Review: The Bone House

The Bone House by Stephen R. Lawhead

My rating: 3 of 5 stars



I just turned my brain off and went along for the ride.

Multiple timelines, multiple storylines. I didn't try to make sense of it.

And Kit is still the stupidest person EVER!!!!!!!!! He gets rescued, then all he has to do it stay in one place, but NO, he gets involved with proto-cavemen and gets lost in time/space.

I like the overall idea of the multiverse, but Lawhead's treatment, while very different from the scifi point that I am used to, is involving the theological, and I like that!



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Review: The Gathering Storm

The Gathering Storm by Robert Jordan

My rating: 4 of 5 stars



I am glad Sanderson took over.

I found this to be entertaining, explaining and moving the overall story forward. And the dreaded 'male, female fighting/bashing' really wasn't there.



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Review: The Dragon, the Earl and the Troll

The Dragon, the Earl and the Troll by Gordon R. Dickson

My rating: 3 of 5 stars



I liked this the most of the Dragon stories so far. The beginning was a little weird, but I rather enjoyed the whole story and Jim pretty much stopped whining.
And we got to see some of Jim and Angie together, which was nice as Angie has pretty much been a stage prop in the storyline so far.



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Review: Castle of Wizardry

Castle of Wizardry by David Eddings

My rating: 4 of 5 stars



So prophecy gets to be its own little sentient whatever.

I feel like that took away from the story.



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Review: The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle

The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle by Arthur Conan Doyle

My rating: 2 of 5 stars



An arrogant pompous professor finds a world where dinosaurs still live and since no one believes him, leads an expedition to prove he is right.

Maybe I'm jaded, but there wasn't actually much happening.



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Review: Magician's Gambit

Magician's Gambit by David Eddings

My rating: 4 of 5 stars



I truly enjoyed this, enough so that as I finished this book, I immediately started and finished the next book [b:Castle of Wizardry|645023|Castle of Wizardry (The Belgariad, #4)|David Eddings|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1320402551s/645023.jpg|1808841].
And considering how the story flows from one book right into the next, I am having a hard time remembering what happened in each book.

But I really enjoyed this. So there is my indpeth review :)



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Review: Way of the Wolf

Way of the Wolf by E.E. Knight

My rating: 3 of 5 stars



Vampire Earth series. I figured it was going to be a series that could have been a sequel to [b:The Strain|6065215|The Strain (The Strain Trilogy, #1)|Guillermo del Toro|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1326225354s/6065215.jpg|6241525].

Not quite so much. Vampires are just aliens, yeah, go figure.

Anyway, I never would have thought this author was the same who wrote the [b:Dragon Champion|632579|Dragon Champion|E.E. Knight|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1309209466s/632579.jpg|618882]. I'll probably read a couple more to see where the series goes...



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Review: The Magician's Nephew: The Chronicles of Narnia

The Magician's Nephew: The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis

My rating: 4 of 5 stars



Having recently read Roald Dahl's [b:The Witches|6327|The Witches|Roald Dahl|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1351707720s/6327.jpg|105046], it gave me an immediate comparison between 2 children's book.

You can't truly compare them, as they written for completely different reasons.

But anyway...

Very good! A wonderful story about 2 children and the beginning of Narnia. It was well written and the narrative just flowed. Nowhere did a word or phrase jar me out of the world Lewis crafted. Hints of Christian theology were deftly woven through, while leaving the fantasy wide open.

A wonderful start to The Chronicles of Narnia.



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Review: The Gabble - and Other Stories

The Gabble - and Other Stories by Neal Asher

My rating: 4 of 5 stars



This series of short stories boils Asher's "essence" down to it's essentials.

I highly recommending reading at least through [b:The Technician|7704959|The Technician|Neal Asher|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1265715884s/7704959.jpg|10409832], as many of the stories deal with planets, people, incidents that have already been introduced, however slightly, in previous book.

Hardcore violence and the fleshing out of the Polity Universe...



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Review: The Witches

The Witches by Roald Dahl

My rating: 4 of 5 stars



A little boy, along with his grandmother, takes down all of the witches of England, as a mouse!

Yep, another Dahl classic. It is short, funny, terrifying[at least I suspect it would be to a young child] and just chock full of Kid Power like the rest of Dahl's books.



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