Just finished No Country for Old Men.
Enjoyed it, but a very short book only about 250 pages
On the last of the Conqueror series after reading the Emperor series. My god it's terrible in comparison. Uninteresting characters, dull battles poor character stories. I will be glad when I'm done now.
Right, I have had it for over 10 years sitting on a shelf, and amazingly I have never read it(despite reading pretty much everything similar), so tonight I am finally going to read Dune!
You are in for a treat. There is a reason it is the biggest selling SF book of all time (supposedly).
I hope it makes more sense than the film which I found pretty impenetrable.
Crown of Swords by Robert Jordan. I read up to Crown of Swords (or the next book) just over a decade ago, so everything is all new to me. Really enjoyed all the books thus far, and have managed to get through them in less than four months but:
Nothing is happening in Crown of Swords. So far he's taken 300-400 pages to write about 3 pretty minor events happening, all of which he could have covered in under 50 pages! I've just read a 43 page chapter where Egwene goes for a wander on her horse... and bumps into an old friend. 43 pages!
I used to be like you but now I've learned if you aren't enjoying it just STOP reading really I know it's hard to do but once you accomplish this feat you'll become more picky about books and will get through more reads.