What it's all about

I've been building up tho this; more and more I've wanted to do a blog where I can walk about my passions: writing, reading, and drawing/design. So here I'm going to post book reviews, writing articles I think are interesting, and artwork I've done.

Just to start things along, I'm linking to my goodreads profile here: http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/4301258-erin-huber

My goal is to read 100 book this year, so there should definitely be some regular updates. To start things off, a book review I did yesterday (and yes, I tend to trend toward sci-fi/fantasy and YA literature, but I also read some historical fiction):

The Lost Gate by Orson Scott Card

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


I love when books refer to mythology or folk tales, and this one was especially fascinating because I had just seen Thor, and Lost Gate references Norse mythology (Thor, Loki, Odin, etc.) mainly, but also other mythologies from all around the world. So it's a lot of fun for someone who is a history/mythology buff as well as a fantasy buff.

There are a few slower points where it feels like the story has wandered off into random sidelines, and every now and then the back-and-forth between Wad and Danny's stories had me impatient, which is the reason for the four stars instead of five. The other thing I had a problem with was Danny. At the beginning he was really likeable, but I had problems with him in the middle of the story. I know that his stupid choices made him more human and more of a kid in some ways, but with as clever as he was supposed to be, I didn't like the tone of some of his jokes. But by the end he was beginning to realize how awful he'd been sometimes, so I have high hopes for him.

All in all, it was a fairly fast, interesting read. And I would definitely pick up the sequel if there was one.

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