Monday, October 03, 2016

Part of the reason that I love epic fantasy so much is the vast array of characters, the very complex storylines and the very long character arcs. It gives you, sort of, a feeling of adventure. A sense of a real world that was designed with care and with a lot of thought. And it's a love that I still have to this day. It's my favorite genre of book, thought I do read other things as well. At the moment, I'm reading Fool's Errand, which is the first book in The Tawny Man series by Robin Hobb. It's a first-person story, which is uncommon in fantasy. But I think.. I feel like it makes it easier for you to relate to the characters.

Great news for pasta lovers. A study by researchers in Italy suggests that it does not make you fat - may even reduce the chances of obesity. Writing in the journal Nutrition and Diabetes, researchers say the Mediterranean diet staple "contributes to a healthy body mass index, lower waist circumference and better waist-hip ratio." The finding from the Department of Epidemilogy at the Institute for Research, Hospitalization and Health Care Mediterranean Neurologic Institute in Pozzilli - which sounds like a past - in Italy was based on an analysis of the diets of more than 23,000 people.