Review: The Shadow Rising

The Shadow Rising by Robert Jordan

My rating: 4 of 5 stars



Great follow up to The Dragon Reborn, this book marks the beginning of the transition of the travelogue quest style book to the larger geo-political style story that good epic fantasy is known for. Here we see the Aiel and the Waste, as well as the harrowing of the Two Rivers.

The Wheel of Time is my favorite book series of all time, so I'll have almost nothing but good things to say about it and I really feel like everyone should read it.



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Review: The Tub of Happiness

The Tub of Happiness by Howard Tayler

My rating: 3 of 5 stars



I read the Tub of Happiness by Howard Tayler because he is a member of the Writing Excuses podcast. Otherwise, I never would have heard of his work because I'm not much into reading serialized comics anymore. I also always try to support local Utah authors, another thing Howard had going for him.

The work was good, it's the first of the Schlock Mercenary series and the early part of Howard's career as an artist and it shows. The art is amusingly simple in some parts and downright bad in others, but you can see growth in just the one volume which I find encouraging.

A good way to know if this is something that would be for your is to check out the Schlock Mercenary page, where strips are done weekly. I believe their is a full archive as well. http://www.schlockmercenary.com/





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