Way back in late 2000 or early 2001, Palo Alto mainstay Stacey's Bookstore was having a going-out-of-business sale, and Nao and Stephen and I wandered in to pick up some books.<\/p>\n
The selection had been pretty well picked over by then, but in the sf section, one of us noticed some Patricia Wrede books. I allowed as how I had never read any of her stuff, though I kept hearing good things about it, and N and S recommended it. So I grabbed the three books that were there.<\/p>\n
Which were books 2, 3, and 4 of a four-book series.<\/p>\n
I always figured I would pick up book 1 elsewhere. Instead, I eventually stuck the three of them on my shelf of \"paperbacks I'm going to get rid of if I don't get around to reading them soon.\" That was, oh, probably five or six years ago.<\/p>\n
Then sometime in the past few weeks, Mary Anne mentioned re-reading the Wrede dragon series, and I allowed as how I had never read any of her stuff, though I kept hearing good things about it, and M said she thought I might like this series, and I noted that I had the last three of them already.<\/p>\n
And then a couple days ago Kam and I wandered into Books, Inc in downtown Mountain View, and it occurred to me that I ought to pick up the first book of the series. So I did, and I've now read and enjoyed it. Fun!<\/p>\n