The Book Plank

Review Round-up September Here is my selection of the books that I most enjoyed in September, which were your favorites? Cheers, Jasper ------------------------------------------------------ 1. Age of Iron by Angus Watson, Orbit   From the start of Age of Iron , Angus Watson got my attention. This was just the book I was looking for, I hadn’t read such a story in a long while, it’s dark, gruesome Epic Fantasy. Given the day and age wherein the story of Age of Iron takes place around 40AD this whole dark setting definitely works it’s wonders and made me see several scenes quite vividly, especially  the fighting scenes. The build up of the story with focussing on every character individually then letting the story all converge into something much bigger was done in a clever way that with even though you were given a lot of information, about them all,  it was all easy to digest, which was needed given the fact that it has a pretty high page count. Orbit h...

(p)review forecast September part 2 Here is my reading list of the coming weeks. What will you be reading? Cheers, Jasper 1. Mara by Veronica Bane, Black Hill Press For years, Mara Tucker has used her power of manipulating flames to punish those who have done her wrong. But things are changing in the town of Jericho. Rampant disappearances have forced Mara to seek out others with special powers. In a story that confronts the violence and turmoil of adolescence, Mara and a group of other "unusuals" like her grapple with new alliances and the villains pressing in all around them. 2. Assail by Ian C. Esslemont, Bantam Tens of thousands of years of ice is melting, and the land of Assail, long a byword for menace and inaccessibility, is at last yielding its secrets. Tales of gold discovered in the region's north circulate in every waterfront dive and sailor's tavern, and now countless adventurers and fortune-seekers have set sail in search of ric...

September Review Round-up  It's Review Round-up time again! For those who aren't yet familiar with the Review Round-up's, this is a feature on the blog wherein a highlight a few books that I read in the previous month that stood out amongst the others. Now this doesn't mean that I didn't enjoy the books that aren't mentioned in here. It's just that I read quite a handful of books each month and it's impossible to mention them all. The normal review that I write about those books should also say enough whether I liked it or not. And as some of you might have come to expect I always try to post it in the last days of the month or in the first days of the new month (hope that makes sense) but I haven't had the time yet to sit down and type it. I had a busy time with finishing some books/reviews and interviews. So without any further delays... here are my picks of September. 1. The Casebook of Newbury and Hobbes by George Mann ( Titan Books)   T...