The Black Company is an all-time favorite series of the QTL team, and I would argue it’s probably the single most foundational story in how we came to be a group reviewing books. So, it’s not an understatement to say that there was a disproportionate amount of scrutiny being lobbed toward a brand new Black…
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Booking On A Budget: Andrew’s $100 Book Buy
Recently I saw a TikTok of a booktube reviewer taking his friend to a bookstore with $100 and picking out a bunch of starter books for the friend. It was a cute video and it got me thinking what books I might try to buy with a set budget of $100 and the only goal…
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Unique Narrative Styles
I love a book with a unique narrative style. Books that incorporate how the story is told into the message and ideas of the book often become my favorite and most recommended stories. It’s a clever and deep technique that can elevate a story and drive the messages and themes to a much stronger degree…
Port Of Shadows – Nefarious Nethers
Oh boy, oh boy, a new Black Company book. The Quill to Live kinda had a ton of success on a large thought piece on The Black Company, by Glen Cook, so it is a special series to us (which can be found here, and I highly recommend you read our original piece instead if…
The Black Company – The Grandfather Of Dark Fantasy
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…
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