Onefinemess

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mid-book review: The Gathering Storm

onefinemess | October 28, 2009

by: Robert Jordon & Brandon Sanderson What?? A “mid-book” review?  What does that even mean? It means that I’m midway through the book and felt like making some brief comments.  Because I can. So let’s just get this out of the way first: It’s good. Quite good. Only once or twice have I stopped to [...]

Book Reviews: Warbreaker and Elantris

onefinemess | July 5, 2009

Warbreaker by: Brandon Sanderson His latest, although evidently it was written a while ago, or something.  He also released early drafts of it on the web for free.  I probably should have checked them out, to see more about how his process went but I hate reading books on computer. So. Yeah this was good, [...]

Oh Orson. Sigh.

onefinemess | April 23, 2009

I hate knowing about author’s personal lives because it makes me harder to enjoy their books knowing they were written by a douche. Good thing I wasn’t particularly motivated to read any of his new books anyway – although I did see Ender in Exile on the shelf recently and at least made a mental [...]

Book review: The Hero of Ages

onefinemess | April 17, 2009

by: Brandon Sanderson Oh my god – an epic fantasy series that actually finished not only in a timely manner, but within the bounds of my lifetime!  But let’s not congratulate the author only for that small feat – he also deserves praise for writing an awesome book & series.  The quality of writing in [...]

Book Review: The Well of Ascension

onefinemess | July 25, 2008

by: Brandon Sanderson Interestingly, I couldn’t find an image of the cover I have (the paperback), this one is from the hardcover. This is probably the best new fantasy book I’ve read in a while.  Not that that says much, because I don’t read much new fantasy.  It’s at least as good as George R.R. [...]