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He's great! I saw that Sanderson is planning to write a novella about him in a year or two.

I'm just continuing with Sanderson's Stormlight Archive. I finished Oathbringer and Dawnshard and will start Rhythm of War next.

I finished Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin. It follows two friends and video game devs from childhood into adulthood. This author did some really interesting things and I intensely loved parts of the book. At the same time though, parts of the book really frustrated me, pulled me out of the story and made we want to stop reading it entirely. I've never been so conflicted about how I feel about a book.

Now I'm continuing to read Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson (Stormlight book 3). It's been very slow going but I am really enjoying it.

I finished Endurance: Shackleton's Incredunle Voyage by Alfred Lansing. It was a well written account but the story really made me dislike Shackleton.

I also read Edgedancer by Brandon Sanderson, a novella in the Stormlight Archive universe. Now I'm on Oathbringer (Stormlight book 3). Only just started but already enjoying it immensely. I feel like with where book 2 left off, this will be the book where I really start to see payoff of everything that's been built up.

I am still reading Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson (Stormlight book 2). I'm about 3/4 of the way through and enjoying it immensely. However everything I've read so far feels like set up, which is a little frustrating because mistborn did not have this feel to it.

I'm still reading Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson (Stormlight book 2). It's going great so far! Some moves that I really wasn't expecting from Sanderson. And amazing characters all around.

I finished The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah. It's a historical fiction taking place in occupied France during World War II. It was a very well plotted story, but the writing felt so distant and some scenes felt very unrealistic. It felt like a story I should have liked more that I did.

Now I've started Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson (Stormlight book 2). Far too early to have opinions, but I'm excited for this one.

I finished The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson (Stormlight book 1). Massively enjoyed this one. Spent more time than I should have during the holidays reading it.

Now I'm reading The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah. It's a historical fiction novel set in occupied France during World War 2. I'm finding it ok so far. It's easy to read and the plot is fine, but I'm not very emotionally invested and don't love the writing style.

Edit: I want to clarify that the topics and themes visited in this book are very emotionally heavy. However, the writing feels like an emotional stiff arm to me. It's just so distant and impersonal, that it reduces the impact of the difficult topics.

Dreary is a good word to describe The Hero of Ages. I still love it, but the hopeless feeling is wearing.

I finished Age of Assassins by RJ Barker and I loved it! It does have a bit of a debut author feel, but was well-plotted, with fascinating characters and world building. Some twists were predictable, but some I did not see coming at all. I can't wait to read the rest of the trilogy.

But the rest of the trilogy may have to wait a while because I started The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson. My friend has been hounding me to read Stormlight for months so I finally gave in. I'm only about 100 pages in so far, but I can already tell this world is massive and well thought out. I'm looking forward to seeing where the story goes!

I'm currently reading Age of Assassins by RJ Barker. I'm only about a quarter of the way through and I'm really enjoying it so far! Interesting world building, an enjoyable protagonist, and a gripping plot. I'm excited to see where this story goes!

Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky

David Copperfield is ok. I really liked the writing style and found the characters interesting. It dragged on for too long though and the main character didn't have much agency throughout the story which can be frustrating.