Honestly, I'd just look up a synopsis and then read Sanderson's solo work. I thought it was much better. He did fine taking up Jordan's mantle, but it's not the same.

Purity is… not great. It's fine. Just fine.

Yep, first one.

I'd be fine with it if the vampires had been present the whole book, rather than "oh, crap, I've written humanity into an inescapable corner! How can I save them? I know, vampires! Shut up, they were there the whole time."

I very much enjoy much of Weber's Honor Harrington series. That said, I've seldom been as angered by a Deus Ex Machina as that in his Out of the Dark.

I'm glad to hear this is good. The commercials have been, as a whole, pretty charming without even having any of Lin Manuel Miranda's songs.

That is about as apt a description of any poetry collection as I have ever heard.

How is Coleridge beyond The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Kubla Khan?

That trailer for Netflix's Series of Unfortunate Events does indeed seem to promise good things. I'm very happy to hear "a phrase which here means."

From her earlier stuff, "Blow Away," "What I Wouldn't Do," and "Electric Twist" are fun.

There are lot's of catchy songs on her first couple albums as A Fine Frenzy, but I'd start with Pines, which is a masterpiece of an album. Now is the Start, in particular, should have been a massive hit. It's as joyful a song as I have ever heard.

I loved it as a kid, though even back then I thought it was too easy (I was a pretentious little scamp).

Alison Sudol is awesome (at music [I have not seen her act, so I cannot opine on her acting]).

I wish this was showing in my city. (I'd say "in my state" but if it's not showing in my city, it's not showing in my state).

I haven't, but that description sounds like I'd enjoy her writing. Do you have any suggestions for a book with which to start?

Nah, they're not my two favorite authors. They are, however, the one's I would most like to win a Nobel.

Yeah, Mitchell kind of strikes me as a British Murakami.

I'd echo alurin in recommending Norwegian Wood as a less weird option, though I'd recommend The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle or Kafka on the Shore before Hard-Boiled Wonderland (caveat - Kafka is the first Murakami I read, so my recommendation may be influenced by that).

Never fear, he's got other books with weird stuff aplenty, it's just that 1Q84 is rather long, and if you're not into weird Murakami, it's going to be a drag.

1Q84 is not a good place to start with Murakami. If that's your only experience with him, I'd urge you to try one of the shorter novels (or, if you like nonfiction, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running is good).