Fantasy Book Club discussion

This sounds like fun but I read so slow I will have to be careful not to pick books that are too big. I also will not be only reading fantasy novels. I need a change of pace every now and again. Also I read too slow to not count the other books if I want to finish before the year is out.

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B. The Sword of Shannara
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D.Forbidden
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G. Stormrider
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J.
K.
L. The Lies of Locke Lamora
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N.Sabriel
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P.
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R. The Wise Man's Fear
S. Mistborn: The Final Empire
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W. The Martian
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Z.

I liked The Sword of Shannara when I was twelve. Reading it as an adult—not so much. Lot of head-hopping, poor editing, and unrealistic behavior… Continuing through the series, it started to feel like Brooks kept writing because he had to, not because he wanted to or had a great story to tell. Such a shame…

I haven't read Shannara yet and I am always questioning if I should start or not. There are some people who really love it, but I see a lot of reviews that are negative or mediocre.

I loved it when I read it at 16 and more recently.

Well I just finished the first book and I have to say it will be awhile before I pick up the second one.

Never touched Brook's Shannara series yet, though it has interested me for years. I did however read Magic Kingdom For Sale when I was young. I remember enjoying it well enough at the time, but remember little of the actual plot now.

Dan wrote: "Never touched Brook's Shannara series yet, though it has interested me for years. I did however read Magic Kingdom For Sale when I was young. I remember enjoying it well enough at the time, but rem..."

I loved the first few in the series! And then… it went the way of the Shannara books. Sad.

I started The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss. The link is above. If you have not read The Name of the Wind I highly recommend it. I am about 200 pages into this one and am deeply entrenched in it.

Joshua wrote: "I started The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss. The link is above. If you have not read The Name of the Wind I highly recommend it. I am about 200 pages into this one and am deeply..."

I'm looking forward to it—it's on my list!

Wow The Wise Man's Fear took me a bit but I did stop in between and read some graphic novels. It was a great book. Rothfuss did not lose anything in the second book. He is slowly becoming one of my favorite. For my list this month I will pick up either The Lies Locke Lamora or The Martian. I want to read both and both linked above. I am currently reading Go Set a Watchman. It is fun. Takes me back to high school when I read To Kill a Mockingbird.

Ok... This has been a interesting month for reading. I got done with Go Set a Watchman and The Martian. Go Set a Watchman was good but it was not great like To Kill a Mockingbird. I guess when you compare something from your childhood you have a higher standard. The Martian was great! I hope that most people take the time to read it. Maybe I am the last to read it. It was fun, quick and exciting book. Currently I am reading The Lies of Locke Lamora. So far so good. At some point I will read The Mists of Avalon. I keep finding books too bump ahead of it.

Well I finally finished The Lies of Locke Lamora. It was a great book. I am going to have to buy the other two books quickly. I have not decided whether to start Forbidden or Mistborn: The Final Empire. I have had both of them around the house for a bit. I started Mistborn last night. I might just go with that. I am excited to be knocking out some books on my list. But when I compare it to all of yours it is still behind.

I finished Mistborn: The Final Empire. It was a really good book. If you are wondering yes I am a little surprised that I liked it so much. I have started Forbidden. I am about halfway done. Not my favorite book. It is lacking a lot. It is kind of mushy. Everything blends together. Weak story as well. I will read Stiletto next. It will be the last on my A to Z list for a bit. I am going to read more Brandon Sanderson and Scott Lynch. I have a cross country road trip coming up and those are the books I will be reading when I am not driving.

I know I have not been on here in a while but I have been monitoring the A-Z challenge. It was just hard with the move to Hawaii and the drive cross country to get into new books. While going cross country I read B. Sanderson and S. Lynch. Plus a couple of Jack Reacher novels. LOL because they were on my wife's kindle. I am reading Sabriel and I should be done with this by the weekend. I don't know what will be next on the A-Z challenge because I have The Republic of Thieves staring at me in the face. It will be hard to bypass that for something new. Lynch is becoming one of my fav's.

I think I am going to take a break from fantasy for a bit. I finished Sabriel. It was good. I gave it 3 stars. I thought the ending was weak. I was actually worried about that as I progressed through the book. I was moving through it too fast to come to a good conclusion. Oh well. I think that I am going to read Master and Commander and start that series for something different.

I discovered that I have the audio of Lies of Loche Lamora, I'm planning to read it in a few months.

I really enjoyed Lies of Locke Lamora. Lynch is slowly becoming one of my new favorite authors.