I am a big fan of David Gemmel, so I have been following the
Gemmel Award progress for a while. The
shortlist vote is now open to everyone for the following five books:
- The Way of Shadows by Brent Weeks
- The Last Argument of Kings by Joe Abercrombie
- Blood of Elves by Andrzej Sapkowski
- The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson
- Heir to Sevenwaters by Juliet Marillier
Out of these five, I've read two. One is
Heir to Sevenwaters which I reviewed in January, the other one is
The Way of Shadows whose sequel has been sitting in my reading pile for a little while now. I have read an earlier book in The First Law Trilogy by Joe Abercrombie,
The Blade Itself. And I have read an earlier work by Sapkowski,
The Witcher. Though the latter fell into my hands so long ago that I barely remember anything about it. Brandon Sanderson is an author whom I haven't read yet, but it certainly sounds like I should judging by all the reviews floating around.
At the end I decided to vote for
Heir to Sevenwaters. Now it's your turn, go forth and
vote for your favorite fantasy novel.
I read THE WAY OF SHADOWS and LAST ARGUMENT OF KINGS. I read the German edition of the first volume of the WITCHER series. I don't know any book by Juliet Marillier.
ReplyDeleteToday I started to read MISTBORN by Brandon Sanderson in order to get an impression of his writing style.
I will vote but I still think about for whom I will vote.