I managed to devour 17 books in the last 6 months, almost 12,000 pages! Bring on the AR tests, Im about to win a pizza party
The Dark Tower - Stephen King
The Gunslinger (300)
The Drawing of Three (400)
The Waste Lands (512)
Wizard & Glass (787)
Wind Through the Keyhole (336)
Wolves of the Calla (714)
Song of Susannah (426)
The Dark Tower (882)
The Stormlight Archives - Brandon Sanderson
The Way of Kings (1,283)
Words of Radiance (1,360)
Oathbringer (1,603)
Stand-alone books
Ready Player One - Ernest Cline (459)
Reamde - Neil Stephenson (1,266)
Seveneves - Neil Stephenson (934)
The Genius Plague - David Walton (398)
Purity of Mind - Roger Ostrander (272)
The Martian - Andy Weir (345)
These are all the books I read last year, with their page counts. I read The Dark Tower series once before, years ago, and it was still my favorite series of all time when I read it again last Summer. I was convinced that if after reading hundreds of books I still enjoy The Dark Tower this much, especially for the second time, I shouldnt get my hopes up for finding something better anytime soon.
Then I read the Stormlight Archives.
HOLY mother-of-pearl, I have never been so engrossed in the emotions of so many different characters while struggling to sort through my own feelings about the character interactions.
Being well-read I can often predict the general direction stories will go, as they all follow similar tropes, but not with this epic. Beautiful ideas that would have never, ever occurred to me are plentiful in these books and Brandon Sanderson is a master at making you feel like you know the characters personally.
Im open to discussing any of these books, just comment or send me a message! :D
