It feels like a busy week. Nothing too pressing, but they are all minuscule things that need to be done and are adding up to take a sh*t load of time. I've been meaning to complete some side projects, (i.e. make changes to the bookstore website, create my own site for artwork, etc.), but f*ck. Coincidence that I am also reading an fantastic book right now. It is far from my usual fare, but its really really good.

 
*edit - I am usually not keen about reading an author back to back... maybe that is why I am so bad at keeping up with a series. The Kingkiller Chronicles is a huge exception. A part of it may be that its only a trilogy and that he came out with the second book, Day 2 last year (released in paperback last month or so). If it was the Song of Ice and Fire, yea I know what reading I have ahead of me. So I have found that I have had trouble explaining exactly what this book is about - and I can say what makes it so great is that is has a little bit of everything, as well as hero- or the anti-hero that all captivating stories involve.

 Kote is an innkeeper in a time and town where demons or Chandrians linger. They are known in old children's limericks and stories, but as far as the common folks know- they are just old tales. The same is for Kote or Kvothe, who is a legend with many aliases, but this innkeeper has kept his identity a secret, until a scribe, the Chronicler, recognizes him and Kote agrees to have the Chronicler transcribe his life story this one time, over a course of three days. Each book, is a day and a segment of Kvothe's autobiography. Throughout the book, we learn that Kvothe grew up as a traveling gypsy, lost his family to these Chandrians, and is on the quest to find what exactly these demons were after- as a poverty stricken kid without a family, he still has high ambitions as a musician and to learn the science/ magic of Sympathy in the University. Even though he doesn't have the means like others, he has the wit, intelligence, and charm to get accepted in the University and study with the masters. Add in a douse of sneaking into the archives, slaying dragons, fumbles with arch enemies, alchemy, intellectual debate, and keeping up with Denna (the love of his life and of apparently every other male in town).... and you have one of the best books - now underrated, but I bet will soon blow up like Miss Sellout Collins. Well only if you have the patience for 1600+ pages for the two, so far.