Is this regularly enough?

For someone who's trying to get in a real habit of writing regularly, even if it's just a blog, I'm not doing the best of jobs. I'm awful and I know it. Anyway, since last post, I've read four books? Yeah.

So, first up! The Prophecy Con, by Patrick Weekes. 10/10

If Firefly was a book series, with magic, and elves and dragons and more WTF-ery, it'd be Rogues of the Republic. You've got a cast of characters as diverse and crazy as a sack of alley cats. Such a mix of personalities and motivations inclined for hilarity, drama, and non stop action that I can't imagine anything to make it better. You've got Loch and Kail, two ex-militaries with lots of sass and plenty of skill to back it up. Loch's arguably the brains of the operation, though is very much capable of being her own brawn. Kail is pretty much around to look good, make jokes about people's mothers, and pick locks/fights. And I adore nearly everything about him as a character. You've got a priestess with a talking war hammer, a ludicrously agile and strong monk with a vow of non violence, a unicorn with a creepy preference and persistence for virgins, an alchemist archer, a wizard that flunked out of school, and a lawman, all involved in trying to prevent a war they accidentally set the match for. By stealing a book of elf porn poems. While they all seem to find almost bull crap means of getting out of things, it all seems a bit too coincidental and Loch's apparently Wolverine, but hey. It works for the world and the characters. They're all each other's own personal deus ex, and while that sounds like a cop out, Weekes manages to keep enough suspense, intrigue, and questions regarding their survival and success that you forgive it. It's a brilliant series. Read it. I'll buy it for you. It's glorious in every way, and you won't be disappointed.

Or Kail will. 

(Not pictured. That's Mr. T. Probably someone Kail wishes he could be.)

BTW; (Killing Pretty, Sandman Slim #7, has already been preordered, in both hardcover, and eBook. Now I'm just waiting on my ARC.... /fingers crossed!)

Next... Being THAT guy, I read books when I hear there's a movie coming out. And I decided to read Seventh Son, a collection of books 1 and 2 of The Last Apprentice series. 5/10

I did a Goodreads review and I don't feel like elaborating or copy pasting. So flesfjskafj. There. TL;DR, mildly sexist, very juvenile while trying to sound hardcore, I doubt the movie will be anything like the packaged books. Well, actually, that's pretty much my entire review. LOL.

It was alright, I guess. Kept me busy for four days.

I just finished reading The Clockwork Dagger, 7/10, by Beth Cato, (received as a RC from Harper Voyager) and I adore the main heroine, but the rest of the book is kinda... mediocre. Light, easy reading, also steampunky with a touch of magic and war, so if you're into that sort of thing, with a touch of seemingly forced romance angles, then go for it. The character twists were great, though, and I'm currently reading the sequel, The Clockwork Crown (Obtained as a digital ARC from Harper Voyager.) I know, the legalities annoy me, too.

Characters are less bad ass than they appear. But still pretty neat.

As for my writing, I haven't really done anything since NaNoWriMo. I've had a couple of whacked dream ideas, and I wish I remembered more details of them, because they could totally make interesting books. I need that Japanese dream machine. I just hope that they wash it, and clear the memory banks, before I give it a go. I don't even want to think of what middle-aged Japanese men dream about. I've studied their culture and language for almost ten years, I don't need any more trauma. @_@;

- RaRa out.