A Day of Reading
Jul. 30th, 2011 11:02 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shannon_aHad an unusual day yesterday. I took the day off work and spent most of it reading.
The immediate reason was Ghost Story, the new Dresden Files book which I've been eagerly awaiting for a year+. And, I did read the first 49 chapters of that (out of 51, I think). It's been quite enjoyable, and I just got to the big reveal it in (before bed last night), answering the cliffhanger from Changes, and smiled in response. It was something that was nicely set up throughout the book (and that's as far as I'll go, to avoid any spoilers).
I'd had some concerns about the book because the reviews on Amazon had been middling, but having almost finished it now, all I can do is figure that less happy readers were expecting something as high-octane as Changes which was ... unlikely.
I also received the three Blackest Night TPBs I'd ordered yesterday, and reading through those was another reason I was happy to lounge out yesterday. I'm about 8 or 10 issues into that 25 or 30 issue crossover.
The other main reason for taking yesterday off was to get some downtime. I'm been feeling a little burned out lately, and with this weekend being saturday-gaming-free, I realized that I could get some extra time to really veg at length. And that went well too. It already feels like it's been a meeelion years since I was working on Thursday.
The immediate reason was Ghost Story, the new Dresden Files book which I've been eagerly awaiting for a year+. And, I did read the first 49 chapters of that (out of 51, I think). It's been quite enjoyable, and I just got to the big reveal it in (before bed last night), answering the cliffhanger from Changes, and smiled in response. It was something that was nicely set up throughout the book (and that's as far as I'll go, to avoid any spoilers).
I'd had some concerns about the book because the reviews on Amazon had been middling, but having almost finished it now, all I can do is figure that less happy readers were expecting something as high-octane as Changes which was ... unlikely.
I also received the three Blackest Night TPBs I'd ordered yesterday, and reading through those was another reason I was happy to lounge out yesterday. I'm about 8 or 10 issues into that 25 or 30 issue crossover.
The other main reason for taking yesterday off was to get some downtime. I'm been feeling a little burned out lately, and with this weekend being saturday-gaming-free, I realized that I could get some extra time to really veg at length. And that went well too. It already feels like it's been a meeelion years since I was working on Thursday.