Caught between books!

Right now I feel like I'm being pulled in the direction of two books-- Storm Warning by Mercedes Lackey and The Silmarillion by, of course, Tolkien. Here's the thing: I have Lackey's book on me right now and I won't be able to pick up Tolkien's book until tomorrow evening. So I could start Storm Warning now and dive into it but I'm not too passionate about it. Or I could wait until tomorrow and be bored but start reading something I'm really motivated to read right now. And I don't want to read two books at once like that. I think I'll just get lost and not invested in either one. And I've read both of these authors before; they write stories that you really need to be invested in! Right now I'm just toying with reading the first chapter of Storm Warning while I'm really waiting to get The Silmarillion. I'm just impatient and I want to read something now! Ah well.

I read this one book a few weeks ago, A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik. I really loved it! Although, I did read, like, 15 pages before I realized the main character is a girl. Whoops! I've really grown attached to Galadriel and Orion, I absolutely love their dynamic. I can totally see it turning romantic or staying platonic, and I really wouldn't mind either way! With the way Novik writes I can see a romance blossoming between them, but their friendship by the end of the book is really sweet and charming. I also grew enchanted with the magic system in this book the more and more I read it. Magic is vastly more interesting to me when there are limits to it, and I thought it was interesting how the magic in this book reminded me of how magic works in DnD or a video game. I've never really seen it used in such a way in a book like this! I also really love the side characters; they feel really fleshed out and pleasant (or unpleasant, depending on who they are) (I'm side-eyeing you, Magnus) to read and keep up with them. It's only the first book in a trilogy, so I'm avoiding the fandom online so as to not be spoiled for the other two books.