Huh, I either forgot or didn't know you were reading Ranger's Apprentice. I got through the first couple, although I'll have to check my reviews to see where I stopped (I think around 4-5, because that's when the library was having trouble keeping them in stock and I didn't want to put them on hold when I was so far behind everything else).
Those seem like really good goals. I haven't thought much about any, myself. Maybe tomorrow I'll sit down for a while and try to get some hammered out.
Yeah, I own the first six. You told me not to bother reading them because you didn't think they were very good. Given our opinions on books have been practically opposite a lot of the time, I bought them when Borders was going out of business. I always have a hunch about books I will like, and these were no exception. They are a little petty, but they're written for kids who might not get subtle nuance (I did at that age, but many don't). Relationships seem so much more straight-forward and blunt in kids' / YA books...
They're not bad; Halt is an excellent character, and Horace was a pleasant surprise. The worldbuilding is murky in the first few (not sure if it gets better), and I don't remember the details now but there were a few things about the plot that bothered me a bit. I'll eventually try to finish the series, even if I don't buy the rest. I don't remember not recommending them that harshly. Mostly they struck me as decent but not great.
I like them. They're for kids, so of course they're not going to be up to my--or your--standards. You seem to enjoy finding the stuff wrong with books, anyway, more than the good stuff--guess it's your hobby. I prefer to form opinions about books I'm interested in on my own, and when I have instincts about books, I'm generally right as far as my own preferences (except for the horrible Aeon's Gates). I have high standards as I'm both a reader and a writer, but I don't go out specifically to hunt the bad stuff, and I don't dwell on it (usually). I use books to escape into other worlds, not for analytical practice. heh I'm more of an organic thinker and feeler. I want to go to those places and see those things and experience what the characters do, not just read about it and have to put it back on the shelf.
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Those seem like really good goals. I haven't thought much about any, myself. Maybe tomorrow I'll sit down for a while and try to get some hammered out.
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