Book #54 of 2018: Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson (The Stormlight Archive #3) I think I can honestly say this is the first time I’ve read a book of more than a thousand pages and thought that it should have been longer. Author Brandon Sanderson has always been juggling a lot of plots, characters, and worldbuilding …
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Book #89 of 2017: White Sand, Volume 1 by Brandon Sanderson, Rik Hoskin, and Julius Gopez (White Sand #1) White Sand is an unpublished manuscript by author Brandon Sanderson, and this graphic novel is an adaptation of the first part of that unreleased novel, with two more planned volumes to follow. I had hoped that …
Book #30 of 2017: Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection by Brandon Sanderson A great collection of short stories and novellas in the cosmere, the larger setting that links many of Brandon Sanderson’s individual book series like Mistborn and The Stormlight Archive. Sanderson plans for these series to eventually intersect directly, and there have been growing …
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Book #28 of 2016: Mistborn: Secret History by Brandon Sanderson This novella is honestly not one of Brandon Sanderson’s best pieces of storytelling. But that’s fine, because it’s not aiming to be. It’s instead more of a behind-the-scenes sort of deal, showing what one particular character was up to during the second and third Mistborn …
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Book #10 of 2016: The Bands of Mourning by Brandon Sanderson (Mistborn #6) The fight scenes in this novel are top-notch, and it’s great to see new applications of the basic magic principles Sanderson introduced in the first Mistborn books, but the plot here is pretty thin. I love The Alloy of Law (Mistborn #4, …
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Book #78 of 2015: Shadows of Self by Brandon Sanderson (Mistborn #5) I have mixed feelings about this Mistborn novel. For backstory: author Brandon Sanderson originally wrote a high fantasy trilogy in this setting, and plans to someday write another series where the technology has progressed to modern levels. He then added a standalone novel, …
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Book Review: Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson (The Stormlight Archive #2) This Stormlight Archive sequel is much better and more eventful than the first one, which could seem like just a massive prologue in a lot of ways. (The Way of Kings does have great writing, worldbuilding, and character work, but so very little …
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