This one starts of aggressively off-topic and it goes downhill from there. You’ve been warned. Seriously, I don’t even know what happened. This is the first episode we’ve ever had to censor ourselves. In this episode Dalinar has a dream and a crazy scheme. Sadeas shows his true colors. Shallan and Jasnah are in seriously … [Read more…]
In this episode we cover chapters 6 through 11, the remainder of part one, of The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson. This is the first book of the Stormlight Archive series on the planet Roshar and a part of Sanderson’s Cosmere. In these chapters Kaladin suffers horrid abuse at the hands of the king’s … [Read more…]
In this episode we get hot boxed, kicked out in the cold, taken to the garden, and eventually kicked to the curb. We reach chapters 3 through 5 of Red Seas under Red Skies. Predictions: Sabetha is not in this book. The “Masters” that Merrain is referring to are the leaders of the Church of … [Read more…]
In this episode Locke and Jean out drink a circle. Locke and Jean set up camp in a new city. Then they steal too much, and have to move onto an even bigger city with even bigger targets. This particular episode features two particularly exhausted hosts who start to make less and less sense as … [Read more…]
In this episode Locke goes to a party! Chad makes a lot of ancient pop culture references. And there is a ton of violence against women. Predictions: The Gray King is going to try to defeat the Duke. The Gray King wants to end the secret peace. The Falconer has been using the same type … [Read more…]
In this episode Jean Tannen joins a death cult. Locke wakes covered in earthworms and turpentine. Also, Locke steals a suit. Predictions: We approached the idea of discussing the possible significance of the name “Tavrin Callas.” But, we didn’t really bring it home. I think that this name will be significant. I think that they … [Read more…]
In this episode Kvothe gets a sword, gets a new name, and gets his ass kicked…multiple times. Kvothe starts off this section by annoying Vashet. But, very quickly it turns from annoyance to anger. Vashet roughs Kvothe up and intentionally leaves marks on his face for all of Ademre to see. Kvothe has to take … [Read more…]
In this episode our adventuring party needs more experience points before they fight the big bad, so they wander around the woods hunting kobolds…I mean looking for trails to find the bad guys. But, on a serious note there is a good amount of character development and world building in this section. I expected this … [Read more…]
In this episode we cover the Prologue and the first five chapters of The Wise Man’s Fear by Patrick Rothfuss. These are the chapters where we’re setting the stage for the events in book two. They are largely table setting at this point. But, we still find a way to talk about them for an … [Read more…]
We did it! We read a book! The whole thing. No cheating this time. In this episode we cover the last several chapters of The Name of the Wind. In these chapters Denna gets a new man. Well, several really. Ambrose gets a new cast. And Kvothe gets a new lute. Kvothe finally gets expelled … [Read more…]