Okay, okay so I haven't updated in a while. This day, therefor, is brought to you by my second root canal, courtesy of which I have a hard time eating, and talking, lest I'm on painkillers. I consequently took today off as a sick day in hopes of giving my mouth time to recover.
Now on to more fun topics. Here in ye' olde United States, the copyright on books runs out after (I think) about 150 years, meaning that any book published more than 150 years ago is now in the public domain and can be published/reproduced by anyone. Enter Project Gutenberg. The source of free ebooks from authors such as Jane Austin, Shakespeare, Tolstoy and more. I spent at least an hour last night downloading over fifty classics. I started reading The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens, but I'll have to put it on hold until the next book for our book club is chosen. Now that I've finished the most recent Brandon Sanderson book, I'll be reading Yearning for the Living God, by F. Enzio Busche.
Speaking though of Brandon Sanderson, I had the opportunity to go to a reading/signing of his at the Barnes and Noble at Jordon Landing with my friend Rebecca from work. He did a reading from The Way of Kings, to be published some time next year, and from Alcatraz vs. the Knights of Crystallia, the third book in the most hilarious series of odd magics ever :) I won a medallion with the sixteen allomantic medals from his Mistborn series, and got his autograph on copies of Warbreaker (the new one I just finished) and on Elantris, his first book. Brandon Sanderson is the author that has been chosen to finish Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series. You can download a free copy of Warbreaker from his website, though I definitely think its worth having the hardback.
