Toll The Hounds: Book 8 of the 10 book "Malazan Book Of The Fallen" series by Steven Erikson.
http://smile.amazon.com/Toll-Hounds-Eight-Malazan-Fallen/dp/0765310082/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&sr=1-7&qid=1410796976
This 830 page brick was kind of a slog up until the last 150 pages or so. There were times while working through this one that the only thing keeping me going was the fact that I'd already invested 5000+ pages into this series. Fortunately the ending did a really nice job tying up the many threads running through the book. I've heard the next two are better, I hope so.
That being said I've been on kind of a fantasy/Sci-Fi kick for the last few months so I'm changing it up and going literary for awhile. It's nice to pick up a book and not feel like it's a workout for a change.
I just picked up "The Sense of an Ending". The Man-Booker 2011 winner by Julian Barnes.
http://smile.amazon.com/The-Sense-Ending-Julian-Barnes/dp/0307947726/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1410797027&sr=8-1&keywords=the+sense+of+an+ending
and "Salvage The Bones". The National Book Award 2011 winner by Jesmyn Ward.
http://smile.amazon.com/Salvage-Bones-Novel-Jesmyn-Ward/dp/1608195228/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&sr=1-1&qid=1410797077
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