Welcome to Litsy!

I finally finished this chunkster, the 4th book in the 10-volume Malazan Book of the Fallen series. The farther along I get in this series, the more I appreciate Erikson's brilliant writing and complex worldbuilding.

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So I only have 360 pages left 😝📖 still as excited to read those as I was in the first few pages

I don‘t know what happened... wait yes I had to clean the house give my grand baby a bath shower... but I didn‘t get that much reading done 😏

Ok so between last night and today I‘m on pg. 327 there‘s 1037 pages 😳📖😝 so I‘m 191 pg. away from half way through this book on the first day technically 🤯 connection with connection are still occurring and I‘m loving it keeping my mind distracted 📖

So always check your references because this is actually the next book in the series and yes I‘m still excited 😊 📖 it actually has 1037 pages (and yes I had to spell pg. for that 😳) 😝👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 I‘m starting it now

As a student of philosophy, especially that of epistemology and morals/ethics, I am learning to really appreciate Erikson's style of story development and dialogues. This book is rife with so many philosophical implications. I cannot begin to count how many times I had to out the book down and think about the deeper meanings. A++

1000 pages later my paperback is as torn and battered as expected. It was a great companion during my trip to the #Litsymeetup in Cologne!

The story was great, too. Erikson manages to describe two big opposing armies, as well as small characters and their interactions among the soldiers. There is no real good or evil in his books and one feels with all characters!

When your paperback has too many pages. The spine already seems strained and I had to add a bookmark. Don't know how it will look when I am at page 1030 😂

I was tagged by @Maike to make some #fivestarpredictions.
I really hope these will be great! House of chains has 1000+ pages, so I hope it will stay interesting!

Tagging @gossamerchild @TsundokuAleax @anansigirl if you want to join and haven't already

"...the lowlanders seemed so obsessed with their differences that they had no comprehension of what unified them.
À flaw that could be exploited."

Very relevant during this "us or them" time. #stevenerikson #malazanbookofthefallen #yyj #yyjbooklovers #bookloversunite #historian #historynerd #fantasynerd #nerdcore #series

This quote is chilling given present circumstances.