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I started reading “Mistborn” by Brandon Sanderson and “The Name of the Wind” by Patrick Rothfuss, and couldn’t get through either one. I have decided I do not want to read books set in a medieval world where a band of outlaws meets in a pub.
On the other hand, I love the Donald E. Westlake Dortmunder novels, where a band of petty criminals meets in a dive bar.
We watched the series finale of "Bosch: Legacy" last night. It feels like a significant life event
We’ve been living with Harry Bosch since the beginning, ten years ago. I remember going to a conference in the late teens and having a Fat Tire beer at a reception, because that’s Harry Bosch’s favorite brand. A lot of real life has happened to me, Julie, and the world in the past ten years.
As I understand it, the show was canceled when this season had already been produced, so they couldn’t make changes to bring it to an end. I wish they’d given him a better sendoff. On the other hand, what other sendoff could they have given him, other than killing off the character, which would have been unsatisfying? Harry Bosch will continue solving murders as long as he is able; that is the nature of the character. Indeed, in the books, as I understand it, Bosch is currently in his 70s, but still solving murders.
I’m reading the books. I’m 20 years behind; I recently finished a Bosch book published in the mid-2000s. I won’t soon run out of Harry Bosch, and the Lincoln lawyer, and author Michael Connelly’s other great characters.