I feel finished with the Hugos. The absolute disaster that has surrounded the Hugo Awards for the last two years has turned me off the entire award ceremony and I do not have the patience or the time to dig through what is happening any longer. As such, I ignored all the winners of the…
Continue reading ➞ The Fifth Season -Breaking All Expectations
A really quick way to rise to the top of my to-read list is to write a fantasy novel in a setting I haven’t read before. I have had some interesting firsts recently with historical fictions about the Netherlands, Aztec fantasy, 1900’s fantasy, workplace fantasy, and now Russian fantasy. The Bear and the Nightingale is…
Continue reading ➞ The Bear And The Nightingale – Walking in Winter’s Wonderland
Hi all, Sorry for being slow on the posts in the last week, I have been caught up in real world shenanigans. As a peace offering I have updated the book club tab with Quill to Live's schedule for the next year for those of you who are curious. Happy holidays all! -Andrew
Recently I had the pleasure of reading one of the more interesting debuts this year, The Burning Isle by Will Panzo. In a stroke of luck, I actually got to meet Will (he was lovely in case you were wondering) at New York Comicon. I got the chance to talk with Will about his new…
Continue reading ➞ The Burning Isle – An Interview With Will Panzo
The First Law trilogy by Joe Abercrombie is one of the most powerful and genre defining series I have ever read in my life. I have a policy about not speaking of the First series, as I believe it is something everyone should discover for themselves to have the maximum impact while reading it. That…
Continue reading ➞ Best Served Cold – Reading In A Post-First Law World
Hi Everyone! As usual I am following my best of 2016 post with a site clean up today. Most noticeably the recommendations page has been updated thoroughly, both with new series and movement of older series with new releases. If any of you would like to see something new in the coming year, in terms…
It has not been a great year on a lot of fronts, with a lot of people citing 2016 as the worst year in memory. However, despite the general trend in other areas, 2016 has been a pretty damn good year for books. There have been a few disappointments, but for the most part I…
