A friend once spoiled for me the fact that Jar Jar Binks dies. I was very upset when that did not happen.

It wasn't until after I'd finished reading Outlander and started reading people's reviews that I even realized the significance of the man outside of Claire's window. I was also expecting Roger's appearance but then forgot about him until you mentioned it. I'd think there'd be a small cameo but maybe there was too…

Totally. I enjoyed the book immensely but had to skim the pages on Wentworth because I found the descriptions nauseating.

I noticed the eyes too! I didn't start reading the series until after the casting was announced, so I remember the other characters' observation of Claire's "jaguar eyes."

I've put Assassin's Apprentice on hold at the library. I should be able to pick it up tomorrow!

I think it had a lot to do with the protagonist. I loved how unflappable the woman in Alias Grace was, whereas I can barely remember the lead in The Blind Assassin. I also found the setting/time period in Alias Grace more compelling.

I was surprised by the extensive character list at the beginning of the book! I didn't expect the world to be quite so realized as, say, the Game of Thrones books, though those were admittedly quick reads.

The Blind Assassin didn't make much of an impression on me but mostly because I'd read Atwood's Alias Grace right before, and I thought that book was amazing.

I recently read Fforde's Shades of Grey (I think based on an io9 rec!) and really liked how offbeat it was. I haven't read any of his other books. Do you recommend the Thursday Next series?

I've had On Writing Well on my nightstand for awhile now, and I intend to finish it eventually. The book was assigned reading in grad school, but we must have read only part of it because I don't recall ever reading it cover to cover. I just started Kushiel's Dart. I know it's a classic of fantasy/romance, but I'm not…

I rewatched clips of it on YouTube recently and was surprised to find myself tearing up at the end. I would have thought I'd have your reaction, that years later it'd seem really cheesy. Damn you, Robert Zemeckis, and your tearjerkers!

I raced through the ASOIF books sometime before the first season of the show was broadcast. (I typically like to read the source material before watching an adaptation.) Now that a few years have passed, and I barely recall what's happened in the books, I'm kind of resigned to enjoying the show's version of the…

Any thoughts on whether or not I should read the series? I loved Yancey's The Fifth Wave, but the plot of the first Monstrumologist book didn't really appeal to me when I looked at it in a library. I'm also not usually a fan of the epistolary format.

Mistborn trilogy is on my to-read list. Maybe I should save it for a vacation so I can binge read all three?

I recently read Sandry's Book, the first Circle of Magic book, but I just couldn't get into it. It was hard for me to identify with such young protagonists. I think if I'd read the book when I was younger, I would have really enjoyed it. I do remember loving Pierce's Alanna series as a kid.

I've heard the Malazan series is great but that it's also terribly confusing. This is on my to-read list, but it keeps getting bumped down.

I binge read Michael Scott's The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel this past weekend. The six books were terrifically paced, and I enjoyed the worldbuilding and cast of mythological characters, but the series fell short for me. Maybe there were just too many characters. Like I would have expected the "twins of…

Awesome, thanks for the recommendation. I'll put The Talisman on my to-read list and see how that goes. That's curious, that thing about his other books having connections to this series. I think I'd read vague references to that in the past. Or maybe I'm thinking about how the villain in The Stand sounds similar to…

Heh, I binge read the first two books and then had to wait for the third to be published. This is why I try to avoid reading unfinished series: by the time the third one came out, I'd completely forgotten what had happened in the previous books. I even started reading Dreams of Gods and Monsters but I just couldn't…

I read the Samaria series after they were recommended to me on Goodreads. The covers are a little embarrassing. Liked Mystic and Rider but read some critical reviews of the second book, so I haven't gotten around to continuing the series. I love Shinn's writing though.