Book 416: Running with the Demon (Word & Void #1) – Terry Brooks
Talk about coincidence! I planned to read the Word & Void trilogy early this year as it’s been on my shelf for far too long and a coworker from my last job (3+ years ago) recommended it. Add that...
View ArticleBook 417: A Knight of the Word (Word & Void #2) – Terry Brooks
Picking up five years after the action in Running with the Demon, A Knight of the Word takes off at a fast pace and keeps going. If you could skip the first book of the Word & Void trilogy I would...
View ArticleBook 418: Angel Fire East (Word & Void #3) – Terry Brooks
And just like that I’m done with my first foray into Terry Brooks’ World of Shannara. I’m not totally finished as I recently stumbled across a short story, Imaginary Friends, which is technically Word...
View ArticleBook 534: The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower #1) – Stephen King
After seeing the atrocious adaptation that was the film, I decided I should visit the source material to see if I might actually enjoy the story. I have minimal Stephen King interaction (outside of...
View ArticleBook 537: The Drawing of the Three (The Dark Tower #2) – Stephen King
I’m starting to see why people really like this series. I’m only two books in now (with pretty big gaps between the books), but I get it. And even with that crappy film adaptation—so far nothing in the...
View ArticleBook 548: The Waste Lands (The Dark Tower #3) – Stephen King
I am now, with a lot of stretching of my imagination and film maker interpretation, starting to see where they may have gotten the screenplay for The Dark Tower. Tentative doesn’t even begin to cover...
View ArticleBook 556: Wizard and Glass (The Dark Tower #4) – Stephen King
I had to take a few days after finishing this book to process it before I wrote my response. It’s now been a week and three books later and I’m still trying to figure out this book. During that time I...
View ArticleBook 614: Wolves of the Calla (The Dark Tower #5) – Stephen King
In general, I am LOATHE to enjoy a book as slow as this, let alone a 7(+) book series, but this one is good, really good. I think the biggest issue I have with this book is how quickly it ended. Some...
View ArticleBook 660: Song of Susannah (The Dark Tower #6) – Stephen King
This series might be getting a little too meta for me. Don’t worry, I’m going to finish it. I mean I’m thousands of pages in and only one book and two novellas left, but seriously this book definitely...
View ArticleBook 680: The Dark Tower (The Dark Tower #7) – Stephen King
Talk about a gut punch of an ending. The Dark Tower picks up immediately where Song of Susannah ends and not only does it punch you in the gut in chapter one, but it continues to pummel you for the...
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