Finished a few books over the last month or two.
Read all three books out in the Stormlight Archive so far. I haven't been let down by Sanderson yet and there was no change here. The Way of Kings was more sombre than I was expecting but really should be the poster child for the 'Sanderson Avalanche' the ending was an absolute crescendo. One moment in particular was genuinely shocking and nearly made me act like one of those American's who cheers at everything in the cinema. Words of Radiance was possibly the most balanced book of Sanderson's that I've read, really enjoyed it. Oathbringer has one section that drags but overall is really excellent. I love that Sanderson never pulls stuff out of his ass, every twist and change is completely earned and there's a really sense of satisfaction with correctly guessing a twist that the groundwork has been laid for half a book in advance. I was not expecting such an examination of mental health issues in epic fantasy.
Also just finished 'All the President's Men'. Some...interesting parallels to today's events. Amazing how the narrative has turned to Watergate simply being the break in and the subsequent cover up when it was so much more. People who are loyal only to Nixon not their party or politics, the pervasive hatred of the media and the left (also equating them as the same thing) from the top down etc is just incredible to read about. As is the diligent (mostly) thoughtful journalism from Woodward and Berstein and everyone else at the post. Just truly impressive how they developed sources and how much integrity they showed. To me the big difference between then and now is that there was a large number of Republican's who were truly disgusted by the administration's actions and willing to actually do something about it. Sure some of them may have acted out of self-interest, although Nixon did win the '72 election by one of the largest margins at the time, there was definitely a contingent that showed an actual moral backbone.
