books 2006: The Lions of Al-Rassan, by Guy Gavriel Kay

This book was excellent. I love GGK. Although I got really weirded out at the end: I was reading on the train, and the last chapter ends on a cliffhanger--one of two characters dies and you don't know which one--and I had gotten halfway through the epilogue, which at first leads you to believe that it's one character who died, and then my train arrived and so I walked all the way out to my car being sad for that guy and his lady, and then I got in the car and started reading again (two pages, yo, I had to finish) and discovered that it was in fact the other guy who had died! And I had gotten used to the fact that it was the one guy and not the other, and it was hard to adjust. ANYWAY, a really great book, based on the history of Spain and how it was occupied by the Muslims. GGK writes psuedo-historical fiction brilliantly. Maybe I should try that, since god knows I can't come up with an original plot all by myself.

I think it would be cool to live on a planet that has two moons.

David called me tonight. It was good to talk to him. He's doing really well. Unfortunately I have not yet finished writing out my Christmas cards because I spent 45 minutes on the phone with him. Argh.

Oh! Oh oh! I got a present in the mail from Chrysta today!! She sent me awesome Buffy stuff! Three buttons (I heart Buffy, Joss is Boss, and my favorite, the little female restroom sign girl holding a stake--I guess she'd be on the door of the little Slayers' room?), and an Angel Investigations magnet, and the Serenity comic! Chrysta is Teh Awesome. I totally wasn't expecting a present from her, and it absolutely made my day. Thank you, Chrysta!