And another month is over – I can’t believe it’s almost 2018!
It wasn’t a good month for me when it comes to reading. I finished 2 books, dnf a couple more and had a slight reading slump.
Now it’s all good again. I am re-reading the awesome Stormlight Archive series by Brandon Sanderson and am enjoying myself!
Here’s what I read
Black Sun Rising / C. S. Friedman –> finished! 2/5 Stars. My review is here. Promising setting and magic system, disappointing storyline, that was a bit all over the place and featured characters I couldn’t root for. I expected more. Will not continue, but might check out another of the author’s series at some point. Just not this one.
The Bazaar of Bad Dreams / Stephen King –> finished! 4/5 Stars. Review is coming. Much, much better than I thought. Good variety, only a couple stories I didn’t like. It helped that the stories were really short sometimes, as I was just getting out of my reading slump. I was able to put it down often and not lose the plot. Ended up reading it much quicker than expected though.
The Way of Kings Part 1/ Brandon Sanderson –> Reread. 327/592. Yup, I own the two part version if this book. I will still count it as one though. More than halfway done with this first part and I love it so much. Even more than the first time reading it, if that’s even possible ๐
What I want to read in December
Words of Radiance & Oathbringer / Brandon Sanderson –> Yes, I am glad I started from the beginning again. Makes me even more excited to finally pick up Oathbringer!
What I am watching
Shannara still. We are waiting for the last episodes on the Syfy channel. It’s been good for the most part, but some episodes have felt like fillers. I am tired of Will moping and whining all the time and CAN THEY PLEASE STOP MAKING ALLANON LOOK LIKE A PUSSY ALL THE TIME?! He’s a mighty druid, he shouldn’t be captured & get beaten up all the time ๐
Apart from that we are looking forward to starting American Gods soon. I just bought the DVD, yay!
We watched one episode of The Walking Dead and left it at that ๐ No wish to continue, it’s all the same anyways. This series is not developing, it’s stuck.
Also…. It’s Cricket Season now, and the Aussies love it to death. They enjoy watching a day-long game in which almost NOTHING happens…. I get the Big Bash league, that’s more interesting. But those day games.. Nah
(I hope Mr DZ does not see that…^^)
I’m with you, can’t believe November is done and ’18 is almost here. * screams and panics and runs in circles *
Well, ok, maybe not quite. But my goodness, I feel like I blinked and ’17 is goooooone!
Glad to hear that Sanderson has gotten you out of a slump. Magnificent writer.
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It was a really fast year!! Lots of stuff going on though, I feel like I didn’t catch a break. And we only went on a 5-day holiday. Need more! ๐
I plan to take some days off in December though. Will you be working less the coming month as well?
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Well, if work continues to slow down I’ll be taking time off. But outside of work, things should be simpler than November because we’re not doing anything for Christmas w/ anyone…
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I did NOT like the Shannara show. I just can’t quit The Walking Dead.
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Hey, sometimes reading slumps happen! And Black Sun Rising was a big book, right? So it feels like it should count for more than one. ๐
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Haha, it was, you are right ๐
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Ah I felt that way about Walking Dead a while ago, I was thinking of picking it up again, but good to know, sounds like it’s still stuck in a rut ๐
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I’m going to reread The Stormlight Archives as well before Oathbringer is published in Germany. I hope they will translate it as fast as possible. But I’m not sure if Heine sold the copyrights to Piper, as they did with Wax and Wayne. I would hate to have another Sanderson series in different editions on my shelf. (Wax and Wayne book 1 and 2 look so awful next to each other mรคh)
But there is no way I will read Oathbringer in English. I KNOW I would miss all the perfect details AND THIS IS NOT GONNA HAPPEN!!!
(Btw I had a lot of month’ this year in which I did not finish a single book – so just don’t care)
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I’m a cricket fanatic and love all forms of the game so it’ll be a good winter for me!
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I’m glad you got out of the slumpy feel of November by the end. I ordered Words of Radiance so hopefully I can just binge those two next year. Oathbringer not yet as I’ll wait on the paperback that matches my others, haha. ๐
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