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Well, Well, Well

The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson

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“The Well of Ascension” is the second book in the original Mistborn trilogy by Brandon Sanderson. And it’s a very good, very solid middle book for a trilogy. We get some answers to earlier mysteries, and we get some new mysteries. We get a light smattering of war as well as more political intrigue. We get some deeper character development, along with additional world building. And we get some more characters, but also lose some more characters. Book 1, “Mistborn,” saw Kelsier and his crew […]

Mists and Mystery

Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson

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Mistborn, by Brandon Sanderson, is Book One of the Mistborn Original Trilogy. Although I read a good amount of fantasy, I have, for some reason, never read any Brandon Sanderson. But, since this year is the 20th anniversary of the original publication of Mistborn, I thought I’d give it a shot. And I’m glad I did. Mistborn is a very good book. The world-building is phenomenal, from the political system to the actual sad, gray, ash-covered lands. The magic system is new and interesting, and […]

What even is art anyway?

The Emperor's Soul by Brandon Sanderson

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I haven’t read any Brandon Sanderson, and there were sooooooo many reviews of this one saying that it’s a perfect novella, so I thought this is probably a good place to start. Shai is a Forger, which means she uses magic to make replicas, of a kind – she must know the object and understand what makes its “soul” and then use the Forging magic to copy or create. Forgery is considered heretical. Shai has been arrested and sentenced to death for theft. But it turns […]

“Heroism is often the seemingly spontaneous result of a lifetime of preparation.”

Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson

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Bingo: I am counting this book for the “Green” square. Tress is a simple window washer who lives on a rock in the middle of an ocean of deadly spores. She is content baking culinary masterpieces, adding to her cup collection and spending time with her best friend Charlie. When Charlie is captured by the Sorceress across the Midnight Sea. In order to rescue the man she loves, Tress must leave her quiet life behind for one of adventure and peril. As she journeys across […]

hot take yes this is an info dump but also I will mainline more cosmere

Isles of the Emberdark by Brandon Sanderson

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BINGO: Black, it’s all over this cover There is a lot of telling instead of showing in this book, for an author who is already sort of well known (and, in some circles, sneered at) for being very tell-y. To be fair, I think it’s because Sanderson is very keen on his world and excited to tell us about it! And to be even more fair, I am a little Cosmere gremlin who will never be satisfied with details and arcana, no matter how arcane. […]

“Fine,” Grandpa said. “You fetch your evil Librarian mother from the jail. I’ll go warm up the giant penguin!”

The Dark Talent: Alcrataz vs. The Evil Librarians Book Five by Brandon Sanderson

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  After the events of the last book, The Shattered Lens,  Alcatraz Smedry and the ragtag army of relations and allies  must make their way to the heart of Librarian power to find the cure to Bastille’s and the Mokian’s comas: The Library of Congress. Alcatraz also has to stop his father, Attica, from implementing his plan of giving everyone in the world Talents like the Smedrys have, well had; Alcatraz broke them all in the big battle at the end of the previous book. […]



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