Category Archives: Books

Game of Thrones

Well now Sean Bean has done his turn as Lord Eddard Stark and the literate masses are consuming a massively simplified and watered down version of the series I started reading when it was A Game of Thrones back in ’96, I’m … Continue reading

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Against All Things Ending: The Final Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, Stephen Donaldson

Against All Things Ending: The Final Chronicles of Thomas Covenant by Stephen Donaldson must be one of the lengthy titles of a book I’ve read in a while. In keeping perhaps with the loquacious nature of the author himself. Not … Continue reading

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The Wheel of Time is a Romantic Drama Masquerading as Fantasy

I’ve read the majority of Robert Jordan’s the Wheel of Time about 3 times now. I’m currently up to The Shadow Rising on my final read through (or rather listen through via the rather wonderful audio books) before the final … Continue reading

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The 100 Book Challenge

One of my blogging buddies is undertaking a bit of an epic challenge in January. It’s January, a new year and new starts all over the place. People are kicking off new year resolutions and a variety of challenges have … Continue reading

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Eye of the World Unabridged CD

I’m still reading Brandon Sanderson’s epic- Christmas got in the way of that one a bit but on the side I’ve been listening to some rather excellent audio books on the way to work. Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time are … Continue reading

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