I have been a lurker of the various Sanderson-themed subreddits. Unfortunately for me and my fellow introverts, there isn’t much here to lurk at (yet!). I thought maybe we could get things started by discussing how we all got into the Cosmere. I’ll go first!
In November of last year, a friend of mine recommended I read Mistborn. I had just barely started reading again after a long break and was in need of a new series. I was about to go on a long drive, so I borrowed the audiobook from the library so I had something to listen to. I didn’t realize what I was getting myself into. In the last six months, I have read every single Cosmere book I could get my hands on, and have absolutely loved each one. I finished it all off with Tress last month. My only regret is not getting into this sooner so I could have been a part of the Secret Project Kickstarter.
Here’s hoping we can get this community going!
My personal discovery of BS was through the Wheel of Time! I read it, had the typical struggles with the middle books, and when I got to the last 3, I suddenly found myself enjoying reading a lot more again. So I looked up what else this Sanderson guy had written, and learned that he was most known for this book called Mistborn. Well. I devoured everything, I think I read the whole cosmere in less than two months. Haha it really took over all my other hobbies.
The Cosmere books have really become my comfort reads, I’ve read them all so much by now that when I’m bored I’ll just grab any of them to read again. It’s made it hard to get other books read, whenever I finish something I think “What to read next… Ooh I could read Stormlight again” lol.
As for all my friends, I can tell you they started reading Cosmere because I keep talking to them about it and telling them to read it! The best part is when they send updates on their thoughts, theories, spotted connections, etc!