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annwfyn*yawns*
I'm feeling slow and sleepy this morning. This weekend became somewhat hectic, with bento in Camden on Saturday, followed up by people visiting, then more people visiting on Sunday (includingwildrogue who I haven't seen properly in ages), then a mass of ZG stuff that I think I promised to run ages ago and then forgot, then moving helping ksirafai with the moving process, throwing out half her wardrobe in the process, and finally shopping for a new wardrobe for Ginnie and acquiring a laptop.
So. Yes. Kinda hectic. Failed to makecommlal and flamma_lupus's BBQ as well, for which I am muchly sorry and have to blame the fact that I wound up with too many people to fit in a car.
Anyway, this morning I have been pottering, writing tat prose, and reading books, and found myself with an assortment of random and book related thoughts.
First of all, am I the only person who used to get read the Story Teller magazines as a small child? I used to get them monthly when I was little and adored them utterly, but appear to be the only person who has ever encounted them. Is this the case?
Secondly, am I alone in finding the David Eddings Malloreon series of books incredibly irritating for what they do to Ce'Nedra, and have never felt it makes sense.
Somehow David Eddings turns a girl who at the age of sixteen became a general of a massive army, goaded her father into fits so she could steal his legions, and was raised from her early years to know that she is an imperial princess into a rather mopey army wife, who just wants her baby back. It really bothered me at the time the Malloreon books were coming out - she changes from being the girl who ran away from home, slept on the ground, lead an army across the world and went crazy when cooped up sewing, to the wife who just wants female companionship around her and a nice bath. Oh, and her baby back. She's all about that baby.
I am now going to make the dramatic assumption that most of my readers have read the David Eddings Belgarion series. I'm also going to assume that most preferred the actually quite well written and innovative Belgariad to the slightly labored Malloreon. If I'm right, tell me what bugged you about the Malloreon. My pet hate is Ce'Nedra turning from 'cool wench' to 'mumsy'. What about you?
If I'm wrong, why am I wrong? What did that benighted series of books get right?
Opinions?
I'm feeling slow and sleepy this morning. This weekend became somewhat hectic, with bento in Camden on Saturday, followed up by people visiting, then more people visiting on Sunday (including
wildrogue who I haven't seen properly in ages), then a mass of ZG stuff that I think I promised to run ages ago and then forgot, then moving helping ksirafai with the moving process, throwing out half her wardrobe in the process, and finally shopping for a new wardrobe for Ginnie and acquiring a laptop.So. Yes. Kinda hectic. Failed to make
commlal and flamma_lupus's BBQ as well, for which I am muchly sorry and have to blame the fact that I wound up with too many people to fit in a car. Anyway, this morning I have been pottering, writing tat prose, and reading books, and found myself with an assortment of random and book related thoughts.
First of all, am I the only person who used to get read the Story Teller magazines as a small child? I used to get them monthly when I was little and adored them utterly, but appear to be the only person who has ever encounted them. Is this the case?
Secondly, am I alone in finding the David Eddings Malloreon series of books incredibly irritating for what they do to Ce'Nedra, and have never felt it makes sense.
Somehow David Eddings turns a girl who at the age of sixteen became a general of a massive army, goaded her father into fits so she could steal his legions, and was raised from her early years to know that she is an imperial princess into a rather mopey army wife, who just wants her baby back. It really bothered me at the time the Malloreon books were coming out - she changes from being the girl who ran away from home, slept on the ground, lead an army across the world and went crazy when cooped up sewing, to the wife who just wants female companionship around her and a nice bath. Oh, and her baby back. She's all about that baby.
I am now going to make the dramatic assumption that most of my readers have read the David Eddings Belgarion series. I'm also going to assume that most preferred the actually quite well written and innovative Belgariad to the slightly labored Malloreon. If I'm right, tell me what bugged you about the Malloreon. My pet hate is Ce'Nedra turning from 'cool wench' to 'mumsy'. What about you?
If I'm wrong, why am I wrong? What did that benighted series of books get right?
Opinions?
