It feels like I have been reading people talk about how awesome Patrick Rothfuss is for years, although the talk seems to centre more on him than his book. I finally picked up the first one in the series this summer and then had to tear through the second immediately afterwards, all within a week. It was like I was shovelling the food in my face like I did when my kids were tiny. I read these months ago, HAD MANY THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS, and […]
I really liked some of this book and I absolutely despised some of this book. But sure, I’ll read the next one.
A few years ago, my kids joined the swim team at our neighborhood pool. This meant many hours of me just sitting on a chair at the pool, having nothing to do but read. So I assigned myself a “pool book” — one that was longer than I might normally read, just so that I would never run out of stuff to read during practice. So far, just while the kids have been practicing, I’ve read all five books in the A Song of Ice […]
It’s a travesty this has only been reviewed once before (thanks, bonnie!)
I would love to rhapsodize about this book, but I’m kind of pressed for time (doubt I’ll be able to write this review before Christmas, and I don’t want to hold off since I just finished this book and it’s fresh in my mind). The best way I can describe this, I think, is to say that The Way of Shadows (2008) a bit like The Name of the Wind (2007) by Patrick Rothfuss mixed with an Assassin’s Creed video game. Azoth is an impoverished child […]
Help me, Cannonballers. You’re my only hope.
You guys. I’m already so far behind on my reviews for CBR8, and I’m finding it so hard to motivate. But I think if I can get this one behind me, I might be able to make a fresh start. Because this book…this book took me almost an entire year to read. This book was my personal version of Billy Bragg’s Great Leap Forward. Every time I thought I was taking a step forward, and excited about a good part, that part would suddenly end, and […]