I haven't read Days of Blood & Starlight yet, but I loved Daughter of Smoke & Bone! I can't wait to start some of these series, like His Fair Assassin and Lumatere Chronicles. Great picks!
Yes, Daughter of Smoke and Bone is amazing. I actually liked Days even better because it was darker but still just as beautiful. Let me know what you think about those two series - the Lumatere books are one of my favorite series!
I actually liked the sequel better (another one to add to my list!). It's called Speaker for the Dead, and it's more about (a very dysfunctional) family and dealing with cultural/species differences.
We've seen a little bit about the differences in what members of different genders are allowed and encouraged to do. I thought it was interesting how things like reading were entrusted only to women, since reading is how you gain knowledge (and power!), and it seems like the men were the ones who wanted all the power in this world. So here's a discussion post about the different gender roles and what some possible implications are. But first, a few words from Brandon Sanderson: I found this video on YouTube where Sanderson talks a bit about gender roles in history and in The Way of Kings. It's only a minute or two in the middle of the video (4:30-6:58), but I thought it was interesting. YouTube is being annoying and I cannot embed the video so here's a link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqeKPBHquOg Gender differences on Roshar A table of some basic differences in genders: Men Women Can read glyphs Can read an...
Top Ten Tuesday is a meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish . This week's theme: Top Ten Goals/Resolutions For 2014 I kind of already did this with my Happy New Year post a few days ago, but why not write down my bookish goals again? :) be better about updating my blog - I'm going to be more consistent and hopefully have more fun posts instead of just reviews check out my fellow blogger's stuff - I'm really good about commenting back, and not so much about checking out other blogs on my own. I'm going to try and do that more often! I'm looking forward to all your wonderful posts. A-Z challenge on Goodreads - The plan is to read 26 books each that start with the letters A-Z (the only exceptions being X and Z which can simply be present in the title) 2014 Goodreads challenge - This year, I'm planning on reading 80 books. I've only read 2 so far, but I usually do a lot of reading over the summer so plenty of time to catch up :) Partic...
Top Ten Tuesday is a meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish . This week's theme: Top Ten Movie/TV show adaptations of books I've read Sometimes movies and TV shows do a great job of portraying the spirit of the books they're based on, and sometimes they really don't. Here are a few adaptations I loved and some that I felt were lacking. Great Adaptations 1. The Hunger Games/Catching Fire/Mockingjay Stunning visuals, pitch-perfect portrayal of the characters, and just enough new changes to keep the movies fresh. 2. Harry Potter The movies captured the spirit of the books so well, and again, all the actors did an amazing job of portraying the beloved book characters. Some movies did better than others, but I'm generally really happy with these! 3. The Book Thief I was really nervous about watching this because The Book Thief is one of my favorites. I shouldn't have been worried, because this movie captu...
Ooh nice! These are new to me in the sense that I've never read them! Although, I've seen a few of these around today in the top 10 picks!
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I haven't read Days of Blood & Starlight yet, but I loved Daughter of Smoke & Bone! I can't wait to start some of these series, like His Fair Assassin and Lumatere Chronicles. Great picks!
ReplyDeleteI just finished my first Orson Scott Card book. great list!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite out of this list is Froi of the Exiles - if you haven't read anything by Melina Marchetta, I highly recommend it! Thanks for stopping by!
ReplyDeleteYes, Daughter of Smoke and Bone is amazing. I actually liked Days even better because it was darker but still just as beautiful. Let me know what you think about those two series - the Lumatere books are one of my favorite series!
ReplyDeleteAwesome! Which book was it? (I'm guessing Ender's Game? That's the most popular one :) )
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Yep, Ender's Game. I am reading through the alphabet and needed an "E" book.
ReplyDeleteI actually liked the sequel better (another one to add to my list!). It's called Speaker for the Dead, and it's more about (a very dysfunctional) family and dealing with cultural/species differences.
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