If you'd like to submit a book for my TBR... 1. Drop the title in the comment AND/OR 2. Upvote your pick(s) 3. The top 5 comments with the most upvotes will make it to the community post poll
Haha the thumbnails are getting better and better! Yay for reading It Ends with Us! I’ll join you for that one. And can’t wait discuss Annihilation! I was so hooked I read ahead and finished it. I have questions and things I wanted to discuss so maybe we can do a discord hang out on book one when it’s done if people are keen. Re books to read, as I got It Ends With Us I won’t be greedy and will let the others suggest books this time. Thanks for the update- great video!
My recommendation is a shortish book (200ish pages) which was shortlisted for the International Booker in the same year as At Night All Blood Is Black but lost to it: When We Cease To Understand The World by Benjamin Labatut. I loved this book.
@@JasonFuhrman Thank you 🙏🏽. On that note Shriek: An Afterword (Ambergris #2) by Jeff Vandermeer (a first time reread for me) was so good. There were sections where the writing almost had me in tears, it was immaculate. I want to know how Vandermeer does this.
@@Paromita_M wow I need to check that one out then. I'm not sure why I've never checked out his earlier works. It sounds like it has some of the same magic the Southern Reach series does.
Sounds like you've been productive Jason. I only completed 3 books this June...might be because I took a summer class that took up a lot of my time an energy. But I'll save what they are for my own what I read in June video. So when are you gonna read The Drop, Jason? Can I add that for my pick again?
At Night All Blood Is Black wowed me a lot, makes sense why it won the International Booker. Slow Regard is an all-time favourite, I am more interested in your Becky Chambers book review simply because I've somehow always avoided the author's works out of lack of interest and am curious what you thought. Lamb sounds interesting. I think you discussed it once before, might give it a go, let's see. Happy reading!
I really enjoyed that book. Went in totally blind, which was a great way to approach it. I had no idea what to expect other than it involved war. A Psalm for the Wild-Built is the first book I've read from her, and I've heard that she explores similar themes in her other books, which is why I think it's important to watch an interview or two to see if she answers questions that gave me pause. Overall, I enjoyed it, though felt it was a bit shallower than I had expected from all the praise.
@@JasonFuhrman Same with me and the David Diop book. I read A Psalm for the Wild-Built yesterday and was heh? It wasn't good or bad for me, it was nothing! Why was this book written, its just people (okay entities) meandering and the writing wasn't good enough to make the meandering seem interesting for me. 🤭
@@Paromita_M haha well not to spoil too much but I have some of the same feelings, which is an inherent part of utopian fiction. We are drawn to conflict, and when society is perfect and everybody gets along, what story is there? The "conflict" she added was barely there at all. I won't deny that it was a cozy read though.
If you'd like to submit a book for my TBR...
1. Drop the title in the comment
AND/OR
2. Upvote your pick(s)
3. The top 5 comments with the most upvotes will make it to the community post poll
Haha the thumbnails are getting better and better! Yay for reading It Ends with Us! I’ll join you for that one.
And can’t wait discuss Annihilation! I was so hooked I read ahead and finished it. I have questions and things I wanted to discuss so maybe we can do a discord hang out on book one when it’s done if people are keen.
Re books to read, as I got It Ends With Us I won’t be greedy and will let the others suggest books this time.
Thanks for the update- great video!
you finished?! Blasphemy! haha
I think a voice chat would be great to have once the book is finished. We can see if anyone else is interested.
@@JasonFuhrman Haha, I couldn’t wait! But I’ll still do the chats and focus on the chapter we’re at.
And sounds good on the chat too
@helenasf1782 well I'm glad that it interested you enough to finish
My recommendation is a shortish book (200ish pages) which was shortlisted for the International Booker in the same year as At Night All Blood Is Black but lost to it:
When We Cease To Understand The World by Benjamin Labatut.
I loved this book.
Thanks! Even if it doesn't win, I'll make note of it because you always have great recommendations.
@@JasonFuhrman Thank you 🙏🏽.
On that note Shriek: An Afterword (Ambergris #2) by Jeff Vandermeer (a first time reread for me) was so good. There were sections where the writing almost had me in tears, it was immaculate. I want to know how Vandermeer does this.
@@Paromita_M wow I need to check that one out then. I'm not sure why I've never checked out his earlier works. It sounds like it has some of the same magic the Southern Reach series does.
Sounds like you've been productive Jason. I only completed 3 books this June...might be because I took a summer class that took up a lot of my time an energy. But I'll save what they are for my own what I read in June video.
So when are you gonna read The Drop, Jason? Can I add that for my pick again?
I think being on vacation helped me a bit.
And hell yes you can resubmit The Drop
@@JasonFuhrman Alright, I'll resubmit The Drop then.
At Night All Blood Is Black wowed me a lot, makes sense why it won the International Booker.
Slow Regard is an all-time favourite, I am more interested in your Becky Chambers book review simply because I've somehow always avoided the author's works out of lack of interest and am curious what you thought.
Lamb sounds interesting. I think you discussed it once before, might give it a go, let's see.
Happy reading!
I really enjoyed that book. Went in totally blind, which was a great way to approach it. I had no idea what to expect other than it involved war.
A Psalm for the Wild-Built is the first book I've read from her, and I've heard that she explores similar themes in her other books, which is why I think it's important to watch an interview or two to see if she answers questions that gave me pause. Overall, I enjoyed it, though felt it was a bit shallower than I had expected from all the praise.
@@JasonFuhrman Same with me and the David Diop book.
I read A Psalm for the Wild-Built yesterday and was heh? It wasn't good or bad for me, it was nothing! Why was this book written, its just people (okay entities) meandering and the writing wasn't good enough to make the meandering seem interesting for me. 🤭
@@Paromita_M haha well not to spoil too much but I have some of the same feelings, which is an inherent part of utopian fiction. We are drawn to conflict, and when society is perfect and everybody gets along, what story is there? The "conflict" she added was barely there at all. I won't deny that it was a cozy read though.
The Immaculate Void by Brian Hodge & The Nothing That Is by Kyle Winkler (Novella) are both cosmic horrors/weird fiction.
Thanks! I will check them out.
Starting the Imago Sequence by Laird Barron
My Death by Lisa Tuttle. Horror novella about a writer.... 🤓
noted!