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Site News / Re: Introduce yourself - right on!
« on: March 23, 2009, 06:53:34 AM »
Hello!

My name is Tyson Cantrell, I am 2 weeks away from turning 19 studying Graphic Design at Brigham Young University. 

I was introduced to Brandon Sanderson's work about 3 years ago by one of my best friends but everytime I went to my library his book "Elantris" was checked out!  I kept half-heartedly checking back and sort of forgot about it until a little under a year ago when I needed to read another 200 pages or so for my English class.  After recently hearing that Brandon Sanderson would be finishing one of my favorite series' (Wheel of Time) I decided to take another chance with Elantris.  I went to the library and it was, as usual, checked out.  But I decided to do the unthinkable and put it on hold!  The que was rather long and I had to read another book to fulfill my class assignment, but I finally got my hands on "Elantris" halfway through the summer and fell in love with it!

I don't know how long it took me to finish the book, but I remember spending several long hours into the night completely captivated by it.  When I finished the book, I was left bitterly hungry for more.  Being a person with a highly addictive personality, I checked Brandon's website and found information regarding a rather unique sounding series he described as a "hybrid kung-fu heist."  Surely this "Mistborn" could not top Elantris, but I decided to give it a shot anyone.  It blew my mind.

Never before have I been so utterly enthralled with a book.  I basically gorged on Brandon's work.  Every page was another bite of delicious action, mystery and characterization.  I finished the Mistborn series about two months ago and after highly charming persuasion (which I'm sure Breeze would be proud of!) I have succeeded in captivating the rest of my family and a few friends in Brandon's work.

Mistborn has easily become one of my favorite trilogies of all time and I eagerly await more work from Brandon Sanderson!  And though I will be absent from the world of literature for the next two years as I prepare to serve a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, you better believe A Memory of Light will be the first book that I pick up when I get home!

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