So normally I avoid reading a series in progress, because I hate cliffhangers. I also tend to forget what happened by the time the next novel comes out.

Baker's Company novels are a bit sneaky, however. If you read the first two you might not even realize there's an overarching plot. And each of them up until now have been relatively self-contained. But this one ends absolutely mid-thought.

The book itself was fairly good, though I'm definitely getting tired of her attempts at humor. It's like that guy who keeps making the same unfunny jokes and laughing real hard at them while you're not laughing at all.

Fortunately there's enough story going on that this stuff doesn't occupy too much of the book, and there was perhaps a bit less of it than in the last Company outing.

Supposedly there's two more books left, and I'm quite curious as to what will be in them, especially since it seems like the story is extremely close to the grand finale.

So two weeks ago today I had a fun little sinus surgery, which involved much bleeding. This, plus the vicodin I took for about a week afterward, left me fairly sleepy for a while. It was only last night that I finally started a new book.

I was only able to stay awake for the first chapter and a half, but the newest Company book from Kage Baker starts out well. The beginning of book intimates that it might finally explain some of the basic mysteries of the series, which makes me wonder how she could be planning two more books. Perhaps it's just a tease that won't be fulfilled.

More later once I've finished.