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Good Kindle, Bad Kindle

by aaron on March 9, 2011

I’ve talked about this before but you know what the best thing about having a Kindle is? It’s the fact that you can have as many books on it as there is memory on the device. You know what the bad thing about having a Kindle is (at least for me)? I tend to start books and not finish them. Case in point, I’m now in the middle of 5 books on my Kindle.

  1. The Toyota Way
  2. The Effective Executive
  3. Alexander Hamilton
  4. Kosher Nation
  5. Bearers of the Black Staff

Recently it’s gotten to the point that it’s really crazy so now I’ve just decided to read one book at a time. I think that due to how ginormous the book is, I’ll be saving the book about Alexander Hamilton for last. This doesn’t include the instapaper articles that now get sent to my Kindle on a daily basis. I wish that I had more time to read.

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Towers of Midnight Thoughts

by aaron on November 23, 2010

It’s almost as if I can’t stop blogging about books. Another fantasy series that I’ve been in the middle of (and have been for years) is the “Wheel of Time” series that was started by Robert Jordan and is now being completed by Brandon Sanderson.

Earlier this month the penultimate book was released, “The Towers of Midnight” and it is kicking butt and taking names. I’m about 3/4ths of the way through the book and it hasn’t let me down yet. After 12 books you’d imagine that there are a lot of threads that need to be tied up and those threads are starting to be tied. Everyone is getting into place for the final showdown in the next book but there are lots of things still going on so it doesn’t seem to be artificially getting the characters to where they need to be. It’s going to be sad when the series is over but it really looks like it’s in good hands with Sanderson writing some of it and working in the Wheel of Time sandbox.

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The Way of Kings

November 23, 2010

I always love the start of a new fantasy series. There are new characters, new worlds and if the book is good a sense of potential for the overall series. That is why I was so excited to have Brandon Sanderson’s new book “The Way of Kings” come out a few months ago. Its book [...]

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816 reasons why I bought a Kindle

November 4, 2010

My copy of Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson’s “Towers of Midnight” arrived today. Not surprisingly, it’s very thick and with the glossary it comes to 816 pages. After I got over my excitement about finally having the penultimate book of the Wheel of Time series, I couldn’t believe that I used to carry around books like [...]

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The Prologue is Out!

September 21, 2010

It’s an exciting day today as the prologue for The Towers of Midnight, the 13th book in the Wheel of Time, series was released in ebook format today. This is a regular thing that TOR does for the WOT books and being the sheep that I am, I bought a copy. I have not started [...]

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Happy Birthday Agatha!

September 15, 2010

You may have noticed from the birthday widget on the site that today is the birthday of one of the greatest mystery writers of all times, Dame Agatha Christie. She would have been 120 years old today. I remember the first time that I saw the cover of one of her books. It was at [...]

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A jewish narnia

March 5, 2010

I found this article by way of instapundit and it’s something that I have wondered as well. Why are there no Jewish fantasy writers? I think that the answers he comes up with are interesting but not necessarily complete. Yes there isn’t a duality in Judaism but I do think a book (or a series) [...]

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The Gathering Storm

February 11, 2010

No, I won’t be blogging about the little blizzard that hit NYC yesterday. That would be the gathered storm wouldn’t it? Instead I wanted to write about the latest book in the Wheel of Time series of books, The Gathering Storm. I have been a big fan of the series for several years and have [...]

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