Finished reading Lev Grossman's _The Magicians_

While working on a novel, I generally like to read things that are pretty different from it. So I've decided to go back and catch up on some of the most-hyped SF/F books of the last decade. In general...I have not been that pleased with them. But I won't mention the ones that I don't like (since I'll probably meet their authors someday). Instead, I'll m…