onefinemess | June 30, 2011
So, I lost some weight (10-15lbs, depending on when and how you measure) over the last couple of months. Some of this was due to a diet was on for a week (yes, only a week) – not a diet intended to cause weight loss but one probing for dietary issues that may be related [...]
onefinemess | June 25, 2011
by: Ian C. Esslemont First things first: this was definitely an improvement over Night of Knives. There was a ton going on (it was like 2.5x as long) and it even got to use some of the more familiar characters. In fact… I’m amazed that what happened with the Empire happened here instead of in [...]
onefinemess | June 18, 2011
by: Steven Erikson Oh. This was good. Very good. An interesting kind of good… if only in contrast to the rest of the series. The kind of good that can only happen in a series. I mean, I suppose it could happen with enough build up in one book BUT this book is 1200 pages. [...]
onefinemess | June 14, 2011
by: Ian C. Esslemont OK, so it wasn’t much of a break, I finished this in an afternoon/evening. Also, I’m betting that “Ian C. Esslemont” is not a pen name (Erikson is). That’s just too much name to be made up. ORIZIT? DUNDUNthissstupid. Stop it! Silly. Right. Where was I? The book. There’s not much [...]
onefinemess | June 13, 2011
In the Bleeding Cool interview about his new Teen Titans & Superboy books here, he says something I agree with (bolding is mine): We seem to have a relatively diverse cast – 7 people, three women, three from ethnic minorities. Is this kind of mix important to you and what kind of stories does [...]
onefinemess | June 12, 2011
by: Steven Erikson OK. I admit it, I had the lowest expectations I’ve had yet going into this series. Why? Because it was YET ANOTHER entirely new cast. OK, that’s not quite true – this is the backstory, or some of it at least, for a character introduced last book. Sort of like how House [...]
onefinemess | June 11, 2011
Seriously. I would have never imagined 3/4 a cup of orange juice could make such a mess. I’m sure I’ll be finding dried orange juice in strange places for the next year. I slipped and fell down the basement stairs. Well, maybe one slip, one fall then another slip. I don’t know, I kind of [...]
onefinemess | June 10, 2011
Of course there will be spoilers. So. I wasn’t sure what to expect going into this movie, so I didn’t really expect anything. What I wound up was fairly pleased. The movie had lots of flaws (that I’ll get to) BUT it was very well made. The best of the X-Men movies so far, just [...]
onefinemess | June 7, 2011
by: Steven Erikson OK, so I stayed up (way too) late last night reading the last 300 or so pages. It doesn’t help that I can’t read the clock from the couch without my glasses. Not in the least. And now I’m drinking Red Bull. This is an odd book. The way it flows. You’ve [...]
onefinemess | June 5, 2011
Maybe in their world there was some kind of bloody invasion? The least they could do is change the sign. And since when do elves life in Smurf houses? There’s been some crazy shit going on there….
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