Greetings and Salutations!!!

[EponasSong]

So I am new to this forum. I saw it when I was browsing Brandon's website. 

So where to begin? I guess the best part is how I heard of Brandon. I work in the deli as a deli clerk (real surprise there I know.) and I was speaking to one of my co-workers about GoT. He off handily mentioned that since I like to read the GoT books that I might like this Brandon Sanderson fella. (also adding that I don't have to wait 10 years and a day for the next book to come out because he's super fast). At the time I was reading about Peter the Great and had some other books I needed to read, so I told him I would add Brandon to my list. The book he suggested was Way of Kings. And every week he would ask if I had read the book and my response would be the same, it was on my list.

Now my list is a magical list in which I put authors or titles that I will probably not get to. Maybe but probably not (and yes it still exists today). For a solid month he wouldn't stop pestering me until finally I have in and bought a copy of Way of Kings off of Ebay and I was instantly hooked. I guess I can thank my co-worker's instance (to put it nicely) on me becoming a fan.

I'm still new to Brandon. I've only read a total of four books and the fifth  is being sent to me. I do love the Stormlight Archive series and it is my favorite thus far. I can't say Brandon is one of my favorite author thus far only on a technicality. I set a rule for myself that I have to like at least three works (each series counts as one work) from an author before he or she can be considered. So hopefully after I get Elantris and read it, Brandon can join the ranks in which he belongs.

I'm glad I found this forum and I hope to meet some fellow Sanderson fans.

 

Edited September 20, 2018 by EponasSong

[+ILuvHats he/him]

Welcome to the 17th Shard!  What's your favorite book so far?

[EponasSong]

1 hour ago, ILuvHats said:

Welcome to the 17th Shard!  What's your favorite book so far?

Oh must I pick one? Oh dear what a difficult thing to do. (Even though I've only read four books) I think it would be Words of Radiance. Though I really enjoyed the Way of Kings.  

[+ILuvHats he/him]

Same, at least for the Stormlight Archive.  Words of Radiance hit that perfect balance of fulfilling all the expectations set by Way of Kings while at the same time upping the tension and conflict.  It's just a great sequel.

[+Sorana she/her]

Hello and welcome to the shard!

And which character did you like best? And which one didn't you like at all?

A short warning: you have to be a bit carefull while browsing this forum, there are lots of spoilers around. Especially in the cosmere discussion.

[EponasSong]

10 hours ago, Sorana said:

Hello and welcome to the shard!

And which character did you like best? And which one didn't you like at all?

A short warning: you have to be a bit carefull while browsing this forum, there are lots of spoilers around. Especially in the cosmere discussion.

I'm not sure about the best, but I'm not a fan of Shallan. Not sure if it's because I'm a girl myself and for what ever reason I have never liked female characters or it's Shallan herself. It's hard to tell. I try not to have favorites because my favorite in other books either die or have a miserable ending.