Two Quick Ones

Dear Ill-tempered Marmosets,

Couple more books I've read recently:

The Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King
A Shortage of Engineers by Robert Grossbach

As it has been the trend lately, the first one is another book by King. The Eyes of the Dragon departs from any of his work that I have read so far--in that it is a fantasy. Not fantasy as in little boy has powers like in The Shining, but actual Lord of the Rings-type fantasy with dragons and princes and kings and magicians. I'd say that this is so far my second favorite Stephen King book, behind Salem's Lot. It's a story of a wrongly imprisoned prince trying to retake his rightful place on the throne. Like most of his work, King really has a knack for character development. The story is very good here, but it's not anything new. The characters are what you fall in love with.

A Shortage of Engineers was a blast, if just a little true to real life for me. It's a funny look at the life of an engineer at a defense company and it'll leave you in stitches. It pokes fun at all the things office workers have to deal with, but in this case, with a closer eye on what makes us engineers tick in these work environments and the crazy administrivia that gets foisted onto us. A fun read. But probably more so because it mirrors my work life so much.

-Matt