Spears&Buckler

So I’ve read the first seven of Terry Goodkind’s Sword of Truth books after watching and enjoying the TV show Legend of the Seeker which was based (loosely) on those books.

Please.

Don’t judge me.

Of the seven I read, I really enjoyed two (Stone of Tears and Soul of the Fire) I thought three were okay (Wizard’s First Rule, Blood of the Fold and Faith of the Fallen) and I really hated the other two (Temple of the Winds and The Pillars of Creation ...

I just finished up Last Argument of Kings, Book 3 of Joe Abercrombie's brilliant The First Law trilogy. This was the best work I've read since R. Scott Bakker's Prince of Nothing. I love-love-loved it! Like Bakker and Matthew Stover, I'll read everything that Abercrombie publishes. I'm looking forward to reading Best Served Cold and then The Heroes, but I'm pretty rigid with my reading schedule. I have a list of books I want to read that will take me well into 2012, and I haven't scheduled ...

I finished Terry Goodkind’s Blood of the Fold not too long ago, and I’m becoming more and more of a Sword of Truth fan with each book. Don’t panic, now! I’m not turning into one of those fans who gets all pissed off when someone says something negative about the series. It does have its faults, but I like where it’s going and Richard and Kahlan’s relationship isn’t anywhere near as annoying as it used to be. Although this could be because they were apart for most of this book.

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Page 368 of Blood of the Fold and finally Kahlan appears! Yay!

So Legend of the Seeker’s finale was Saturday night and Lost’s was Sunday. What a downer of a weekend because two of my favorite shows are now done. But both finales were very satisfying for me and I liked them a lot. Beware, there be spoilers, here. We’ll start with Seeker.

I liked how Seeker resolved their main conflict for this season and didn’t leave it open at all. I find that refreshing especially ...

Blood of the Fold, Book 3 in the Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind.

Blood of the Fold is still moving a little slowly, but I’ve just passed the 300 page mark and now we’re getting somewhere. I’ve just met the newest villain in the book, the emperor Jagang, and although I have an issue with him that I will get into in a bit, his character is intriguing so far. The Sisters of the Dark fear him and I’ve heard a lot about him, so there was a little bit of build-up for him, and ...

Blood of the Fold, Book 3 in the Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind.

So Legend of the Seeker has been cancelled, but I’m going to continue reading the Sword of Truth Series anyway. I’m about 140 pages into book 3, Blood of the Fold, and here are my thoughts so far:

There has been a small amount of action with Richard and his gar friend, Gratch, fighting off a bunch of mriswith, and it was a decent scene. Overall it is moving a little slowly for my taste, but it’s ...

I'm less than 100 pages from the end of Stone of Tears. It was really slow going for a while there in the beginning...

And the middle....

But it's been pretty good for the last 150-200 pages or so. Just like Wizard's First Rule, there is a huge chunk that could have been slashed right out to make this doorstop of a book a bit shorter. But the end (so far) has gotten me back into it.

As a side note, it was cool to see something in the preview for this ...

This is the first of my "Real Time Reviews" in which I will talk about my feelings for a book while I'm reading it. I think this will work better for me as the events that take place will be fresh in my mind. Enjoy!

DISCLAIMER: There may (will) be some spoilers in this Real Time Review.

So I’ve started reading Stone of Tears, book 2 in Terry Goodkind’s Sword of Truth series. I’m roughly 200 pages into it, and much like the first book, Wizard’s First Rule, ...