And then it was done. This is it. The final segment. All things to be made good, or ungood. 1. Our starter for ten: let’s talk about that final meeting with Melisande. What were your feelings about Imriel’s meeting with his mother? How did you feel Phèdre handled herself? And any opinions on those rumours […]

We’re near the end now. Will Phèdre find the name of god? Will she and Joscelin get horny? Will Imri be okay? For answers on all this and more keep reading, as I answer questions set by myself. 1. Another week, another country. Tell us all what you make of isolated Saba – and since […]

Last week, our valiant heroine was being the universe’s most hated child and planning a bloody-handed uprising. This week, it’s time for some payback for her and payoff for us. Asking the questions is Bookforager and here’s some answers below… 1. “And they heard me, îshta, your gods heard me and knew fear.” We’ve speculated […]

Welcome to week three of the readalong. Last week, Phèdre was wondering how to diplomatically ask an absolute monarch “‘ere, do you buy young boys for your harem?” This week, we discover the answer, and whether Phèdre’s life gets any easier. Spoiler alert – it does not. In fact, this week is the section of […]

The last we saw Phèdre in this readalong she was… actually, I can’t quite remember. See, the questions this week are by moi, and as a result of the reading needed to get ahead of the game the first two weeks are very much blended together in my mind. Anyway, this is our readalong of […]

I thought I was out. Then they reeled me back in.I felt the hook when the back of my neck got that hot feeling. That and the look of terror on the bartender’s face. Bookwyrms do that to a soul.I turned and stared through her, then turned back to the whisky glass.“We’re doing it. We’re […]

Not every road goes on forever. This is the final part of The Darkest Road readalong, covering parts four and five of the book, and with it the end of our The Fionavar Tapestry readalong. And asking the questions? C’est moi. Imyril, you truly are my favourite bookfriend right now. Before I get onto the […]

The road leads ever on. To the fairest place in all the worlds, to the memories of a world now lost to malice, to the shifting illusions where a person may be lost forever and to the ending in the west where the blessed are kept forever. Asking the questions is Bookforager and now it […]

Time for part two. We’ve wiped our shoes on the welcome mat, got a drink, and are now settled in to visit the crew of the good ship Prydwen as they return home from a very dark place, just as very special young man on a very dark road is coming to the screen too. […]

So we find the Weaver back at the loom ready to finish this tapestry, and two dreaming group of adventurers reunited again. I cannot remember the last time a readalong group I’ve been part of has romped through a series like this, because it hasn’t happened. Sometimes I think about suggesting we finish off Phedre’s […]