The state of being me

Last night was tough. I am usually insanely hopeful no matter what life throws at me, like foolishly so, but the things the GOP have been getting up to have just been wearing me down and I just couldn't shake the existential dread. I'm somewhat better today, but it's still hard to face a supposed democracy where the party in power so blatantly ignores the majority opinion in favor of corporations and greed.

Anyway, moving on with a Vlad update. I finished Jhegaala and Iorich. I liked Jhegaala a lot. It was neat to see Vlad being in a culture so alien to him, even if he was with his own biological kind. Plus him having to do his own investigations without his crew was interesting. Iorich was good as well but somehow I left the book feeling disappointed. I don't know if there was a promise to the story that didn't get fulfilled, I had hoped for more resolution with Aliera and Morrolan, or if it was too much like other past novels. It did feel like it was setting the stage for a future book. 

I'm onto Tiassa now and am very much hooked.