Bookshelf: Sword in the Storm & Wizard’s First Rule

I’ve been traveling since April 17th, first vacation in Orlando and the New Comm Forum conference in San Diego, so I haven’t watched much television lately.

I have been reading. Before the Orlando trip, a Border’s staffer recommended I check out David Gemmell‘s work, so I picked up Sword in the Storm, the first book in his Rigante series. I enjoyed the book even though it had some very predictable themes. The next book is not an immediate sequel. It skips ahead nearly a generation, so I haven’t decided if I am going to read on in the series yet.

I also finally read Wizard’s First Rule, the opening novel in Terry Goodkind‘s 11-volume Sword of Truth series, and am now on the second volume, Stone of Tears.

I’m always looking for recommendations, especially for science fiction and fantasy books, so if you’ve read anything good lately, please leave a comment.