fantasy

The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan   My review   rating: 5 of 5 stars After all these years, I’m happy to say that I still enjoy Eye of the World as much as ever. Sure, there are things in the book that these days seem hackneyed, but at the time, they were bold new steps in fantasy, and I think that deserves some respect. The reason these sort of things became so common is in large part due to how well Jordan handled them. All told, I firmly believe this is a must read for anyone who […]

So I’m halfway through Book One now, and I’m happy to say it’s still a pleasurable experience, even after all these years. Part of me wondered if this would be like when I watch movies I loved as a kid, only to find out that they’re junk through the eyes of an adult. Not so with this book. Of course, there are pieces that really bug me, but they bug me more in the way that siblings can bug me. It’s an irritation you know and accept, so it doesn’t really get to you. For example, I don’t like the

So I’m rereading the Robert Jordon Wheel of Time series in preparation for the final(!) three books coming out in the next two and a half years. (For those of you living under a rock, the final three are being written by my good friend and ex-writing group member Brandon Sanderson.) I’m about 60 pages into the first (Eye of the World), and it’s taking me back in time in a very pleasant way. I’m one of those readers of this series who was right there at the beginning. I literally remember the first time I saw the first book:

Runemarks by Joanne Harris   My review   rating: 4 of 5 stars I enjoyed this book quite a bit–the only thing keeping me from giving it five stars was the ending, which got so confusing that I really lost track of what was happening. Not just in a “this plot is confusing” way, but in a “I have no idea how to picture in my head what these words are describing” sort of way. That’s not a good thing. But other than that, the book did a good job of respinning the Nordic God myths into a new setting