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“I am, unfortunately, the Hero of Ages.”

The Hero of Ages (Mistborn, #3) by Brandon Sanderson

October 26, 2021 by narfna 2 Comments

Still a great ending to this series. This was one of the best endings to a book series I’d ever read back in 2013, and it’s still in that category eight years later. It’s an ending that is so good it single handedly elevates everything that came before it, which was already pretty damn good to start with. It’s one of those endings that makes so much sense in retrospect but is almost impossible to predict. Sanderson expertly sets your expectations throughout the whole trilogy […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fantasy Tagged With: #fantasy, brandon sanderson, cosmere, epic fantasy, michael kramer, Mistborn, narfna, re-reads, the cosmere, The Hero of Ages

narfna's CBR13 Review No:147 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fantasy · Tags: #fantasy, brandon sanderson, cosmere, epic fantasy, michael kramer, Mistborn, narfna, re-reads, the cosmere, The Hero of Ages ·
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Journey before Destination!

The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson

Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson

Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson

Edgedancer by Brandon Sanderson

December 11, 2020 by thewheelbarrow 2 Comments

Small note: I had every intention of reading Rhythm of War before posting this but I will not be getting to it before the year ends. Why is every hold at my library available RIGHT NOW?! The Stormlight Archive I used to loathe science fiction and fantasy books.  Those books were for nerds and in middle school, I would not be a nerd. Well, fast forward *ahem* about *cough*twenty*cough* or so years and I read SF/F almost exclusively when I read fiction. As a result, […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: brandon sanderson, cosmere, The Starlight Archive

Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: brandon sanderson, cosmere, The Starlight Archive ·
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Mistborn Era 2

The Alloy of Law by Brandon Sanderson

Shadows of Self by Brandon Sanderson

The Bands of Mourning by Brandon Sanderson

November 13, 2020 by thewheelbarrow 6 Comments

My goodness, I read ten books by Brandon Sanderson this year. I will probably finish The Rhythm of War when it comes out too. What a Cosmere-centric year! That universe represents about 20% of everything I read this year. This series is known within the Cosmere as Mistborn Era 2. It takes place about 300 years after the events of the Mistborn Era 1. In those missing years, Scadrial has undergone somewhat of an industrial revolution. There is burgeoning electricity and motorized vehicles are beginning […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: brandon sanderson, cosmere, Mistborn, Mistborn Series Read, wax and wayne

thewheelbarrow's CBR12 Review No:15 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: brandon sanderson, cosmere, Mistborn, Mistborn Series Read, wax and wayne ·
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Mistborn Era 1

The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson

The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson

The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson

November 10, 2020 by thewheelbarrow Leave a Comment

A family friend recommended The Starlight Archive to me a few years ago and I read them earlier this year. That of course led me down the rabbit hole of the Cosmere, author Brandon Sanderson’s overarching, interconnected series of books. Essentially, he plans for nearly 40 books to all be part of a shared universe, which is amazing, especially since not all of his books are a part of the Cosmere. The man really is a machine. This review contains MAJOR spoilers so please be […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: brandon sanderson, cosmere, Mistborn, Mistborn Series Read

thewheelbarrow's CBR12 Review No:12 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: brandon sanderson, cosmere, Mistborn, Mistborn Series Read ·
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The Cosmere Re-Read Strikes Again #CBRBingo – Gateway

Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson

October 27, 2020 by narfna Leave a Comment

One of Brandon Sanderson’s few standalones (for now), Warbreaker very much holds up on re-read. It takes place on a planet whose Investiture (sorry, Cosmere term) means that every person born has one Breath. The existence of Breaths has become a mostly spiritual issue, and one also about power. Breaths can be sold or given away, and the more Breaths one person holds, the more power they have. People with more Breath experience the world with heightened senses, and have the power to Awaken inanimate […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: #fantasy, brandon sanderson, cbr12bingo, cosmere, epic fantasy, narfna, re-reads, warbreaker

narfna's CBR12 Review No:153 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: #fantasy, brandon sanderson, cbr12bingo, cosmere, epic fantasy, narfna, re-reads, warbreaker ·
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Commencing the Great Cosmere Re-read.

Elantris by Brandon Sanderson

September 16, 2020 by narfna 2 Comments

This was my first Brandon Sanderson book, and in retrospect I’m very glad I read it first, not just because it’s a good fantasy standalone novel (for now, he keeps threatening a sequel but it’s years out) and thus a good gateway to his writing. I’m glad I read it first because now that I’ve read so many of his books (nearly all, still haven’t managed to read the Alcatraz books), including all of his epic fantasy, it’s very obvious this was his first published […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fantasy Tagged With: #fantasy, brandon sanderson, cosmere, elantris, epic fantasy, narfna, re-read

narfna's CBR12 Review No:133 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fantasy · Tags: #fantasy, brandon sanderson, cosmere, elantris, epic fantasy, narfna, re-read ·
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