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My father loaned me the latest Pern book, Dragon's Kin. I'm glad for the loan and I quite enjoyed it. At the same time, it felt...a bit contrived, really. It meandered and then rushed and then spun about and landed neat and pat and tidy.
And just a touch unreal. Oh, well. It was still a nifty enough story in its own right. Just not quite to the level of some of the others.
Other than that I've read Barbara Ehrenreich's Nickel and Dimed book, about the journalist's foray into living on the sort of minimum-wage or near-minimum-wage jobs that many people must subsist on. It's...a very sobering read.
And just a touch unreal. Oh, well. It was still a nifty enough story in its own right. Just not quite to the level of some of the others.
Other than that I've read Barbara Ehrenreich's Nickel and Dimed book, about the journalist's foray into living on the sort of minimum-wage or near-minimum-wage jobs that many people must subsist on. It's...a very sobering read.
