Livetweet Books: Artemis Fowl #3

Warning: All LTBooks articles contain spoilers.

Every Saturday at noon CST I livetweet a book as I read through it for an hour or two.  It’s immensely enjoyable.

If you’re interested in following as I livetweet, my Twitter handle is @AlexPenname, and I have a little widget that posts my last few Tweets on the sidebar of my blog.  You can also follow the tag #livetweetbooks and the name of whatever I’m reading that week.

This is long overdue. I’ve actually finished the next book in the series, but I’ll post a different review for that one.   Dune is on permanent hiatus until I finish this freaking series.

This is my favorite book in the series thus far, and I’ve finished the fourth book as of writing this review.  I loved it.  Colfer is a goddamn genius.

My “Fra’as” Is Cooler Than Your “Hobbit”.

If you’ve been following my Twitter at all, you’ll know that I started reading Dune this past weekend.  Despite my many criticisms, I’m getting into it– I was sad to put it aside at the end of two hours.

Anyway, Frank Herbert’s devotion to inserting new vocabulary has my mind on language again.  Why is it that some authors’ use of invented language makes me giddy, and some just drives me up a wall? Why is Tolkien’s language more accessible than Herbert’s?  They’re doing the same thing, inserting an invented language into an epic work.  They’re both brilliant writers with high acclaim.  But Herbert’s made-up words are driving me nuts and make the book less accessible; Tolkien’s barely fazed me.  The difficulty that comes with reading his writing comes elsewhere.

Why?