Showing posts with label R.A. Salvatore. Show all posts
Showing posts with label R.A. Salvatore. Show all posts

Sunday, October 9, 2011

The Silent Blade by RA Salvatore



I have been reading this series for a while, here is the goodreads description: 


Can the Crystal Shard be destroyed at last? Drizzt is determined to destroy the evil Crystal Shard, and seeks out the help of the scholar-priest Cadderly. But instead, his worst fears are realized, and Crenshinibon falls into the hands of the dark elf mercenary Jarlaxle and his unlikely ally Artemis Entreri. The Silent Blade is the book that brought Drizzt back to the Realms, and was a New York Times best seller on its initial release--and has been in print every day since. Like the rest of the Legend of Drizzt(R) reissues, The Silent Blade features beautiful new cover art by award-winning illustrator Todd Lockwood.


First off I would like to say



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What a boring and awful book in this series. Personally I think that this might be where I take a long break from the story of Drizzt.  Which is too bad because I love these books.  The characters are all separated going through their own situations.  We have Wulfgar who is depressed and out on his own.  Drizzit running around trying to get rid of this shard that has been with the series since the beginning.  And Entreri whom I am actually enjoying is off on his own.  My problem is this book seems like a filler book.  Nothing is really happening.  All we are doing is reading along until the end when they just get onto the next book.  This is the first book in an arc of 4 I think and I don't know if I can read each of these!!! 

This is the only one in the series I have found to be a bad book.  Could've been the mood I was in too but after reading the reviews on goodreads I am not the only one who feels this way.



Thursday, September 29, 2011

Follow Me Friday (#14)



This is the day of the week where we get to know each other better by answering a question devised by our lovely hostesses Parajunkee & Alisoncanread.  We also gain new followers by joining each other's sites via GFC, so please let me know if you're a new follower since I automatically follow back.  And now for this week's question....

Q. What book that hasn't been turned into a movie (yet) would you most like to see make it to the big screen, and who would you like cast as your favorite character? 

Wow this is a tough question!  So for my followers who follow me for my YA books this one is not for you.  This is for my followers who love Dungeons and Dragons.  I am going to pick the Drizzt series.  For those who want to know more about this here is the wikipedia link : Drizzt series by RA Salvatore.

This series I think would be a wonderful fantasy series.  There has already been a lot of artwork about the series, so the readers already have an idea of what the characters might look like.  Here is some of the artwork.  

 Here is Drizzt the main character.  He is a dark elf


I have seen a lot of people casting someone who is white to play Drizzt in a movie... but he is clearly of black skin.  I like Wesley Snipes from when he did the blade movies.  I think he would be perfect!
Here is Catti-bree.  She is a human....  so Emma Watson with short hair would be perfect.




Here is Wulfgar (on the right) he is a human warrior .  He is sooo strong and when I saw the movie Thor I know Chris Hemsworth was perfect!



So these are my choices... not sure who has read this series but I would love to know who you would cast in this movie!!

Now for the blogger hop over at Crazy for Books:


Book Blogger Hop
This week's question:
“In honor of Banned Books Week, what is your favorite “banned or frequently challenged book”?”
Click here for 2010-11 list in PDF format. You can also click HERE to view past years and choose from any of those titles!

Well that is easy for me!  Hunger Games!  


Ok well happy Follow Me Friday.  Be sure to leave me a comment so I can go and check yours out!!!  

Sunday, July 17, 2011

Passage to Dawn by R.A. Salvatore Review

Goodreads description:

Revenge and Resurrection in a Frozen Wasteland!

Drizzt and Catti-brie have been away from Mithral Hall for six long years, but the pain of a lost companion still weighs heavily on their strong shoulders. Chasing pirates aboard Captain Deudermont's Sea Sprite is enough to draw their attention away from their grief. Then a mysterious castaway on an uncharted island sends them back to the very source of their pain, and into the clutches of a demon with vengeance on his mind.


So book 10 of the Drizzt book series was only OK for me.  My least favorite so far.  I just kinda thought this book was a long story with one little task at the end.  Just long and boring really.  I am ready to be caught up in the series (which now has 19 books) so I am going straight into book 11 after finishing this one. 

One of the things this book did was wrap up a lot of old plots from other books. So I guess in a way it was necessary book to tie some things together.  I was really surprised and enjoyed all the sailing on the high seas in this book.  The Sea Sprite makes another appearance!  Along with our old friend the Captain!