Over the last couple of months I've reread the Farseer and Tawny Man trilogies, plus Fool's Assassin and Fool's Quest. I started because I wanted to experience Nighteyes again now I'm a dog owner, but quickly got wrapped up in Fitz and kept going past Nighteyes' death. ( More )

( Thoughts with spoilers )

The first 50 pages of Fool's Assassin are available online here!

( I definitey like this bit )

I'm now into both my work and property busy season and am trying to juggle things so I can somehow free up time to read Fool's Assassin in the middle of next week! I know what I'll end up doing is searching for "Fool" and reading those sections first, which is clearly not an ideal plan ( Read more... )

I have a ticket for Supanova tomorrow, but ended up going today also. I stayed in Perth last night after mr_booboo and I went to see the West Australian Symphony Orchestra play the soundtrack to The Two Towers while the movie played behind them (my verdict: adding an orchestra does nothing to improve the already-excellent film!). I woke up this morning ( Read more... )

The Inheritance by Robin Hobb / Megan Lindholm (same person)

Three short stories set in the Six Duchies / Rain Wilds universe, plus seven Lindholm stories I haven't read.

The three Hobb stories all have female protagonists, but read like cautionary moral tales ("I made a bad mistake when I let that man into my bed"). I got enough of that in ( Read more... )

I was too hard on these books when I read Dragon Keeper and Dragon Haven in 2010.

I wasn't wrong when I said they were repetitive, which I think is partly a function of the multiple points of view. Except perhaps for the many reminders in the Tawny Man trilogy that ( spoiler for Assassin's Quest )

( Don't read if you want to remain unspoiled for the Liveship Traders trilogy. I wish I'd given myself the chance to read it unspoiled! )

( If you haven't read Robin Hobb's Liveship Traders trilogy and think you might, don't read this post )

During my reread there were nights I was so lovesick on the Fool's behalf I could hardly eat. I might try it again next time I have trouble getting into my jeans.

I wasn't a Supernatural fan when I read this series before. Now that I am, Fitz's actions in ( cut )