Finished Royal Assassin by Robin Hobb and definitely enjoyed it. But I’m really just in this trilogy to get to the Liveship Traders everyone talks so much about. Glad to be enjoying the journey!

Started Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie but just a few pages in, seems like it will be an easy read. Also plan on picking up Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover this week.

Last night I finished Doctor Sleep, by Stephen King. I ended up enjoying this one more than I thought I was going to. It wasn't set up the way I thought a sequel to The Shining would be set up (which was cool), and I thought the concept of the True Knot was interesting, and it had a non-terrible ending (which is always a plus for King).

But because I was focused on finishing up that one, I barely made any progress on Royal Assassin, by Robin Hobb this week. I like how things are going so far though, not what I expected! I'll pick up a second book today, probably something non-fiction since I've been reading novels only for a few weeks now.

Still reading Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI, by David Grann this week. Part One was slow going, probably because it was a lot of background information that I was already familiar with. Things are picking up in Part Two, which focuses more on the investigation. Something about this book is not quite right, for me, though. The subject matter is interesting, but it's almost like the author's writing style makes it less interesting in the telling. Will still finish to see how the case ends.

Also still reading Royal Assassin, by Robin Hobb and enjoying it so far. I think there are some intrigues happening that Fitz doesn't know about and I'm waiting to see how all that unravels.

Finished The Black Echo, by Michael Connolly.

Started Royal Assassin, by Robin Hobb.

This week I'm still reading Royal Assassin, by Robin Hobb, and I picked up Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI, by David Grann, too. Killers of the Flower Moon was my Book of the Month pick back in April of 2017, so it's about time I finally get around to reading it!

Just finished Red Dragon by Thomas Harris. I liked it overall, but thought Silence of the Lambs was much better. There was something a little by the numbers about Red Dragon, especially regarding Francis Dolarhyde but I suppose it's because it was one of the first successful books in this genre and probably got recycled countless times. Harris is a much better writer than what you usually see in this genre though so that always helps.

Also started Royal Assassin (Book 2 of the Farseer Trilogy) by Robin Hobb. I loved Assassin's Apprentice and I plan on making my way through the whole Realm of the Elderlings series.

Finished Assassin's Apprentice, by Robin Hobb and I absolutely loved it.

Started Royal Assassin, by Robin Hobb which is also really great so far, even though I haven't gotten far. She's such a good writer, I can't believe I've never read anything by her before. I love her characters and their interactions with each other. Next is Assassin's Quest then probably the Liveship Traders trilogy!

I finished Royal Assassin, by Robin Hobb, and Assassin's Quest, by Robin Hobb. (All in all I read the whole Farseer trilogy over the last week and a half). It was quite good, but I won't be reading the Tawny Man or Fitz and Fool any time soon. I've checked out a bit of a summary/spoilers on both of the following trilogies, but find that I like the Farseer trilogy as a standalone better. There is such a good ending to it that everything else would spoil it a bit IMO.

I also started reading Nightrunner's first book Luck in the Shadows, by Lynn Flewelling, and I'm a bit meh about it. I mean, it reads easily and I'll probably finish it, but it also reads like fanfiction of itself and more of a 'this has to happen because of PLOT and because I want the characters to be gaaay' rather than a genuine and realistic fantasy world. It's a bit too YA for me, I guess, but since I'm reading it because of its LGBT focus, I can't really complain too much either. I just wish it were a bit more like A Land Fit For Heroes (Richard K Morgan), but I haven't found anything as honest with its LGBT characters as that in some years. (Recommendations welcome always! Hehe. :D!)

Currently reading Royal Assassin, by Robin Hobb

This week I'm getting started on Doctor Sleep, by Stephen King. There are a lot of interesting elements in the book so far, and some interesting characters, so I'm definitely intrigued to see where things go with this one. It's not set up in the way I thought a sequel to The Shining would start, which I also like. The only thing that's bugging me so far is the collection of nicknames for the members of the True Knot (Crow Daddy, Walnut, Jimmy Numbers, Pea and Pod, etc.) . I'm sure there's some reason for it, but it just comes off as goofy.

Over the weekend I finished Assassin's Apprentice, by Robin Hobb, which I really enjoyed. Hobb handles her characters well and does a great job of writing the twists and turns of political intrigue. But it is definitely a prime example for why I don't read a series until it's complete. The book is fine on its own, but there is a lot of backstory and set up for the rest of the trilogy as well, so I couldn't imagine having to wait a year (or years!) to read the next part. Later today I'll be starting Royal Assassin, by Robin Hobb, and I'm excited to see where the story goes!

Royal Assassin - Book 2 of the Farseer Trilogy by Robin Hobb. I'm almost done and it's been really, really great. Big improvement over the first one, which I really enjoyed as well. This one has higher stakes, better character development, more detailed world-building, better everything. I am planning on reading the entire Realm of the Elderlings series eventually.

I will be starting on The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco within the next day or two.

Finished Royal Assassin, by Robin Hobb

Started Rivers of London, by Ben Aaronovitch