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Monthly Archive June, 2009

Broken

I’m feeling broken since yesterday. Not that this is something new, but I just slumped all of a sudden. I was saying these days that now that I finally have something interesting to read again I just want to sit here and read and tell the world go to fuck itself, which is significantly better […]

New Books!

Have some new books to read as of a few days ago. Talking about the A Song of Ice and Fire series. I guess I’ll now see if it’s as good as it’s said to be, though I’m so starved for reading that it’d be quite hard for me not to like a solid epic […]

Quick Review: The Sword of Shannara Trilogy

It does seem a whole lot like The Lord of the Rings, but the author says quite clearly that it was his inspiration, so he never claims to be anything more. That said, it’s pretty darn good. Rating: 4/5 Original review date lost. Assuming the same as that for the first three Temeraire books, as […]

Quick Review: Black Powder War

Perhaps the best book of the series? I’m not entirely sure, but I think I’d call it that. Most humans portrayed are still as rotten as ever, because that’s how humans really are, but there are some truly interesting characters in addition to the different dragons and good action parts. The multiple locations also give […]

Quick Review: Throne of Jade

I think this might have been a little worse than the others in the series, even if only because it features more interaction with humans, a traditionalistic society and all the associated filth, but it is nevertheless a necessary part of the entire story, bringing added depth to the dragons, plus some of the few […]