Hmm. I quite liked that series and thought it got better as it went along. I seem to recall the third or fourth book was hard to keep reading though.
Then do it now. It gets soooooo much worse.
Hmm. I quite liked that series and thought it got better as it went along. I seem to recall the third or fourth book was hard to keep reading though.
Ok, this was what I was digging for sadly.
How did you like the way The Hollows series played out?
I used to call Harrison "my guilty pleasure" but she became "my guilty bore".
I'm currently reading the second Malazan book, "Deadhouse Gates". I find these books to be somewhat fascinating to read because the amount of history that Erikson put into his world is almost mind boggling. At the same time, these books are hard to read. I feel like every story starts in the middle without any setup. Maybe that's done intentionally, but I find the books to be engrossing and yet frustrating at the same time.
I've always wondered whether there's a point in people's lives (I'm thinking of an age) where they stop reading self-help books. I mean if you're 50 and you're still trying to find the true inner-you, you ain't never going to find it.
Yes there are points where people stop reading self help books. When they are dead, when they are brain dead or when they are trying to escape reality by reading fiction instead. Any one or more of those can happen at any age.
I think there is also a point in your life where you realize that they are all complete BS, and that the author of the awesome 'How to save your marriage in 5 easy steps' book just got his 5th divorce last year.
Then a year later you see that 'How to be the best you you can be' and think, yes! I want to be the best me I can be and another BS artist gets another $20.
Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.”
I haven't read any fiction in memory. Yes, it's been years. No, I take that back, a few months ago I read a book highly recommended by that girl who was shot by the Taliban in Afghanistan and won the Nobel Prize. She said it was her favorite book: The Alchemist. It was a pretty meh experience for me.Yes there are points where people stop reading self help books. When they are dead, when they are brain dead or when they are trying to escape reality by reading fiction instead. Any one or more of those can happen at any age.
I'm so interested in non-fiction, I have no inclination to seek out fiction.
About a week ago, I finished off The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie. I need to pick up the next two in the trilogy, as it was a pretty good read. In the meanwhile, I'll probably start Love in the Time of Cholera by Marquez.
Now in the middle of Mistborn, I'm really enjoying it. Interesting magic system too.