Eragon

As I said before, the internet hadn't been set up at my sister's new place when I was in Penang helping her to move there. So one way I kept myself occupied at night when the couple and their toddler went to bed was to read book.

This book was lent to my sister by my other bro-in-law when he and my other sister were down here in Malaysia from Australia a few years ago. It is meant to be an easy reading for people who want to try reading fantasy novel and hence was recommended by my bro-in-law. However, my sister never did get started on it.

The story was enganging enough for me to want to read more about it. In fact, on some nights, I read till like 2am - 3am. The story so far promises bigger and better things to come in subsequent books and so this will determine whether I like the series or not. There are some series that disappoint me due to them not fulfilling the expectations that they have (inadvertently or not) created e.g. Tales of Alvin Maker (though apparently this series may be continued).

<minor spolier ahead>

So I'm looking forward to the land of the elves and the emergence of greater and varied power of the Rider in the second book, The Eldest, which was lent by my bro-in-law.

N.B: I'm quite surprised, after reading the book, to learn that the author was only 19 years old when he wrote Eragon. Wah.