Finished The Bands of Mourning by Brandon Sanderson, 3rd book in the 2nd era of Mistborn!
Read last 150 or so pages in a single sitting. Very interesting where the story is going.
After finishing it, I wanted to focus on the other books I was reading but the ending made me start the Mistborn: Secret Histories novella right away.
The novella takes place in Era 1 (at least as far as I have read) but the recommended order is after The Bands of Mourning, as mentioned at the end of the book. Pretty interesting so far.
Still Readings Ultra-processed Food by Chris van Tulleken and The Bullet Journal Method by Ryder Caroll, but at very slow pace. Going to focus on them one at a time to speed them up.
What about all of you? What have you been reading or listening to lately?
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I finished Ghost Story by Jim Butcher. This was my least favourite book the first two times and I wasn’t looking forward to it, but it was really good this time through. I think it’s because I read a physical book instead of listening to the audiobook this time, and this one is much slower and more contemplative. Memories are such an important part of this story, so being able to read entire pages of scene-setting, that go in detail into everything that Dresden was seeing & feeling, and everything they mean to him, were much more effective in a medium that lets you sit with things for a moment and really take it all in. Loved it.
I’m in Fellowship of the Ring now, gonna alternate these with Dresden files. I only just watched the films for the first time in the last year or so and I read The Hobbit last month (didn’t watch those ones). No thoughts on it yet except I’m glad we didn’t stick around in Hobbiton for very long, I really don’t like the people there for the most part.
Ghost Story is contentious, it’s just such a huge change of pace from the typical book in the series, and much more introspective. I enjoy it more and more each time I read it though.