22nd December, 2009
Snow
Lamentation by Ken Scholes
The first book from newcomer Ken Scholes has been talked up in the press since its release and I can confirm that it pretty much lives up to the reviews. I felt a little short-changed due to brevity of the book (around 350 pages) but it served its purpose to lay the groundwork for a 5-book series. Interesting characters and some intriguing mysteries are found within this well-described world. I’m not ready to bet the farm on this one yet but it has potential to turn into something great.
3.8/5 gogs
Furies of Calderon by Jim Butcher
I was thoroughly unimpressed with Butcher’s Dresden Files series but a fellow reader suggested I give his Alera series a try. I was pleasantly surprised to find a decent story this time around although it did suffer from some predictability. I’ll probably give the rest of this series a shot in the future.
3/5 gogs.
Posted at 5:05 am | Comments (3)
On January 14, 2010 at 12:25 Will R said:
January 14, 2010 at 12:25
Just finished the last book; I enjoyed it, but then again I’m into B Horror movies, too, so I’m pretty forgiving. The second through fifth books, though, are pretty dang good and, after making the commitment (assuming you continue), it’s painfully hard not to finish. The main storyline, as you said, is pretty predictable; however, by the end of the series there are several stories – some more intriguing then others – that end up working together very well.
On January 19, 2010 at 5:41 Gog said:
January 19, 2010 at 5:41
Yeah, I’m planning on reading more of it. Thanks for the tip. ^^b
On February 5, 2010 at 10:39 GogBlog » Emergence said:
February 5, 2010 at 10:39
[...] I like the attention to detail that he is giving his characters and their environment. As I noted earlier, I think there is a lot of potential here, but it hasn’t reached out and grabbed me [...]