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I'm reading this over. The narrator is so unreliable I'm not sure who they are, where they are or when they are. Brilliant writing.

The creepy factor has just made it's belated entry to horror month

I really hope Coffey gets munched on

Spink and Epiny Kester? Has a nice ring to it even though all the names sound weird.

Stone whispers
Patience
But we take chisel in hand
Child begs
Not yet
But the sands have run out
Sky cries
Fly
But we hold our ground
Wind sings
Free
But roots bind us down
Lover sighs
Stay
But we must be gone
Life pleads
Live
But death is the dream
We beg
Not yet
But the sands have run out
Stone whispers
Patience …

‘All right. I’ll make breakfast now – is that half a pig? Where’s the other half? I always wonder that, you know, when I’m in the market and I see half a pig. Where’s the other half? Did it run away? Haha – Ralata? Did you hear me make a joke? Haha. As if half-pigs can run! No, they’d have to kind of hop, wouldn’t they? Hop hop hop.’
From under the furs, Ralata groaned.

Don't give up your day job Ublala.

Magnanimous Kruppe, great of girth, and generosity, would like to express his enjoyment of hosting Mr Lee for Dinner last night at his own expense.

Magnanimous Kruppe, great of girth, and generosity, would like to express his enjoyment of hosting Mr Lee for Dinner last night at his own expense.

Why do I get the feeling Nevarre is going end up as somebody's whipping boy at the Academy.

I really don't get why this is rated a star less on goodreads. Early days yet - but I'm intrigued so far.

Man eating Ghecko..man? A little bit of suspense with Margo in the Superstition display. I have a few gheckos in the house but I'm not ready to sleep with my eyes open yet. It's probably not a ghecko...maybe I will sleep with my eyes open.

It's feeling like a very typical creature feature b movie so far. Not bad for a debut. Body count is rising but I'm not really feeling any suspense yet. A lot of people says these keep getting better so I'm giving this one some slack

I switched to the audio for this after abandoning the terrible audio of another book I'm reading. Much better. Typical slow Hobb start but I like it. Rifles/gunpowder in what feels like a Colonial America setting.

Switching from Audio to kindle. The narrator was terrible.

Arrow to the foot

Assassins again!

Now I'm faced with an internal conflict. I was planning to make April Horror month - where at least one of the books I have on the go is horror/creature feature related - but that means delaying continuing with WoR for at least one book...decisions decisions...

'...Got water in that jug there, soldier?’
‘Just my piss, Sergeant.’
‘Lucky you ain’t a woman. Try pissing into a bottle when you’re a woman...'

Kublai is so different to Genghis. More interested in preserving the cities he conquers - valuing literature and other cultures.

Ha ha - I like this when Pores gets his message from the fingerless Clerk

Kindly took the tablet and studied it. ‘Soldier,’ he said.
‘Sir?’
‘The sun’s heat has melted the wax. I do hope you committed the message to memory.’

Pores cracks me up - He employs a fingerless man to write down his messages and then makes him read back what he's written - Lol.

Kublai starts applying his analytical skills to the battlefield.

“The eastern edge is open.”
“Yes,” Rock said, laughing, “and when you are able to travel that far without being eaten by chasmfiend or killed in floods, I shall name you my kaluk’i’iki.”
Kaladin raised an eyebrow.
“Only a woman can be kaluk’i’iki,” Rock said...

‘You would have our armies fight under that?’
‘Well, I did. The bed, I mean. And so did the chickens – can you imagine the extent of their holy dread, knowing that God wanted to cook them? All right, not their god, not precisely. Though we cannot actually be sure of that, can we? Bugg, are you worshipped by hens and cocks?’
‘Not both at the same time, sire.’