Can I interrupt with some happy, wonderful news about how much I love my brother? Because I just received an Amazon package from him.
The first gift was a new edition of The Resistance, a game I was really sad to lose because it was in my backpack when it was stolen. The message:
Because someone stealing your game is probably the best justification to upgrade.
And the second gift was the Dreamblood Duology, by N.K. Jemisin, which I have not even heard of because apparently it just came out a few months ago!
Because a duology is nothing once you've gotten through A Song of Ice and Fire.
He hasn't read them and his fiancée hasn't read them, but the Internet said they were good, even better than the Inheritance Trilogy. I was really excited, I told him, because I had seen N.K. Jemisin at Comic-Con and really liked her so I was interested in checking out her work.
"I know," he said.
HE ACTUALLY WENT THROUGH MY HUNDREDS OF COMIC-CON PICTURES AND REMEMBERED THIS VITAL PIECE OF INFORMATION.
Like Jon Snow, I know nothing about Dreamblood, so I am Mark-level unprepared. Please do not say anything AT ALL about what it's about or what it's like, but basically my brother is awesome.