I recently finished Blackwood which will be reviewed in full shortly, and now I am working on Restoration, Book II in the World House series. Both are from a newly discovered publisher, Angry Robot, and after reading two of their novels, they are one to keep an eye on for excellent books. I couldn’t wait to read The World House as soon as I heard of it, and Restoration is surpassing my expectations.
Restoration is my 25th book to read this year. I am about half way behind where I wanted to be by mid-year, but I am pushing to finishing this one before BEA on Monday. Then I’ll be inundated with more books than I know what to do with, not to mention the Blogger Conference and the UnCon in addition to the evening publishing events. A busy three days await me.
In non-book news, the Origami Envelope Project is almost complete. Envelope #7 has received more fame than the others thus far due to a teacher finding it while performing in Ghirardelli Square, San Francisco, earlier this week and sharing it with his students. Envelope #8 will go into the wilds of New England this weekend, #9 in New York next week, and the final envelope for now #10 is destined for Austin upon my return from vacation.
And topping off an already adventuresome trip, I encountered a good-sized black bear in my brother’s backyard last night. He/She came around the side of the house and I mistook it for one of the dogs. It turned around and went back behind the house, I followed to bring the dog back into the yard only to discover it was not a dog. He/She ambled off back up the hill and hopefully to its home on the mountain. I know this isn’t uncommon for this area, but I wasn’t expecting a bear at all.