Ship of Magic

I'm not going to complain anymore about being sick! So just for the record, yes I still am. Now let us move on!
I am about halfway through the first book of "The Liveship Trilogy" by Robin Hobb. Quite enjoying it; very fascinating characters and it's an easy read because it lets you see things from lots of peoples POVs.
Obviously Captain Kennit; the pirate who wants to be King of all pirates, is the most entertaining to read. He's a very unpleasant type of guy in many ways although you can't help to care about him... it'll be fun to see what happens when he finally clashes with the rest of the people in the book.
I also love the liveship thing. They are ships that are partly made from this magic wood called wizardwood and once three people from the same family die on the ships deck; the ship will awaken. As in the figurehead will be alive and talking and thinking and feeling, and will only even sail under a member of the very family who died on its decks.
So far I have gotten to meet two of these liveships; Vivacia and Paragon. Both with very strong personalities, Vivacia is recently awaken and very troubled by what is happening in her family and Paragon is beached somewhere all alone because he killed off heaps of people (by accident or on purpose???) and nobody wants anything to do with him.
Yes, so far it's a good read. All the Robin Hobb books have been.