Cannonball Read 18

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“But in his experience, being bad with names was like being bad with swords. Most people could learn if they tried hard enough.”

Wind and Truth by Brandon Sanderson

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original hot take Okay fine I’ll give it a 5 although I have to go back and rebase across the works. In other news, 3am reading indicates lessons of adulthood never learned. Longer review I don’t think this actually is a five star for me, I think if I had to go back and think through the books it would be: Way of Kings 4* Words of Radiance 5* Oathbringer 4* Rhythm of War 5* Wind and Truth 4* There’s too much that went on in this […]

“What, other than a person, could you build up merely by caring?”

Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson

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Hey look, I read my very first Brandon Sanderson book! Even better, I really liked it. Very nearly 5-star loved it.   I have been intrigued by the writings of Brandon Sanderson for years, it’s hard to be a Cannonballer and not see many of the people whose opinions you generally agree with, and trust have incredibly complementary things to say about it. But the kind of massive, high fantasy volumes that Sanderson is infamous for have never been my thing. But then I kept […]

“You should tell her, the knight interjects, that is basically the entire point of math. Explaining stuff everyone already knows.”

The Sunlit Man by Brandon Sanderson

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Original review: NOW IT IS TIME FOR WIND AND TRUTH (but I have another two weeks to wait) Updated long review: First off, I had a whole thing written and it got lost on Goodreads, how bizarre. Doesn’t it save automatically? So well to quickly recap (and I won’t give away who the main character/Nomad is until later on, if you want to avoid): – it’s funny how there’s SO MUCH plot crammed into these small novels between the giant paving stones (and really, they […]

A lovely, much-needed escape

Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson

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When I began this book, I was not sold on the first few chapters.  The style was a little too – overly smarmy asides, self-satisfied attempts at humor – I was annoyed by the cliched characters and benign but still smug silliness.  And then my hometown, Los Angeles, caught fire, and my family evacuated early one morning, and my entire feeling toward it changed. I read this book over three days while waiting for my phone to tell me which of my friends had lost […]

starting these books on Monday is hazardous to your productivity

Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson

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If it weren’t for how much I liked the first book this would probably be my favorite–there’s so much character development and arc payoff in this book, and genuine surprise at some of the twists and conclusions. It took me about a week to read The Way of Kings whilst also working, and I assumed this would be similar so I started it while on the way to Brussels for a work trip. Somehow, despite having to go into an office and do work there and talk […]

perfect time to finish this :)

Rhythm of War by Brandon Sanderson

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A massive pick-up in tone for me from Oathbringer, although I have clear favorites by this point and they’re never around enough (give me ALL the Adolin-as-the-best-himbo vibes) (H/T to Evin for the video) (a reminder that if you need to talk to someone and don’t solely communicate via spanreed help is always available if you need to talk). The pieces are starting to fall into place, but there are so very many of them that you’re basically Lucy trying to get all the candy off the conveyor […]



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