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Even though this book was long it still kept me engaged. It had Mysticism, Elves, Dwarves, and men. Oh and Trolls. The genre is High Fantasy with Sword and Sorcery. #HaveNoShameReadathon22 @Nessavamusic I was looking for more Sword fights.

Good book, but I found it a little slow.
A constant jump from exciting adventures to somewhat boring situations and in my opinion there are too much descriptions that slow down the story.
Not bad but not too good either.

I‘ll see the best chapters, hoping they will be a little better #shannara #theswordofshannara #terrybrooks

“Le verità ovvie, ragazzo, sono i figli inutili del sennò di poi” Allanon.

"Obvious truths, boy, are the useless children of hindsight."

1. My favorite football team and my birth year.
2. I am thankful my work insurance pays for my biweekly visits to the chiropractor. I can't afford them out of pocket, and I need the therapy regularly.
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Currently reading the omnibus of the first 3 books, one book down, two to go. You can definitely tell Brooks was inspired by The Lord of the Rings. There are a lot of similar events that take place in this book. On to book two, which I believe is a reread for me.

@VioletCavalier and I started watching this Netflix TV show this weekend, another series based off of books - by Terry Brooks. Quite the pic fantasy!

Yaas! First day of reading outside this year! 🎉

Also...out of nowhere, last night my brain decided it wanted to read all bazillion of the Shannara books from start to finish before the final book comes out this fall.

I figure I owe Terry for his introduction of fantasy novels into my life so what the hell.

Its been well over 20 years since I've visited and I'm pretty damn excited!

"Legends and myths that did not exist in yesterday's world will exist in tomorrow's. Things of evil, ruthless and cunning, after lying dormant for centuries, will now awaken. The Shadow of the Warlock Lord begins to fall across the four lands."

The nostalgia is real for this one. ❤️

#7Days7Books Day 1.

'Books that left an impression on me.'

Had to give the first post to Terry Brooks. He's pretty much the one that started me on this wild book love journey. ☺️

#ispy a book with a purple cover @wanderinglynn Can you find a book with an orange cover @Mitch @Crazeedi @Blaire @MicrobeMom @sudi @ElizaMarie

Took a brief break to mail my #winterswap package for #litsylove ? Now, I've donned my official #readathon shirt (it says "On your mark, get set, read" ?) & it's time to get back to #24B4Monday ???☕☕☕

#MrBook1InaMillion #LitsyPartyofOne
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It's a sleepy start to the morning, but a start nonetheless! Today, my first goal is to finish the last couple hundred pages of this chunkster! My snack for the foreseeable future is coffee 😅 I've never made it to 24 hours in a #readathon and I'm determined to do it this time!

#MrBook1inaMillion #24B4Monday #LitsyPartyofOne
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Had it on my shelf for a while. Thought I would start it while on my honeymoon time 😊

Libby is so helpful! It has tons of free ebooks 💛 I‘ve been studying a lot because I have four finals in the next four days 😬 wish me luck!

I just have to say I absolutely love this entire series. I've read the series once and told myself I was reading it for the suggested order this time. Who am I kidding, I'm sure I'll be reading them again. I love how it's written, it really pulled me into another world I found myself not wanting to leave. I told myself I wouldn't cry at the end this time. That was a lie. 😂 😭 😂 Now my daughter has taken my copy and can't put it down herself. 💜

I read so slow. 😂 I'm almost finished. 💜

Finally! Friday is here. 🖤 I'm in my happy place.

I really should be sleeping but I just can't stop. This isn't even my first time reading it. 💜

This edition has some beautiful illustrations by #TheBrothersHildebrandt #Thankfulforbooksswap @JamieLou @Elma

As a former #DungeonsAndDragons nerd I love the #fantasy genre and haven't delved into a good fantasy universe in a long while.

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Had a power outage for a few hours today. Couldn't get online so I'm behind on my posts.

Here is the pic of my package for #BlindDateBookSwap @TheReadingMermaid
I had a lot of fun with this swap. In the mail and on the way to my secret swap 😁

Reading at the park on this gorgeous Sunday afternoon! 😊💕📚

I lucked out last weekend and found a good chunk of the Shannara series for super cheap! I have such fond memories of reading this fantasy series years ago, and I'm looking forward to restarting it again! 😀📚

Just downloaded this. Do you think it‘s a good beach read?

First thing that came to mind for #sword. #CoolBooks

I know it has influences of LOTR but I loved all things Shannara! ❤️

@Linsy

Anyone who's ever read Tolkien will find this one difficult to digest, as it is unabashedly derivative. I hear the series improves on originality hereafter so I'm willing to give it one more try before I completely abandon the story.

#JanInBooks18 #FirstBookInASeries

Terry Brooks has been a constant presence in my reading journey my entire life. I can't really remember a time that his words and the Four Lands were not a part of my daydreams.

I feel it's safe to say that I owe my love for reading, especially my love for fantasy fiction, entirely to the Sword of Shannara and Mr. Brooks himself.

@bookisglee

Terry Brooks was a significant part of my growing up. Dude was always there for me to lose myself in his books. I've met him a couple of times now and he was always so patient with my gushing over how much he has shaped my reading journey! His work will probably pop up alot in this feed. ❤️

#Rocktober #day24 #InTheEnd The end is never the end.When one version of the world ends, another begins.In this classic fantasy series(now a tv series on Netflix)set 2,000 years after a nuclear holocaust, the world is now a place with no technology but magic has been rediscovered.Mankind has been changed into many races including dwarves,gnomes,trolls & elves have come out of hiding.The world is divided into Four Lands ruled by each dominant race.

Ok is it just me, probably lol but Idk why but I don't like mass market paperbacks, I think it's because most of the time they are pretty thick, and thick books intimidate me.

Forse dovevo leggerlo da più piccola....

I've decided to give up on it 😩 It's just not grabbing me, and while I hate giving up on books there's too much of this one for me to read it anyway. 1191 at this font is too much when I'm not enjoying it 🙈

I've got a hazelnut hot chocolate to go with my current read on today's lunch break, and it tastes like hot, liquid nutella 😳

It's a lot of history so far, but I can definitely see the potential! Here's to more action and less info dumping soon...

Favorite part of the mural on my local library

Amazing book. With a lot of charecters... But with a lot of jorney. Check it out My review on My YouTube Chanel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_3LF20uSzBQHhk5KUHIzTw

Best part about the book marks Book Depository ships along with the book(s) is that you can colour them 😁

After reading through Goodreads reviews and finding out that none of the aforementioned issues I had with this book were resolved in this book or future ones, I am officially DNFing. Having no women is unfortunately expected in books from this time period but having to read a lesser version of lord of the rings is a waste of time.

So I'm roughly 150 pages in and I've come up with a few observations. 1. NO WOMEN?! 2. Getting some LOTR vibes 3. Those elf stones are awfully convenient.

In relation to those observations, does it get better? If not in this book, later in the series? I want to love this series, there's so many books! But the lack of women and all the LOTR echoes are throwing me off a bit.

I was getting bored with my other read so I'm jumping over to this instead. Hoping for a more engaging read

My son and I enjoying huckleberry ice cream after spending time outside weeding and trying to clear out the raspberry patch. It was really windy and cold today, so ice cream was the answer! Lol I am loving this book though! These pictures were taken earlier today when I had just started it. I am almost finished with it now.

I have lots of books #BoughtOnVacation since one of our favourite things to do in a new place is to check out used bookstores. Once, when we were younger, we had to call my parents to ask for money to get home because we got carried away and bought too many books! That debacle is simultaneously a cringeworthy reminder of youthful follies and a proud bookworm moment that I'd repeat in a heartbeat. #FeistyFeb

This has been my #slowread this month. I may finish it next month, maybe? It doesn't help that I had to return my copy to the library because someone else put it in hold. Which reminds me, I need to re-request it. #readjanuary

So I read for just over 20 hours. I'm calling it a night. For my first #24in48 I'm pretty happy with my results. I finished 5 books and have four more in progress. What did me in was not making sure I clocked at least 12 hours on day one. Then, turning off my audiobook in the car because not everyone was into it didn't help either. I would have been around 23 hours if I kept listening. Next time! 👍

Taking a break from Invasion of the Tearling, and reading The Sword of Shannara. Tearling is just too much like what's going on in the real world for me right now. I read to escape reality, when reading reminds you too much of reality there is a problem lol.

So I just can't... I tried reading it, I tried listening to it and I just cannot get over the Lord of the Rings similarities.... instead of a ring this is a sword, instead of Gandalf you get Allanon... I loved this mans magic kingdom for sale books so I thought maybe I can fall into this million book fantasy but the first one has made me feeling afraid to try the others.... can I move on to number two? Is it a LOTR rip as well?

✌️ I am never the one who says "I don't get the hype." But seriously. On to the next one, and maybe the other will have two original thoughts to rub together and make ?. In the meantime have a holiday llama sweater.

Okay, rant/question for fellow fantasy nerds. I've been waiting to read this series for years, knowing that it is well-liked in nerd circles - at least I've heard talk of it often as a staple. But I am about to give up. This ish is a retelling of LOTR?! Does anyone else feel this way? I understand things that are derivative but this book sure is something else. Ragtag band on heroic quest? Taciturn dwarf? FALL IN A RIVER? To abandon or continue??

Oh the weather outside is frightful...