December Reading Wrap Up | Book Haul + Subscriber Q&A

[@sofierivianskye]

Top 10 trilogies sounds like a great video idea! Love your recs :)

[@Harley24986]

It's so nice to hear that I'm not the only person who hated Tomorrow, Tomorrow and Tomorrow. The characters were so freaking awful. That book was a damned struggle lol

[@Robda5ft_]

The way my bookshelves are a mix of yours and ashlynns 😂

[@alijordan3738]

Here because i love when you and ashlynn do book swaps and i love when you have cameos on her channel!! You guys are my faves to watch!

[@RetratodaLeitora]

"This Is How You Lose the Time War" is SO GOOD!!!

[@jordancastille2244]

Whenever you start Way of Kings keep in mind that it starts out very slow. It’s a very long book that takes a while to develop but it’s sooo worth it!!!

[@heatherjohnson5531]

"Beneath a Scarlet Sky" is one of the top books I usually recommend to people.

[@kaylarudolph6438]

Ashlynn laughing in the background 🤣 I adore you both!

[@YaFeya13]

Accursed kings is amazing, you won’t be able to stop 😮 But Pierce Brown is on a whole other level, simply INCREDIBLE 🥰

[@BetsyAndTheBooks]

First of all yes to a part two of this! I love how you do your videos where you are not just sitting down and talking to us but doing something in the process. I am so excited to see you back and looking forward to the videos you do this year! I can’t wait for the throne of glass video I’m so curious what your thoughts on the series is! I love that you built a TBR cart for Ashlynn! My husband just built me a bookshelf for all the books I have been getting.

[@iangubeli]

Thank you so much!! 2024 is going to be a great year for BookTube!! Happy to know you got a new shelf! That’s always a great feeling!!

[@GeorgiaPeach87]

The Great Alone is soooooo Good…One of my favorite books ever!! It stays with you.
I loved the Barnes & Noble video too!

[@iangubeli]

Thank you!! Very excited to read Kritin Hannah!!

[@jvickery9623]

Great video! Would love to see a sequel to this video. Happy Reading! 📚

[@alivialodi]

Love love love the book swaps and having Barnes and noble employees control what you read!

[@iangubeli]

Definitely more content like that coming in the near future!

[@queenkim8631]

What a fun way to do a Q&A! Would love to see a part 2!

[@abreesue]

The Great Alone is one of my favorite books of all time! I definitely recommend

[@joalgustas6498]

Dude! You’re almost at 10k followers! Heck yeah! Love to see it! Happy New Year Buddy!

[@iangubeli]

It’s crazy🙈🙈🙈

[@NadiaAbdulrahman-]

This is how you lose the time war is a lgbt book about 2 women, it is also highly poetic and focused on prose, along with what the synopsis says. I thought I'd mention this since you are a Christian.

[@iangubeli]

Thank you for the heads up! I may defer to other books then!

[@andybarker8787]

Ooh with the hair up I am getting Samurai Guitarist vibes.

[@caroldedeurwaerder2660]

Gotta love Ian being comfy with his fan bun.❤ You & Ashlynn are adorable!

[@dianaisme]

I hope you love How To Lose A Time War, I have been thinking about picking it up. But I haven't been sure

[@milan0762]

the warlord chronicles by bernard cornwell might be my favourite series, just sooo good!

[@iangubeli]

Amen!

[@Tabi1983]

Oh my goodness - I just started Red Rising tonight and I am already OBSESSED. So excited to hear that you like it. That gives me extra hope for how awesome this is gonna be!!!!

[@reynaldogonzalez5919]

Mikes book reviews and Petrik Leo absolutely love their content talking story I could name other favorite guy book tubers!!!

[@Shaegeeksout]

IAN YOU GOT THE GREAT ALONE!!!! My heart is happy you want to try one of my favs of 2023!!!

[@amandabrown4575]

You crack me up!! This video is great. The way that you just make these videos is just so natural. I like that it's not it's not going on to long in one spot very entertaining.

[@iangubeli]

I can’t stand if my videos are in the same spot, doing the same thing. Drives me bonkers! I am so happy you appreciate it!!

[@nayeliariofrio6898]

I just love your videos and Ashlynn, you're doing great!

[@iangubeli]

Thank you!!!

[@whateliseread]

so excited for the throne of glass vlog!! i’ve just started the series as well and am so excited to get into this world. love this style of vlog as well 🫶🏻🫶🏻

[@iangubeli]

Thank you!! Yes, Throne of Glass is so fun. I would love to hear what you think of the series!

[@debiantReads]

Wow 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽💯💯💯 the way you multitask in ur videos keep’s them so entertaining. Definitely would like another part 2.

[@patjones3305]

Bro - I’m hooked on your channel. And the way you talk about books is fantastic, but I also feel like we would vibe well and be close friends lol 😂

[@patjones3305]

Also just realized how creepy that sounds haha anyway - keep it up!

[@tessib.1043]

Ian!! Happy New Year to you and your gorgeous bride! Stephen King, Needful Things will blow your mind. I actually like vlogs that are chaotic. You’re showing us the real you. I also loved Prince of Tide.❤❤

[@iangubeli]

Thank you!! And Happy New Year to you!! So happy you loved “Prince of Tides!!”

[@historydragonsandmagic]

I can’t recommend the Iron King series enough. I came upon it by accident and I’ve loved it!

[@iangubeli]

Very excited to read it!

[@Sirius.oy523]

Brandon Sanderson is AMAZING!!! Warbreaker, mistborn trilogy, so many AMAZING books by him

[@eliotopian]

Time war: the more I think about this book, the more I’m convinced it would be in my top ten of all time.
Needful things: items aren’t cursed, he sells items for “one small favor” and it all SEEMS harmless until you see the overall greater picture. Then. Madness! It was so good. The audio… daaaaaanfoooorth! Daaaaaanfooooorth! Iykyk lol
Scarlet sky: liked it. Forgot everything about it. Read it during a massive ‘let’s read fifty wwii books back to back!’ Era. lol.
Strange/norrell: the show is better. The writing was just that British dry kinda writing that made me feel like i was being forced to read a classic in high school. She somehow made this super cool magic spell feel boring with her description. Show was Excellent.
Piranesi: all problems from above fixed. Loved it. lol
Kristin Hannah can do no wrong

[@iangubeli]

I love this comment!!

[@eliotopian]

lol I do it this way so people dont have 12354213 comments from me hogging all their comment section lol! @@iangubeli

[@sjthorn]

Love it, getting stuff done while filming. I'm all for a part 2 to this video. Gonna have to rewatch to add these videos to my TBR list. Needful Things is on my long list of Stephen King books to get through this year as well, so can't wait to see your thoughts on it.

[@yinyang4707]

I’ve been listening to a lot of your videos and after seeing them I genuinely loved your energy and the way you step up your videos helps a lot with my short attention spans. Keep up what you do!😊

[@iangubeli]

Thank you!!! My attention span is like a peanut, so editing my videos the way I do helps me actually want to keep making them! Glad my content doesn’t feel stagnant!!

[@flemingstephen16]

Love and appreciate the content about reading while at work. I completely relate to this. I do a LOT of audiobooks. It’s how I keep my sanity at work. I work close to 60 hrs/week/3rd shift in manufacturing, and then try to spend the little time that I have left with my wife and baby daughter. If I didn’t have audiobooks, I would not be able to consume as much as I do. Fiction, non fiction, theology. So, I listen to a lot while I’m working. Audible, Libby, Everand.
Currently 38% through Red Rising and loving it. Excited to finally dive into this series. Malice by John Gwynne is up next.
Love the content and vibe on the channel.

[@iangubeli]

Thank you!! Audiobooks on the job helps break up the monotonous aspects of the day-to-day.
Super stoked that you’re reading Red Rising! What a perfect series! And MALICE!? Dude, such a good book in a fantastic series!

[@wacoglee]

I came here because of Brian Lee Durfee’s short where you met at the bookstore. I am staying for the vibe and your apparent good nature. Great video!

[@iangubeli]

Thank you so much!! Brian is the man, and that was such a cool encounter!

[@user-bm7zg7sj3u]

SO MANY BOOKS I GET TO ADD TO THE TBR!!! Thank u for a banger as always Ian . I finished both iron gold and dark age in 3 days because of your videos inspiring to just sit and fully commit . I’m so appreciative of you and this community . I wasn’t always in a great place but because of this channel specifically you inspire me to do what I love and truly brings me joy . Really . Thank u Ian for everything you do❤

[@user-bm7zg7sj3u]

And a 40 minute video ?!?! For ussss?!?? You’re too amazing god bless u and Ashlynn ❤

[@iangubeli]

REALLY!?! You read Iron Gold and Dark Age together in THREE DAYS!? Sheesh!! My man! Glad to hear you’re loving the series, and loving life! I will be here for you if ever you need someone to talk to, or hang out with!!

[@user-bm7zg7sj3u]

@@iangubeli thank u so much brother🙏 you’re the greatest to do it . Booktube would not be the same for me without you here . Truly an inspiration for a lot of us . I might even start a channel soon because of. You . Truly thank u Ian

[@iangubeli]

@@user-bm7zg7sj3u YOU SHOULD START A CHANNEL!!!!

[@phatmattcowboys]

I'm excited for Joe Abercrombie's The Devils

[@amandabrown4575]

Yes more videos the better off we the people are. part 2 please

[@abreesue]

I 1000% agree with you about Tomorrow, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow. Like I get it, the characters were supposed to be bad 😂 but I’m also a character person & phew that was bad.

[@iangubeli]

Wasn’t it!? SO disappointing…

[@kasia_nexus]

Brandon Sanderson lets gooo! I am so excited

[@iangubeli]

You’re energy makes me want to to read his books now…RIGTH NOW!!

[@kasia_nexus]

@@iangubeli LETS GOOOOOOO!

[@taryn3961]

Robin Hobbs is my favorite author. I'm so jealous you get to read her for the first time.

[@kendrahammond3487]

Start with mistborn era 1 with Sanderson ! There's a reading order he recommends because there are easter eggs throughout the cosmere 🙂

[@iangubeli]

I think I will🤔 thank you so much!!

[@ladybugg7m39]

Your vlogs are great!! I’m. Constantly adding to my TBR list… and they have expanded my types of books which is so fun!!

[@iangubeli]

Thank you so much!! Glad I could recommend things that seem interesting!!

[@rustywebb3980]

I’m in the middle of the Sun Eater books now. Very good.
Highly recommend A Fire Upon the Deep if you read science fiction in 2024. A classic.

[@the_eerie_faerie_tales]

I read a wide variety of genres as well, the best way to do it really. Horror, SciFi, Fantasy, Mystery/Thriller, Hist-Fic, Lit-Fic, Non-Fic, Classics, Poetry and a bit of Manga. (Only genres I don't really read is Romance and Extreme Horror.) I go through phases where one genre or two may be more weighted than others, but I still get a good mix throughout the month and year. For me, 2024 is the year for chonky SciFi and Fantasy books and series, and I am so excited!!

[@iangubeli]

I am so excited for you!! The chonky reads are always my favorite!

[@the_eerie_faerie_tales]

@@iangubeli it's funny. . it's like the bigger the book, the more I don't want to leave that world once I'm done!

[@iangubeli]

@@the_eerie_faerie_tales same!!

[@shaykininmybooks]

I read Enemy of God in December too! Can’t wait to read Excalibur!

[@iangubeli]

It’s so epically amazing!!

[@susananderson8995]

If you want to get into science fiction, I highly recommend the Expanse series. One of the writers worked with George RR Martin and you can see alittle of that influence. Love the world(s) setting and the character development.

[@iangubeli]

Expanse is definitely a series I am starting this year!

[@iBe-RuNnErZ]

Brilliant video, thanks Ian. Love your content. I only started reading this time last year properly. Hated reading as a kid.(now I love it). Fantasy is also my favourite genre.

[@iangubeli]

Thank you so much!! Fantasy is the absolute best!!

[@AJennWhoReads]

This style of video is great. It inspired me to try it for my January wrap up!

[@iangubeli]

Thank you!!

[@elisabethprice4697]

honestly I will watch everything you put out I love your vids so much! and love your energy!

[@kermitus18]

FINALLY!! The Way of Kings is coming!!

[@iangubeli]

About time, right??🙈

[@the_eerie_faerie_tales]

Piranesi is one of my all-time favorite books! Best to go in blind. I'm about due for a re-read. Hope you enjoy it! Have Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell also on my TBR.

[@gavinl6774]

IAN. You are wearing a PARK CITY shirt. I go there every year to ski!

[@iangubeli]

Love it!!

[@senzubean31]

I’ve always wanted to read the Accursed Kings series. I need to find some copies of it!

[@deecai01]

Beneath a scarlet sky was a great read in my opinion I hope you enjoy it

[@taylorwilliams2168]

the way i gasped when you said tomorrow x3 was *cr@p* since we have similar book taste & that’s a fav of mine 😢

[@iangubeli]

I wish I could say I liked it🙈

[@natalie.thigpen]

congrats on the subs!! i love your channel! also yes to a part two!

[@iangubeli]

Thank you!!

[@CraigAkhurst]

Hey only just found you recently. Love your videos, especially as I don't read a lot of fantasy and historical fiction as I'm Dyslexic and stuff like this can be a bit wordy, but thanks to you I've decided to branch out a bit into these genres. So thanks for the content and helping my TBR pile to grow

[@iangubeli]

That’s awesome!! You’re right, fantasy and historical fiction can definitely be wordy! Glad there some books that caught your eye!! Happy reading!!

[@ToshRaw13]

Adding to the Goodreads now 😁

[@KuhDoda]

Great video man. Just subscribed lol. I actually just finished my first year on my “reading journey”. I have read since highschool and now I’m almost 30.
I got the audio book Piranessi randomly. Don’t even know how or why, but that was my first book. I was immediately hooked and finished the year with 27 books. We have similar taste but I lean more scifi. Loved the Red Rising books and I just finished Empire of Silence so I’m going down that rabbit hole now.
Keep it up man 🤙🏼

[@iangubeli]

That’s incredible!! I am excited to read Piranesi!! Thank you for finding my little corner of the internet!

[@JuliaM987]

A part 2 would be a cool extra video to see! Loved this style of answering questions, though!
Also, thanks for the comment on my end of year wrap up video. I really appreciate it, especially because I don't normally get many comments. So, thank you for even watching it at all!

[@iangubeli]

It was my pleasure! I didn’t know you had a channel until it was recommended to me. I am here to support it!!!

[@JuliaM987]

@@iangubeli I didn't even know I get recommended at all, to be honest. 😂 But, thank you!

[@starlasell5698]

❤📚 I can't wait for your review/thoughts on Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell. Intimidating, lol. Love your videos!

[@noamsacks2937]

Hey I love the content you put out

[@iangubeli]

Thank you!!

[@bby.kaylamarie]

Love your videos because their chill and not stressful to watch😊 also almost to 10k🎉🎉🎉

[@iangubeli]

Thank you so much!!

[@heidi6281]

Ian I love Josh @ Red Fury! I read the Count of Monte Cristo due to his review and it was so good, I missed reading it when I was done.

[@elisabethprice4697]

yes do a video on top 10 trilogies!

[@tracejefferson3169]

Brian Lee Durfee teaches us that its Christopher Rock-y-o. Ive just finished Demon in White, one of my top 5 books!

[@kaitlynkleven]

I’m surprised you didn’t cry during my dark Vanessa I sure did 😢❤

[@iangubeli]

There were times I was close to it🙈

[@adarkcornerofthelibrary]

I just finished Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell and loved it! I read Piranesi first and fell in love with Susanna Clarkes writing. Hope you enjoy them!

[@iangubeli]

Excited to jump into her books!

[@daisychainexplores]

If you were to only read two graphic novels in your life I would suggest Maus by Art Spiegelmann and Persepolis by Marian Satrapi. They are both kinda must-reads.

[@angelaholmes8888]

Here's what I read in December
Queen of myth and monster by scarlett st claire
The woman in me by britney spears memoir
The foxglove king by hannah whitten
The family game by Catherine steadman
Once upon a December
A holly jolly diwali
Season of love by helena greer
A part of your world by abby Jimenez
The wolf gift by Anne rice
Crossroads of twilight by Robert Jordan
Dreamland by nicholas sparks
Age of vice
A merry little meet cute by julie Murphy
Killers of a certain age by Deanna raybourn
Weather girl by Rachel Lynn Solomon
The painted Devil's by Margaret Owen

[@goonerquinn4670]

I’m on book 7 of robin hobbs realm of the elderlings and she’s my favorite author now. I realllly think you’d love these books

[@iangubeli]

I am so excited to read Hobb this year!

[@Kittyzero13426]

I enjoyed this video and great to hear some of the answers that you gave to some of the questions. As someone that is new to creating TH-cam videos I have been playing around with ideas from getting ideas from other Booktubers as well as looking at my schedule cause at the moment I am a stay at home mom with an almost 2 year old and 7 year old. Hopefully with the new year we both can come up with some great videos. Plus I am also going to be starting to read Throne of Glass this year ^_^.

[@iangubeli]

You’ve got this!! TH-cam is so fun! Your ideas for 2024 are going ti be amazing!!

[@jacqueluree6146]

I really think you would LOVE the Wayward Pines series by Blake Crouch.

[@iangubeli]

Can’t wait to get my hands on it!

[@BetsyAndTheBooks]

Ooooh I’m back to comment on you talking about doing shorts. Have you thought about starting a booktok when you start doing shorts? I think you would have an amazing booktok either way I will watch them here or there, I would watch them anywhere!🤣🤣🤣

[@iangubeli]

Awww thank you so much!! I am on the fence about out Booktok. I don’t do TikTok in general, so I don’t know if I want to enter that realm🙈

[@Boudleaux]

I enjoy both your and Ashlynn's channels and I'm happy for your success! I think the book swap idea is fun so I'm interested to see who you swap with this year. Also, I put together a cat bed today and watching you put together the TBR cart makes me realize that I may have been using the wrong end of the Allen wrench (hex key??). Or does it matter? Haha. Oh well, I got it put together. Lastly, I just ordered The Law of Perfect Freedom so thanks for the recommendation. Happy New Year!

[@iangubeli]

Happy New Year to you!! And thank you so much! You can honestly use the Alan wrench either way! It depends on what you’re building😉
I would love to hear your thoughts on “Law of Perfect Freedom!!!0

[@wendyf6822]

Top 10 Trilogy recs. Do It! LOL

[@AJennWhoReads]

1) you are one of my top channels I discovered on booktube this year so thank you
2) also hoping to pick up Brandon Sanderson this year
3) if you ever wanna book swap with a much smaller booktube channel.... I'm game:)

[@iangubeli]

Thank you so much!! Excited to hear about your Sanderson journey!! And you just got a new sub😉

[@EmberJune]

If you havnt read any Sanderson yet idk if I would start with way of kings. I’m on my Sanderson journey I read WOK two months ago I loved it but idk if I would have felt that same way if I started my journey there rather than with mistborn. Right now I am reading warbreaker and loving every bit of this standalone.

[@iangubeli]

I am for sure going to start with Mistborn!

[@jayconvo]

I just want to say I love book videos and cleaning videos... wouldn't mind if you did book talk voice overs while you cleaned... (untapped content?!)

[@iangubeli]

I have thought about it🤔

[@roots_and_ruin]

Happy new year! I picked up the warlord trilogy on your rec and I'm so excited to get to it! Going to read Gormenghast first though! Will be interested to see what you think to 'This is how you lose the time war' - if you go into it purely expecting flowery love letters, you'll be less disappointed than if you were expecting war, politics or actual plot - just a heads up. I wasn't a fan, read a bit like reading an writing exercise rather than a book.

[@roots_and_ruin]

(p.s) thanks for answering my questions :) subbed to those booktubers!

[@iangubeli]

Excited for you to read “Warlord!!” So freaking good! And thank you for the heads up on “…Time War.” Someone else told me why they think I wouldn’t be interested in it. I’m on the fence🤔

[@iangubeli]

Oh heck yes!!

[@SenneW]

I would be careful to compare Sun Eater with Red Rising. They are both space opera's, but they go in completely different ways. Sun Eater is also definitely not as fast-paced as Red Rising and Ruocchio's prose is way more flowery than Pierce Brown.

[@KcannyTBO]

I hope you love Piranesi, it was a 6 ⭐ for me!

[@joanasantos6197]

I would like to recommend the "legenborn" book written by Tracy Deonn, where it is also inspired by the sword of Arthur but with a little romance

[@iangubeli]

Say less!! Just added this to the TBR!!

[@paperbacksandponytails]

I read my first ever Brandond Sanderson in 2023, I read the Skyward series (well I'm on the last one right now). Hey! We got back into reading the same year.

[@iangubeli]

I knew we were meant to be friends😉

[@paperbacksandponytails]

@@iangubeli 😁

[@AmandasBooktopia]

You totally should do a part 2! I didn’t even know you put up a post asking for questions. Can I add some if you do a part 2? Also if you need more people to do a book swap with I would be more than happy to volunteer! I have similar taste to Ashlynn so I think it would be fun.

[@iangubeli]

That would be fun!! And of course, please ask any questions!!

[@AmandasBooktopia]

@@iangubeli Should I post my questions on the same post from before?

[@iangubeli]

@@AmandasBooktopia yes!

[@Iza56]

About piranesi, fid you wstvh kdbooks review? Highly recommend

[@logann-mackenziefroste563]

I watched the film Cold Mountain with Nicole Kidman I don’t remember much of it but it is a realy good film. Also I just started reading the Throne of Glass series, I just finished Assassin’s Blade and I am going to start Throne of Glass but I am also listening to Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and so far it’s my absolute favourite book because it is so 😂😂😂😂 funny ‼️ but I am loving the throne of glass series 😅😊 also I think that you might like Ken Follett books I highly recommend that you check out his books 😅😊

[@elisabethprice4697]

so I really want to continue Joe Abercrombie but when I bought some of his books I was an idiot and didn't buy Best Served Cold which is the next one I have to read... so now I have to wait as Im on a year long book buying ban! maybe ill ask for it for my bday... im reading Assassins Apprentice right now!!!! and I'm dying to read Rhythm of War soon book 4 in the Stormlight Archive!

[@iangubeli]

Oh snap! Do you have an Amazon wish list or a PO Box??

[@elisabethprice4697]

@@iangubeli I have an amazon list...

[@iangubeli]

@@elisabethprice4697 send it my way!

[@MaddysLibrary]

I have loved following your TH-cam journey! I’d watch any video you put out and would love a part 2 if you’re up to it☺️

[@iangubeli]

Thank you so much!!

[@Tantan10000]

Happy new year

[@iangubeli]

Happy New Year!!!

[@LauraDeuseReading-kt8po]

please consider vinland saga

[@litlbucky]

Way of kings is amazing! I would suggest starting intro to Sanderson with 1st MistBorn trilogy which you guys recently received. Hold off on era 2 of MB until later on though

[@iangubeli]

I was always going to start with something other than WoK! I need to get used to his writing.

[@logann-mackenziefroste563]

I read how to lose the time war and it was kind of boring for me because it wasn’t what I expected as the whole time travel was kind of weird to me. WOW 🤩 awesome video brilliant job done ‼️💯always love your book choices 😅😊 I also tried to read Malice and I had to dnf it at chapter 26 or at the 32% of the way because I had no idea what I was reading so maybe I need to get the physical book or just get the audible if it’s really worth finishing? Also thanks to you I have have been thinking of getting into Joe Abercrombie world and I totally understand it when you skip the sexual scenes because for me reading about spicy scenes just doesn’t work for me because I can’t picture book scenes I do have adhd and dyslexia so having to read sexual content is kind of weird for me.

[@kcbooks1354]

I hated Tomorrow x3. Ugh

[@elisabethprice4697]

have you ever seen a show called Merlin? it is quite literally the best show on this planet and its so hilarious!

[@iangubeli]

I have heard of Merlin, but never seen it. My sister loves it!!

[@LisaCurrie-Gurney-rj4yn]

Hey there. Firstly let me tell you that I love yours and your sweet wife's channels. Just found you recently and have subscribed to both.
However, there is one thing I've been meaning to ask of you. I am a wedding photographer. Could you PLEASE, take ten minutes and raise your wedding photos up from the back of your TV😅. I know, I know. 😂 I see them and it drives me CRAZY. 😂 Thanks. You will enjoy them more as well. Hugs to you both from Maine

[@iangubeli]

Thank you so much!! An thank you for the suggestion. Honestly, I didn’t even realize the photos were cut in half🙈

[@ricardoeugenecampher2248]

Ever tried some nordic crime fiction?