Ship of Magic, and other books
September 10, 2002 (3:57 PM) ( link )

Work at the law school has been keeping me busy most of the time. Although Yale has no grades, it's still tough to keep up with the reading--and since professors still expect active participation, there's a lot of pressure to still do the work.

As a result, my reading has suffered. CS Friedman's second book (When True Night Falls) is just as good/bad as the first book, which is not good news. But Robin Hobb's The Liveship Traders series, which begins with Ship of Magic, is fantastic--the first book is a little slow at times, but there were moments where I simply couldn't stop reading even with the prospect of an 8 a.m. class the next day. I'm glad to hear that Hobb actually has a third series out in the same universe--in fact, it re-visits FitzChivalry from the first trilogy--and I know that when I'm done with this trilogy I'm going out to find her third one too.

However I don't expect a great number of reviews this month as I figure out how best to balance my workload with my free time, especially given that I would like to see my friends, and my girlfriend. But I figure that after a year of work I deserve a break. (Heh.)