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What book(s) are you currently reading or listening to? May 19 (discuss.online)
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Had a busy week, so couldn't get much reading done. So still at pretty much the same place in Rosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuire (first book in her October Daye urban fantasy series).

What about all of you? What have you been reading or listening to lately?

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[–] 6 points 5 months ago (1 child)

I just finished up The Expanse with the final novella after restarting the series on book 7 last week and now I'm back into fantasy land with book 10 of The Wheel of Time, Crossroads of Twilight. Sadly this is the lowest rated of the series and supposedly the "final boss" of "the slog" between books 6 and 11. Robert Jordan is just so easy to read and/or listen to though so I'm still having a good time, even if not a lot happens. I'll probably plan on polishing off the remaining 4 books after this and then I need to decide what series I'll start next.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago

    Having recently finished book 10, yeah, it's sort of difficult. It's kind of the culmination of Jordan's navel gazing where the whole book has maybe two chapters that move the plot along, and not a lot at that. Practically nothing happens, and the progress could've been just quickly summarized in the next book. Note that I did like the book, and I'm not saying it's bad or anything, just sort of emblematic of what I find most annoying about Jordan's writing. Luckily, the next book picks up the pace considerably and develops a sense of urgency.

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