I had been hesitant about doing movie reviews, since I am far from a movie expert, but it seems to me that adaptations are fair game.
Tinker Tailor was a fascinating reading experience, one that was humanized by the movie. The first three quarters of the book were a difficult read. If I had not had a outside desire to read the novel, I don’t think I would have finished it.
Here’s what’s on my bookshelves right now:
I’m about halfway through Magician: Apprentice by Raymond E. Feist, and I’m enjoying it in the same way I would enjoy a summer movie blockbuster. It’s not very deep, but it’s enjoyable.
A phenomenally silly novel. Not one that I would recommend to anyone, except that you can get it for free on your Kindle or Kindle app.
This is a question that I started wondering about the most recent time I read the Harry Potter books. The answer that I eventually came to was surprising to me, but I am now fully convinced. Before you go on, think about it for a minute, and then compare your answer to mine.
I realize that the last post about this novel wasn’t particularly interesting. This one isn’t much better. But I don’t want to re-write it, so I’m just going to post it as is. I’ll put up something more interesting later this weekend.
Here are the http://io9.com/5916970/ according to a Pixar employee. I think many authors would do well to use Pixar as a guide when writing.
I’m about half way through Fire Sea, by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman, and I’m pleasantly surprised thus far.
Magician: Apprentice is not going well. In fact, I can confidently say it’s responsible for my month long hiatus in new reading. (I’ll re-read old favourites when I’m struggling with a new novel, just to have something to read.) I’m determined to finish the book, if only to write a final review for this blog.
I don’t want to write specifics about the novel. I’ve got a mid-way review waiting to go up, and I’ll write a full review when I finish. But I think by looking at what disappoints me in this book, I can get some ideas about what makes for good fantasy. I came up with three disappointing qualities that make it hard for me finish a book.
It’s not the first time I’ve read this book, so I was a bit surprised by how quickly it gripped me. Every time I put it down, I would be surprised to see just how much I had read. Why does this novel work so well?
A Caveman Reads 