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[bubosquared]

So does anyone have any book reccomendations? I'm looking preferably for something fantasy that's fairly big, something to read on my 15-hour flight over to the States next month. Anyone?

Edit: I'm also fond of British detective novels, but those tend to be on the smaller, finished in three hours side, and true crime stuff, sometimes, and often non-fic as well. Feel free to throw random recs at me, I'll probably read 'em even if it's not on the plane.

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[sileas.livejournal.com]

I've currently ejoyed 'Transformation', 'Revelation' and 'Restoration' by Carol Berg (search by author because searching by title will turn up a lot of hits before you get to the actual booklisting you want). I still need to read Restoration but the first two books were very good fantasy and the two main characters were kinda slashable although they never quite get together. The three books together come to about 1415 pages.

Another book I enjoyed, but might not be your cup of tea : Heroes Die by Matthew Woodring Stover. It's got a lot of guts and blood flying, but it has quite some good themes and the book is gritty so it's a good change from the fantasy by Carol Berg. One of the main evil characters gets excited when he has control over others. Quite fascinating to read.
I wouldn't recommend the sequel from Heroes Die (Blade of Tyshalle) because all the gut-flying was there, but it just drags and drags without any moral compass whatsoever. The main evil character in here was too weird for me to enjoy.

Can your knee survive fifteen hours? Maybe you should get the doc to subscribe you some salve. I used to have this very very handy salve for infections, inflamations and every ache you could imagine. It worked wonders for my ankles.

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[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

I'll have a look at those, thanks.

And yeah, I usually ask for a seat next to the aisle so I can stretch my legs easily, so I'm usually okay there. Now the lack of leg space if you're over 1m50 is another story, but ...

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[sileas.livejournal.com]

And yeah, I usually ask for a seat next to the aisle so I can stretch my legs easily, so I'm usually okay there.

*nods* You've mentioned that to me, but I somehow forgot.

Not having been on a plane for more than half an hour, I can't really give any advice. *g*

Oh, by the way, where did you buy that orange juice? I don't have that many big shops around here but maybe if I know the brand, I can search for it in the nearby grootwarenhuizen. It was quite delicious.

And thank you for the chocolate cake. I really enjoyed it, which is a first for me in chocolate cakes. It seems my taste in food changes over the years. And sorry about that hurried goodbye we had; I thought my train was going to arrive any minute and I wasn't looking forward to breaking my neck on those stairs. My train wasn't for another 8 minutes so rane_ab stayed with me for a while.

Oh, and the wind in Antwerp? Nothing compared to what I got when I got to Ostend. In the morning, everything was relativily peaceful but by nightfall, it's windkracht 11 and we couldn't see on the Kustbaan because the wind was blowing the sand all over. My train *wiggled* when it stopped to let passagers in. And I had to leave the station by waiting until a windvlaag passed. There was just no way to bend a corner with that many wind (even with my weight).

I'm sure I'm forgetting to say something, but I'm terribly tired now. Those seats in the Pizza Hut were hard. My butt was asleep by the time we got up. But very delicious lookbroodjes. I made my father drool just talking about them.

Bed now. :-) With my books. *clutches new books* Sleep tight and sound! ;-)

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[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

Oh, by the way, where did you buy that orange juice?

It's Delhaize, their own brand. They've various kinds of juices.

And sorry about that hurried goodbye we had; I thought my train was going to arrive any minute and I wasn't looking forward to breaking my neck on those stairs.

No problem, I figured it that much. ^_^

Oh, and the wind in Antwerp? Nothing compared to what I got when I got to Ostend.

It was nothing compared to what's going on over here right now, as well. I feel like I'm going to wake up in oz if I'm nor careful.

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[sileas.livejournal.com]

It's Delhaize, their own brand. They've various kinds of juices.
And off course, the one supermarket not close-by. :-) But maybe Colruyt has it; they sell each other's brands if I'm not mistaken. I've found something that resembled that bottle of yours, but I haven't tasted it yet.

It was nothing compared to what's going on over here right now, as well. I feel like I'm going to wake up in oz if I'm nor careful.
*giggle* Yep. There was lots of noise here as well. Today people put out their blue garbage bags (milk cartons and cola bottles), but the things keep flying away so we see blue things flying in front of the window from time to time.
The last two days, I've slept heavenly. Once I fall asleep, I sleep 12 hours straight. The noise of the wind really lulls me into sleep.

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[sivan.livejournal.com]

Oh, the Carol Berg books are a rec I'll second! I really liked the whole trilogy, and not just because it's very slashable -- it simply tells a good story, too.(Though it really is very slashable, hah.) Incidentally, I read the first two books waiting for a plane and during a flight myself ...

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[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

Hm, slash and a story. That moves it up on my list. :D

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[sileas.livejournal.com]

*heee* Another fan! I can't really remember how I discovered the Carol Berg books but I was instantly hooked after a few pages into Transformation.

I wonder if there is slash for these books... *goes Googling*