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37. Buy and read another Peter S. Beagle book.

The Line Between, Peter S. Beagle. I enjoyed all of the stories, though I think the weakest story was Quarry, but that may be because I haven't read The Innkeeper's Song. Hard to say what the best was; both Salt Wine and Secrets and A Dance for Emilia are contenders though.

This is also book #5 of 50 for this year's 50 Book Challenge (god, HOW far behind am I...?)

Oh, and:

6. The Sandman: Endless Nights, written by Neil Gaiman and illustrated by a number of people

Current Mood: cheerful

A book review!

Tigana, Guy Gavriel Kay

( Thoughts about Tigana )

Overall, while I enjoyed the book, I felt limited in enjoyment because of things that kept jumping out at me, as detailed above. If the men had been more... accessible, and the women more useful, I think a lot of my problems would have eased. As it is, if I read it again, it will most likely only be the Dianora and Brandin sections.

However, I quite liked this quote, so I am going to put it here:

It was astonishing in a way, but that course [...] - the life he'd woken to this morning - seemed almost inconcievable to him now, as if he'd already crossed to the other side of some tremendous divide. Devin wondered how often men did what they did, made the choices of their lives, for reasons that were clean and uncomplicated and easily understood as they were happening. (p.133)