So, when do the first spirits appear?

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Book 43 is "Yumi and the Nightmare Painter" by Brandon Sanderson.

The third secret project (number 2 wasn't Cosmere).

Edit: finished 17th August.

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Yumi and the nightmare painter luettu. Kun uppoaa kirjaan täysin, niin sen loputtua jää vähän onnellinen, mutta tyhjä olo. Yumi pitää sisällään monenlaista: fantasiaa, hieman myös scifiä, viittauksia muuhun Cosmereen, romantiikkaa ja huumoria. Päähenkilöt eivät ole täydellisiä, mutta oppivat erilaisuudestaan huolimatta tulemaan toimeen toistensa kanssa. Kirsikkana kakussa monien käänteiden jälkeen Megahappyending. Hyvän mielen kirja. #Kirjat #KirjaMastodon #yumiandthenightmarepainter

Meanwhile! Just finished #YumiAndTheNightmarePainter, by the intimidatingly prolific #brandonsanderson .

And it's fairly good! I say this as sort of a cynical-ish reader, as Sanderson's books are often hit or miss for me.

But this one? It's arguably his most "mature" work, with lots to say about religion and art and human nature and stuff.

This said, it does get a little bogged down by Sanderson's inevitable "LOOK AT THE COOL MAGIC WITH CHARTS" exposition at the end, but hey.

I read #YumiAndTheNightmarePainter over several flights during my Japan trip.

#BrandonSanderson wrote this anime-inspired Korea/Japan-like setting romance novel during the Covid days. It's got #BodySwap shenanigans like #YourName, but in a sci-fi /fantasy setting. The romance plot and focus on fantasy jobs was inspired by #FinalFantasyX.

Unfortunately, even if it's a standalone novel, it requires understanding the basics of Hoid and the #Cosmere to understand the full context, so not a good first book of his to start with.

#anime #KimiNoNaWa

My daughter recently read #YumiAndTheNightmarePainter by #BrandonSanderson and is channeling #Yumi a bit by stacking stones. #Cosmere

I bought art from this one as well. Print on metal by Aliya Chen (doesn't look like she is on Mastodon).

Spoilers in the description text as this is from the end of the book.

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@KeybladeSpirit It's a shame that some publishers treat audiobooks as watered down versions of the originals.

Not long ago we received positive feedback from our customer that they enjoyed our audiobook version more, because illustrations had image descriptions. The publisher's audiobook just left them our as if the original didn't have any images.

Happy exception has been Brandon Sanderson's audiobook versions of his secret projects. Namely "Yumi and the nightmare painter" has illustration descriptions in the audiobook version.

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