The Name of the Wind, by Patrick Rothfuss The first book in the Kingkiller Chronicles. It was ok. The magic system and worldbuilding was really well done, but the writing was lacking in a lot of areas. He kept on doing that thing where the author tells you "I know this is a storytelling trope but this is how it happened" and it doesn't come off as charming, just kind of hack-ish. I'll probably continue the series, though.

The Age of Innocence, by Edith Wharton Better than Pride and Prejudice imo. I actually cared about these characters. Also, idk how far back the manic pixie dream girl trope goes, but May Welland has to be one of the OG's, right?

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, by Haruki Murakami My first Murakami. I'm loving it so far. I don't read much on the weekends, but I started this on Friday and I'm already two-thirds done. Really cool ethereal style and imagery. Was recommended because I like DFW, and while I still like Wallace more, I plan on reading more Murakami in the future.

The Name of the Wind, by Patrick Rothfuss

Finished it last week, I picked it up after hearing a lot about it on here a while back. Half way through the sequel and while it isn't perfect, it's definitely a smooth read and chapters just seem to flow

Finished reading The Name of the Wind, by Patrick Rothfuss - I really enjoyed this book and plan to read the 2nd in the series soon. I've seen a few people who felt that it was very slow and nothing really happened throughout which I can agree with to a degree. Personally, the world itself caught me and I found myself counting the hours before I could get back to reading it again.

Started and finished Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut - This was an enjoyable short read although I feel that most of it went over my head :/

Started reading Salem's Lot, by Stephen King - I'm genuinely anxious to read this due to what I've heard about it. I'm not very good with horror in general and mostly avoid it. Not sure what I'm getting myself into here. Currently only about 20 pages in.

I started Fear, Trump in the white house by Bob Woodward. Only a few chapters in, seems pretty good so far.

Still reading The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss for like the fourth week in a row. I don't know, this one is really boring. It takes so long before anything happens at all. Yeah, the world is awesome, and the stories he gets told is pretty nice, but like, Kvothe himself seems really lame so far.

Finished: Interview With the Vampire, by Anne Rice Personally, I prefer her later works. IWTV is quite good, but she has become much more polished over time.

Started: The Name of the Wind, by Patrick Rothfuss I'm about 15% of the way in. It is shaping up to be very good.

This week I started reading The Name of the Wind, by Patrick Rothfuss. Amazing world building so far, and a very fun read. Can't wait to continue it!

Just finished:

The Name of the Wind, by Patrick Rothfuss: Holy moly bejoley... I honestly have to say I haven't been sucked in by a book like that in such a long time. I absolutely loved it and is officially my favorite book ever. I bought the 10th Anniversary Edition yesterday after finishing it.

Snuff, by Chuck Palahniuk: It was my first Palahniuk book and a lot of people consider this one of his weakest titles. I really enjoyed it, tore it up in a day. You have to have a pretty good sense of humor to like it, if not you may just puke.

Starting:

The Wise Man's Fear, by Patrick Rothfuss: It is the next book in the Kingkiller Chronicle series after The Name of the Wind. It comes in the mail tomorrow and CAN'T wait to start reading it!

Last week I finished:

Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol

I enjoyed this one, although I’m not sure I had the necessary background to fully appreciate it.

Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter

Clumsier than his short stories. It was an entertaining read but lacked the emotional gut-punch, and mostly I just wanted to hear about Pasquale and his inn and Italy and not everything that came after.

The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss

Kvothe’s inability to be bad at anything took a lot of the drama out of this story for me. I enjoyed hearing about his time in the town (trying not to spoil here), but… I don’t know. It seemed to lower the stakes because he would always get out of whatever situation by being the best or the cleverest at something.

Short things:

• “Turnabout” by William Faulkner (Collected Stories)
• “The Casual Car Pool” by Katherine Bell (Best American Short Stories 2006)
• “What I Saw from Where I Stood” by Marisa Silver (Best American Short Stories 2001)
• “The Old Badger Game” by Annie Proulx (Bad Dirt)
• “Novostroika” by Maria Reva (Best American Short Stories 2017)
• “The Brakes” by Jess Walter (We Live in Water)
• “Out on Bail” by Denis Johnson (Jesus’ Son)
• “The Wolf and the Wild” by Jess Walter (We Live in Water)

Working on:

• White Teeth by Zadie Smith
• Wolves in the Land of Salmon by David Moskowitz
• Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami (for /r/bookclub)
• All Systems Red by Martha Wells
• John Dies at the End, David Wong

I FINALLY finished The Name of the Wind, by Patrick Rothfuss . I guess it didn't take me that long. Only 5 weeks, but it felt like a long time for me. I have to say I was pretty disappointed in it. The writing, world-building, and plot were all amazing but I found the character of Kvothe to be a Mary Sue. Even when he did do wrong (though he was always, in some way, in the right), he got a leg up in the world. He was either infuriatingly perfect or ~dashingly roguish~. I will pick up the next book later this year, though.

I finished Spinning Silver, by Naomi Novik. Loved this book, though I wish the weather outside matched the winter of the novel. It was fun and interesting and had a unique premise (Judasim, Rumplestilskin, and ice faeries). I also loved the character of Miryem.

I finished The Book of Essie, by Meghan MacLean Weir as well. It was definitely lacking in a lot of ways but it was such a fun read. I adored the character of Essie, who was always one step ahead of all the adults. I guess I like my calculating young woman.

I'm starting:
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead. I'm about half way through and dang it's interesting. Loving Cora so far.

American War by Omar El Akkad. I guess I'm reading two books about the American Civil War, one from before the war and one after a fictional second war. I've only just read the intro and the language is beautiful and haunting and feels so realistic.

The Name of the Wind, by Patrick Rothfuss. Haven't spent too much time in high fantasy and read generally good things about it. I'm 17 chapters in and liking it so far! Excited to see where it goes.

finished The name of the wind, by Patrick Rothfuss, really good read, kind of petered out at the end but I guess it's a set up for the rest of the series.

starting Leviathan Wakes, by James S. A. Corey as I'm continuing my trend of not reading books in same series/ by same author back to back so I don't get burnt out. Looking forward to starting book 2 of KingKiller after this one though.

The Road to Wigan Pier, by George Orwell

Very acerbic. Almost nothing about the latter half of the book's critique of the Socialist intelligentsia and literati has become out-dated in the 80 or so years since publication. Nor for that matter, was the ever present existential threat of mechanisation and automation. That problem is nothing new to recent times, so it turns out. Had Orwell not died so young, he would have lived to see the glittering cities which capitalism continued to produce whilst mechanised dystopia was postponed - for however little borrowed time - during the remaining century, but now that the last hurrah is once again looming, the original question is back, and it's even more unclear how it will be resolved in our lifetime.

It's a good thing that the world he witnessed in the first half of the book - namely the plight of the coal working communities upon which all "better" classes relied - ultimately came to pass. It would have been interesting to see what Orwell would have thought of decolonialisation, the Atomic age, renewables, overhauled social wellfare.

Morning Star, by Pierce Brown

I blitzed through the Red Rising series. I hated myself for getting drawn into a book with all the trappings of the young adult genre, but I enjoyed the lot. I got through the first three in only a week. I'm experiencing a little fatigue, so I might put the fourth entry off for a little bit. It was a guilty pleasure, and I am unrepentant.

The Name of the Wind, by Patrick Rothfuss

Rubbish. I hated it. It belongs in the same tier of fantasy fiction with Shannara. How do people enjoy these old windbag tomes of high fantasy that haven't changed since the 70's? The old 70's classics at least have some appeal now, on nostalgia for something so dated yet so influential. These Kingkiller books on the other hand, are all that, but so, so much less. I've got no time for it anymore, and I'm moving on.

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, by John le Carré

I was a little disappointed with this one. I have been eager to get further into the George Smiley books, except so far out of the three I've read, Call for the Dead is still the best one so far. I suppose the earlier works were all learning experiences that eventually lead up to the renown Karla trilogy, but for the book which first made it into the charts for le Carré, I wasn't all that impressed.

The Name of the Wind, by Patrick Rothfuss

God damn it. This book made me angry. At first I felt that it disrespected my time with it's lame beginning. I had nearly all but given in but I stuck with it as the book finally limped into the 2^nd part of the book, where the story actually began to lead somewhere. Only then I had very mixed feelings towards realising too late that I'd been tricked into reading another magic school teen empowerment fantasy. Well shit.

At least I felt I could hope to stick with the book once I was already a few hundred pages in. Perhaps I would finally get a sense of the world Rothfuss was trying to... nope, the bloody protag happens to know everything immediately, because he is the Special. As the only point of view, if Kvothe doesn't learn, the reader cannot learn. Spouting fantasy babble and expecting to be amazed didn't stick well by me, but I had become invested, and I needed to see if Rothfuss's carnie messiah could at the very least get up to some interesting antics.

Sure enough, the boy genius is apparently a cross between Steerpike and Frank Zappa. The only thing the boy genius can't do, is grow the hell up. Petty teenage vendettas do not charming tales make. There is a reason the Potter puberty years made for the worst books of the lot. Hapless boys who appear oblivious to the sexual advances of girls cannot impress me. I've lived that first hand, thank you very much. I expected a book about a prodigal son with apparently impecable skills at music, performance, and guile, to at the very least be a dab hand at seduction. The boy gets all manners of witty, demure, gifted, and even downright freaky women to fall in love with him without demonstrably doing or saying much in the way of what was written down on the page, yet the book spends chapter after chapter of the ungrateful little smart alec sticking himself into the friend zone with a girl philanderer who drops him at the slightest provocation to chase after sugar daddies and whatever other nefarious associates. That's sad. Not only that. It's wretched.

I'd have given up the whole useless plot around running away from dragons whilst Kvothe's worthless excuse for a love interest got stoned, just to spend more time reading about picnics with the loopy girl who lived in the drain pipe, or the sultry moneylender with all the good books and the great sass.

Kvothe is plain and simple, a horrible role model, a very messy amalgam of all the author's blatant insecurities, and simply, a badly written character.

Now I know. I hate to leave a book unfinished. I had to go back, and I'm glad that I did, because I can put it behind me.

Finished Anna Karenina, by Leo Tolstoy fiiiiinally. Really enjoyed the beginning and the end but I thought parts of the middle were a grind.

Just started The Name of the Wind, by Patrick Rothfuss for a solid change of pace and something a little shorter.

Finished Lord of the Flies, by William Golding - Was expecting more from it. Did not enjoy it as much as I thought I would. Not a bad book, but not a great book.

Started The Name of the Wind, by Patrick Rothfuss - I had only read about 6 pages last night before passing out but am really looking forward to getting more into it later today.

Just started reading The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss

I finished The Fifth Elephant, by Terry Pratchett and Night Watch, by Terry Pratchett

Fifth Elephant was a good but not great Discworld novel. Night Watch on the other hand became one of my favorite books.

I started Deviant Calvinism, by Oliver Crisp and The Name of the Wind, by Patrick Rothfuss

I finished The Name of the Wind, by Patrick Rothfuss

I hated this book. It is maybe the worst book I’ve ever read. I’m almost in shock, because it is so highly rated on Goodreads.

Still reading:

The Sandman, by Neil Gaiman - I got this recently as a gift and started reading it on a road trip to visit family for Easter. I have never read a comic before. I'm a bit confused sometimes as to which parts of the page I'm supposed to read when. But otherwise, it's been fun.

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, by Ken Kesey - Really enjoying this book. It's very interesting to see things from Bromden's perspective. Kind of heartbreaking. Very well-written, IMO.

The Name of the Wind, by Patrick Rothfuss - I started this a few weeks ago on audiobook but quickly decided this was something I'd rather read than listen to. My library didn't have a copy, so they ordered one for me from another library, and I just got it a few days ago. This one has me immersed in the story. I love it thus far.

So I abandoned The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss for now because I feel like I'm having epic fantasy fatigue. Chose Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen for commute reading (This is the very first time I'm reading btw) and Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng for bedtime reading.

Edit: And Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis for my daughter's bedtime story.

Still reading Jerusalem, by Alan Moore It is very long.

Being and Time, by Martin Heidegger It is very confusing.

The Name of the Wind, by Patrick Rothfuss It is very good.

Lost Connections, by Johann Hari As someone who is currently prescribed antidepressants, it's a deeply frustrating look at the science and sociological factors of depression and anxiety. It's something that I haven't wanted to face for a long time, but it's necessary if I'm to move forward in battling depression. Being numb, or blissfully ignorant of the reality of these drugs and lulled into a false sense of security that can ultimately be described as numbness, isn't really a solution. Antidepressants feel more like a band-aid than a cure, and this book is helping me face the fear of weaning off these drugs with the help of my physician for the benefit of my overall health.

The Name of the Wind, by Patrick Rothfuss

• Read the first of the unfinished Kingkiller trilogy. Very well written, and a really amusing and likable cast. Excited for book two, I have to start soon. Final chapters were gripping as well, a great read.

The Hedge Knight, by George RR Martin -First Novella to the Knight of the Seven Kingdoms. I adored this book. Reading of the Courtly intrigue revolving around a tourney and a young Knight making an unexpected friend was such a visual read. World came alive as I read on.

The Sworn Sword, by George RR Martin

• an excellent second part to the Dunk and Egg novellas. Had a more rural, gloomy side to the world in contrast to the grandness of the first. Prose and dialogue alike was some of Martin’s best.

Finished:

True at First Light, by Ernest Hemingway

Good Omens, by Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett

Started:

The Name of the Wind, by Patrick Rothfuss

The Wastelands, by Stephen King

This has been great. I've finished reading this last night and the series just keeps getting better. I'm super excited to dive into the fourth book.

The Name of the Wind, by Patrick Rothfuss

This is the first audiobook that I've attempted, and I'm already 12 chapters in. Im loving the experience and just taking it slow and trying to paint the world in my mind. The narration is great and I catch myself laughing out loud or just smiling at some of the dialogue.

I finished The Road, by Cormac McCarthy and The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs, by Stephen Brusatte.

I have started The Name of the Wind, by Patrick Rothfuss.

Finshing up The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss, it's been great but I'm ready to move on. The audiobook is almost 30 hours and I need a break before the next one in the series.

I've owned House of Leaves for a while, but finally cracked it open on a slow sunday. I'm only about a hundred pages in and I already can't stop thinking about this book. I might read all day instead of doing work.

Finally, I definitely need to speed through Mother Night by Kurt Vonnegut for book club this week. I've loved every other Vonnegut, so I'm happy to jump on a new one.

The Name of the Wind, by Patrick Rothfuss which is really good so far. Worth the Risk, by Nora Roberts which is sadly disappointing me. I usually love her books but this one has really shitty characters.

Finished The Name of the Wind, by Patrick Rothfuss . I enjoyed this book more than I had any expectation to or explanation for. It's been a while since I've had a go at fantasy though, and it scratched an itch. Very nearly lost me toward the end, but the final hour picked back up and I grabbed the second in the series immediately.

Still, I'm giving it a few days to sit and am starting It Takes Two to Tumble, by Cat Sebastian which I expect/hope to be all the guilty pleasure trash pulpy romance the title implies.

Finished: The Name of the Wind, by Patrick Rothfuss It is excellent, except I feel like the ending didn't do the rest of the book justice.

Started: Bleak Harbor, by Bryan Gruley I'm a little more than a third through it, and it is good. It's a kidnapping mystery/thriller.

Finished The Name of the Wind, by Patrick Rothfuss

Restarted Mistborn: The Final Empire, by Brandon Sanderson since I put it down for a while and I forgot what was going on

Finished The Dust That Falls From Dreams, by Louis de Bernières- Some people found this book boring but I absolutely adored it.
Starting The Name of the Wind, by Patrick Rothfuss- Heard nothing but awesome things about this book so I'm really excited to get into it.

I've started reading The Name of the Wind, by Patrick Rothfuss. It was gifted to me by a friend who moved away over the summer. I'm less than 100 pages in, but it's interesting so far.

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I've also completely neglected my scheduled course reading for my history class.

Finished today Turtles all the way down, by John green

This is the first book i have EVER read. I picked this because i too suffer from social anxiety and felt like i could relate to the character. I can say i loved the whole book but wasn't exactly "satisfied" with the ending but that's just my opinion. Still loved it tho.

This book made me wanna read more books and explore this medium of storytelling and i plan on continuing to do so :)

I also started reading The Name of the Wind, by Patrick rothfuss today as i love fantasy and some of my favorite movies and shows have originated from books so i wanted to read this highly recommended fantasy novel. Hoping to finish it by the middle of next month as this is twice the size of the last(and only) book i read lol

Finishing rereading The name of the wind, by Patrick Rothfuss. It's as enjoyable as the first time I read it, although I'm finding several flaws in Rothfuss' style this second time. He abuses some literary crutches (most commonly this one: "There is no way I can explain X. [gives vague explanation], but oh well, I can't really do it justice. Let's just [simplification]"), and his overly poetic style bites him in the ass sometimes.

The Empty Grave (Book 5 of Lockwood & Co.) by Jonathan Stroud. This series is just a whole lot of fun. I'm almost finished and up next for this week is The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss.

The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss

Re-reading this, I needed a something light/easy after all the misery in En el cuerpo una voz, by Maximilano Barrientos

I finished The Name of the Wind, by Patrick Rothfuss which I really liked, only to find out that the third in the series is not out yet. I do have the next one on my Audible ready to go but have decided to give it a few months before starting.

My sister has lent me The Forgotten Girls, by Sara Blaedel which I am a few chapters in. My preference is to start a series at the beginning but I got too invested in the book before I found out that it was the fourth novel in.

I finished Oathbringer, by Brandon Sanderson

Great book - not as good as Words of Radiance in my opinion, but I think whether you like this one the best or WoR is about what character you like the most, as my favourite character was relegated slightly in priority in this book compared to the first two. Still a 5/5 book and I really enjoyed it.

Next up is The Alloy of Law, by Brandon Sanderson and the rest of the Mistborn Era 2 and then I can hang up the Cosmere on my favourite shelf - it's been an awesome experience so far!

Also started The Name of the Wind, by Patrick Rothfuss

Goddamn this one has to be good to live up to the hype - very excited!

The Name of the Wind, by Patrick Rothfuss

I finished The Name of the Wind, by Patrick Rothfuss, and started Neverwhere, by Neil Gaiman

I finished Artemis, by Andy Weir this week

I started The Name of the Wind, by Patrick Rothfuss

The Name of the Wind, by Patrick Rothfuss

I had quite a few friends recommend this book to me and so far it's been such a great book to read. What I love the most is how much thought in terms of physics and natural laws Rothfuss has put into the world and its magic. Haven't finished it yet, but I 100% recommend it.

The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss

I’ve been meaning to read this one for a while, but was a bit intimidated by the length. I love fantasy books but tend to lose steam part way through a series.

I’m committed to giving this a serious try though. I’m loving it so far!!

I'm finally going to finish The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss. I've been working on it for about 3 weeks--had to put in some overtime at work.

Man, there is something about the main character I cannot stand. And it's not because he's young. It's the way he narrates the story. It reads so condescending and self-congratulatory or full of excuses. But damn, the world. The world I could get lost in.

Just started The Name of the Wind, by Pat Rothfuss... heard amazing things but I haven't been super impressed to far. Loved ASOIAF and The Way of Kings, so I'm hopeful. Does it pick up??

The Name of the Wind, by Patrick Rothfus

Not sure how I feel about it quite yet, as it was hyped quite a bit to me, but I'm about 2/3 of the way finished and I'm enjoying it so far.

Finished Hyperion, by Dan Simmons . It was kind of a shlog to get through but the ending did make me want to pick up the next book at some point.

Started The Name of the Wind, by Patrick Rothfuss. took me the first couple chapters to get into it but now I'm hooked. Also, didn't realise Patrick Rothfuss was the beardy guy that occaisionally appeared on Critical Role.

The Name of the Wind, By Patrick Rothfuss

I just finished it and it was phenomenal. seriously one of the best books I've ever read and I can't wait to buy the next one in the trilogy.

I've started reading these books:

The Name of the Wind, by Patrick Rothfuss

I'm a bit intimidated by the number of pages, but because it's highly rated on Goodreads, I'm now curious.

Cherry Crush (The Chocolate Box Girls #1), by Cathy Cassidy

This was a gift from one of my lovely best friends. It had a cute cover too.

Finished the Mistborn Era 2 series and Secret History by Brandon Sanderson.

Started The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss.

Finished quite a few this week:

A Ladder to the Sky, by John Boyne

I really loved this book. The main character is a Mr. Ripley of sorts and the book changes POV in a way that perfectly tells whichever part of the story is being told. Disturbing as you realize how far the main character would go for literary fame, with each part getting progressively darker- but you never know fully what's happening until it hits in those final pages. 4.5/5

The Girl in the Tower, by Katherine Arden

I'm obsessed with this series. This is the second book in the Winternight Trilogy, the first one being the acclaimed The Bear and the Nightingale. I love love love Russian folklore as it mixes into fantasy. The main character is amazing- one of the best ones I've read in YA. Also, I think technically this book is YA however adults can read it and immensely enjoy it- my mother loves it. It's beautifully written. 5/5

Astrophysics for People in a Hurry, by Neil DeGrasse Tyson

This is my nonfiction choice. Really interesting and a quick read, as the title would suggest. Some parts flew definitely over my head, but I think that just comes with the territory. There were some funny anecdotes and I enjoyed the book. 4/5

Started reading:

The Name of the Wind, by Patrick Rothfuss

I'm about 20% in and I'm LOVING it so far. The story is so well written and paced incredibly well. Really hard to put it down.

Started: The Name of the Wind, by Patrick Rothfuss

Recently finished The Name of the Wind, by Patrick Rothfuss

I didn't obsess over it. It was definitely enjoyable, but it has not shot into my favorite list.

Starting to read The Shining, by Stephen King

Finished East of Eden, by John Steinbeck

Finished Maine Woods, by Henry David Thoreau

Finished Edgedancer, by Brandon Sanderson

Started Journal of a Novel, by John Steinbeck

Started Name of the Wind, by Patrick Rothfuss

Started The Monkey Wrench Gang, by Edward Abbey

Currently reading The Name of The Wind by Patrick Rothfuss. I am really enjoying it so far, I don't read fantasy too often and am loving the writing. I feel like I stay interested in the book when reading and love the detail he puts into his storytelling.

I just finished Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie. I enjoyed that book as well, it has been my favourite of Agatha Christie's novels so far. The ending was surprising to me and I enjoyed reading how Poirot deduced the solution. I watched the movie the day after and it was nowhere near as good as the book (which is typical). The movie was confusing and left out way too much for me to really enjoy, although it was a very nice looking movie

Finished:

Blood Rites by Jim Butcher

Dead Beat by Jim Butcher

I had a long bus ride so I managed to finish two whole books! I couldn't wait so I ordered the next one in the series as well. While I wait for it to arrive I started:

The Name Of The Wind by Patrick Rothfuss

I've really been on that magic genre kick.