This one barely qualifies as a novel, considering it’s about 170 pages and every page is illustrated, but since it’s about Cohen the Barbarian and his quest to blow up the gods of the Discworld, I’m sure I’m in for a ride with The Last Hero by Terry Pratchett (and illustrated by Paul Kidby).
If you haven’t read the Discworld books, you won’t know about how Cohen is the hero we all need. I think it’s a travesty that he’s not featured in more of the books, so I’m glad that he gets to be the star of this one…
…even if he’s trying to blow up the gods and end the world out of spite.
“They’ll hunt us down, won’t they?” she asked, changing the subject.
“The Horsemen?” Niall said. “Yes, I’m afraid so. Even if they were willing to let this setback slide, they have two more brothers to bring back into this world. But the failed ritual will buy us some time. They’ll have to recover.”
“So will we,” Selissa said dryly.
“I’m trying to remain positive,” Niall said miserably.
I have been putting off reading this book for a long time, but now it’s time for A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (collection of the Tales of Dunk and Egg novellas) by George R. R. Martin.
Why have I been putting it off, you might ask? After all, “A Song of Ice and Fire” is one of the greatest Fantasy series out there and a prequel could ease the withdrawal until the next book is released.
Yes, indeed ASoIaF is a truly great series.
It’s also insanely detailed and filled with more characters than you can keep track of, and I wish I had been taking notes when I read it.
Committing to books where I actually have to utilize brain power is not something I have felt up to doing in a long time, so anything that says “George R. R. Martin” on the cover has seemed daunting, even a collection of novellas. There’s even illustrations in this one!
I can do this, people… I’m almost caught up on Game of Thrones as well, even though I delayed watching the TV-show for ages, because I wanted to finish the book series first. Clearly the TV-show is winning the race and will finish at least a decade before the books, and nothing short of total social media blackout and disowning all my friends will prevent me from getting spoiled, so I caved.
It’s all planned out, so I will have finished both this book and watched season 7, before the premiere of the last season in April.
So tell me (without spoiling season 7, ya bastards!): Who do you think is going to end up on the Iron Throne?
No, Artemis is not a candidate for the Iron Throne…
I started reading Thief of Time by Terry Pratchett on Friday, didn’t get around to taking a picture until today, and now… I’m sort of done with the book already.
“Thief of Time” is meant to be taken literally, apparently, because I don’t usually have 400+ pages disappearing on me in two days.
It wasn’t even as good as the usual Discworld novel…
Or as funny…
Or made much sense at all…
So what in the world happened with this book!? I don’t even remember spending that much time reading!
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Excuse me. I just read 250 pages in a row without getting up for a drink at any time. I wouldn’t recommend that.
Selissa took a look at the guardsman standing in the room, scowling at Ardeth while Josiah was tending to another patient. While recognizing him as one of the rebels who often stood guard at the main gates, she also noticed the blood running from a wound at his temple and from his cracked lip.
“What happened to him?” Selissa asked as Josiah hurried over to her after finishing up his work. On the bed, Ardeth’s lip twitched slightly.
“He fell down the stairs,” the assassin said pleasantly. Selissa looked at him with a raised eyebrow, wondering how exactly someone managed to fall down the stairs of a one-story building. But seeing as no one tried to deny it, she decided not to ask.
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