Happy 2012!

I have a bunch of half-finished posts as per usual, but basically a) happy new (Gregorian) year! b) I am back in my earthquake-damaged but book-containing house, although ultimate fate of house and land is unknown c) I have been reading Stephen King again (22.11.63, Duma Key, and yet another re-read of It) d) I am vaguely fiddling with Dragon Age and being bitter about it not being ME3 and e) I got two Kaze Hikaru stories for Yuletide (yay!) and wrote Mrs Frisby and the Rats of NIMH fic, which is actually where the Stephen King came from as I re-read Firestarter for what seemed like perfectly valid reasons at the time. Anyway. In addition to the Stephen Kings...

Foundation, Mercedes Lackey. The blurb from the Romantic Times on this says, “This book has everything you'd expect in a Valdemar book: protagonist from a miserable background, miraculous rescue by a Companion and immediate excellence at pretty much everything.” Sometimes, this is exactly what I want to read.

( Foundation, Mercedes Lackey. )