The Belgariad

Some pictures I took on my way to the bus stop each morning.












Hello peoples. Today I'm writing about a fantasy series. Here it goes.

When I was around 9 my mom sat a box of books down on the table. There was a series of five books there called The Belgariad by David Eddings and the prequel, Belgarath The Sorcerer. I remember reading them non-stop and being so absorbed into it I didn't even realize how much I was loving this series till around the third book. It's a pretty generic fantasy series but it was the very first fantasy books I had ever read. Recently I have been reading them again and laughing at how I had interpreted some parts of the book then and how I interpret them now.

You know you can read a best selling book an you always have the perfect image of what a character looks like even though that image may only lossy fit the books description of him or her and then you see the movie and you're like "No, no, no THEY GOT HIM ALL WRONG." Well for me I imagined these characters as a kid so often I got the description of how they look all wrong and didn't understand it so it's interesting to read it now and imagine what they might look like more closely even though those characters are deeply rooted enough so that they will always look like how imagined them as a kid.

I also enjoy reading them so much because I've always remembered most of the premise but it's nice read it with the nostalgia and go "Oh yeah there's Mandorallen and that's Anheg!" Also probably because of the nolstagia most of the jokes in the book I seem to find very funny and often I'm grinning ear to ear when reading it. I've also found out about the sequel series The Mallorean, the other prequel Polgara The Sorceress and the Rivan Codex which I have yet to read but very excited about.

Bye peoples.

By Ashton