not as prevalent as in current novels.

Last night I made one of my favorite dishes. Blackeyed peas and spinach….very tasty.

I tried to sit down and again read “Blood Noir” by Laurell K Hamilton. It has been aptly named Blood Bore by a few Lashers. I 2nd that name and have been tempted to round up my Anita Blake books and throw them away. The direction that the Anita Blake books has taken is not what I want to read. Poorly written porn with very little plot, unless you count the need to find new ways to get down and dirty as plot. I don’t. I find it amusing that although she includes necrophilia, bondage, beastiality, and multiple partners sex she seems to overlook the anal sex even though she considers herself edgy. Not that I encourage her to include it, I just find it fascinating that she strives to include all the others but steers clear of that…it’s almost comedic in how she works her way around it.

I miss the mystery/supernatural plot.

Has anyone read “Wolfsbane and Mistletoe“? I hope it’s all new stories.

I missed Taekwondo this morning. So I went to buy Iron Man this morning. Yay!

I also picked up a Latin text book or so. I needed something to keep my mind somewhat nimble. I also started messing around with my two domains and adding new things. Fun!

I picked up a book via Mom, and it was sucktacular! The title is “Vulnerable” by Amy Lane. While reading it…I got the feeling that Amy Lane is an LKH fan. Some of the plot devices seemed strangely familiar. The book was about Elves and Vampires, and seemed to be a mishmash between Anita and Merry Gentry. It has the vampire (sorta like Jean Claude) and it has the Elf (sorta a cross between a few of the guys in the Merry Gentry novels). And of course the main character of the book is well on her way to becoming a goddess. Eh. I was ok with the sex in the novel. I think my main problem is that although there was characterization in the book it was still two dimensional.

I also read the new Emma Bull novel “Territory“. I enjoyed it but I felt that it ended in a strange place. If you liked the movie Tombstone, that is exactly what it is except with magic. Kinda neat.