Tolkien. Martin. Sanderson. Le Guin. These are some of the names that most commonly come up when people talk about the great fantasy writers. These are the people who’ve created some of the most unique and enduring worlds in fiction - Middle Earth and Westeros are household names, while the Cosmere and Earthsea are worlds …
Tag: book recommendations
3 Ways to Discover New Books
Being a reader can be hard. That might seem like a silly thing to say. Reading is one of the most relaxing things you can do. There’s nothing quite like laying back on your couch on a snowy day, a book in one hand, a cup of coffee on the table with wisps of steam …
Worth a Read: Water for Elephants
In last week’s post about preparing for NaNo, I mentioned Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen, since it was born out of a NaNoWriMo project and because it’s just a really good novel. I tend to stay in my comfort zone of genre fiction and rarely step outside of it, but this is one of …
Cool Stuff
In my humble opinion, the best things in life are recommended. I wouldn’t discover a fraction of the things I enjoy if awesome people didn’t tell me about awesome things they’ve discovered. So in the spirit of paying it forward, here are some things I’ve been doing and enjoying over the past few weeks in …