I realized I haven’t done a lot of reading since I went away to Ireland. I’ve read 4 really good books since January. Pitiful right? On the bright side it’s summer and I always do a ton of reading! So I’m happy I can just curl up and read. Plus I don’t have to stress about my manuscript because that’s off to the publishers and I’m crossing my fingers. So my schedule is wide open for reading. Which means I’ll probably have more blog posts on books to come. Right now I’ll tell you about 2 very good books.
This fist book is super creepy… but a good creepy. I picked it up in London. It was the first time I’d traveled without a book so when I decided to stay at the hotel for the night I figured I needed something to do so I stopped by a book store by the Gloucester Road station and Picked up Dancing Jax by Robin Jarvis. I originally bought it because I liked the cover…
Then I started reading it. And it’s rather creepy but a good creepy.
And what is this here book about you ask? Well it’s about a book. And not just any book, a demon book, called Dancing Jacks. Whenever someone reads the book they become a character from the book, and not all the characters are nice. Martain (a school teacher) is put right in the middle as first tragedy strikes then weird things begin to happen as more and more read Dancing Jacks. And it all starts with a group of thieves finding crates of books in the basement of a haunted mansion.
This is only the first part and the second book will be published next year. I’m actually looking forward to reading more because the way they ended the first book!! I love writing cliffhangers but reading them… grrr! I dislike the wait but I know it’ll be worth it since the first book was absolutely amazing. Not to mention absolutely British. They used terms and places that I had to look up a few times to understand what was going on but that just made me love it even more!
And now allow me to commence a rant on Wise Man’s Fear by Patrick Rothfuss. As most of you probably know I’m a HUGE fan of Pat’s and I’ve been waiting patiently for this book to come out for a few years now. As I’m sure you could have guessed with my elated post when I first got the book. I had brought it with me on spring break and ended up reading about half of it. Then I stopped and waited till I got home to finish it since I was so sad I’d nearly finished it. I wanted to savor the book… and I did… and it was amazing! Everything about it made me so happy.
Wise Man’s Fear picks up where Name of The Wind left off. Kvothe continues to narrate his life first at University then at his travels. After mishaps befall him at the University he is advised to take a break from school to avoid a high tuition. Kvothe is left with few options till a possible patron comes into his life. Little did Kvothe know that the quest to gain a patron would lead him along a trying path. And an old enemy would make an appearance.
Annnd yeah… It’s everything that I could ever dream of in a fantasy book. Plus Pat is an amazing author. So you should read it, but as it’s the second book in a series you’ll want to start with The Name of The Wind first.
And that’ll be it for now. I’ll try to get around to other books soon.
Cheers,
I’ve been depressed for over a month now. It’s been the worst month of my life! I don’t think I ever experienced such anxiety and depression before… and just when I saw that the end was a mere 3 weeks away… everything was suddenly solved.
What could possibly make someone such as me depressed? Simple. I waited patiently for many long years now for one thing. I diligently followed Pat’s blog only to be devastated to find that I was going to be out of the country for the release of The Wise Man’s Fear!!!!
Now it’s no secret the Patrick Rothfuss is my favorite author. I’m in love with The Name of The Wind and I waited and waited to hear news of Wise Man’s Fear. When Pat announced the release date back in the fall I was so excited! Then I got accepted to my study abroad program and immediately became sad as I realized that I would miss the release. I wasn’t sure if the release date was the same over here so I told my brother to bring it when he came on spring break and he promised me he would.
Then he didn’t and that’s when my depression set in!! to make matters worse I had to read all the good stuff Pat was posting about the book. So every time I was in city centre and by a bookstore I would go in and search fruitlessly for it. Until today!!!!
I was on my way out of O’Mahonys on O’Connell street, quite depressed, and I look to the left and what do I see? The missing piece of my soul that I have been searching for! The fear that I would have to wait till I got home to read it was banished and I snatched it off the shelf (yes snatched it was the last copy and I NEEDED it). My friend I was with just looks at me oddly as I hug the book to my chest and smile and start babbling about how I’ve been searching for this and how amazing Pat is and how amazing this book will be. The lady behind the counter also looks at me weird as she informs me a lot of people have been looking for the book. As I open my wallet to fetch the money I almost have a heart attack as I see that I have 2 €5 and I started panicking. I was €4.99 short! Freaking out I started looking in another pocket and found €3 in coins and I was about to ask my friend for a Euro when low and behold I could another and triumphantly bought my precious baby.
Look at how cute it is….
And check out all 994 pages of it!!
So I’ve got a lot of reading to do. Plus….my depression on not being able to enter Pat’s photo contest is gone. I now have the book and it is going on spring break with me to Greece and Rome. True it might be half of my luggage weight allowance but it will be worth it!!
And now I bid the world good bye as I am going to stick my nose into this amazing book and not emerge until I have thoroughly dented into it!!
Cheers,
