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I finished another chapter of THE PHOENIX GUARDS while I ate dumplings & braised chard. It felt appropriate to have spicy food while I read about a conflict over a hot pepper field.

I‘m about 130 pages from the end now, and while I doubt I‘ll finish the book tonight, I should manage to do it tomorrow. It‘s so much fun. You can tell Brust finds this all hilarious, but it‘s super serious to the characters and to the narrator. That‘s a nice balance.

Brust channels the hell out of Dumas with THE PHOENIX GUARDS. It‘s packed full of verbose irony and bits like this, where the narrator tells us he‘ll be brief before he proceeds to take way more than two words to get his point across. It‘s delightful, but it‘s also loooooooong, so I‘ve been pausing every 200 pages to read something else before I pop back in again.

I‘m glad THE PHOENIX GUARDS is on Scribd so I don‘t have to spend ages tracking down a used copy, but I‘m bummed it doesn‘t have its proper cover. How am I supposed to stage photos to go with my progress updates?

I‘m also glad I had the ingredients for hot chocolate on hand, but I‘m bummed it‘s cold enough to warrant it today. I woke up to 5°, and it‘s only climbed to 11. Autumn is shit. Please don‘t comment to tell me how much you love it.

Paarfi of Roundwood is my favorite narrator hands down. This is the beginning of a pretty epic series and I really recommend it. Brust has a really clever way of writing. if you like the 3 musketeers, you'll enjoy this.