Finished The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson. Book 2 in the Mistborn series. What I remembered of the ending, was actually 100 pages before the actual end, so was fun reading that.

Currently Reading Practical Demonkeeping by Christopher Moore. Didn’t like the start, but I am about halfway through and enjoying it now. It says it’s “comedy horror”, but I am just not getting the comedy part, which is probably why I didn’t like the start, I think. The story itself is interesting enough though.

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    21 hours ago

    They’re all wildly different, but “one of the best authors on the planet doing random experimentation in styles for his wife with unexpected free time” is a hell of a sales pitch, and I’d call 3/4 excellent.

    Frugal Wizard would still be pretty damn good if it wasn’t held up to the standard of his insane catalogue. If it was your personal masterpiece, you’d be a quality author. But everything in the Cosmere is just so good that it’s noticeable that it’s not quite as good.

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      21 hours ago

      i loved frugal wizard. i had a blast reading it, no notes. i don’t even know what you mean. i found it very entertaining. better than 6th of the dusk (but i’m not a big fan of the “short stories”) and Steelheart seems a bit over the top for me, but i’m not through yet.

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        21 hours ago

        Like I said, it’s good. But all 3 other secret projects are a lot better. And Stormlight, Mistborn, Elantris, Warbreaker. He just has so many masterpiece level works to compare it to.