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I’m so, so glad I got back into Robin Hobb’s books. Totally worth it.

Fool's Errand (The Tawny Man, #1) by Robin Hobb

October 18, 2021 by narfna Leave a Comment

It’s been a few weeks now* and I’m still trying to wrap my head around how much this book ensorcelled me, and how weird that felt after my (mostly) negative experience with the first Fitz trilogy a handful of years back. I suppose I should have seen this coming, though, with how much I loved The Liveship Traders, but a lot of things I didn’t like about the first Fitz trilogy were actually addressed here, and I’m sure there’s a bit of me in this […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fantasy Tagged With: #fantasy, epic fantasy, fool's errand, james langton, LGBTQIA, narfna, realms of the elderlings, robin hobb, the tawny man

narfna's CBR13 Review No:139 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fantasy · Tags: #fantasy, epic fantasy, fool's errand, james langton, LGBTQIA, narfna, realms of the elderlings, robin hobb, the tawny man ·
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Yet another wonderful series I missed reading as a child.

July 8, 2014 by narfna 8 Comments

Because I listen to audiobooks when I’m in the car, I went for a drive yesterday evening just to finish this series. Time and gas well spent. Really enjoyed making my way through this series over the last month and a half. Some of the best children’s fantasy I’ve read. Wish I would’ve read it as an actual child. And with one notable exception (which I’m not sure would have actually changed for me all that much if I’d read it the old fashioned way […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fantasy Tagged With: children's fiction, fantasy, james langton, lloyd alexander, narfna, taran wanderer, the black cauldron, the book of three, the castle of llyr, the chronicles of prydain, the high king

narfna's CBR6 Review No:57 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fantasy · Tags: children's fiction, fantasy, james langton, lloyd alexander, narfna, taran wanderer, the black cauldron, the book of three, the castle of llyr, the chronicles of prydain, the high king ·
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