The Slow Regard of Silent Things

What a great read! As every great story it leaves you a bit sad at the end - not because the story itself, but because the book has ended and you want to stay in that universe with those characters a little while longer.

I love the Kingkiller Chronicle's as well, but this book is something else entirely. Mr. Rothfuss wrote in his introduction to the book, and repeated again in the after word, that this book "doesn't do a lot of the things a classic story is supposed to do". That may be, but I don't think it could have been told any other way either. How you tell the story is as much a part of what makes a great story as the story itself.

This book lands near the top of my favourite book-pile in good company with great storytellers like Neil Gaiman. Five stars easily!

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21535271-the-slow-regard-of-silent-things

A Calendar of Tales

I kind of rediscovered Neil Gaimans "A Calendar of Tales" project today. I've read all the stories before, but not seen the videos: which are too good not to share. Enjoy!

Kindle reading

After finishing "Inheritance", the last book from "Eragon" author Christopher Paolini I discovered that I have read 30 Kindle books!

The Cold Commands by Richard K. Morgan
Twisted Metal by Toy Ballantyne
The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins
Aftermath and Killbox by Ann Aguirre
The King of Plagues by Jonathan Maberry
Fuzzy Nation by John Scalzi
In The Plex by Steven Levy
The Parasite and The Technician by Neal Asher
Transformation Space by Marianne de Peierres
The Matthew Swift series by Kate Griffin
Spy Glass, The Study Series and Outside In/Out by Maria V. Snyder
Kings of The North by Elizabeth Moon
The Evolutionary Void by Peter F. Hamilton
Immortality by Kevin Bohacz
Down to the Bone by Justina Robson
Dark Matter by S. W. Ahmed

The first four books I read on my trusty old iPhone 3G. Not the best reading screen, but you make do. Then I got hold of the first gen iPad which were a lot better size and resolution-wise, but I the battery kept dying on me because of the backlight. Switching to the real Kindle, which I bought this summer has been even better. Although the screen is not completely white it has excellent contrast (for text) and the battery lasts forever and ever.

Probably the biggest advantage is that I don't have to fill my apartment with books (I have 4 large boxes in the attic at the moment) and that I can carry all my books with me all the time. The downside is that I can't lend my friends books I liked. I believe you can lend a book one time, but haven't tried it here in Norway.

Not Again

Yes, I'm afraid so. I promise I'm not going to make this into another book blog, but I'm still reading like crazy. Yay! Found myselfe å new favorite author - well, not favorite favorite because that would be Neil Gaiman, but while he's writing my next favorite (TM) book I have to read something right?

So I've picked up Neal Asher for the first time... well, now I'm on book four so thats not entirely true anymore ;) I have to say I love this guy he's such å great writer! His style kind of reminds me of Richard Morgan - in a good way :) And yes, there's tons of raw violence so not for the faint hearted.

What I've been reading lately

Well, I've been reading quite a lot this fall and winter. It usually varies a lot how much I read, but when I'm in the mood I can consume quite a number of pages in a short amount of time.