Ben Saufley - Reading

Books I've Rated 4 / 5

Ratings Breakdown

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1.5

2

2.5

3

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3.5

4

194

4.5

5

The Wolf of the North

by Duncan M. Hamilton

Finished 2018-02-11
Every Heart a Doorway

by Seanan McGuire

Finished 2018-02-06
The Hate U Give

by Angie Thomas

Finished 2018-02-06
Creating Character ArcsThe Masterful Author's Guide to Uniting Story Structure, Plot, and Character Development

by K.M. Weiland

Finished 2017-11-05
Magpie Murders

by Anthony Horowitz

Finished 2017-10-29
The Mists of Avalon

by Marion Zimmer Bradley

Finished 2017-10-18
The Broken Eye

by Brent Weeks

Finished 2017-08-30

The series for the most part gets better as it goes. Excited to start the next (but I’m trying not to just binge - there’s still one book yet to be released and I try to break up the authors I read)
Into the Water

by Paula Hawkins

Finished 2017-08-03

Entertaining. Felt a bit more “standard mystery/thriller” than The Girl on the Train, but it was well told and had me wondering through most of the book.
Believe MeA Memoir of Love, Death, and Jazz Chickens

by Eddie Izzard

Finished 2017-07-24

Listened on Audible, which adds (as far as I can tell) even more rambling digressions than the book apparently has (in the form of footnotes – called out as such in the audiobook). It’s an interesting memoir. Didn’t answer a ton of questions – in fact, it prompted a few I still don’t have answers for. He discusses “regrets” and then lists things that of course he should be proud of… that one stuck out to me because it was as the book was ending.

It’s not just a book of his comedy. It’s heartfelt. But there’s still a lot of comedy interspersed. It’s a fun read (or listen). I’d recommend it.
Fangirl

by Rainbow Rowell

Finished 2017-07-18
The Blinding Knife

by Brent Weeks

Finished 2017-07-16

As I approached the end of the first book I was not convinced that I’d read the second. It was fun, its magic system relatively unique, but the overall story just hadn’t pulled me in too much; I didn’t get a sense of the world, or its inhabitants besides a small few. But the last chapter of the first book, the cliffhanger with the other prism (to avoid spoiling anything), intrigued me. I said, alright, I’ll give it one more book. And I’m glad I did, because this one was a lot of fun. The world really filled itself out; the many interwoven plots were fun and constantly intriguing; and now I have to finish this whole long series. I’ve just gotta know. Sounds like I’ll have to wait for the fifth book too.

My one complaint is that this one had a few superfluous and silly sexual encounters – an issue I tend to have with the genre as a whole. I’m sitting in traffic listening to this audiobook when all of a sudden this entirely unnecessary sex scene or a few paragraphs about breasts interrupt the flow of the story. I’m no prude, but I don’t really read for titillation, and when it does so little for the story especially, it just undermines my enjoyment of a book. Thankfully these little interludes were a small fraction of the book.

I’ve already bought the third.
Norwegian By Night

by Derek B. Miller

Finished 2017-06-29
Fear the Future

by Stephen Moss

Finished 2017-06-21
Big Little Lies

by Liane Moriarty

Finished 2017-05-09

Took a little while to get started. Dwelled maybe a bit too long on the politics of being a parent in an upper class community – I see why those bits were there but I feel like there was too much of it before the book established its pace and intent. But once it got going it was surprisingly interesting and well-told.
Warbreaker

by Brandon Sanderson

Finished 2017-05-07

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Books I've Rated 4 / 5

Ratings Breakdown

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The Wolf of the North

Every Heart a Doorway

The Hate U Give

Creating Character ArcsThe Masterful Author's Guide to Uniting Story Structure, Plot, and Character Development

Magpie Murders

The Mists of Avalon

The Broken Eye

Into the Water

Believe MeA Memoir of Love, Death, and Jazz Chickens

Fangirl

The Blinding Knife

Norwegian By Night

Fear the Future

Big Little Lies

Warbreaker