[Holiday Diary - Day 7] Holidays over

[karohemd]

Well, not much change for me, being on holiday as I am.

Weather is back to being snowy but miserable, no sunshine in sight and it's very dusky so bad light for photography.

Finished Wolves of the Calla in the afternoon and started on Song of Susannah right away. For being such a big and long book, Wolves was a very good read, not much in the continuation of the overall plot but containing lots of background info. Good thing I still have a few days and the last book is waiting on my shelf already.

NYE is sorted. Going down to Nuremberg on the 30th to do some shopping and hopefully meet up with an old friend, spend the evening gaming and help out preparing the party on the 31st.

Comments

[wyrdness.livejournal.com]

I really want to read the remaining Dark Tower books, since I have been waiting since my mid teens for him to finish it all off (and considering when he started the series he did have ample time :) ). Problem is I really don't like hardback, they've heavy and burdensome and they're really awkward to read in bed, so I have to wait for the paperbacks come out. Nice to know that Wolves of Calla doesn't drag on though, which was one of the main problems I had with Wizard and Glass as it bounced all over the place.

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

Hm, Wolves doesn't drag because it *does* bounce all over the place (lots of tales from the past/future being told by various characters).
The Wolves bit of the book is very basic (village hiring the gunslingers to protect them from a group of nasties who come every x number of years to steal their children, stolen right out of The Magnificent Seven- by King's own admission but for a reason).

Song of Susannah is an immediate continuation of all the subplots being started in Wolves. It's probably just a filler (and it's a lot shorter) for the conclusion.