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The Name of the Wind

By Patrick Rothfuss   Quite simply one of my favorite books. When I first read TNotW I wound up having to call in sick to work because I couldn’t put it down and was up all night. The main character is a Sorcerer named Kvothe. He is telling the story of his life to a [...]

February 19, 2012 · mvalente0042 · No Comments
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The First Book of Law

By Joe Abercrombie   The first book of the trilogy is “The Blade itself”. This is a dark gritty tale of intrigue, murder and war with lots of twists and engaging characters. My favorite character in this series is Inquisitor Glokta. Glokta is a victim of years of torture. Crippled and broken, he turns to [...]

February 5, 2012 · mvalente0042 · No Comments
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Garret PI

By Glen Cook   This is a fantasy noir detective series by the author of “The Black Company”. Definitely a different direction for Cook. These books are campy and light humor stories. Think Mike Hammer goes to Ank Morpork. The novels are set in the city of Tun Fair, which is part of the kingdom [...]

February 4, 2012 · mvalente0042 · No Comments
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Night of Knives

by Ian C Esslemont Another installment in the Malazan Empire. I must say I was a little reluctant to pick up Ian’s books. I loved Erikson’s work so much I was afraid this was his retarded RPG buddy who would poop all over the world I enjoyed so much. I am happy to say I’m [...]

January 30, 2012 · mvalente0042 · No Comments
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Bauchelain and Korbal Broach

By Steven Erikson Not your typical tale of the Malazan Empire. These were short stories combined into 2 novellas “The First Collected tales of Bauchelain and Korbal Broach” and “Crack’d Pot Trail”. These characters first appeared in “Memories of Ice” book 3 of The Malazan Book of the Fallen series. A duo of evil wanderers [...]

January 30, 2012 · mvalente0042 · No Comments
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Malazan Book of the Fallen

Here is a review of a 10 book series rather than a single book. The 10 book series was written in 12 years starting with “Gardens of the Moon” and is now complete with the release of “The Crippled God” in 2011. If you are looking for pretty elves prancing through the forest, cute little [...]

January 30, 2012 · mvalente0042 · No Comments
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