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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Elodan" data-source="post: 9749142" data-attributes="member: 8006">Realized I haven't posted since Jan 1.  Here's what I've read so far this year.Konosuba: Light Novels 1 and 2, Manga Vol 1 - Loved the anime and loving the novels and manga.  Each give a different and fun angle to the story.Eminence in Shadow through Vol 12.- Fun series.  The premise and main character crack me up.Solo Leveling through Vol 12.- Volume 13 (the final) on its way.  Would have liked more character development.Thieves' World Books 7 - 12; various- As with all anthologies, stories were pretty hit or miss.  I did think the series came back after a book 6 that has me almost give up on the series.  Ended was more hopeful than I expected.Invincible through Vol 10.- Great series.Candle and Crow (Ink & Sigil series), Kevin Hearne- Good ended to a decent series.A Tide of Black Steel, Anthony Ryan- One of my current favorite fantasy authors.Running with the Deity (Pip and Flinx series), Alan Dean FosterTrouble Magnet (Pip and Flinx series), Alan Dean Foster- Fun series.  Stories are getting a little repetitive.Stories of the American Revolution, Thomas FlemingFive Broken Blades, Mai Corland- Enjoyed, going to pick up the next in the series.Left-Handed Booksellers of London, Garth NixSinister Booksellers of Bath, Garth Nix- Didn't realize this was a YA series when I picked it up.  Enjoyable.Memories Legion, James S A Corey- Expanse short stories.  Good stuff.Children of Dune, Frank Herbert- Things are starting to get weird.The Holy Terrors, Simon R Green- Simon has a template for his series now.  Characters and story were interesting.Foundation and Earth, Isaac Asimov- I enjoyed the character interactions.Game Wizards, Jon Peterson- Great history on the early history of D&D and TSR.  Peterson tries to get to clever with his writing.The Icarus Twin, Timothy Zhan- Enjoyable.  Will continue the series.Eye of the World, Robert Jordan- I typically pass on novels over 500 pages as I feel most get too meandering.  I'm not a purple prose fan.  Good story in a book that feels like the 800 pages it takes up.  Most likely going to pick up the next book.  Iffy on the series.Empire of Silence, Christopher Ruocchio- Another 800 pager.  Never felt like like a long book as the story kept me hooked.  When I was done, I realized I kept reading in the hopes something interesting was going to happen.  Not going to pick up the next one.All Fun and Games (Case Files of Henri Davenforth series), Honor Raconteur- One of my guilty pleasure series.  An FBI detective is kidnapped by a witch and brought to a world when magic is real.  She ends up working with a magical examiner at a local police station.  A combo of Sherlock Holmes and a romance.The Infernus Gate (The Seven Swords series), Anthony Ryan- Good conclusion to the series, seven novellas in total.Rapport, Martha Wells- Somewhat disappointing.  No Murderbot but rather a side adventure with Peri the sentient ship.Currently reading Harbinger of Justice (Shadowbinders series) by Andrew Watson.- Good start to the series.</blockquote>

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