I loved this book. I was rapt, I could barely stand to put it down. It was so exciting I felt as if it gave me a heart attack! Why hasn't Scify made a mini series of this already!!!?
I am now reading Paladin of Souls also by Louis McMaster Bujold and set in the same world as the Curse of Chalion. I was so excited to read it I started reading whatever I could on Amazon before the book was delivered to our library.
Converesly, may I tell you what I do not like? 24. I know that people are in love with it but I don't care for it. I saw the first half of season One and it was good. It was exciting and the twists were not too annoying. But Season 2 started out interesting but I was sick of how things never worked out for Jack and Kim kept getting into worse and worse trouble (spoilers ahead). After the bomb blew up it was downhill from there. He couldn't prove that the recording was fake, then the chip was damaged but maybe they can get the data off of it, oh no they can't get the data, then he tries to get the guy who made the fake, Jack finds the guy who agrees to work for him, then the guy stabs the president's wife and escapes... and that is when I stopped watching.
Season 3 was worse than that. In every episode they had some twist, something to make things more annoying and frustrating. First it's about drugs and terror connections, then it's about a kid with weaponized disease, then it's about stopping Jack from breaking Salazar free, then it's not, then his watch breaks.
I like twists but I can get overloaded with constant changes in the direction of the plot. It nauseats me slightly and just when I feel like I am in a groove and can get into the action I have to change gears. No thanks. I find these constant plot changes show a lack of mature writing talent and are just cheap and easy gimmicks to keep people watching.
aaaahhh... well I am glad I got that off of my chest.
We also had a few of Hubii's students over for Soup night. The college tries to build community ties between the profs and the students by having the professors host a dinner for the students at their homes. Three of his students made it and were treated to palak paneer and butter chicken. Thankfully none were too picky and seemed to enjoy my 'exotic' dishes. Let me tell you paneer is expensive: It cost $6 for 12oz of cheese. It seems even more expensive as making paneer at home is reasonably easy and I have almost mastered it myself. But the palak paneer came out pretty well. This despite the fact that I was going easy on the spices to keep it palatable.The picture isn't great as I took it with my mobile phone.
Last night Hubii and I carved a pumpkin. I think that it came out pretty well. You can't really see the pumpkin, just the carving. But i think that the moon came out pretty well. I can't wait for halloween. I hope that kids will come to the house. I fear that we have lost our neighborhood kids to convenient for parents Trunk or Treats. But we will see.
