Fantasy Buddy Reads discussion

Good luck with the series! Let me know what you are thinking for dates.

Thanks for creating the thread Jenna. I think we're pretty much set for starting on the 1st of july with the first book giving a months time for it then, six weeks break and the 2nd one and so on and so forth until the last:)

Jarek "the Mistborn" wrote: "Thanks for creating the thread Jenna. I think we're pretty much set for starting on the 1st of july with the first book giving a months time for it then, six weeks break and the 2nd one and so on a..."

...so one every 3 months?

If you give me an estimated date for all of the books, I'll add them all. For now, I'll just add Eye of the World. :)

Ok awesome. I'll give you the estimate a bit later. I need to do the math:D

Jarek "the Mistborn" wrote: "Ok awesome. I'll give you the estimate a bit later. I need to do the math:D"

Haha, no worries. :)

I may join you! I've had the first three sitting on my shelf for....2 and a half years now I think.

Please join us Elizabeth. The more the merrier

I'll join in for that if I may :)

Please do Olivia. Nice..we're getting more and more people in on this:) It was just a wild thought i had while driving to work one day:D

Jenna here it is:D
July 1st,2017 – The eye of the world
September 17th,2017 – the great hunt
November 1st,2017 – the dragon reborn
January 15th,2018 – The shadow rising
March 29th,2018 – The fires of heaven
June 12th,2018 - Lord of chaos
August 26th,2018 – A crown of swords
November 9th,2018 – The path of daggers
January 23rd,2019 – Winters Heart
April 6th,2019 – Crossroads of twilight
June 20th,2019 – Knife of dreams
September 3rd,2019 – The gathering storm
November 17th,2019 – Towers of midnight
January 31st,2020 – A memory of light

Hot damn thats an epic buddy read:D

Hells yes, this is the sort of read that gets me excited! Schedule looks pretty much ideal - I think two weeks to read each book is fair for most people here and there's enough downtime to get a few other shorter books read to break things up.

Looking forward to it!

Jarek "the Mistborn" wrote: "Jenna here it is:D
July 1st,2017 – The eye of the world
September 17th,2017 – the great hunt
November 1st,2017 – the dragon reborn
January 15th,2018 – The shadow rising
March 29th,2018 – The fire..."

Okay, will add to the shelf. Thanks a lot!

Wow this is amazing I may not read all of them at those times due to having a life but by the time we finished I'd have graduated from uni and doing god knows what

Epic BR for an Epic story;)

I've added all of them except the last one because I can't add books from 2020 yet.

Great thanks:D

I'm so on board with this read! I bought close to the whole series at a local thrift store for about 20 bucks, so i might as well join you guys. I just hope the series is better than New Spring because that was bad...

Welcome aboard Chris:)

Jarek "the Mistborn" wrote: "Jenna here it is:D
July 1st,2017 – The eye of the world
September 17th,2017 – the great hunt
November 1st,2017 – the dragon reborn
January 15th,2018 – The shadow rising
March 29th,2018 – The fire..."

This is what I call commitment. Until 2020. My mind boggles thinking that far ahead. Epic indeed.

Hello everyone! I bought the first three books back in 2009 and I barely started Eye of the World! I am loving it so far but I need to pace myself because I'm not getting very much sleep!

I will join for the first book in July. The others I will see when we get closer. :)

Iam sure it will be a great adventure with many ups and downs and not all might make it to the end;)

I'm here for the first book! :)

Awesome Petrik - we definitelt have a solid group together!

We sure do:) this may very well be one of the longest BR if not the longest:) I plan to tought it out till the end no matter what though I know it wont be easy:D

Jarek "the Mistborn" wrote: "Jenna here it is:D
July 1st,2017 – The eye of the world
September 17th,2017 – the great hunt
November 1st,2017 – the dragon reborn
January 15th,2018 – The shadow rising
March 29th,2018 – The fire..."

Only read book one so many years ago. All have been on my TBR, this is great, stretched out just enough not to go crazy. Another group is currently reading one per month.
This is great.

I especially like the plan because WoT isn't the highest on my priority list, but I can definitely get excited about diving in if I still have the chance to read other things alongside. I think it's going to be a lot of fun. :)

Frank - is that your book collection in the profile picture? If so - wow! O_o

It will be fun Sean! well from what I heard the first books in the series can be boring as homework so to stretch it out it's a good choice :)

Like Niki said, WoT isn't the highest on my priority list too but since the TV series was just announced yesterday, maybe it's a good idea to at least read the first book now :)

Oooh!! I hadn't heard about the tv series. Great timing haha

I followed the series since I was a kid (instead of Harry Potter). Before you start you should know that the The Foresaken are extremely vital to the story, Mat Cauthon is the best character, the ups(book 2) will reach Olympian levels and the downs will frustrate you to an extent no other series has. It'll all come together in the end. I hated the Sanderson books, but you guys will find then to he the best in the series because your childhood expectations weren't quashed with this little known fantasy writer taking the almighty Robert Jordan's place. Yeah go for it, they're an essential read in the fantasy genre.

I've heard mixed things but I'll join.

I'm tempted to join this buddy read. It's my brother's favourite series. I don't have any buddy reads planned yet in the group for August so this just might work out.

Don wrote: "I followed the series since I was a kid (instead of Harry Potter). Before you start you should know that the The Foresaken are extremely vital to the story, Mat Cauthon is the best character, the u..."

lolll did you just say Brandon Sanderson "little known fantasy writer" Don...? Pretty sure he's one of the most famous fantasy writer right now and plus, I think it's awesome that he finished the series rather than leaving it hanging.

Of course I haven't read the series yet but contrary to your opinion, I actually only heard fantastic things when Sanderson took the helm and most likely, I'll be on that side, considering how much I love his works too.

I'm in! And also, I agree with Petrik. I know that finishing the WoT series kind of jump started Sanderson's career, but he had a monumental task before him. And from what I've heard, he did it well. I think maybe Don mean that he wasn't well known when he finished the series? But either way, Jordan's wife was pleased with how Sanderson handled the ending. And that's all I know without reading them for myself. Which I'm so excited to do with all of you! :D

Patrick, you know how highly I regard Sanderson. Hell, the only of his books I don't like are mistborn 2 and 3.

Im talking Sanderson's position about back when I followed wheel of time(2004-2013). And to be fair to young idiot me...Stephen king, Neil Gaiman, Steven Erikson, George RR Martin and Robert Jordan were established names since the 80's and early 90's. Dark Tower, A song of ice and fire, Wheel of Time and Malazan were still being released. Mistborn's reputation was nowhere close to that Calibre yet.

The thing is Brandon Sanderson is the equivalent of this generation's Robert Jordan who before Wheel of Time was known primarily for Conan. Robert Jordan expanded upon the work of Robert E. Howard and built his name after that with wheel of Time. Sanderson expanded on the work of Robert Jordon before establishing himself as one of the greats, not with a single no series but with unrivaled consistency.(like Robert E. Howard did.)

Brandon and I share the same favorite writer, Robert Jordan. And I just didn't and still don't like his Wheel of Time books, they feel like Sanderson books not Jordan books. No writer could have done a better job finishing the series I admit that, hell the ending is considered by some to be perfect. But...they lacked the charisma of Jordan. The ending just left me feeling hollow and sad at Jordan's passing.

You won't understand the feeling. But Sanderson does. Read the series, you won't notice the shift. And for the love of God don't look at the WoT wikia, those assholes spoil major plot points for the last few books.

But...they lacked the charisma of Jordan. The ending just left me feeling hollow and sad at Jordan's passing.

I understand the sadness, but wasn't the ending written by Jordan? I read some interviews from his wife and it seems the end was alreay written before his death. At his last weeks he started dictating a lot of details for his wife and his cousin, so they would have as much data as possible regarding all open plots.

Brandon worked with Jordan's two assistants for those books and had access to the all Jordan's personal notes.

At least that was my understanding from Harriet's (Jordan's wife and editor) interviews.

I don't know the end as this will be my first time reading it. I was just reading some interviews this week, as I was curious how the transition between the authors was handled. :)

Don wrote: "Patrick, you know how highly I regard Sanderson. Hell, the only of his books I don't like are mistborn 2 and 3.

Im talking Sanderson's position about back when I followed wheel of time(2004-2013)..."

Ahh so that's what you meant! I misunderstood your words man :p anyway, it will be awesome to start this series and i'll definitely stay away from that wikia. Thanks for letting me know

Sanderson bridged the gap and tied up everything amazingly. But...A memory of light and Towers of Midnight feel more like Stormlight Archive books than wheel of Time books. The battles are less methodical, characters speak with more purpose. Wheel of Time was supposed to end, with 3 books and ended up writing 11. He is George RR Martin, a discovery writer. The story is more like free flowing swinging Bebop jazz, Sanderson's books ate timed, precise classical music.

The means to the end were more important than the end for wheel of Time. I just didn't like them, they were good...amazing even. Some things admittedly better then what Jordan could have done. I just hated the ending because Bebop jazz turned into Paganini's fifth at a blazing fast tempo.

I'll say this again the ending is amazing. Sanderson didn't imitate Jordan. He writes it in a similar style to Elantris, the battle sequences from Stormlight Archive have yet to top his WoT battle sequences. All of you Sanderson fans will be thoroughly satisfied. You will hate some of Jordan's choices ...but the Sanderson's means to the ending left me feeling hollow. Some of Sanderson's choices to me were outright stupid, and he even stated some people won't be satisfied. He took a lot liberties with the notes. Satisfied many, disappointed...a few.

Talking about this is hard without spoiling stuff. Read the first book, you'll be hooked buy second chapter. And feel obligated to finish the series by the brilliant downright brilliant conclusion of book 2.

It's really cool to peoples opinions on the series here. Just sayin:)

I love the way you describe this stuff like music Don:D fits perfectly

Don wrote: "Sanderson bridged the gap and tied up everything amazingly. But...A memory of light and Towers of Midnight feel more like Stormlight Archive books than wheel of Time books. The battles are less met..."

Looking forward to read it!

Oh I agree about the battle sequence in AMOL. It was astounding!!! And over a biggest single chapter I've ever seen in my life...

But for duels or more personal fights, however, I still think Stormlight takes the crown.

I took a break from this series during The Shadow Rising. I planned on starting it again soon, but I might wait for you guys. I can't wait for the tv series.

I heard about the tv series of it but I didn't realise it had the green light yet can't wait to watch it it's nice to know some fantasy series are getting this recognition like the shannara chronicles but hopefully this might be better than that and who know it might be there with GOT you never know

Sony has just announced that they are doing the TV series, so there is finally money behind making a good program. However, there is no word on any channels picking it up, nor a production date.

Niki Hawkes wrote: "Frank - is that your book collection in the profile picture? If so - wow! O_o"
Yes, thank you, that is part of my library, the books surround the room. I have several other areas with books as well.

Hopefully it's on cable and at worst FX.

FX is great. The new season of Fargo just started and it's top notch. Also, Legion was fantastic too.

Since Sony is producing though, I don't see it going to FX.