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I'm new to Brandon Sanderson and have so far read The Way of Kings and am currently 88% through Words of Radiance. Should I read Edgedancer or Oathbringer next for the best experience? Yes, I could look this up online, but I'm afraid I'll bump into spoilers in the search.

I won't say how. That will be revealed, eager one. And if you think it's already good, it's still gonna get better and better. Not much I can say without giving the plot away. I'm about 50% through Words of Radiance, and I'm blown away at the shift things have taken.

To me, the layout looks a bit different than I'm used to; I don't see any italics used in the text, and the quoting system is bizarre. The big issue is I'm not feeling like reading an Asian fantasy at the moment. And I'd rather not deal with non-native names and customs. In any event, I'm not really looking for a new book to read. Chances are that I'll be reading Stormlight Archive for a good while. And I'm content with that.

Thanks for the link. Gotta be honest though. Not digging the format, length, and fact that it's a translation. Agreed about the first experience. As for smut, apparently, the people want it, and the publishers demand it so they can get more sales.

This has happened to me for so many books. There are books that I've stopped reading half way through that I abandon due to seeing other interesting books, and I never get back to them. Some books I've read half way through a couple times. As to the Stormlight Archives, it's interesting enough for me to not stray, which is unusual. Sanderson has me hooked quite well.

I'm not the best person to ask as I've not much material to compare it to. At the time, I loved the characters and the story, but I think it's more of a heightened experience due to fantasy being so new to me. It is an enemies to lovers book with a big, strong, sexy man who can put the energizer bunny to shame―several love scenes spanning half a dozen or more pages... There was a cringe element to it. But the story holds up. It's just held up partially by romance. Thanks so much for the warning about Tigana. I'll have to look into that. I've not much against the odd romance scene, but I'd prefer not having to read half a dozen pages per 100 which appear to be written by Ron Jeremy or some nymphomaniac. Sure, lets hear the suggestion. Got me curious now. That was actually another possible series to read, though I'm content with just reading the first few books of the set. I'm more about the journey than the ending. That's exactly why I was considering Guy Gavriel Kay. I was looking for a book with poetic, lyrical, flowing prose. I ran into the Cosmere whilst doing a search for prose + fantasy. Sanderson's style was said to be concise and to the point, and I didn't even think I'd like it, but the ratings were so high I read with the intention to hate it. And, it turns out I like his style. His 'preferences'?... no need to elaborate. Probably best this is left as is. I'm really not digging the little I've seen so far of this new smut era of reading.

At first glance, it appears to be directed towards the younger audience; however, I have read LOR, and the ratings do look very high. It's a question of degree for me. I read Quicksilver by Callie hart, which I believe is a romantasy. That book had a high amount of smut, and that's just not my thing. I found myself speed-reading past those pages after these sexual encounters kept repeating, and I'm not one to speed-read past parts. It was the story that kept me reading, else I'd have given that book up. That said, I do like the slow burn romance going on with Dalinar (won't spoil with who) in The Way of Kings and Words of Radiance, and I'm quite stoked to see what happens romantically with Shallan—one of my favorite characters. For me, Sanderson is nailing the romance degree perfectly, letting in just enough to add a bit of spice but not so much that it takes over the storyline.

Thanks for mentioning. I just got a trifle excited to hear him make this announcement. If you were here, you'd probably have seen the anticipationspren turn into angerspren, buzzing about my head.

Thanks! I can't say one way or the other as I've not read much about them aside Smaug from LOR. I'd be happy to take recommendations though. Can't promise I'd read them, but I can promise I'd look it up and read reviews and possibly an intro page.

I'm not impressed. Thousands of people were hyped for this. Then Sanderson pulls the feed without warning and ghosts us all, only to have some other person mention—buried in a reddit feed—that Sanderson won't be going live. No explanation, no apologies. Just a 'Thanks for understanding.' How can we even understand when we don't even know the cause for the cancellation? And how can many of those people have a 'great evening' when many of them had mentioned in the reddit feed that they had cancelled their evening plans just for this? Sanderson knows people obsess about this stuff, and yet he let them dangle. A 15 second video on YouTube would have sufficed.

A few months ago I hadn't given fantasy much thought. I've read these fantasies so far in the past: The Hobbit, Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers Dune ... and these books below within the past few months: Quicksilver A Court of Thorns and Roses The Way of Kings Words of Radiance (currently reading, 30% finished) As to classics, I've read quite a bit, but here are some notable titles off the top of my head: Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (first 3 of 6 books) Clarissa - Samuel Richardson Jane Austen's works (All) Some of Dickens' works Moby Dick War and Peace, Anna Karenina Gone with the Wind I've also read lots of thrillers and horror. Many by Stephen King and some horror classics... That said, I don't think I could have even thought of myself as a person who would consider the fantasy genre a main stay until a few months ago. I was simply looking up popular books and ran into Quicksilver. That led me into the rabbit hole of fantasy. Some books that I'm considering to read next: Mistborn Farseer trilogy - Robin Hobbs The Name of the Wind (almost done 1st book. sucks that there likely won't be a 3rd book) A Game of Thrones Tigana - Guy Gavriel Kay Some of my books are posted in the picture below. Many are read, too many are not read. Such is life.

Brandon Sanderson had a YouTube event scheduled for Friday, January 30th at 8:00pm EST (NY time). It was to discuss the new Apple TV signing. The event was open, and people were chatting on the YouTube page, waiting for the event to start. Then suddenly the video was pulled, and the link is now gone and no replacement or explanation as to what happened. What a drag. Even had my alarm set so I wouldn't miss it.

Thanks for the info! So far I've only read 'The Way of Kings' and a third of 'Words of Radiance', but I've read a couple of other fantasy novels, so I'll be sure to include that in the intro. I love the series. I think this is my favorite series to date. That said, time, circumstances, and life tend to derail me, so possibility looms. That's the great thing about coming late to the party—no waiting for books to be written. Perhaps I should have dived into the Cosmere around 2030, so I could watch the new series on Apple TV as well.

Thanks so much for this. I've used Time Machine and set it to 'Before Oathbringer', so I hope that's correct. I'm liking the info and layout so far.

This sounds like a recipe for burnout in my mind. I think I'd find myself either burnt out or just being pulled to something else due to interest. That's the big reason I'd like to keep reading—keeping it fresh in mind. Storm it if I could remember a few traits about a character or their name a few days after reading the story, but Sanderson does have a way of making at least the main characters stick in your head. That reading order doesn't seem too off the wall. Might even be a decent way to balance the Cosmere out? But yeah, I think I'll just let the moment guide me. The Fandom site seems like a great place for chapter summaries and info on characters. Have used it quite a bit. Also have some fan art of the main characters. I find that helps a lot to be able to put a visual image to the character. I was thinking of reading a little Robin Hobbs next due to the difference in prose style if I did choose to read a non-Sanderson book. Anyways, I'm so attached to the characters right now that I'm choosing to storm through it.

Just curious what you all do after reading a book which is part of a long series. Lets say the book was The Way of Kings. Would you then read Words of Radiance right after or would you take a break and read an unrelated book and come back to it later? In any event, I just read The Way of Kings and I jumped into Words of Radiance right after (currently 25% finished), but I'll likely be taking a little break and reading another fantasy or Mistborn after.