Nick East (Indie writer) finished reading Words Like Coins by Robin Hobb (The Realm of the Elderling, #1.5)
Robin Hobb revisits her Farseer world in the 10,000 word tale, "Words Like Coins", featuring …
Okay, not great, 3/5 stars
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Aspiring fantasy author and geek working on a series under the subtitle "Nothing is Everything". That's the only interesting thing I can think of, but there is always the seldom used option of asking :)
Mastodon: geekdom.social/@NickEast Read my story at: reamstories.com/huom The Last Philosopher is a satirical high-fantasy story with heavy-handed attempts at humour. It revolves around the world of Huom and some of its quirkier inhabitants. It’s the first book under the subtitle, Nothing is Everything. It's been called imaginative, funny, and unique. People have even gone so far as to compare it to Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett. My response to that comparison, is to go hide under the covers for a week with embarrassment.
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Nick East (Indie writer) rated Words Like Coins: 3 stars
Words Like Coins by Robin Hobb (The Realm of the Elderling, #1.5)
Robin Hobb revisits her Farseer world in the 10,000 word tale, "Words Like Coins", featuring five new illustrations by Tom …
Nick East (Indie writer) started reading Words Like Coins by Robin Hobb (The Realm of the Elderling, #1.5)
Words Like Coins by Robin Hobb (The Realm of the Elderling, #1.5)
Robin Hobb revisits her Farseer world in the 10,000 word tale, "Words Like Coins", featuring five new illustrations by Tom …
Nick East (Indie writer) reviewed Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb (The Realm of the Elderlings Series, #1)
Assassin's Apprentice is a fantasy novel by American writer Robin Hobb, the first book in …
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4 stars
This book at times had me on the edge of my seat wanting to know what would happen next, not an easy thing to do with a reader as jaded as me. It reminds me a bit of Game of Thrones but not as (grim) dark. Still, I do think it could be 10% better if it was 10% shorter. That is the only reason I'm not giving it 5 stars.
Nick East (Indie writer) finished reading Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb (The Realm of the Elderlings Series, #1)
Assassin's Apprentice is a fantasy novel by American writer Robin Hobb, the first book in …
This book at times had me on the edge of my seat wanting to know what would happen next, not an easy thing to do with a reader as jaded as me. It reminds me a bit of Game of Thrones but not as (grim) dark. Still, I do think it could be 10% better if it was 10% shorter. That is the only reason I'm not giving it 5 stars.
Nick East (Indie writer) finished reading Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Published in 2004, it is an alternative history set in 19th-century England around the time …
This long book feel surprisingly short, which in itself is a certain kind of magic but not what these magicians would think of as "english magic". As close to five stars as it can come without going over 4,499....
Nick East (Indie writer) rated Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell: 4 stars
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Published in 2004, it is an alternative history set in 19th-century England around the time of the Napoleonic Wars. Its …
Nick East (Indie writer) started reading Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb (The Realm of the Elderlings Series, #1)
Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb (The Realm of the Elderlings Series, #1)
Assassin's Apprentice is a fantasy novel by American writer Robin Hobb, the first book in The Farseer Trilogy. It was …
Nick East (Indie writer) started reading Stranger by Albert Camus
Stranger by Albert Camus
L'Étranger est le premier roman publié d’Albert Camus, paru en 1942. Il prend place dans la tétralogie que Camus nommera …
The willful princess and the piebald prince by Robin Hobb
Felicity, a minstrel sworn to the truth, tells the ill-fated love story of the stubborn and indulged Princess Caution and …
Nick East (Indie writer) finished reading The willful princess and the piebald prince by Robin Hobb
Felicity, a minstrel sworn to the truth, tells the ill-fated love story of the stubborn …
Meh, 3/5 stars for this prequel from the realm of the elderlings....
Nick East (Indie writer) started reading The willful princess and the piebald prince by Robin Hobb
The willful princess and the piebald prince by Robin Hobb
Felicity, a minstrel sworn to the truth, tells the ill-fated love story of the stubborn and indulged Princess Caution and …
Nick East (Indie writer) finished reading The Myth of Sisyphus, and Other Essays by Albert Camus
The Myth of Sisyphus (French: Le mythe de Sisyphe) is a 1942 philosophical essay by …
"There is but one truly serious philosophical problem and that is suicide." May be the best opening line in any philosophical anything. I always knew I was a bit absurd, but now I'm starting to think I am an amateur absurdist...
Nick East (Indie writer) started reading Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Published in 2004, it is an alternative history set in 19th-century England around the time of the Napoleonic Wars. Its …
Nick East (Indie writer) reviewed Jpod: a novel by Douglas Coupland
Very evil ... Very funny. A lethal joyride into today's new breed of techno geeks, …
Incompemonsters TM
4 stars
I would recommend jPod to anyone who has ever worked in IT. Especially, exectuives and managers. Also, to anyone who has parents that are incompetent mosters (Incompemonsters TM) and need YOU to fix THEIR problems. Still, it only got 4/5 stars because of the pages and pages of unneccasary and wasteful strings of numbers. And by the end the main character started to really annoy me with his inability to tell his parents to "FUCK OFF!"