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Joyeaux Annee
1 January 2005 19:48Happy New Year to one and all. I hope everyone enjoyed whatever type of celebration they took part in and is ready to face the new year as a brand new start. We certainly enjoyed visiting Cardiff and meeting up with many of our Acrewdemic friends and various passersby and droppers in even if we did end up driving home at five A.M. in the interests of finding our own comfy bed at home.
My new years resolutions include a wholehearted decision to become a better ninja and a half-hearted one to eat less lard and maybe think about doing some fitness type things.
Yesterday morning I finally finished reading all of the Dorothy Dunnett Niccolo stories, of which there are eight. I have mentioned them before but I will just reiterate having finally reached the conclusion of the series that they are the among the most brilliant, intelligent and exciting books I have read. To sustain the level of research and the sheer storytelling pace that is maintained across the whole series is an extraordinary achievement in itself. Mostly I read a lot of fantasy and a bit of sci-fi but these stories totally captured my imagination and after the six months it has taken me to read through them all ( with a few breaks to read other things in between ) I now have that slightly empty feeling that you get after finishing reading a true classic where you wonder what could possibly fill that space. If you enjoy stories full of cunning and intrigue I would suggest finding a copy of Niccolo Rising and allowing yourself to be swept away to the colourful and dangerous world of 15th century Europe. You will be doing yourself a great favour.
My new years resolutions include a wholehearted decision to become a better ninja and a half-hearted one to eat less lard and maybe think about doing some fitness type things.
Yesterday morning I finally finished reading all of the Dorothy Dunnett Niccolo stories, of which there are eight. I have mentioned them before but I will just reiterate having finally reached the conclusion of the series that they are the among the most brilliant, intelligent and exciting books I have read. To sustain the level of research and the sheer storytelling pace that is maintained across the whole series is an extraordinary achievement in itself. Mostly I read a lot of fantasy and a bit of sci-fi but these stories totally captured my imagination and after the six months it has taken me to read through them all ( with a few breaks to read other things in between ) I now have that slightly empty feeling that you get after finishing reading a true classic where you wonder what could possibly fill that space. If you enjoy stories full of cunning and intrigue I would suggest finding a copy of Niccolo Rising and allowing yourself to be swept away to the colourful and dangerous world of 15th century Europe. You will be doing yourself a great favour.
