Towers of Midnight - Robert Jordan/Brandon Sanderson (Yay, plotlines all finishing off.)
Bloodheir - Brian Ruckley (While it's well written, I'm not actually sure how much happened in it)
Divergent - Veronica Roth (Not the best book I've ever read, and definitely a YA novel, but good concept and writing.)
The Fault in our Stars - John Green (Emotion rollercoaster. Pretty good read.)
Way of Kings - Brandon Sanderson (It's slightly weird reading an author who's influenced my style so much)
Words of Radiance - Brandon Sanderson (Manages to pull off the couple of clichés with finesse. Really enjoying this.)
A Memory of Light - Robert Jordan/Brandon Sanderson (I enjoyed it. Pretty good wrap-up.)
The Young Unicorns - Madeleine L'Engle (Not my kind of book. Readable, but I mostly read it out of necessity)
Troubling a Star - Madeleine L'Engle (See above)
Meet the Austins - Madeleine L'Engle (See above)
The Moon by Night - Madeleine L'Engle (See above)
A Ring of Endless Light - Madeleine L'Engle (See above)
Little Brother - Cory Doctorow (Certainly an interesting book. Large parts seemed unrealistic to me. Still saddened by my lack of access to materials.)
Pollyanna - Eleanor Porter (Sort of cool, but so unlikely, at least in modern times)
For the Win - Cory Doctorow (Interesting. A little weird.)
The Name of the Wind - Patrick Rothfuss (I still enjoy it. I think the sort-of over the top-ness might be part of what makes it divisive.)
The Wise Man's Fear - Patrick Rothfuss (I don't know whether these books maybe appeal more to academics and musicians or something. I still enjoy them)
The Slow Regard of Silent Things - Patrick Rothfuss (I really enjoyed the style. It might be helped by the mood I was in when I read it.)
The Desert Spear - Peter Brett (It's good, but I wish it was a little bit less dark and edgy.)
Absolution - Patrick Flanery (If you want to write a South African novel, please have the common decency to familiarise yourself with the country first.)
Ways of Dying - Zakes Mda (Zakes Mda has an interesting style. I quite enjoyed this, although I'm not sure how to describe it.)
Rachel's Blue - Zakes Mda (Trigger warning for rape. Nothing graphic, but the main plotline is about trying to deal with it.)
Raising Steam - Terry Pratchett (I didn't really like it as much as I liked the rest of the Discworld books, for whatever reason.)
Nation - Terry Pratchett (It was pretty average. Not really any of Pratchett's strengths showing through.)
A Blink of the Screen - Terry Pratchett (I enjoyed reading some of the non-Discworld stories.)
The Information - James Gleick (It's my second read-through, and I enjoyed it better this time. Very interesting.)
Chocky - John Wyndham (Weird read. I'm not quite sure what about it it is that I like, but I like most of it.)
The Kraken Wakes - John Wyndham (I enjoy Wyndham's apocalypses.)
The Time Machine - H.G. Wells (Trippy. I somehow doubt humanity would survive so far like that, though.)
Pact - J.C. Brae (Weird. I really like the magic, though.)
Web - John Wyndham (Slightly creepy. I feel like Wyndham's characters tend away from horror movie stereotypes - Arnold has nerves of steel.)
The Wee Free Men - Terry Pratchett (There's something very different about Pratchett's youth novels, which I quite like.)
A Hat Full of Sky - Terry Pratchett (I don't really have a unique comment for most of these. I kind of read them all across two afternoons...)
Wintersmith - Terry Pratchett (I quite liked the sort of cynical 'Pratchett on romance' undertonish things.)
I Shall Wear Midnight - Terry Pratchett (I suppose it's a reasonable cap to the series, although apparently there may be one he mostly finished before he died. ;_;)
Out of the Silent Planet - C.S. Lewis (This is the least bizarre of the Cosmic Trilogy, I think. I quite liked it.)
Perelandra - C.S. Lewis (If you're not interested in reading fifty pages of effectively an angel and demon arguing on Eve's shoulders, probably not for you. I liked it.)
That Hideous Strength - C.S. Lewis (The most bizarre. The switches between university politics and weirdness are... weird.)
Geomancer - Ian Irvine (This is by turns good and bad. It's got parts I like, but overall it's just... weird and not that great.)
Fall of Thanes - Brian Ruckley (The characters slipped a bit, but the story and setting are still strong. The ambience is excellent.)
Blood of Olympus - Rick Riordan (Sometimes, you just want to sit down and read something you know will end well. And feature righteous kicking of butt.)
Game of Thrones - George R.R. Martin (And sometimes you want the opposite. Surprisingly un-grim and everything, though.)
Thanks for the Feedback - Douglas Stone and Sheila Heen (Sciency book. Mostly common sense though, which is sad.)
Forge of Darkness - Steven Erikson (Very wordy. Very grim. I liked it and didn't like it simultaneously.)
The Left Hand of Darkness - Ursula K. LeGuin (Very, very good prose. Extremely immersive.)
Legion and The Emperor's Soul - Brandon Sanderson (Legion was a great break from his usual style. The Emperor's Soul is fun, too.)
Way of Shadows - Brent Weeks (Reread. Still a bit 2dark2edgy, but it does bring out the moments of humanity.)
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