Everyone has a book that started them on the magical journey of reading fantasy. In fact, many people have two books; one when they were younger that got them into reading, and one when they were older that made them appreciate fantasy on a much higher level and start to take it seriously. Today, on…
Continue reading ➞ The Black Company – The Grandfather Of Dark Fantasy
DISCLAIMER This is a guest post by Sean Burns, filling in for Andrew, due to Andrew being too lazy to get up and write a post himself. Dear reader, I imagine that if you are anything like me, then you love reading books so much that you likely have a large pile of books waiting…
Continue reading ➞ Adding To The Pile – Even Movie Books Have A Place
Tigana, by Guy Gavriel Kay, generated by far the most conversation of any book we have read so far. As opposed to previous contested books we have had in book club, Tigana had less of a spectrum of different opinions, and more of a splitting into two camps: people who loved it and people who…
Continue reading ➞ Book Club Discussion: Tigana By Guy Gavriel Kay
My number one book of last year was Golden Son, by Pierce Brown. It was an impressive addition to the Red Rising series that took the successful formula from the first book, Red Rising, and grew it in inventive and exciting ways. Each book in a trilogy has its own goals, needs, and obstacles. The…
I tend to shy away from anything that self-identifies as “grimdark”. For those that are unfamiliar, grimdark stories often feature an anti-hero, generally unlikable characters, gritty dark writing, and a whole lot of tragedy. Grimdark books often tend to overreach for shock value in their writing and it can be a huge turn off when…
