by A.S. Hardin | Jul 12, 2024 | Blogs/Podcasts, Favorite Friday Fiction, Favorite Friday Reads, Friday Fiction: Books From Off the Beaten Track
While it may appear Black Sun Rising is a typical good vs evil quest tale, that would be an incorrect assumption. First, Friedman crafts her world in meticulous detail with an incredible amount of rich history and magical depth, expertly making the futuristic world of...
by A.S. Hardin | Nov 10, 2023 | Blogs/Podcasts, Favorite Friday Fiction, Favorite Friday Reads, Friday Fiction: Books From Off the Beaten Track
Honored Enemy was my first Raymond E. Feist novel and of his roughly 40 published works, I’m glad it was. Though this novel is the first in the Legends of Riftwar, the story itself falls near the end of a decade-long battle between two worlds, Kelewan and Midkemia. It...
by A.S. Hardin | Nov 11, 2022 | Blogs/Podcasts, Favorite Friday Fiction, Favorite Friday Reads, Friday Fiction: Books From Off the Beaten Track
“What are you, Kane … man or demon?” “I’ve been called both, though both races have damned me often enough. And I claim neither – although once men called me brother.” One of the best feelings for a secondhand book lover like...
by A.S. Hardin | Sep 9, 2022 | Favorite Friday Fiction, Friday Fiction: Books From Off the Beaten Track
With House of the Dragon now airing on HBO, I suppose it’s past time for me to talk about A Game of Thrones by George RR Martin. I consider this series to be one of those that a reader either loves or hates and there is very little in between. I personally loved it....
by A.S. Hardin | Aug 12, 2022 | Blogs/Podcasts, Favorite Friday Fiction, Friday Fiction: Books From Off the Beaten Track
Shiver me timbers but On These Dark Sands is a swashbuckling good time. If you love pirates and magic and matriarchal societies and dark family secrets, you’ll love this book. I’m a slow reader, but I easily devoured it in only a week’s time. The world is unique, the...
by A.S. Hardin | May 13, 2022 | Blogs/Podcasts, Favorite Friday Fiction
Shadowmagic is one of those books that just gives you the feeling of adventure and makes you want to scavenge around your home or neighborhood looking for a portal to another and certainly more magical world than our own. In this entertaining quest novel, the first of...
