The whole book felt like setup for what was to come, but created enough interest in that coming that I want to read the rest of the series.
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A GenX Englishman who left England for Denmark back in 2012 and now lives on the Danish island of Bornholm. Bookwise I've always been a big fan of Fantasy and Sci-fi growing up on Tolkien, Terry Brooks, Terry Pratchett and many a Forgotten Realms saga. Mastodon: @countstex@dice.camp
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16% complete! CountStex has read 2 of 12 books.
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CountStex rated The Great Hunt: 5 stars
The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan (The Wheel of Time, #2)
The Forsaken are loose, the Horn of Valere has been found and the Dead are rising from their dreamless sleep. …
CountStex rated I Shall Wear Midnight: 4 stars
I Shall Wear Midnight by Terry Pratchett, Paul Kidby (Discworld, #38)
It starts with whispers.
Then someone picks up a stone.
Finally, the fires begin.
When people turn …
The Frood by Douglas Adams, Jem Roberts
'Hey, you sass that hoopy Ford Prefect? There's a frood who really knows where his towel is.' (Sass: know, be …
CountStex rated Las vacaciones de un hobbit: 4 stars
Las vacaciones de un hobbit by José Manuel Ferrández Bru, Fernando Frías Sánchez
Una descripción de los viajes que Tolkien realizó por Europa durante su juventud. Según la editorial, "...una guía detallada de …
CountStex rated The Da Vinci Code: 3 stars
The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
The Da Vinci Code is a 2003 mystery thriller novel by Dan Brown. It is Brown's second novel to include …
The Magicians' Guild is the first fantasy novel in The Black Magician series by Trudi …
Review of "The Magicians' Guild (Black Magician Trilogy, #1)" on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
CountStex rated Avenger (Star Trek): 3 stars
Avenger (Star Trek) by William Shatner
For three full decades, on television and in film, actor William Shatner has portrayed one of the most dynamic heroes …
CountStex rated CARPE JUGULUM: 4 stars
CARPE JUGULUM by Terry Pratchett
Carpe Jugulum (Latin for "seize the throat", cf. Carpe diem) is a comic fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett, the twenty-third …
CountStex rated Making history: 5 stars
Making history by Stephen Fry
A history student travels back in time to prevent Hitler's birth by dropping an infertility pill into his father's beer. …
CountStex rated Revelation Space: 3 stars
Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds
Nine hundred thousand years ago, something annihilated the Amarantin civilization just as it was on the verge of discovering space …
CountStex rated Ashes of Eden: Odyssey, Book One: 3 stars
Ashes of Eden: Odyssey, Book One by William Shatner (Star Trek series)
For almost three decades, William Shatner has portrated STAR TREK's gallant commander of the legendary Starship Enterprise and her crew. …
CountStex rated Blade runner: 3 stars
Mort by Terry Pratchett
Mort is a fantasy novel by British writer Terry Pratchett. Published in 1987, it is the fourth Discworld novel and …