#Sarah reads Mistborn

[lordgolden]

HOW IS IT POSSIBLE FOR ONE CHARACTER TO BE SO ICONIC!!!! HE LITERALLY DIED, MET GOD, AND IMMEDIATELY PUNCHED HIM IN THE FACE!!!!! I MISSED MY WIFE!

[rewrite-canon]

white authors who love to write about oppression they have never experienced themselves are dropping like FLEAS rn

[daughter-heir-moved]

reading Mistborn is making me a Ghostbloods apologist. Idk how Kelsier gets to the point of being Thaidakar but idc he did nothing wrong I bet. Best Fortnite character there is

[bsaka7]

For fantasy recs: if you haven’t already, try Brandon Sanderson!! Mistborn is the best series to start with IMO but his Stormlight Archive series is an actual masterpiece (if you just want a comparatively quick stand-alone try Warbreaker)

STORMLIGHT ARCHIVES IS SOOO GOOD I DEVOURED THEM OVER WINTER BREAK!!!! I NEED IT TO BE 2024 STAT!!!

[beautifulmakkaris]

If you're missing Lockwood and Co, don't despair! Here are some recommendations from fans of the show and books to help fill the void while we fight for season 2 - please share far and wide <3

All recs are from responses to this post, myself and things I've seen floating around the internet (ie, Goodreads suggestions/lists). Recs may be based on specific characters, ships, tropes, genres, worldbuilding or just general ~vibes.

Please make sure to check all content warnings before reading/watching any recommendations on this list.

Books (standalone)

Spellbound by F. T. Lukens

The Agency for Scandal by Laura Wood

The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston

The Cheat Sheet by Sarah Adams

This May End Badly by Samantha Markum

Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling

A Sky Painted Gold by Laura Wood

The Hidden Dragon by Melissa Marr

Trouble by Lex Croucher

Books (series - *ongoing)

Shades of Magic by V. E. Schwab

Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

The Locked Tomb by Tamsyn Muir*

Virals by Kathy Reichs

The Shades of London by Maureen Johnson

The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater

Jackaby by William Ritter

Charlotte Holmes by Brittany Cavallaro

The Checquy Files by Daniel O'Malley

Alex Stern by Leigh Bardugo*

Stalking Jack the Ripper by Kerry Maniscalco

Scarlet by A. C. Gaughen

Renegades by Marissa Meyer

The Diviners by Libba Bray

City of Ghosts by Victoria Schwab

Percy Jackson & the Olympians by Rick Riordan

Mokee Joe by Peter J. Murray

Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve

Murder Most Unladylike by Robin Stevens*

Letters of Enchantment by Rebecca Ross*

The Left-Handed Booksellers of London by Garth Nix

Dreadwood by Jennifer Killick

The Empyrean by Rebecca Yarros*

The Bartimaeus Sequence by Jonathan Stroud

Ankh-Morpork City Watch (Discworld) by Terry Pratchett

The Mistborn Trilogy by Brandon Sanderson

Scarlett & Browne by Jonathan Stroud

His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman

Books (graphic novels)

Locke & Key by Joe Hill

Television series (*-ongoing)

School Spirits*

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Shadow & Bone

Wednesday*

Stranger Things*

CW's Nancy Drew

Shadowhunters

Locke & Key

The Bastard Son and the Devil Himself

Spooksville

The Midnight Club

Teen Wolf

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

Grimm

Please feel free to keep sending recommendations my way and I'll update this list as often as I can! Also let me know if you enjoy anything you found from this list, I'd love to know if you found it helpful :)

[lightweaver-with-cats]

I really need to know, how many people know Brandon Sanderson on tumblr, how many are avid readers, and how many like me who base my life philosophy on them. Also I’m tagging a lot of tags that are in the genre but not Brandon’s books, because I want to reach more people.

[bookcub]

my "im not reading that" list

please note: this is my list with my personal preferences. if you disagree, thats okay! however you will not change my mind. this isn't about good or bad, this is knowing i wont enjoy reading them

stephen king- i really cant do horror and one of his most famous characters shares my name and im just petty enough to care about that sorryyyyy

brandon sanderson- the amount of people who tell me to read his books is hysterical. ive tried mistborn three times. its not happening

neil gaiman- ive read like 6 of his books and 4 were for class please please let me read another author

song of ice and fire- this series sounds so unappealing to me and i also do not want to watch the series.

lies of locke lamora- i am not the target audience for this book, trust me on this

sarah j maas- ive heard acomaf was her best. thats where i ended and ive never looked back

flowers in the attic- no god why no please stop never

wheel of time- thats just too many books for me to commit to and i refuse to be ashamed of this fact

james patterson- maybe if he actually writes a book by himself ill finally forgive him for maximum ride

[mayakern]

Hi! I love Spitfire and I was wondering if you have any recs of similar works that maybe inspired you or that also feature dragon romances? What sort of books do you like to read? Thanks, keep up with the good work!

thank you!

honestly the book that finally inspired me to write spitfire was Kushiel’s Dart, which i cannot honestly say is a similar reading experience and neither can i whole heartedly recommend it to people, even if they love spitfire.

it’s really not similar stylistically or in content, other than the fact that it’s extremely horny and full of wlw. if you want a very sex positive book with plot centric BDSM with a heaping of court intrigue and a heroine who finds strength in softness in a genuinely compelling way, kushiel’s dart might be for you.

however it’s also a book i would really strongly recommend looking up a trigger warnings list for. especially if you want to read all of the first trilogy and not just the first book. the third book contains some of the most genuinely upsetting material i have ever read, second i think to Kite Runner, to the point where i would honestly recommend most people to just read the first book, or to read a synopsis when they get to The Bad Place in book 3 (and trust me, you’ll know where that is).

now that i’ve finished talking about kushiel’s dart, here’s some other books, tho unfortunately none of them are all that similar, which is part of why i decided to write spitfire in the first place.

in other lands by sarah reese brennan, if you want teen queer romance with a bratty protagonist. this is one of my comfort books and i think the fact that it was first posted/published serially online gives it a similar feeling, in some ways, to spitfire.

for other books i enjoy that are not necessarily spitfire adjacent: gideon the ninth, sunshine (robin mckinley), mistborn, the traitor baru cormorant, the fifth season, ninth house (leigh bardugo), seven blades in black

for books that spitfire readers seem to enjoy (that i haven’t read yet but are next on my TBR once i’m in the headspace to read again): iron widow, hunger pangs, priory of the orange tree

for other books that did actually inspire spitfire but are definitely not similar reading experiences in the slightest, but iykyk: the golden compass/his dark materials trilogy, the pern books, the hero and the crown (or basically any book by robin mckinley)

[a-ramblinrose]

JOMP Book Photo Challenge || July 31 || Read In July:

63. The Sandman: Endless Nights by Neil Gaiman ★★★★★ 64. The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea by Maggie Tokuda-Hall ★★★ 65. Piranesi by Susanna Clarke ★★★★ 66.The Worth of Hair by A.A. Freeman ★★★★ [K] 67. Mooncakes by Wendy Xu & Suzanne Walker ★★★★ 68. The Alloy of Law by Brandon Sanderson ★★★★ [RR] 69. Shadows of Self by Brandon Sanderson ★★★★★ [RR] 70. The Bands of Mourning by Brandon Sanderson ★★★★★ [RR] 71. Mistborn: Secret History by Brandon Sanderson ★★★★★   [RR] [K] 72. The Lost Metal by Brandon Sanderson ★★★★ 73. Adulthood Is A Myth by Sarah Andersen ★★★★★ 74. Moonstruck, Vol. 1: Magic to Brew by Grace Ellis & Shae Beagle ★★★★ 75. Moonstruck, Vol. 2: Some Enchanted Evening by Grace Ellis & Shae Beagle ★★★ 76. Moonstruck, Vol. 3: Troubled Waters by Grace Ellis & Shae Beagle ★★★ 77. The Weaver Takes a Wife by Sheri Cobb South ★★★ [K] 78. The Violinist’s Thumb by by Sam Kean ★★★

[lordgolden]

Kelsier is literally soooo wild for making a plan to overthrow the all powerful immortal ruler where an essential part of that plan is him dying and then having his corpse eaten by an alien so he can be impersonated and it looks like he came back from the dead. Looney tunes ass plan

[francesderwent]

I read 32 new books this year, and will probably finish the 33rd this evening! and on top of that, I reread at least 34 books that I can remember (Modern Faerie Tales/Darkest Part of the Forest/FOTA, The Hero and the Crown, Scorpio Races, Scholomance, P&P, most of the Wimsey books, most of L&C, Assassin's Apprentice, Ronan of Rin, THG), for a grand total of 67!

new book list under the cut, books I would recommend marked with an asterisk:

*Royal Assassin, Robin Hobb Tempests and Slaughter, Tamora Pierce The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, Suzanne Collins *Classic Scrapes, James Acaster *The Monsters We Defy, Leslye Penelope *Lord Peter Views the Body, Dorothy Sayers Arrows of the Queen, Mercedes Lackey *A Shilling for Candles, Josephine Tey *Busman’s Honeymoon, Dorothy Sayers Queen of Blood, Sarah Beth Durst Nine Liars, Maureen Johnson *The Mysterious Affair at Styles, *Murder on the Links, Agatha Christie Mistborn & The Well of Ascension, Hero of Ages, Brandon Sanderson Jennifer the Damned, Karen Ullo *Midnight for Charlie Bone, Jenny Nimmo *The Stolen Heir, Holly Black *The Outlaws Scarlett and Browne (Being an Account of Their Daring Exploits and Audacious Crimes), Jonathan Stroud Vespertine, Margaret Rogerson *Piranesi, Susanna Clarke *The Screaming Staircase, *The Whispering Skull, *The Hollow Boy, *The Creeping Shadow, & *The Empty Grave, Jonathan Stroud *Small Spaces, Katherine Arden *Anne of Windy Poplars, L.M. Montgomery *The Bodyguard, Katherine Center *Woodwalker, *Ashes to Fire, & Creatures of Light, Emily B. Martin

[aowyn]

tag game!

TAG SOMEONE YOU WANT TO KNOW AND/OR SOME OF YOUR BESTIES

tagged by the lovely @emilhe! thank you for tagging me! <3 <3 <3

Favorite color: pink!!! like a warm pastel pink

Last song: i have been playing the hades soundtrack on loop all day and right now mouth of styx is playing!

Last movie: i have no idea honestly. OH actually i watched the red white and royal blue movie again a few days ago bc it gives me modern au merthur feelings

Currently watching: nothing lol. too many projects to work on first!

Other stuff I watched this year: over the garden wall (naturally), star trek strange new worlds season 1, ofmd season 2, gomens season 2, one piece live action, probably some other things i cant remember

Shows I dropped this year: none i can think of? castlevania i started but it's on hold not dropped!

Currently reading: i have 30 unread books on my nightstand and they haunt me every day. i am in the middle of dracula bc of dracula daily, lotr bc of lotr newsletter. i am in the middle of green mars (mars trilogy) and fingersmith by sarah waters but i haven't picked them up in a while because i decided to read the entire mistborn trilogy instead, which i finished

Currently listening to: hades soundtrack as per question 2 but earlier today i was listening to danger days by mcr!

Currently working on: kelsier mistborn cosplay! is the biggest project. but im also working on recording cassettes to play in my car bc my car is from 1998 and doesn't even have a cd player. im sure im working on other projects too but the craft table is a disaster right now so i can't remember

Current obsession/s: there are a great many things im highly interested in right now but none of them quite feel like hyperfixations unfortunately. you will know when i have a new hyperfixation because i will reblog so many things about whatever it is. some things that im interested in right now are cosmere, homestuck, good omens, ofmd!

i tag @minamiren @morluin @totallythejiffybot @bishops--knifetrick @andreth-with-a-sword @child-of-the-fairy-folk @aredhels @garden-holic @gayjaytodd @feanor @cerealbastard @leaves-of-teas @rose-ncrantz @maebird-melody @celebrimbooooor feel free to do or not do this tag game <3

[daughter-heir-moved]

screaming crying throwing up Vin and Kelsier’s relationship is literally already everything to me

[lorenlily]

top 5 books? xx

well my tbr is probably longer than the books i've read lol but i'd say these so far:

mistborn the final empire (i really need to read the rest of the series)

addicted after all by krista & becca ritchie

alone with you in the ether by olivie blake

you deserve each other by sarah hogle (the romcom of all romcoms!!)

children of fallen gods by carissa broadbent (still need to read the final book in the trilogy)

ask my top five (though subject to change lol)

[theinquisitxor]

My top 22 books of 2022

Here we are folks! This was a tough one. I read and enjoyed many books this year, and forming them into a list was difficult. This list does not include any rereads, because if it did, I would not have space to mention all the new reads I enjoyed! See my honorable mentions and some favorite rereads below the list.

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

Nettle and Bone by T. Kingfisher

Babel by RF Kuang

The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah

A Strange and Stubborn Endurance by Foz Meadows

A Taste of Gold and Iron by Alexandra Rowland

Parable of the Talents (Earthseed 2) by Octavia E Butler

Jade Legacy (Green Bone Saga 3) by Fonda Lee

Thick as Thieves (Queen's Thief 5) by Meghan Whalen Turner

Forging Silver into Stars by Brigid Kemmerer

Bravely by Maggie Stiefvater

Return of the Thief (Queen's Thief 6) by Meghan Whalen Turner

The Final Empire (Mistborn 1) by Brandon Sanderson

House of Sky and Breathe by Sarah J Maas

A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly

Book Lovers by Emily Henry

What You Are Getting Wrong about Appalachia by Elizabeth Catte

The Queen of Attolia (Queen's Thief 2) by Meghan Whalen Turner

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno Garcia

Sistersong by Lucy Holland

Seasparrow by Kristin Cashore

The Golden Enclaves (well, the entire Scholomance trilogy) by Naomi Novik

Honorable mentions: The Atlas Paradox by Olivie Blake, Matrix by Lauren Groff, A Far Wilder Magic by Allison Saft, Mistborn 2 & 3, The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict, and Verity by Colleen Hoover

Honorable rereads: Throne of Glass series by SJM, Percy Jackson and the Olympians series by Rick Riordan, The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater, and Tess of the Road by Rachel Hartman

[dragonanne4fun]

Some books know I want to read this year:

Operation Grendel by Daniel Schwabauer (finish)

The Unanswered Questions by Lauren D. Fulter (reread but also it would be the new illustrated edition)

Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle

Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis

Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis

The Agaped Bearer by Hannah Lindsey

Riddle of Hearts by Rosie Grymm

Wizards of the Apoclaypse: The Forgotten Prophesy by X Zombie

Dragon School: First Flight by Sarah K.L. Wilson

North! Or Be Eaten by Andrew Peterson

Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson

Books I am eyeing but undecided:

The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Earth-treader by Alissa Zavalianos

Reckless by Cornelia Funke

Dune by Frank Herbert

Yesterday or Long Ago by Jenni Sauer

This list may change. These are just my thoughts as of 1/1/2024. And I plan to read more books than these, but I don't plan what I'm going to read. I just have an idea of some of what I currently want to read.