Have you read 4 and 5 yet?
I bought Tehanu but didn't especially like it, so I didn't bother with The Other Wind. I did recently purchase Tales From Earthsea, but haven't gotten around to reading it yet.
Have you read 4 and 5 yet?
I definitely still like Terry Brooks. Sword of Shannara did feel a little like Tolkien (but Much much easier to read) But the rest of his books are very enjoyable. I read all of his books as soon as they hit paperback.I did read Sword of Shannara back in the day, but at the time it struck me as such a carbon copy of Tolkien that I resolved not to read any of the others. I have to admit it was compulsively readable, and I hear that the subsequent books aren't such blatant ripoffs. So it may be another series that deserves a revisit from me.
Ender's Game is still one of my very favorites. That and Watership Down are the two books that I recommend to anyone and everyone regardless of the genres they claim to enjoy or not enjoy. It's hard to go wrong with either of those.
Never read or even heard of Melanie Rawn.
For those who like Robin Hobb books, she's coming out with a new Fitz and Fool book in August of this year titled Fool's Assassin. And have to say I am majorly excited. Most of her other series have been meh for me, but I truly loved Fitz and Fool and am eager to see how this new series turns out.
The only other book I'm looking forward to reading is Patrick Rothfuss's Day 3 in the Kingkiller Chronicles. Who knows when it will be finished...
Fish is a Darkfriend tbh
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For those who like Robin Hobb books, she's coming out with a new Fitz and Fool book in August of this year titled Fool's Assassin. And have to say I am majorly excited. Most of her other series have been meh for me, but I truly loved Fitz and Fool and am eager to see how this new series turns out.
The only other book I'm looking forward to reading is Patrick Rothfuss's Day 3 in the Kingkiller Chronicles. Who knows when it will be finished...
Yes, my friend, that's the news I used to bump the thread.
And yeah, Rothfuss is definitely a good one. Books are good, and I follow his blog and have been making a few small donations to his annual charity fundraiser.
I started reading Divergent this week. So far, its written pretty well and has an interesting story-line, but the author clearly seems to be a horny woman that feels repressed in her life situation based on how her characters interact.
How do you rate books 2 and 3 compared to 1? I liked 1 quite a bit but my library doesn't carry the other two so I moved on.
Wait, are you talking about Rothfuss? First, the third one isn't out yet, Pat isn't even done writing it. As JT said, who knows when it will be done. But the other two were quite good, and the second better than the first. He improved his craft between books. You can actually tell in the first book that he wrote the "frame story" later as the writing is a bit tighter.
Get on that, bro! Book 2 was my favorite of the trilogy... though since it's a continuous story anyway, you really gotta read 'em all. You're missing out.How do you rate books 2 and 3 compared to 1? I liked 1 quite a bit but my library doesn't carry the other two so I moved on.
How do you rate books 2 and 3 compared to 1? I liked 1 quite a bit but my library doesn't carry the other two so I moved on.
Wait, are you talking about Rothfuss? First, the third one isn't out yet, Pat isn't even done writing it. As JT said, who knows when it will be done. But the other two were quite good, and the second better than the first. He improved his craft between books. You can actually tell in the first book that he wrote the "frame story" later as the writing is a bit tighter.
Huh. This is interesting. I found the second one to be clearly better-written and paced. Except perhaps the Felurian (sp?) part. That part dragged. Also all the Denna stuff drags in both books.Heh, I just read this after my post. Different strokes, I guess.
Rainwild was pretty disappointing, no? It seemed like the daytime TV series of the Elderlings stories or something. The parts about the feelings/insecurities of Thymara (sp?) and her two love interests really, really dragged. And all the other relationships, too. It was okay when you got past all the pointless relationship drama, but taking out the relationship drama probably would've brought it down to two books instead of four.It's funny that we're both anticipating this new series so much. Hope it's better than the Rainwild series, which doesn't begin to compare to Farseer or Tawny Man.