2014, meme, top ten tuesday

[Top Ten Tuesday] – #38 – Top Ten Books On That Winter 14′ TBR

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Top Ten Tuesday is an original weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish. I thought this would be a fun way to share a condensed version of potential rambles and thoughts that I have.

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This Week’s Theme:
Top Ten Books On
That Winter 14′ TBR

Initial Thoughts:

I remember Winter last year. I was reading a book a week, and now it’s like a book every month if I’m lucky. I just realized for consistency in book cover photos, this is indeed 12…and not 10. But now it is time for me to try to get back into the swing of these weekly memes!

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2014, audiobook, from the mancave

[From The Mancave] – Legion: Skin Deep – Brandon Sanderson (Free Audiobook)

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From The Mancave is the working title tagline to connect readers to book-related swag, giveaways, and free multimedia content from me to you. Don’t judge me too harshly for the name as I too am laughing at my own sanity for being unable to think of anything else. And I don’t mean to offend anyone with the title.

From The Mancave
Legion: Skin Deep 
(Free Audiobook)

Today marks the day that Brandon Sanderson’s follow-up short story, Legion: Skin Deep, will be available for free download! Unfortunately, this freebie swag is only for those in the U.S. region (for publishing rights restrictions). This offer only lasts a month (starting Nov 24, 2014) so get on the offer while you can! You can preview the clip above or head-on over to Audible’s official site to listen to the clip and find out more on how you can get a full audiobook copy of this rad short story! [Click this link to be taken to Audible to find out more!]

Audiobooks not your thing? No problem! Get a sneak peak of Legion: Skin Deep’s early draft excerpt (subject to change) [on Brandon Sanderson’s official website by clicking here].

Audiobook Information

Book Title:                  Legion: Skin Deep (Short Story, Legion, #2)
Author:                         Brandon Sanderson
Duration:                     4 hrs and 23 mins
Narrator:                     Oliver Wyman
Release Date:            Nov 24, 2014

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Book Review, fantasy, mystery, science-fiction, short story, urban fantasy

[Review] Legion #1 – Brandon Sanderson

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Book Title:                  Legion (Short Story, Legion, #1)
Author:                         Brandon Sanderson
Number of pages:   88

Synopsis:

legion - brandon sanderson (cover)Stephen Leeds, AKA ‘Legion,’ is a man whose unique mental condition allows him to generate a multitude of personae: hallucinatory entities with a wide variety of personal characteristics and a vast array of highly specialized skills. As the story begins, Leeds and his ‘aspects’ are drawn into the search for the missing Balubal Razon, inventor of a camera whose astonishing properties could alter our understanding of human history and change the very structure of society.

(re: Goodreads @ Legion by Brandon Sanderson)

Should this book be picked up? the tl;dr spoiler-less review:

-The dynamic between Leeds and his hallucinatory phantasms is a blast to read into.
– Plot reads like a detective tale with undertones of science, religion, and faith.
– Revelations do feel a bit rushed and open-ended in concept (not to be mistaken for a ‘bad’ ending).

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Initial Thoughts

Following the idea that a short story equals a simpler review (because it only makes sense to not ramble too much about so little), this review is increasingly condensed—for your sake and mine (but mainly yours).

Disclaimer: There may be spoilers inherent to this review from this point onward.

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