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I told myself I'd only read a chapter before starting my day yesterday. Yeah, that didn't work as planned. I'm already up to the first interlude and had to force myself to put it down. It took a bit of memory jogging to remember all of the main details because it's been a while since I read the first book, but that didn't take away from the fact that this is a page turner in the introductory chapters already.

Just hit part 3 and the hits keep coming. I don't think I've read any of his books this fast or been pulled in so much.

Second read through and I'm seeing a lot that I missed. Hints to characters with shard blades, forshadowing of events. It's amazing how much I'm drawing from Kaladin during this read through. I seem to relate to him more than the others. "He didn't feel excited, but he did feel resolute. Determined to fight again"

This writing style is starting to get on my nerves a little. There's too much breaking from the story and it's hard to like it with so much empty space shoved in.

This is getting so good, I'm having troubles putting it down! So close to the end I can almost taste the metal....

I love the focus on Spook and TenSoon. I've always wondered a bit about Spook and how he fit into all of this, besides just his ability and what it could do for the crew. After reading about TenSoon's connection with Vin, I was hoping to get more of his story, and it is delivered so far. So many twists: extras blessings from unexpected sources, Elend struggling with what he has had to do, and Vin growing. Sazed...

So far so good. TenSoon is there fighting to stay alive, and Elend, while not letting go of himself is definitely more of a bad a$$. Let's see how far this rabbit hole goes.

So, Harry has the most amazing friends, that even though Ron has never used a phone, he tried (poor Uncle Vernon). And his presents are awesome.

Harry deserves a medal for holding it all in for 3 weeks with Aunt Marge and the amount of self control he had to walk away instead of hexing Uncle Vernon on the spot when he already thought he was expelled.

So... the Alethi are the voidbringers; amd everyone hates Dalinar again.... no breaks before this war....

Ok, Shallan's DID is getting scary (I know it's not technically DID, but still). Two Unmade! And then Bridge Four take two... this is getting nuts.

Holy Crap! Odium is amazing and scary in his niceties all at the same time. I can't wait to see how this plays out. Plus Lift is still awesome.

Jasnah's back! That's a cliff hanger for the end of part 1. Can't wait to see what happens with Shallan after Jasnah's re-emergence..

So the good guys are bad guys and the bad guys aren't too bad after all. And power is only useful if you know how. Yay for gray areas!...