You may find this obnoxious, but all the payoff of "The Way of Kings" really happens in "Words of Radiance." I thought there was a really huge jump in quality between the two!

What originally cinched the deal to get me to read Mistborn was Sanderson's blog post in which he apologized for writing two sequels in a single year when he had only planned one. While very different writing, it is a refreshing change from some fantasy series that take extended breaks between instalments (you know of…

Understandable. I found the second book to be quite a bit of a drag. However, the payoff in the first 100-pages or so of the third has made it (partially) worth it.

That'll do it! I am already worried that I'll have to re-read Rothfuss in preparation for the third novel.

Word on the street is that Stormlight 3 will be out next spring/summer.

"Life After Life" was a ton of fun, but I agree that WWII novels can become frustrating (I will usually read no more than one a year). Reviews seem to be largely positive for the sequel "A God in Ruins."

I thought the "Death of Wolverine" did a good job of being a fun Wolverine story and, of course, McNiven kills the art.

I've heard "City of Stairs" is quite good! What's it like?

I do plan on reading all of the Cosmere-related books. "War breaker" and "Ellantris" are the only ones I'm missing (I think).

Agreed! I find a big difference in his writing between Mistborn and Stormlight alone, and they are only a few years apart. I'll be sure to give the superhero stuff a spin!

Agreed on the prose! Despite their length, "The Stormlight Archive" did move more quickly for me than "Mistborn." That is all I've read of Sanderson so far! I'll probably dig into the second generation Mistborn books soon after. Have you read those?

I've been on a bit of a fantasy kick lately following a few months of some heavier literary fiction. I'm on the final instalment of Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn Trilogy, "The Hero of Ages," and I've found it to be highly entertaining, though much less ambitious than his Stormlight Archive books. Some of the first and…

On my reading list for the summer! Very excited to read it.

Lucky for you: "The Bone Clocks" is supposed to be a sequel to "The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet" (sort of). Without spoiling too much, Marinus is one of the main characters. While really different in style, it is definitely worth a read! I really enjoyed it.

I was planning on making that my next Mitchell read! I also have copies of "Ghostwritten" and "Number9Dream" that I plan on getting to eventually. Have you read all of his books? I'm loving the connections in "The Bone Clocks."

I planned on picking up the omnibus volume (3 books for $15? Hell yeah!), so I am also curious as to how it holds up. I've heard Junot Diaz is a fan, which is plenty of endorsement for me!

Finally got around to David Mitchell's "The Bone Clocks" over the weekend and blazed through the first half of the book, loving every minute. I was blown away by "Cloud Atlas," and it quickly entered the hallowed halls of ONE OF MY TOP 5 BOOKS OF ALL TIME; alas, it can be a pretty challenging read and is hard to…

Working on "Words of Radiance" by Brandon Sanderson. Man, what a great time. It might be the switch from fairly serious "literary" fiction and nonfiction, but I am just destroying this read. I really enjoyed "The Way of Kings" (the first instalment) for its original concepts and world, but WoR takes everything from…

I've gotten through a few good books that I got over Christmas. "Internal Medicine" by Terrance Holt and "Ancillary Justice" (and its sequel "Ancillary Sword") by Ann Leckie were the standouts thus far. In one of those endless, "I will be a better person for having read it, but goddamn if it isn't tough to get…

I read "The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet", which was superb, but I have been really intrigued by his huge shared universe. Glad to hear "The Bone Clocks" is enjoyable!