OMG, Tor.com, The Ruin of Kings is almost here! Here, have one more chapter to tide you over! Come on in, the water’s fine!

(Well, no, the water’s actually filled with maelstroms and kraken and death, but, you know.)

This blog series will be covering the first 17 chapters of the forthcoming novel The Ruin of Kings, first of a five-book series by Jenn Lyons. Previous entries can be found here in the series index.

Today’s post will be covering Chapter 17, “Waking the Old Man”, which is available for your reading delectation right here.

Read it? Great! Then click on to find out what I thought!

[somehow I don’t think this’ll end in ear scritchings]

Of all the gin joint blog posts in all the Internets, you clicked on mine, Tor.com. And I couldn’t be more thrilled. Another post for you!

This blog series will be covering the first 17 chapters of the forthcoming novel The Ruin of Kings, first of a five-book series by Jenn Lyons. Previous entries can be found here in the series index.

Today’s post will be covering Chapter 15, “The Zherias Maw”, and Chapter 16, “The General’s Reward”, which are available for your reading delectation right here.

Read it? Great! Then click on to find out what I thought!

[I could say it’s the beginning of a beautiful relationship, but 2009 is kind of a long way to still call this a beginning, soooo]

Life is quite absurd, Tor.com, but a new RROK post isn’t! That’s not a lie in any way, shape, or form! Really!

This blog series will be covering the first 17 chapters of the forthcoming novel The Ruin of Kings, first of a five-book series by Jenn Lyons. Previous entries can be found here in the series index.

Today’s post will be covering Chapter 13, “The Determined Wizard,” which is available for your reading delectation right here.

Read it? Great! Then click on to find out what I thought!

[When you’re chewing on life’s gristle/ Don’t grumble, give a whistle!]

Happy holidays, Tor.com! Would you like to celebrate with a discussion of demon prophecies and institutional slavery? Of course you would! So season appropriate, it’s amazing. So much so, in fact, that I have two chapters of it for you, yay!

This blog series will be covering the first 17 chapters of the forthcoming novel The Ruin of Kings, first of a five-book series by Jenn Lyons. Previous entries can be found here in the series index.

Today’s post will be covering Chapter 10, “Demon in the Streets”, and Chapter 11, “The Coming Storm”, which are available for your reading delectation right here.

Read it? Great! Then click on to find out what I thought!

[And yes, the Seanchan still suck and always will, kthxbi]

Hello, Tor.com! Enjoying yourself this fine December Tuesday? Heard your 11111^th rendition of Jingle Bells yet? Ready to murder something yet? Well, don’t do that; instead, come read about something that has nothing to do with Christmas or holidays or bells whatsoever—this blog! I am here for you, my peeps.

This blog series will be covering the first 17 chapters of the forthcoming novel The Ruin of Kings, first of a five-book series by Jenn Lyons. Previous entries can be found here in the series index.

Today’s post will be covering Chapter 9, “Souls and Stones”, which is available for your reading delectation right here.

Read it? Great! Then click on to find out what I thought!

[“Hello, salt!” “Hello, pepper!” = Seasons’ Greetings!]

Hiyo, Tor.com! Welcome back to more of me blatherin’ about what I read! Yay!

This blog series will be covering the first 17 chapters of the forthcoming novel The Ruin of Kings, first of a five-book series by Jenn Lyons. Previous entries c.an be found here in the series index.

Today’s post will be covering Chapter 7, “The Misery,” and Chapter 8, “The Angels Bargain,” which is available for your reading delectation right here.

Read it? Great! Then click on to find out what I thought!

[I’m afraid I can’t do that, you ASS]

Hellooooo Tor.com! Take a break from your frantic menu-planning and org chart of Political Discussion Deflection Tactics for the dinner table and read a Reading, won’t you?

This blog series will be covering the first 17 chapters of the forthcoming novel The Ruin of Kings, first of a five-book series by Jenn Lyons. Previous entries can be found here in the series index.

Today’s post will be covering Chapter 6, “The Rook’s Father,” which is available for your reading delectation right here.

Read it? Great! Then click on to find out what I thought!

[Built a moon for a rocking chair]

‘Allo, chaps and chappettes! This here’s another Reading ROK, innit? Right then!

This blog series will be covering the first 17 chapters of the forthcoming novel The Ruin of Kings, first of a five-book series by Jenn Lyons. Previous entries can be found here in the series index.

Today’s post will be covering Chapter 5, “Leaving Kishna-Farriga”, which is available for your reading delectation right here.

Read it? Great! Then click on to find out what I thought!

[With their flippy-floppies]

Greetings, girlseth and boyseth! To console you for the loss of your Daylight Savings privilege of not going home from work in FREAKIN’ DARKNESS (ugh), have a new Reading The Ruin of Kings post! Yay!

This blog series will be covering the first 17 chapters of the forthcoming novel The Ruin of Kings, first of a five-book series by Jenn Lyons. Previous entries can be found here in the series index.

Today’s post will be covering Chapter 4, “Butterbelly”, which is available for your reading delectation right here.

Read it? Great! Then click on to find out what I thought!

[Buddha Belly is also the name of a place on Magazine Street in New Orleans that is a combination laundromat and dive bar, but that’s probably not relevant. Awesome, but irrelevant]