[challenge-progress for=”Realm of the Elderlings” bg=”black” font=”white”] [book-info title=”Ship of Destiny” author=”robin-hobb-2″] Progress: Ship of Destiny 58% complete. I made reasonable progress today, although I don’t have much to comment on. The various plotlines are really starting to come together now. I enjoyed the Kennit/Paragon interactions. More tomorrow!...
[challenge-progress for=”Realm of the Elderlings” bg=”black” font=”white”] [book-info title=”Ship of Destiny” author=”robin-hobb-2″] Progress: Ship of Destiny 45% complete I made reasonable progress on my Realm of the Elderlings challenge today. I’m now 45% of the way through book two. In today’s reread I entered the section entitled Winter. This is fitting as it’s ...
[challenge-progress for=”Realm of the Elderlings” bg=”black” font=”white”] [book-info title=”Ship of Destiny” author=”robin-hobb-2″] Progress: Ship of Destiny 27% complete So I didn’t make a lot of progress today. Darned work keeps getting in the way! A few thoughts on what I read today. Hobb is really pushing the contrast between Ronica and Serilla. I can’t remember ho...
[challenge-overview] Progress: Ship of Destiny 17% complete So, onto book two of my Realm of the Elderlings reading challenge, Ship of Destiny. Ship of Destiny is the third in the Liveship Traders trilogy. I chose not to include the first two, Ship of Magic and Mad Ship in my reread for two reasons. One was time constraint to meet my deadline, the second is that I had dipped into the trilogy fairly recently (fairly recently being ab...
[challenge-overview showempty=”yes”] Progress: Assassin’s Quest 100% complete So this weekend I powered through and finished Assassin’s Quest, the third book in the Farseer Trilogy. As a side note, this book is not Whispersync for Voice enabled, so switching between the Kindle and audiobook versions was a hassle. I loved this book. The two magic systems invented by Hobb – the Skill and the Wit – are tig...
[challenge-overview showempty=”yes”] As you may have seen from my reading roundup this week, I have set myself a significant reading challenge for the next three weeks. Before I set off on vacation on August 15th I hope to have reread part of Robin Hobb’s Realm of the Elderlings series. I hope to finish: Assassin’s Quest (848 pages/ 37 hrs and 39 mins audiobook) – I’m currently around a third of the way through this ...
This week I have been continuing to work my way through Robin Hobb’s Realm of the Elderlings series. I am just over a third of the way through Assassin’s Quest, the third book in the Farseer Trilogy. I hope to follow that with Ship of Destiny, the final book in the Liveship Traders trilogy before starting on the three books of The Tawny Man trilogy. My aim is to have these all completed by August 12th when Fool’s...
The Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen is a new YA epic fantasy novel which tells the story of Kelsea Raleigh Glynn who must reclaim her birthright of the Tear throne. To do this she must survive plots against her by her uncle, the Regent, and take a stand against the Mort Queen to protect her people. The fantasy is quite subtle in this book, unlike HarperCollins’ publicity machine which has been seriously promoting this book...
As I anticipated in my reading roundup, this morning Amazon launched its ebook and audiobook subscription service, Kindle Unlimited. It’s not yet available to Canadians, but I was able to use my company’s US address to sign up for the 30 day free trial to check it all out. Kindle Unlimited is competing with other ebook subscription services such as Scribd and Oyster. I currently have a Scribd subscription, but I tend not to use ...
I’m back from my few days away in Ottawa and ready to get back into blogging. We travelled by coach, so I was able to listen to an audiobook, which this time was Erika Johannsen’s Queen of the Tearling. One of the big pieces of news in the book world this week has been Amazon’s rumoured subscription service, Kindle Unlimited. According to “leaked” webpages, Amazon is preparing a service whereby for $10 a month, the subs...