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Oh, that beautiful poignant moment when Beldin asks why his brothers are taking so much trouble to help him with his tower, and Aldur says it's because they love him...and he breaks down and weeps. David Eddings is so great.

I love this book :) But it's a David Eddings, so that's obvious.

Oh. My. Gosh.

This book...this book has made me feel feels.

Ahhhhh its' so good.

Ahhhh... that climax was so good. I forgot how good that climax was... And now this denouement... ahhh... I'm so content...

Still highly invested in this book and in this series, and really worried that things are going to end up disastrously for everyone.

Interesting book so far. Viola Spolin's theories of teaching and learning are very fascinating.

And they face Zandramas at last.

I am absolutely *adoring* this book so far. That beginning with the husband and wife, that was unbelievably poignant. And the touching, loving playfulness between Valentine and her husband. ALL THE MARRIED PEOPLE!

But man, this book is good so far, and setting up really interesting situations.

It's starting to build towards the climax... It's funny, reading through these again. I keep expecting to get to a point where I don't enjoy the story as much, and start getting bored. It's never happened.

Things are starting to snowball. And I'm loving the ride.

Oops, I guess I'm farther than I thought I was. Interesting...

This book is so good. Masterful use of epigraphs, viewpoint, characterization, and mystery. Just wonderful story overall.

Ah, this relativistic space travel is super interesting and different. Poor Ender. Poor, poor Ender. And now everything's changed.

I am super loving this book. The mystery of the xenobiology of the Piggies is fascinating, and the fact that Ender has an AI god as his friend is pretty much the coolest thing ever.

Very interesting introduction here. Excited to find out where this leads.

I'm getting close to the end of this, and loving every minute. Zakath is such a great and refreshing character.

Whoa. I did not expect that twist. Holy crap.

I am absolutely loving this story. The characters are awesome, the conflict is tense, and the setting is amazing and quite a bit creepy... And also, the narrators of the audiobook are superb.

I am really enjoying the essays on mental illness at the beginning of every story. To be honest, I've been skipping some of the actual work (alternate chapters of things I've never read, and as such, am not terribly interested in), but the essays are FANTASTIC.

And I cried at Howard Tayler's creative non-fiction story. I cried like a baby.

I hit a stretch in the middle that wasn't quite that interesting, but the last few stories have been absolutely wonderful! Next up: Weird Al Yankovic reading Thibbledorf Pwent. Perfect.

Every line. Every line gives me shivers. I absolutely love this book, these books, David Eddings, ALL OF IT.

I haven't actually read this for a while, but I picked it up again and was struck with how much I really did love this story. Hopefully I'll have this finished by the time Autumn Republic comes out :P

It doesn't matter how many times I read these books--they are still amazing. And I don't care if the whole word thinks they're stupid, I'll still be reading them when I'm an old man in a rocking chair.

The first four chapters of this book has shown off what David Eddings does best--dialogue. He is a master of banter and quick, witty humor that easily characterizes and is highly memorable. The Belgariad and the Malloreon are quite possibly the most quotable series' I've ever read.

Still fantastic.

That first chapter was excellent. We get a picturesque view of the happenings back in the west, and we get to see some of our favorite characters again.

Very interesting short stories. Thoroughly enjoyed Guenhwyvar's origin story, and the other stories have been cool as well. None as good as Dark Mirror, though. But I'm listening to Sean Astin reading a story right now :D

The first story of the anthology--a classic high school romance story intermixed with aliens, was a little weird, but the second story is about sentient mice, and IT'S AWESOME.

Just finished "Mudboy" by Peter V. Brett. Faaaaantastic. I really want to read his stuff now.