Got about 2/3 of the way through The Wayfarer Redemption by Sara Douglass before giving up. Ug. Just, ug. I tried, really I did, but I stopped caring.
Instead of bothering to finish Douglass, I'm starting JV Jones' The Baker's Boy, unless there's another of hers you'd recommend I start with. Here's to hoping it's better written...
I loved The Wayfarer Redemption. Where she lost me was in the second book, which I can't remember the title of. I do remember the reason, though, and while it seemed rather silly at the time, looking back I realize that what I identified as a promise that was made in the first book, was broken in the second. Add in that it screwed over my favourite character and brought a secondary character I didn't like to the forefront, and yeah... I didn't read the third book.
Read a synopsis, though, which made me glad I skipped it.
And, to actually be on topic... Recently read
A Night of Blacker Darkness, after finally breaking down and buying the Writing Excuses Season 1 CD. Loved it.