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What I’m reading: Vol. 62.

What I'm reading

As post-Vegas recovery, I’ve been rereading one of my favorite Tamora Pierce series, Protector of the Small.

Actually I started at the chronologically earlier Song of the Lioness right before Vegas and now I’m 11 books in, at Lady Knight. I find nothing more comforting than rereading books I loved when I was younger, especially when they’re by the great Tammy P.

Internets:

Speaking of the great and marvelous Tammy P, she’s about to release a series about Numair. Read my take on this news at Book Riot.

9 websites for readers who think about books all day every day.

JCK Magazine rounds up what’s happening this week in jewelry Instagrams. Do you recognize my hand?

What sword swallowing taught me about my body. I will never not read an article with a headline like this.

How to clean your clothes the way people in the Georgian era cleaned theirs.

What is it like to have your period in space? Pretty normal, it turns out. Bonus: this article includes a quote from an expert who is identified as a “space gynecologist.”

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The Mistborn Trilogy by Brandon Sanderson.

My book review of Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn Trilogy - a series of three totally enthralling, masterfully written fantasy novels I just couldn't put down.The Mistborn Trilogy by Brandon Sanderson.

This series is: utterly spellbinding, impeccably crafted epic fantasy that will melt your face off.
Other elements: worldbuilding like you’ve never imagined and a badass ladyhero.
Read it: If you enjoy epic fantasy and don’t have anything urgent to do (because you won’t want to put this down).
Overall rating: 9.5/10

I made a joke in a recent What I’m Reading that I was reading the Mistborn trilogy everywhere, all the time. This was not an exaggeration. I started the first book, Mistborn: The Final Empire on a Monday night. I finished the third book, The Hero of Ages, Thursday over lunch. I’m a fast reader, but that’s 2,201 pages in about three days. I didn’t do a lot of sleeping.

The crazy part is that I’d already read the Mistborn trilogy. I shouldn’t have been able to get so sucked into the plot, because I should have known what happened. I tend to have a good memory for plot points. But the last time I read these books, I read them the exact same way: in a frantic, nonstop binge. The plot is so enthralling, the universe so fascinatingly layered, that I just couldn’t tear myself away. Twice.

As for subject matter: it starts with a revolution and leads to the end of the world, in a universe unlike our own, where the ingestion of particular metals gives special abilities to a lucky few.

If you’ve read Brandon Sanderson’s work before, you’re familiar with his incredible worldbuilding. He creates universes like nobody else. In the Mistborn trilogy, every character, creature, society, and city has its own rich past – it feels like everything the reader glimpses is so intricate that it could easily have its own story that’s not yet written. Nothing is two dimensional. It’s such an fully fleshed-out experience of totally new concepts that it’s completely addictive.

All I want right now is to dive straight into one of Sanderson’s other series, but I’m going to try to resist. I can’t do another marathon so soon.

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 My review of Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn Trilogy - a series of three totally enthralling, masterfully written fantasy novels I just couldn't put down.

My book review of Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn Trilogy - a series of three totally enthralling, masterfully written fantasy novels I just couldn't put down.

What I’m Reading Vol: 61.

What I'm reading

I’m still working my way through Brandon Sanderson’s The Way of Kings, but I’m spending most of my spare time getting ready for the upcoming craziness of Vegas Jewelry week in early June. I’d love to be on my balcony with a book and a glass of wine…but I’m too busy a bee for much of that right now, sadly.

Internets:

The famed Argyle mines have produced a 2.83 violet diamond – an incredibly rare color. It’s crazy gorgeous.

Do you want to watch some gummy bears being crushed by a hydraulic press? Yes, you do.

Two Nerdy History Girls on double finger rings.

Reviving Belperron.

Google is reading romance novels to get smarter.

Diane Lockheart’s 10 best statement necklaces! I am so here for this. Oh, and here’s ANOTHER Diane Lockheart necklace post. I was thinking of writing one myself, but I think the rest of the internet has it covered.

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