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In a Friday state of mind

  • Oct. 24th, 2008 at 10:40 AM
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Curse you, everyone who recommended the Vorkorsigan books to me! I get no sleep, because I keep staying up late reading the damn things. I think, "I'll just read for five minutes before I go to sleep..." but before I know it, it's half-past one. Annoyingly, today I reached the final chapter (of Memory) just as my bus arrived at work. Despite reading it on the walk between my bus stop to the office (no, not crossing any major roads), I didn't finish. Now I want to just duck into a closet and finish reading it, but I really can't. I'm going to have to wait until lunchtime. Which is nearly an HOUR away. It's not faaaaaaaaaaair.

Also, I read a fic the other day which totally made me think that the writer had been reading Lois McMasters Bujold. But in a good way - and subtle enough that I may be mistaken. I don't think I'd have seen it if I hadn't just read it, myself.

Lucinda Williams CD has arrived, woohoo! It is lovely (so far, I like it a lot more than West - particularly the song Honey Bee *hearts her accent*). But Sapphire and Steel, allegedly dispatched at the same time, hasn't turned up yet. Has it disappeared en route? Where are my medium atomic weight agents? Okay, it said 3-5 days delivery, so it's not technically late yet... but still.

Um... more of this inane drivel later, when I think of it.

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[identity profile] secretrebel.livejournal.com wrote:
Oct. 24th, 2008 10:59 am (UTC)
Bujold!

I am reading Memory at the moment. About 120 pages into it so far. Next stop the Miles in Love bindup.

I'm staggered it's only this year I've found out about these books.
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[identity profile] pepper-field.livejournal.com wrote:
Oct. 24th, 2008 11:21 am (UTC)
I'm staggered it's only this year I've found out about these books.

Me too! I mean, between us, you'd think we'd have come across it years ago. Particularly you.

Memory was excellent - I finally sneaked a few minutes and finished it (I was literally about ten pages from the end). I have A Civil Campaign with me, to start today. Okay, it's not the next in the series, but I've rarely read things in order, anyhow. But when you're done with your Miles In Love...? *flutters eyelashes at you*

(I think I will likely buy them all, at some point, though.)
[identity profile] secretrebel.livejournal.com wrote:
Oct. 24th, 2008 02:00 pm (UTC)
I also have Miles in Exile bindup (Borders of Infinity, Brothers in Arms and Mirror Dance) ready to lend.
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[identity profile] pepper-field.livejournal.com wrote:
Oct. 24th, 2008 02:01 pm (UTC)
Ooh, yes please!

A isn't going to be pleased. He thinks I should sleep, so I can do things like get up in the morning. Pah. :)
[identity profile] samantilles.livejournal.com wrote:
Oct. 24th, 2008 01:08 pm (UTC)
yup... was up till two last night caving into a craving for good plotlines and decent characters... *groan*
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[identity profile] pepper-field.livejournal.com wrote:
Oct. 24th, 2008 01:19 pm (UTC)
Evil, evil books.

...If only I didn't have to work, it wouldn't be a problem. :)
[identity profile] samantilles.livejournal.com wrote:
Oct. 24th, 2008 03:30 pm (UTC)
if only it was a book... the really really sad embarrassing part is that it was the first season of "The O.C."... *goes and tries to hide red face now...*
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[identity profile] pepper-field.livejournal.com wrote:
Oct. 24th, 2008 03:31 pm (UTC)
*snerk*

Well, I've done that with TV, too... In fact, that was pretty much how I watched my first few seasons of Stargate. :)
[identity profile] aoife-hime.livejournal.com wrote:
Oct. 24th, 2008 02:23 pm (UTC)
I know your pain oh so well. I take it you pass along this recommendation? Which books are these again?

I think there should be a job for people addicted to good stories that doesn't penalize them for ending up staying up half the night because of one. Ah, to live in a perfect world...
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[identity profile] pepper-field.livejournal.com wrote:
Oct. 24th, 2008 02:28 pm (UTC)
I do recommend these, yes. They're the Vorkorsigan books, by Lois McMaster Bujold - starts with a book called Shards of Honour, although I was recommended to read one called The Warrior's Apprentice first. Shards is kind of a prequel, in a way - I liked it, personally; I thought the main character rocked. :) But she doesn't stay the main character for the majority of the series (the person who is the main character for the bulk of the books also rocks, very much).

think there should be a job for people addicted to good stories that doesn't penalize them for ending up staying up half the night because of one.

Bookshop owner? :) Probably not, in reality - but in my dreams...
[identity profile] aoife-hime.livejournal.com wrote:
Oct. 24th, 2008 02:36 pm (UTC)
As much as they probably sympathize with the plight of bibliophiles worldwide, I'm assuming that bookshop owners probably don't have the option of randomly opening late. Unless of course, they get their lackeys employees to handle the whole opening-of-the-store business...
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[identity profile] pepper-field.livejournal.com wrote:
Oct. 24th, 2008 02:45 pm (UTC)
Bah. You and your realism. ;)
[identity profile] aoife-hime.livejournal.com wrote:
Oct. 24th, 2008 02:55 pm (UTC)
I know I know... sometimes realism rears its ugly head and I can't do anything to stop it ^^;;
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[identity profile] pepper-field.livejournal.com wrote:
Oct. 24th, 2008 03:21 pm (UTC)
Hee. Well, I'm not in the mood to be realistic today. *g*

Anyhow, there is always your lackeys employees option...
[identity profile] samantilles.livejournal.com wrote:
Oct. 24th, 2008 07:17 pm (UTC)
better yet, there should be a job where we are paid to consume in the ultracapitalist society... we get paid to stay up half the night to read/watch/write and do nothing of it than do just that... *sigh*
[identity profile] shinysilvergrl.livejournal.com wrote:
Oct. 24th, 2008 03:22 pm (UTC)
I hear ya...

**WARNING**

I *think* the following happened in a short story before "Memory", but I could be wrong, and I don't want to spoil you - unless you want to be spoiled.


**




...she was my favourite author for a time, after reading "Shards of Honor", "Barrayar" and "Young Miles". I gradually lost interest in the series, though, right around the time Miles was cheating on Ellie Quinn w/ Taura. I'm just funny about fidelity that way. I did read a bit later where he finally got married and seemed happy, but I think I missed some stuff along the way and perhaps after.

Meh. I still like the beginning books quite a bit, though.
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[identity profile] pepper-field.livejournal.com wrote:
Oct. 24th, 2008 03:30 pm (UTC)
Re: I hear ya...
I did read about that in 'Memory', although it sounded like it had started beforehand (I've not got all of the books, so I'm reading them a little bit piecemeal). Yeah, it wasn't his noblest hour. But Ellie didn't seem especially heartbroken about it, OTOH.

I need to read the bits where he and Ellie get together, really, because I don't have much of a feel for their relationship.
[identity profile] shinysilvergrl.livejournal.com wrote:
Oct. 27th, 2008 03:12 am (UTC)
yeah...
...all I really remember was his thought that since his sleeping with Taura pre-dated his relationship with Ellie (I do believe that was the term he used..."pre-dated"), it didn't really count as cheating. Addtionally, Ellie had turned down his marriage proposals repeatedly.

Whatever. All cheating seems to be about justification for the cheater. It's funny, because often that's pretty much my ONE hot button issue when reading fiction, and it's amazing that *so many* characters are unable doing that one thing. *sigh*

Oh, btw...I'm thinking about a couple of months from now, and I've decided to volunteer at the Hillingdon RSPCA during the daytime when Paul's at work. However, if you've got any time off on December 26, 29, 30, 31, or January 2nd, I could certainly take a trip out to Oxford, if you're still interested. There's a bus that apparently goes right out there, and stops in Uxbridge. I don't know what your schedule's like, though. You might end up working those same days that I'd be available b/c Paul's at work, lol.

But just let me know whenever...then I'll fill out my volunteer application and send it in.

:)

-sil
[identity profile] shinysilvergrl.livejournal.com wrote:
Oct. 27th, 2008 03:13 am (UTC)
er...
Unable to *avoid* doing that one thing, that was meant to be.
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[identity profile] pepper-field.livejournal.com wrote:
Oct. 29th, 2008 10:35 am (UTC)
Re: yeah...
Oh, yes, please do come visit! Um, I'm not sure exactly when I'll be free - I'm currently applying for a job, and if I get it, I'd probably have started there by then. But I doubt they'll be open over Christmas (it's at a college), and if I'm still where I am now, they're definitely closed for the hols, so pretty much any of those days is fine with me. Oh, except for the 26th, when I'm likely to be visited by relatives. :)

(And I went all the way back to Victoria and caught the damn bus to Oxford, and about 45mins into the journey it passed through Uxbridge - I hadn't noticed on the way in. Dammit.)
[identity profile] shinysilvergrl.livejournal.com wrote:
Oct. 30th, 2008 05:22 am (UTC)
d'oh!
That figures.

And cool. Wanna shoot for the 29th, then? That's right in the middle of the two holidays so hopefully it wouldn't be inconveniencing you, and that way I can just leave that one day off of my volunteer application. And if it doesn't work out for some reason, I'm sure I can go ride the tube all day or something, instead. *g*
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[identity profile] pepper-field.livejournal.com wrote:
Nov. 3rd, 2008 04:02 pm (UTC)
Re: d'oh!
29th would be great. I'll put it in my calendar. Yay!
[identity profile] naelany.livejournal.com wrote:
Oct. 24th, 2008 03:44 pm (UTC)
lol did you get to finish the book?
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[identity profile] pepper-field.livejournal.com wrote:
Oct. 24th, 2008 03:50 pm (UTC)
I did! And it was good. :)
[identity profile] kalquessa.livejournal.com wrote:
Oct. 24th, 2008 05:57 pm (UTC)
Oh, I need to read more of those, I've only read the first three. Of course I also need to read more Pratchett, which is what I'm doing now. And more Diane Duane. And more Diana Wynn Jones. TOO MANY AWESOME AUTHORS!!
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[identity profile] pepper-field.livejournal.com wrote:
Oct. 24th, 2008 07:17 pm (UTC)
YAY FOR TOO MANY AWESOME AUTHORS! I'm happy to never, ever run out. :D

What Pratchett are you reading? Is it the latest? I have that, but haven't started it yet.
[identity profile] kalquessa.livejournal.com wrote:
Oct. 26th, 2008 02:37 am (UTC)
I'm still working through the Watch books, I'm on The Fifth Elephant right now. I haven't actually read all that much Pratchett, yet, which...is odd. Because I love him with a great and tooby love.
[identity profile] macgyvergal.livejournal.com wrote:
Oct. 24th, 2008 07:53 pm (UTC)
Welcome to the addiction that is Miles Vorkosigan and his life. I got hooked a few years ago, all because I was told that Duv Galeni looked like Avon from Blake's 7.

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[identity profile] pepper-field.livejournal.com wrote:
Oct. 24th, 2008 09:22 pm (UTC)
...

*sees Duv in whole new light*

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