Dreadnought and DroidX

Let me start with the good – once the story gets underway, it doesn’t slow down. Set in Cherie Priest’s Clockwork universe, the Civil War is still raging and the country is carved into (at least) 4 distinct regions all with their own baggage, complications and torn loyalties. For those who’ve read Boneshaker (which I liked a bit more, I must admit) the Sap won’t come as a huge surprise but the story ticks along with plenty of acrobatics.

The bad: it took me FOREVER to get into this book. I started it and stopped at least a half dozen times and I don’t really have a good explanation why. Maybe I liked Mercy (the main character) less than the characters in Boneshaker? At any rate, once I got through that first stretch it was much more smooth. In comparison, I DID like Boneshaker better. I found the story more compelling and latched onto all the characters a bit more tightly.

All things considered, I’ll keep on with the Clockwork books because they’re entertaining and make a nice change of pace from the usual mass-publishing.

On the DroidX front, Verizon customer service (win again!) thought the update may have b0rked my SD card and fo sho,they were right. They mailed me a new one post-haste (and free as it’s still under warranty) and as of installation today all my apps and my camera seem to be functioning again. Yay! Once again I have to give love to Verizon for great service, although their new data plan stuff seems to indicate I’ll make a change when our contracts are up.

I’ve been using Google+ on it quite a bit (more than twitter, to my surprise) and despite all expectations, I’m enjoying the Google datamining pointing me to people I might/will like. The only thing the app is missing is connectivity to Google Reader, where I could share the articles I like on GReader with G+ (which in retrospect is a failure of the GReader app). Because I AM doing that (like, share in Greader), if you follow me in the Buzz tab you’ll see the stuff I share but that only seems accessible on the web – please correct me if I’m wrong.

Also, anyone still wanting an invite please feel free to hit me up.