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…
Just when I thought the Year of Sanderson was over, it continued with a final flourish. Fresh off the plane from Dragonsteel 2023 and with all four secret projects behind me, my last swag box from Sanderson’s Kickstarter arrived at my doorstep. In it, I found a small black tome adorned with a metallic design…
Continue reading ➞ Long Chills & Case Dough – Curiosity, Indeed
Fellow Cosmere-nauts, Brandon Sanderson fans, and DDF flight crew! Welcome to something a little different from The Quill To Live: a review of Dragonsteel 2023. Brandon Sanderson’s convention has grown since its inaugural year in Provo, Utah. Now, it occupies a huge wing of the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City, packing thousands…
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
And just like that, we come to the end of Brandon Sanderson’s secret project slate. The Sunlit Man plunges us once again into the Cosmere, this time in a far future and with a familiar character headlining the story. Nomad is running. Running from the Night Brigade, a shadowy cabal chasing him for something he…
Brandon Sanderson’s Defending Elysium treats readers to a short, fast-paced story set in the Cytoverse (Skyward). The story moves at the velocity of a spaceship; you’ll be able to finish it at lightspeed. Fans of the Cytoverse should consider this required reading for further context, while those who haven’t read Skyward can still appreciate the…
Brandon Sanderson’s third secret project is a secret no more! Yumi And The Nightmare Painter catapults us back into the Cosmere after the non-Cosmere Frugal Wizard stumble. Yumi is an excellent return to form, complete with an interesting magic system, intriguing characters, and a brilliant setting. However, Yumi still has its issues. Yumi is a…
Continue reading ➞ Yumi And The Nightmare Painter – Broad Strokes
This post originally appeared on Tor.com. Sometimes, endlessly singing the praises of your favorite fictional universes can pay off. Such was the case with Brandon Sanderson’s Cosmere, when a friend who doesn’t read a whole lot finally picked up one of the books. It took some coaxing—in the form of a suggested reading order, a Please Adapt…
Continue reading ➞ Cosmere Cashmere: Finding the Best Fit for Sanderson’s Cosmere Planets
