This week has been pretty quiet in terms of reading. I’ve pretty much spent all my time this week finishing my reread of Brent Weeks’ The Blinding Knife and following up with the new release The Broken Eye. These books are HUGE. The Broken Eye comes in at 816 pages or 29 hrs and 33 mins in audiobook format. I won’t say too much more – my full review will come out next week, so keep an eye out for it if you want to know my thoughts on it. Coming so close on my reread of Robin Hobb’s Realm of the Elderlings reading challenge I’m rather epic fantasied out. I definitely need to take a break with some cutesy contemporary romance – Rainbow Rowell, Stephanie Perkins, I’m looking at you – or some cozy cat mysteries or some contemporary urban fantasy such as The Dresden Files. I suspect I’ll just flick through my Kindle’s library and see what takes my eye. Next week sees the release of the first in a collaborative contemporary fantasy series by Cassandra Clare and Holly Black, The Iron Magisterium, so that my hit the spot. Added to my library this week The Heir of Fire by…
[book-info title=”Words of Radiance” author=”brandon-sanderson-2″] First of all my apologies about the incomplete Alienated review that went – briefly – live this morning. I have been so engrossed in Words of Radiance I didn’t get around to writing the Alienated review in time. It will be written after Words of Radiance. So, Words of Radiance. I am approximately 40% of the way through the 48-hour long audiobook version of Words of Radiance. Here are my initial thoughts on this first half. A full review will come later. There are some spoilers ahead so I’ll add a cut to be sure.