Chronicles of the Green Dragon: An Unfinished Journey into a New Awareness

Green Dragon by mikeysgrl32 on Sep 21, 10 3: You're most welcome mikeysgrl. I too had problems when I first played a Templar and met the Green Dragon, but have learnt a lot about the game since then. A small tip I left out of the previous post is to keep exiting the fight at the start until you get the very large playing field, that way you have more mana to play with and less chance of Mana Drain. For a Templar I'd take the following spells - Divine Power, use to get a lot of Mana quickly as you'll have very high Defence. Fist Of Light, to generate lots of action gems.

Reinforce, use after Fist Of Light, as it uses action gems to heal you. Rush, used to stun your opponent. Shield Bash, use this to do damage. I'm actually playing a Templar again at the moment but have only just started, so the above info is my best guess. During the fight, again try to stop the dragon getting it's mana for Tail Whip.

Heal yourself by casting Rush, Fist of Light then Reinforce. Best of luck and I hope the above helps. Green Dragon by gentlegirl on Sep 26, 10 3: How can I beat the green dragon with a sorcerer at level 50? Sorry, can't help with a sorcerer character, I havn't played one - yet, but I'll try. As the dragon has such high HP the fight will be very long, so the idea is to set up a character that can heal itself plus do some damage.

Use the weapon to do constant damage, 6 per round and the potion for healing. You should also have very high spell resist and penertration, which you should augment with Epic Glyphic helm, chest and boots, plus the weapon and potion for even more spell resist. Quickly looking at the sorcerers spellbook, I'd have to guess that the most useful spells would be - Mana Siphon - use on dragons green mana to reduce damage from tail whip. Ice Shield - so damage is applied to blue mana and not your HP Strength - to quickly collect action points for healing potion Hand Of Ice - to quickly generate a lot of blue gems Not sure what to take as the 5th spell, a few to choose from, depends if you want an attack spell or another defensive type spell.

That's about all the advice I can give atm, hope something there helps. Green Dragon by gentlegirl on Sep 26, 10 8: Thank you so much for the tips I'd be sure to try it. Green Dragon by gentlegirl on Sep 27, 10 I have just tried playing the templar and WOW!!! It's like they are killing themselves and specially with the counter attack Now that is really working Much easier to play than the sorcerer I just LOVE the templar The Templar is great fun to play, with such high DEF they hardly take any damage and can deal out 60 damage too.

The Assassin is an excellent character too, when set up correctly, kills anything in it's path very fast, can take control of the board for ages giving monsters no chance to cast at all. Out of the two characters I found the Assassin easiest to finish the game with, did like the damage the Templar deals though. Green Dragon by gentlegirl on Sep 30, 10 9: Is there any chance that the templar can be successful with a bow or should the templar always use a sword?

How Would you set up the templar with spells and weapons? I am sorry i asked you that.

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I can see that you already gave some excellent advice for the templar so thank you. By the way to first cast rush, then fist of light and then reinforce; oh it works so great I love it. Green Dragon by gentlegirl on Sep 30, 10 I wonder how to find the platemail armor. I am Templar level 27 so maybe it is too soon? I am looking for it with chappi and shady market and town market but I can't seem to find it though.

Green Dragon by gentlegirl on Oct 4, 10 2: I just started an assassin and wonder what is good spells and weapons for this caracter? Green Dragon by gentlegirl on Oct 5, 10 8: Thanks for the help. Green Dragon by gentlegirl on Oct 5, 10 9: How about armor and necklace for the assassin? What should I choose? The highest an Assassin can wear will be scalemail too. You won't be able to get the Pendant until about halfway into the game, plus the Glyphic won't appear straight away either.

Best of luck and have fun. Green Dragon by gentlegirl on Oct 5, 10 3: I may not be playing this caracter right but it seems to me that the very first levels with the assassin has little defense. It takes some time before i can get enough mana to cast spell and do damage too so i get taken down a lot American Puzzle Jigsaw World Tour: Asia Jigsaw World Tour: Europe Jigsaw World Tour: Great America Nights: Kids of Hellas 12 Labours of Hercules V: Fleecing the Fleece Collector's Edition Titanic Mystery 1 Moment of Time: The Whole World in 3D!

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I keep hearing good things about Leviathan Wakes and just hadn't pulled the trigger yet for no particular reason so pretty happy to get it as a freebie: And a quick search makes it look like it's going to be a 9 book series. Yep, I'm not in a rush now lol. I thought the series got better and better as it progressed. The first book was kind of like a really long but interesting introduction. I've also heard a lot of good things about Leviathan Wakes and the entire Expanse series.

Finished the book today. I'll write up a full review once I've gathered my thoughts. You're right, that epilogue is very important since it's the hook for the next book and what I think will be possibly the main story for the rest of the series. I was wondering if Master Kit would be able to feel or sense that others of his order were starting to move in the world and that was answered nicely.

I look forward to your review! Was it buried in the wrong spot in your edition? I reported it as a content error when I saw it, but I have no idea if those reports ever actually get fixed and, if they do, whether or not they get pushed out into existing digital editions people have on the cloud or just show up in later editions. Did you have any issues with Irma by the time it reached us?

It was pretty uneventful from my home. I was hoping, if it had to come this way anyway, that it would at least give me a few hours' power outage to give me a forced break from work, but no such luck. Yes, the epilogue was out of order. Even the page numbers jumped around like an error with publishing. I'm surprised it hasn't been fixed yet.

No issues with Irma. A lot of wind and rain but no damage in my neighborhood. Not even any downed trees. We kept power and, amazingly, satellite tv throughout. I was kinda hoping the same thing since a work break would be nice lol But I'm more happy to have kept power. This is definitely one of those books that feels like it is a set up for something much bigger to come. The world and the story are slowly revealed through the point of view chapters of four main characters. Marcus Wester is a hero of past battles and has had enough of fighting.

As it looks like another war is about to start in the Free Cities, Wester takes a job as guard captain for a caravan in hopes of escaping the area before the situation escalates. This means he will need men to lead and, unfortunately, his own crew was just arrested. Where to find another crew? Cithrin bel Sarcour is a ward of the Medean Bank in Vanai. When the bank's original caravan driver dies Cithrin is assigned the task and must move the bank's assets out of the city before the invaders arrive. How can an inexperienced young girl be expected to survive such responsibility? Sir Geder Palliako is the only son of a minor noble house in Antea.

He is a poor excuse for a soldier, more interested in speculative essays than swordplay. Yet he finds himself assigned to the company that has been tasked with capturing Vanai. Little more than a pawn for other nobles, will he end up hero or villain in the conflict to come? Kallaim enjoys his politics and has uncovered a plot against the throne. Will he be able to save the King?

The Dragon's Path touches on a lot of the things I love in epic fantasy. There are several factions at play, political intrigue, the beginnings of an interesting world and a strong cast of both main and supporting characters. Master Kit and his troupe were so much fun to read that I couldn't wait for them to come up in Cithrin and Marcus's points of view. What is missing is the action. There is very little action for a story set during wartime.

The story is mostly character driven which works, though it does make for a much slower paced novel. My favorite thing about the book is how it portrays choice and consequences. It is the choices of the main characters that make something that should've been fairly simple to cause events to spiral out of control and is the concept that connects all the points of view when characters are in different parts of the world. Along with that goes the idea of how we're always the hero in our own story. Geder's story takes this idea and runs with it. My main complaint is with the world building. It could have used more depth.

I enjoyed the hints of history but it definitely needed more. There are 13 distinct races of humans that were "created" in the past for various reasons and purposes, none of which is very well explained and sometimes it's hard differentiate between each. I hope the author goes into this with more detail in the next book.

Overall The Dragon's Path is a solid start to a series. I'm looking forward to reading more in this world. Sounds like you had the same experience with Irma too: So that's as non-spoilery as I could make that review. I'm happy to go into a spoiler tagged discussion. Maybe I missed something with the world building? I ended up looking up the races in a wiki when I'd forget something.

I don't normally have this problem so I'm not sure why they just weren't sticking in my head. The parts you mentioned liking best were the parts I liked best also, including the characters and your comments about choices, consequences, and self-perception. From what I remember, the author focused more heavily on the character building in the first book than anything else, and I think the political situation also.

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The history is gradually given much more depth with interesting revelations throughout the series. I remember really enjoying how the history was revealed. The individual races, on the other hand, were never that memorable for me. I enjoyed the books more and more as I kept reading. Sounds like I'll enjoy this series even more as it goes. Time to see about acquiring the remaining 4 books: I have the omnibus editions that make up the Long Price quartet by Daniel Abraham so it's good to see positive reviews for his work. I've started in on the Expanse series but as that's a collaboration with someone else then it's hard to judge who does what.

Her partner left her high and dry while they attempted to steal and replace the Moon Scepter with a forgery. Now she finds herself locked in jail awaiting her fate. Instead of being executed Shai is offered an opportunity. The emperor has been attacked by assassins and while his body survived his mind did not. His government has hidden this from the Empire and will allow Shai to avoid being executed if she will create a Forgery of the Emperor's soul, making it as if the assassination attempt never happened. Forgery is the ability to rewrite the past of objects in order to change their present.

This is a very difficult task with an impossible deadline as Shai only has one hundred days to both save herself and the Emperor. How does Brandon Sanderson do it? In pages he's written yet another unique magic system, a glimpse into a different part of the world of Elantris , characters I care about and a great plot. This story stands well on it's own and is only loosely related to Elantris so you won't miss out on much but a couple references if you haven't read it. It is also one of the best fantasy novellas I've read in a while.

My only complaint is it's too short. I hope Sanderson returns to write more in this world some day. I read it several years ago and that experience was what led to me reading his The Dagger and the Coin series. From the moment I heard about it, I kept checking on its status until the last book was published and then I pounced. I think I've seen his name mentioned favourably a few times now so I should try and read some of his solo stuff at some point.

Always nice to get more confirmation though. It's nice, isn't it? I agree with your review completely. I liked the discussions about whether objects care what they are and such Miklos Nyiszli was sent to Auschwitz when the Nazis invaded Hungary in As a Jew he was a condemned man. As a medical doctor he was useful so was spared from death and assigned a worse fate: Miklos survived Auschwitz and wrote this short memoir of his time there. This was an interesting read about a difficult subject. The writing is surprisingly accessible and Dr.

Nyiszli's story engaging, though I found I had to read it in small chunks due to the subject matter. Nyiszli explains at the beginning of the book that he writes this as a doctor from a doctor's perspective so there is a bit of a clinical feel to it which lessens the emotional impact to a degree.

I wonder if this is how the doctor protected himself to keep his own sanity while relating his story of the horrors he lived through. Nyiszli was a pathologist and performed many autopsies after the prisoners were killed. While he does describe some of the methods of death at the Nazi's the bulk of the atrocities committed are absent from this text. Still it's an important book and worth reading for a different perspective of someone's time at Auschwitz.

It really is amazing what he was able to do with the short-form in developing a world we've not encountered elsewhere in his work. He is truly talented. I really hope he writes in this world again though after he finishes writing the Mistborn 2. I just had a "who's on first" type moment here at home. Him while standing in the kitchen talking to his mom on the phone: Work has absolutely sucked this week. I'm so glad we're taking a trip soon.

Mrs B and I went to catalina for a week in ' What a snazzy little place LOL, I hope you have a great trip! I've never been to Catalina island, but I have been to a kitchen island or two. I know which island I'd rather go to It's no secret I'm a huge Discworld fan and have a particular fondness for the Night Watch books. So I was quite excited when Guards! This reread did not disappoint! It was just as enjoyable as I remembered.

How to acheive such a feat? Locate the long lost heir to the throne, have him defeat a dragon and install him as king. Using a book he stole from Unseen University the Supreme Grand Master goes about setting his plot in motion. What could possibly go wrong? As with most Discworld books it takes several familiar concepts from mythology and common fantasy tropes, shakes them up, adds a twist and gives the story it's own unique Discworld flavor.

It is also the first book that is set entirely within Ankh-Morpork. The city comes to life in such detail that in some ways almost becoming a character itself. The city wasa, wasa, wasa wossname. That's what it was. Roaring, ancient, centuries old. Strung you along, let you fall in thingy, love, then kicked you inna, inna, thingy.

Thingy, in your mouth. That's what it, she, did. And then you hated her and, and just when you thought you'd got her, it, out of your whatever, then she opened her great booming rotten heart to you, caught you off bal, bal, bal, thing. Never knew where where you stood. Only one thing you were sure of, you couldn't let her go. Because, because she was yours, all you had, even in her gutters Speaking of Vimes, this is our first introduction to him and the other members of the Watch. Vimes goes on one heck of a character arc in this book and throughout the series.

He starts as a down in the gutter drunk to being quite the detective and able leader of the Watch. It is great fun to read. The remaining members of Watch are: The imposing and advocate for swamp dragons, Lady Sybil Ramkin makes her first appearance. Lord Vetinari, the enigmatic Patrician and ruler of Ankh-Morpork character is fleshed out into who he will be for the remainder of the series.

His relationship with Vimes and how he rules the city in general is fascinating. For anyone looking for a good place to start their Discworld adventure I highly recommend Guards! It's a great introduction to the world, Pratchett's style of humor and it's cast of recurring characters. This one is a favorite of mine. Discworld books are remarkably scarce at book sales and used bookstores!

I've read most of the discworld books and I have to say, I was never a fan of Vimes or the Guards. The Patrician, on the other hand, I couldn't get enough of: He was one of my favorites, maybe my very favorite. The Watch and Witches books are my favorite sub-series. So hard to pick a single favorite character though: Classic noir detective with his heart in the right place, a very clear view of humanity, and somehow he still does the right thing. A used bookstore owner once told me they rarely get books by Pratchett and some of my other favorite mystery authors because people don't want to get rid of them!

The book picks up immediately where book two left off. At this point I can't give a synopsis without spoilers. Julius has done what no other dragon has dared to do: His idea is to have the clan ruled by a council so every dragon has a voice. But sharing power isn't part of a dragon's vocabulary. Also near impossible is getting the entire clan together to vote on filling the last council seat without killing each other. Julius definitely has his work cut out for him.

And the clock is ticking. Algonquin, the spirit of the lakes, has declared war on dragon-kind and the clan is sitting ducks until they can fill that final council seat. While there are only two plot threads, the story takes a lot of twists and turns and is quite an emotional ride. The first thread is from Julius's point of view as he takes on the impossible task of getting his family in line.

He is quite unprepared for just how treacherous, plotting and literally backstabbing his family is. All the Heartstrikers assembled in one place is the ultimate recipe for chaos and insanity is the main course! It's a good thing he has a few family members on his side to help keep him safe and maintain a semblance of order. This leaves Marci alone to fend for herself in the mountain, which is the other plot thread. Marci is finally learning about what the nature of her spirit and just what his appearance means to the world so she sets out to acheive her full potential as the first possible Merlin since magic returned.

Marci's bond with Ghost grows and it's a fascinating. Given that the entire Heartstriker clan has been called to the mountain, there are dragons everywhere. All the favorites from the previous books are back. Bob, Chelsie, Amelia and Justin all play important roles in the story.

Chelsie's backstory is finally filled in and we're given a fairly large bombshell that the reader is able to figure out though Julius stays naively clueless as to what it all means. I'm pretty sure this will be very important in book 4. There are some great new additions too. I particularly loved and had my heart go out to F-Clutch and their horrible situation. There are also plenty of dragons who disagree with Julius and a few that attempt to seize the apparent opportunity during the chaos.

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Dragon family politics are vicious! I continue to enjoy the heck out of this little self published series. I'll be moving on to book 4 very soon. The book has a dramatic ending that, while not quite a cliff hanger, definitely left me wanting more immediately. Still, I had been hearing great things about this book and decided it give it a shot. I am so glad I did. It blew away all my expectations. The story revolves around a little girl named Melanie. She is a special girl, called "my little genius" by Dr. She is wheeled to school each day where she learns fascinating things.

And especially Greek myths. School and the cell she lives in are her whole world. Suddenly that world is turned upside down when the school is attacked. Melanie finds herself thrust out into the real world and things not at all as she imagined. My synopsis really doesn't do the book justice. That's probably ok though otherwise it might be too spoilery. I found the writing engaging, the descriptions direct and emotional, the action fast paced and gory. This almost made it more like a character driven thriller with some horrific elements than a normal horror story for me.

The tale switches between five points of view. This is important as it is gradually changes how we see the world and the characters like slowly rotating a kaleidoscope. This then turns the story into a much deeper and philosophical experience, something I never expected from a horror novel. There is some real science behind this fictional tale. The cause of the apocalypse is based on a real world occurrence, which gives the story a slightly plausible edge.

Scientific American even did an article on this phenomenon, unrelated to the book. You can find it here. Don't read it if you don't want serious story spoilers! Overall a surprisingly great read.

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If you can put up with some gore, I'd recommend giving it a shot. Even if you don't normally like horror stories. How much "zombie" is there? I can't stand the things. Not scared, just an active dislike of the whole idea of them. At least vampires can think while being undead. I read it a while back. I loved the first part of the book, and I liked the ending, but I occasionally thought it got a little tedious in the middle parts. Overall, though, it was one of the more unique books of this type in my limited experiences. There is some "zombie" but it is far but it's a very small part of the book.

I'm a bit jaded by horrible zombie movies in recent years and this book is not like those at all. Your last sentence is a lot closer. Carey does something new IMO. I am still conflicted about that ending! I do think it fits with the story so it's not disappointing but talk about being both hopeful and horrific at the same time. Did you check out the prequel that came out earlier this year, The Boy on the Bridge? Do you plan to read it? I'm not entirely sure yet myself. It seems to be getting fairly good reviews based on a scan through Good Reads.

Maybe I'll wait and let it be my Halloween read for next year. Glad you enjoyed it. I haven't got around to picking up the prequel as yet but will do when it's out in paperback. There is an epilogue chapter maybe included in the prequel but just in case it's not and is available to read here. Again the story picks up immediately were the last book left off. Which is good because that book ended on quite the bombshell.

Mild spoilers for the previous book. Just when Julius thought things couldn't get any worse. Given no time at all to grieve his losses, family mistakes from six centuries ago are coming back to haunt the Heartstrikers. Dragons live long lives and the Chinese clans have not forgotten the crimes committed by Bethesda's brood all those long years ago. The Golden Emperor himself has come to make them pay and he will accept nothing less than the full surrender of Heartstriker clan.

In the meantime Algonquin has set her plans in motion to make it so land spirits will have ultimate supremacy as the magical force in the world. It's time for her rogue mage to make good on his promises to help out or die trying. As if that's not enough Bob has gone missing! This is the book of big reveals and a lot of info dumping as a result. Good thing it's all fascinating! Again the story continues along the two plot threads from book 3. The chapters consistently alternate between Julius and Marcy's situations.

While there are a couple of extra points of view thrown in they are mostly to bring everyone up to speed on all the information needed so our heroes can get on with saving the world. The Chinese dragons feel sufficiently different and I quite enjoyed the spin on the Emperor's mythos and magic. It's so hard not to go into spoilers. I'm also extremely happy where some of the story threads ended up, especially regarding Chelsie and F-clutch. Their stories tug on the heart strings. I continue to admire the layered world building that Rachel Aaron has achieved. Each book brings something new that enhances what we've learned before.

The information comes fast and furious, adding more urgency to a situation that's already spinning wildly out of control. Given everything that's happened and all the set up, the final book is going to be one heck of a wild ride. And yet I must. The author posted on her blog that she's hoping to publish the fifth and final book early next year.

Fingers crossed she's able to keep to that schedule. Just as an fyi, the book version you have linked has 0 reviews. I had to combine several editions. Ahhh, I'm still not used to non-librarians being able to do things like that. I'll get it one day! Even if it does feature zombies. Oct 16, , 5: He believes in the fundamental interconnectedness of all things. This allows him not to do any work to solve his crimes, you know such things like using fingerprint powder or collecting actual evidence, because everything leads to everything else.

Yeah, let that idea sink in for a minute. And somehow Adams makes it all work. There are some genuinely brilliant bits about mathematics and the nature of space-time in this short little novel. I particularly enjoyed the solution to the problem of the immovable sofa. So why only three stars? I think this is one of those instances where the book was spoiled by seeing the tv show first. I absolutely love the new series starting Samuel Barnett and Elija Woods and I can definitely see how the writers were influenced by Adams' work. At the end of the first season I had one of those moments where the light-bulb went off and "OMG it's all connected!

Since I kind of knew what to expect I think the book's ending was robbed of its impact. But it does all work, everything really is connected. Adams is a mad genius. I was a little curious about the TV series after reading these books so I looked it up to see if it was free on Amazon Prime. While I was there, I read the descriptions for some of the episodes and they sounded completely different. Does it actually follow along with the books pretty closely then? It doesn't follow the book at all. It's takes the concept and some plot inspiration and runs with it.

Dirk is still a holistic detective and uses the interconnectedness of all things to solve the various problems. If you give it a shot I think you'll see what I mean. The first episode is very weird but was intriguing enough for me to give it a second and third episode which eventually hooked me. When I first read the episode descriptions I was really confused. I may try it down the road if they add it to Prime. I think I'd actually rather watch something like that, where the general concepts are there but the story is different, as opposed to a retelling of the same story.

The story alternates between two plot threads. The first thread is about the last survivors of earth roaming the universe in a colony ship in an attempt to save what's left of humanity and yet seemingly unable to escape what caused their downfall in the first place. The second thread follows the inhabitants of a terraformed planet. The humans that were terraforming the planet released a nano-virus intended to speed up evolution for a group of monkeys that intended to be delivered to the planet and something went wrong so the monkeys never arrived.

Instead the nano-virus uplifts the insects on the planet and their species grow as a civilization. Eventually the two plots converge and this leads to a fairly exciting ending. Tchaikovsky has a quite a vision. Events unfold gradually across a couple thousand years of time. This is great for those who love some hard science in their fiction as plenty of time is given to show just how insects evolve from a fairly mindless species into a civilization that includes both religion and a form of biological sciences that was absolutely fascinating.

As much as I enjoyed the insects story, the human story just didn't do it for me. I think Tchaikovsky painted too good a picture of the darker side of human nature and unfortunately those chapters left me feeling slightly depressed and made it slower for me to get through. I listened to the audio book narrated by Mel Hudson. She does a great job with the material.

I particularly loved how she portrayed Dr. In a complete surprise Was this your first Tchaikovsky? Well, I hope you continue. I'm pretty biased though, as I'm right in the middle of re-reading his Shadows of the Apt decalogy: Anything is possible though I don't have any plans currently. It was very well written. Maybe I'll try more next year. My vague idea for wrapping up this year is to finish off some of the series I have in progress. While you can probably enjoy the story regardless, I recommend to have read the Liveship Traders prior to starting this book as this series is a direct follow up to those events and many things from those books are referenced with the idea that the reader is already in the know.

So far there is no impact from the Farseer Trilogy at all and only one minor relation to the very end of the Tawny Man series which you can probably skip too and still understand the whole story no problem. It has been many years since Tintaglia saved Bingtown and struck a deal with the Traders to protect the newly hatched dragons.

Tintaglia has vanished and the Traders are having trouble with keeping up their end of the bargain. The new dragons were too old when they cocooned as serpents and born too early, hatching weak and deformed. Many did not survive their first year. Those who did are becoming a menace, hampering efforts to excavate a buried Elderling city and costing a fortune to upkeep.

There is only one solution: A crew of keepers are hired to help herd the dragons upriver to the mythical city of Kelsingra. Legends say Kelsingra was the home of dragons and Elderlings in ages past. Does it still exist? Can dragons and keepers survive such a journey? This book is all about setting the stage for remainder of the series. The first two thirds of the book are spent in character building and Robin Hobb is an expert at it. We are introduced to a large cast though the story is told primarily from four points of view.

Alise Finbok is in a marriage of convenience with Trader Hest Finbok. Their relationship leaves a lot to be desired. She's a self proclaimed dragon expert and has dedicated herself to learning everything she can about the creatures. She negotiates a trip to visit the hatchlings to learn about dragons directly from the source.

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To say that Sedrec is unhappy about this arrangement is an understatement. While grudgingly accepting this horrible duty he decides to put the trip to good use and has a nefarious plan of his own to try and gather dragon parts as they're worth a fortune. Leftrin is captain of the oldest known liveship, Tarman. He and his crew are hired to assist with the dragon's relocation and will be loaded down with supplies for the keepers and hunters that have signed on for the journey.

Sintara, also known as Skymaw, is one of the new dragons. She is frustrated by her and her kin's malformed bodies and taunted by ancestral memories of what a dragon is supposed to be. She is paired with Thymara as a keeper. Thymara is heavily touched by the Rain Wilds. Thymara grew up knowing she should not have existed, being born with claws instead of fingers and toes, and jumps at the chance to join the expedition to make her own way in the world. Great care is taken to flesh out everyone's perspectives, backgrounds, motivations and dark little secrets. In addition to the main points of view, there are around 16 dragons total, 14 keepers, the rest of Tarman's crew and a few hunters hired on to help provide food for the dragons on their trip.

It seems like a lot but ended up not being that bad to keep up with. Again, the feeling of setting the stage is greatly apparent. The pacing is very slow. Just as the plot really gets going, it ends on a small bombshell that I imagine will have great impact to the rest of the series. It was great learning more about the Rain Wilds, an area hinted at but not really encountered in depth before. My heart really went out to the dragons and their keepers.

Both groups are the rejects of society. I hope this journey helps them to rise above their circumstances. But it's a Robin Hobb book so there will definitely be more hardships ahead. It's a good set up and an interesting read. On to book two! They made enough sense to be enjoyable as sort-of standalones. I enjoyed the Rain Wilds chronicles but they are a total soap opera. Of course, that's not a bad thing when it includes dragons! Oh yeah, soap opera is a pretty good description. I'm going to roll my eyes if someone ends up in a coma: Events pick up immediately where the first book leaves off.

This makes a whole lot of since as apparently they were meant to be one larger novel and split in two due to size. This was definitely a step up for me as if feels like this is where the story really takes off. With the liveship Tarman and its crew in tow, the dragons and their keepers continue the long journey upriver. If it even exists. Some of the dragons have ancestral memories of the place but these memories are incomplete and are in doubt.

The journey treacherous and the dangers of the Rain Wilds are not to be taken lightly. And when the price for dragon parts is so high, there are those among them who will cave to temptation and do anything to make their fortune. As anyone who is a Robin Hobb fan knows, one of her main strengths are her characters. She creates some of the most fully fleshed, believable characters around.

Each point of view character goes on a fairly significant arc, as do some of the secondary characters, leaving them in completely different places than when they started this journey. Sedrec went on one of the best arcs for me.

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Hobb worked her magic taking this highly unlikable guy and turning him into a person of integrity through the various hardships he endures. I was proud of Alise for finding her courage and determination to make herself more than a useless, spoiled Bingtown lady. The Dragons change too, though differently as they work to patch together their missing memories and learn what it means to be true dragons.

I am absolutely in love with little Relpda. Her simple view of the world is changing as her bond with her keeper grows. I will be heartbroken if anything happens to her before this series is done. On the downside, this book almost has a YA feel to it with all the romance plots. It seems like there's someone for everyone.

And many of the characters agonize internally about "should I or shouldn't I" with regards to sex. I liked how as part of Thymeria's arc she realizes that all the other keepers have been having sex, making the world not so innocent after all, kind of like that realization you get in high school.

That did lend a nice coming of age slant to the story. But it just went on for too much of the book and I felt the point became belabored by the end. I was quite surprised at all the reveals in this book. Everyone's dirty laundry is aired and worked through. The bad guys get their comeuppance. Answers are given for relationship between Dragons and Elderlings as well as why Rain Wilders are so heavily marked, both mysteries which were started in the Liveship books. Almost all the story threads started in book one reach a form of resolution. Normally these are things that I would expect to be gradually revealed through the whole series if they were going to be revealed at all.

It makes me wonder what is set in store for the second half of the series. Separated from their goal by a raging river that's too wide, too deep and too swiftly moving for the Tarman to safely cross, the dragons and their keepers make camp on the far shore as best they can. There is only one for everyone to reach the city: Meanwhile, Captain Leftrin returns downriver to report on the expeditions success and stock up on much needed supplies. Rumors of the city's discovery traveled ahead of the ship.

There is much speculation as to what treasures await to be uncovered in Kelsingra and how much profit can be made. In Chalced, the Duke's illness progresses and he grows more desperate for a cure. It is believed that dragon blood is what the Duke needs and he will stop at nothing to get it. I'm starting to see a pattern.

Just as book one was the set up for book two, book three also feels like a setup for book four. Page time is split between the dragons and their keepers and catching us up on players in the rest of the world: This change put me off the story somewhat and slowed down my reading pace dramatically. Given the level of character building I expect from Robin Hobb the fact that this book clocks in at just under pages is not much space for her to work with and I found the backgrounds for Hest and the Duke to be on the disappointing side.

Yes the Duke is evil and we already knew Hest was a selfish ass based on mentions from Alise and Sedrec but we never really deep dive into their characters the way we did for the others. Malta, Reyn and Seldin are all characters we've known from the Liveship books so it was nice to see them again, if briefly. The chapters for the dragons and keepers I found myself devouring.

Their story is what I'm most interested in and the parts we were given did not disappoint. There is no big climax or any sort of resolution to the story. The plot plods along. There are new threats to the keepers, their dragons and the city but none of it feels particularly urgent. Perhaps that's what this book was missing for me. It was still well written and an interesting read, just needed that little extra something that I missed from the last book. It's getting hard to write a spoiler free review so I'm not going to try.

The keepers and their dragons have finally made their way across to the city of Kelsingra. Memories return as both groups explore the city, filling in the puzzle of what it means to be both Dragon and Elderling. Yet one final mystery remains. What is the Silver and where has it gone?

All anyone knows is it must be found quickly as it is the key to the survival of both species. Leftrin returns to the city with much needed supplies and some unwanted guests. Meanwhile tensions with Chalced continue to escalate as the Duke becomes desperate to escape his fate. The dragons and their keepers have come a long way. I love that we spend a great portion of the book continuing to explore their relationships and the depth of how much each group needs the others. All of this while continuing to learn more about Kelsingra were my favorite parts of the book.

While I think she has farther to go, I quite enjoyed how Thymara stayed true to herself and didn't cave to peer pressure around pairing up with another keeper. She also shows great courage when she faces down her fear and climbs into the well, an act that just may save everyone. She really comes into her own. Rapskal has a surprising change in character.

His continued use of the memory stone alters his personality drastically. I was sad to see the carefree boy replaced with Elderling warrior. It is both tragic and turns out necessary later on given how events end up. Alise, after some soul searching, also finds a place for herself and embraces her new life fully. I was very proud of both her and Sedric when they finally faced down Hest. And while I think it was a tad unbelievable, I have to say I loved Hest's ending. Thank you Kalo for doing everyone a huge favor! And then there's the Chalced story line. After all the wonderful build up, the ending felt rushed.

I definitely wanted more time with the final confrontation in Chalced instead of most of it being done off screen. It was anticlimactic to say the least. That major disappointment aside, it was a nice ending. The story lines are wrapped up just enough, the bad guys get what they deserve and there are Dragons and Elderlings in the world again. While I think this was the weakest series in the Realm of the Elderlings it was still an enjoyable read that adds some extra detail to the world and many memorable characters.

Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne Journey to the Center of the Earth is the grand adventure story of Professor Lidenbrock's quest to follow a the instructions in a cryptic text that describe how one can descend to the very center of the planet via volcanic tubes originating in an Icelandic volcano.

He sets out with his nephew Axel and their hired guide Hans on an extraordinary journey through the bowels of the earth that has them encountering strange phenomena and many dangers. The story is told entirely from Axel's point of view as he writes journal of the trip. This is my first time reading Jules Verne.

It was a lot of fun and reminded me very much of the movie. The story starts off slow and spends a bit more time in the preparation than on the journey than I'd like. I wish there had been more time spent deep within the earth and the discoveries there. Axel is quite over dramatic and probably should never have gone along with his uncle. The science in the story is incredibly out dated so you have to unplug that part of the brain to enjoy the adventure. I listened to the audio book narrated by Tim Curry. His performance is top notch and fits the work beautifully.

I love the emotion he's able to give the characters. Nov 22, , 9: Tim Curry's got an incredible voice, doesn't he? I was introduced to him as an actor in the short lived tv series Earth2 but he really made an impression on me and I've enjoyed just about everything I watched that he's starred in. Do you have any plans for future Verne novels? His voice is amazing. Tim could read straight from the dictionary and make it sound dramatic: I agree on his regular acting as well, he's great to watch.

No idea when I'll get to them though. My husband and I just listened to that on a road trip. Glad you enjoyed it, and I think you saying Axel is "quite over dramatic" is the understatement of the year. We plotted the course on a big map and did some side studies of the cultures which they traveled through, culminating the read with a big international dinner.

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A high ranking member of the Red Court of Vampires has challenged Harry to a duel to the death. Several of Marcone's thugs are gunning for him. A horribly mutilated corpse has turned up that the Chicago PD need assistance identifying. The Shroud of Turn has been stolen. Plus Susan is back in town and slowly losing control over her new vampiric nature. Never has there been a better recipe for disaster. Harry is back and he has a lot on his plate. Too much I'd say. There were so many plot lines that none of them were given the time they deserved.

The two main plots could have easily filled out its own book and still been great. I almost forgot about the vampire duel I was so caught up with the Denarians and the Shroud. I will say that Butcher really knows his myths and legends, giving us a nice taste of the Fallen. Can't wait to see what theses guys have in store for Harry in the future. This was another action filled entry to the series. And Butcher really knows how to write action! I'm glad to see Harry placing his trust in Murphy and the two of them working more as a team. Just wish she'd been in the story more.

Unfortunately I'm not jiving with Harry's sense of humor. It was more eye roll than funny for me this time around. It almost makes me root for the bad guys. The ending is both wrapped up and open ended, a tough trick to pull. Harry has his work cut out for him in the books to come.

I read quite a few of these desperately trying to like them. But I just never got into them so I gave up. Your reaction to the humor was kind of my reaction to the whole series. I'm guessing from the last sentence that you'll keep on reading? This only got 3. I liked his 1 liners though. I rate the series between 3 and 4. I already own book 6 so I'll continue the series that far at least. After that, we'll see. I really enjoyed book 3 so I keep hoping that whatever it was from that book will be carried forward. Otherwise I may keep my urban fantasy reading to Ilona Andrews for a while.

Hounded is proving an entertaining audio book 2 hours in so maybe there's hope for Kevin Hearne too. Sounds like his later books are better than the early ones for you. That's good to know too. Hard for me to be neutral on the subject, I love the Dresden series.

Yes, I do feel the later books are better than the beginning, and I do see the negative things others have seen, such as repetitive words and such, but it is hopeless. I love them and that is that. Interesting Times by Terry Pratchett There is a curse.