What I’m currently…

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.