[jgaiser]

My partial personal challenge this year was to read at least the first book in a series of a bunch of Epic Fantasy novels that have clogged up my TBR pile for a while (First three books in The Wheel Of Time, first three books in A Song of Ice and Fire, three books in The First Law, first two in the Malazan Book of the Fallen), but that's not going so well. I've read the first two books of The First Law series, but I've hit a mental brick wall. Can't generate the energy to work through these Epics.

So, I've been rereading and reading some mindless and fun fiction. Reread the first four (chronologically) in Lois McMaster Bujold's Vorkosigan Series, finally finished book 6 (When The Tide Rises) of David Drake's RCN Series, book one of The Cat Who series (The Cat Who Could Read Backwards) which I wasn't overly impressed with and am now moving onto the first book in the Jon and Lobo Series by Mark L. van Name (One Jump Ahead).

Maybe in a couple of months I can again wrap my head around the epics and at least finish a few of what I have.