I’ve been reading through the Throne of Glass Series by Sarah J. Maas slowly, but surely. If you haven’t heard of the Throne of Glass series, it consists of seven books written about Adarlan’s Assassin, Celaena Sardothien. She is a spitfire, often abrasive assassin who is navigating her world during a tyrannical king trying to snuff out magic. I love the writing and how Sarah J. Maas builds her worlds. I read all of her A Court of Thorns and Roses (ACOTAR) last year. My sister-in-law is graciously letting me borrow her copies and has been excited to talk to me about them while I’m reading through the series!

Recently, I mentioned to another friend that I was reading this series and she asked me if I would be tandem reading the next two installments in the series, Empire of Storms (Book 5) and Tower of Dawn (Book 6). I’ve never tandem read any books, but thought it sounded interesting. I have a habit of reading 3-4 books at a time so this doesn’t seem like it should be that difficult for me. She said that she didn’t and absolutely regretted it with the cliff hanger she was left at in Empire of Storms with a whole other book to read before she could read the last book in the series. I talked to my sister-in-law and she echoed the same sentiment.

So here I am before bed, finally utilizing my many sticky note tabs to divide up these two books in order of the suggested tandem read. I got these sticky notes originally to annotate books, but I’m not that kind of reader. I wish I was. I would have so many amazing quotes to insert into my reviews.

Both books happen at the same time in the world of the Throne of Glass series so it’s like a big multi-POV book all at once. Both books are actually already multi-POV, but they follow two completely different sets of people. If you’ve read my post about using eReaders vs. physical books, you know that carrying around two thick paperbacks with many tabs sticking out of them is going to be a big ask for me. I will most likely decide on another book to read during this journey that is located on my kindle… but that might get a bit confusing with everything going on between these two books.

What do you think? Are you a multi-book reader all at the same time? I normally am, but I think this tandem read might take up a lot more of my mental space than a single book would.

I’m ready to start reading, although I have training for my full-time job for the next two weeks so we will see how quickly I can read these books. I’m on track, according to Goodreads, for my yearly goal of 50 books. I’m hoping these trainings and busy work schedules don’t make me fall behind like they did last year.

I’ll update on my experience tandem reading once I’ve finished these books. I’m excited to try something new!