Luiggie’s Quick Book Reaction: Recent Episodes

Luis Santos

You know when you finish reading that book, you want to immediately give your reaction to someone? Well, this is my attempt at it. No in-depth reviews, no analysis on plot or characters. Just a quick reaction. Hopefully, you’ll find it enjoyable.

Here's my top 5 books I read in 2020.

Rhythm of War, Book 4 of The Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson. THE best epic fantasy (sci-fi?) series. (Editor’s note: I say in the episode that the book is divided in 5 chapters. Obviously, that is wrong. It’s divided in 5 PARTS. My bad.) You can follow me at Goodreads.

A historical fantasy book based on the imaginative world created by Amadeus Mozart and his sister Nannerl. This is The Kingdom of Back by Marie Lu.

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A pre-columbian setting makes for a very unique fantasy story. Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse.

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What I read in October

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse
The Kingdom of Back by Marie Lu
Dawnshard by Brandon Sanderson
Armada by Ernest Cline
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
Jade City by Fonda Lee

November HTR (Hope To Read)

The Office: The Untold Story of the Greatest Sitcom of the 2000s by Andy Greene
Jade War by Fonda Lee
Rhythm of War by Brandon Sanderson
Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline

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Mind blown away! If you're a Stormlight Archive and Cosmere fan, you have to read Dawnshard ASAP!!!

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What if space combat games were a simulation to real life combat? Let me tell you about Armada by Ernest Cline.

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The greatest space commander in history who, by the way, is a kid. Here's my QBR for Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card.

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Here I give you my "hope to read" (hence, HTR) list for October 2020.

eBooks

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse
The Kingdom of Back by Marie Lu
Jade City by Fonda Lee.
Dawnshard by Brandon Sanderson

Audiobooks

Armada by Ernest Cline
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

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Japanese samurai with fantasy? Yes please!

Here's my QBR for The Sword of Kaigen by M.L. Wang

Rock bands + Dungeons & Dragons = Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eames.

“an exquisitely moving portrait of an elderly man's struggle to hold on to his most precious memories, and his family's efforts to care for him even as they must find a way to let go”

Get a tissue for this one. Here's my Quick Book Reaction for And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer by Fredrik Backman.

A story about idiots. About a bank robbery, that wasn’t a bank robbery, that became a hostage situation, but wasn’t a hostage situation.

Here's my Quick Book Reaction to Anxious People by Fredrik Backman.

Science Fiction? Time travel? Dying extras of a TV show?

Here's my Quick Book Reaction of Redshirts by John Scalzi.

What is the cosmere? Let mister Brandon himself tell you on this link.

Suggested Reading Order

The Final Empire (Mistborn Book 1)
The Well of Ascension (Mistborn Book 2)
The Hero of Ages (Mistborn Book 3)
Warbreaker
The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive Book 1)
Words of Radiance (The Stormlight Archive Book 2)
Edgedancer (The Stormlight Archive Book 2.5; part of Arcanum Unbounded)
Oathbringer (The Stormlight Archive Book 3)
Elantris
The Emperor's Soul (part of Arcanum Unbounded)
The Alloy of Law (Mistborn Book 4)
Shadows of Self (Mistborn Book 5)
The Bands of Mourning (Mistborn Book 6)
Mistborn: Secret History (part of Arcanum Unbounded)
Arcanum Unbounded (finish the rest of the stories and read the essays)
White Sand (if you must)

Here's my QBR on The Bands of Mourning, book 6 of the Mistborn series by Brandon Sanderson.

Here I talk about the books I have read in 2020 so far.

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Here’s my introduction about the podcast, who I am and what I read the most.