Just finished Kings of the Wyld, by Nicholas Eames. It has got to be one of the best books I've read in a LONG time. The characters are great, and the writing was really enjoyable. I was literally laughing out loud, cheering, and even crying at parts of this book. I highly recommend it.

Finished Convenience Store Woman, by Sayaka Murata -It was a short book (and the actual physical book is small) but it was interesting. It was also surreal and tried to touch on large philosophical concepts. I'm not sure if I *like it or not. But I definitely enjoyed the way Murata ended it.

Started Kings of the Wyld, by Nicholas Eames -This has been on my TBR for ages. I'm trying the Deck of Books idea that floated around here a few weeks ago, and Kings of the Wyld was the first pick. I'm enjoying it so far. And just found out the sequel is coming out soon which means another book for my TBR.

Just finished Storm Glass, by Jeff Wheeler.

Just started Kings of the Wyld, by Nicolas Eames.

I have a week off so I got lots of reading I plan to do. I've got many books I am reading currently that I'll list in order of least amount read. Kings of the Wyld, by Nicholas Eames. I have sort of stalled with this book. Fantasy does that to me sometimes. A Walk in the Woods, by Bill Bryson, also sort of stalled with this book because I came down with the cold and couldn't concentrate. And The More I See You, by Lynn Kurland. I started this book over a month ago but due to depression, stress, and a resulting reading slump I couldn't enjoy or focus on the book. I finally got back on track with it and am down to the last 80 or so pages. Hopefully I'll finish it off today!

I am hoping to start A Walk in the Woods, by Bill Bryson either today or tomorrow. I am down to the last 150 pages or so of The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey, by Rinker Buck. This has been the start of my foray into non-fiction and so far I'm enjoying it. Its amazing how finding the right book can change your mind about an entire section of books. Glad I decided to give it a shot.

I am also working on Kings of the Wyld, by Nicholas Eames. I had heard it was funny and bought it a while back as an eBook. I decided I could pace myself with it to balance out the non-fiction I am reading. It is very enjoyable so far.

Finished Kings of the Wyld, by Nicholas Eames and Babel-17, by Samuel R. Delany. Liked Kings of the Wyld a lot. Babel-17 was interesting but the audiobook version detracted a bit from the total experience for me.

Currently half way through Carrie, by Stephen King.

Finished Sea of Rust, by C.Robert Cargill and American Gods, by Neil Gaiman.

About a third of the way through both Kings of the Wyld, by Nicholas Eames and Babel-17, by Samuel R. Delany.

I finished: Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eames, The Lions of Al-Rassan by Guy Gavriel Kay, and Circe by Madeline Miller.

I'm currently reading The Traitor Baru Cormamont by Seth Dickinson and Norse Mythology by Niel Gaiman

This week I finished Kings of the Wyld, by Nicholas Eames. That book was a lot of fun. I started reading All Systems Red, by Martha Wells Haven't heard anything about it; but it sounds like a cool story... I'm on chapter 4 and so far so good.

Beauty Queens, by Libba Bray
The author's voice acting is pretty impressive. A fun and cheesy romp of a book, with joking criticisms of Western society. I thought the villain country leader was a bit lackluster, and could have contributed more to the satire than he actually did. There were also so many characters that no one character arc was really explored properly, but I guess the wackiness was top priority.

Kings of the Wyld, by Nicholas Eames
Not really what I was hoping for. It was mentioned as a story that begins after the hero's party has saved the world, but the story's structure was still a standard adventurer story. Hero collects companions one by one, fights against the big bad in a huge final battle, and everyone goes home happy. It was still kind of fun, just nothing genre-defying.

The Road, by Cormac McCarthy
I didn't enjoy the book. It didn't make me feel sad, or bleak. The characters were extremely featureless - a totally generic father and son for everyone to project themselves onto. I'm not a parent, and the son felt more like a parent's cute-child ideal than a real person in development. I was super frustrated by the lack of explanation of how the world was depopulated and morally degraded so quickly. The lack of explanation behind anything at all meant I just couldn't get into the story.

I’m about 100 pages in with Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eames and I’ve loved every bit of it!

Finished:

Kings of the Wyld, by Nicholas Eames. I didn't love it as much as I thought I would but it was a fun fantasy with great characters. It just got kind of messy towards the middle, but maybe that's just me. I'd give it a 3.5/4 out of 5.

Bird Box, by Josh Malerman. I mean, I liked it... it was a nice fast-paced thriller, and that's it. I'll watch the film in the near future, but I suspect it could be one of those cases that the film is probably better than the book. 3/5.

Will start:

The Haunting of Hill House, by Shirley Jackson. I just gave into the hype, lol. I really want to see the tv series but I just want to read the book first, even though they're apparently not very similar. Still, excited about this one!