Reading

By Lisa on January 20, 2003 8:52 PM | colorado misc | Permalink | Comments (7)

I'd started reading book 10 of The Wheel of Time series, but it was a heavy book, both physically (700 pages, hard back) and mentally (Jordan has so damn many characters in his books it's tough to keep them all straight) that I needed to put it aside for now.

So, I read "Sick Puppy" by Carl Hiaasen. I had a hard time putting it down.

I'll be starting "Basket Case" tonight.

7 Comments

Kristine said:

Eric loves that series. His friends have been fanatical about it ever since high school or whenever the books came out So I read your post to him and he smiled!

January 20, 2003 10:06 PM

Michelle said:

Basket Case is great. It's my favorite Hiassen book so far.

January 20, 2003 11:33 PM

Andy said:

I'm only on book 4 of the wheel of time series - its taking me ages but its great. Have you tried Tad William's Otherland series? Fantastic!

January 21, 2003 12:57 AM

Scott said:

Jordan grows tiresome after the fifth book or so, as all the characters devolve into cliches.

All the women sniff haughtily; Ninaeve and her damned tugging of her braid, and her lusting for Lan; all the men thinking all the other men know more about women than they, themselves, do, and a whole lot more.

Not to mention that nothing happens for thousands of pages in 6-8. We just picked up 9 in paperback . . . well, because. We're going to regret it, I know. I prefer Martin's towering series, or Williams' Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn series (and Otherland).

Might I recommend Guy Gavriel Kay, if you've not read his stuff? Or Robin Hobb. Both are wonderful writers.

January 21, 2003 5:35 AM

jen said:

i need to read a book...must make time, soon.

January 21, 2003 1:14 PM

Geri said:

My husband loves Jordan's books. I think if I read your statement about Jordan having too many characters to him that he'd probably agree. His main complaint was that Jordan added too many characters to late in the story. He thinks that Jordan should be starting to wrap things up instead on expanding. Me, I gave up trying to read Jordan after the first book...short attention span and all.