Where did the Tuesday go? Well, as the power vested in me as a mod of this community, I am declaring today a Tuesday! So, without further ado:
Finished The Crystal Shard by R. A. Salvatore. First book of The Icewind Dale Trilogy, and The Legend of Drizzt / Forgotten Realms series (publication order).
Loved the book. A quick and very enjoyable read. If rest of the trilogy is similar, going to get the whole series.
Read Small Favor by Jim Butcher, 10th book in the Dresden Files series. Liked in much better than the previous book White Night. Full of action, without much dull moments. Stakes keep getting higher and higher, but we are starting to see some bigger picture.
Currently reading Side Jobs by Jim Butcher. It’s short stories in Dresden Files universe. I started it after White Night, but only reading stories that are before the book I have read, so this will not be completed for quite a while.
These don’t cover any Bingo squares, except maybe Eazy, Breazy, Read-zie
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I finally finished The Wheel of Time series! I took forever to get through the last book, longer than with any of the slog books, but I’m so happy to be done. I do wish the last book was more satisfying. It just felt very different in tone from the rest, partly I think due to Sanderson running out of source material. But there was still a lot I enjoyed across the whole series, so I don’t regret putting the time into it.
I finished I Am Legend by Richard Matheson last night. My copy of the book contains a bunch of short stories by the author as well, so now I am reading through those. He is very effective at writing short, impactful horror.
Yeah, personally, I didn’t like the last battle too much. It was very umm… meta, I guess.
I have the same collection, don’t know if I am Legend was ever released stand alone. Also, I had seen the movie before reading the book, so wasn’t expecting the direction it took.
I actually came across a spoiler for the I Am Legend book years ago, so it wasn’t a total surprise. Though either the spoiler had it partly wrong or my memory of it wasn’t fully accurate so there were still some surprises. Did you read through the short stories as well?
Yes, I read the whole book, but for the life of me I can’t remember anything about any of of the other stories. Only thing I remember is that I was surprised that I am Legend wasn’t a novel but a short story / novella.