Comments on: On My Reading Shelf http://wonderfulpages.com/colourfulthreads/2010/01/31/on-my-reading-shelf/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:25:31 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: » Quick Reviews from Reading Shelf Colourful Threads http://wonderfulpages.com/colourfulthreads/2010/01/31/on-my-reading-shelf/comment-page-1/#comment-260 » Quick Reviews from Reading Shelf Colourful Threads Sat, 03 Apr 2010 23:34:17 +0000 http://wonderfulpages.com/colourfulthreads/?p=1496#comment-260 [...] the end of January, I posted a list of what was on my Reading Shelf. My friend Ash asked if I’d return to the post and write my thoughts about the books. Here [...] [...] the end of January, I posted a list of what was on my Reading Shelf. My friend Ash asked if I’d return to the post and write my thoughts about the books. Here [...]

]]> By: Ash http://wonderfulpages.com/colourfulthreads/2010/01/31/on-my-reading-shelf/comment-page-1/#comment-252 Ash Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:01:22 +0000 http://wonderfulpages.com/colourfulthreads/?p=1496#comment-252 I just finished a fantasy trilogy called 'The The Fionavar Tapestry" by Guy Gavriel Kay. Who I only learned afterwards was born in Weyburn, Sask and raised in Winnipeg. To be honest, I learned it about 5 seconds ago when I googled to learn how to spell his name. ;) His writing style is very influenced by Tolkien (he helped to edit the Silmarilion) which was a tad distracting at the very beginning, but then you get used to it right away. I enjoyed the story very much from both an action packed adventure and emotional depth of characters angle. My only beef was the prevalence of s3x (how do you type that to avoid weird searches?) and a disturbing rape scene (that was actually more disturbing because it wasn't explicit). I'm not so discerning in the "how's it going to end" forecasting, so I enjoyed how the story rolled out and was regularly surprised by the twists. It was a nice fictional respite from the preggie books that I'm now going back to! I think it'd be fun to hear your quick reviews on the books you're reading as you get through them (or decide to put them down). Nothing in-depth, just the yay or nay and major points of like or dislike. (What a unique idea that I just had all on my own and has never been explored in this blog before!) Ash :) I just finished a fantasy trilogy called ‘The The Fionavar Tapestry” by Guy Gavriel Kay. Who I only learned afterwards was born in Weyburn, Sask and raised in Winnipeg. To be honest, I learned it about 5 seconds ago when I googled to learn how to spell his name. ;) His writing style is very influenced by Tolkien (he helped to edit the Silmarilion) which was a tad distracting at the very beginning, but then you get used to it right away.

I enjoyed the story very much from both an action packed adventure and emotional depth of characters angle. My only beef was the prevalence of s3x (how do you type that to avoid weird searches?) and a disturbing rape scene (that was actually more disturbing because it wasn’t explicit). I’m not so discerning in the “how’s it going to end” forecasting, so I enjoyed how the story rolled out and was regularly surprised by the twists.

It was a nice fictional respite from the preggie books that I’m now going back to!

I think it’d be fun to hear your quick reviews on the books you’re reading as you get through them (or decide to put them down). Nothing in-depth, just the yay or nay and major points of like or dislike. (What a unique idea that I just had all on my own and has never been explored in this blog before!)

Ash :)

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