I'm awakening, like a Spren

[JayDeusMortis he/him]

Hello my fellow cosmere inhabitants!

I want to introduce myself by telling you about my not so mystical journey through the cosmere.

 

My now Ex-Wife was reading a silly sounding book called "Mistborn". I remember her trying to explain the concept of Mistborn and Mistings, and saying to her "that sounds really stupid".

Well, she insisted that i give the book a chance and that I'd "love it". And now, to this day I am so happy that I gave in and read the rusting book! I was hooked by the end of the first chapter, which was very strange for me because I do not enjoy reading. Well, I DIDN'T enjoy reading at least... But now I had found purpose. I binge read the first trilogy then waited patiently for the second trilogy, and ended up re-reading the first trilogy twice over. At this point, I was picking up on little things and realized that Brandon Sanderson is god among men, and he was tying up loose ends and answering questions that I didn't even think to ask the first time over.

At this point in time, I was convinced that there could be no book saga greater than the Mistborn Saga... but then I had the opportunity to meet Brandon at SLC Comic Con. I was a little starstruck, but played it cool and told him, "I love your mistborn series, like, absolutely love it. What is another one of your books that you would recommend to me. I will go buy it right this second"

Brandon in his wisdom told me, I had a lot of fun writing the mistborn books, but my very favorite book to write was Way Of Kings. So I bought the storming book. Kalak's breath, the book was HUGE. I didn't realize what I was getting myself into, but after some failed attempts at reading it, I reached out to audible and purchased the copy ready by the majestic Michael Kramer and the lovely Kate Reading. I listened to the book and was disappointed and confused listening to the first few chapters. It was confusing to me how it jumped from the Heralds over to Kaladin over to Shallan. 

I almost gave up on the book, until I started making sense of the jumping around. Then... I was hooked! Even though I live in Utah, in one of the higher elevated peaks, I still considered myself an airsick lowlander... I read through WOK and straight on into WOR. At the end of WOR, I started searching for the next book. The one that hadn't yet been written. My heart broke. I became shattered as if Odium himself had ripped me out of my world. I was broken, and didn't know what to do with myself and shrunk away...

After some time, I decided to re-listen to the books. I also found out that Oathbringer will be out by the end of this year, and I decided to peruse the wiki to hear the speculation.. This is when I heard talks about Hoid. I have so many questions about him, but those can wait. I'm on my second time through WOK and WOR, and I'm nearing the end of WOR. I'll probably read WOK and WOR a third time before Oathbringer comes out, because I NEED TO KNOW EVERYTHING.

I have become obsessed, I go to sleep thinking about the cosmere. I need to know everything about this universe. I'm getting ready to go back to read elantris and warbreaker for the first time.. I'm like an awakening Spren, I feel like I should have all of these answers, but I just don't yet.

Anyway, Happy to be here.. I'll be as active as I can. I'll be here, even through a High Storm if need be because, Storm it! I love this universe!

 

 

 

[Rebecca she/her]

Welcome to the Shard @JayDeusMortis! It's so great to have you here with us. I would like to give you an upvote, and compliment that amazing introduction. I can tell you are a huge fan of Mistborn and Stormlight, and I know you'll love his other books too! Have you read any of his short stories, like Edgedancer, White Sand, or Mistborn Secret History? If not, you should, because they are amazing too, like everything else he writes. Anyway, Happy Reading!

[btcannon]

That was so fun to read. Welcome! Glad you're here!

[JayDeusMortis he/him]

1 hour ago, Rebecca said:

Welcome to the Shard @JayDeusMortis! It's so great to have you here with us. I would like to give you an upvote, and compliment that amazing introduction. I can tell you are a huge fan of Mistborn and Stormlight, and I know you'll love his other books too! Have you read any of his short stories, like Edgedancer, White Sand, or Mistborn Secret History? If not, you should, because they are amazing too, like everything else he writes. Anyway, Happy Reading!

@Rebecca I have not  yet had the pleasure to grace my soul with those lovely works, but I look forward to it. My plan is to read every bit of published (and unpublished) works by Master Sanderson.

[Sami she/her]

@JayDeusMortis wow man, that was fantastic!

Here's a recommendation: if you have extra time before Oathvember, make sure you read Edgedancer and Warbreaker as they both have the potential to be pretty relevant to the plot for SA

Edited September 16, 2017 by Sami

[JayDeusMortis he/him]

@Sami thank you, I'm going to have quite a reading list. But I'm ready. I'll be finishing WOR for the second time probably tomorrow, and then I will probably move on to Warbreaker. I want to know more about Zahel

[Nathrangking he/him]

Welcome @JayDeusMortis to the shard. We are glad to have you and we are certainly happy that you did not surrender to the intimidating page count that goes with WoK. Enjoy this place which has something for every sanderfan. Have an upvote.

[JayDeusMortis he/him]

@Nathrangking Thank you so much, I've been here less than a day, and I already feel so very welcomed and I feel ages happier.