Disclaimer:

As I previously warned, these posts will contain spoilers, and will give away plot points. Please do not read without being aware of this. This process is intended to enable me to better understand Mistborn as I re-read it, so I'm not going to shy away from spoilers.

In light of that, I am going to put all of the details in these posts after a page break. Sorry for the inconvenience, but I don't want anyone to stumble onto spoilers by accident! 

Disclaimer:

As I previously warned, these posts will contain spoilers, and will give away plot points. Please do not read without being aware of this. This process is intended to enable me to better understand Mistborn as I re-read it, so I'm not going to shy away from spoilers.

In light of that, I am going to put all of the details in these posts after a page break. Sorry for the inconvenience, but I don't want anyone to stumble onto spoilers by accident!

My first reading of Mistborn was a couple of years ago, on vacation. I read it really fast (as in, the entire trilogy in around four days). I became very immersed in the story, so much so that I have felt since the read that I would like to read it again in a more leisurely fashion, taking my time and processing it more slowly.

These posts are going to contain spoilers for the series. They are really for my benefit, because I'm going to reread the entire series, follow it with a reread of Alloy of Law, and then with first reads of Shadows of Self, which is scheduled to be released on October 6 and Bands of Mourning, which will be released January 26, 2016.. My general plan is to read one part per week, which puts me at about 5 weeks per book.

Schedule:

The Final Empire

August 25: Part 1: The Survivor of Hathsin

August 31: Part 2: Rebels Beneath a Sky of Ash

September 7: Part 3: Children of a Bleeding Sun

September 14: Part 4: Dancers in a Sea of Mist

September 21: Part 5: Believers in a Forgotten World

The Well of Ascension:

September 28: Part 1: Heir of the Survivor

October 5: Part 2: Ghosts in the Mist

October 12: Part 3: King

October 19: Part 4: Knives

October 26: Part 5: Snow and Ash

November 2: Part 6: Words in Steel

The Hero of Ages

November 9: Part 1: Legacy of the Survivor

November 16: Part 2: Cloth and Glass

November 23: Part 3: The Broken Skies

November 30: Part 4: Beautiful Destroyer

December 7: Part 5: Trust

The Alloy of Law:

December 14: Chapters 1-4

December 21: Chapters 5-8

December 28: Chapters 9-11

January 4: Chapters 12-15

January 11: Chapters 16-19

The Shadows of Self:

Schedule to be updated after release on October 6, 2015

The Bands of Mourning:

Schedule to be updated after release on January 26, 2016

p. 643, aka I'm Finished - It took me two weeks to get through 276 pages. I finished the last 367 in two days. Aspects of the final battles came as a surprise to me, although, now that I think about it, there were signs.

Part of me wants to start writing my review now, while all the fragments of feelings are still there, and part of me doesn't feel capable of writing anything yet.

p. 276 - I'm getting through this book at what feels like a crawl. However, I think the end of Part 2/beginning of Part 3 may be my "OMG must read more" point. I resent having to quit reading in order to go to work. 

p. 208 - Sazed intrigues me. I love the idea of a character who's sort of a keeper of religions. The one variation I can think of that I've seen in fantasy/sci fi is keepers of languages.

I've had suspicions for a while now about the little italicized bits at the beginning of each chapter. The one at the beginning of this chapter (Chapter 11) seems to confirm my suspicions.

p. 85 - Yay, my reading is going much faster now. Kelsier and his team make me think of some kind of magical Ocean's Eleven group. Here's hoping they're as much fun in action as I'm guessing they'll be.

I'm glad I got a print copy of this book, because it's easy to flip to the back and look over the Allomancy reference. There's an ad in the back for an RPG based on this world, which isn't surprising - the magical system seems like a perfect fit for a game.

p. 20 - I'm getting through this reeeally slowly so far, but I'm at least interested in whatever it is this Kelsier guy can do.

The scene with the skaa caring for the crops gave me a weird feeling of deja vu, and I finally figured it out: it reminds me of that one episode of Farscape, "Thank God It's Friday...Again."

November 9

Finished! I really enjoyed this - the characters were interesting and real, for the most part. I really liked Vin, and hope to see more of her in future books. I would have liked to have learned more about the other characters, but can't use how that could have been worked in. Not in this book, anyway.

Hard to believe this was over 500 pages - nothing dragged anywhere except the prologue, I thought, and that probably has more to do with me than with the writing or story.

i very much liked the Allomancy and Feruchemy - hope to learn more about the latter in future books. The rules of the two, and their similarities and differences, made the powers seem believable.

Very enjoyable story, and I plan to read the next couple in the series.

November 2

15% - I had my doubts about this. While I read SF, I don't read much fantasy. But I'm doing all sorts of new things with books this year, including talking about them, so why not? The blurb sounded pretty good, so I here I am.

The first chapter or two seemed slow, but I was reading in the evening this past week when I was pretty tired. In all fairness, I'd have probably nodded off no matter what I was reading. I wasn't excited about picking it up this morning, but it sucked me right in when I did! 

Really enjoying this so far!