Bitten by Books
Welcome to our bi-monthly feature with Jay Scott of Great Scott Audio Productions. Jay will be reading from The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss book one in the Kingkiller Chronicles. Click here to hear Jay’s reading if you can’t see the video displayed above.
About The Name of the Wind:
“The riveting first-person narrative of a young man who grows to be the most notorious magician his world has ever seen. From his childhood in a troupe of traveling players, to years spent as a near-feral orphan in a crime- ridden city, to his daringly brazen yet successful bid to enter a legendary school of magic, The Name of the Wind is a masterpiece that transports readers into the body and mind of a wizard. It is a high-action novel written with a poet’s hand, a powerful coming-of-age story of a magically gifted young man, told through his eyes: to read this book is to be the hero.”
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Books in the Kingkiller Chronicles in the order they should be read:
The Name of the Wind
The Wise Man’s Fear
Doors of Stone - 2015
About Jay Scott
Bio:
“I am a former broadcaster that decided to get back into using my voice. I just started Great Scott Audio Productions to do just that.”
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I’m gonna have to put this on my watch list. Sounds promising, and I hear nothing but glowing words for the man himself.
Ugh. I feel so guilty. My husband loves this series, and so far, I just haven’t been able to get into it. We do have some differences in the books we prefer — we both prefer fantasy to any other genre, but he rarely reads anything besides fantasy, sci-fi, and humor, whereas I do.
But there’s some things I just didn’t like. Anne McCaffrey and Terry Brooks are the big ones who it’s almost sac-religious not to like, and who I just couldn’t get into. Then, one night, I was able to get into this series slightly, but my husband was reading it to me when I was really sick and going through a difficult time in , my life. I didn’t get far, because I fell asleep almost right away, and so now I have negative mental associations with the series too — through no fault of the author. But I’ll have to give it another try one of these days.
OMG, my wishlist just keeps growing!
Nice to be introduced to a new author. I thought it interesting how Jay mentioned that it wasn’t until the third chapter that things start to pick up in the novel. Some books takes a bit of time but are so worthwhile once the reader is hooked. Maybe with epic fantasy and the more complex world building.
The sheer scope seems a little daunting, but Jay does make it appealing!
It reminds me of The Lord of the Rings & The Hobbit books.
Oh! I have been looking for a new high fantasy series. I must check it out.
This is a completely new series for me. I will definitely add it to my wishlist.
I’m glad you’ve gone back to “using your voice” because you do such a great job! Completely new series to me~I’ll have to add to my list!
Loved meeting you! Thanks for being so unique in an introduction.