From Anathema to Eragon...

I finished Anathema with some mixed thoughts. The ending while, seemingly predictable, had some random events that when explained later made sense. Either everyone would die, with no conclusion, or the world designed by the author would have to change dramatically to continue to progress. I found some comfort in the knowledge that Earth was neither the first nor the last to go through the upheavals created by the dimension travelers. It was also nice to see that they all found a place in the end.

I bought, several months ago, the boxed Eragon Trilogy. I bought it online and had assumed it would arrive as soon as it was released, unfortunately I didn't read the fine print. The website would only ship, once everything was ready to go out at the same time, in one box and I couldn't cancel the order because there were items that could be shipped within 24 hours. I was stuck waiting for the entire shipment to arrive, so that I could then return the books that I re-bought at a store while I waited. Fortunately, for the website, I had not had a chance to read this trilogy and had not re-purchased it.

I read Eragon in two days, I've read it once before and was excited to refresh my memory of the book in preparation for reading the third in the series. I've seen the movie and I am disappointed I will never get that time back. It was terrible. They cut so much from the book there almost wasn't enough left to consider it based on the book other than the characters names! Very upsetting considering there have been several movies made based on fantasy books or even comic books that were done really well.

Today, I started Eldest...next stop Brsinger!