Think of this thread as a mid year review:
How many have you read and are you on track?
Favorite reads of the year so far?
Least favorite reads of the year?
Any new releases you are looking forward to?
Think of this thread as a mid year review:
How many have you read and are you on track?
Favorite reads of the year so far?
Least favorite reads of the year?
Any new releases you are looking forward to?
According to my stats on Storygraph, my goal was 25 books for the year and I’m sitting at 38 books read. I shouldn’t have been so conservative with my goal I think.
Favorite? Probably “The Book that Wouldn’t Burn” by Mark Lawrence. The worldbuilding and character work are just phenomenal. Another best book is The Crippled God (started Malazan last fall and finished it early this year).
Least favorite? Babel. I don’t even count it as read since I couldn’t get beyond chapter 4. I loved Poppy War and my book club was reading Babel but it was just so flat. One-dimensional characters and too preachy and on-the-nose. I don’t mind messaging in books but this wasn’t even nuanced or natural.
New Release? I backed Sanderson’s Kickstarter, so I am waiting for my physical copy of Yumi and the Nightmare Painter so I can read that in print. I read the other 2 secret Projects in ebook form but this one I want the new book smell experience.
I just got The Book That Wouldn’t Burn and am reading it next. I’m happy to see the world-building and characters hold true to Lawrence’s usual level.
it’s excellent. I liked Broken Empire and I loved Book of the Ancestor but this seems like it’s on another level.