Oh new reading series

So, on Jason's urging I have started reading some of the Dragon Lance books.  I have always been hesitant about starting these series.  Lets be clear, there are a lot of Dragon Lance books.  I am not reading them all.  I am reading the ones by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman.  These are the works I think most of the early D&D games were based on.  In fact, the first book I read felt just like that, a D&D campaign being told as an epic story.  Which, of course, means that I am totally hooked.

I have finished the first book.  It was odd.  You do not start at the beginning.  The friendships and relationships are already established for the most part.  I felt like I was playing catch up the first few chapters.  Then the story kicked into high gear and I did not notice.  It was a great thrilling book, that quite literally had me laughing out loud frequently.

I am currently about a third of the way into the second book and much like the first it is told as a great campaign.  Also, here you don not start where you expected.  It does not pick up right where book one ended but instead a few months down the line.  I was worried I had the wrong book and checked several times to make sure it was the right one.  But the story has started and I no longer care about missing one adventure as now I am off on another.

My hope is to have the second book done before Thanksgiving.  That way I can read the third one by the New Years.