so-soI listened to the audio, so I do suspect that had a bearing on my rating. It just didn‘t hold my attention at some points, though other parts were good. Fighting is one thing that I just don‘t find very interesting, especially on audio; I tend to tune out. That being said, I finished it two days ago and sadly, I have already forgotten most of it, unfortunately. However, there is one more book in the series, and I will plan to finish it
My new favorite reading spot. 💙
Only two #secondarycolors, but I wanted them all to be this series. #colormepretty
TW: assault
This passage has been on my mind a lot in the past few months. In this book, a magic chamber of the ordeal tests prospective knights on their worthiness. Its response to their crimes when found lacking is very cathartic.
“No court in the land could put him through what he did to those girls. The chamber did...the chamber is making him feel every blow, kick, and punch that he doled out.”
pickKel grew on me. She‘s still a bit too good for me but she seemed more human (flawed) by the end and the action picked up considerably. I do like the reasoning behind her lack of magic (Tamora inserting her view through Alanna at the end) but I do miss that magical spark to the story.
Current ranking of favorite Tortall heroines:
1. Daine
2. Alanna
3. Kel
1. Barefoot now but these are my main winter work footwear. Librarians need a little kick-ass in their step.
2. Never. I did win a stationary basket in middle school once. 🙄
3. https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1273118-casey
4. Online!
5. Scheduling staff around the holiday has me bummed. I can give almost no one any real time off and we‘re still running short due to observance hours. I really wish I could give my staff a break!
#humpdaypost
I‘m finally getting back to Tortall. I really struggle with Kel. She‘s just so freaking good and sickeningly humble (“Oh, I don‘t deserve any thanks for saving that girl. My dog - whom I called for - saved her. And I almost got gutted by the centaur so that means my beating him doesn‘t count” 🙄). Maybe she could at least voice her internal grumbles! That said, I think this is my favorite narrator of the quartets so I‘m getting through it quickly!
my eReader is full of new releases, but I think I'm going to keep rereading this series first 📖
#currentlyreading #rereads
November reading summary: 5 new books and 3 rereads; 7 print and 1 audio.
A friend had commented once that Neal had a gift of making someone want to punch him just for saying hello.
"He was overconfident," she told him. “And I won so the gods must have thought I was right. Otherwise they‘d have made me lose. You know how trial by combat works.”
“You won because you were good,” he corrected her. “I find it hard to believe the gods sit forever about the Divine Realms betting on jousts and trials by combat.”
[09.15.16]
#24in48!! I'm re-reading some good books and reading others for the first time. Always go back to Tamora Pierce, and what I've read so far of Becca Fitzpatrick is really good. Wow, my stack is huge!! Super excited!!!
I may not be a knight but I (and I'm sure many others) can to relate to this quote.
"When people say a knight's job is all glory, I laugh and laugh and laugh. Often I can stop laughing before they edge away and talk about soothing drinks." - Raoul to his squire, Kel.
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