dragons & thieves and conmen!
I am off to China for nearly two weeks! But until then:
Links
1. There is a new HINABN update! Hanna & Zombie standalone strip. (dA link here)
2. A new White Collar promo for Burke's Seven (the January 18th episode White Collar returns with) has been released.
When Peter is suspended by the FBI for a crime he didn't commit, he is forced to run a sting with Neal and the gang to catch Mozzie's shooter, and clear his name.
Books
3. A friend was reading China Miéville's Looking for Jake (link contains spoilers): I will try this soon as I can get my hands on a copy.
4. Timothy Zahn wrote a YA series about thieves and con men and dragons. In space. It's the Dragonback series, and begins with Dragon and Thief.
My favourite summary:
Fourteen-year-old orphan Jack Morgan is hiding out.
In a spaceship.
Falsely accused of a crime, he pilots his Uncle Virgil's spaceship to a remote and uninhabited planet hoping to escape capture. When another ship crashes after a fierce battle, Jack rescues the sole survivor- a K'da warrior names Draycos. It turns out Draycos can help Jack clear his name. All they have to do is team up. No problem, right?
Until Jack learns that Draycos is not your average alien.
My next favourite summary:
Jack Morgan has been framed for theft. He's hiding on a distant planet with the virtual presence of his deceased Uncle Virge, a con man who has been his only family since Jack's parents died. Jack knows he must clear his name before the cops catch up with him.
A firefight among ships in the skies above leaves a downed ship near Jack's hiding place, with a single unlikely survivor.
It looks like a dragon, and it must join with a human host within six hours or die.
The only available host is Jack.
I read this series quite some time ago, and I only remembered it recently, when amandes said I had a type and I denied it vociferously. (This sounds ridiculous, but I didn't consciously realise Jake was a thief and conman. I just knew He Stole Things and Sometimes Lied Quite A Bit.)
Just Life
5. Today it was raining as I got home, and as we were getting ready for dinner, I was washing (preparation) dishes in the sink, my brother was frying eggs, and the youngest was ironing clothes; and I looked at all of us and said, "THIS IS SO DOMESTIC."
6. It's funny how you can settle down and read a book undisturbed for the better part of an hour, and the second you get on the phone with a friend, no less than three family members decide they must come and speak to you immediately for completely separate reasons in succession.
Links
1. There is a new HINABN update! Hanna & Zombie standalone strip. (dA link here)
2. A new White Collar promo for Burke's Seven (the January 18th episode White Collar returns with) has been released.
When Peter is suspended by the FBI for a crime he didn't commit, he is forced to run a sting with Neal and the gang to catch Mozzie's shooter, and clear his name.
Books
3. A friend was reading China Miéville's Looking for Jake (link contains spoilers): I will try this soon as I can get my hands on a copy.
4. Timothy Zahn wrote a YA series about thieves and con men and dragons. In space. It's the Dragonback series, and begins with Dragon and Thief.
My favourite summary:
Fourteen-year-old orphan Jack Morgan is hiding out.
In a spaceship.
Falsely accused of a crime, he pilots his Uncle Virgil's spaceship to a remote and uninhabited planet hoping to escape capture. When another ship crashes after a fierce battle, Jack rescues the sole survivor- a K'da warrior names Draycos. It turns out Draycos can help Jack clear his name. All they have to do is team up. No problem, right?
Until Jack learns that Draycos is not your average alien.
My next favourite summary:
Jack Morgan has been framed for theft. He's hiding on a distant planet with the virtual presence of his deceased Uncle Virge, a con man who has been his only family since Jack's parents died. Jack knows he must clear his name before the cops catch up with him.
A firefight among ships in the skies above leaves a downed ship near Jack's hiding place, with a single unlikely survivor.
It looks like a dragon, and it must join with a human host within six hours or die.
The only available host is Jack.
I read this series quite some time ago, and I only remembered it recently, when amandes said I had a type and I denied it vociferously. (This sounds ridiculous, but I didn't consciously realise Jake was a thief and conman. I just knew He Stole Things and Sometimes Lied Quite A Bit.)
Just Life
5. Today it was raining as I got home, and as we were getting ready for dinner, I was washing (preparation) dishes in the sink, my brother was frying eggs, and the youngest was ironing clothes; and I looked at all of us and said, "THIS IS SO DOMESTIC."
6. It's funny how you can settle down and read a book undisturbed for the better part of an hour, and the second you get on the phone with a friend, no less than three family members decide they must come and speak to you immediately for completely separate reasons in succession.