#mistborn and gentleman bastards

[curiousserpent]

I should sleep but after finishing (and quite enjoying!) the first one it is time to revisit my number one favourite book of my childhood...

[jira-chii]

I've just read Locke Lamora, Name of the Wind, and Mistborn basically back to back. I'm in fantasy Heaven

[joncronshawauthor]

Top Ten Assassins in Fantasy Literature You Need to Know About

I’d hazard a guess and say we’ve all thought about hiring an assassin from time to time, especially when someone nicks the last digestive biscuit. But alas, they don’t often pop up in the Yellow Pages, and frankly, they don’t come cheap. If you, like me, have a morbid fascination with these masters of shadow and intrigue, you’ll likely find these ten fantasy literature assassins a delightful…

[jellisdraws]

📌 INFO

I’m Joe! 28, He/Him

Fantasy and Sci-fi are the main goings on round here.

I’m a DM who’s been running a weekly homebrew game since 2019, though I’ve been a lover of ttrpg’s for a decade now. Im an artist and a writer and you can find examples of both here.

My blog is “Multifandom” I suppose. My interests aren’t singular and the contents of this blog reflect that. Some favorites include: The Gentleman Bastard Sequence, Malazan Series, Mistborn series. I love Critical Role, TAZ, Dimension 20, too many Anime to name, Drawfee, Mass effect, dragon age, the Witcher, Destiny 2, Baldurs Gate 3 and so on!

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[portuguesedisaster]

I love this.

Note to self: next time I start reading a book on an already established universe, re-read the first books.

[barnes-and-noble-official]

book recommendations?

-@walmart-the-official

-Literally anything by Brandon Sanderson (Mistborn, Stormlight Archives, Warbreaker, I've read almost every single one of his books multiple times and they never disappoint.)

-I also really love The Gentleman Bastards series by Scott Lynch (The Lies of Locke Lamora) HIGHLY recommend that one. It's really fun.

-if you are really strong. and have a lot of willpower. The Wheel of Time. but it is not for the faint of heart, because it's very slow at points. Pays off eventually. Better on rereads though :D

-I'm also reading Good Omens again rn, so if you haven't yet read that you totally should. :)

I only really read fantasy so idk if these are things you're interested in lol, but hope this helped!

[punkrockgenasiashton]

Getting into reading a lot over the last year, specifically fantasy, makes me all the more baffled that Game of Thrones/A Song of Ice and Fire was somehow the series that was chosen to be adapted into the first big budget, prestige TV show.

And thats not to say that I dont/didnt enjoy both reading and watching (up until the last season) Game of Thrones and the A Song of Ice and Fire series. They are quite good. But. The book series is occasionally *incredibly* dry, characters are killed for shock value just as often as plot progression, and most importantly it was (and remains) unfinished, with the 5th of 7 total books only being published the same year the series debuted and zero books of the series published since.

Now, granted, my introduction into serious fantasy reading is still in its infancy, as Ive really only recently stepped out of Brandon Sandersons Cosemere over the last month or so, but there are so many (imo) better and FINISHED fantasy sagas out there.

The Stories from Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin , The Mistborn Series by the aforementioned Brandon Sanderson, The First Law series by Joe Ambercrombie (if you wanna keep the grimdark and the unfinished at the time of debut of Game of Thrones), The Farseer Trilogy by Robin Hobb, The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan. All at least started four or more years prior to the debut of Game of Thrones and all were finished by the time the final season of Game of Thrones aired (if not years or decades before). And thats just off the top of my head. Unfinished and better is also the Gentleman Bastard series by Scott Lynch and the Kingkiller Chronicles by Patrick Rothfuss. There are also options like Lord of the Rings, which obviously had already been really successful movies, but as evidenced by the success of The Rings of Power had a fanbase interested in a more detailed telling of stories in that world.

It just feels like such a baffling decision to hitch your wagon to an unfinished series with a comparatively pretty generic world and no real magic system to speak of, with only a handful of truly interesting characters.

[smalltownfae]

Series Update:

Completed:

Realm of the Elderlings by Robin Hobb

First Law by Joe Abercrombie

Shattered Sea by Joe Abercrombie

The Queen’s Thief by Megan Whalen Turner (except short stories)

Howl’s Moving Castle trilogy by Diana Wynne Jones

The Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander

The Greenhollow Duology by Emily Tesh

Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

Xenogenesis/Lilith’s Brood trilogy by Octavia E. Butler

Earthseed by Octavia E. Butler

Shades of Magic by V.E. Schwab

The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang

Captive Prince by C.S. Pacat

Six of Crows duology by Leigh Bardugo

Wildwood by Juliet Marillier

O Ceptro de Aerzis by Inês Botelho

St. Clare’s by Enid Blyton

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling

Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko

His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman

Petshop of Horrors by Matsuri Akino

Petshop of Horrors: Tokyo by Matsuri Akino

Goodnight Punpun by Asano Inio

Azumanga Daioh by Kiyohiko Azuma

Our Dreams at Dusk by Yuhki Kamatani

Demon Diary by Kara

Life by Suenobu Keiko

Pandora Hearts by Jun Mochizuki

Kaze to Ki no Uta (The Poem of Wind and Trees) by Keiko Takemiya

Pluto by Naoki Urasawa

Monster by Naoki Urasawa

20th Century Boys by Naoki Urasawa

Yuureitou by Taro Nogizaka

Ibitsu by Haruto Ryo

Death Note by Tsugumi Ohba

Fruits Basket by Natsuki Takaya

Butsu Zone by Hiroyuki Takei

Shaman King by Hiroyuki Takei

Paradise Kiss by Ai Yazawa

Doubt by Yoshiki Tonogai

Locke & Key by Joe Hill

Calvin & Hobbes by Bill Watterson

Gentleman Bastards by Scott Lynch (waiting)

The Singing Hills Cycle by Nghi Vo (waiting)

Iron Widow by Ziran Jay Zhao (waiting)

In progress:

Nightrunner by Lynn Flewelling

Sevenwaters by Juliet Marillier

Discworld by Terry Pratchett

The Chronicles of Tornor by Elizabeth A. Lynn

Earthsea Cycle by Ursula K. Le Guin

Hainish Cycle by Ursula K. Le Guin

The Broken Earth by N.K. Jemisin

Graceling Realm by Kristin Cashore

Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper

The Radiant Emperor by Shelley Parker-Chan

The Lymond Chronicles by Dorothy Dunnet

Alexander the Great by Mary Renault

Hercule Poirot by Agatha Christie

Miss Marple by Agatha Christie

Malazan Book of the Fallen by Steven Erikson

Chocolat by Joanne Harris

Chrestomanci by Diana Wynne Jones

Riverside by Ellen Kushner

The Green Bone Saga by Fonda Lee

Montague Siblings by Mackenzi Lee

Ripley by Patricia Highsmith

Riddle-Master by Patricia A. McKillip

The Winnowing Flame by Jen Williams

Enchanted Forest Chronicles by Patricia C. Wrede

Tensorate by Neon Yang

Yotsuba&! by Kiyohiko Azuma

The Case Study of Vanitas by Jun Mochizuki

DNF:

The Cemeteries of Amalo by Katherine Addison

Eagle and Jaguar by Isabel Allende

The Memoirs of Lady Trent by Marie Brennan

The Books of Babel by Josiah Bancroft

Monk & Robot by Becky Chambers

The Maze Runner by James Dashner

Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

The Sandman by Neil Gaiman

Rizzoli & Isles by Tess Gerritsen

Fairy Oak by Elisabetta Gnone

New Hercule Poirot Mysteries by Sophie Hannah

Rebel Belle by Rachel Hawkins

The Brown Sisters by Talia Hibbert

The Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen

The Dark Tower by Stephen King

Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy

The Broken Empire by Mark Lawrence

Book of the Ancestor by Mark Lawrence

Kenzie & Gennaro by Denis Lehane

Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis

Wayward Children by Seanan McGuire

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery

Binti by Nnedi Okorafor

Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riordan

Divergent by Veronica Roth

The Kingkiller Chronicles by Patrick Rothfuss

Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson

The Witcher by Andrzej Sapkowski

London Highwaymen by Cat Sebastian

A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket

The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater

The Riyria Revelations by Michael J. Sullivan

The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker

The Lion Hunters by Elizabeth Wein

The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells

The Walking Dead by Robert Kirkman

Monster by Marjorie Liu

Fables by Bill Willingham

The Promised Neverland by Kaiu Shirai

[freakypumpkin]

I remembered more and this might become less „oddly specific“, but we’ll see:

Gentleman Bastards

Read the first one, tried the second one, decided that the „gentled animals“ is a No for me. There’s no reason for it, just cut fucking animal cruelty. (Ntm that the second book meanders like hell)

Brandon Sanderson (in general, but I tried Mistborn):

The religious background.

Anything by Holly Black:

Because she’s friends with Cassandra Clare

Stuff by Rick Riordan:

After Percy Jackson and Heroes of Olympus, which I ended zip reading before (in part for class)

Because he trashed the movies, made a statement about never giving the rights for an adaptation again, and now there’s going to be a series. (I know a lot of people hate the movies, and he’s free to do the same, but I’d say it’s not professional to make that dislike public.) No hate against the series btw.

Oddly specific reasons why I stopped reading popular book series

Six of Crows -> Kaz gets introduced with the famous line of “Kaz Brekker doesn’t/didn’t need a reason” and then it goes on to show you how he absolutely needs one. There has to be some kind of profit gained for him, ntm that that line does not correspond at all with the seres of events that then followed. -> the voice for Kaz in the audiobook is creepy given he’s supposed to be a teenager -> he takes the job for the ice prison thingy without asking when the deadline is for it. 

Twilight, second book, which has a title, I’m sure: -> prologue opens with something like “..  there was a good chance that we’d die here” said by Bella about herself and Edward; I knew that there would be two more books, so they would not die. Tension dead!

Feel free to add your own, I’m curious

[skyofdarkmatter42]

I dont want a boyfriend I want a thieving crew

[booksaremyadventures]

BOOKS READ IN 2021

Feel free to ask about any of them and drop me suggestions for 2022!!

** Rereads in purple **

They Wish They Were Us - Jessica Goodman

PS From Paris - Marc Levy

The Alloy of Law (Mistborn #4) - Brandon Sanderson

Shadows of Self (Mistborn #5) - Brandon Sanderson

The Bands of Mourning (Mistborn #6) - Brandon Sanderson

Poison - Lan Chan

Origin (Spectra #1) - Lan Chan

Esper (Spectra #2) - Lan Chan

Whisper (Spectra #3) - Lan Chan

Echo (Spectra #4) - Lan Chan

City of Bones (Mortal Instruments #1) - Cassandra Clare

City of Ashes (Mortal Instruments #2) - Cassandra Clare

City of Glass (Mortal Instruments #3) - Cassandra Clare

City of Fallen Angels (Mortal Instruments #4) - Cassandra Clare

City of Lost Souls (Mortal Instruments #5) - Cassandra Clare

City of Heavenly Fire (Mortal Instruments #6) - Cassandra Clare

The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard #1) - Scott Lynch

Red Seas Under Red Skies (Gentleman Bastard #2) - Scott Lynch

The Republic of Thieves (Gentleman Bastard #3) - Scott Lynch

People We Meet on Vacation - Emily Henry

Bloodline Alchemy (Bloodline Academy #6) - Lan Chan

Bloodline Prophecy (Bloodline Academy #7) - Lan Chan

Vampire Academy (Vampire Academy #1) - Richelle Mead

Frostbite (Vampire Academy #2) - Richelle Mead

Shadow Kiss (Vampire Academy #3) - Richelle Mead

Blood Promise (Vampire Academy #4) - Richelle Mead

Spirit Bound (Vampire Academy #5) - Richelle Mead

Last Sacrifice  (Vampire Academy #6) - Richelle Mead

A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder (AGGGTM #1) - Holly Jackson

Good Girl, Bad Blood (AGGGTM #2) - Holly Jackson

As Good as Dead (AGGGTM #3) - Holly Jackson

The Cruel Prince (Folk of the Air #1) - Holly Black

The Wicked King (Folk of the Air #1) - Holly Black

The Queen of Nothing (Folk of the Air #1) - Holly Black

A Court of Thorn and Roses (ACOTAR #1) - Sarah J Maas

A Court of Mist and Fury (ACOTAR #2) - Sarah J Maas

A Court of Wings and Ruin (ACOTAR #3) - Sarah J Maas

A Court of Silver Flames (ACOTAR #4) - Sarah J Maas

Six of Crows (Six of Crows #1) - Leigh Bardugo

Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows #2) - Leigh Bardugo

[shuravf]

Another one! this time with the characters suggested on Instagram.

[bigassbionerd]

Book series I'm currently reading or hoping to start in the near future (as of June 2020):

i. Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan (currently on book 5)

ii. Gentleman Bastards by Scott Lynch (currently on book 1)

iii. The Witcher by Andrzej Sapkowski

iv. Lightbringer by Brent Weeks

v. Dark Tower by Stephen King

vi. Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson

*This is probably going to change in the coming months as I read more and buy more books*

~If you guys have any suggestions for books, please comment or shoot me a message! I'm really into fantasy, sci-fi, horror, and dystopian novels. Lately I've been getting into some of the classics too!~

[dizei]

My little collection is growing! 🥳

What's your favourite book series? 📚

[koravellium]

The Cosmere fandom turned the word "maladroitly" into a meme after Mistborn, but has anyone realised how much Scott Lynch uses the word "legerdemain"? Now that I've noticed it, I can't stop noticing it.

[scarlettscarab]

I'm almost done reading Oathbringer (finally) and I need something new to read!! Does anyone have any recommendations in the same vein (strong world building, really character driven)?