Just read "Will of the Many" by James Islington. It was fantastic. The sequel "Strength of the Few" just came out. I'm holding off reading it though because i know I'll inhale it.

The Napoleonic Wars: A Global History - takes a look at a bunch of international context around the time. Quite interesting so far (but I'm only a few chapters in).

War for the Oaks - urban fantasy from 1987! The main character gets drafted by the fae to help them in a fae war. I'm also not very far into this one.

Dune: Children of Dune

So I'm aware of the major plot device in God Emperor Dune, the 4th book and I really wanted to find out how we get there. I've finally got to the last few chapters in Children of Dune and just read what happens to young Leto. It's so cool, I really hope there is some kind of promotion in the upcoming movie that hints at this scene or its outcome. I'm excited to read the next book, and I'll probably stop there.

Still listening to Words of Radiance… it’s so long! Thanksgiving travel is providing several hours worth of listening time and I’m still only 3/5ths through it. My Libby loan is gonna run out on Sunday and I’m honestly not sure I’m gonna make it. I have and read a physical copy of The Way of Kings and while I rather like the narrators now that I’m used to them, I’m wondering if I’m just gonna have to continue with physical copies because I don’t do Audible and I can’t manage to get through a whole book in the three weeks or whatever that Libby gives me.

I picked up The Aeronaut’s Windlass again. It’s by Jim Butcher, who I have now learned also wrote the Dresden Files after reading this post! It’s a fun, cool read.

There’s almost two stories happening alongside each other. One about the cool, veteran ship captain trying to fix up his airship after the opening scene. The other about a group of young people almost out of the guards academy. I think I like all of them.

I really like the worldbuilding. Something happened to the surface of the Earth (I presume) and now humanity lives in a few giant spires, growing mana crystals to power airships to fly between them. On top of being a sucker for flying sailing ships (thanks Treasure Planet), I like how there isn’t really one exposition dump at any point about how the tech works, just context clues about why the current tech being discussed is relevant.

There are also people that talk to cats. It’s a little weird, but I like the cats enough to not be put off by it.

I'm on my way through Revelation Space, current listening to Redemption Ark. It's a great series for my daily commute!

about 1/3 of the way through right now, and having been a lot more glued to 'the dispossessed' not even a week ago, this is a bit of a slog.

I'm most of the way through The Hobbit, it's fine. It's a kids book, so I wasn't expecting a masterpiece.

I also fell a few weeks behind Dracula Daily, but I finished that last night. Can't say I really enjoyed it outside of a few parts (Lucy was the most interesting) but it's a classic so I'm glad I can say I've read it now.

Just started "Arctic Chill" by Arnaldur Indriðason, And on the side lots on using and cooking on a Kamado