Shortly after the end of spring semester, I started getting the fantasy itch – after all of the nonfiction reading I’d been doing, I needed something with orcs, elves, and swords. Along with installing Baldur’s Gate and Baldur’s Gate 2 on my PC, I picked up some books that take place in the Forgotten Realms [...]
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Mort
Book title: Mort
Author: Terry Pratchett
Originally published: 1987
I finished reading Mort a couple of days ago, and perhaps the way to best indicate how much I enjoyed it is to say that I’ve already requested Reaper Man, book 2 in the Death series. I had a lot of fun reading this one.
The book focuses in on [...]
Eragon Is So Gone
Over a month ago, my boss at work, who knows I love reading, plopped the library’s copy of Eragon down on the desk I was sitting at. “You said you really enjoy fantasy, I read this, and I’d love to have your opinion on it.” Well, the book still isn’t finished – and I’m afraid [...]
Harry Potter and the Sorceror’s Stone
Title: Harry Potter and the Sorceror’s Stone [amazon]
Author: J.K. Rowling
Publisher: Scholastic; 1st American Ed edition (September 1998)
Pages: 309
Book Number: 21
What’s this 52 Books in 52 Weeks thing about?
Note: The widely loved Cas (well, I love her to bits) brought it to my attention that in the United Kingdom, the book was apparently called Harry Potter [...]
The Golden Compass
Title: The Golden Compass [amazon]
Author: Philip Pullman
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers; 1st ed edition (April 16, 1996)
Pages: 416
Book Number: 18
This is a book that had been on my shelf for years – literally. I received it as a Christmas gift when I was 16 or 17. At the time, I shelved it [...]
