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oashackelford's Reviews (353)
On the Island of Nollop the people venerate a man who was named Nollop for the sentence that he created. The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog. A sentence that contains all of the letters in the English alphabet. There is even a statue of him in the town square with his sentence written in tiles beneath him. One day the tiles start to fall off of the statue, which the town council takes to mean that Nollop, from beyond the grave, wants the people to stop using the fallen letters entirely. One by one as the letters disappear the people have more and more trouble communicating with each other until the book becomes almost unreadable.
I thought that this was such an interesting premise for a book and I was impressed that the author was able to communicate so effectively with so few letters farther into the book than I would have been able to. Watching the people in the book become more and more desperate as they lost their letters was funny and I wasn't sure how the book would end. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who loves language and finds it interesting.
I thought that this was such an interesting premise for a book and I was impressed that the author was able to communicate so effectively with so few letters farther into the book than I would have been able to. Watching the people in the book become more and more desperate as they lost their letters was funny and I wasn't sure how the book would end. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who loves language and finds it interesting.
This book moves a little slower than The Final Empire, but I thought that it was fascinating. It is one thing to overthrow a tyrannical government, and another to create your own government. Not to mention having to hang on to that government, no matter how tenuously when two armies come knocking at your door. The crew have their work cut out for them.
In addition to all of this Vin is seeing something in the mists, something ominous. She and Sazed will have to work out what it means in the midst of all the politicking and war.
I thought that the concept of a band of scammers having to create a government and then run it was really interesting. It made me think a lot of what the United States must have felt like in the early days of our country, just trying to hang on to their newly found freedoms. I thought that this was a great follow up to the Final Empire, although I will say that based on the epilogue I have no idea where the story is going next.
In addition to all of this Vin is seeing something in the mists, something ominous. She and Sazed will have to work out what it means in the midst of all the politicking and war.
I thought that the concept of a band of scammers having to create a government and then run it was really interesting. It made me think a lot of what the United States must have felt like in the early days of our country, just trying to hang on to their newly found freedoms. I thought that this was a great follow up to the Final Empire, although I will say that based on the epilogue I have no idea where the story is going next.
Percy Jackson is back and this time he is trying to get into college. Of course getting into college is no easy feat when you are a demigod, so of course he will have to do three quests in order to get his recommendation letters in order to go to New Rome University.
I am a little disappointed that the theme of this book is that because Percy was a forbidden child he is still being punished by the Gods. I would have thought that they would have been over having forbidden children seeing as the prophecy has already been fulfilled and there are no other giant prophecies looming over their heads.
Moving past that though, I thought that the challenges that they faced were fun, if on a much smaller and less life threatening scale. I definitely missed reading a Percy Jackson book from just his point of view.
I am a little disappointed that the theme of this book is that because Percy was a forbidden child he is still being punished by the Gods. I would have thought that they would have been over having forbidden children seeing as the prophecy has already been fulfilled and there are no other giant prophecies looming over their heads.
Moving past that though, I thought that the challenges that they faced were fun, if on a much smaller and less life threatening scale. I definitely missed reading a Percy Jackson book from just his point of view.
I think that this is the first time in a long time that I have read a book where elements of the ending were hinted at the entire time. I love when you get to the end of a book and all of the pieces fit together and none of it feels forced. It felt so earned and satisfying, that although I do have some additional questions, they don't need another novel to answer them. I think this is one of those few books where I am happy to draw some of my own conclusions about the implications of the ending.
Waxillium Ladrian was a lawman out in the roughs, but when his uncle died and what was left of the family fortune was left to him, he had to come back to the city to try and form an identity as a gentleman. Unfortunately for Wax, you can take off the badge, but you never stop being a lawman. When he hears of unsavory goings on in the city he tries to ignore them, but when they kidnap his fiancee to be, he has no choice but to track them down.
I didn't think that I was going to like the old west feel of these books after the more medieval feel of the previous Mistborn novels, but I felt like the story moved a lot faster and was more fun. I think that the first books get a little bogged down in the politics of the systems that they are trying to create (which makes sense, they are at war with someone for the last two books) but I think that this book thrives by being more simple. I also like that Sanderson talks about gun fights but is not overly descriptive in a gory way. I also love the addition of people who are born to allomancy and feruchemy. All in all I think that this is a great follow up to Mistborn. I think that the time jump works in this books favor and I am excited to finish this mini-series.
I didn't think that I was going to like the old west feel of these books after the more medieval feel of the previous Mistborn novels, but I felt like the story moved a lot faster and was more fun. I think that the first books get a little bogged down in the politics of the systems that they are trying to create (which makes sense, they are at war with someone for the last two books) but I think that this book thrives by being more simple. I also like that Sanderson talks about gun fights but is not overly descriptive in a gory way. I also love the addition of people who are born to allomancy and feruchemy. All in all I think that this is a great follow up to Mistborn. I think that the time jump works in this books favor and I am excited to finish this mini-series.
I love a good Jane Austen reimagining, and one with murder involved? Perfect! I thought this was incredibly well done. I thought that the author did a good job of capturing the voice of Austen's characters and how they would have interacted with one another, and I must say that I am really excited to read the next one.
Judith Potts is an elderly recluse who rarely speaks to the people who live in her town. One day while swimming in the Thames, she hears her neighbor, Stefan Dunwoody, being shot and swims home to phone the police. Unfortunately for her the police can't seem to find a body, so they are convinced nothing really happened. it is now up to Judith, and the friends that she makes along the way, to sole her neighbor's murder and figure out what is going on in Marlow.
I thought that this book was really cute. I love books about older people solving crimes because they tend to be funny. I will say that it was a little predictable though. I figured out what the ending was going to be right around the time that the second murder happened. I still thought that it was a really fun read though.
I thought that this book was really cute. I love books about older people solving crimes because they tend to be funny. I will say that it was a little predictable though. I figured out what the ending was going to be right around the time that the second murder happened. I still thought that it was a really fun read though.
This was a fun read, and I think that having all of the murder mystery authors in one place trying to solve the murder was a fun take on the genre, but I had a hard time making myself sit still and read this. I wanted to know who the killer was, but I wouldn't say that this is gripping by any means. I wish that there was a little more suspense to draw you in, but there isn't.
I still love this book even after all this time. I think that something about how fun the tasks seem at first and how tragic the loss is at the end of the book signals an end to his childhood. I know he still is a child for the next three books, but I feel like he can no longer get away with hijinks and his life becomes all about overthrowing this dark wizard and it is a little sad that he no longer gets to find as much joy in things as he does in the first three books.
I liked this book okay, but I did think that it moved really slowly and it was hard to get into for a while. I thought that the characters were well written but at times they did things that made no sense at all to me. I felt like occasionally the author needed to move the plot forward and so the characters would do something, that I don't think that any human would actually do, just so that the plot could become more complicated.