Pook

Posted : 1 year, 2 months ago on 8 June 2007 11:24 (A review of Crewel Lye (Xanth Novels (Hardcover)))

I like this one for a few reasons, and here they are in no particular order:

1) Takes place in the past when things were simpler in Xanth
2) Jordin's power is cool, and is used quite well in this story
3) I am horrible at guessing what will happen in books
4) A switch you say?
5) Just your standard adventurer fare, as told by our narrator, Jordin the Barbarian.

But, how will it end....?

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Nimby

Posted : 1 year, 2 months ago on 8 June 2007 11:20 (A review of Yon Ill Wind: A Xanth Novel (Xanth))

I wasn't too excited when I went to read this one, I totally judge books by their covers. Literally.

But after finishing this book, I found it to be one of my favorites of the series. It could be who the main character is and his "infinite" powers (although limited in this form). Maybe it's Chlorine and her rise from nothingness? Or it's the Mundanian family that's accidentally arrived and handles the magic well. I think I wanted to be traveling along with them.

Gang gets together to save the day, there you go.

Not that I'm ruining anything, you knew it would happen, but it's those last several pages that just get me...

As usual with the Xanth series, there's a love story, wait, there are several love stories in this one?

No way....

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Ogre

Posted : 1 year, 3 months ago on 15 May 2007 08:35 (A review of Ogre, Ogre (Xanth Novels))

Out of the twenty-something Xanth books I've read over the years, this is my favorite.

I've gone through it several times (read the thing in a day the first time), and I'm not all that sure why. These always have a love story, which is nice, and the hero (or heroine). Plus, Smash is an Ogre, which means super-strength, and that just has appeal to me.

I guess I won't write a summary of the book, you can always read the back cover, but I like these because I get lost in them, and lost I do.

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Bink

Posted : 1 year, 3 months ago on 15 May 2007 08:29 (A review of A Spell for Chameleon (Xanth, Book 1))

This is the book that started it all for me, this series that is: Xanth.

Long story short: Bink is getting kicked out of Xanth for not being able to show his magic talent to the Storm King, meets some characters along the way through his magical home and goes to Mundania (the no magic land). But, through odd circumstances, he gets back in, and uh oh...

A Spell is interesting, because if you continue on in the series, things get more complicated and this book was simpler and more primitive times. Sometimes that makes the earlier books more enjoyable. Many, many, many puns in here.

Good luck figuring out what Bink's talent is, until the end of course...

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He murdered death

Posted : 1 year, 3 months ago on 15 May 2007 08:15 (A review of On a Pale Horse (Incarnations of Immortality (Paperback)))

This is the start of one of my fav authors Incarnations series, and it's the best of the series imho.

This guy goes and accidentally kills death, and he has to take over the job. So, that means he has to learn the ropes from the rest of the incarnations who give him some tips, but it ain't easy being the ol soul collector.

Neat premise, and I just like Piers' writing style, good times.

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Netter

Posted : 1 year, 3 months ago on 15 May 2007 08:05 (A review of Atlas of Human Anatomy, Third Edition)

This is practically the Bible of anatomy books for those of us in need of memorizing random body parts.

I've spent many days staring at these pictures, and with the beautiful artistry here, it's not a bad thing to do for hours at a time.

Although, you may find out later that the human body is not as nicely individually colored as in these pictures...

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"Useless" facts

Posted : 1 year, 3 months ago on 15 May 2007 07:59 (A review of Useless Knowledge)

As pointed out in my little profile thingy, I do love my useless facts and information.

This book is separated into different sections of random knowledge, history, food, animals and the like. I would give it a little more pointage, but I have found that some of the "facts" are wrong...

But that's okay, it makes you learn either way!

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