My favorite book is currently dawnshard, but outside of the new factor it's probably bands of morning.
I don't know about the same room, but mixing chulls with earth cattle would be fascinating as someone who grew up in the us midwest.
I would say survivalism, but I'm not sure how much I trust a certain cognitive shadow going forward so probably shu-korath.
My name comes from my IRL middle name, Hotze, I use it as my username on most sites. And my profile picture is a maille dice bag i made.