Finished The Way of Kings

I finally finished reading The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson. This book took me longer than usual to read for a couple reasons. One, it's freaking HUGE. It is a massive book, but unlike a lot of books of that size, I didn't feel the story was padded to fill space. There was simply that much story to tell. Second reason it took me a while to read is related to the first reason... it was so big, I didn't want to lug it back and forth to work with me. I do most of my reading on the bus or on Trax, so I like using my Nook or a light paperback. Hauling a brick (or cement block) back and forth every day wasn't ideal, and I didn't want to shell out the bucks to buy the ebook as well as the hardback.

So it took me a while. But it was worth it. I think it's Brandon's best book so far. And I've liked all his books. If you haven't read any of Brandon's stuff so far, this is a great place to start and see why everyone's talking.

Now that I've completed that mammoth book, I'm reading the Harry Potter books again. This time, though, I'm reading them in French. It's fun I can still read them in French, and for the most part, I read at about the same speed as English. I just get tripped up over the occasional word. But my droid phone has a translation app I can use to look up words, so it isn't too bad. I'm also eagerly awaiting The Fall by Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan, it's on reserve for me at the library. I really enjoyed The Strain they wrote, and I hope this one is just as good.

I've had to dial back my personal projects a bit. I need to concentrate on my work for Disney and make sure that gets enough attention, so I may not be posting updates here as frequently as I have been. I don't want to abandon it completely though.