The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson (My Extra Special Review)*

As you can gather by reading the 40+ reviews on Amazon.com, The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson has evoked an incredibly wide range of reactions, nearly all of which are outstandingly positive. Well, it’s time for me to add my voice to those, only I need step it up a few orders of magnitude. Simply said, this is the best book that has ever been written in the history of humanity. And it’s not even debatable. AND, not only is the book so great, but it comes with an astounding array of fringe benefits.

Before I get into why the book is so awesome that words cannot contain the awesomeness, I must explain some of the extra benefits the book bestows. So, let me count the ways my life has improved from reading The Way of Kings.

1. I lost 25 pounds by reading this book – this is the best diet plan you can possibly buy!
2. I no longer need blood pressure medication (and it lowered my cholesterol too!)!
3. My penis is now 12 inches longer, no condom can contain me now!
4. My wife immaculately conceived!
5. It cured my baldness!
6. My erection can last over 4 hours I don’t need to call a doctor!
7. A brand new Mercedes Benz showed up at my house in appreciation of reading the book!
8. This book did my taxes! (and I got a great refund!)
9. I’ve discovered the cure for cancer (and global warming)!
10. I’m pretty sure this book is the actual reason Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize!

I could literally go on and on, but I’m running out of time and I don’t want people to think that I’m making this stuff up. So, everyone simply must buy and read this book – it will change their lives forever and make the world a better place! So, what are you waiting for…. 100.25/10



*Of course this all completely bullshit, but due to some asinine regulation I must state the obvious anyway. Hell, this book doesn’t even exist yet, so clearly it wasn’t provided by the publisher, though I do hope they will provide the book when it does exist, because I’m all about the quid pro quo and I am clearly on the forefront of a brilliant viral marketing campaign.

Now Under FTC Regulation

In case you haven’t heard, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has come out with some new regulations that include blogs and bloggers. Basically, if you receive something from someone, you need to disclose it. For this blog, that means when I receive books from publishers, I need to disclose it. If I were getting paid by these publishers (which I’m not), I’d need to disclose that as well. Cheryl Morgan has pretty good summary of the situation with some links to other reactions.

So, how does this affect me? Well, the FTC isn’t going to be after small-time individuals like me, so I don’t have anything to worry about. However, I already abide by these new rules and have as long as I’ve been getting books from publishers and other sources. I’m squeaky clean J. For those interested in full discloser for this blog, check out my Books I’ve Received post (also permanently linked in sidebar). It shows all the books I’ve received from publishers and similar sources and names the source – both books I’ve already reviewed and that I haven’t. Heck, I even categorize them based on how likely it is that I will review them. I update as I’m able every week or two.

So, no sweat for me around here – though I suppose others should get their houses in order just to be on the safe side.

I am a bit conflicted on whether I think this is a good or bad thing. Honestly, I haven’t devoted much though to it and I haven’t been following the reactions that I’m sure are flooding the web today. But, I am curious to hear what the good readers of Neth Space think, so please share.