The Slow Regard of Silent Things (arrival)

Guess what arrived in the mail yesterday?!

Not pictured: my shriek of delight

My one book purchase for the year (since I actually bought it months ago, but it was only published this month), The Slow Regard of Silent Things by tiny god Patrick Rothfuss.

It's about a broken girl in a broken world, Auri, who lives in the Underthing underneath the University in Rothfuss's The Kingkiller Chronicle series.

Auri is one of my favorite characters and I can't WAIT to read this book.

It's a short book, only about 159 pages. Including the foreword, and the author's note at the end.

I read the foreword. It solidified my conviction that I can't read this book. Not yet. This book needs to wait a little bit. For a time when I'm less frantic, less busy. It's going to be a bittersweet book, because Auri is a bittersweet character, and that sort of thing demands slow attention. An afternoon with tea, when I know I won't be disturbed. A cafe with cake, where nobody will bother me. A weekday with no deadlines, papers, projects, or plans. A cozy couch. A hum in the background, but nothing in my space but this book and oh my god I'm so excited.