I got on an Asimov kick this year reading the 3 Robot books and just about finishing up the 6 Foundation books.

Also read 2 books by DJ Molles (Terminus and Sanctuary) in the Lee Harden series. I've been reading that series a while and always enjoy them. It's a Zombie/post apocalyptic series, but less about the zombie stuff overall now and more of survivors now. Fast, easy reads if you are into that genre.

I think I'm starting the Hyperion series next, always have wanted to dig into that one.

Read Flowers for Algernon for the first time... I knew the ending was coming, but man that was sad...

That is a great episode!

Death of Kings(Saxon Stories Book 6) by Bernard Cornwell

Just finished "Holly" by King, not a fan. The political interjections were way over the top.

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Just finished "Holly" by King, not a fan. The political interjections were way over the top.

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The Last book in the gwendy trilogy got political. Wish he'd go back to doing cocaine

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Just finished "Holly" by King, not a fan. The political interjections were way over the top.

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The Last book in the gwendy trilogy got political. Wish he'd go back to doing cocaine

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I miss Cocaine King.

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Just finished "Holly" by King, not a fan. The political interjections were way over the top.

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The Last book in the gwendy trilogy got political. Wish he'd go back to doing cocaine

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I miss Cocaine King.

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There are only two authors I have found whose outside opinions bleed enough into their work that I cannot stomach the books anymore. RF Kuang and King. Oh how the king has fallen.

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Just finished "Holly" by King, not a fan. The political interjections were way over the top.

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The Last book in the gwendy trilogy got political. Wish he'd go back to doing cocaine

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I'm a huge SK fan (for the most part) and have never heard of that series, I'll have to add it to the queue.

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Just finished "Holly" by King, not a fan. The political interjections were way over the top.

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Same thoughts and I so looked forward to that book! No real supernatural stuff but take shots at meat eaters, trumpers, and anti-vaxxers!

yeah, the covid stuff was obnoxious and has not aged well.

That car accident jacked him up mentally and physically.

Finished Dune. Now I am trying to decide whether or not to reread Dune Messiah or try a new book.

The Year of Dresden rolls on....


Completed YTD:

Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries #6)
Supernova in the East IV
Blood Rites (The Dresden Files #6)
Dead Beat (The Dresden Files #7)
Proven Guilty (The Dresden Files #8)
White Night (The Dresden Files #9)
Small Favor (The Dresden Files #10)
Turn Coat (The Dresden Files #11)
Changes (The Dresden Files #12)
Side Jobs (Stories from the Dresden Files #12.5)

Ghost Story (The Dresden Files #13) - just finished

Currently Reading:
Brief Cases (The Dresden Files - second anthology of short stories)
Supernova in the East V - Dan Carlin
Lives of the Stoics (The Art of Living from Zeno to Marcus Aurelius) - Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman

I have #17, 18 & 19 left to read on Dresden. How are you liking them?

Started the Raven's Shadow series by Anthony Ryan. Not bad.

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I have #17, 18 & 19 left to read on Dresden. How are you liking them?

Started the Raven's Shadow series by Anthony Ryan. Not bad.

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Love them so far. Just a blast of a series.

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I have #17, 18 & 19 left to read on Dresden. How are you liking them?

Started the Raven's Shadow series by Anthony Ryan. Not bad.

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Really interested in what you think when you get to books 2 and 3. I absolutely loved Blood Song and was keen to dig into the rest of them when some life distractions took over and when I got back to thinking about them, my sister had mentioned her major disappointment with them which led me to never getting around to ordering them myself as I trust her views. I normally never both with reviews and whatnot but peeked around and it seemed to be a general consensus across the board. With some even entering the "WTF happened" realm by the end of the third book. Still think about them from time to time though.

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I have #17, 18 & 19 left to read on Dresden. How are you liking them?

Started the Raven's Shadow series by Anthony Ryan. Not bad.

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Really interested in what you think when you get to books 2 and 3. I absolutely loved Blood Song and was keen to dig into the rest of them when some life distractions took over and when I got back to thinking about them, my sister had mentioned her major disappointment with them which led me to never getting around to ordering them myself as I trust her views. I normally never both with reviews and whatnot but peeked around and it seemed to be a general consensus across the board. With some even entering the "WTF happened" realm by the end of the third book. Still think about them from time to time though.

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If I recall, I think I read this series or one of his and it started out amazing and then, yes, it absolutely sucked by the third book or so. Pretty sure this is the guy.

Stormlight #3: Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson
Dawnshard by Brandon Sanderson
Stormlight #4: Rhythm of War by Brandon Sanderson
The Lost Metal by Brandon Sanderson in-progress

Took me over 2.5 months to read the first 2/3 of this one and then a few days to read the last 1/3. I guess the Sanderlanche got me with that one.

Overall, I enjoyed it as always. This one really sets some major things up, so I'm glad I only have to wait until December for the next one. Going to be a long wait after that though until he does the last 5 Stormlight books, but at least there will be more Cosmere in-between.

Once I finish The Lost Metal, I honestly need to read some summaries/wikis to help me better piece things together. I just took too long reading these to remember everything.

Random thoughts.

Jasnah's handling of Ruthar was awesome, and the storyline with Maya and the Honorspren was great once it got going.

Not Teft!

I definitely didn't expect Taravangian to kill Rayse and then claim Odium's power. I kind of wanted to see where Rayse took things, but it does seem like Taravangian is a more dangerous villain.

Holy **** a seon! I know many find Elantris to be one of his lesser works, but I enjoyed it and definitely can't wait for more Elantris someday.

I don't really need to keep notes anymore on the rest of my reading order, but the final items I had planned are:

• Other Cosmere short stories
• Stormlight 5 once it is released later this year

I guess I can read some of the newer standalone as well. Also, anyone read White Sands? I think I saw that a novelization may be released in the future, so I might check it out then.

The Pagan Lord(Saxon Stories Book 7) by Bernard Cornwell

Ghost Story seems to get a lot of negativity from people, but I love such a low-key, personal, introspective story after the epicness of Changes. Every time I go back through Ghost Story, I like it even more.

And then you get the awesomeness of Cold Days and Skin Game.

I'm on it. I'll let you know. Should be done by next week.

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Ghost Story seems to get a lot of negativity from people, but I love such a low-key, personal, introspective story after the epicness of Changes. Every time I go back through Ghost Story, I like it even more.

And then you get the awesomeness of Cold Days and Skin Game.

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While I didn't love Ghost Story as much as the ones immediately prior to it, it was still really damn good. An interesting take on how he had to make do without his usual bull in a china shop self.