Hello
I am a 26 year old dude from Finland and I have been a frequent lurker for a couple of months and now finally I made an account.
Before a couple of years ago I could count on my fingers how many books iv'e read. Then one summer while working between my engineering studies I got so fed up with listening to the same hit singles over and over and over again on the radio of my ear protectors. I realized that knowing all the hit singles word to word was a useless superpower so I decided to give audiobooks a chance. I had never tried any audiobooks so I should start with something light, I started with A Song OF Ice And Fire... At work I would listen, then after work at home I would read (I bought the books that summer). I flew through the series and started "rereads" until I was starting to yearn for more stories to delve into.
I went over to the internet to find suggestions and I kept seeing the same series. Kingkiller chronicles, Farseer trilogy, Mistborn, Stormlight Archive etc.
I went through kingkiller, farseer and started Malazan (couldn't get into it) and I kept seeing Mistborn and Way of kings being recommended but I was hesitant (don't know why) to start Mistborn, maybe it was the young adult feel I got from the reviews and introductions to the series.
So one summer when working offshore I decided to give The Way of Kings a go as audiobook, and I was very intrigued by the prologue, after the first chapter I was in.
I made it maybe a third into the audiobook when summer was over and I returned to shore, then somehow I didn't continue the audiobook. I was in a slow part of the audiobook and I returned to school so I didn't have time to listen as much, Way of kings was dropped.
I graduated and began my work career and decided to finally give Mistborn a chance, I could always drop it after the first book.
I was blown away.
I flew through era 1 and continued to era 2 in record time, then I went back to era 1. I felt like I must read more from this author and started reading up on this Sanderson dude. I did not even realize that I already had experience with his work, that one book I dropped a year ago?
I decided to give Way Of Kings another chance and when the story hooked me in there was no letting go. Since then I have read all the published works from the Cosmere and there is no question about who is my favorite author.
I have visited on this forum many times and now being lured by Aether Of Night I have finally made myself an account. I am a classic lurker who reads a lot of theories and seldom have I written on any forums so excuse me if my rattles and formatting don't always make sense, I am learning.
Pleased to meet you! Have a picture of my fantasy section in my shelf.
