Title: The Hobbit Author: J.R.R. Tolkein Genre: Fantasy, Adventure Pages: 280 Pages Synopsis: Smaug certainly looked fast asleep, when Bilbo peeped once more from the entrance. He was just about to step out on to the floor when he caught a sudden thin ray of red from under the drooping lid of Smaug’s left eye.Continue reading “The Hobbit”
Category Archives: Fantasy
Circe
Title: Circe A Novel Author: Madeline Miller Genre: Fantasy, Greek Mythology Pages: 385 Pages Synopsis: In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. But Circe is a strange child – not powerful, like her father, nor viciously alluring like her mother. Turning to the worldContinue reading “Circe”
Mistborn: The Final Empire
Title: Mistborn: The Final Empire Author: Brandon Sanderson Genre: Fantasy Pages: 643 pages Series: Mistborn #1 Synopsis: For a thousand years the ash fell and no flowers bloomed. For a thousand years the Skaa slaved in misery and lived in fear. For a thousand years the Lord Ruler, the “Sliver of Infinity,” reigned with absoluteContinue reading “Mistborn: The Final Empire”
The Last Unicorn
Title: The Last Unicorn Author: Peter S. Beagle Genre: Fantasy Pages: 294 Pages Synopsis: The unicorn lived in a lilac wood, and she lived all alone… …so she ventured out from the safety of the enchanted forest on a quest for others of her kind. Joined along the way by the bumbling magician Schmendrick andContinue reading “The Last Unicorn”
Monthly Wrap-Up: May 2022
Hello everyone! Welcome to the Monthly Wrap-Up where I give updates on my reading and other things I’m up to in the past month. So let’s get to it! Books Read: 5 I actually was able to read a little more than I was expecting at five books… however, the amount I read in termsContinue reading “Monthly Wrap-Up: May 2022”
The Mystery Knight
Title: The Mystery Knight Author: George R.R. Martin Genre: Fantasy Series: Tales of Dunk and Egg # 3 Pages: 122 pages Synopsis: The story begins with Dunk and Egg leaving Stoney Sept, to ask service with Lord Beron Stark against Greyjoy raids on the northern coast. On the way they encounter a septon beheaded forContinue reading “The Mystery Knight”
The Sworn Sword
Title: The Sworn Sword Author: George R.R. Martin Genre: Fantasy Series: Tales of Dunk and Egg #2 Pages: 114 pages Synopsis: The story begins in the Reach with Duncan the Tall sworn to Ser Eustace Osgrey of Standfast, and illuminates several aspects of the feudal system of Westeros. A series of flashbacks narrated by Ser Eustace relate theContinue reading “The Sworn Sword”
The Hedge Knight
Title: The Hedge Knight Author: George R.R. Martin Genre: Fantasy Series: Tales of Dunk and Egg #1 Pages: 118 Pages Synopsis: Set in the world of the Song of Ice and Fire series eighty-nine years before the events of the main cycle, the story relates the adventures of Dunk (eponymously called Ser Duncan the Tall)Continue reading “The Hedge Knight”
Monthly Wrap-Up: April 2022
Hello everyone! Welcome to the Monthly Wrap-Up where I give updates on my reading and other things I’m up to in the past month. So let’s get to it! Books Read: 2 Yeah, I didn’t really read that many books this month but in my defense: The Shadow Rising was a large book to readContinue reading “Monthly Wrap-Up: April 2022”
The Shadow Rising
Title: The Shadow Rising Author: Robert Jordan Genre: Fantasy Series: The Wheel of Time #4 Pages: 917 pages Synopsis: The seals of Shayol Ghul are weak now, and the Dark One reaches out. The Shadow is rising to cover humankind. In Tar Valon, Min sees portents of hideous doom. Will the White Tower itself beContinue reading “The Shadow Rising”
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