Fool's Fate, by Robin Hobb

[niko]

Wow. I can't think of any happy ending to a series that has been more satisfying than this one. I still remember how disappointed I was at how "Assassin's Quest" left Fitz in such a horrible limbo, and my reaction to this book is the exact opposite...just utter elation. I've loved this whole "Tawny Man" series for allowing Fitz to go home again, and this book just brought everything so perfectly full circle. I love that she didn't skimp on the reunions - finishing up the dragon part relatively early and leaving so much time to dwell on just resolving the Fitz/Fool story and letting Fitz go *HOME*. *sigh* I was just a gushy pile of goo from the second Burrich appeared to catch Fitz at the camp up through the final page. I admit, I've had some mixed feelings about Hobb over the years, but this conclusion is the best-earned happy ending *ever*.

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In other news: I don't usually consider myself a "squee"-er, but there was definite squee-age going on for Sanji's arrival in this week's "One Piece" chapter. Between Nami's expression and Zoro's little "Heh" and just the utter coolness of badass Sanji... chills. :)

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Jon and I are going to try to set up an anime meetup in our area through "meetup.com". Don't know why I didn't think of this earlier. There are, like, 80 people listed in our area as interested in anime. We're bound to get a few people willing to join out of that.

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