Where Are The Wise Men?

A review ofCraig Thompson’s Blankets is hard to write.   Parts of it had me laughing and other parts almost made me cry.  At the end I was very sad as I watched the main character made a bad decision yet I could see why he made it.

As you can see from the cover, it’s an [...]

I’m torn with Patrick Rothfuss’ The Name of the Wind.  Part of me thinks that it’s the greatest fantasy in years, and another part of me is frustrated by it.  The short of it is thus — a famous Chronicler discovers that the simple innkeeper is really Kvothe, the infamous Hero of his age.  In [...]

Hello world! Long time, no blog! A lot happening, though. Lots. Much. But are they things worth writing about? Some of them, but not many.

Matt recently lent me a copy of The Four Hour Work Week by Timothy Ferris and while I think that Ferris is an arrogant jerk, I think the [...]

Madeline L’Engle, who I consider one of the best children’s authors of all-time, passed away on Thursday. NY Times Article is here

I read A Wrinkle In Time in elementary school and loved it. A complex story of high imagination. Later, in my adult life, I purchased all the books in the Wrinkle [...]

I will admit — I was a little concerned whether I should read this book or not. The fact that man has a mountain for a father and his mother is a washing machine says that Doctorow is taking things to the limit. But I found myself in the library, looking for someone to [...]

I have been excited to read this book for a very long time, but have never been able to find it at the library (i.e. always checked out). I was in a co-worker’s office one day and saw it on his bookshelf. I picked it up and told them I’ve always wanted to [...]

Denny Hartford posted a Real Audio version of an older broadcast where he talks about why he and his wife won’t see The Lord of the Rings movies.  An insightful reasoning on why the book is always better.  Click The Book Den: Seeing vs Reading

I mentioned this book earlier, but this is the full review.

Heat is a true story about Bill Buford who was assigned to do a profile on Mario Batali for The New Yorker. What his boss probably didn’t know is that Buford has always wanted to be a cook in a restaurant, to really [...]

Variety.com - HBO turns ‘A Song of Fire and Ice’ into fantasy series

I hate to say it, but HBO is the only network that may do it justice.

The Liveship Traders Trilogy by Robin Hobb is truly a swash-buckling fantasy of epic proportions. Robin takes fantasy in a new direction with a nautical/pirate theme and she pulls it off well.

The trilogy centers around the Vestrit family of Bingtown, a trading city on the edge of a great social change. Bingtown society [...]