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Well this post should have been done close to 4 months ago… But the book I was reading was put down and never touched again. :(

But thanks to a recent trip up into the North West (which I will elaborate on once I get the photos downloaded) had me polish off two books. This brings me to a total of 4.5 books for the year, bit behind, but not all lost. :)

Now the first one I finished was Terry Pratchett’s – The Fifth Elephant. It was refreshing to jump back into a Prachett novel, certainly helped get into the holiday mood. Was great to get stuck into another Disc World novel centered around the Ankh-Morpork Watch. Classic Pratchett, Easy read.

The second book was a little more interesting, Terry Pratchett’s – The Colour of Magic. The first in the Discworld series and certainly shows it. Very rough and found it a bit of a struggle to read, especially towards the end. Glad I read The Last Continent as it gave me a slightly greater understanding of who Rincewind was, otherwise he’s a very boring character to follow in this one…

On to the 5th book for the year, not too sure what I’ll tackle just yet. But I’d better make my mind up soon if I’m to read 12 in 12.

Kenders! Love em, and is where my online handle originated from. It was once the name of a kender character I used to play in the age old pen-n-paper RPG games.

To the book, it was a rather exhausting read. Mainly because it was a rush to finish it by the end of the month. The story follows the a Kender, Tas, around Krynn. It wasn’t as fun and silly as I was expecting the book to be, knowing kenders to be very cheeky and all. I mean this race are basically sneaky thieves, but as they see it they are ‘borrowing’.

A lot of traveling which seemed to slow the pace of the story down, but it did speed up with a rapid climax at the end. Enjoyable read on from the last book but only to give a better understanding of the Dragonlance series. As a standalone book it wouldn’t be much fun. I’m keen to get into a different Genre.

Speaking of which, next on my list is Survival of the Dumbest by Wil Anderson. Being a great fan of The Glass House I picked it up whilst looking for another book, read a few lines and instantly had to buy it. Can’t wait to get stuck into it tomorrow night. :D