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Full Moon Sample Sundays

Sample Sunday 70: FULL MOON

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Here is approximately 100 – 150 words from a randomly selected original piece for your enjoyment. These samples can include excerpts from my all my WIPs and my Eternal Curse Series, but only as works in progress (not the final products). These samples of published and unpublished works are protected under the U.S. Copyright agreement.

It’s Like the Full Moon- chapter 6.2 (wip)

“Not a problem here,” said Teddy. “I like taking money from people that are willing to give it up.” Teddy took him home and showed him around his luxury cabin. It was two stories, with two bedrooms, and one and a half bathrooms. It had a nice size kitchen and living room with a large storage shed out back to house all of Teddy’s sporting goods. Teddy told Paul about how he was having company come over, that evening, to have dinner and discuss plans for his sister’s wedding. He invited Paul and told him that is wasn’t anything formal and that he’d kick him out if he didn’t agree to stick around and attend. Paul agreed, but mainly because he hadn’t yet gotten a car and couldn’t really go anywhere.

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Review: The Name of the Wind

The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle #1) by Patrick Rothfuss

I give this book a 5.

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This is the story of Kvothe, who also has many other names, as told by the man himself. He is a wizard, but he’s something else too. He is powerful and defiant and “the stuff of legends”. This story beckons to a time when stories were told as song or poems, like the Iliad, but it goes far beyond that.

The Name of the Wind is one of those stories that I think people will either love or hate for two reasons. 1, the story of a wizard in this day and age can’t escape a comparison to Harry Potter. You either like the differences or not. 2, this is not a typical high fantasy tale of a wizard. Kvothe is a multifaceted character that doesn’t fit neatly into any specific category and readers will either appreciate that or not.

This story is crammed full of themes and elements that trigger excitement and emotion in my heart and mind, and I’m not just talking books. There are orphans, criminals, outcasts, demons, common folk, royalty, drug dealers, fairies, actors and there’s ageism, racism, classism, religion, and magic and more.

Having this story be told from Kvothe’s point of view is also atypical. He goes out of his way sometimes to down play or up play certain parts of his tale, but he can only fool half the people half the time. He tells his tale with such realism that you forgive the times when he goes off on an exaggerated tangent. Reading the part where Kvothe tries to describe the beauty of woman speaks volumes to perception versus reality, and the notion of telling people what they want to hear versus telling them what you want them to hear.

Now that I’ve gone and thoroughly confused you, let me say this. I love this book and will be glad to read the next installment.  While this is probably not a good bedtime story, it should be suitable for most teens, but this is definitely a story any adult with an interest in fantasy and or adventure will appreciate.

This review has been posted to GoodReads. If you’d like to obtain a copy of this book, try this link.

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Sample Sunday 69: GIOVANNI’S ANGEL

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Here is approximately 100 – 150 words from a randomly selected original piece for your enjoyment. These samples can include excerpts from my all my WIPs and my Eternal Curse Series, but only as works in progress (not the final products). These samples of published and unpublished works are protected under the U.S. Copyright agreement.

Eternal Curse: Giovanni’s Angel chapter 7.2 (wip)

Mira knew she had to return home eventually, but this was too soon. She’d hoped to be gone at least a month. She didn’t want to leave like this, in the middle of her progress with Giovanni. She had only just begun to scratch the surface of understanding Giovanni and getting to know him and Abraham better. She was even starting to learn a lot about herself. Mira had reached a point where she just wanted to be a little selfish and tend to her own needs and sense of adventure. Mira wanted to stay and continue her quest for self-fulfillment. She wasn’t ready to leave, but she knew she had to. All she could think was, “How am I to tell Giovanni?”

Thank you for taking the time to read this post. If you like it let me know and share it with others. See you next time, Toi Thomas. #thetoiboxofwords