I skipped the fessing last Friday since I was traveling, and I should skip today as well since I’ve nothing to report! But I am dutifully fessing up to having done no writing and very little reading. Hope to be back on track next week.
I did read about a third of Dorothy Dunnett’s The Game of Kings, which a friend recommended to me. I can’t say I’m enjoying it much. It is about a bunch of 16th century Scotsmen bonking Englishmen over the head (or vice versa), kidnapping people and fighting for power. I don’t seem to be able to muster up much enthusiasm for the characters. And I keep having to look at the list of characters in the beginning to remember who’s who. In general, I think if a book has a list of characters at the beginning, that means there are TOO MANY characters and they’re not distinct enough to remember, or the relationships are too complicated. I probably won’t finish this one.
I hope for more writing time next week! Keeping my fingers crossed…life is busy with our travels, Mom visiting, and kids stuff…
July 11, 2008 at 8:24 pm
I hate those books when I cannot keep the characters straight.
July 12, 2008 at 12:35 am
My kids go on holiday in ten days’ time and I’m a little anxious about my writing and how I’m going to manage. I think I am going to have to get up early – just what we like on vacation!
July 12, 2008 at 8:40 am
Jan — the other thing about this book (if I may complain more) is that the characters go by different names all the time — like Sir Andrew Whatsits of Whereever goes by Dandy sometimes. Grrr.
Charlotte — yes, getting up early is the key. Unfortunately early rising is not one of my “gifts.”