This summer I finally gave in and read the first two books of Patrick Rothfuss’ Kingkiller Chronicles. I pretty much instantly fell in love, but I understand that there has been a significant period of time since the 2nd book was released and there is some concern about when the conclusion might be published. I try not to get too invested in stuff like that – like with Martin’s series, I really want to know how the story ends, but I can’t let myself get […]
Inside the mind of a girl who names things
“She’d strayed from the true way of things. First you set yourself to rights. And then your house. And then your corner of the sky. And after that… Well, then she didn’t rightly know what happened next. But she hoped that after that the world would start to run itself a bit, like a gear-watch proper fit and kissed with oil. That was what she hoped would happen.” Auri is a character introduced in the Kingkiller Chronicles. The Slow Regard of Silent Things is a […]
Not at all what I expected. Sadface forever :(
I feel like I’m taking crazy pills. Like, there should be a GIF of Will Ferrell as Mugatu making that face with his big hair right here in this review, only I’m too upset to actually find and put it here. And I feel like the ridiculousness of that image would sort of undercut how, I don’t know . . . upset? I was while reading this book. I even read all of Pat’s warnings: on his website, in the forward to the book, on […]