Rainy Day Reads

This book was my TBR Jar pick a while ago. I succeeded in ordering it at the library and it arrived pretty quickly. Then it lay around for a while. And then I finally pulled myself together and started reading it.   And then I stopped! I just couldn’t get it to it. All I could figure out from the synopsis was that it was epic fantasy and that it inspired Tolkien to write “TheLord of the Rings”. So far so good. I figured it must be good with all  the blurbs featured from writers such as C.S. Lewis and Ursula K. LeGuin. But I barely made it past the first 100 pages.  The language was just really intricate and flowery and that made for very slow reading. Of course this was first published in 1922 so the language was bound to be a little old-fashioned, but I feel like the author tried to imitate the prose of medieval literature. And I did not see the call for that!  As for the characters I never really connected with them. Partly because I didn’t really unde...

So, a long time ago, I picked out a book from my fancy new TBR jar. It was "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" by Anita Loos and I happily ordered it from my local library. After waiting for months I have decided to give up, delete it from my TBR and pick a new book from the jar. This new book is "The Edge of Never" by J.A. Redmerski. I went to the website to order it from my library, but it turns out that all the libraries in the country only have the second book in the series..........How does that make ANY sense?? But anyway, I went to Goodreads and read the synopsis. It doesn't really sound like the kind of book I would like, so I decided to delete it and pick (yet another) new book from the jar. At this rate the jar will be empty in no time! The third pick is "The Worm Ouroboros" by E.R. Eddison. The library seems to have this one available, so I have ordered it and look forward to reading the fantasy novel that inspired Tolkien to write "Lord of ...