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Thanks I appreciate the recc's and will give both of those books a try in the future. Yes indeed the ability to create beautiful images with few sentences is something I really enjoy, I find the same with Janny Wurts Mistwraith writings which also has splendid narratives within.

I recently purchased Tales from Earthsea and I enjoyed the first story so much that I brought the other five books and have placed Tales aside until I can read it in the order that was intended (the introduction alone really moved me and that is rare indeed). I find her way of story telling...

I also really enjoyed his WOT novels, definately rejuvenated the series for me. On the strength of that I have brought Elantris, Warbreaker, Mistborn Trilogy & Way of Kings but have yet to start reading them. I will likely begin with Elantris tomorrow as I am about to finish Glen Cook's Black...

The first chapter set is absolutely fantastic. I preordered a copy from The Book Depository, think it was like $12 (i'm at work so can't confirm price) for the paperback but will have to wait for it to be shipped downunder.

I'm with you on this series Darrell. At first I put my disappointment down to the fact that I was reading these novels after having just finishing the Malazan book of the Fallen series. The books had just competely absorbed the previous 7mths of my imagination and so I felt maybe I was being...

For myself, I found the first 3 books chapters 'short & sharp" and the only characters within those chapters that got annoying/frustrating were those of Sansa and Bran BUT....because said chapters were not long I would find myself 'whisked away' to another characters POV and so any negativity...

Brandon Sanderson has done this very thing with his latest novel The Way Of Kings. I have the book on my shelves but have yet to start reading it. I just had a very quick flick through, at the start of each chapter he has drawings of the very things you have stated, characters, creatures...

Thanks for the link pyan, I shivered at the end.

A poor word choice by me, sorry about that. Too close to the release date now to get one last teaser from Janny do you think? The timing overall looks like it's going to be perfect for me, should just have enough evenings left to complete the Black Company series which I am now half way...

Yes yes yes!! I am sooo looking forward to this release! I'm with you on ADWD Clan, overrall a pretty disappointing read. The teasers alone that Janny has provided thus far has got me drooling at the bit for the Initiate's Trial.

The White Rose - Glen Cook's Black Company series. Loving these books as im a big Erikson fan so am really enjoying the familiarity of the writing style.

I am now about two thirds of the way through the third book in this Black Company series and am really enjoying it! After finishing The Crippled God I have to say I really was struggling to find any kind of contact with the next few books I read. Greg Keyes Kingdom of Thorn & Bone series was a...

There are 2 particular books for me. The first was The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe which I read at the age of 8 and the second was The Hobbit when I was 14 which led me down the SFF path till this very day.

And Telorast and Curdle :) So many incredible characters. I'm about to start reading Glen Cook and am hoping there are some similarities to find tbh.

Just purchased another 3 books, even though I still have 57 left to read for the first time on my bookshelves, gotta love Goodreads :) Brandon Sanderson - Elantris and Warbreaker Guy Gavriel Kay - Tigana (first book i've ever brought solely based on an authors opinion (Sanderson interview)

I ran out of authours to read a couple of years ago so was surfing the web when I came across our Chrons site, I have done all of my purchases since then according to the Unenligtened part2 thread and have been very, very happy with most of what has been recommended. Found the Goodreads site a...

Thanks sooo much for the review Wert, now my stomach's churning and I have goose bumps up my arms WOO-HOO!!!

Just finished reading the book, absolutely brilliant! I have just read the whole series for the first time from start to finish (including Esslemonts books) and I find myself walking around in a semi daze....so many incredible characters, so many hilarious duo's, so many twists and turns, so...

Fantastic! The impossible has been achieved! I never would have imagined they would have been able to maintain so much of the novels depth when turning the book into screen, thank heavens they chose 10 episodes instead of a two-three hour one off film! Big grats also to all the actors, they...

For myself, Mistwraith is one of the best if not the best fantasy series I have ever read. I have read all of Janny's other novels and I loved the 3 books she did with Feist, top notch writing with great political intrigue. Having said all of the above, I found her other writings pretty...