[Gooch]

I'll agree too. Eddings would probably be a great place for you to visit next if you decide to wait on Tolkien. They're pretty catchy and roll on smoothly. It shouldn't take you long at all to read through the Belgeriad!


To give another viewpoint, be somewhat weary of Goodkind. Not to say I didn't like the books, I did. But for me they have a lot of slow spots that makes it seem that you're slogging through alot. It usually takes me a quite a long time to get through them, because I'll get bogged down, put it down, read another book or two, and go back. But when you reach the end, they are an overall entertaining series to read.

[Sojourn]

Hmmm... as you can see, all these various posters recommending their favourite authors and novels, offering different suggestions and giving caution on different works only goes to show that ultimately, you're only going to enjoy the author's and/or novels you LIKE, and finding out who or what they are comes with reading experience and also 'gut instinct'. Case in point: I'd probably never read Eddings although he's considered a good author because I don't want to add another 'formulaic' author to my personal list of good reads. All in all, read what you want, and love what you want. ^_^

IMHO... ^_^