Book 20: Pillars of Creation

It's taken me six months but I finally did it. I've read 20 books. I don't know weather that's good or bad. It's a little over two books a month if you average it out (3.33 books to be precise) but I could do better. What do you think? Is that a good number? Or should I try harder?

Anyways, Pillars of creation was not that great. The story line was a little confusing and at points made me feel physically sick. Richard and kahlan didn't even appear in the novel until the last 60 pages. Because I'm so disgusted by this book this is all the review that I'm giving it. Wizards seventh rule can be found on page 716 if you want to read it or whatever.

I give this book a 3.5 guilded statues out of 10. I actually didn't like the book and that doesn't happen a lot. Be cautioned about reading this book, hopefully the next book will make it worth it.

Book 19: Faith of the Fallen

You may have noticed this is my second post today. How can I read two 780 some paged books so fast? I had a while to do it. For most of what I did you can look at this handy dandy link. I'll make it better when I've had some more sleep (In meaning I'll get the picture links working and tell the stories better.)

This might be my favourite book in the series thus far. It was not the best plot wise but the subject matter it dealt with was extraordinary. Richard and Kalhan got separated and have to fight against The Imperial Order separately and in different ways. Kalhan faced The Order head on in fierce battles, whereas; Richard lives in the heart of it and makes the people choose freedom. Again we don't have the pleasure of finding Wizard's Sixth Rule "The only sovereign you can allow to rule you is reason" (Page 460). Instead Zedd states that Richard must have discovered it when he made the D'Haran Empire. Zedd also says that Wizard's Sixth Rule is the most important and is proud of Richard for finding it out in his own.

Like the last book the plot has many twists and will not let you down. I give it 9.75 tubs or Lardo out of 10. Read this series. Please. You won't regret it.

Book 18: Soul of the Fire.

So it's been a while my lovelys and I'm sorry. Soul of the Fire was a rather long book and I've been quite busy. With what? link.

Soul of the fire was an absolutely brilliant book that I hated for the first 400 pages (I always finish my books no matter how bad or how much I hate them). Unlike all of the other books in The Sword of Truth series instead of following Richard and Kahlans journey it focuses on a corrupt nation in the midlands called Anderith. Also, instead of having Richard discover Wizards Fifth rule "Mind what people do not only what they say for deeds will betray a lie" (page 309) as he does in all the other books but rather he simply quotes it from Kolos Journal.

If Terry Goodkind wasn't as good as weaving stories I would say this book is a bust, but the way he ties everything together in the end was pure art. The twists he wove into it made the book most enjoyable to read because just when you thought you had the ending figured out it changed dramatically.

I give this book a seven scalps out of ten. If you're on the fence about reading this book you defs should because the next one is even better.

Book 17: The Sea of Monsters.

So I borrowed this book from my brother months ago...by months ago I mean it's been sitting in my room since around April 6th or something like that, but I finally read it and it wasn't horrible. In fact it was quite good.

This book picks up 9 months after The Lightening Thief ended. Percy is doing his final exams in his new aged school (It's pretty funny. I got a real kick out of the teachers) when surprise surprise he gets attacked by monsters. Who can guess what happens next?

If you guessed quest you're 100% right. Off to the sea of monsters we go. If you don't know what the sea of monsters is brush up on your Greek mythology or just read this lovely book. Or you know...both. That would work wonderfully.

Like it's predecessor I give this book an eight wedding dresses out of ten. It was a great book but it has more to offer. If you read The Lightening Thief defs read this one too. It's an excellent continuation of the story.

Book 16: Briar's Book

It saddens me that this lovely series has to come to an end and I do not have the funds to purchase the next series so I can finish the adventures of these fine young people. But I digress.

This book, like all the other books in this phenomenal series, is amazing. I've always had an interest in medicine and infectious diseases. In grade 5 I did a project of veterinarians and 5 of my 20 pages of research was done on heart and tape worms because in all honesty I found them far more interesting than what vets did with their day. Tamora Pierce did an excellent job at capturing the fear and frustration that would have been experienced during period that the books are set in and brings out important points about how the deaths are caused from illnesses that act like small pox and the measles. At one point it says "It's not the pox that kills them, it's the fever" and being sick with one currently I agree. When you have a fever you get dehydrated really easily and if you don't keep drinking then you get weaker and your body can't fight off infection or do anything seeing that your body is roughly 57% water.

The pandemic tries all four of the young mages but especially Briar who gets stuck in quarantine and then helping to find the cure with his plant magic. It gets rather dark around the end but it always works out right?

This book is amazing. I give it a 10 strips of bacon out of 10. This is one series you shouldn't miss out on.

(I could actually find a good picture for this one :D win!)

Book 15: Daja's Book

You might notice a trend of me telling a story of whatever I was doing while reading when I do my reviews. I get distracted easily. Today's is about my friend Dresden. He likes to read the same way I do but he never finds the time because he's too busy not reading and now he's on a quest to manage his time better to read more. Have any advice for him? I'd love to pass it on.

Down to business. Daja's book is probably my favourite book in the series, mostly because I really like fire and that's what Daja's magic deals with. The group is traveling around the country side with Sandry's Great Uncle and they stop in a town that's having some trouble with grass fires to see what the Duke can do to help out even though his bank account have been nearly whipped out by the earthquake and the pirate attacks. The group makes more mistakes and learn a lot from everything that goes on and they grow more as people, or characters if you don't think they're real.

As I've said this is my favourite book from the series which means it's going to get a higher ranking than the last one that only got a eight out of ten (that's higher than I remember. I looked it up and everything.). I give this book a nine and a half rods of iron out of ten. This series is truly remarkable and Tamora Pierce does an excellent job in creating this new world. If you haven't already read any of these books I seriously recommend that you do.