I went into the reading of THE BLACK COMPANY by Glen Cook nearly blind. I knew a lot of people didn’t like it. I knew it wasn’t going to be warm and fuzzy. But that was pretty much it. I quickly learned that despite Joe Abercrombie being widely known as “Lord Grimdark,” it was Cook […]
Anytime I’m reading fantasy for review, I take copious notes. In fact, most of the time, my review is pretty much written by the time I finish the book, I just need to make slight alterations to account for any last minute goings on. And I like that, b/c your average fantasy is 2 – […]
It’d been approximately ten years since I last read THE WAYFARER REDEMPTION by Sara Douglass, and while I had not personally experienced the what-was-I-thinking-this-book-is-crap? phenomenon that so many readers have encountered during rereads of “favorite” books from eons past, I’d heard an awful lot about it . . . Still, I wasn’t worried—my superior taste […]
I hate everyone. You: Everyone who? Me: Yes. You: Wut? Me: Leave me alone. I don’t want to talk about it! You: *backs away slowly* Me: IT’S ALL YOUR FAULT. *sobs* Are you one of them? Are you? Did you rave about MISTBORN and convince me it was one of the BEST fantasy series ever? […]