From an Aurora Award-winning author, a new sci-fi novel follows three intrepid humans caught up …
Been eyeing this book for a while since Julie is a local author, but I have yet to read any of her works and I have shelves upon shelves of unread books and hesitated to add yet another book to them. Today, however, I found this signed edition at the bookstore and decided to get it. I love science fiction and space operas so I'm sure this will be a good read.
With the Cielcin united under one banner, the Sollan Empire stands …
I just finished chapter 17, which is called "Disquiet Gods", same as book 6. That was one hell of a chapter! The best yet. The next chapter, chapter 18, is called "Shadows Upon Time", same as book 7, the final book. I suspect it will be just as extraordinary of a chapter!
The first part of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Tolkien’s classic epic of Good …
This is only the second time I read this series, including The Hobbit, which I read over the holidays. For some reason, I seem to gravitate to classic fantasy or science fiction during the holidays. I first read this back in 2003 when I was in college. At that time, the 3rd movie was about to come out and I wanted to read the books before watching the movies. The trailers had hooked me.
So, I started reading my first fantasy series with The Hobbit. It was my first fantasy novel if you don’t count any of Stephen King’s stuff. So reading The Fellowship of the Ring back then felt like a huge and difficult novel. I was not used to so many strange names and places and found it a bit hard to read. Then, I watched the first movie. And then I read The Two Towers and watched …
This is only the second time I read this series, including The Hobbit, which I read over the holidays. For some reason, I seem to gravitate to classic fantasy or science fiction during the holidays. I first read this back in 2003 when I was in college. At that time, the 3rd movie was about to come out and I wanted to read the books before watching the movies. The trailers had hooked me.
So, I started reading my first fantasy series with The Hobbit. It was my first fantasy novel if you don’t count any of Stephen King’s stuff. So reading The Fellowship of the Ring back then felt like a huge and difficult novel. I was not used to so many strange names and places and found it a bit hard to read. Then, I watched the first movie. And then I read The Two Towers and watched the movie. However, I ended up never reading The Return of the King and just watched the movie instead.
This time around, I told myself I’d read all 4 books. On this second read-through of The Fellowship of the Ring, I found it too simple! Maybe it’s the prose. It felt… dry? It felt more like a young adult book. I found myself being bored, probably because I knew the story so well from the movies. So, I’m giving this 4 stars this time around.
The Hobbit is a tale of high adventure, undertaken by a company of dwarves in …
Why is it that every Christmas I am suddenly in the mood to read a classic #book? I've had this deluxe illustrated edition of #TheHobbit for a while. I decided to take it off the shelf and out of its slipcase for the first time. I first read this in the early 2000s and haven't read it since. A re-read is due!
