It appears I read the first book in this series before I started writing about the books I was reading, which is annoying to me, and possibly to you to. Or maybe it’s just a bit of my need-to-have-some-part-of-my-life-in-order-so-I-choose-odd-small-things issue coming though and no one is annoyed other than me.

Regardless of who is or is not annoyed by this out of order book review I’ll attempt to put my own issues aside and carry on.

The Magicians by Lev Grossman was a recommendation from Pat Rothfuss’s blog. And since we should all have read at least The Name of The Wind by now we know he is a super author, and we should probably at least check out his recommendations right?

Right.

If you would like to do so yourself here is his link http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/2009/08/things-i-like-magicians-and-faeries-of/ 

Personally I’d call The Magicians something of a Harry Potter meets Narnia in an adult sort of way.

(And by that oh best beloved I mean we’ve added, sarcasm, sex, drugs, alcohol, death and other assorted nasties)

I recall it being a fairly wonderful, if slightly startling book, so therefore I found the second in the series (see large title above) and brought it home.  I then proceeded to read this book in a much shorter time frame than I should have which resulted in a much shorter night sleep than was really prudent.

And it was worth it.

Would I recommend it? Why yes, yes I would, thanks for asking.

And on a slightly different but still sort of related subject I feel compelled to share this flow chart of NPR’s top 100 science fiction and fantasy books (also recommended by Pat Rothfuss) because it’s funny if you’ve read enough of them to be dorky enough to get the jokes and possibly helpful in finding a new book to read if you haven’t.

NPR’s Top 100 Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Flow Chart