Now reading on Karen Miller's

Kingmaker,Kingbreaker series.

It started off a bit slow but by the middle, the character and the world starts to grow on you. A particularly talented author she is.

I have also finished another book written by her in another pseudonym

K.E. Mills - Rogue Agent series

Funny read which turns exciting by the middle

Man.. I have done a few books and are waiting for the sequel

Some of the REALLY notable ones are

The name of the wind - Epic stuff! Damn good read.

The way of kings - Very good stuff. 10 book series and now its only on number one!

The painted man book 1; The desert spear book 2; - very nice darkish magic and mayhem stuff.

This post has been edited by reveur: Jan 11 2011, 06:01 PM

No Brandon Sanderson fans here????

You need to be a fan, he is epic, the thing i like in his storytelling is his foretelling of what will happen which you will only get at the ending. Its there but you just didnt see it till he reveal it. The endings of his book are always a huge twist and none of his book of different worldbuilding are of even the same style. Meaning, you can expect different thing from each of his series.

Brandon sanderson in my opinion is one of the best epic fantasy writer.

Brent weeks Night Angel triology are slightly weak compared to Brandon sanderson's book, i read brent week's book first and by the 3rd one its just a bit mushy and the ending is just, i mean, its too perfect. That said, i like the ninja sword wielding mage concept though.

One other writer that writes gritty and no holds bar fantasy is Peter V Brett, his daylight war series tells a good story of an evil sort of anti-heroes. I would rank it also higher than Brent Weeks.

As for George R.R Martin, I got to admit I have not stepped into that world yet and are therefore enjoying the tv shows instead. It is a place to start for new readers due to the movie and what not but I am not sure if this is a good thing or not.

That said, I am right now in Robert Jordan epic fantasy novel, Wheels of Times series, the first 4 books was good but by the 10th book the story is getting a bit stagnant and a lot of loose ends untied. He died before he finish the series and my favourite author Brandon Sanderson has taken over the job to finish up the series which is book 12, A memory of light (f i am not mistaken) out next year.

Lastly, if you want to try a fantasy novel of different sort. I would suggest Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the wind. That is Epic.

To end, here are in top to bottom order of books that i think are the best.

1. Patrick Rothfuss - The Name of the wind
2. Brandon Sanderson - Mistborn & The Way of kings.
3. Peter V Brett - Daylight War
4. Brent Weeks - Night Angel trilogy

If we are lucky
In the mean time, go and get THE DAYLIGHT WAR series by Peter V Brett. His 3rd book in the 5 book series was just published.

Which incidently is what I am reading now.

Well, book 1 storyline was quite brutal, book 2 was interesting and book 3 is a slow start.

No sir, never heard nor saw it before either. What is it about? I did read The Prince of Thorn series, it was ok, nothing to shout about..

Hmmm.. Sounds intriguing.. Will look into ti when I am done with my other books.

Thanks!
Do post your thoughts about the book when you can. Wanna know how it is.