Status Updates From The Compleat Enchanter

Maybe putting this one on hold.the initial novella and the second volume "Mathematics of Magic" both went well, but the way the "Castle of Iron" begins is giving me a hard time starting.

'"listen, pickle-puss," he said menacingly,"

okay. novella #2 down. i enjoyed this one a little more from the get-go just bc i've never read the faerie queene so i had no bias & thus the irreverence was less offensive to me. there were some great zingers in this one. i find myself in a strange place with this book enjoying it while i am actively reading it but not feeling particularly compelled to pick it back up & continue reading when i've paused.

another sentence that made me cackle out loud: "The goblins were learning anti-aircraft fire."

you ever try to summon a unicorn but accidentally summon a rhinoceros & then ride it screaming into a druid camp to save your friends & cohorts from being sacrificed to the gods

"the lion did not spring. instead it grimaced. the fanged mouth became a beak, wings sprouted from its shoulders, and it was a griffin. that, shea realized, was not kosher." sometimes this book is entertaining if dry & then sometimes we get lines like this

oh to be hoisted into the lap of a strong tall beautiful lady knight & kissed senseless

goodreads WHAT is your issue my god

did not mean to rate this, whoops

okay! once i rly let myself settle into this it was actually quite fun. i'll be thinking of our protag trapped in a múspellheim dungeon with heimdall racing cockroaches for entertainment for a while. a little sad we didn't actually see the battle of ragnarök but /shrug i can understand why we would cut it off before that lol.

not my favorite thing i've read so far this year but not unenjoyable. personally i think this kind of irreverent tongue-in-cheek portrayal of my beloved norse gods & mythology is a little distasteful for me. that being said i think the overall premise is silly & fun so fingers crossed