Dec. 28th, 2003

liv: A woman with a long plait drinks a cup of tea (teapot)
I've just come back from a lovely few days at my parents'. For various reasons, we ended up more or less doing the family Christmas thing, which is not really a custom in our family.

the whole story (contains mild soppiness) )

Anyway, here I am back and about to make a start catching up with everyone else's journals!
liv: Bookshelf labelled: Caution. Hungry bookworm (bookies)
Author: Tad Williams

Details: (c) 1996 Tad Williams; Pub 1998 DAW books; ISBN 0-88677-763-1

Verdict: City of Golden Shadow is way bloated, but aside from that not bad.

Reasons for reading it: [livejournal.com profile] darcydodo recommended Williams to me ages ago. And because of Christmas and so on I ended up doing what I never normally bother with, namely travelling across country during the day, so I needed something to keep me occupied during about 20 hours of travel. I always reckon that thick paperbacks are the best value for weight for this kind of situation.

How it came into my hands: Among my fabulous haul of second hand books from my trip to Berkeley last year.

detailed review )

Well, City of Golden Shadow certainly made the journey less boring, and for that I'm grateful.

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Miscellaneous. Eclectic. Random. Perhaps markedly literate, or at least suffering from the compulsion to read any text that presents itself, including cereal boxes.

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