Reading: The Night Angel Trilogy by Brent Weeks - I picked up this 10th anniversary edition. My wife calls it the "demon book" because it's all black. Even the page edges. It has nothing to do with demons. I keep telling her that. It actually has to do with ninjas, but they really aren't called that. It's an epic fantasy series that revolved around a criminal organization that employs "wetboys" - a class of assassins with special "talents". I'm about 1/3 of the way through having finished the first book last night. And one third is 400 some odd pages in a nearly 1200 page saga, so this is going to keep me busy for a while still. It's a good read and I'm finding I like Week's writing style. I won't give full judgement yet since I'm not finished, but I was satisfied with the first book.
Listening: Elantris by Brandon Sanderson - I finished this up a couple of days ago in Audible. Those who know me, know I'm a big Sanderson fan, but I only picked him up a couple of years ago and he quickly became my favorite author. I read the Mistborn series first, and have been listening to a lot of his other work on Audible on my daily commutes - including his Stormlight archive. Elantris was his first published novel. I did enjoy it, but his later work is so much more sophisticated, it was difficult sticking with this one at times because (in the order I read these) it feels regressive. Nonetheless, like all of Sanderson, there is something truly unique about each world, magic system, and story.
So what are you reading/listening to? Any suggestions for my next round?
Photo Credit: Libby's pictures, of course. I'll get a photo gallery up soon. I like to fit the pictures to the post, but since this is Memorial Day, it seemed fitting. My thanks to our soldiers - past, present and future, living and fallen.
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