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What book(s) are you currently reading? 10 August (discuss.online)
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This was a nice week for book reading. Don't usually get this much time generally.

Finished The Last White Man by Mohsin Hamid. I didn't like the writing style initially but got used to as I read along. It's a small book, just a little more than 100 pages. An umm... interesting read.

Got my copy of The Frugal Wizard's Handbook for Surviving Medieval England by Brandon Sanderson. Really liked the book. It was a fun, light book. There was much less action than I was expecting, after reading the announcement of the book, but that didn't make book any less enjoyable. Finished the book in two days, which I rarely get to do now.

Grave Peril by Jim Butcher. Book 3 of Dresden Files. I have just started it, but it's the same Dresden Files. Nothing to say about that.

What have you been reading?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I actually like his magic systems. Very scientific-y. If you didn't like his magic systems in Mistborn and Stormlight, don't read Elantris. ๐Ÿ˜€

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The Stormlight magic system is a lot better than the metal system in Mistborn to me, but the goofiness of using essentially marbles as money just sticks with me. I just picture Adolin constantly walking around with like a cartoon money sack from a bank filled with spheres.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Heh, that is a funny image. Though, people did use to carry gold / silver / copper coins, so maybe it's not that different. Different kind of spheres for different stuff, having couple of pouches on you, rest in some chest.