Books I Read and Other Assorted Oddities

 OK, I'm back through my rotation completely again, and have started several new books. Here's where things stand currently: Fantasy:  The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue  by V. E. Schwab (41%) Sci-Fi:  Legend  by Marie Lu (7%) Realistic Fiction:  Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe  by Benjamin Alire Saenz (1%) Young Readers:  The Fledgling  by Jane Langton (19%) Brandon Sanderson:  The Frugal Wizard's Handbook for Surviving Medieval England  (100%) Nonfiction:  The Anxious Generation  by Jonathan Haidt (67%) Classic:  Les Misérables  by Victor Hugo (6%) Mystery/Thriller:  The Brothers Hawthorne  by Jennifer Lynn Barnes (50%) Historical Fiction:  Apeirogon  by Colum McCann (4%) Audio:  The Women  by Kristin Hanna (3%) English Department Book Club:  Death of the Author  by Nnedi Okorafor (51%) Neighborhood Book Club: The Names  by Florence Knapp (5%)...

 I picked this one up with a bunch of others after the Secret Projects campaign, and it's been on my TBR forever. I read this as part of my Sanderson rotation spot. John finds himself in the middle of a forest, at night, with no knowledge of how he got there, who he is, or why he's there. He quickly finds himself over his head, fighting well-armed men with all kinds of physical augments that he doesn't have access to for some reason. The twist? John is in an alternate dimension of Medieval England. He's from the future, but somehow has to blend in with these people of the past. Can he stop the people from his own timeline who are trying to exploit it? I will say... This was not my favorite Sanderson. I didn't not like this book, but it wasn't my favorite. I love the witty title, and the main character was fine. The writing was pretty good as well. But unlike a lot of Brandon's other books, this book was too slow for me. First: the amnesia problem. I don'...