The boys talk about one of the greats writing one of the best fantasy series of all time—The Stormlight Archive. Rich complains about the sheer volume of text and audio it takes to finish it, Ryan struggles to move on to other books, and somehow Brandon Sanderson gets compared to LeBron James, Ryan TOTALLY gets it because he’s a huge sports guy.

The boys talk about one of the greats writing one of the best fantasy series of all time—The Stormlight Archive. Rich complains about the sheer volume of text and audio it takes to finish it, Ryan struggles to move on to other books, and somehow Brandon Sanderson gets compared to LeBron James, Ryan TOTALLY gets it because he’s a huge sports guy.

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🔥 We read Hot Books and give you Hotter Takes. 🔥 Welcome to the show where two friends—Rich and Ryan—dive into the best (and occasionally worst) of sci-fi and fantasy, one book at a time. Every title gets two episodes: a spoiler-free FastTake for the curious and a spoiler-filled deep dive for the chaos lovers. We skip the plot overviews and go straight for the good stuff: World Building & Lore, Characters, and Story—served with unfiltered opinions, spicy takes, and way too much banter. If you like book talk, laughs, passion, and the occasional nerdy meltdown, you're in the right place

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