No Work Means More Austen

The Man might not like it, but I’m always appreciative of a slow work day. It gives me more time to play and find stuff like this:

You are Elinor Dashwood of Sense & Sensibility! You are practical, circumspect, and discreet. Though you are tremendously sensible and allow your head to rule, you have a deep, emotional side that few people often see.

Take the Quiz here!

Hmm… Might my love of Elinor Dashwood have colored my opinion some? Or perhaps my equal love of Emma Thompson. All in all, I ain’t complaining!

Friday Feature

The Raintree Trilogy

                             

Raintree: Inferno by Linda Howard
Raintree: Haunted by Linda Winstead Jones
Raintree: Sanctuary by Beverly Barton

I’d first learned about this series from Paperback Writer, who recommended Raintree: Haunted. I’d been keeping an eye out for these books, but I’d had no idea they were part of the Nocturne series until I stumbled across them last week. I’m sure my squeal of delight could be heard in the next county. PBW was, after all, the first one to point me in the direction of Rob Thurman. (You can read my own raving about her books on the Favorite Fiction page.)

So I bought all three and promptly started the first. I’m almost finished reading the second one (which you may recognize from the RITA finalist list), and I’m definitely hooked. The first two books at least take place over the same time period, and there are small interconnections between the two heroes in the form of phone calls. For some reason, this unifying technique intrigues me. I’d heard about something similiar, of course, but I’d never actually come across it, and I find it creates a more realistic world for me. I’m not sure why, but it does.

The only quibble I have with this technique is that I’m expected to believe that two brothers both find love during the exact same week. Yes, I know, much stranger things can happen, and I’m definitely willing to suspend belief for most anything if the story’s good. Heck, I’m even buying the whole controlling fire and lightning thing. Totally with you on that. So why the timeline would be an issue with me, of all things, I don’t know, but it’s small enough that I just shrug and go with it anyway.