Not much going on here, really. So instead I will talk about books. They are important, you know [apologies for the over-formatting].

Firstly, I just finished reading Best Served Cold, Joe Abercrombie’s latest book. It’s a stand-alone book, set after The First Law trilogy ( 'The Blade Itself', 'Before They Are Hanged' and 'Last Argument of Kings' ). There were a few things that puzzled me, mainly because it’s been a while since I read The First Law, so I shall endeavour to find them in the library or on the cheap at Amazon or something. In short, they are brilliant books. Read them. I love the Northmen; Logen Ninefingers, Caul Shivers (post-trauma & round-the-twist Shiver) and Harding Grim in particular.
One of the things I liked most about Best Served Cold was that it had an ending…it just wasn’t particularly happy. I like that the characters don’t improve and better themselves. I like my reading material to have grit.

Secondly, George RR Martin’s (A Song of Ice and Fire series) new book is due out…sometime. The date keeps getting pushed back, which is only fair I guess. If it’s not done, then it’s not done (but we want to know what happened to Arya, Jon, Jamie, Cersei, Daenerys and all the rest; argh, the suspense is killing me! *needs to lie down for a moment*).

Thirdly, Scott Lynch (the Gentleman Bastard series) has a new book coming out in November 2010 – I’ll undoubtedly have to re-read the books before then because I have no idea what happened at the end of “Red Seas Under Red Skies”, can’t for the life of me remember…