Oooh really great mix of books on here! The Watch series will be great between the heavier books! Bandit Queens i really want to read, have heard great things! Fallen off the epic fantasy wagon recently, but this year i want to focus mainly on reading what i own (putting blinkers on and not getting distracted by read-alongs, readathons and other people's books!) But Adrian Tchaikovsky and Janny Wurts are two author on my list of "eventually" Tchaikovsky more as i actually own 2 books by him - how awesome you got to chat with him! Soulless was recommended to me by Bridgit, and I have that book, planning to read it as part of a project this year. Again think it will be more light hearted and fun! 💜📚
Good on you for being a bit more strategic with your choices this year hahah. I can't wait for you to get back to Hybrid Helix! And the Edan trilogy is also high up on my list, but I am waiting for all the audiobooks at this point. Happy reading Anitha!
Unwell Woman i bought for my Mum last year - she kept reading me quotes that made her angry! 😂 She said it was brilliant and 2 book tubers also read and said how brilliant it was. I hope you enjoy it 📚💜
Mat is one of my favourites as well. You have some great books on your list. Given your sense of humour i think you will love Pratchett. I've also got 2 of the Gail Carriger books. I'm sure you are going to have a great reading year.
I'm so excited for you to finish Earthsea and start Discworld!! I need to read Blood Stones as well, so lmk if you want that to be a buddy read. No pressure, though!
Yes, «Edan»! Steinbeck is amazing, makes you laugh and cry every other scene! My January TBR/MBR List: «After Rome» by Morgan Llywelyn (Historical Fiction set after the Roman Withdrawal from Britain) «Cort Adeler» by Ole Henrik Gjeruldsen (Historical Biography about the 17th Century Norwegian Mercenary and Highly Decorated Admiral for the Venetian Navy) «Anitra» by Hilde Susan Jægtnes (History Fiction, about an imagined granddaughter of the Composer Edvard Grieg living in Fascist Rome, torn between her creative dreams of creating a Mythological Grand Opera with the support of the totalitarian regime and her lesbian love for a Jewish musician…) «Leviathan Falls» by James SA Corey («The Expanse» #9, Space Opera) «The Lion & the Sword» (90s Fantasy inspired by Alexander the Great’s Conquest of Greece) by Roberta Cray «The Children of Gods and Fighting Men» by Shauna Lawless (Historical Fantasy set in Viking Age Ireland) «Alamut» by Vladimir Bartol (Philosophical Historical Fiction, set among the Order of Assassins Sect during the Crusades, with parallels to the growth of Fascism in Bartol’s own 1930s) «Mannen som bar solen» («The Man Who Carried The Sun») by Kristian Bang Foss (Historical Fiction set in the Nordic Bronze Age) «Hengist» by Sean Poage (Historical Fiction Novella, set during the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain) «All the Horses on Iceland» by Sarah Tolmie (Historical Fiction/Fantasy Novella about an Medieval Icelander’s Fantastical Journey to Central Asia) Collection of the writings of Seneca, the Roman Stoic Philosopher (and assassinated tutor of Emperor Nero) My February TBR/MBR: «Carthage Ascendant» by Mary Gentle (Book of Ash #2, Alt-Historical Military Fiction inspired by the Mercenary Wars of the Renaissance) «The Children of Gods & Fighting Men» by Shauna Lawless (Gael Song #1, Historical Fantasy set in Viking Age Ireland) «The Blood Dimmed Tide» by Stephen Aryan (Historical Fantasy inspired by the Mongol Conquest of Persia) «Firelord» by Parke Godwin (Arthurian Historical Fiction) My February TBR: «Informocracy» by Malka Older (Cyberpunk) «Brothers of the Wind» by Tad Williams (Prequel to «Memory, Sorrow & Thorn», Epic Fantasy) «Bloodstone» & «Dark Crusade» by Karl Edward Wagner (Both in the «Kane» series, S&S/Proto-Grimdark) «Lancelot» by Giles Kristian (Arthurian Fantasy/Historical Fiction) My Spring TBR: «Sun Eater» 3-6: «Demon in White», «Kingdoms of Death», «Ashes of Men» & «Disquiet Gods» (+ the short stories) by Christopher Ruocchio (Space Opera) «Pompeii» by Robert Harris (Historical Fiction Thriller based on the days leading to the Eruption of Vesuvius, with inspiration from «Chinatown») «Menewood» by Nicola Griffith (Historical Fiction about an Anglo Saxon Nun and future Saint, sequel of «Hild») «Navola» by Paolo Bacigalupi (Political Fantasy inspired by Renaissance Italy & «The Godfather») «Pompeii» by Robert Harris (Historical Crime Fiction, set against the Destruction of Pompeii) «Women of Troy» by Pat Barker (Historical Fiction take on the Iliad, from the perspective of Achilles’ and Agamemnon’s «War Bride» Briseis) «The Crystal Cave» by Mary Stewart (Arthurian Fantasy from the perspective of Merlin) «The Wolf Den» by Elodie Harper (Historical Fiction set in the, eh, «Red Light District» of Ancient Pompeii😅) «The Bright Sword» by Lev Grossman (Arthurian Fantasy) «Augustus» by John Williams (Epistolary Historical Fiction about the Eponymous Roman Emperor’s Life) And I will at least start on the «Aspect Emperor» series by R. Scott Bakker (Epic Dark/Grimdark Fantasy, sequel series to «The Prince of Nothing») and «The Last King of Osten Ard» by Tad Williams (Sequel to «Memory, Sorrow & Thorn», Epic Fantasy) and finish them over the Summer! Cheers Anitha!
Can’t wait to see how many you, myself, or both of us either DNF or push off our multitude of buddy reads. 🤣
@@SheWasOnlyEvie 2025 is going to be the year of Anitha. We will get to all of them 💪
Independence sounds amazing - when in the right headspace, as I feel it will be alot to take in. 💜📚
Oooh really great mix of books on here!
The Watch series will be great between the heavier books!
Bandit Queens i really want to read, have heard great things!
Fallen off the epic fantasy wagon recently, but this year i want to focus mainly on reading what i own (putting blinkers on and not getting distracted by read-alongs, readathons and other people's books!) But Adrian Tchaikovsky and Janny Wurts are two author on my list of "eventually" Tchaikovsky more as i actually own 2 books by him - how awesome you got to chat with him!
Soulless was recommended to me by Bridgit, and I have that book, planning to read it as part of a project this year. Again think it will be more light hearted and fun! 💜📚
Glad to see you back on youtube!
@@emilyreads5207 Thanks, Emily! ❤️
Good on you for being a bit more strategic with your choices this year hahah. I can't wait for you to get back to Hybrid Helix! And the Edan trilogy is also high up on my list, but I am waiting for all the audiobooks at this point. Happy reading Anitha!
That's a pretty good list. Lords of Chaos has one of my favorite endings in all of fantasy.
@@OnlyTheBestFantasyNovels that makes me more excited to read Lord of Chaos. Thanks.
From these i've read The Bandit Queens, And Then There were None and My Dark Vanessa. All three are great in completely different ways
@thefairylibrarian3282 Awesome! I am super excited to get to them.
Unwell Woman i bought for my Mum last year - she kept reading me quotes that made her angry! 😂
She said it was brilliant and 2 book tubers also read and said how brilliant it was.
I hope you enjoy it 📚💜
I need to squeeze in The Way of Edan somewhere, maybe February since I'll be finishing my Dune series in January.
I love Girl, Woman, Other - thoight it would be interesting, but she made me cate about her chatacters within such a short space of time 💜📚
Sounds like an awesome 2025 to come, Anitha!
I loved The Blood Stones, and am loving Edan as well!
@@ZOMGfantasy thanks, Zammar. I am looking forward to both of those books.
I love that there is a lot here I've never heard of before. I hope you enjoy all of these books
@@Ashleigh_Absurd thankyou, Ashleigh!
Mat is one of my favourites as well. You have some great books on your list. Given your sense of humour i think you will love Pratchett. I've also got 2 of the Gail Carriger books.
I'm sure you are going to have a great reading year.
@@NerdyKathi thanks, Kathi! Hope you have a great year too ❤️
Thanks for the reminder about How to lose the time war. Gotta make sure it’s on the TBR
@@PonderingsOfPete I thought you already read that book
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We have a lot of the same books on our tbr for 2025! Good luck to us! Looking forward to your thoughts on any of these books.
@@marianneguevara8279 that's awesome. We can discuss in discord when we are reading then. And maybe we can have discussions here too.
I'm so excited for you to finish Earthsea and start Discworld!! I need to read Blood Stones as well, so lmk if you want that to be a buddy read. No pressure, though!
@@KFoxtheGreat Sure. Maybe we get to read more next year.
We have a new video - it's a (late) Christmas miracle.
Also am I allowed to keep a tally of what you actually do and do not read?
@@mastersal4644 hahahahaha yes, please do.
😂😂😂
My top priority is to read Greatcoats - those books are taking too much room on the shelves. And then probably Winternight.
@@mastersal4644 you will love winter night. And I am super excited for Greatcoats.
Return of the Griffin is getting a very mild edit, apparently. I enjoyed it a lot so it should be even better soon!
@@bardsandbooks oh I didn't know that. Why is it getting an edit?
@ I think it was regarding the social climate but I could be wrong. He said it doesn’t require a re-read so very minor
Looking forward to your thoughts on Spear Cuts Through Water
@@thefantasythinker I have no option but to like it. Else, Evie would come after me 😂
I got Independence with book of the month and I still need to read it.
@@emilyreads5207 Awesome! You can join Evie and me then.
@@AnithaGadeReads let me know when you plan on reading it!
@@emilyreads5207 I will.
Matt is my favorite character
@@akashas6012 yayyyy! Have you read the entire series?
Yes, «Edan»! Steinbeck is amazing, makes you laugh and cry every other scene!
My January TBR/MBR List:
«After Rome» by Morgan Llywelyn (Historical Fiction set after the Roman Withdrawal from Britain)
«Cort Adeler» by Ole Henrik Gjeruldsen (Historical Biography about the 17th Century Norwegian Mercenary and Highly Decorated Admiral for the Venetian Navy)
«Anitra» by Hilde Susan Jægtnes (History Fiction, about an imagined granddaughter of the Composer Edvard Grieg living in Fascist Rome, torn between her creative dreams of creating a Mythological Grand Opera with the support of the totalitarian regime and her lesbian love for a Jewish musician…)
«Leviathan Falls» by James SA Corey («The Expanse» #9, Space Opera)
«The Lion & the Sword» (90s Fantasy inspired by Alexander the Great’s Conquest of Greece) by Roberta Cray
«The Children of Gods and Fighting Men» by Shauna Lawless (Historical Fantasy set in Viking Age Ireland)
«Alamut» by Vladimir Bartol (Philosophical Historical Fiction, set among the Order of Assassins Sect during the Crusades, with parallels to the growth of Fascism in Bartol’s own 1930s)
«Mannen som bar solen» («The Man Who Carried The Sun») by Kristian Bang Foss (Historical Fiction set in the Nordic Bronze Age)
«Hengist» by Sean Poage (Historical Fiction Novella, set during the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain)
«All the Horses on Iceland» by Sarah Tolmie (Historical Fiction/Fantasy Novella about an Medieval Icelander’s Fantastical Journey to Central Asia)
Collection of the writings of Seneca, the Roman Stoic Philosopher (and assassinated tutor of Emperor Nero)
My February TBR/MBR:
«Carthage Ascendant» by Mary Gentle (Book of Ash #2, Alt-Historical Military Fiction inspired by the Mercenary Wars of the Renaissance)
«The Children of Gods & Fighting Men» by Shauna Lawless (Gael Song #1, Historical Fantasy set in Viking Age Ireland)
«The Blood Dimmed Tide» by Stephen Aryan (Historical Fantasy inspired by the Mongol Conquest of Persia)
«Firelord» by Parke Godwin (Arthurian Historical Fiction)
My February TBR:
«Informocracy» by Malka Older (Cyberpunk)
«Brothers of the Wind» by Tad Williams (Prequel to «Memory, Sorrow & Thorn», Epic Fantasy)
«Bloodstone» & «Dark Crusade» by Karl Edward Wagner (Both in the «Kane» series, S&S/Proto-Grimdark)
«Lancelot» by Giles Kristian (Arthurian Fantasy/Historical Fiction)
My Spring TBR:
«Sun Eater» 3-6: «Demon in White», «Kingdoms of Death», «Ashes of Men» & «Disquiet Gods» (+ the short stories) by Christopher Ruocchio (Space Opera)
«Pompeii» by Robert Harris (Historical Fiction Thriller based on the days leading to the Eruption of Vesuvius, with inspiration from «Chinatown»)
«Menewood» by Nicola Griffith (Historical Fiction about an Anglo Saxon Nun and future Saint, sequel of «Hild»)
«Navola» by Paolo Bacigalupi (Political Fantasy inspired by Renaissance Italy & «The Godfather»)
«Pompeii» by Robert Harris (Historical Crime Fiction, set against the Destruction of Pompeii)
«Women of Troy» by Pat Barker (Historical Fiction take on the Iliad, from the perspective of Achilles’ and Agamemnon’s «War Bride» Briseis)
«The Crystal Cave» by Mary Stewart (Arthurian Fantasy from the perspective of Merlin)
«The Wolf Den» by Elodie Harper (Historical Fiction set in the, eh, «Red Light District» of Ancient Pompeii😅)
«The Bright Sword» by Lev Grossman (Arthurian Fantasy)
«Augustus» by John Williams (Epistolary Historical Fiction about the Eponymous Roman Emperor’s Life)
And I will at least start on the «Aspect Emperor» series by R. Scott Bakker (Epic Dark/Grimdark Fantasy, sequel series to «The Prince of Nothing») and «The Last King of Osten Ard» by Tad Williams (Sequel to «Memory, Sorrow & Thorn», Epic Fantasy) and finish them over the Summer!
Cheers Anitha!
@@MacScarfield wow you are reading some great books. I need to get to Pompeii too.
And I am very interested to checkout Griffith books.
Sign me up for This is How you Lose the Time War!
@@the.almost.book.doctor8326 yayyyy! It's been soo long since we buddy read anything. We are reading it in March. I will remind you in Feb ❤️