reading recommendations?
Hm, not much to write about lately. Well, some stuff, but it isn't really about me and I'm not comfortable writing about it even semi-publicly. Yes, I'm slowly developing editorial guidlines for this page. There weren't supposed to be any, but I should have known that was unrealistic.
Now that I've got it working under Windows 98, I've been playing Black & White, which devours time in great swathes. No regrets, though. It's fun. My cow isn't as clever and useful as she could be. We'll have to work on that together. I usually get more enjoyment out of growing my villages, so she's feeling neglected. (Ah, she planted a tree in her pen. That's so cute!)
I had to put The Big U back on the shelf for a couple days. Partly because of Black & White, and partly because I didn't want to think about it anymore. I really want to get somebody else to read this book when I'm done (after I'm done, that is, I might re-evaluate, keeping in mind Neal's aforementioned problems with endings). I want to know what they think about it. Consider that a recommendation.
I had been looking (maybe half-heartedly) for a good mystery novel when I stumbled across The Big U (well, that and I had to get a birthday present for my mom). The idea being that I'd get some background before stumbling into a genre I know very little about, aside from what gets played on A&E. I've been wanting to write a cute little mystery story of some sort. The only mysteries I've read since I was about 12 were the Bast trilogy of novels by Rosemary Edghill. These are light and fun enough to move swiftly and enjoyably, but they've also got some poingnant bits on the nature of belief and other insights into other forms of human interaction and bookstores. They're really quite good (Book of Moons is the first I read and the best of the three, IMHO). That's a recommendation.
I'm still hunting for a good modern mystery novel. If anyone'd like to give me recommendations...