Fantasy Adventure Books

Would you recommend this book? Definitely. It is a great read. What did you like best about this book? Knowing one thing was going to happen, desperately wanting another result. What did you like least about this book? The inevitability of the conclusion of the struggle. (Love/hate relationship here.) If you were making a movie of this book, who would you cast? Will Smith. He has such a strong acting ability to portray the emotional roller-coaster the main character experiences. What other books by this author have you read? How did they compare to this book? I have read quite a few of Stephen King books. Whilst he works primarily in a fantasy genre, they are all so different. How can I compare 11/22/63 to IT, to The Dark Tower, to Mr Mercedes, to any of his novels? Which character in the book would you most like to meet? The yellow card man. What do you think of the book’s title? 11/22/63. Brilliant. Most older people will know what happened on that day. Most y...

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  In my case, I wrote Book 4 of the Daoine Maithe series because my daughter demanded another installation in the adventure. Going back, I wrote the first three books because the story blasted into my imagination and I just had to write it down. Once I started writing, the story itself led me off in all sorts of different directions than I originally intended and it exploded out into an epic adventure. I thought I had finished that series as a trilogy, but my daughter would not let me rest, repeatedly asking for the next book. So in fact, I wrote Book 4 to keep her happy. Hope everyone else likes it too.

Stephen King’s “Bill Hodges Trilogy” has elements of fantasy, particularly in the final book, but primarily it’s just a good detective trilogy. The first novel "Mr Mercedes" won the 2015 Edgar Award for “Best Novel from the Mystery Writers of America” as well as Goodreads Choice Awards for 2014 for the category "Mystery and Thriller". These books are completely different from Stephen King’s horror novels, and just prove he is not limited to any particular genre. Well worth reading .

Lord Foul's Bane  (The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever #1) by Stephen R. Donaldson I wanted to like this book. It started well enough. It could have been so good. But then the main character raped an innocent girl. Was he supposed to be the hero ? A rapist can’t be the good guy. So was he the bad guy? I got the impression he was supposed to go on to be some sort of saviour. I even tried reading on but I couldn’t push the incident aside the way it is pushed aside in the book. I ended up reading the synopses of the series to see if he is repentant and redeems himself in any way, or that the girl might have risen above the despair (or better still that she might have murdered him) but it wasn’t to be, if anything her fate seemed to become sadder and sadder. I prefer the main character to be either a good character I love to love, or a diabolically bad character who ends up copping it big time.

About Elizabeth Elizabeth Leggett is a Hugo award-winning illustrator whose work focuses on soulful, human moments-in-time that combine... I stopped reading one sentence into Hugo award winner Elizabeth Leggett’s profile, but only because I was side-tracked as her artwork flashed across the top of the screen. Such a variety of painting styles and so many are really eye-catching. Very nice! Portico Arts | The Art of Elizabeth Leggett

The Princess Bride , written by William Goldman. I often wonder, if I have to choose a composer to do music for a book I have written, who would I choose? There are some big names out there - Ennio Morricone, Howard Shore, Hans Zimmer, John Williams, Danny Elfman, (James Horner – rest in peace). Yet the composer I might choose, who is right up there on my list of favourites, is Mark Knopfler. One of the most notable things about the music of Dire Straits through the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s was the precision of the performance of the pieces produced by Mark Knopfler. Whilst his voice and style added a unique element, the music and how it was played grabbed people. It was very neat. Mark Knopfler went on to create the musical score for several movies including cult classic The Princess Bride.   It was impossible not to love the book and the movie. It was equally impossible not to love the music. If you haven’t read the book, read it! If you prefer, see th...