What readest thou?

[Lucy Took]

I finished reading the Stormlight Archives (Well, the ones that have been published so far) by Brandon Sanderson on Kristi's recommendation. I highly recommend it for older teens/adults. There's nothing really graphic in them at all, but there are some really heavy themes around war and violence.

I also caught up on the Ranger's Apprentice up to the Lost Tales, now I just need to get around to reading the new Royal Ranger ones, though it might be awhile before I get to doing that.

I started the Audiobook of "As You Wish", the story of how the Princess Bride was turned into a film, read by Westley. So far it's quite entertaining.

As a library student I have a crazy large amount of review copies to go through that I got for free (My university has a publication where they review YA and Children's books so they get a copy of pretty much everything Children and YA from the big publishing houses. Once they've written the review they set them out for us students to have for free. I have about 20 now.) So if anyone wants to know what I'm discovering in YA fantasy and romance (Not really my genera, but it's my sister's genera.) that may or may not be up to our community guidelines, feel free to PM me. It'll help me actually get around to reading the first couple of chapters .

Oh, and despite mostly grabbing YA I got this book because it was cute:

[Luthien]

I have read the first two books in The Stormlight Archive as well, but have not yet started the third.

But talking about books by Brandon Sanderson, I finished reading one of his new ones, Skyward, about a week ago. Its premise is of a girl, Spensa, who really wants to be a pilot and help defend her home from aliens, but because her father turned coward in a battle and tried to run away before being shot down, she is considered the daughter of a coward and unfit to be a pilot. The story references Beowulf a lot, as it is the main character's favorite story. The society is somewhat like Beowulf in that family reputations are important for how an individual is interpreted and that it is the story of a society that knows it is less advanced (in technology and general knowledge) than their ancestors were, which are two concepts I was considering writing a story about myself. Reading Skyward made me decide to reread Beowulf as well, and there are some interesting differences (Spensa is considered a coward, Beowulf was considered a hero; Spensa has a tendency to make threats of what she will do, Beowulf had a tendency to make boasts about what he already did). Personally I thought it was worth the read.

[hobbit_of_narnia]

@Luthien: Ooh, Beowulf is actually one of my favorite stories! So now I'm curious about Skyward...I'll have to see if I can get a hold of it...

[Luthien]

If you do get a chance to read it, please let me know what you think.

[Lil]

*dashes into hug Luthien* I haven't read anything too recently but before I got wrapped up in moving I was reading "The Maiden's Bequest" by George MacDonald

[knightofnarnia]

I read the first of Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn looking forward to reading the others.

[EveningStar]

Been busy developing my apologetics. N.T. Wright, C.S. Lewis, G.K. Chesterton. In other words God Guys with Two Initials.

[Swanwhite]

Cool! Chesterton is my second favourite author after Lewis. I don't think I've read anything by N. T. Wright yet.

I recently finished At Bertram's Hotel by Agatha Christie, and a SpiderGwen comic (because her costume is so cool), and I'm currently listening to the Fellowship of the Ring, and am beginning Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope. Haven't really gotten into yet, but the author is recommended by a friend. Oh and I'm also listening to Heretics by Chesterton

[Ariel.of.Narnia]

Been reading war books lately. One fiction, the others non.

[Swanwhite]

Which wars?