Finished The Alloy of Law by Brandon Sanderson. Book 1 of 2nd era of Mistborn. This was a very interesting book. Set about 300 years after the first era. The changes in the world, and to learn about some of the characters, it was all very interesting, and I am very glad that I re-read the first era before reading this.
Finished Five on a Treasure Island by Enid Blyton. The book was surprisingly good. I quite enjoyed it, and it didn’t even feel old.
My kid is already on book 5. So, highly recommended your for your 9-12 year olds.
What about all of you? What have you been reading or listening to lately?
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I was really happy with the mistborn era 2 books! I loved the original trilogy and hated the idea of the second era books, but when I actually read them I was blown away and now am an avid Cosmere reader.
I just recently finished Green Mars, book 2 of Kim Stanley Robinson’s Mars trilogy. Really interesting series. It has a peculiar narrative that makes it feel like the planet or the civilization of the planet as a whole is the driving force of the narrative and the characters are secondary. I didnt really find myself attached to the characters in the first novel but by the end of the second one they had grown on me quite a bit.
I also finished re-reading Dawn by Octavia E Butler. I’ll re-read the other two books in the series soon but needed a break because that book is a bit heavy emotionally. Just very bleak in some ways. Super good though, and very provoking.
I also also am casually re-listening to Steven Brand’s narration of Anthony Ryan’s “Raven’s Shadow” trilogy which is really cool.