Unhappy: I checked out Jacqueline Carey’s book Banewreaker out of the library. I was hoping that I’d like this because I did enjoy the Kushiel triliogy. But I’m around 32 pages in and I’m struggling because the book seems to have contracted a horrible case of High Fantasy disease, what with having to suffer through a long creation myth prologue, and often Random Things of Great Import are capitalized. So far the chararcters seem to be more of a collection of mannerisms than people I would want to read about. I’ll give it a few more pages to see if it starts appealing to me more, otherwise I might give up on the book. I almost never give up on books!

Happy: I am loving the Grant Morrison mini-series Vimanarama. The art by Philip Bond is great, I love the storyline combining the problems of a modern day arranged marriage and the return of the Indian Gods.

Happy: I finally watched the first disk of Full Metal Alchemist, I tend to wait to watch most anime series (even when they are on Cartoon Network) on dvd because I like watching them in Japanese. I can definitely see the appeal of Full Metal Alchemist, the dynamic of the relationship between the brothers Edward and Alphonse, with “little brother” Alphonse encased in a big suit of armor, is great. There is a darker theme underlying the show that makes it feel a little different from a standard action anime.