Read it.

And report back on it, periodically.

Pretend like somebody here will care. (Cos, actually, I do... or, I might!)

Give us the author, title, publisher, and the one-liner backcover blurb. Then update your progress (e.g. Ch.3, 'I knew Charlotte was gonna castrate that bastard!' or 'Does Harlan Coben know this plot line was done twice as well on The Rockford Files?')

Me:
Wilbur Smith - Warlock (apparently the sequel to River God); St. Martin

In the wake of a sixty-year war over the reign of the kingdoms of Egypt, two young pharaohs have risen to claim power, but only one can succeed, deciding the fate of his empire forever...

642 small-print pages. This is outside my usual thing. It'd better be good. Uhm, and you'd better join me. That's an order, soldier.

OK. Pick a NYTimes Bestseller and get to readin'.