Wheel of Time Reread #1: The Eye of the World
In anticipation of the Jan 8, 2013 release of A Memory of Light, the fourteenth and final book in the Wheel of Time series, I’m rereading the entire series. Each book…
Read more“The Darkness That Comes Before” by R. Scott Bakker
The Darkness That Comes Before is the first book of the Prince of Nothing trilogy by R. Scott Bakker (which is then followed by the Aspect Emperor trilogy). Anasûrimbor Kellhus,…
Read more“The United States of Arugula” by David Kamp
I needed a break from fantasy, so today’s review is non-fiction: The United States of Arugula: The Sun Dried, Cold Pressed, Dark Roasted, Extra Virgin Story of the American Food…
Read more“The Way of Shadows” by Brent Weeks
Over the last few months, I’ve picked up and read books by quite a few rising stars of fantasy (The Name of the Wind, The Warded Man, for example.) Brent…
Read more“A Shadow in Summer” by Daniel Abraham
A Shadow in Summer is book 1 of The Long Price Quartet. The empire of Galt has been making war against the entire world with their powerful machines, but the…
Read more“The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led The Revels There” by Catherynne M. Valente
The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There was my one non-Brandon Sanderson pre-order this year. The first book, The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship…
Read more“Ship of Magic” by Robin Hobb
This is a catch up review for Ship of Magic, the first book in the Liveship Traders trilogy. This trilogy stands by itself, but it is set in the same…
Read more“Alcatraz versus the Evil Librarians” by Brandon Sanderson
If you’ve been reading the posts on this blog, you know that I’m a huge Brandon Sanderson fan, and I own pretty much all of his books. However, I’ve been…
Read more“Naamah’s Kiss”, “Naamah’s Curse” and “Naamah’s Blessing” by Jacqueline Carey
Yes, I’ve been reading a lot of Jacqueline Carey lately. (wait until I get to my Robin Hobb backlog – I’ve got four trilogies and a book of short stories…
Read more“Range of Ghosts” by Elizabeth Bear
I first heard of Range of Ghosts on John Scalzi’s blog. Like with Throne of the Crescent Moon (also a discovery via Scalzi’s Big Idea series), I was intrigued by…
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