Tag Archives: the broken empire

TOP 5 WEDNESDAY: FAVORITE POLARIZING BOOKS

Posted on January 18, 2017 by Bookwraiths

Today, the guys in the Goodreads Top 5 Wednesday group have an interesting topic this week: FAVORITE POLARIZING BOOKS! These are the books that people either love or hate, with no in between. As a lover of books, I try very hard to … Continue reading →

Posted in Top Five Wednesday | Tagged Dark Tower, Kameron Hurley, Mark Lawrence, Prince of Thorns, Stephen King, STEPHEN R. DONALDSON, the broken empire, The Gunslinger, The Mirror Empire, thomas covenant, Top 5 Wednesday | 10 Comments

BOOK TRAVELING THURSDAY: MENTAL HEALTH

Posted on October 20, 2016 by Bookwraiths

Book Traveling Thursday is a weekly meme hosted by Catia and Danielle. Each week everyone picks a book related to that week’s theme, then you write a blog post explaining explain why you choose that book and spotlight all the different … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Traveling Thursday | Tagged Book Traveling Thursday, fantasy covers, grimdark, grimdark covers, Jorg Ancrath, Mark Lawrence, Prince of Thorns, the broken empire | 4 Comments

TOP TEN TUESDAY

Posted on August 16, 2016 by Bookwraiths

Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday! This is a weekly feature hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, where a new top ten list hits the web every week! This week our topic is … MY FAVORITE SERIES WITH POST-APOCALYPTIC SETTINGS … Continue reading →

Posted in Top Ten Tuesday | Tagged Barbara Hambly, Chronicles of the Pneumatic Zeppelin, Cormac McCarthy, Darwath, Luke Scull, Mark Lawrence, Peter Newman, Peter V. Brett, post-apocalyptic fantasy, Prince of Thorns, Richard Ellis PReston Jr, S.M. Stirling, Stephen King, the broken empire, the dark tower, THE DEMON CYCLE, The Grim Company, The Peshawar Lancers, The Road, The Vagrant, Top Ten Tuesday | 12 Comments

BACKLIST BURNDOWN: PRINCE OF FOOLS

Posted on May 27, 2016 by Bookwraiths

Backlist Burndown is a monthly meme hosted by Lisa from Tenacious Reader where you read one book from your backlist every month, then share your review of it the last Friday of that month. And, finally, I’ve gotten my reading (and reviews) into some semblance of … Continue reading →

Posted in 3 Stars, Backlist Burndown, Epic, Fantasy, Grimdark | Tagged Backlist Burndown, best fantasy series, epic fantasy, Fantasy, fantasy series, grimdark, Jalan, Jorg, magic, Mark Lawrence, post-apocalyptic world, Prince Jalan, Prince of Fools, Prince of Thorns, the broken empire, The Red Queen's War, undead, witches, zombies | 7 Comments

TOP 5 WEDNESDAY: CHARACTERS YOU DEFEND

Posted on May 25, 2016 by Bookwraiths

Today, the guys in the Goodreads Top 5 Wednesday group had a great topic: Characters You Defend! You know, the people you love in your favorites books, but no one else (or, at least, a vocal minority of readers) dislike or hate, … Continue reading →

Posted in Top Five Wednesday | Tagged characters i defend, characters i love, fantasy books, fantasy cahracters i love, Glen Cook, James A. Moore, John Marco, Jorg Ancrath, Mark Lawrence, Prince of Thorns, Sa'ba Taalor, Seven Forges, STEPHEN R. DONALDSON, The Black Company, the broken empire, thomas covenant, Top 5 Wednesday, Tyrant and Kings | 2 Comments

MY LEAST FAVORITE BOOKS IN MY FAVORITE SERIES

Posted on March 31, 2016 by Bookwraiths

Today, the guys in the Goodreads Top 5 Wednesday group had a great topic: My least favorite books in my favorite series. And all the participates had great lists with well respected books from big name series. Many of the choices pretty … Continue reading →

Posted in Lists | Tagged Barbara Hambly, janny wurts, King of Thorns, Knight of the Demon Queen, Least favorite fantasy books, Mark Lawrence, raymond e. feist, Servant of teh Empire, Stephen King, STEPHEN R. DONALDSON, the broken empire, the dark tower, The Runes of the Earth, Top 5 Wednesday | 5 Comments

ROAD BROTHERS

Posted on March 17, 2016 by Bookwraiths

Road Brothers by Mark Lawrence Genre: Fantasy – Grimdark Series: The Broken Empire #3.5 Publisher: Self Published (December 14, 2015) Author Information: Website | Twitter Length: 124 pages My Rating: 4 out of 5 stars. By now, most fantasy fans have either read or heard … Continue reading →

Posted in 4 Stars, Fantasy, Grimdark, Short Stories | Tagged Jorg Ancrath, Jorg Ancrath short stories, Mark Lawrence, Mark LAwrence short stories, Mark Lawrence short story collection, Prince of Thorns, Red Kent, Rike, Road Brothers, Sir Makin, Tales from the Broken Empire, the broken empire | 3 Comments

TOP TEN TUESDAY

Posted on January 26, 2016 by Bookwraiths

Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday! This is a weekly feature hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, where a new top ten list hits the web every week! This week our topic is … TOP TEN CHARACTERS I SHOULDN’T LIKE … Continue reading →

Posted in Top Ten Tuesday | Tagged Darth Vader, Glokta, Joe Abercrombie, Loki, Malekith, Mark Lawrence, Peter V. Brett, Soulcatcher, Star Wars, The Black Company, the broken empire, the first law, THE WARDED MAN, thomas covenant, Top Ten Tuesday | 8 Comments

MARK LAWRENCE INVITED ME TO ARGUE THE BROKEN EMPIRE ON HIS BLOG

Posted on October 16, 2015 by Bookwraiths

DID WE READ THE SAME BOOK? Mark Lawrence, the gifted author of The Broken Empire and The Red Queen’s War, was gracious enough to invite me to argue the positives and negatives of Prince of Thorns and King of Thorns … Continue reading →

Posted in Musings | Tagged Did We Read the Same Book, Jorg Ancrath, King of Thorns, King of Thorns criticisms, Mark Lawrence, Prince of Thorns, Prince of Thorns criticisms, the broken empire | 5 Comments

EMPEROR OF THORNS

Posted on October 7, 2015 by Bookwraiths

Emperor of Thorns by Mark Lawrence Genre: Fantasy – Grimdark Series: The Broken Empire #3 Publisher: Ace (August 6, 2013) Author Information: Website | Twitter Length: 448 pages My Rating: 4 out of 5 stars. Prince of Thorns was a seminal … Continue reading →