{"id":763,"date":"2008-02-09T15:53:00","date_gmt":"2008-02-09T15:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gatocasa.com\/unimat\/2008\/02\/09\/ex-libris\/"},"modified":"2008-02-09T15:53:00","modified_gmt":"2008-02-09T15:53:00","slug":"ex-libris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gatocasa.com\/unimat\/2008\/02\/09\/ex-libris\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex Libris"},"content":{"rendered":"

Now that I have cleared out some books, and indeed started another stack to go, I feel less guilty about picking up a few more.<\/p>\n

Reading right now:<\/u>
\nStorm Front<\/i>, by Jim Butcher
\nA little something madwriter<\/a> suggested to me<\/p>\n

Wanting to pick up ASAP:<\/u>
\nIn the Serpent’s Coils<\/i>, by Tiffany Trent<\/a>
\nBenighted<\/i>, by Kit Whitfield<\/a>
\nWizards at War<\/i>, by Diane Duane<\/a>
\nThe Sagan Diary<\/i>, by John Scalzi
\nThe Empty Chair<\/i>, by Diane Duane<\/p>\n

I’ve had books 2 and 3 of Butcher’s Dresden Files for over a year. Now that I have book 1, I feel I can finally start reading through, though after all these years I’ve finally learned to break up reading a series with other books by other authors. Having met Tiffany two Technicons ago, I figure it’s high time to read Coils<\/i>; and cjmr<\/a> knows why I’m planning to read Benighted<\/i>. With A Wizard of Mars<\/i> coming out, I need to catch up on my Young Wizards; and I can finally wrap up the story of my favorite literary Romulan Commander with Empty Chair<\/i> (out for over a year, and I somehow never noticed).<\/p>\n

I’ll save comments on madwriter<\/a>‘s offering for some other entry sometime \ud83d\ude42 <\/p>\n

More thoughts: I’m not sure I’ve bought many new books over the last year. Most of these have been on the shelves for a while. I think I needed to convince myself that it was okay to spend the money again, as long as I don’t let my living space collapse under the accumulated weight. Also, I’m pleased about how many of these authors I’ve gotten to speak to, even briefly and electronically. I love the 21st century. Lastly, I’m depressed by the difficulty of finding a science book section in B.Dalton’s or Waldenbooks. It’s not like I can’t get the individual books I’m interested in from Amazon or have Jesse down here order them for me, but I wish I lived in a country that wanted to read about science.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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