Happy New Year, everyone, and welcome to my blog! For everyone who starts school again on Monday, I feel your pain in my soul. I’m right there with you.

For 2017, I will be doing read-a-longs here, all year long. I will be focusing on the classics that I’ve missed in my 20 years of reading fantasy, but I will also be doing a read-a-long for The Divine Cities trilogy by Robert Jackson-Bennet (Final book releases in April), and The Stormlight Archive series from Brandon Sanderson (#3: Oathbringer, comes out In November). I’m in school for 4 months out of this year, so my reading might be sluggish, but that just means everyone should be able to keep up with me (or catch up quickly if you start late)!

I will be starting the year off with a bang by reading The Belgariad by David Eddings. The Belgariad is a five book series that was published originally by Del Ray starting in April 1982 and finishing in December of ’84. Judging by the synopsis, it seems to be your classic Tolkien-like series, which focuses on a farm-boy turned hero who must retrieve an orb, lest the world end in ruin. Goodreads gives the series an average of 4.15 and reviews state it as a fun adventure with humor and good writing. It’s a classic series that I’m sure most people haven’t read, but probably should.



My copy of Volume one which I got for a decent price at HPB, today.

I will be starting my reading this evening and my first post will be published on Friday, January 13th, if not already drowning to death in pencils and chalkboard dust. I hope many of you join me in my adventures!