Ooh, ooh! I totally finished Towers of Midnight yesterday and it was so freaking awesome. I love Perrin so much. He's cool again, huzzah! Also, Moiraine! And I'm very annoyed that there are now Whitecloaks that I like. What's up with that, seriously? Plus, it's going to suck to be Aiel in the future, apparently.
Um, that's pretty much the extent of the review I am going to do on that particular book, other than to say oh wow. I loved it. I can't wait for the next (and last!) Wheel of Time book to come out. I suspect my husband and I will be fighting over first-read dibs ferociously. But if you'd like a more in-depth review, Leigh Butler over at Tor has two, one that is spoiler-free, and one that is so totally not spoiler-free.
This means I can start playing Kingdom Hearts today during nap time. Sweet. I've got my walk-through saved, and I am determined to get this damn game played, y'all. Reading-wise, I have two months worth of comic books and graphic novels (including the Serenity GN about Shepherd Book's backstory, which I may actually review for you if I get motivated) to read through, so I am gonna get those all read up (just in time for my December shipment to head my way) before I dive into my next book. I have two clamoring for my attention right now, so I am going to use the time to decide which one to dive into first. I'll let you know when I do get that figured out though. I know you're desperate to know.
Oh, hey, did you notice? It's Friday! That means time for a new installment of Gronk, yay! Please to check it out and enjoy, here. Poor Gronk may not want to watch Battlestar for a while, but hopefully she'll give it a chance eventually!
Speaking of web-comics, one of my all-time favorites is called Looking for Group. It is completely and utterly fantastic. Basically, it's an RPG that you read instead of play, if that makes any sense at all. The story centers around an elf named Cale who is good and pure and always wants to do the right thing. This is a bit of a problem because all elves are evil in the world Cale lives in, but apparently nobody bothered to tell him that. So, as he goes along, looking for adventure, he picks up a group, made up of really awesome, really not-nice people. This includes one of my favorite characters of anything ever, Richard the warlock (or, Dick). It is updated two times a week (Mondays and Thursdays) and each installment is basically a fully colored page out of a graphic novel. There is an overarching story-arc, but there are smaller story-arcs as well. So far, they have released three volumes of the series in really nice hardcover graphic novel format. I'll admit, it makes a lot more sense when you sit down and read big chunks of it at once, but it is still highly amusing and entertaining on a page by page basis. If you're interested in giving it a try, you can check out the first couple of pages and then decide where to go from there. Here is a link to page one.
Anyhoo, the reason I am telling you this is because I wanted to share an awesome moment in my life with you. A while back I was telling my friend Miss T about the comic and when explaining it to her I mentioned the bunny that ends up being the constant companion of Richard the warlock. I'm not going to explain why, or go into the bunny's story line (yes, the bunny has its own story line) here, because, well, spoilers. But suffice to say, the bunny is totally awesome. I was telling my husband this past weekend about my conversation with Miss T, and was amused that she was interested because of the bunny's story line. I was saying how wonderful it would be if the guys over at LFG decided to make a bunny plushie (there is already a Richard plushie, which yes, I own). Then, two nights ago, I click on a link to LFG in my feed reader and find this. My reaction may have caused my husband to come running in from down the hall to see what the heck was up. Seriously, I must own this, and soon. I just love when stuff like that happens, when you are saying to someone, "Wouldn't it be so awesome if X existed?" and then the next day you find out that someone just went and made X! So splendid.
Proceeding in the random flow of this post, I also wanted to share one of my most recent addictions with you. I am sure you have seen it around on the internet (Facebook, most likely). It is the site Damn You Auto Correct, which I finally caved and added to my feed reader the other day. I am so glad I did. Some of these things are just weird, but some of them make me seriously fall out of my chair or start crying from laughing so hard. It also gives me a weird sense of not being alone in the universe. Because really, who owns a smart phone and hasn't had one of these moments, seriously?
And finally, I realize I haven't talked about this yet this month, but yes, I totally finished my novel on Tuesday, huzzah! Total page count for the first draft was 137 pages (which is an excellent number if I do say so myself) and 76,487 words. I feel so amazing for having done that. I will definitely be revising this story and expanding upon it in the coming year. I can think of a few dead-end plot elements I'll need to to through and excise, and a few scenes (mostly from a certain character's point of view) that I want to go back and add now that I know what the actual story arc for this first novel turned out to be. I do definitely want to write at least one, if not two more books in this universe as well, because, well, while I feel like a lot of stuff did happen in this book, it largely set the stage for a lot more other, bigger, stuff to happen next. Also, the conflict that I thought would be the big final conflict in this book? Totally didn't happen yet, it's got a little while before it comes to a head, I think. So, there you are. NaNoWriMo, it rocks.
I am off to have lunch with a friend from my former job and then to have a spectacularly relaxing weekend. Maybe, just maybe, I'll get motivated and put up some of the Christmas decorations inside.
I hope you guys have a wonderful weekend as well.
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