What have you read/watched/played/created/listened to this year?
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Read in the last year
Dungeon Crawler Carl books 1-7 by Matt Dinniman (twice). Will reread again when the next book comes out. Found this series last December and it's one of my favorites now
Dune books 1-4 by Frank Herbert. No interest in continuing, but I can see why they're famous. This series ate up the majority of my reading time because I found it hard to read in long blocks like I'm want to do.
The Commonwealth Saga by Peter F Hamilton. Sci-fi with a couple of interesting ideas within. Not something I'll reread. Very male gazey.
Isles of the Emberdark by Brandon Sanderson. Solid entry in the Cosmere. Nice expansion to Sixth of the Dusk. Probably not a great starting point to The Cosmere, since there's a good amount of cross knowledge utilized in this book.
Night Angel Trilogy by Brent Weeks. Nostalgia reread, read this a lot in high school. More male gazey than I remembered, which is a minor shame. But overall a fun time
Night Angel Nemesis by Brent Weeks. Follow-up to the Night Angel Trilogy. Not as good, the forced first-person compared to the original Trilogy really hampers this one. Sequel is coming out next year
The Black Prism and The Subtle Knife by Brent Weeks. First two books in The Lightbringer Series. Reread, first reread since the whole series came out. The first three books are really good. The last two are a bit rough around the edges.