Toll the Hounds

Toll the Hounds: Book Eight of The Malazan Book of the Fallen | Steven Erikson

I‘ve been reluctant to try #audiocycling in case my earbuds pop out due to bumpy roads and/or extreme sweat, but I had a 70-minute ride home tonight and I really want to finish TOLL THE HOUNDS, so I gave it a go. My earbuds stayed in and I‘m now at 83% with the book. The end is in sight!

monalyisha What gorgeous colors! 🩵💚 3w

Kenyazero Nice! Are your earbuds wireless? I have a leash that wraps around mine and just rests around my neck in case they pop out. It‘s not intrusive and just connects them together. 3w

xicanti @monalyisha I kept expecting that deep blue sky to rain on me, but it held off! 3w

xicanti @Kenyazero yep, they‘re wireless, but they have such a sleek, basic design that I don‘t think I could hook anything around them to hold them in place. When I exercise indoors I wear a headscarf that covers them and keeps them from popping out, but that gets really, really hot outdoors, with my helmet overtop it. 3w

Kenyazero @xicanti rats! Mine have stems, so they can be leashed 🤭 I‘m glad you experimented with riding and listening! 3w

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xicanti

Toll the Hounds: Book Eight of The Malazan Book of the Fallen | Steven Erikson

Got through 14% of TOLL THE HOUNDS while I installed my tiny loft‘s tree, connected the lights, baked Ted Lasso‘s iconic shortbread biscuits, and threw a batch of apple cheddar scones in the oven to boot because hey, it was already warm.

I felt very much like diving into this book at the start of the month, but someone borrowed it just when I was ready, then kept it out a full 21 days. I‘m no longer in quite the right mood, but I persevere.

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kwmg40

Toll the Hounds: Book Eight of The Malazan Book of the Fallen | Steven Erikson

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Another massive book in Erikson's epic Malazan Book of the Fallen series, this 8th installment took a long time to read, but I loved every minute of it. Much of the action takes place in the city of Darujhistan and we get reacquainted with a number of characters from earlier books.

Erikson juggles about a dozen storylines and even more points-of-view but it all worked for me.

kwmg40 #gottacatchemall (prompt 36. Impidimp: Mischievous character) @PuddleJumper
For those of you who are familiar with the series, the mischievous character is the inimitable Kruppe, of course! 1y

PuddleJumper ❤️❤️ 1y

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Ddzmini

Toll the Hounds (Malazan Book 8) | Steven Erikson

I don‘t know if it was because I had more time to read or I had more me time but I‘m done with this already 😳👏🏼👏🏼 so I have one more book in the series 😖 I‘m going to wait... yes I don‘t want to finish this series 😨 already so I‘m going to take a break and read a book from one of my swaps 😋 awesome reads still I just don‘t want to finish the series this soon

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Ddzmini

Toll the Hounds (Malazan Book 8) | Steven Erikson

“Emotions are the spawn of true motivations, whether those motivations be conscious or otherwise” Steve Erikson - nothing I have heard has ever been truer than that quote 🧐

TheFunkyBookworm Amen 🙌🏽 7y

Ddzmini @TheFunkyBookworm 😋 7y

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Ddzmini

Toll the Hounds (Malazan Book 8) | Steven Erikson

That looks pretty scary huh so next book up this one has 1294 pages 😝📖 and it‘s about to go down for@this weekend 🤣🤣🤣

Arcana Looks interesting! 7y

Ddzmini @Arcana the whole series (this is the 8th book) is fantastic and it goes beyond anything I‘ve read before the way they are all woven together 😋📖😍 7y

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DuckOfDoom

Toll the Hounds: Book Eight of The Malazan Book of the Fallen | Steven Erikson

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I love the Bridgeburners and their bickering, but in this one there were less Bridgeburners. Also, I wanted to know what happened to the characters after book 7, but there are so many different storylines that only a few of the characters of book 7 appeared. But I love the epic scope of the series and I am already excited for the next book - but I will read a few shorter books first.

MayJasper That looks like a chunkster❣ 8y

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DuckOfDoom

Toll the Hounds: Book Eight of The Malazan Book of the Fallen | Steven Erikson