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[Merty21]

Hello. Just joined this forum, although known about it for a little while. I usually browse the reddit for news etc, but would like to go back to some good old forum format.

I'm 23 born and raised in Scotland. I got into reading during summer 2021 when I wanted to purchase an old children's book series about zombies in the UK that I remembered from my childhood. Next thing I know, ive read roughly over 30 books. I take my time and read, usually, in short spurts. Some of my favourite books so far; ready player one, project hail mary, dan brown series, leviathan wakes harry potter and more. Fun fact, I suprisingly hated the fellowship of the ring. It was filled to the brim of, in my opinion, boring world building. I forced myself to try and finish it, which is why i feel so strongly about it.

Ok so I don't remember exactly how I got into Sanderson books. I bought The Final Empire thought it was great, but not too great. As I was finishing the book i bought the next two. Loved TWOA even more. Ive now read the 3 WAW books while currently reading the 4th. I've read the behemoth TWOK and WOR and half way though oatbringer. Stormlight is such a challenge for me, because I like books with less pages so more focused on plot rather than world building. But damn. TWOK although had rough moments to read, was just incredible story telling. And let me tell ya, the WOR was even better. You know the moments in that book.

I've invested in the 4 new secret projects, costing me double for shipping. Invested in the figure kick starter. Purchased the cytonic and the lost metal on launch.

Yeah, the cosmere has kind of changed my life.

anyways going to have a look through and post. Warning, i might have spicy opinions.

 

Enough talking about myself

Hi everyone 

[S. Stormy she/her]

Heeeeeeeellllllllooooooooooooooo!!!!

Glad to have you, and WELCOME, my friend!

[Robin Sedai she/her]

Greetings! That's a great introduction, welcome to the Shard!

[Adamkarma he/him]

Very happy, you're here. Hope you have great time here!

[Merty21]

thanks for welcomes

and does anyone know of a brandon sanderson discord to join? if i can get an invite plos thanks

[Robin Sedai she/her]

2 minutes ago, Merty21 said:

thanks for welcomes

and does anyone know of a brandon sanderson discord to join? if i can get an invite plos thanks

I'm not on it myself but I believe we (17th Shard) have our own fairly active discord. There should be a link on the homepage if this one doesn't work: https://discord.com/invite/95QCpxbj?utm_source=Discord Widget&utm_medium=Connect

[Conor Dedalus he/him]

On 1/27/2023 at 5:09 PM, Merty21 said:

Hello. Just joined this forum, although known about it for a little while. I usually browse the reddit for news etc, but would like to go back to some good old forum format.

I'm 23 born and raised in Scotland. I got into reading during summer 2021 when I wanted to purchase an old children's book series about zombies in the UK that I remembered from my childhood. Next thing I know, ive read roughly over 30 books. I take my time and read, usually, in short spurts. Some of my favourite books so far; ready player one, project hail mary, dan brown series, leviathan wakes harry potter and more. Fun fact, I suprisingly hated the fellowship of the ring. It was filled to the brim of, in my opinion, boring world building. I forced myself to try and finish it, which is why i feel so strongly about it.

Ok so I don't remember exactly how I got into Sanderson books. I bought The Final Empire thought it was great, but not too great. As I was finishing the book i bought the next two. Loved TWOA even more. Ive now read the 3 WAW books while currently reading the 4th. I've read the behemoth TWOK and WOR and half way though oatbringer. Stormlight is such a challenge for me, because I like books with less pages so more focused on plot rather than world building. But damn. TWOK although had rough moments to read, was just incredible story telling. And let me tell ya, the WOR was even better. You know the moments in that book.

I've invested in the 4 new secret projects, costing me double for shipping. Invested in the figure kick starter. Purchased the cytonic and the lost metal on launch.

Yeah, the cosmere has kind of changed my life.

anyways going to have a look through and post. Warning, i might have spicy opinions.

 

Enough talking about myself

Hi everyone 

Welcome to the 17th Shard!

This probably isn't the most popular of opinions, but with the Stormlight Archive, honestly I feel like I've liked each book even more than the one before it. And that's starting with a really deep love for The Way of Kings. 

And I can totally understand the feeling towards Tolkien. Personally, I enjoy the LOTR books, but they're not nearly as easy to get into as I think many people assume given the huge commercial success of the movies. 

Either way, welcome and looking forward to hearing more from you!