Books received, and a Disappointing Result

I picked up my package from Amazon at the post office yesterday. This consisted of: The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss Desert of Souls by Howard Andrew Jones Girl Genius 7 & 9 by Phil and Kaja Foglio The Kings of Clonmel by John Flanagan The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson I really …

Book Review: Scar Night by Alan Campbell

Format: Hardback, First Edition, 2006 Pages: 421 Reading Time: about 8 hours As I stated a few days ago, gritty urban fantasy is not my cup of tea. I don’t have anything against that genre per se, and I won’t stir up any controversy like Leo Grin did with his post on Nihilism and Tolkien …

If you could only grab 5 books…

Last night I mentioned Little Red Reviewer posted her 5 books she would take if she had to flee the house before disaster struck, and that I posted my 5 books over at her site. To me, the question suggests the books are irreplaceable. I mean, I could say I'd take The Name of the …

Blogspotter, Tuesday March 22

Another day, another The Wise Man's Fear review at King of the Nerds: http://kingofthenerds.wordpress.com/2011/03/22/review-the-wise-mans-fear-by-patrick-rothfuss/ Until my copy arrives, I'm trying to finish Scar Night. It's a gritty, urban fantasy that is not really my favorite type of fantasy, but I'm giving it shot anyway. Review will be a few days away as I'm about halfway …

Book Review: Angry Lead Skies by Glen Cook

Format:  Paperback, First Edition, 2002 Pages:  364 Reading Time:  about 7 hours I am a huge Glen Cook fan. I've devoured every book in the Black Company series, and I've been following Garrett P.I. for some time. Garrett has been around far longer than Harry Dresden or Eddie Drood...Cook laid the groundwork for these types …

More Reviews of “The Wise Man’s Fear”

Head over to The Little Red Reviewer's site for another review of The Wise Man's Fear: http://littleredreviewer.wordpress.com/2011/03/07/wise-mans-fear-part-2-the-review/#more-1309 Besides leaving a comment on my latest review, Little Red is well-read, with lots of good reviews and topics to explore on her site. I hadn't heard of her site before, but I'm now a fan and have …

Book Review: The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss

Format: Hardback, First Edition, 2007 Pages: 662 Reading Time: about 13 hours I'm three years late to the party that began with The Name of the Wind, and what a party it has been. Winner of the Quill Award, on most people's best new book and best new author awards for 2007, and with hyped …

Emerald City Comicon: photos

Over 25,000 people descended on Seattle last weekend for the Emerald City Comicon. I attended Saturday, along with a friend. I avoided the long lines for panels and signings (William Shatner was a 2 hour wait!) and instead focused on comics and art. I bought some prints and had a good time. There were so …

Emerald City Comicon

Had a good time at the Emerald City Comicon in Seattle yesterday, great costumes including one guy dressed as The Goon and a woman dressed as Jessica Rabbit... Also met a couple of great guys like Phil Foglio and Frank Cho. Bought some nice artwork as well. Worth the price of admission.

Book Review: Bearers of the Black Staff by Terry Brooks

Format: Hardback, First Edition, 2010 Pages: 353 Reading Time: about 8 hours It's been 500 years since Hawk led humans and elves into the valley protected by the magic of the Gypsy Morph, a magic bestowed by The Word, as the rest of the world was pummeled by nuclear and chemical attacks. Now that magic …