I am hoping to be able to watch some of the chaotic fun this Saturday, when you chat with Allen, Brian, and Jimmy. Yes, it's a very good thing that cats, puppies, and children are cute. Cheers, Matt!
Funny thing Ryan: I’ve thought of these as fireside chats (because coal oven) for MONTHS, and it took this long for me to add a virtual fire in frame. 🙄😆
Love the book variety and the inclusion of all the things! It definitely warms my heart that you had awesome folks to spend the holidays with during the Sunday Pubs. :o) I started the new year finishing Legends & Lattes, and have since been reading some middle-grade books that are surprisingly deeply philosophical. I've not watched anything, but somehow found myself sucked into playing a crazy pressure washing simulator game that was oddly compelling in a way that made me feel deeply philosophical. ;o) Hope you are having an awesome January!
Sounds like a great December! Our holidays were fantastic this year and I am glad the Sunday Pubs were such a success. I have only read Paul Auster's New York trilogy and I wasn't totally convinced. However I know lots of people who are huge fans of his books. Have a great 2024!
Yeah Mike, The NY trilogy is what made a name for Auster, but that was a looong time ago, and his writing’s developed quite a bit since then. Not anywhere near ny favourite of his work either. Glad you had a lovely holiday. Here’s to awesome reading in 2024! 😀
Hello there! 😊 Attack on Titan also never clicked for me. I tried to make it through the first season of the show, but i couldn't stand all that drama and teenage behavior! 😅 So I ended up watching a "best of scenes" here on TH-cam. (Please don't kill me, Internet!) When it comes to games, snowrunner is definitely a love it or hate it thing. It helps when you're an off road car/truck fan. 😊 I expect "Sea of Thieves" to be mentioned in the January update! 😁 Take care!
Elric! Yessss Matt, I also agree that Elric is quite a precursor to modern grimdark! I need to check out Zelazny as well. Happy to see another booktuber from our corner cover some different kinds of books too. Love the fireside vibe. Cheers, Carlos
Thanks Carlos. 🙂 Yeah, Elric was certainly the darkest fantasy of its time. And I’d love to hear what you think of Amber, which is the Zelazny I’d recommend. Maybe a readalong should be planned… 🤔
Yup James, I had a real Eternal Champion binge in my teens, in the 80’s, and read most of the Hawkmoon, Corum, Jerry Cornelius, Erekose & Elric books, but haven’t touched any of them since then.
You know, you're halfway convincing me to read Moorcock, but I don't think I can't fit any more books into my plan this year, TBH! Paul Auster's Moon Palace looks like a thoughtful read, you know; those that you end up staring flatly at the wall and thinking--right up my alley. Regarding mangas, I DNF'ed Attack on Titan mostly due to lack of time, not because I didn't like it, so I may need to pick it up again! It does go into some interesting places and there are some huge twists down the road, but it's a long series, really. I picked up Dungeon Crawler Carl but it was not really what I expected of it. Loved how Fitz oversees everything, she's so regal looking! And the tuff, so cute! Great wrap up Matt, and happy reading for 2024!! (And moar Fitz, please!)
Auster is totally a “stare into space” kind of author. Makes me think HARD about so many things. Highly recommended. And my problem with DCC is that it turned out to be EXACTLY what I expected. 😆
Only ever read one manga and it didnt have any of the issues youve had with others, may be worth taking a look at its BLAME! only 6 or so volumes long too! Great video again 👏🏻
I have also been reading comics all my life and still enjoy them, but I never got into manga, maybe for lack of access to them while growing up. I have tried manga few times since and just do not find anything that that hook me... I recently started One Piece... and I almost died of boredom... I DNF it and gave it to my nice. Funny thing, I love Anime since I was little and still do 😅.
Yeah, kinda similar for me Alma. I’m pretty sure without even trying it that One Piece isn’t for me, but I’m sure some manga may fit. It’s just a matter of finding the right one, so I keep trying. Lone Wolf & Cub definitely works for me, so I can recommend it if you like samurai stuff. 🙂
Interesting to hear your opinion on Dungeon Crawler Carl. I also instinctively sneered at books like these, but the insane popularity of these books made me double guess.
Yeah, now I feel qualified to say about litRPGs… go play a video game. They’re better. 😆 Not 100% sure about Attack on Titan yet, but it’s certainly sliding in the direction of dislike. 🤔
You’re both unbelievable losers. 😆 Kidding, of course. Not every book is for every reader. And sometimes it’s a time and mood, too. I’m a huge Malazan fan now, but I did DNF the first book twice, before it clicked for me. 🙂
I quit watching AOT after a few episodes! Just boring titans destroying city and boring training for battles! The same goes for the anime Berserker.Just stupid fights and violence! Way way overrated! I need character development and good storyline in things I watch or read! Litrpg is such a dumb subgenre when you can play videogames! Fitz is beautiful btw!
2K party coming soon! 🎉 Hooray for reading more diversely. I’ve been having fantasy BookTuber imposter syndrome the last couple of years with the number of non-SFF books creeping into my yearly Top 10 lists. 😅
Fitz thinks you're trolling him with the fire that isn't warm to lie in front of 😉. My best book of December was The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu. It blew my mind 🤯. 2nd was Temple of Fortuna by Elodie Harper, the conclusion to an excellent historical trilogy.
Yeah, Fitz was fascinated by the “fireplace” somehow. 😆 I DNFed 3 Body - too much idea, not enough characters - but I keep hearing from so many people how great the trilogy is, I might have to give it another go.
Some non fantasy books for you too check out: one is a repeat recommend! 1) A Mutant Message Down Under: by Marlo Morgan 2) Desert Solitare by Edward Abbey 3) A Cure for Gravity by Joe Jackson
The Sunday Pubs are great! Lone Wolf and other Kojima stuff are really the only manga stuff I can get into. I've tried others and just didn't find it appealing. I hope to read more Hobb this year.
Seems you had a pretty cool December! Mine was painful but with Drizztmas that pain was mostly self-inflicted. Luckily 2024 has now started in truth and I can leave that mess behind. Elric is of course awesome as is Amber. I like how more and more fantasy booktubers are entering their litfic ark, there's great stuff to be found there after all.
I may have to check out For All Mankind, I love that stuff and it goes with your shirt. I was in Titusville when the last space shuttle mission launched, it was very memorable.
Yeah, my dad & stepmother, who were big NASA fans, lived in Florida, and often when I visited there was going to be a launch from JFK. I tried no less than 5 times to drive down and see it, and every single time it was cancelled or postponed. 😐
Ah sorry Carl didn’t work well for you, but I totally get it. Book 1 felt like a hybrid book/video game experience, and it was jarring for me having never read any lit rpg before. By book 3 I got hooked and into the rhythm of it, but I do think I was engaged enough in bk 1 where I felt like that could happen for me if I stuck with it. Probably a good choice for you to bail now.
Maybe just because I’ve gotten older, and feel my mortality, I really don’t have time for “gets good in book 3” series any more, Ben. 😜 The whole litRPG thing still mystifies me a bit. The main thing that’s fun about video games for me - making choices - doesn’t exist at all in the books, and reading about someone clicking menus & opening loot boxes (the least fun part of games) is maybe good for a chuckle, but it’s kind of a one trick pony to me. 🤷🏻♂️ And like I said, the good parts of the book made me just wishing I was playing, not reading. 😆
@@MattonBooks all very understandable!! As someone who doesn’t play these kinds of video games ever I think there was more of a novelty factor for everything too
Happy you got some good reads in before the end of the year! You've got me quite intrigued about Moon Palace now! Very much looking forward to the chat this Saturday, hopefully I can tune in for a bit (thank all that is holy for European friendly streams, hahah). Happy reading, Matt ☺
Thanks Esmay. 😘 I’m working on a dedicated review of Moon Palace - hard book to do justice - and some more in depth info on Auster himself, so look out for that. And I own everything he ever wrote, so I’ll surely throw in a few more of his novels throughout the year. 🙂 Would be great to see you in the chat Saturday. We Euro time zoners need to stick together! 😜
@@MattonBooks The one that is calling to me the most is his New York trilogy (the first book being City of Glass). My literature professsor hyped that one up real hard last year
as someone whos read manga for most of my life, its interesting to me the criticisms you have of it since i find the over the topness and jarring comic relief to be something i also see in malazan and really enjoy. i wonder if its just the visual format that makes it more pronounced for people who are new to manga? agree with you about attack on titan though, like a lot of shonen manga i feel like the plot isnt as strong as it is selling a cast and feeling of adventure. also dungeon crawler carl sounds pretty boring from how you described it i have to agree. i think litrpgs would only work for me if the main character or the way the game works is just something that wouldnt work if you were playing it, otherwise yeah its like why wouldnt i just go play some final fantasy instead of reading this book lol!
Yeah Paige, maybe shonen is just not my thing. As someone who knows manga much better than I do, and knows what I don’t like in some manga, what would you recommend? And yeah, the over the top & weird comic relief are primarily visual things to me. I’m a long time fan of comics, and a designer and very visual person, so the facial expressions and odd, out of place characters (like the short, fat dude who hires the vikings to attack the city in Vinland arc 1) just grate on me. And I say by contrast, there’s no over the top emotions in Malazan, and Erikson’s comic relief is very well integrated and never feels totally out of place. And DCC: my thoughts exactly. There is little in it that isn’t in, and much more fun to me in a video game. 🤷🏻♂️
@MattonBooks hmm for recommendations I'd like to suggest delicious in dungeon, although it has some comedy and features dungeon crawling, I think it avoids the pitfalls of both shonen manga and litrpgs
Great stuff Matt! I have several manga I want to try out, but haven’t yet. The Attack on Titan anime is really good. I’ve had my eye on Dune: Spice Wars, but I don’t have an Xbox or Windows PC, and Macs aren’t compatible with it. 😭
Thanks Chas. 🙂 Does the AoT anime also take aaages for any significant story to start? All the yelling & fighting (only) is exhausting. 😮💨 I can only recommend getting an Xbox S. Pretty cheap for what it is, and with Gamepass you’ve got “free” access to over 200 games any time, and Spice Wars is one of them.
@@MattonBooks yeah I have considered that. Especially because there’s a new Indiana Jones game coming that might be Xbox exclusive. The AoT anime does take a while to get things moving, although I haven’t read the manga, so I have no comparison.
@@BookishChas Yeah, I haven’t looked back since I got my Xbox, and also haven’t paid full price for a game since then. And no, I’m not sponsored by Microsoft. 😆
I've only seen the first 2 and a half seasons of the AoT anime but if i remember rightly the plot doesn't actually pick up until at least halfway through the first season. Take that with a grain of salt because this is going back at least 7 or 8 years since I seen Season 1 and have never rewatced it. So yeah it was pretty annoying for a long stretch of time. NGL if it wasn't for friends being obsessed with the series i would've bailed long before then. My book of the month was Ship of Magic.
Yeah Rogue, feels like it’s going to be a bit of a struggle to stick with AoT for the 6 volumes I own. 😐 It really has been almost story-free fighting & failing for 100+ pages so far. 🥱 But Ship of Magic! SO GOOD. ♥️😍♥️
@@alidap2061 Exactly Alida. That’s basically the manga so far as well. I’m told a story does eventually develop, but damn I’m hoping it doesn’t take much longer. 😮💨
I am hoping to be able to watch some of the chaotic fun this Saturday, when you chat with Allen, Brian, and Jimmy. Yes, it's a very good thing that cats, puppies, and children are cute. Cheers, Matt!
Would be great to see you in the chat, Herr Professor Doktor! 😀 And yeah, I doubt Fitz understands how cuteness saved her life. 😜
I very much enjoyed the cozy vibes from the fire in the background, great fireside chat.
Funny thing Ryan: I’ve thought of these as fireside chats (because coal oven) for MONTHS, and it took this long for me to add a virtual fire in frame. 🙄😆
Love the book variety and the inclusion of all the things! It definitely warms my heart that you had awesome folks to spend the holidays with during the Sunday Pubs. :o) I started the new year finishing Legends & Lattes, and have since been reading some middle-grade books that are surprisingly deeply philosophical. I've not watched anything, but somehow found myself sucked into playing a crazy pressure washing simulator game that was oddly compelling in a way that made me feel deeply philosophical. ;o) Hope you are having an awesome January!
Hah! Just like Snowrunner, those “simulation of something ostensibly boring” video games really have something to them somehow! 😆
Sounds like a great December! Our holidays were fantastic this year and I am glad the Sunday Pubs were such a success. I have only read Paul Auster's New York trilogy and I wasn't totally convinced. However I know lots of people who are huge fans of his books. Have a great 2024!
Yeah Mike, The NY trilogy is what made a name for Auster, but that was a looong time ago, and his writing’s developed quite a bit since then. Not anywhere near ny favourite of his work either.
Glad you had a lovely holiday. Here’s to awesome reading in 2024! 😀
Happy New Year and happy reading!
Thanks Paromita, you too! 😀
Hello there! 😊
Attack on Titan also never clicked for me. I tried to make it through the first season of the show, but i couldn't stand all that drama and teenage behavior! 😅
So I ended up watching a "best of scenes" here on TH-cam.
(Please don't kill me, Internet!)
When it comes to games, snowrunner is definitely a love it or hate it thing. It helps when you're an off road car/truck fan. 😊
I expect "Sea of Thieves" to be mentioned in the January update! 😁
Take care!
Yeah, I’m an optimist so I’m hoping Attack on Titan picks up, but I’m thinking maybe… it won’t. 😬
I’m not much into gaming but I totally get how litrpg can make you feel like playing. Glad you gave DCC a shot!
Yeah, me too. Now I can say “litRPG is definitely not for me!” from an informed position. 😜
Elric! Yessss Matt, I also agree that Elric is quite a precursor to modern grimdark! I need to check out Zelazny as well.
Happy to see another booktuber from our corner cover some different kinds of books too.
Love the fireside vibe.
Cheers,
Carlos
Thanks Carlos. 🙂 Yeah, Elric was certainly the darkest fantasy of its time. And I’d love to hear what you think of Amber, which is the Zelazny I’d recommend. Maybe a readalong should be planned… 🤔
@@MattonBooks ooooh now we're talkin!
I'm currently re-reading the Hawkmoon stories by Moorcock. I haven't read them since the seventies.
Yup James, I had a real Eternal Champion binge in my teens, in the 80’s, and read most of the Hawkmoon, Corum, Jerry Cornelius, Erekose & Elric books, but haven’t touched any of them since then.
Attack on Titan... Oh, there's a story alright. An exceptional story!
When does it actually start? 🙄🥱
Shout out for Snowrunner ❤ 😅
Yeah, my friend who plays boring games. 😜
One love, one winch! ❤️
Mud up or shut up! 🛻
You know, you're halfway convincing me to read Moorcock, but I don't think I can't fit any more books into my plan this year, TBH! Paul Auster's Moon Palace looks like a thoughtful read, you know; those that you end up staring flatly at the wall and thinking--right up my alley. Regarding mangas, I DNF'ed Attack on Titan mostly due to lack of time, not because I didn't like it, so I may need to pick it up again! It does go into some interesting places and there are some huge twists down the road, but it's a long series, really. I picked up Dungeon Crawler Carl but it was not really what I expected of it.
Loved how Fitz oversees everything, she's so regal looking! And the tuff, so cute!
Great wrap up Matt, and happy reading for 2024!! (And moar Fitz, please!)
Auster is totally a “stare into space” kind of author. Makes me think HARD about so many things. Highly recommended. And my problem with DCC is that it turned out to be EXACTLY what I expected. 😆
Only ever read one manga and it didnt have any of the issues youve had with others, may be worth taking a look at its BLAME! only 6 or so volumes long too! Great video again 👏🏻
Thanks Khod, I’ll have to check that out. 🙂👌🏻
Looks like you had a great month! I may have to do a Lord of the Rings reread myself here soon
As someone who’s done it over 10 x now, I can only say: what’re you waiting for? 🙂
I have also been reading comics all my life and still enjoy them, but I never got into manga, maybe for lack of access to them while growing up. I have tried manga few times since and just do not find anything that that hook me... I recently started One Piece... and I almost died of boredom... I DNF it and gave it to my nice. Funny thing, I love Anime since I was little and still do 😅.
Yeah, kinda similar for me Alma. I’m pretty sure without even trying it that One Piece isn’t for me, but I’m sure some manga may fit. It’s just a matter of finding the right one, so I keep trying. Lone Wolf & Cub definitely works for me, so I can recommend it if you like samurai stuff. 🙂
Interesting to hear your opinion on Dungeon Crawler Carl. I also instinctively sneered at books like these, but the insane popularity of these books made me double guess.
I can’t guarantee you’d agree with me, Jeroen, but I now have an informed opinion and I’m writing off LitRPGs for myself. 😬
Nice to see someone NOT getting swept up in litRPG! I disliked Attack on Titan as well.
Yeah, now I feel qualified to say about litRPGs… go play a video game. They’re better. 😆 Not 100% sure about Attack on Titan yet, but it’s certainly sliding in the direction of dislike. 🤔
Sorry I don't like The Lord of the Rings books :( I know I'm a loser :D
It’s Ok. I’ve DNF’d ASOIAF twice so I may be considered an even bigger loser 🤷♂️
You’re both unbelievable losers. 😆
Kidding, of course. Not every book is for every reader. And sometimes it’s a time and mood, too. I’m a huge Malazan fan now, but I did DNF the first book twice, before it clicked for me. 🙂
I quit watching AOT after a few episodes! Just boring titans destroying city and boring training for battles! The same goes for the anime Berserker.Just stupid fights and violence! Way way overrated! I need character development and good storyline in things I watch or read! Litrpg is such a dumb subgenre when you can play videogames! Fitz is beautiful btw!
Sounds like we strongly agree on (some) manga and litRPG Sasa. 😜
I would pee on your bed too for DNF'ing DCC. Go Fitz! I'm still on Season 2 of For All Mankind. It's so good. Love these fireside video chats Matt!
Glad you’re not my flatmate, Brian. 😆
2K party coming soon! 🎉 Hooray for reading more diversely. I’ve been having fantasy BookTuber imposter syndrome the last couple of years with the number of non-SFF books creeping into my yearly Top 10 lists. 😅
Nah, screw that. Read what makes you happy, and you’re doing it right, as far as I’m concerned. 🙂
Wait till you get down the non-fiction rabbit hole!
Just kidding, here's to diverse reading!
@@ExLibrisbyMikeBooklover I did enjoy a few non-fiction books last year. Cheers!
Have you seen the beautiful German Edition of Elric? So beautiful !
I haven’t, Maggy. I can read German, but never do (for fun). But I’ll keep an eye out for it!
Fitz thinks you're trolling him with the fire that isn't warm to lie in front of 😉.
My best book of December was The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu. It blew my mind 🤯. 2nd was Temple of Fortuna by Elodie Harper, the conclusion to an excellent historical trilogy.
Yeah, Fitz was fascinated by the “fireplace” somehow. 😆
I DNFed 3 Body - too much idea, not enough characters - but I keep hearing from so many people how great the trilogy is, I might have to give it another go.
Some non fantasy books for you too check out: one is a repeat recommend!
1) A Mutant Message Down Under: by Marlo Morgan
2) Desert Solitare by Edward Abbey
3) A Cure for Gravity by Joe Jackson
Thanks Heidi! 😘
The Sunday Pubs are great! Lone Wolf and other Kojima stuff are really the only manga stuff I can get into. I've tried others and just didn't find it appealing. I hope to read more Hobb this year.
Hobb’s a must! And yeah, I’m starting to think almost all Manga just isn’t my thing. 🤷🏻♂️
Have you played Frostpunk? I think you'll like it :) They will be a second one soon.
Indeed I have, and I did like it quite a lot! 😀
Fireside chat! I'm definitely looking for more of your Fool's Fate thoughts!
😉🔥
I plan to organise another livechat with the Ladies of Hobb - Derri, Evie & Madison - to discuss Tawny Man, so keep an eye out for that.
Oh yeah!
Seems you had a pretty cool December! Mine was painful but with Drizztmas that pain was mostly self-inflicted. Luckily 2024 has now started in truth and I can leave that mess behind. Elric is of course awesome as is Amber. I like how more and more fantasy booktubers are entering their litfic ark, there's great stuff to be found there after all.
Yeah, can’t complain too much if you’re poking *yourself* in the eye over and over. 😆
@@MattonBooksBut then, no matter how much I poke it won't get worse either...
Todd here. Nice December wrap up Matt!
Thanks Todd!
Blood and souls for my Lord Arioch! I read some litRPG back in 2017 and I don't think I'll read any more. Sounds like December was a good month.
I may have to check out For All Mankind, I love that stuff and it goes with your shirt. I was in Titusville when the last space shuttle mission launched, it was very memorable.
Yeah, my dad & stepmother, who were big NASA fans, lived in Florida, and often when I visited there was going to be a launch from JFK. I tried no less than 5 times to drive down and see it, and every single time it was cancelled or postponed. 😐
And I’m definitely over litRPGs too. I just don’t get the appeal. On my NFM list - Not For Me.
Ah sorry Carl didn’t work well for you, but I totally get it. Book 1 felt like a hybrid book/video game experience, and it was jarring for me having never read any lit rpg before. By book 3 I got hooked and into the rhythm of it, but I do think I was engaged enough in bk 1 where I felt like that could happen for me if I stuck with it. Probably a good choice for you to bail now.
Maybe just because I’ve gotten older, and feel my mortality, I really don’t have time for “gets good in book 3” series any more, Ben. 😜 The whole litRPG thing still mystifies me a bit. The main thing that’s fun about video games for me - making choices - doesn’t exist at all in the books, and reading about someone clicking menus & opening loot boxes (the least fun part of games) is maybe good for a chuckle, but it’s kind of a one trick pony to me. 🤷🏻♂️ And like I said, the good parts of the book made me just wishing I was playing, not reading. 😆
@@MattonBooks all very understandable!! As someone who doesn’t play these kinds of video games ever I think there was more of a novelty factor for everything too
@BooksWithBenghisKahn Ahhhh, yeah, that makes sense. As a lifelong gamer, DCC just made me think of numerous games I’d rather be playing. 😜
Happy you got some good reads in before the end of the year! You've got me quite intrigued about Moon Palace now!
Very much looking forward to the chat this Saturday, hopefully I can tune in for a bit (thank all that is holy for European friendly streams, hahah). Happy reading, Matt ☺
Thanks Esmay. 😘 I’m working on a dedicated review of Moon Palace - hard book to do justice - and some more in depth info on Auster himself, so look out for that. And I own everything he ever wrote, so I’ll surely throw in a few more of his novels throughout the year. 🙂
Would be great to see you in the chat Saturday. We Euro time zoners need to stick together! 😜
@@MattonBooks Nice, I'll keep my eyes peeled for that dedicated review!! 🤩
That reminds me, I have some Paul Auster on my tbr that i should probably get to some day
Ah yeah, what’re you planning on reading Kaat?
@@MattonBooks The one that is calling to me the most is his New York trilogy (the first book being City of Glass). My literature professsor hyped that one up real hard last year
as someone whos read manga for most of my life, its interesting to me the criticisms you have of it since i find the over the topness and jarring comic relief to be something i also see in malazan and really enjoy. i wonder if its just the visual format that makes it more pronounced for people who are new to manga?
agree with you about attack on titan though, like a lot of shonen manga i feel like the plot isnt as strong as it is selling a cast and feeling of adventure.
also dungeon crawler carl sounds pretty boring from how you described it i have to agree. i think litrpgs would only work for me if the main character or the way the game works is just something that wouldnt work if you were playing it, otherwise yeah its like why wouldnt i just go play some final fantasy instead of reading this book lol!
Yeah Paige, maybe shonen is just not my thing. As someone who knows manga much better than I do, and knows what I don’t like in some manga, what would you recommend?
And yeah, the over the top & weird comic relief are primarily visual things to me. I’m a long time fan of comics, and a designer and very visual person, so the facial expressions and odd, out of place characters (like the short, fat dude who hires the vikings to attack the city in Vinland arc 1) just grate on me. And I say by contrast, there’s no over the top emotions in Malazan, and Erikson’s comic relief is very well integrated and never feels totally out of place.
And DCC: my thoughts exactly. There is little in it that isn’t in, and much more fun to me in a video game. 🤷🏻♂️
@MattonBooks hmm for recommendations I'd like to suggest delicious in dungeon, although it has some comedy and features dungeon crawling, I think it avoids the pitfalls of both shonen manga and litrpgs
@a_paige_turner I’ll check it out, thanks mate. 🙂👌🏻
Great stuff Matt! I have several manga I want to try out, but haven’t yet. The Attack on Titan anime is really good. I’ve had my eye on Dune: Spice Wars, but I don’t have an Xbox or Windows PC, and Macs aren’t compatible with it. 😭
Thanks Chas. 🙂 Does the AoT anime also take aaages for any significant story to start? All the yelling & fighting (only) is exhausting. 😮💨
I can only recommend getting an Xbox S. Pretty cheap for what it is, and with Gamepass you’ve got “free” access to over 200 games any time, and Spice Wars is one of them.
@@MattonBooks yeah I have considered that. Especially because there’s a new Indiana Jones game coming that might be Xbox exclusive. The AoT anime does take a while to get things moving, although I haven’t read the manga, so I have no comparison.
@@BookishChas Yeah, I haven’t looked back since I got my Xbox, and also haven’t paid full price for a game since then. And no, I’m not sponsored by Microsoft. 😆
@@MattonBooks 🤣🤣 I wasn’t worried. I have a switch and ps5, and already pay too much for their online passes.
I also have a PS5, and tbh, I didn’t sign up for their subscription service. The games just didn’t seem nearly as interesting for me as on Gamepass.
Do not give up on Attack of Titan, unfolds its layers gradually but is truly captivating.
Verrry gradually. 😐 We’ll see. Since I’ve got the 2nd omnibus, I’ll try to make it through volume 6…
@@MattonBooksIt's a bit of a slow and steady ride, but things really start getting interesting after a while.
@IO-ki7wu I hope that “while” starts before volume 6. 😬
@@MattonBooks 😂
I've only seen the first 2 and a half seasons of the AoT anime but if i remember rightly the plot doesn't actually pick up until at least halfway through the first season. Take that with a grain of salt because this is going back at least 7 or 8 years since I seen Season 1 and have never rewatced it. So yeah it was pretty annoying for a long stretch of time. NGL if it wasn't for friends being obsessed with the series i would've bailed long before then.
My book of the month was Ship of Magic.
Yeah Rogue, feels like it’s going to be a bit of a struggle to stick with AoT for the 6 volumes I own. 😐 It really has been almost story-free fighting & failing for 100+ pages so far. 🥱
But Ship of Magic! SO GOOD. ♥️😍♥️
I quit watching AOT after a few episodes because it was so Boring! Titans destroying city and characters training for battles with titans!
@@alidap2061 Exactly Alida. That’s basically the manga so far as well. I’m told a story does eventually develop, but damn I’m hoping it doesn’t take much longer. 😮💨
@@MattonBooks and that's if you can stand the characters haha
Yeah, so far it looks like most of them will die soon, or at least should. 😜 Who am I kidding? I won’t get far in AoT. 😆