1st April, 2010
April? What happened to March?
Huh, spring is here already. It seems like just last week we were still dealing with snow and ice. >.> Without much ado, here are the most recent entries to have left my reading queue:
Dust of Dreams by Steven Erikson.
Book 9 of 10 in Erikson’s Malazan Book of the Fallen epic. Another 800+ page monster – I don’t know how he does it. This book (and the series) does suffer from the sheer complexity of all the characters, plots and subplots that have been introduced and, I will admit, I started to lose faith and interest about midway through this one. I found myself having to go back and re-read entire sections since my mind had drifted away and I had no recollection of what I had just read. Thankfully, there were some bright spots in the book and the ending was pretty tremendous, even if it did end on somewhat of a cliffhanger. Still anticipating the final installation in the series.
3/5 gogs.
Dragon Keeper by Robin Hobb.
Hobb takes us back to the land of liveships and dragons. Woot. But wait, what’s this? The first book of her latest trilogy was pretty, well to be honest, boring. Predictable, too. Whatever ailment caused her Soldier Son trilogy to land in the crap pile is apparently still alive and kicking. A thoroughly unremarkable book.
2/5 gogs.
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