True :D every time I read a couple of books from my shelves I have a feeling that I have to replenish them which ends with my architect struggling to find place for all of them in the project ;p
I once came across this sign in an used bookstore that said, "I was put on this earth to read a certain number of books. I am now so far behind I will never die."
Just have to point out, you’re the person I always watch first on yt and I aways look forward for your videos, you don’t read only the popular books, you value books that are ‘old’ and don’t just follow trends, you speak honestly and I respect that more than anything. Really wish there were more similar to you. I didn’t notice you ever mention some kind of sponsor, maybe you just don’t want to have them but if anything, your audience, which is pretty mature I’m guessing, would be really happy if you also made some money from these videos, you put in a lot of work and you deserve it. Also, more books hehe, lots of love from Serbia
I appreciate it! I’m just very difficult with the sponsorships I accept (same for my beauty channel!) but I’m open to doing some when they align with my taste :)
Of the books you mentioned, I would most strongly recommend The Lies of Locke Lamora. Of those you didn't mention, but had turned out in the TBR orientation, Senlin Ascends. Have fun climbing Mt TBR!
The Nightingale was a bit out of my comfort zone but after reading it I literally think about it all the time. I am in love with this story! You get to know the characters so well while still trying to keep up with the fast plot. A little romance/love interest that adds an extra element (don't worry it isnt a full on romance). Yes...i love that book
The Rithmatist is heaps better than The Reckoners. Alcatraz has a sort-of-unlikeable protagonist, but it's actually great. And Reckoners book two was wonderful :D edit: and if I may fangirl about some of the bottom fantasy shelf authors - Pratchett, Nix, Stroud, Pierce, and Kay are some of the best in the genre. Nix, Stroud, Pierce and middle-grade / YA, but are downright amazing. Kay's Tigana brought me to tears every time I read it. I don't remember if you liked Gaiman or not, but read American Gods before Anansi Boys if you haven't yet. And Anne Rice is practically a classic author by now, and writes amazing vampire novels. This is The Witching Hour tho, and I haven't read that yet XD I hope you like at least some of these, because they are my faves
Hayyelle yeah, I agree about the Rithmatist. Even though Sanderson is probably the most recommended fantasy author currently, I think The Rithmatist is his most underrated story.
I recommend The Last Wish (the first book of the Witcher series). It's a collection of short stories and is fun/easy to read! The Black Company was horribly paced. All of the action happens off screen (or is it off page?) and it's basically just the characters reacting to stuff that happened. This is the gist of it: "Woah that battle was crazy!" 1 paragraph later "Woah that second battle was wild!" 2 paragraphs later "Wow that third battle was insane!" And you never see the battles :'( The Age of Myth (on your second shelf), I couldn't get past the first 100 pages. Not bad, but nothing really good, just found myself bored. You have to read The Eye of the World! It's such a classic and a great introduction to The Wheel of Time. This book itself is reminiscent of the Lord of the Rings, but it has to be put into context that at the time it was published those were the only types of books that would be published in the fantasy series. The magic system is unique, and the characters are interesting. The Shadow of the Wind is so wonderful. The prose is beautiful and you find yourself immersed in Spain during the post-war era The Great Gatsby is always a classic book that is easy to digest and sumptuous to read The Left Hand of Darkness is great! You have to read The Shining, especially given the quarantine! It's my second favorite King book, after It. Pet Sematary is also great, probably the most bleak of his books Gone Girl is a modern classic, and even if you've seen the film you can't put it down! The Haunting of Hill House is good. Interesting, but a little tiresome. If you want to get a short book read for your Goodreads challenge, that's a good one. Sorry this was a lot, but you have a lot of books that are so good!
I've been looking forward for you to read The Stormlight Archive (Way of Kings) forever, I think you'll really like it! And I loved the Rithmatist so I would recomment that too. Unkindness of Magicians is really good and I think more adult than ya. Also I've been reading the wheel of time for years and really enjoying it, but it takes time as it's too damn long and also so good but it is definitely not for everyone so I'm not sure if you would like it or not. Name of the Wind is also amazing btw, I thought you had already read it though ^^
I appreciate this kinda video, it is different from the usual "tbr" s, which most of the times I do not watch tbh. Out of all the books you showed you NEED to read 1Q84 by the great Murakami, one of my personal fav books of all the time!! Hope everyone is staying home, be safe guys xoxo
To Be Taught if Fortunate, John Dies at The End, and The Book Thief should be prioritized! Oh, and I know you've heard this a million thousand and fifty times, but the best thing to read to get you through these weird times is the Stormlight Archive. I'm recommending it to all my friends now who are stuck home, haha
Thanks for the tour! I'm also looking forward to reading many of those books. Ones that I'd recommend are Sabriel and Outliers! I hope you'll enjoy them as much as I did.
Love your videos! Been following you for a couple of years now! Just set up my book shelves in my new house and I did a similar thing where I set them up by genre! (Mostly because I love the idea that you can find what you want to read quickly!) also wanted to say that your love of sci-fi gives me life! Booktube needs more sci-fi lovers!
I love that sweater! So cute! This was a cool way to tour us through your bookshelves. I agree that it's nice to have a combo of TBR and books that you have read but would read again on your shelves, especially now when getting new books is more difficult than usual. I think I'd like to have about 25% TBR on my shelves, and I'm working toward that.
Your love for the library and audiobooks motivated me to get a library card, and I love it! English is not my first language, so audiobooks were kinda hard for me because I had to be highly concentrated to understand the story, but the more I've been listening to, the easier it has become. I've been tackling my physical tbr with audiobooks from the library, thanks for your enthusiasm 💖
Alana by Tamora Pierce is a childhood fav and every series in that universe just gets better and better!! plus they are super short so you can breeze through them. I just finished In Order To Live and it was amazing, The Gene is also very good but very heavy
I recently (in the past two months) read Peter Pan and also War of the Worlds and saw you have both of those on your shelves so I'd recommend those! They're good, short, quick reads, and true classics! I loved them.
A lot of those books on that first shelf you showed are ones I have that I have been wanting to read! More Joe Abercrombie, Mark Lawrence and Robin Hobb! I also need to read the Lies ofLocklamora, I read the Eye of the World recently and now I need to continue on with the rest of the Eye of the WOrld
I spotted you have Sabriel! I really truly would recommend that series. It has excellent characters, it's so compelling, there's a truly incredible library in the second book, and the original three are one of favourite series ever. The first chapter isn't especially gripping, but it's interesting from a world building perspective, and it grows so much from there. I hope you get to it at some point!
Graceling is one of my favorite YA Fantasy books! It takes a common trope and turns it on its head. And I keep meaning to pick up Lies of Locke Lamora. I've heard it recommended on a few channels, but just haven't gotten to it yet
from your mess ya shelf, Sabriel and The Girl From Everywhere were both in my Best of lists for the yeas i read them and I still really love them, definitely worth giving a go at least in a try a chapter tag! Sabriel has a really interesting necromantic world setting and great characters. The Girl From Everywhere has a really fun time traveling gimmic and gorgeous historical settings.
Perdido Street Station is a must read! It’s an unbelievably weird and wonderful book with some of the scariest “villains” I’ve ever encountered in literature.
Hi, Emily. I really liked The Lies of Locke Lamora, but it can be slow moving. Not a bad thing, but that’s the kind of thing I like knowing up front. I love, love the Joe Abercrombie trilogy, The First Law. I think it is a series that many readers of young adult fantasy don’t enjoy. It is gritty and brutal with morally gray characters, but I also found it darkly humorous. The books are really well paced in my opinion. The Sparrow is also one of my all time favorites, just to give you an idea of a book we both love. The Old Man’s War series by John Scalzi is a fast paced, fun read. I think you would like it. Ursula K. Le Guin is my favorite author. She was a beautiful writer and her stories are so profoundly human, so humane. The beginning of The Left Hand of Darkness puts some people off, but if you pick up this book, persevere and you will be richly rewarded. Some classics don’t stand the test of time, this book does. I have read most of her scientific fiction, and although I haven’t loved everything by her, it has definitely cemented her as a legend in the field, surpassing most, if not all, her male counterparts, in my opinion. I’ll stop raving now.
On your shelf of literary fiction stuff (where The Book Thief was), you have A World Without You, which I just made a comment about on one of your newer videos. It's got a nice bit of sci-fi in there, which you might enjoy. Also on that shelf is I am the Messenger, which is my all-time favorite book. I hope you enjoy it when you get to it!
The rainbow shelf: The end of the day. That book is brilliant. I cannot praise it enough. It’s just as good as The first fifteen lives, imo. Brilliant characters, amazing foreshadowing, might get a bit draggy in the middle but it’s worth it.
First of all, I love your sweater!! I can't wait to hear what you think of The Book Thief. I just said in my last TBR video that I'm rereading it with my book club and its and all time fav.
That's a smart idea, turning around the books you have read... So i spotted you had The Queen of Blood. That's a really good fantasy book, and i personally love the crap out of it. So, i would love to know your thoughts on it. :)
I love this series so much. Daleina in particular is incredible. That bit near the start of the first book she was like "I like Merecot" and people were like "she's kinda bitchy" and then Daleina goes "yeah... I still like her". My fucking favourite. Also how she deals with conflict so pragmatically is my most favourite thing. I know a lot og people prefer the second main character which I really do get but I'm always going to be more interested in someone who has to find ways to compensate for their weaknesses compared to someone who doesn't particularly have any.
so it's been a while since I've read the completed Sabriel series, but that ending in the trilogy (now with a fourth actually) broke my heart, it is solo worth the 3 book read, and Sabriel itself is really worth it. I read it when I was young and I still find the magic system quite unique.
I recently read Seveneves and I would strongly recommend starting with some other book of his. I didn't enjoy it and from the reviews I gather that his older stuff is bit better. Happy reading!
All The Ugly And Wonderful Things is a fantastic book! I read it nearly 3 years ago and it has stuck with me. Also, Carry On by Rainbow Rowell was really fun (I haven’t really liked any of her others) and The Girl From Everywhere was good, too. I listened to it as an audiobook and enjoyed it.
You are the booktuber I mostly compare my books to. We have a lot of similar tastes and star ratings. So before picking up a book I look if you have read it. With that in mine I think you would love the first law series and Jo Nesbo's The Snowman
Very random, but I saw you had Hyperion. I was never sure if I liked Science Fiction, but Hyperion flipped a switch. Still think about the Shrike when the lights are off. 🤣 Excellent to get to see some of your anticipated reads! À bientôt !
The Count of Monte Cristo is my favorite book! I want to try it in French next time I reread it, but I need to get ahold of a physical copy because I haven't found an ebook edition that I really like the formatting of.
Three parts dead is weird in a good way. Story is ok, but you mostly read it because the world is so unique - I mean corporate necromancy? Come on. Story is self-contained in book one enough so that you don't feel compelled to read the whole cycle. Lies of Locke Lamora is one of the best books I've read, even though it has a very mediocre first chapter or so. Plow through it and you won't regret it. Colour of magic was fun for me, but is agreed among fans as not the book to start with, because of just how good Going Postal is. Cat's Cradle is great, but Sirens of Titans is even better imho. Last Wish is allright, Sword of Destiny is better, but they're mostly short story collection entry into great novel series. I'm jealous about bookshelf, but also, we have overlapping tbr. High five!
Give An Unkindness of Magicians a chance! It is really good. I breezed right thru it. Also, it is a standalone so there isn't a huge commitment to a series.
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Physics of the future sounds pretty interesting. I am currently reading Physics of the Impossible and it is pretty cool to see how far or close we are from concepts such as teleportation and other things done in sci-fi
Currently reading Nicholas Eames Kings of the Wyld and loving it! Also currently reading The Demon-Haunted World by Carl Sagan, its good but I would say only do a little at a time, I only read a chapter or two a day.
Michael Crichton’s The Andromeda strait is soooo befitting to read during the pandemic and quarantine. It’s a nice read.The audiobook was really good as well.
Ah!! I saw Alanna by Tamora Pierce and I wanted to reread that series this year because I remember loving it SO much as a kid. Would love to know your thoughts!
For Sabriel by Garth Nix I'd very much recommend listening to the audiobook! It's read amazingly by Tim Curry. I knew nothing about the books and listened to it specifically because he read them, I enjoyed it so much I ended up listening to the whole series!
I strongly recommend The Blade Itself ! A slow start but you get to appreciate the characters and their arc 😁 (the whole trilogy should be read back to back if you ask me...)
I would highly highly recommend The Unseen World, The Nix, Wheel of Time, Traitor's Blood, The Empreror of All Maladies and of course, The Way of Kings. These are some of my all time favorites.
For your Sanderson shelf - The Reckoners trilogy is also my least favorite of his but don't let that stop you from trying The Rithmatist. It has a mystery twist within a fantasy set at a magical school. I really enjoyed and will always recommend it:-)
11:23 Conceptually Blindsight is totally hard(core) sci-fi to it's bones and seems to be a love it or hate it affair. I'm in the former camp, it's one of my absolute favourite sci-fis along with Simmon's Hyperion and Wolfe's Book of the New Sun which I see (at least vol 1) are also on your shelves. They're the three books (series) in your whole collection I'm most eager on hearing your thoughts on (if/when you ever get around to them) more than even the long-awaited Children of Ruin! Thanks for this vid, always great entertainment, especially during this lock down. Hope you're staying safe!
I have Hyperion on my shelf and have a feeling that I will really appreciate it, but also that it will take an emotional toll, so I keep putting it off. I read the first book in Wolfe’s series and didn’t get into it, but I’ve been thinking of trying again.
@@aliciacampos5789 Hyperion is a book that I think a lot of people will easily get into (compared to Wolfe's work), the way the narrative is structured will offer something for everyone so will indeed likely give you some emotional feels (or even chills) at one point or another. If you ever do get around to it don't forget the sequel Fall of Hyperion if you don't know about it already, it's literally one book cut into two parts so is absolutely indispensable to concluding the story. Definitely can agree Wolfe's work is not easy to get into, the surface-level narrative can come across rather pedestrian and uneventful, but it's a book that I find excels outside that surface-level narrative; it's quite heavily layered and thematically allusory but as a result if you're not interested in the story or style of 'flowery' prose (as I heard it being described as once) it definitely comes across as boring, pretentious and impenetrable. If you didn't get into the story before I'd suggest perhaps in your future attempt to keep in mind that it's not an epic or grand adventure like other fantasies, definitely more about the journey than the destination.
It’s down on your meh shelf, but I really hope you’ll give the Seven Realms series a shot. It’s my favorite young adult fantasy I’ve read, and you tend to have pretty similar taste in fantasy to mine. Great characters, real stakes, and non-annoying romance. 👍 Also, I liked the Rithmatist way, way more than Steelheart. It reads a little younger, kinda like middle grade, but not in a silly way. The only downside is the big question mark about when the sequel will be published.
I spotted Cat’s Cradle on your classics shelf, and I’m interested to hear your thoughts on Kurt Vonnegut! I’m new to his works, and I’m liking it so far (plus the book is pretty short!) 🙂
I feel like I have a massive comment coming so I'm gonna break it down into shelves 😅 Shelf 1: definitely most excited for you to read Kings of the Wyld but it does have a very specific humour so it can be hit or miss. It was one of my favourites of last year. Least excited for the Mark Lawrence books. I dnfed Prince of Thorns even though I really liked the Book of the Ancestor series :( Shelf 2: looks amazing. There's a lot on here that I really like. Red Seas Under Red Skies is my fav Locke Lemora book so far. The Goblin Emperor deserves the world, someone needs to hug Maya please and thank you. It's so good I actually remembered the main character's name! Magic of Blood and Sea is fun semi piratey adventurey YA. The Traitor Baru Cormoront was not my fav reading experience but it's stuck with me for several years now. And I'm very curious about the Craft Sequence by Max Gladstone which are currently high up on my tbr. Shelf 3: I'm sure someone else has already said it but please do read Edgedancer from Arcanum Unbounded before reading Oathbringer. In AU the short stories each have a little piece to say what is required reading before going into them. I really like this collection, especially the stories that are not directly connected to known Cosmere stories. I think my favourite is probably the Emperor's Soul or maybe Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell. But the Steelheart series is just not worth continuing. Apparently the other YA stuff is better though. Shelf 4: nothing to add except Jemisin is incredible. Shelf 5: maybe my favourite shelf so far. I do love the Tearling trilogy including the last book which is very polarizing (although it worked really well for me) but I get what you mean about not wanting to start new series. One day! I see that you read The Thief by MWT. After reading the first book I didn't pick up the second for over a year even though I owned the first four. I thought the first book was just fine but that it felt very young and not for me. Then I read the second book and it blew me away. The narrative from the second book on is in third person instead of first. It definitely feels more like a YA/adult crossover book. It's much much more complex than the first book and once I picked it up I couldn't put it down. As someone who barely ever rereads, I've reread books 2 and 3 twice each since I first read them this time last year. Queen of Attolia was definitely the most surprising book of last year for me. Oh gosh and the Witchlands series by Susan Dennard just gets better and better. Bloodwitch in particular was brilliant. There's so much going on behind the scenes that every book makes me feel like I need to reread the last to see what I was missing. As for King of Scars, go in with lowish expectations and you'll be fine. Shelf 6: I definitely didn't see any in the potential unhaul area that I think you need to keep. Queen of Blood has one of my favourite female protagonists of all time, is full of female friendship, is very sex positive, has the most beautiful world building, and really delivers on the promise it makes to the readers in the first chapter. Graceling is worth a read and actually holds up considering when it was written. No love triangles here thank you! And I love Tamora Pierce but I also grew up on her so I'm not sure what it would be like to read her books now. Although again, brilliant protagonists, very sex positive, and good discussion of periods and things which I'm forever surprised she got away with considering when the books were written. Skipping HP shelf :P Challenge shelf: obviously has some great books. Recently read A Memory Called Empire and it was a solid debut with a super interesting world. I read it on audio which I would highly recommend, particularly because I could not for the life of me figure out how to pronounce the names. I think I gave it a 4.5 and I'm really looking forward to everything else this author writes. Those Sanderson books are great obviously. My favourite era 2 character, Steris, really steals the show in BoM. And I love the way Sebastian de Castell writes. Honestly at this point reading one of his books feels a bit like coming home (oh you're starting the book with a dueling sequence? Who would have thought?! Let me read this book in one sitting!). I do need to say though that the Greatcoats series in particular is very dark and there is some messy stuff in there. He's grown a lot as an author for sure. Rainbow Shelf: yes To Be Taught if Fortunate was excellent. I will read anything she ever writes. I also loved How to Lose the Time War. I think the trick is to not try too hard to understand what's happening and instead just let the book tell the story it's trying to tell. It'll sort of make sense eventually, or it won't, and that's perfectly okay. Five stars. Shelf number ?: the Messenger by Markus Zusak is nominally my favourite book of all time but!!! I haven't read it in over five years. It was very formative when I read it. I would describe it as being a book about giving a shit about the people around you. It also has my all time favourite first chapter. Of course I also love the Book Thief. I went to my first ever signing last year and he signed my copy of the Messenger with a little pawprint from the doggo called the Doorman and it says "love from the Doorman and me" 😭❤😭 Classics Shelf: I also haven't read many classics but I have read most Austen. Persuasion is my favourite because it's a very quiet book where most of what's going on is found in the subtext. Someone jokingly said to me recently that I was saying it was my favourite to be edgy 😂 . Nah I just love the pining. Little Women is still fantastic. I grew up with it as a favourite and then re-read it after watching the film. It was a totally different experience. I appreciate every character so much more now that I can separate myself from Jo. Amy in particularly is a new favourite, Florence Pugh's acting was just excellent and helped me see her in a totally different light. There are a bunch of great audio versions out there too. Nonfiction Shelf: I haven't read anything except Notes on a Nervous Planet which was very good. And that's actually it for me because I haven't read any of your unread books on the entire third or fourth bookshelves 😬
From the ones I saw, I would highly recommend The Girl With the Dragon tatoo (much better than average thriller, especially the second book) and The First Law Trilogy (best grimdark fantasy with incredible character work)!
I have the same problem where I get a lot of books from library and periodically neglecting my own collection. The silver lining about this virus is the library is closed, so it'll give me a chance to go through my personal collection.
You haven't read The Princess Bride! 😱 it is absolutely wonderful, it has a nostalgic feel, a great adventure and is just really funny (you can skip some parts depending on the edition you have)
You should definitely read 11/22/63. It’s my favorite that I’ve read by him. I’m interested to see what you think of into the water when you read it. I didn’t like it and didn’t realize it was the same author as the girl on the train
As far as your taste, you will LOVE the lies of Locke Lamora, The name of the wind and The Emperor's Blades. I was one of the people that recommended you Nevernight, so I guess I might have a point... :D
I noticed you have the golem and the jinni on your shelf. I have that book too and I got about 3/4 of the way through it. It was very slow going and lots of character development. I do plan on finishing it eventually because it was kind of an interesting story, just not as interesting as I was hoping for
I have an undergraduate degree in English and a Master’s in library, so I’ve read a LOT of books. That being said, I’m terrified you’re going to unhaul “Gone With the Wind” before you read it. It’s hands down my favorite book of all time.
No such thing as too many books!
Truer words have never been spoken
Agree
True :D every time I read a couple of books from my shelves I have a feeling that I have to replenish them which ends with my architect struggling to find place for all of them in the project ;p
I once came across this sign in an used bookstore that said, "I was put on this earth to read a certain number of books. I am now so far behind I will never die."
Sooo true. That's why I have 580ish books unread. Nooo shame
Just have to point out, you’re the person I always watch first on yt and I aways look forward for your videos, you don’t read only the popular books, you value books that are ‘old’ and don’t just follow trends, you speak honestly and I respect that more than anything. Really wish there were more similar to you. I didn’t notice you ever mention some kind of sponsor, maybe you just don’t want to have them but if anything, your audience, which is pretty mature I’m guessing, would be really happy if you also made some money from these videos, you put in a lot of work and you deserve it. Also, more books hehe, lots of love from Serbia
I appreciate it! I’m just very difficult with the sponsorships I accept (same for my beauty channel!) but I’m open to doing some when they align with my taste :)
Drago mi je da neko iz Srbije prati Emily i generalno booktube
@@ananikolic3451 I meni isto!
Of the books you mentioned, I would most strongly recommend The Lies of Locke Lamora. Of those you didn't mention, but had turned out in the TBR orientation, Senlin Ascends. Have fun climbing Mt TBR!
The Lies of Locke Lamora and Kings of the Wyld are so good! Can’t wait for you to get to them! 💕
Books I’d recommend pushing up the TBR are: The Graceling, An Ember in the Ashes, The City of Brass and If we were villains
I would highly recommend Graceling by Kristin Cashore! That entire series is really amazing.😁
moriah ellis this is a series???? I thought it was standalone ?
Rebecca Catherine they’re actually companion novels that follow a side character from the first book
The Nightingale was a bit out of my comfort zone but after reading it I literally think about it all the time. I am in love with this story! You get to know the characters so well while still trying to keep up with the fast plot. A little romance/love interest that adds an extra element (don't worry it isnt a full on romance). Yes...i love that book
The Rithmatist is heaps better than The Reckoners. Alcatraz has a sort-of-unlikeable protagonist, but it's actually great. And Reckoners book two was wonderful :D
edit: and if I may fangirl about some of the bottom fantasy shelf authors - Pratchett, Nix, Stroud, Pierce, and Kay are some of the best in the genre. Nix, Stroud, Pierce and middle-grade / YA, but are downright amazing. Kay's Tigana brought me to tears every time I read it. I don't remember if you liked Gaiman or not, but read American Gods before Anansi Boys if you haven't yet. And Anne Rice is practically a classic author by now, and writes amazing vampire novels. This is The Witching Hour tho, and I haven't read that yet XD
I hope you like at least some of these, because they are my faves
Hayyelle yeah, I agree about the Rithmatist. Even though Sanderson is probably the most recommended fantasy author currently, I think The Rithmatist is his most underrated story.
I recommend The Last Wish (the first book of the Witcher series). It's a collection of short stories and is fun/easy to read!
The Black Company was horribly paced. All of the action happens off screen (or is it off page?) and it's basically just the characters reacting to stuff that happened. This is the gist of it:
"Woah that battle was crazy!"
1 paragraph later "Woah that second battle was wild!"
2 paragraphs later "Wow that third battle was insane!"
And you never see the battles :'(
The Age of Myth (on your second shelf), I couldn't get past the first 100 pages. Not bad, but nothing really good, just found myself bored.
You have to read The Eye of the World! It's such a classic and a great introduction to The Wheel of Time. This book itself is reminiscent of the Lord of the Rings, but it has to be put into context that at the time it was published those were the only types of books that would be published in the fantasy series. The magic system is unique, and the characters are interesting.
The Shadow of the Wind is so wonderful. The prose is beautiful and you find yourself immersed in Spain during the post-war era
The Great Gatsby is always a classic book that is easy to digest and sumptuous to read
The Left Hand of Darkness is great!
You have to read The Shining, especially given the quarantine! It's my second favorite King book, after It. Pet Sematary is also great, probably the most bleak of his books
Gone Girl is a modern classic, and even if you've seen the film you can't put it down!
The Haunting of Hill House is good. Interesting, but a little tiresome. If you want to get a short book read for your Goodreads challenge, that's a good one.
Sorry this was a lot, but you have a lot of books that are so good!
I've been looking forward for you to read The Stormlight Archive (Way of Kings) forever, I think you'll really like it! And I loved the Rithmatist so I would recomment that too. Unkindness of Magicians is really good and I think more adult than ya. Also I've been reading the wheel of time for years and really enjoying it, but it takes time as it's too damn long and also so good but it is definitely not for everyone so I'm not sure if you would like it or not. Name of the Wind is also amazing btw, I thought you had already read it though ^^
I appreciate this kinda video, it is different from the usual "tbr" s, which most of the times I do not watch tbh. Out of all the books you showed you NEED to read 1Q84 by the great Murakami, one of my personal fav books of all the time!! Hope everyone is staying home, be safe guys xoxo
To Be Taught if Fortunate, John Dies at The End, and The Book Thief should be prioritized!
Oh, and I know you've heard this a million thousand and fifty times, but the best thing to read to get you through these weird times is the Stormlight Archive. I'm recommending it to all my friends now who are stuck home, haha
Thanks for the tour! I'm also looking forward to reading many of those books. Ones that I'd recommend are Sabriel and Outliers! I hope you'll enjoy them as much as I did.
I read the Lies of Locke Lamora as an audiobook. It was really great, so much fun!
Love your videos! Been following you for a couple of years now! Just set up my book shelves in my new house and I did a similar thing where I set them up by genre! (Mostly because I love the idea that you can find what you want to read quickly!) also wanted to say that your love of sci-fi gives me life! Booktube needs more sci-fi lovers!
I love that sweater! So cute! This was a cool way to tour us through your bookshelves. I agree that it's nice to have a combo of TBR and books that you have read but would read again on your shelves, especially now when getting new books is more difficult than usual. I think I'd like to have about 25% TBR on my shelves, and I'm working toward that.
Your love for the library and audiobooks motivated me to get a library card, and I love it! English is not my first language, so audiobooks were kinda hard for me because I had to be highly concentrated to understand the story, but the more I've been listening to, the easier it has become. I've been tackling my physical tbr with audiobooks from the library, thanks for your enthusiasm 💖
Loved The Lies of Locke Lamorra!!!! Binged that trilogy which I rarely do....soooooo good!!!
Alana by Tamora Pierce is a childhood fav and every series in that universe just gets better and better!! plus they are super short so you can breeze through them. I just finished In Order To Live and it was amazing, The Gene is also very good but very heavy
I really recommend An Unkindness of Magicians! I think you might like it:)
Absolutely agree! Don't unhaul it at all (just because it was on that shelf), I think it is really really good :)
I recently (in the past two months) read Peter Pan and also War of the Worlds and saw you have both of those on your shelves so I'd recommend those! They're good, short, quick reads, and true classics! I loved them.
Highly recommend reading The Queen of Attolia soon! That series is fantastic!
A lot of those books on that first shelf you showed are ones I have that I have been wanting to read! More Joe Abercrombie, Mark Lawrence and Robin Hobb! I also need to read the Lies ofLocklamora, I read the Eye of the World recently and now I need to continue on with the rest of the Eye of the WOrld
Love Joe Abercrombie
I spotted you have Sabriel! I really truly would recommend that series. It has excellent characters, it's so compelling, there's a truly incredible library in the second book, and the original three are one of favourite series ever. The first chapter isn't especially gripping, but it's interesting from a world building perspective, and it grows so much from there. I hope you get to it at some point!
Graceling is one of my favorite YA Fantasy books! It takes a common trope and turns it on its head. And I keep meaning to pick up Lies of Locke Lamora. I've heard it recommended on a few channels, but just haven't gotten to it yet
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from your mess ya shelf, Sabriel and The Girl From Everywhere were both in my Best of lists for the yeas i read them and I still really love them, definitely worth giving a go at least in a try a chapter tag! Sabriel has a really interesting necromantic world setting and great characters. The Girl From Everywhere has a really fun time traveling gimmic and gorgeous historical settings.
Perdido Street Station is a must read! It’s an unbelievably weird and wonderful book with some of the scariest “villains” I’ve ever encountered in literature.
My pile of shame keeps growing but I am so busy with studying that there is nothing I can do about it ;_;
Same here. We are currently in Home School and I thought well then you have so much more time to read but hehe not with your teachers.😂
Hi, Emily. I really liked The Lies of Locke Lamora, but it can be slow moving. Not a bad thing, but that’s the kind of thing I like knowing up front.
I love, love the Joe Abercrombie trilogy, The First Law. I think it is a series that many readers of young adult fantasy don’t enjoy. It is gritty and brutal with morally gray characters, but I also found it darkly humorous. The books are really well paced in my opinion.
The Sparrow is also one of my all time favorites, just to give you an idea of a book we both love.
The Old Man’s War series by John Scalzi is a fast paced, fun read. I think you would like it.
Ursula K. Le Guin is my favorite author. She was a beautiful writer and her stories are so profoundly human, so humane. The beginning of The Left Hand of Darkness puts some people off, but if you pick up this book, persevere and you will be richly rewarded. Some classics don’t stand the test of time, this book does. I have read most of her scientific fiction, and although I haven’t loved everything by her, it has definitely cemented her as a legend in the field, surpassing most, if not all, her male counterparts, in my opinion. I’ll stop raving now.
You’ve definitely named some of the books I’m looking forward to the most!
On your shelf of literary fiction stuff (where The Book Thief was), you have A World Without You, which I just made a comment about on one of your newer videos. It's got a nice bit of sci-fi in there, which you might enjoy. Also on that shelf is I am the Messenger, which is my all-time favorite book. I hope you enjoy it when you get to it!
I loved an Ember in the Ashes! Graceling is also on my TBR and has been for so long!!
I highly recommend Tigana. Amazing high fantasy book that I never hear anyone talk about
Code Name Verity is fantastic, I read it a good five years ago and still think about it constantly.
Knife of Never Letting Go and Oryx and Crake are both fantastic. Highly recommend.
The rainbow shelf: The end of the day. That book is brilliant. I cannot praise it enough. It’s just as good as The first fifteen lives, imo. Brilliant characters, amazing foreshadowing, might get a bit draggy in the middle but it’s worth it.
I recommend The painted man! The whole Demon Cycle is amazing!
Definitely recommend reading Kings of the wyld, it's soooo good
First of all, I love your sweater!! I can't wait to hear what you think of The Book Thief. I just said in my last TBR video that I'm rereading it with my book club and its and all time fav.
Ugh, so happy u are reading leviathans wake of the expanse serie, one of my absolute favourite
Ohhh I saw Falling Kingdoms on your shelf. I loved that series. And The Bone Season, too.
The Nightingale was a really good book. Also you mentioned the Book Thief. Yes!
That's a smart idea, turning around the books you have read...
So i spotted you had The Queen of Blood. That's a really good fantasy book, and i personally love the crap out of it. So, i would love to know your thoughts on it. :)
I love this series so much. Daleina in particular is incredible. That bit near the start of the first book she was like "I like Merecot" and people were like "she's kinda bitchy" and then Daleina goes "yeah... I still like her". My fucking favourite.
Also how she deals with conflict so pragmatically is my most favourite thing. I know a lot og people prefer the second main character which I really do get but I'm always going to be more interested in someone who has to find ways to compensate for their weaknesses compared to someone who doesn't particularly have any.
so it's been a while since I've read the completed Sabriel series, but that ending in the trilogy (now with a fourth actually) broke my heart, it is solo worth the 3 book read, and Sabriel itself is really worth it. I read it when I was young and I still find the magic system quite unique.
AGE OF MYTH is amazing! My favorite fantasy series of all time!
I believe The Husband’s Secret takes place during Easter, I’m a very seasonal reader, so I recommend it for spring.
The Goblin Emperor (on shelf 2) was wonderful!!
I recently read Seveneves and I would strongly recommend starting with some other book of his. I didn't enjoy it and from the reviews I gather that his older stuff is bit better. Happy reading!
The Golem and the Jinni is such a good book, highly reccommend!
I have about 200 unread books on my shelves and you know what? Quarantine, day 20: totally worth it!
Read Eleanor Oliphant- but as an audiobook from your library. The accent makes it so much better!
I'm currently listening to that one!
So far it's making me anxious and sad, but I'm hoping for a comforting feeling at the end.
All The Ugly And Wonderful Things is a fantastic book! I read it nearly 3 years ago and it has stuck with me. Also, Carry On by Rainbow Rowell was really fun (I haven’t really liked any of her others) and The Girl From Everywhere was good, too. I listened to it as an audiobook and enjoyed it.
I spied Code Name Verity and The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo on your shelves. I loved both of these!
Kings of the Wyld and Senlin Ascends need to jump to the front of the reading queue!
i took quite some time to read name of the wind, but the writing style is so wholesome and also i absolutely love kvothe
You are the booktuber I mostly compare my books to. We have a lot of similar tastes and star ratings. So before picking up a book I look if you have read it. With that in mine I think you would love the first law series and Jo Nesbo's The Snowman
Very random, but I saw you had Hyperion. I was never sure if I liked Science Fiction, but Hyperion flipped a switch. Still think about the Shrike when the lights are off. 🤣 Excellent to get to see some of your anticipated reads! À bientôt !
The Count of Monte Cristo is my favorite book! I want to try it in French next time I reread it, but I need to get ahold of a physical copy because I haven't found an ebook edition that I really like the formatting of.
Three parts dead is weird in a good way. Story is ok, but you mostly read it because the world is so unique - I mean corporate necromancy? Come on. Story is self-contained in book one enough so that you don't feel compelled to read the whole cycle.
Lies of Locke Lamora is one of the best books I've read, even though it has a very mediocre first chapter or so. Plow through it and you won't regret it.
Colour of magic was fun for me, but is agreed among fans as not the book to start with, because of just how good Going Postal is.
Cat's Cradle is great, but Sirens of Titans is even better imho.
Last Wish is allright, Sword of Destiny is better, but they're mostly short story collection entry into great novel series.
I'm jealous about bookshelf, but also, we have overlapping tbr. High five!
Give An Unkindness of Magicians a chance! It is really good. I breezed right thru it. Also, it is a standalone so there isn't a huge commitment to a series.
Physics of the future sounds pretty interesting. I am currently reading Physics of the Impossible and it is pretty cool to see how far or close we are from concepts such as teleportation and other things done in sci-fi
Currently reading Nicholas Eames Kings of the Wyld and loving it! Also currently reading The Demon-Haunted World by Carl Sagan, its good but I would say only do a little at a time, I only read a chapter or two a day.
I had so much fun reading Kings of the Wyld. Why have I not picked up the sequel....
I think I'm doing the same with my shelves, turning all the read books around, LOL
Michael Crichton’s The Andromeda strait is soooo befitting to read during the pandemic and quarantine. It’s a nice read.The audiobook was really good as well.
Read it! I have two editions and forgot to turn one damn it haha agreed it was good!
I loved gentleman bastards & the name of the wind 🌿
The Great Gatsby is my favorite book of ALL TIME! You have to read it!
Ah!! I saw Alanna by Tamora Pierce and I wanted to reread that series this year because I remember loving it SO much as a kid. Would love to know your thoughts!
please read between the world and me!!! might be my top fave book, very beautifully and thoughtfully written
For Sabriel by Garth Nix I'd very much recommend listening to the audiobook! It's read amazingly by Tim Curry. I knew nothing about the books and listened to it specifically because he read them, I enjoyed it so much I ended up listening to the whole series!
I strongly recommend The Blade Itself ! A slow start but you get to appreciate the characters and their arc 😁 (the whole trilogy should be read back to back if you ask me...)
Yes! I wish there was more appreciation for Abercrombie on booktube. He is such a smart, funny writer.
I would highly highly recommend The Unseen World, The Nix, Wheel of Time, Traitor's Blood, The Empreror of All Maladies and of course, The Way of Kings. These are some of my all time favorites.
I read The Gene and it was excellent. The Emperor of All Maladies is on my shelf, but I haven’t gotten to it yet.
@@aliciacampos5789 You should check it out! It's really good!
For your Sanderson shelf - The Reckoners trilogy is also my least favorite of his but don't let that stop you from trying The Rithmatist. It has a mystery twist within a fantasy set at a magical school. I really enjoyed and will always recommend it:-)
See you said magical school and right there it went higher on my the haha
And yes, give up on A Head Full of Ghosts author! I agree with you there sadly haha
Golem and jinni should be read soon!!! Wicked Saints if you haven't gotten to it yet either! Just finished the Lying Game. Wasn't too bad.
I LOVED Eye of the World by Robert Jordan! We have similar taste in books - I think you'll love it too.
11:23 Conceptually Blindsight is totally hard(core) sci-fi to it's bones and seems to be a love it or hate it affair. I'm in the former camp, it's one of my absolute favourite sci-fis along with Simmon's Hyperion and Wolfe's Book of the New Sun which I see (at least vol 1) are also on your shelves. They're the three books (series) in your whole collection I'm most eager on hearing your thoughts on (if/when you ever get around to them) more than even the long-awaited Children of Ruin!
Thanks for this vid, always great entertainment, especially during this lock down. Hope you're staying safe!
I have Hyperion on my shelf and have a feeling that I will really appreciate it, but also that it will take an emotional toll, so I keep putting it off.
I read the first book in Wolfe’s series and didn’t get into it, but I’ve been thinking of trying again.
@@aliciacampos5789 Hyperion is a book that I think a lot of people will easily get into (compared to Wolfe's work), the way the narrative is structured will offer something for everyone so will indeed likely give you some emotional feels (or even chills) at one point or another. If you ever do get around to it don't forget the sequel Fall of Hyperion if you don't know about it already, it's literally one book cut into two parts so is absolutely indispensable to concluding the story.
Definitely can agree Wolfe's work is not easy to get into, the surface-level narrative can come across rather pedestrian and uneventful, but it's a book that I find excels outside that surface-level narrative; it's quite heavily layered and thematically allusory but as a result if you're not interested in the story or style of 'flowery' prose (as I heard it being described as once) it definitely comes across as boring, pretentious and impenetrable. If you didn't get into the story before I'd suggest perhaps in your future attempt to keep in mind that it's not an epic or grand adventure like other fantasies, definitely more about the journey than the destination.
Loved The Book Thief!!
It's nice to realize you're one of my fellow binge buyers when it comes to books
I think you should try to get to Senlin Ascends by Josiah Bancroft. I love his books so much and I think you will really enjoy them too.
I’m definitely excited for it! I’m pretty sure the whole trilogy is now out so I’m feeling okay starting it lol
@@BookswithEmilyFox I think its actually now a four book series? If the fourth isn't out yet I think it will be soon.
It’s down on your meh shelf, but I really hope you’ll give the Seven Realms series a shot. It’s my favorite young adult fantasy I’ve read, and you tend to have pretty similar taste in fantasy to mine. Great characters, real stakes, and non-annoying romance. 👍 Also, I liked the Rithmatist way, way more than Steelheart. It reads a little younger, kinda like middle grade, but not in a silly way. The only downside is the big question mark about when the sequel will be published.
the emperors blades!!! so good omg
Emily, you must read Time and Time Again by Ben Elton. You will love it. And please, please, please, read Children of Ruin!
I really really liked the painted man!!! Would definitely recommend x
I spotted Cat’s Cradle on your classics shelf, and I’m interested to hear your thoughts on Kurt Vonnegut! I’m new to his works, and I’m liking it so far (plus the book is pretty short!) 🙂
I haven’t read Timeline by Michael Crichton but I saw the movie a bunch of times and liked it. And books are almost always better right?
I LOVE that book.
I feel like I have a massive comment coming so I'm gonna break it down into shelves 😅
Shelf 1: definitely most excited for you to read Kings of the Wyld but it does have a very specific humour so it can be hit or miss. It was one of my favourites of last year. Least excited for the Mark Lawrence books. I dnfed Prince of Thorns even though I really liked the Book of the Ancestor series :(
Shelf 2: looks amazing. There's a lot on here that I really like. Red Seas Under Red Skies is my fav Locke Lemora book so far. The Goblin Emperor deserves the world, someone needs to hug Maya please and thank you. It's so good I actually remembered the main character's name! Magic of Blood and Sea is fun semi piratey adventurey YA. The Traitor Baru Cormoront was not my fav reading experience but it's stuck with me for several years now. And I'm very curious about the Craft Sequence by Max Gladstone which are currently high up on my tbr.
Shelf 3: I'm sure someone else has already said it but please do read Edgedancer from Arcanum Unbounded before reading Oathbringer. In AU the short stories each have a little piece to say what is required reading before going into them. I really like this collection, especially the stories that are not directly connected to known Cosmere stories. I think my favourite is probably the Emperor's Soul or maybe Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell. But the Steelheart series is just not worth continuing. Apparently the other YA stuff is better though.
Shelf 4: nothing to add except Jemisin is incredible.
Shelf 5: maybe my favourite shelf so far. I do love the Tearling trilogy including the last book which is very polarizing (although it worked really well for me) but I get what you mean about not wanting to start new series. One day! I see that you read The Thief by MWT. After reading the first book I didn't pick up the second for over a year even though I owned the first four. I thought the first book was just fine but that it felt very young and not for me. Then I read the second book and it blew me away. The narrative from the second book on is in third person instead of first. It definitely feels more like a YA/adult crossover book. It's much much more complex than the first book and once I picked it up I couldn't put it down. As someone who barely ever rereads, I've reread books 2 and 3 twice each since I first read them this time last year. Queen of Attolia was definitely the most surprising book of last year for me. Oh gosh and the Witchlands series by Susan Dennard just gets better and better. Bloodwitch in particular was brilliant. There's so much going on behind the scenes that every book makes me feel like I need to reread the last to see what I was missing. As for King of Scars, go in with lowish expectations and you'll be fine.
Shelf 6: I definitely didn't see any in the potential unhaul area that I think you need to keep. Queen of Blood has one of my favourite female protagonists of all time, is full of female friendship, is very sex positive, has the most beautiful world building, and really delivers on the promise it makes to the readers in the first chapter. Graceling is worth a read and actually holds up considering when it was written. No love triangles here thank you! And I love Tamora Pierce but I also grew up on her so I'm not sure what it would be like to read her books now. Although again, brilliant protagonists, very sex positive, and good discussion of periods and things which I'm forever surprised she got away with considering when the books were written.
Skipping HP shelf :P
Challenge shelf: obviously has some great books. Recently read A Memory Called Empire and it was a solid debut with a super interesting world. I read it on audio which I would highly recommend, particularly because I could not for the life of me figure out how to pronounce the names. I think I gave it a 4.5 and I'm really looking forward to everything else this author writes. Those Sanderson books are great obviously. My favourite era 2 character, Steris, really steals the show in BoM. And I love the way Sebastian de Castell writes. Honestly at this point reading one of his books feels a bit like coming home (oh you're starting the book with a dueling sequence? Who would have thought?! Let me read this book in one sitting!). I do need to say though that the Greatcoats series in particular is very dark and there is some messy stuff in there. He's grown a lot as an author for sure.
Rainbow Shelf: yes To Be Taught if Fortunate was excellent. I will read anything she ever writes. I also loved How to Lose the Time War. I think the trick is to not try too hard to understand what's happening and instead just let the book tell the story it's trying to tell. It'll sort of make sense eventually, or it won't, and that's perfectly okay. Five stars.
Shelf number ?: the Messenger by Markus Zusak is nominally my favourite book of all time but!!! I haven't read it in over five years. It was very formative when I read it. I would describe it as being a book about giving a shit about the people around you. It also has my all time favourite first chapter. Of course I also love the Book Thief. I went to my first ever signing last year and he signed my copy of the Messenger with a little pawprint from the doggo called the Doorman and it says "love from the Doorman and me" 😭❤😭
Classics Shelf: I also haven't read many classics but I have read most Austen. Persuasion is my favourite because it's a very quiet book where most of what's going on is found in the subtext. Someone jokingly said to me recently that I was saying it was my favourite to be edgy 😂 . Nah I just love the pining. Little Women is still fantastic. I grew up with it as a favourite and then re-read it after watching the film. It was a totally different experience. I appreciate every character so much more now that I can separate myself from Jo. Amy in particularly is a new favourite, Florence Pugh's acting was just excellent and helped me see her in a totally different light. There are a bunch of great audio versions out there too.
Nonfiction Shelf: I haven't read anything except Notes on a Nervous Planet which was very good.
And that's actually it for me because I haven't read any of your unread books on the entire third or fourth bookshelves 😬
Why are you on the fence about Stephen King? I'm curious
I feel like some people and brands should just not have twitter
@@BookswithEmilyFox I didn't know about his use of Twitter!
11/22/63❤️ it’s my favourite and way better than the TV show.
Big fan of Joe Abercrombie! I've read 9 of his books so far. A good read if you're in the mood for grim dark fantasy, gritty and graphic! :D
So good!
So many of my favorites there! Definitely you should read The Terror by Dan Simmons. It's been over a year since I read it and I still think about it.
From the ones I saw, I would highly recommend The Girl With the Dragon tatoo (much better than average thriller, especially the second book) and The First Law Trilogy (best grimdark fantasy with incredible character work)!
I have the same problem where I get a lot of books from library and periodically neglecting my own collection. The silver lining about this virus is the library is closed, so it'll give me a chance to go through my personal collection.
You haven't read The Princess Bride! 😱 it is absolutely wonderful, it has a nostalgic feel, a great adventure and is just really funny (you can skip some parts depending on the edition you have)
You should definitely read 11/22/63. It’s my favorite that I’ve read by him. I’m interested to see what you think of into the water when you read it. I didn’t like it and didn’t realize it was the same author as the girl on the train
The Thing Around Your Neck ❤️❤️ one of the best books I've read!!
I’ve read some of her non fiction books and love them but I have yet to try her fiction! Can’t wait!
As far as your taste, you will LOVE the lies of Locke Lamora, The name of the wind and The Emperor's Blades. I was one of the people that recommended you Nevernight, so I guess I might have a point... :D
I need that sweater in my closet💜
I kind of have a feeling you’re not gonna like Outlander, but it’s always the first book I notice in your videos!
Same... kinda why I have yet to pick it up lol
I noticed you have the golem and the jinni on your shelf. I have that book too and I got about 3/4 of the way through it. It was very slow going and lots of character development. I do plan on finishing it eventually because it was kind of an interesting story, just not as interesting as I was hoping for
Also I have read the first book in the night angel trilogy by Brent weeks and it was really good
I have an undergraduate degree in English and a Master’s in library, so I’ve read a LOT of books. That being said, I’m terrified you’re going to unhaul “Gone With the Wind” before you read it. It’s hands down my favorite book of all time.
I feel that way about The Left Hand of Darkness! 😊
I won’t get rid of anything until I at least try it!