When tickets become available to the outlandish Sanderson worlds I've come to love, I'm often the first to get my ticket punched. I'm a known worldhopper, partial to his Cosmere work, but I'll pick up pretty much anything Sanderson writes. He's among the best in the business today, so his works are typically an easy…
The man cannot be stopped! Brandon Sanderson released Isles of the Emberdark, his fifth secret project, as part of the Words of Radiance leatherbound crowdfunding campaign. It will also be in bookstores and online very soon (as of this writing), so the latest Cosmere book will be in the hands of the masses swiftly! Note:…
Continue reading ➞ Isles of the Emberdark – The Cosmere Expands
Come one, come all to the Cosmere! That’s right folks, after years of Brandon Sanderson reviews and discussions, we’re finally laying down the law. Today, one and a half Brandon Sanderson experts (Andrew and Cole, respectively) shoulder the Herculean task of telling YOU the ideal Brandon Sanderson reading order. A few clean-up notes before we…
Continue reading ➞ Welcome To The Cosmere: A Brandon Sanderson Reading Order Guide
Goooooood morning and/or afternoon, QTL readerss (depends on when you read this, of course). Today's puzzle features a site favorite. Let's hop to it! QTL Crossword: Allomancer? I Hardly Know 'Er! Puzzle Spoilers Below!! This week it's a Mistborn puzzle! Vin and Elend are chillin' on the grid. If you haven't jumped into Brandon Sanderson's…
Continue reading ➞ Quill To Live Crossword 3: Allomancer? I Hardly Know ‘Er!
Lesser-known indie author Brandon Sanderson is a Quill To Live favorite, and you should hop on the bandwagon before he gets big, folks! I’ve long praised Sanderson’s Cosmere and other works—today, I’m reviewing one of the latter. The Rithmatist is a standalone novel (with a promised but yet-to-be-seen sequel) with many of Sanderson’s storytelling stamps. …
There is a collection of authors that we here at the Quill To Live would consider our ride or dies. These are the authors that we keep tabs on because we don’t consider if we will read their latest book, it’s only a matter of when. In our continued celebration of QTL’s 10th anniversary, here…
The Cosmere has changed forever. Brandon Sanderson’s Wind and Truth concludes the first era of his massive fantasy epic, The Stormlight Archive (don’t forget, it’s just one archive, folks!). If you’re reading this, I assume you’ve either read Wind & Truth already or are heavily invested in the Cosmere and will read it very soon.…
Recently I saw a TikTok of a booktube reviewer taking his friend to a bookstore with $100 and picking out a bunch of starter books for the friend. It was a cute video and it got me thinking what books I might try to buy with a set budget of $100 and the only goal…
Continue reading ➞ Booking On A Budget: Andrew’s $100 Book Buy
Legion: The Many Lives Of Stephen Leeds collects three novellas by lesser-known boutique author Brandon Sanderson. The three stories—Legion, Legion: Skin Deep, and Lies of the Beholder—are loosely connected, resulting in an almost novel in three parts. It’s good fun as long as you don’t spend too much time pondering it. Stephen Leeds is a…
Continue reading ➞ Legion: The Many Lives Of Stephen Leeds – Quick & Quirky
As if the year of Sanderson wasn’t enough! The Skyward series comes to an end with Defiant, concluding Spensa and Skyward Flight’s four-book, three-novella saga. My feelings have been mixed throughout the series, and that trend continues into the final installment. Spensa has returned from her adventures in the Nowhere, during which she tried to…
