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avreliaThe date looks the awesomest of the m all. I have many cool plans for tomorrow. Unfortunately, none of them include meeting with friends, as all my friends are too far to meet...
On Thursday I went all by myself and saw Neil Gaiman. He looked well and spoke even better. The topic itself wasn't very interesting, as he was talking about his work as an editor of The Best American Comics 2010, and I don't really care about them. But still, it was nice being in a bookstore all by myself at night, without being confined to the kids' section. The panel were talking about the collection of the comics, and the work that they done, and Gaiman lamented how hard it was to choose the best of the best of the best. And then he said, "fornication", and the audience laughed crazy. Either I missed the wittiest joke, or the audience was twelve. Or both.
Book-wise, I finally finished Boneshaker by Cherie Priest- took me more than a month to get through it, and through multiple real life interruptions. I started rather lukewarm, especially since it took me so long to get into it – I am not a huge fan of bleakness or zombies, and the story had more than a fair share of both. I finished, however, with the desire to move immediately to the next book. Cherie Priest has won me over. With Briar Wilkes. Because Briar Wilkes is awesome.
On Thursday I went all by myself and saw Neil Gaiman. He looked well and spoke even better. The topic itself wasn't very interesting, as he was talking about his work as an editor of The Best American Comics 2010, and I don't really care about them. But still, it was nice being in a bookstore all by myself at night, without being confined to the kids' section. The panel were talking about the collection of the comics, and the work that they done, and Gaiman lamented how hard it was to choose the best of the best of the best. And then he said, "fornication", and the audience laughed crazy. Either I missed the wittiest joke, or the audience was twelve. Or both.
Book-wise, I finally finished Boneshaker by Cherie Priest- took me more than a month to get through it, and through multiple real life interruptions. I started rather lukewarm, especially since it took me so long to get into it – I am not a huge fan of bleakness or zombies, and the story had more than a fair share of both. I finished, however, with the desire to move immediately to the next book. Cherie Priest has won me over. With Briar Wilkes. Because Briar Wilkes is awesome.
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Date: 2010-10-10 12:31 am (UTC)If I didn't live on the other end of the country, I would have gone to see Neil Gaiman with you!
Another friend of mine also just finished Boneshaker and liked it, so I need to add it to my to-be-read list.
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Date: 2010-10-10 02:27 am (UTC)it is also very convenient - no confusion whether to write month or date first. But tomorrow NYC has lots of fun things happening, and I hope to have a memorable birthday. ;)
Boneshaker is definitely worth reading, but it starts rather slow and depressing, and hardly engaging. Then it gets interesting. I'll try to do a proper review later.
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Date: 2010-10-10 02:48 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-10-12 08:14 pm (UTC)And even though I manage to go and see, I have no idea what to do next. SO I just sit there, gaping, then go home.