I'm about to finish the second book in the mistborn series. Have you guys heard of fictionaries. They are supplemental dictionaries you can load on to your Kindle. So like I have one for Brandon Sanderson's cosamer series. Which is super helpful. I can like click a characters name and get a little synopsis, which with his love for character back stories is helpful. There are like different ones you can download so you don't get spoilers. It is made reading any of these books that have so much character, backstory and exposition way easier

I've been reading the Lonesome Dove series, not in order of publication, but in internal chronological order.

Dead Man's Walk
Comanche Moon
Lonesome Dove
Streets of Laredo

I would never have thought to read these books, but I was looking for something to read and my current favourite author, Joe Abercrombie, said Lonesome Dove was the best book he'd ever read so I thought I'd give 'em a whirl. I'm so glad I did. McMurty has such an excellent, calm, matter-of-fact way of telling these stories. I'm most of the way through Lonesome Dove at this point. I think that Comanche Moon is one of the oddest, but most authentic books about mid-19th century Western America I've ever read. The other thing that stands out to me is that each chapter could really be a short story that could stand on its own without any of the other context that the rest of the book provides. It's really a masterclass in storytelling. Can't recommend enough.

I'm enjoying Empress of the Nile which really is a female version of Indiana Jones.

Late in making this thread, but I just finished "Red Rising" by Pierce Brown.

It was a slow start, and veered way off course from where I thought it was going, but I really enjoyed it. I'd definitely recommend to anyone that is interested in 'Battle Royale' or 'Hunger Games' style stories. This one has a little more grown up context than those two however.

Edit: Trying to finish the last half of "Caliban's War" from the Expanse Series - I sat it down far too long ago and may need to start over. o.O

@McBinary I am still reading Red Planet Blues by Robert J. Sawyer. It's not bad. Tries very hard to be noir on Mars. I am a little over half way through. I would say pick it up if Detective Scifi is your thing, but definitely do not cancel any plans over it.

I'm just about to finish Halo: The Flood and move onto either Halo: First Strike or The Last Wish (since the new Witcher season is coming up).

Just got done re-reading Anansi Boys, and started a re-read of American Gods last night. (Yes, I know, I'm reading them out of order, shush.)

I'm reading The New Huey P Newton Reader. Interesting view from the inside of the Black Panther Party's formation and downfall.

Two books in progress:

• Deep Work by Cal Newport, and
• Tress of the Emerald Sea& by Brandon Sanderson

I'm going to try make some progress on them at least this weekend but there's a bunch of things going on with life stuff. Boy do I miss having nothing to do but read.

Recently finished the first Mistborn book which was AMAZING. Everyone was on point about Sanderson's ability to create an amazing climax and keep you invested in those last few hundred pages! I have around 200 pages left of The Eye of the World which has been better than I thought. Feels like going from the Shire to Rivendell but in one book. The world building is great and I am totally here for this series!

Just started Someone Like Me by M. R. Carey (known for The Girl With All The Gifts). Good so far but I really haven't gotten far.

Just finished maze runner. I picked it up almost randomly from the library and really liked it.

Currently been blasting through Martha Wells's Murderbot Diaries. I'm up to book 4 and they just get better and better each one.

Just finished Hitler's Secret, a really well written WW2 spy novel. Pretty page turning, I needed something lighter after some of the other things I was reading the well before. A bit unbelievable in parts but I find you usually expect that with thrillers sand it's best just to go with the flow!

Currently, Leviathan Falls, the last book in The Expanse series. I'm a little over halfway through. Which is a little bittersweet, since I've loved this series for a long time now, and I want to know how it ends... but also kinda don't want it to end.

Not sure what'll be next up, but probably one of Babel, The Kaiju Preservation Society, or The House in the Cerulean Sea, depending on my mood.