Second paragraph of third chapter:

I reached deeper then, to the folds of my mind. I had nothing to fill them with but longed for their old familiarity, and hoped they would help me figure out what to do next.

One of the books from last year’s Hugo packet, this turns out to be the second in a fantasy series in which the protagonist is a professional story teller and also under suspicion of political murder. I bounced off both the prose and the structure and put it aside after fifty pages. If you want to, you can get The Doors of Midnight here.

This was my top book by a writer of colour. Next on that pile is Rebellion on Treasure Island, a Doctor Who novel by Bali Rai.