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Since Mervi has done such an amazing job setting up the wiki, there aren't a lot of questions left to ask about Hobb or her books. So, I'll start a discussion about what books are tiding you guys over until the next Hobb release.

I'm currently reading Elven Star by Weis and Hickman. Book two of the Death Gate Cycle series.



I didn't start reading much fantasy until about 5 years ago, so I have a lot of catching up to do. With the help of a few book review blogs and Amazon's star rating system, I've been able to find a lot of great older books. I only have about 50 pages left, so I'm planning on finishing it up tonight.

I've loved fantasy since I was a young one; my father was really into early sci-fi so it was always in the house. My sister introduced me to Technicolor Time Machine and Come The Jubilee; both are terrific stories. Anne McCaffrey's early books were great, but later ones were a bit lame.
At this time I am reading all of Hobb's books thanks to Mervi!

I was actually very much against fantasy as a genre until someone crammed Assassin's Apprentice down my throat. I still find a lot of it hard to swallow, so catching up can be difficult.

Right now I'm reading The Book of Joby, by Mark J. Ferrari. I find the idea of using christian ideas as the basis for a fantasy story intriguing. So far I'm sensing a lot of lost potential, but I'm only a hundred pages in so we'll see. I'm interested in seeing where he goes with this.

At the moment I'm reading Farthing by Jo Walton. I really liked her Fantasy Award winner Tooth and Claw so when I saw that our libraries had a new book by her I placed a reservation immediately. It's an alternative history/murder mystery and I'm really interested to find out who's the culprit!