I've been formulating a long-overdue commentary on Diana Francis' Path of Blood, the final installment in her trilogy -- and then, having read Gail Dayton's final installment in her Compass Rose trilogy, as well, I noticed things about both that I thought each would highlight well in the other, illustrate some of what worked & didn't for me...and then Francis' newest book, The Cipher, hit the shelves.
Naturally I called the local bookstore to find out if my copy was in. No, not yet, they said, try tomorrow, because sometimes the Big Box bookstores get it before they do. Ah, welll, okay. I called again yesterday and they said the shipment had come in, so I said, eh, don't bother checking on the shelf, I'll be by today or tomorrow; they hold these for five days. This evening -- after being stuck in traffic and giving up the ghost halfway through the muddle, I said to myself, self, ( you're not far from the bookstore, let's go get a treat! ) Which is all to say: having done battle with the POWERS THAT BE and having emerged VICTORIOUS, I shall now readmy hard-won loot The Cipher and any reviews will just have to wait until I'm done with this paragraph chapter book.
Nyah.
Naturally I called the local bookstore to find out if my copy was in. No, not yet, they said, try tomorrow, because sometimes the Big Box bookstores get it before they do. Ah, welll, okay. I called again yesterday and they said the shipment had come in, so I said, eh, don't bother checking on the shelf, I'll be by today or tomorrow; they hold these for five days. This evening -- after being stuck in traffic and giving up the ghost halfway through the muddle, I said to myself, self, ( you're not far from the bookstore, let's go get a treat! ) Which is all to say: having done battle with the POWERS THAT BE and having emerged VICTORIOUS, I shall now read
Nyah.