Yum, Books
The Selkie sent me a link to Eugie Foster‘s story Sinner, Baker, Fabulist, Priest; Red Mask, Black Mask, Gentleman, Beast, in Apex Magazine, this morning. I read it before coffee–it reminded me quite a bit of Tanith Lee‘s Four-BEE series, the one starting with Don’t Bite The Sun. I’m a huge Lee fan–she’s my favorite author–so I was disposed to like the Foster story. Barring a few jarring word choices (fabulists who throw in modern jargon take that risk) it was awesome. The fact that it kept me away from my coffee and the other half of my breakfast speaks for itself. I literally could not walk away from the story, which is one of the hallmarks of a good one. Go, read if you have time. I recommend it.
I’ve got tons to do today–two guest blog thingies and feeding the snake, dinner and housecleaning and wordcount–so this is necessarily brief. I know I’ve promised to post a couple recipes and I will get on that as soon as I find a way to do it–I might just put ‘em in PDF and stick them up or something. But that’s far down on the list. And…well, there’s struggle. Things are a bit hectic here.
Anyway. I finished rereading The Unicorn’s Secret (I have the 1986 edition, I think, that dates to before Einhorn was extradited from France.) That’s something not a lot of people know about me: I read a fair amount of true crime.
I know, you’re not surprised.
I also started on The Storm of War, which I read a good review on in The Economist. (Like I need a reason to read another WWII book, especially those that focus on the Eastern Front.) I’m still motoring through Epistemology of the Closet and recently got my greedy hands on a copy of Disease, Desire, and the Body in Victorian Women’s Popular Novels Academic writing is slow for me to plod through but I enjoy it.
And that is all the news that’s fit to print out here. I have my Friday post well in mind too. No wonder I feel scattered.
Over and out.
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August 13th, 2009 at 12:29 pm
it really helps to have access to money if you want to evade being arrested for murder… and extradition…
August 13th, 2009 at 1:12 pm
My mother actually went to high school with the victim in The Unicorn’s Secret. She remembers when the girl disappeared.
August 13th, 2009 at 1:23 pm
Oh, wow, Kait. Small world.
I just got chills.
August 13th, 2009 at 2:12 pm
My Mom loves to read murder mysteries and true crime. The Unicorn’s Secret would be ideal for my Mom to read. I bet she’ll enjoy it. Unfortunately true crime books aren’t my taste in reading books.
August 14th, 2009 at 5:39 am
Hey, thx for the linkage to Eugie’s story. Glad you enjoy it.