Ok, Chel & Barb. Here I am. I have finally made a myspace page. You happy now?
Yahoo!Messenger is scheduled down for another hour, so I'm stuck up at the office with noone to talk to. Now, normally, that's a good thing - I still maintain that nothing good is happening when I'm talking to people at work; or when I'm people are talking to me so I can work. I guess there's a difference, isn't there.
I finished reading the book I picked up at the library this afternoon. ... Hold up. Swap for time reference ambiguity... This afternoon, I finished the book I had picked up at the library yesterday. The story was good, and I was fairly impressed. Then again, I like urban fantasy. I've been impressed with the fantasy coming out of Harlequin's Luna imprint. Yes, I know. Harlequin is primary a "chick" publisher: you've probably heard of their romance paperbacks. Until I looked it up, though, I didn't notice any connection between the Harlequin (romance novels) and Luna (fantasy novels) imprints. Then again, I also never noticed that Ballantine and Doubleday were both Random House labels either. Anyway, digression over. In the Author's words...
"A Seattle cop with no use for the mystical has a near-death experience and is offered a choice between dying, or life as a shaman. When she chooses life, she finds herself neck-deep in a murder mystery and up against a couple of old Celtic gods."[1]
Which I thinks sums it up pretty well. I came out of it thinking about a lite version of Neil Gaimon's American Gods, if that tells you anything. If not, well pick either one up yourself. Both are good alternatives to all the happy sappy crappy that I can't seem to avoid during the holyday season.
-- Author's Note. First published to http://blog.myspace.com/djayhogan on 08-Dec-06. Urban Shaman is ISBN: 0373802234. I still recommend going to pick up Gaimon's American Gods.
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