Just R.R.

We'll run this thing countdown style, but first with a preamble:  almost half my reading this year was non-fiction, so I missed a few of...

He always gets the best covers! Link:   The Alloy of Law Preface: I love me some Brandon Sanderson when he's doing his thing and cre...

Link:   Infidel It got better. All the world-building and morally grey characters I loved in the first novel are just as good as befor...

Link:   Infinity Blade: Awakening Don't buy this. Don't read this. Not something you usually say atop a four star review but it...

Link:   God's War Are you tired of farmboys? Do you feel like if you read about another Great Evil that you might do yourself bodil...

Link:   One Salt Sea There comes a point in every series where so many things have happened to get us here that the author just needs to ...

"Little King Henry" joins "Prime Pickings" to be free on Amazon.  Generally these things run for about a month from what...

Link:   Prince of Thorns Here we have another "Debut of the Year". Fantasy publishers...please stop with that promotional tacti...

Link:   Ghost Story I'm going to admit something most Dresden fans will disagree with. I didn't really enjoy "Changes...

In the words of the only other Ultra in town: “Yeah, yeah.” I put the box back under the counter. “Takes about two hours to full charge ...

In the words of her favorite student: “I ain’t going to your school, lady.”  “Why not?” She was genuinely curious. Ceinwyn Dale, always t...

In his own words: I was screwed up beyond all repair by then.   Only reason I hadn’t been to Juvie was that I had an extra something the ot...

Link:   The Way of Kings Brandon Sanderson is one of the most creative forces in Fantasy today and I have to praise him for it. 2011 an...

Link:   The Warded Man It’s important to understand that going into THE WARDED MAN you aren’t going to get anything groundbreaking when ...

Link:   Leviathan Wakes Leviathan Wakes gave me the most fun read of the year; as far as FUN goes it had more of it than even “The Heroe...

Link:   Magic Slays Not as good as the last but it still deserves all the praise. My favorite Urban Fantasy series for one reason: And...

Link:   Heartless This is the best in the series since the first. The style and atmosphere of these books don't belong in Scotlan...

Link: The Wise Man's Fear I should hate this book. I said these words to myself a number of times during my read of it, more often tha...

Link: The Heroes Joe Abercrombie does some of the best character work in all of fantasy. A few look down on him for his outcomes being to...

School stories are everywhere. Harry Potter, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Ender’s Game, Patrick Rothfuss’ Kingkiller, and Veronica Mars to nam...