Yeuuuuup - And everyone is like, “Works starts today! Imma email you everything.” Nope, I’m starting Monday, but waiting my inbox fill up is filling me up with anxiety.

Gotta say, this is my favorite thread ever.

Anyone from the Cosmere is had cuz Sanderson loves to write characters that go through substantial personal growth.

That said, I feel like Evi would’ve resisted.

I would read a whole series of “what X would do with the ring.”

This one is the most “cheating” than anything else on my list I think, but after reading Wheel of Time, I’ve been systematically going through the Cosmere (Reading Wind and Truth now)

I cheated the most on this one... Over 4 million words and 12,000 pages in this series...

Eh - It's still pretty preachy. Her whole normalization of sexual violence, male dominance, and female submission is truly hard to get through at times.

I think getting "the good messages" that she has in her books can be found in other, less awful sources.

Regardless, this book has stuck with me. There are anecdotes that I think of sometimes (e.g., don't use new technology to copy the past), but the major thing is exposure to different ideas can be informative (even if you don’t take on the author’s intended meaning)

When I read it & Atlas Shrugged, I completely missed the point she was trying to get across. In my head, it was like, "Do what makes you happy," and it just so happened that production was what made her characters happy. If being selfless is what makes you happy, great! Clearly, not what she meant.