Robin Hobb, Renegade's Magic

It's November, and here's the first of my promised daily bookposts. I read this in July-August, with gaps for travel.


The final installment of the Soldier Son trilogy is a bit faster-moving and more interesting than the previous two volumes, but not enough so to redeem the series; I only bothered with it because I'm stubborn that way.
( May contain spoilers. )

I don't foresee ever mustering the enthusiasm to slog through all that again, so the whole trilogy is in the trade-in box.

Sunday Evening

The Windows 7 Upgrade setup program's background image features a cute little dove with an olive branch. What exactly is Microsoft trying to say, I wonder? Please don't hate us any more? I'll reserve judgment on that until I see what it looks like when it's done.

This was a Phoenix weekend, and I have not embarked on any ambitious writing projects. Oddly enough, a completely new story-seed did drop into my brain somewhere around Picacho Peak yesterday, complete with first scene, setting, and three-and-a-half characters. And a title: Stone and Silver. Still not going to drive myself crazy trying to Nano, though; this month is going to be tough enough without that.