Here are some pictures of the kids, just because I haven’t posted any in a while.
I call this one “Jedi Knight with Calcium”.
Here’s Miss Lyra, still blue-eyed at 17 months.
And to be totally random, here’s the reading stack on my desk as of today. It’s always nice to have at least half a foot of fresh reading material at all times.
From top to bottom:
Jumper, by Steven Gould
Reflex, by Steven Gould (sequel to Jumper)
Elantris, by Brandon Sanderson
The Weapon, by Michael Z. Williamson
The Hero of Ages, by Brandon Sanderson (third and final book in the Mistborn series–came out today, picked up at Borders this morning)
Your Hate Mail Will be Graded, by John Scalzi (preordered; arrived in the mail today)
I’ll probably go through them from top to bottom. That’s about two weeks of entertainment right there. (The little book tented on top of the stack is the chapbook that came with Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded, for those who ordered the book from Subterranean Press.)
And what are you reading at present?
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October 10, 2008 at 6:22 pm
Just finished: Terry Pratchett, Nation.
Just started: Jack Stewart and Ian Cohen, Figments of Reality: The Evolution of the Curious Mind.
Nation was excellent, as I’d expect. I’m only a prologue and a slice of chapter into Figments, so not much to comment on there.
October 10, 2008 at 6:57 pm
The Weapon is a stone-cold no-more-Mr.-Nice-Guy book. Mike wrote a real winner there. I think it was a little too much for the usual crowd, but I thought it was his best since Freehold-and I have everything he wrote.
October 10, 2008 at 7:32 pm
I’m 60% Mistborn on your recommendation. I’m having a tough time putting it down long enough to read blogs. Excellent book, thank you.
October 10, 2008 at 7:32 pm
Gah, 60% through Mistborn.
October 10, 2008 at 8:01 pm
Reading “Murphy’s Law” by Rhys Bowen. I love historical fiction, and if it’s a mystery, it’s even better.
October 10, 2008 at 9:34 pm
lately, and a bit sadly, that would be themunchkinwrangler,viewfromtheporch,xavierthoughts,sayuncle,adventuresofrx,boobsinjuriesndrpepper,et al…
and in a fit of retrospective longing, “ronald reagan…how an ordinary man became an extraordinary leader” by dinesh d’souza…
jtc
October 10, 2008 at 9:35 pm
shit, boobsinjuriesndrpepper et al got cut off…sorry crystal.
October 10, 2008 at 9:52 pm
The kids are cute. Still not as cute as mine, but I’ll spot you second cutest.
We get to go back to VP every month, right? Right?
October 10, 2008 at 10:06 pm
Over the last week I read Sourcery by Pratchett, Blind Man’s Bluff by Sontag & Drew, and The Green Mile by Stephen King, all for the first time. Every one of them was awesome.
Currently reading The Dark Beyond The Stars by Frank Robinson (the author, not the outfielder.)
October 10, 2008 at 10:36 pm
currently, Out to Canaan, by Jan Karon.
I have a stack I need to get into too, but now I have to go find out what Mistborn is…thanks!
October 10, 2008 at 11:35 pm
Ship of Ghosts by James D Hornfischer. It’s about the USS Houston’s sinking and her crew’s POW experiences.
October 11, 2008 at 1:39 am
Hero of Ages out? Sweet.
Going to have to check the local bookstores to see if they have any copies, though they’ve been a bit hit and miss.
October 11, 2008 at 6:42 am
Anathem
Neal Stephenson (wonderful!)
The Last Theorem
Clarke and Pohl
The Prefect
Alastair Reynolds
Stuck in a very deep SF rut, have been for years.
October 11, 2008 at 8:50 am
My first thought was “help me, Obi Wan Quinnobi…”
October 11, 2008 at 9:44 am
+1 on The Weapon. Just re-read it and had to cleam up all the awesome sauce. I’m now re-reading Saberhagen’s Empire of the East in preperation for re-reading the Book of Swords.
October 11, 2008 at 11:49 am
I enjoyed Elantris more than I expected.
October 11, 2008 at 1:07 pm
I tend to do multiple readings.
In my locker at work I have (for unassigned hours … I’m there for 24 hours at a time):
The Unaborted Socrates – Peter Kreeft (almost done)
To Ride, Shoot Straight, and Speak the Truth – Jeff Cooper (just started)
For home:
What A Difference A Daddy Makes – Dr. Kevin Leman (almost done)
I Don’t Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist – Norm Geisler & Frank Turek (just started)
Finally … as often as possible on a daily basis … The Bible (personally and as a family)
October 11, 2008 at 1:31 pm
Summer Knight by Jim Butcher. It is the fourth book in The Dresden Files series. My just finished the third, and is prodding me to read more quickly.
October 11, 2008 at 1:32 pm
Hmmm… that should have read, “My son just finished the third”. Stupid typos.
October 11, 2008 at 3:04 pm
Just started the 5-pound The Winds of Marble Arch by Connie Willis (a collection of short stories, etc.)
Also reading The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson, some Poe, some Dunsany (both of those for Uncle Jim homework!), and rereading some short story books by Gaiman and King.
October 11, 2008 at 9:56 pm
The Army of the Republic by Stuart Archer Cohen
Empire of Lies by Andrew Klavan
October 13, 2008 at 10:28 am
The Long Ships or Röde Orm – Swedish novel by Frans Gunnar Bengtsson, originally published in 1941 during the Nazi occupation of Norway. I have the Michael Meyer translation.
October 13, 2008 at 12:22 pm
I’m reading something about what books somebody is reading…which sounds like a pretty worthless thing to do, so I feel real good about that just about now. Maybe I can read about something else, like a jedi knight mit calcium…