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title: "Reading Mistborn"
date: 2011-11-27
description: "All my life, I"
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# Reading Mistborn
The next time I saw my friend, I told him he had hooked me on the *Hunger Games*. He said, If you like *Hunger Games*, then you will love *Mistborn*. I immediately downloaded the first *Mistborn* novel, by Brandon Sanderson. It turns out my friend was right. I absolutely love Mistborn. I even let Avery listen to it.

Avery is more taken by story than me, apparently. She will listen to Mistborn for hours on end.

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I'm currently near the end of the second Mistborn book, *The Well of Ascension* (it's a trilogy). I sometimes go out on walks at night just so I can listen to the book. I could have ordered a print copy rather than listening to the audio version, but I actually love listening to the book. I listen to it every time I drive to work, every time I drive to pick up Avery from swimming, and even when I go early to play basketball.

I really enjoy listening to stories. And I can't understand why I've treated the fantasy genre with so much unwarranted disdain over the years. Sanderson is actually a local author, LDS and living in Provo. He had a signing at the BYU bookstore earlier this month to celebrate his latest release, *The Alloy of Law*. I would have gone with Avery except it was at midnight, so it was too late.

I think I will be a lifelong Audible listener. I was always into podcasts, but I'm even more obsessive about audio books. I listened to non-fiction books some months earlier (especially Bart Ehrman's books), but they never hooked me as much as fiction.

I think I am definitely an audial learner. When I am partly focused on something else, such as driving, walking, or shooting hoops, my mind is able to absorb the story with perfect attention.

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