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And we have the set-up. Time has passed. Nest has grown up. John Ross saved her life, now it's time to repay the favor. Let's do this thing.

Ah, a prologue set at the end of the story. I wonder how we're going to get there. Well, let's find out... Awesome end line for the prologue again. "Death followed in his shadow."

Now on to... "A Knight of the Word". Let's do this.

Ah, two more revelations. The first I saw coming from a mile away, and the second I guessed at and got it right as well. I liked the second reveal a lot better. The first was just a bit obvious, but we'll have to see how the rest of the story plays out...

Well... events just took a turn for the worse. Now I'm really sad... :'(

Now we come to the last part... the climax.... the avalanche... let's do this.

Oh... Nest's grandparents... it is just so sad... *sigh*

And John Ross is forced to use his magic. What did I tell you about letting pretty girls distract you, John?

Wow. This is really, really good. The concept that speaks to me the most is this: if you were to suddenly stop believing in God, would your life look any different?

Really enjoying this book. I'm also really interested in the world of Shannara as a whole, and what this mega read will help me discover about the underlying theory of the world, the Word and the Void, and how they all connect.

I guess I'll just have to keep reading...

Ouch, guy stabbed through the throat with one of those trash-picker-upper sticks.

John Ross reveals all (well, not all)!!!

Things begin to escalate. An official deadline has been set--July 4th.

Let's do this.

Uhoh. Maentwrog is trying to break free from an ancient oak in the park. Not good. Not good at all.

And the plot thickens...

"The point of your life is to point to Him." <-- something I was reminded of tonight.

Reading this again has revealed something to me... Mathurin Kerbouchard is the historical fiction counterpart of Kvothe, from the Kingkiller Chronicles.

Both are young, proud, arrogant, good at a LOT of things, and are pretty much wish-fulfillment characters.

Except Mathurin has a lot more luck with women.

Enter John Ross, Knight of the Word.

Just met the Native American, Two Bears. I'm starting to remember these characters, from the "Genesis of Shannara" series. Nest Freemark, John Ross, Two Bears... On to Part 2!

Having fun getting to know Nest Freemark :D

Having fun once again in my adventures with Mathurin Kerbouchard. :)

Whoa. Great book so far, I'm really enjoying it. Hopefully this book will inspire me to challenge myself this year with my faith, and my commitment to God. I pray that it does, and that I remember to stop everyday and think about how crazy God is, and how amazing His love is for us.

So far, I'm really enjoying it. Good story, good characters, and interesting setting so far.

Also, my reactions to the chapters:

Prologue: Ooo this is cool.
Chapter 1: Ooo this is cool.
Chapter 2: Ah, nice characters.
Chapter 3: Hmm, millworkers, srike... intersting...
Chapter 4: HOLY CRAP IT'S A DEMON OH MY GOODNESS THIS IS AWESOME

I mean, I know I should have been expecting it... but it was cool.

Andddd here we go. The official Shannara Mega-Read. Interesting opening with the Prologue here. I particularly like the last line--it sets the stage nicely for the rest of the book.

My gosh do I love this book. At first I had trouble getting into it again, but as always, Brandon Sanderson has proven to me that I can pick up any book of his at any time and absolutely love it.

I cried twice during the last twelve chapter section I read today. Yes, I'm emotional. Oh well. I just love good stories. :)

Enjoying it :)

Now I've started to remember why I liked Raoden's viewpoints much better than the other two. Just didn't feel a whole lot of interesting things going on in these chapters, but we're still pretty early in the book.

So far...

Raoden = love
Sarene = love just a bit less
Hrathen = *shrugs*