'The Hobbit'

Libbie told me at some point today (my memory sucks) to write a post, so here's me writing a post!

I've decided to write about not 'The Hobbit', since I'm fairly certain you all have already formed your own opinions about it and no longer care what Libbie nor I thought about it, but about the book 'A Web of Air' by Philip Reeves, which I am currently smack dab in the middle of.

BTW, Libbie, you should start reading more steampunk, or large portions of what I say will start to not make sense.

It's the sequel to the book I mentioned in my 'hey look Jess is alive!' post. The main character is still a logical, more-or-less emotionless genius, and she's decided she wants to discover the secret to flight. Oh yes, awesomeness happens. She meets a crazy guy who talks to birds, she meets another guy who's so fat he can't see his toes (yet somehow he moves about), and she works in a theater troupe that does stuff like 'Niall Strong-Arm; or The Conquest of the Moon'. Maybe y'all don't find that funny, but in context it made me giggle a little more than I thought appropriate.

Then again, everyone's sense of humor is different. Maybe that offends someone. It certainly doesn't offend me.

So, in conclusion, read Philip Reeve's Fever Crumb series, and be amazed.


Also, congratulations for surviving the fiscal cliff!