Happy reread Thursday, Cosmere Chickens! In this week’s installment, we finally reach the point in the story that many of us have been waiting for—Sarene getting thrown into Elantris, and connecting with Raoden on a more personal level. Won’t you join us as we venture behind the walls of Elantris and see what happens next?

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Well, my Cosmere Chickens, this is the week we all knew was coming. Things were going entirely too well for Sarene, and—as the law of fiction entails—that meant that everything needed to come crashing down around her head. However, there’s a light at the end of this dismal tunnel… so won’t you join us as Paige and I dive into this week’s installment of the Elantris Reread?

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Greetings, Cosmere Chickens, and welcome to this week’s installment of the Elantris reread! Paige and I hope you had a lovely Halloween, Samhain, Día de los Muertos, or whatever other holiday you may have celebrated at the turn of this season. Paige, did you do anything fun?

Paige: I got my nails done and did homework. I am nothing if not a party animal!

Lyn: ::laughs:: Exciting! My son wanted to be an Ender Dragon (I’m so proud of him for wanting to be a dragon, blocky or otherwise) and we took him out trick-or-treating. There’s nothing like the joy of a six-year-old child trick-or-treating on a crisp New England Halloween night, lemme tell ya!

But, unfortunately for our friends in Elantris, the horrors are real. Hrathen’s up to no good now that he’s been “healed,” and poor Raoden’s dealing with some awful waves of pain. Let’s dive in, shall we?

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Well hello hello, my lovely Cosmere Chickens! Welcome to reread Thursday, where Paige and I are once again delving deep into the pages of Sanderson’s first published work, Elantris. In this week’s chapter, we encounter a lot of Seon-speculation (seon-lation?) and watch as Sarene crafts a perfect plan to stop Telrii from ascending to the throne… only to have it dashed in one perfectly placed move by Hrathen. Won’t you join us?

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Well hello hello, our lovely Cosmere Chickens! How are you all doing this Thursday? Are you ready to attend a ball with Sarene and Roial? That sounds really nice, right? Well… it would, if it weren’t for the GRISLY MURDER happening in the middle of the party!

That’s right, my friends. In this week’s edition of the Elantris Reread, we find out some terrible secrets about King Iadon and whether or not Hrathen starves to death while fasting in Elantris. Come on, what could be better than a jaunt through a sewer, a terrible bloody murder, and slime-covered dinner? We are coming up on Halloween, after all…

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Good day, Cosmere Chickens! I hope you’ve got your snorkels and swimsuits ready, because this week we’re diving into Part 2! Things are beginning to heat up in Elantris and Kae, as Hrathen’s plans are falling down around his ears and Sarene’s seem to be going off without a hitch (so far). Raoden’s doing… about as well as he can, all things considered. But in this group of chapters, everything gets turned on its head. Let’s see how it all plays out, shall we?

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Lyn: Helloooooooooo Cosmere Chickens, and welcome to this week’s installment of the one… the only… the Elantris reread! We start off just past the halfway point of the novel, and things are starting to really heat up. Sarene’s plans appear to be succeeding left and right, which of course means—according to the rules of story structure—that they’re all about to come tumbling down around her ears. (It wouldn’t be any fun to watch her overcome adversity if it’s all too easy, after all.)

We’re also seeing the B story begin to really flower… that is, the long-awaited romance between Sarene and Raoden. (Finally!) But before that flower bears fruit, there’s Hrathen (and, worse, Dilaf) to deal with…

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Lyn: Greetings, Cosmere chickens! I hope you’re all staying safe and dry through the odd weather we’ve been enduring this season. Well, our weather up here in New England has been weird, anyway. Hurricanes, tropical storms, heat waves… it’s been fun (especially when my weekend job is outdoors). How’s your part of the country been, Paige?

Paige: We’ve finally had some monsoon rains, but it was overall a relatively hot and dry summer.

L: Thankfully we all have the reread to retreat to, regardless of our weather. Things aren’t going very well for anyone except for Sarene right now. Hrathen’s plans are crumbling around him, Raoden’s followers are abandoning him, and those pesky Aons still aren’t working! What’s a technically dead, exiled prince to do?

Let’s find out, shall we?

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Happy Elantris Reread Day, Cosmere Chickens! Did you miss us? We’re back with Raoden and Sarene chapters, and they finally meet! We’ve been waiting for this for a while, so watch out for the much anticipated meeting and join us in the city of Elantris while Raoden discovers who Shaor really is and Sarene begins her Widow’s Trial!

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Greetings and salutations, Cosmere Chickens! Our apologies for missing last week; the opening three-day weekend of the Connecticut Renaissance Faire did a number on Lyn, and Paige was having computer issues. But we’re BACK and ready to dive back into our reread of Elantris! Courtly (and religious) intrigue awaits! Won’t you join us?

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This week we’ll be digging into some disturbing stuff, my Cosmere Chickens. Gird your loins and prepare yourselves for this one, because Hrathen’s up to no good and Dilaf’s up to worse, and things aren’t looking too grand over the wall in Elantris, either…

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Greetings, Cosmere Chickens! Are you ready for some SWORD FIGHTING? (I’m always ready for some sword fighting, personally.) This week is a Sarene chapter, and boy oh boy is it chock-full of meaty stuff to dig into. Fair warning (as you can see by the trigger warning below), we will be touching on some… shall we say, touchy subjects regarding how women are viewed and treated, not only in Arelon, but in our modern society as well. I’d beg you to remember that we’re never speaking in absolutes; it’s possible to recognize the disparities and realities of sexism and misogyny while also understanding that not every man is a thrall to the machine. With that said, let’s dive in, shall we?

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Happy Thursday, Cosmere chickens! In this episode of the Elantris Reread, we find Hrathen atop the Elantris city wall, contemplating his demonization of the poor Elantrians, before a secret meeting with Lord Telrii. Then we see Raoden marvel at the beauty of Elantris beneath all that slime before he recruits another warlord to his crew. We hope you’ll join us to discuss these happenings! So without further ado, let’s get to it!

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Strap on your dancing shoes, oh Cosmere Chickens, because this week we’ve been invited to a fancy ball! (Sorry to disappoint; Mr. Darcy won’t be there.) But Sarene and her new “date” Shuden are ready to cut a rug and infiltrate the ranks of the nobility, all in the name of information gathering and forming new connections. Intrigue, sexism, and deception await, so read (and dance) on, fearless chickens!

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