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I've started Joe Abercrombie's The First Law again. I got maybe halfway through it a few years ago but wasn't feeling it. It might have been because the narrator didn't click with me, so this time I'm reading rather than listening. I'm also about 80% through Sanderson's The Way of Kings, I wasn't not enjoying it up to this point but it's really picking up now.
Other than those there's the usual slew of series I'm wading through that never seem to end, Dresden Files, Alex Verus, Mercy Thompson, In Death, Incryptid. I've got ebooks of everything and I basically rotate chapter by chapter on my tablet, taking a break for an old book club podcast whenever I'm up to the right place in The Way of Kings (The Duke and Duchess Book Club - they did Kingkiller Chronicles, Gentleman Bastards, Stormlight Archives and Malazan Book of the fallen).
I gave up on the way of kings twice, 400+ pages in and nothing happens. I get that it's a massive saga that requires a ton of world building etc., but all of his other books are much easier to lean into.
At this point I'm not sure I'll try again.
Well, Alex Verus has finished so there's that.
I remember that The Way of Kings was a bit slow to start, but didn't realise it was this slow. I have been planning a re-read in anticipation of the 5th book, so nice to adjust my expectations.