I'm going to have a really hard time reviewing Off to Be the Wizard by Scott Meyer. Not that its a very complicated of stories. Really what it comes down to is that I have such mixed feelings about it. On one hand Off to Be the Wizard is a really clever book, but on the other I couldn't help but find parts of the book a bit corny. 

After reading Legion by Brandon Sanderson a couple months back I knew right away I would jump into the second book in the series Skin Deep. The idea is fascinating. Stephen Leeds a guy who has 40+ aspects (visions/imaginary people) with him at any time who is a billionaire that now helps solve crimes. Sort of a great premise. The first book ended with an awesome discovery that I thought would make its way into the second book but outside of a brief mention is completely glossed over. 

At the beginning of the year I setup a reading plan for my first five books. It was just an experiment to see how I liked having my books already chosen for me. The first five (Night, Legion, The Universe Versus Alex Woods, Tower Lord, and Firefight) went great. All of which ended up being either good or excellent reads.

What a wonderful book. I honestly felt like a kid reading this book. It's just so much fun. I loved Brandon Sanderson's first novel in the Reckoners series, Steelheart, and somehow Firefight continues the charm of the first. What I love about Firefight is that Sanderson is able to capture just the right tone for this series about normal people fighting super heroes.

Over the last couple of years I've started to really dive into the fantasy genre. One of the books I particularly loved was Blood Song by Anthony Ryan. I went into Tower Lord (the follow-up to Blood Song) with extremely high hopes. Unfortunately it didn't live up to any of the starting blocks of the first book.

It's very rare that I fall in love with a novel from the opening couple of pages. From the narrator (who sounded a little like Hugh Grant) to being set in England, to a story that is both relatable and extraordinary all at the same time. The Universe Versus Alex Woods is everything I love about reading a novel. It's both deep and comical. It has a depth of understanding that most books only scratch the surface of.