Status Updates From The Way of Thorn and Thunde...

Sneaking in some reading during my lunch break. Would love to just stay with this book or the rest of the day.

Excellent start. I'm really enjoying the rich details of the world and learning about the people and their relationships.

Ch. 1 has definitely whetted my appetite. But I need to sleep, so I'll have to wait until tomorrow to really dig into this.

A slow start, but 2 chapters in it's a pleasant read so far.

"Vald was indistinguishable from the hundred other Men she had seen in the past few days, except for his fine dark garments, neatly trimmed peppered muttonchops, and broad, ink-stained fingers that were free of callus and wear."

What ever.

or something

So, I have the text converted and chopped up in pieces to allow read-aloud, and now have absolutely no way of telling how far I am at any given time. Whelp... this, tho:

"This story comes from the days of the Eld Green, when all the People could talk to one another. It weren’t like today, ye know, where most folks don’t know how to share words without losin’ their understandin’ of each other."

Backing up a bit.

(Figured, whom I get reminded of by Kyns' sensory stalks: Andorians).

"There are many who believe themselves entitled to any number of privileges, generally because they are experienced thieves and bullies who have never been denied anything in their lives."

"When Men are scared, that's when they're most dangerous."

Gods, I suck at eye-reading; have fallen asleep three times now, and progressed perhaps 10 pages.

Dear Justice: your work needs an audio option. Any audio option.

...or optionally, I need to increase my iron intake to stay better awake?

"Trust Men to wait until their own selfish interests are endangered before they look around and see the suffering of others."

It's a fascinatingly magical world, but dang, if the format of this book isn't keeping me from making progress with it.

Anyhow. This chapter also contained this familiar trope, which was no surprise: "had rested a callused hand on her back".

Much better than the terribly boring beginning half, but still not doing enough.

Im really struggling to stay even remotely engaged

Feels rather like Broken Earth with it's lore and vehemence.

Predictably, I fell asleep on this. Not because of the book, though. Intriguing first chapter; curious to see where this goes.

This book needs to be more widely available! Had to download a whole new app to get it... and then there's no Read Aloud possibility. Which means, this will irrevocably be left on the sidelines waiting for the rarest of occasion I'd be able to settle to eye-reading... and do so for more than couple pages before falling asleep.

I predict this is gonna be slooow.

I love this so far, but my brain has just not been focused enough to give it the attention it deserves. Putting it on hold for a bit - I may need to skim through the first bit again when I come back to it.

Finished. RTC when I'm back at my PC.

Sh***! This is tearing my heart out!
This prose/worldbuilding/intensity can easily stand alongside Jemisin's Broken Earth.

Thank you to all the goddesses of books and to Travis for initiating this BR! This is the novel I've been waiting for the whole year.

Is is possible simultaneously to cover your eyes and continue reading?

Finally! That was a heck of a story.

There she goes. Finally got there.

How is Shakar still so blind at this point?

End of chapter 17 was a welcome moment for a smile in this doom bound developement. I'm literally biting my nails while reading.

I am going to try really hard to finish this today or tomorrow because I have way too many other books to read in June.

"What could Vald possibly offer us that would be worth sacrificing all that we are and all that we hold dear?"
"our lives, dear uncle," she replied ...


Whew, now it's getting heavy on melancholy. I'm having goosebumps while reading. This book has something I was missing from so many in the last time: a soul!

Finally making some progress.