I write because I have to

Month: May 2018

Retro Review: A Wrinkle in Time

Now introducing Retro Review, where I review books from the past.  Books aren’t like technology; they don’t become obsolete after time.  Dive in to discover great reads you might not have known about.

Verdict: A classic, that you should have read, like yesterday

Madeline L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time is a classic of children’s literature, staring one of the first heroines of sci-fi.  Young Meg Murry is struggling.  Her scientist father left to work on a top-secret government project, and the Murry family hasn’t heard from him in months.  Meg is an outcast at school, where teachers accuse her of using her father’s disappearance to justify bad grades.  Classmates mock her.  Even at home, Meg feels like she doesn’t fit in with her brilliant family, despite her scientist mother’s assurances that Meg is a late bloomer.  One dark and stormy night, a strange visitor drops by the Murry house.  This visitor, Ms. Whatsit, leads Meg on an epic journey to rescue her father from a hostile force on an alien planet.

Double feature review: The Way of Kings and Words of Radiance

Hold onto your seats, it’s two reviews for the price of one!  Which is to say, still free.

Verdict: The first two installments of a modern must-read fantasy series

In preparation for my review of Oathbringer, I’ll be reviewing the first two installments of Brandon Sanderson’s Stormlight Archive series.  Sanderson starts things off with The Way of Kings, where we are introduced to the land of Roshar.  The Knights of Radiance, who once protected Roshar, abandoned their oaths thousands of years prior to the start of the series.  Highstorms sweep across the land, destroying everything but rock while infusing gemstones with magical energy.  Most kingdoms in Roshar have a rigid class system, where nobility is based on eye color.  One kingdom, Alethkar, wages an endless war against the Parshendi for assassinating the Alethi king.

Powered by WordPress & Theme by Anders Norén