Old world and new clash. Learn more about the nature of Richard's power. Nice snippets of info of other characters inc adie. Not enough of Zedd.

Books I "have" to read by December 31st, even though literally nothing will happen to me if I don't. It is completely arbitrary and motivated solely by my OCD.

 

(Part I Here)

(Part II Here)

I made a list of 150 books I wanted to read in 2013 almost a year ago, and I am soooo close to knocking most of them off my list. Just wanted to put this here to motivate myself (and also to satisfy my OCD, which I have to admit, Booklikes makes very convenient with the ability to link multiple books to a post).

 

So these are the books I "have" to read (not counting Outlander) by December 31st.

 

(ctd in Part II)

This is a book back from when I still loved this series. Yes, I could nitpick. I'm rather with the reviewer who was sick of how something always seemed to come between Richard and Kahlan whenever they were on the verge of getting together. How long can you stretch that out? Well, how about nearly the entire series? And yes, I thought this got off to a fairly slow start, and unlike the two (even longer!) earlier books that somehow managed to feel light on their feet, rather padded. But yes, I still liked this one--a lot. The secondary characters make this series. I really like Zedd, Nathan, Cara--and they're prominent in this installment which made me happy. And I do like the imaginative way Goodkind used magic. I should warn, I have read the series to the end, and ultimately wasn't happy with it. I think it jumped the shark in the seventh book, and many would point to the fifth book as when things started to go wrong. But Blood of the Fold was a fun and entertaining adventure.

Best Series

 

I love few series but the Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind would have to be my favorite. Wizards First Rule was given to me by my fiance when we first started dating 10+ years ago and it was the first fantasy book I'd ever read.