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[DuffMan]

Started "The Sunlit Man" yesterday.

[BobPhelan]

Only 20 books to go in my Stephen King binge.

[BobPhelan]

Started "The Sunlit Man" yesterday.

I still haven’t read Yumi thanks to my previous message.

[Mackus]

Yumi was my favorite of the first 3. Haven't started the 4th yet.

[BobPhelan]

Loved Tress, Wizard’s Guide was fine.

[DuffMan]

All the secret projects have been fun.  Not sure where I would rank them just yet.   About 1/4 through Sunlit Man, this one is definitely relevant to the Cosmere...

[DuffMan]

Been taking my time with Sunlit Man (interesting main character), but I must've hit the Sanderlanche because I got through a big chunk last night.  Having said that this is probably 3rd or 4th  in enjoyment of the 4 SP's.  Don't take that as me not liking this story just how I feel about it at the moment.  The cosmere connections of this one are certainly more relevant in this story.  I did make the mistake of flipping through to see some of the cool art in this one and did spoil something for myself, whoops.

[DuffMan]

The Sanderlanche was great, as were the greater connections to the Cosmere but I still think I put this behind Tress and Yumi

[BobPhelan]

Two Stephen King books to go to complete his collection, Under the Dome and Holly. Been a fun journey. Glad I did it but also glad to be at the finish line so I can get back to reading a little bit of everything. 

 

Starting the Malazan Book of the Fallen series now. Will read those on an ereader while listening to other things on audiobook.

[Dupin]

I have started The Stormlight Archive.  Pleasantly surprised to find out it's the same narrating team that did the Wheel of Time audiobooks.

[BobPhelan]

I have started The Stormlight Archive. Pleasantly surprised to find out it's the same narrating team that did the Wheel of Time audiobooks.

Enjoy!

And yeah those two are great.

[DuffMan]

I have started The Stormlight Archive.  Pleasantly surprised to find out it's the same narrating team that did the Wheel of Time audiobooks.

Journey before destination

[BobPhelan]

Yumi was my favorite of the first 3. Haven't started the 4th yet.

Yeah wow, wasn’t expecting to love that as much as I did. Didn’t hook me immediately but liked it more and more as it went on.

[BobPhelan]

My Sanderson rankings:

Oathbringer
The Hero of Ages
The Way of Kings
The Final Empire
Secret History
Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell
Words of Radiance
Rhythm of War
Yumi and the Nightmare Painter
The Well of Ascension
The Rithmatist
The Bands of Mourning
The Lost Metal
Warbreaker
Elantris
Dawnshard
The Emporer's Soul
Tress of the Emerald Sea
Edgedancer
Shadows of Self
The Alloy of Law
Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians
The Frugal Wizard's Handbook
Legion
The Eleventh Metal
The Hope of Elantris
White Sand
Sixth of the Dusk
Allomancer Jak and the Pits of Eltania

[Dupin]

While it was interesting, I didn't enjoy the 3rd Mistborn that much.  I thought the first was great.

 

I am loving The Way of Kings so far.  All the major POV characters are fantastic.  Really vibing with Dalinar.

[JeremyStrain]

Songbirds and Snakes. Gotta read it before the movie comes out.

[DuffMan]

Yeah wow, wasn’t expecting to love that as much as I did. Didn’t hook me immediately but liked it more and more as it went on.

I was a big fan of Yumi.   My only nitpick was the ending.  After teasing out how it may go only to pivot to what we got.  

[DuffMan]

My Sanderson rankings:

Oathbringer
The Hero of Ages
The Way of Kings
The Final Empire
Secret History
Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell
Words of Radiance
Rhythm of War
Yumi and the Nightmare Painter
The Well of Ascension
The Rithmatist
The Bands of Mourning
The Lost Metal
Warbreaker
Elantris
Dawnshard
The Emporer's Soul
Tress of the Emerald Sea
Edgedancer
Shadows of Self
The Alloy of Law
Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians
The Frugal Wizard's Handbook
Legion
The Eleventh Metal
The Hope of Elantris
White Sand
Sixth of the Dusk
Allomancer Jak and the Pits of Eltania

I know we've discussed SA rankings.  I haven't done a whole list yet though. 

 

Words of Radiance is Still my #1

 

I'm not much of a fan of Elantris and would move that further down on my list, but having said that I really enjoyed "The Emperor's Soul"

Warbreaker might be a little higher for me as well.  Generally agree with Mistborn Era 1 > Mistborn Era 2 (more epic to me)  but I am a big fan of The Lost Metal and might have that higher on my list.

[BobPhelan]

Starting the Malazan Book of the Fallen series now. Will read those on an ereader while listening to other things on audiobook.

Anyone else read this series? Heard about how challenging it is but if you get past the first book it’s possibly the best/most epic fantasy series out there.

I’m 3/4’s of the way through the first book and already loving it. Not as challenging as I was imagining. You get plopped into things already moving and have to play catch up to understand what’s happening but I was into the characters enough that it wasn’t an issue. Would recommend if anyone wants to take this journey with me.

[DuffMan]

Brandon confirmed that Stormlight 5 will be coming out next December 7th!