A place to talk about anything Fantasy related. Really it can be anything from books, video games, artwork to film!
Weekend Reading!!
What have you just finished? What are you reading? Any books on your radar?

A place to talk about anything Fantasy related. Really it can be anything from books, video games, artwork to film!
What have you just finished? What are you reading? Any books on your radar?
A place to talk about anything Fantasy related. Really it can be anything from books, video games, artwork to film!
I feel another reading of 1984 is on tap for me. I read it every year.
Is it one you enjoy? Or is it to compare to current events?
I really enjoy it. And I read it as a reminder about how vital a healthy vocabulary is to liberty and freedom. And to remind me just how easy it is for people to be cowed and controlled if they aren't vigilant.
Finishing Dark Force Rising tonight! Didn't think I'd like the Star Wars books as much as I am. Better than expected!
In the Mark Reads Discworld reading group, we've just finished Jingo and start The Last Continent on Monday.
In my personal reading, I have finished The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles. I probably would have liked it a lot more when I was the target age, and the bits where the author was imparting useful life lessons wouldn't have been quite as obvious, but I did like it a lot. I particularly appreciated that the main adult characters got to be rounded: the adversary isn't an Evil To Be Evil villain, but has an understandable and sympathetic motivation, and the wise mentor has personality flaws and blind spots. Although he never got called out on one particular thing that bothered me, which was the way he took it as read that he was in the right about one of the key issues of the plot. He was right, as it turned out, but it would have been nice if he'd explained how he knew, and if he'd been less scornful of certain people with entirely reasonable and valid reasons for doubting him. Still, all in all, it was a lot of fun and I'm glad I read it.
Finishing Dark Force Rising tonight! Didn't think I'd like the Star Wars books as much as I am. Better than expected!