Peter V. Brett visiting during May

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Peter V. Brett has been delighted that his book was chosen as a monthly reading by our members. He will be visiting the group during May for a Question and Answer thread on his novel 'The Warded Man', also known as 'The Painted Man'. The group will be reading this novel during April, so if you wish to be part of the discussion you should start reading the novel soon. I have read the book myself and enjoyed it and I know other members have also said the same. The next novel in this series 'The Desert Spear' will be released in April.

Offical website of Peter V. Brett

[meleah]

That's very exciting! I'm about halfway through the book now and I'm really enjoying it.

[Sandi]

I can't wait. I've already had the opportunity to "talk" to Mr. Brett. (I friended him when I started listening to the audiobook.) He seems really nice and humble. I have my Audible.com ready to download the audiobook of The Desert Spear. I hope it comes out at the same time as the hardcover.

[Jon]

I'm really enjoying The Warded Man so far. I'm excited about reading it and look forward to every chance I get to read a few more pages. I can't say the same thing about the other book I finished a couple of days ago - Eifelheim. I had trouble with the small font in that hardcover edition, which discouraged me from reading as often as I wanted to. But The Warded Man's font is perfect and the story is interesting so far. I'm excited that Peter Brett will join the discussion in May. Thanks JJ for working behind the scenes with the authors for our discussion enjoyment.

[Sandi]

Jon wrote: "I had trouble with the small font in that hardcover edition, which discouraged me from reading as often as I wanted to."

I was having that problem for a long time. Reading glasses help, but they're hideous. A few of years ago, my optometrist tried Bausch & Lomb PureVision contacts on me and I've gone nuts reading ever since. I rarely need those stupid reading glasses anymore.

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Simcha Lazarus will be leading the discussion in May. Simcha actually won a pre-release copy of the The Desert Spear from a competition that was held on Peter's website.

Well done Simcha on your winning photo: Desert Spear photo comp

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The Desert Spear has cracked into the London Times best seller list at number 9 !

London Times photo journey

Also an interview with Patrick Rothfuss. They both understand the pressures of following up on a debut best seller: Best friends

[Stublore]

While I found his books entertaining, the whole warding thing seemed somewhat silly.
By that I mean that if a ward was covered or obscured, it did not work.
Why don't the demons just close their eyes?, or what if there are demons that use sonar or something like that, hell they could just check some mud/sand etc over all those protective runes, and hey presto insta humie snack!
Another problem would be the runes on weapons, once they pierce a demon, they become obscured, hence powerless.

[Simcha]

Stublore wrote: "While I found his books entertaining, the whole warding thing seemed somewhat silly.
By that I mean that if a ward was covered or obscured, it did not work.
Why don't the demons just close their ey..."

Stublore, you should come to the Q and A with Peter Brett and ask him about this directly.

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I will close this thread now to avoid any further questions being posted here.