@mel I was disappointed in Darkness Reigns too. I kept reading hoping things would get better, and some things did, but others got worse/stayed just as bad, and overall it just was not as compelling. I have reread the BoK trilogy I think twice now, and while a few things still bug me about it (some of which relate to historical details—which could be explained by it being fantasy not historical fiction— and some to plot points) I do enjoy them overall and certain things about them do seem tailor-made for me.  

@col-klink and @valiantarcher I agree Loamhedge is frustrating for that reason, and I don’t think it’s brought up in any other book. It took me a while (comparatively) to get to the last book but I have read them all and while some were less memorable than others I’m pretty sure Loamhedge doesn’t get brought up again. I’ve been listening to the audiobook of Rakkety Tam, which is one of my favorites but I’d only ever listened to the first book as an audiobook. I forgot how good they are with the full cast! Worth it for the accents alone.

I did finish Idylls of the King, though one of these days I’ll probably read it instead of listening to it. Sometimes poetry begs to be heard, but this was not the narrator for it even though I did like his reading of The Count of Monte Cristo.

@jo I once had a kid’s biography on Fanny Crosby that I enjoyed. I cannot recall the title though (might’ve been one of the Heroes of the Faith series?) and it probably didn’t go into anything that her autobiography did not cover. I just looked up her autobiography and my library has it, so I think I know what my next nonfiction ebook will be.