The Black Prism Review

Brent Weeks has done it again. Writing a great book that is. After his impressive debut with the Night Angel Trilogy (The Way of Shadows, Shadows Edge, and Beyond The Shadows) back in 2008 Brent Weeks gives us another epic adventure with The Black Prism, the first book in the Light Bringer Series.

The Black Prism is everything that is right with the fantasy genre. Great characters with flaws that make them feel realistic, a unique magic system based off the the color spectrum where basically anything is possible, plot twists, humor, tons of details, and it not being the stereotypical fantasy story like Lord of the Rings makes this novel an instant favorite of mines.

Here are the two summaries I found for the book:

1. Gavin Guile is the Prism, the most powerful man in the world. But Prisms never last, and Guile knows exactly how long he has left to live: five years to achieve five impossible goals. But when Guile discovers he has a son, he must decide what he's willing to pay to protect a secret.

2.Set in a world where color is the basis of all magic, Gavin Guile is the current Prism - and one that happens to have many secrets. Secrets like his brother Dazen, who he defeated in the great war years earlier and now keeps in a dungeon below his home. Or secrets like his son Kip, a young man raised in another land who has yet to realize the full extent of his powers. As Kip begins to learn the truth behind Gavin and Dazen's great schism, he will also learn that time is running out for the world as they know it. For the Prism is not what he seems to be, and there are greater powers afoot than could ever have been imagined.

I would rate this book a 9.6 out of 10.

DMZ Vol. 1 Review

I gotta say when I saw DMZ at 7 on IGN's Top Ten Vertigo Comics list, I had to check it out for myself. I had been eying this comic for sometime now so when IGN said to check it out, I did and there is no regret. DMZ by Brian Wood and Riccardo Burchielli is one of the most amazing series I have read. The story for this masterpiece is that people are tired of the US being in international affairs all the time and not helping out the country. A group of citizens banned together to make the Free Army and fight the US Military. Yes it's the second civil war. After a couple of years of the war going on a reporter decides to go to Manhattan and report what it's like in the DMZ. I don't want to say much more than that to ruin the many surprises and great scenes that take place in this comic.

DMZ has a great story, surprises, and great artwork. I recommend this to anybody who likes war and documentaries. I would rate this a 9 out of 10.

Happy Birthday Playstation!!!

Well here it is, the 15th birthday of the playstation brand. Happy birthday playstation it's been a great 15 years with you. Hopefully another 15 will follow. Thank you for birthing great franchises like Tekken, Gran Turisimo, Metal Gear Solid, Twisted Metal, God of War, Resistance, Resident Evil, Killzone, SOCOM, Syphon Filter, Little Big Planet, MLB, the list goes on. With playstation you changed what games were, playstation 2 became the king, psp competed bravely, playstation 3 brought us into HD, hopefully playstation 4 will regain it's throne.

Sept. Update

Hello everyone, well here is the update for September. Let's start this thing off with saying that my trip to NY and Philly was great. There will be soon be posts about that amazing trip with my fiance.

Next I will discuss goals. For August I slipped up and only accomplished 62% of my goals. This is an 8% drop from July. I am very disappointed in this decrease, hopefully in September this will not happen again. Like I said for August I hope to achieve 80% of my goals. I'm more determined this month to achieve this goal. Positives about my goals stats for August is that it is my second highest completion since I started this goal regiment. I also didn't drink any pop or energy drinks for the month, so I accomplished that. But I must say that the desired affects that I wanted didn't happen. On August 1st I weighed 179.0 lbs, on Sept. 1st I weighed 182.6 lbs. So as you can see I gained weight, this is not what I wanted but I can say that I do feel better from not drinking pop and energy drinks.

Things to look forward to are that I will not eat any fast food for this month, and I will report the results of that. Remember I weighed 182.6 lbs on September 1st. Other things are that you can check me out of Tumblr at In My Mind. That's really all I have for the update. Sorry for the lateness and the laziness. I have been real busy with vacation, working on two blogs, getting ready for school in the winter, and my creative work. I will try to improve my timing and perfection in the future. See you later.