Weekly Update: December 8th, 2023 (The One Where I Say Give Me ALL of The Godzilla Material)

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  • @oliturner4710
    @oliturner4710 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    It’s staggering how much stuff you can fit into your week: work, quality time with wife and kids, tv shows, recording all these videos and a couple of books. How do you do it? Do you not sleep? I’m going to need a “week in the life of Mike” video to explain your impressive time management skills 😂

    • @NikhilKoparkarmusic
      @NikhilKoparkarmusic ปีที่แล้ว

      Same ! 😂

    • @mixedmattaphors
      @mixedmattaphors ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ​@@NikhilKoparkarmusic Yeah, I have trouble with the "going to work" and "upkeep" thing, without any Full books.

    • @breannahall1821
      @breannahall1821 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes!! 😂

    • @mikesbookreviews
      @mikesbookreviews  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Stay off social media and it's easier than you think.

    • @mixedmattaphors
      @mixedmattaphors ปีที่แล้ว

      Interesting Proposition. lol .@@mikesbookreviews

  • @PhilipChaseTheBestofFantasy
    @PhilipChaseTheBestofFantasy ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Sounds like we'll be finishing Fitz and the Fool at about the same time -- perfect! I'm looking forward to chatting tomorrow morning about Fellowship of the Ring, my friend!

  • @noahjoslin8340
    @noahjoslin8340 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    love the def leppard shirt

  • @ernstbrehm1135
    @ernstbrehm1135 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Def Leppards BEST album on that shirt of yours🤟🏼

  • @clairesayers7727
    @clairesayers7727 ปีที่แล้ว

    My husband and I loved The Shield , it's awesome to hear someone else talk about it. We watched it when it was on TV originally then rewatched over Lockdown. My vote would definitely go with Sons next , one I have yet to convince him to watch !

  • @dinocollins720
    @dinocollins720 ปีที่แล้ว

    Another fantastic video!!! Thank you Mike!

  • @BooksWithBenghisKahn
    @BooksWithBenghisKahn ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Let’s gooooo!!!!!!!! I just read Children of Time this week and loved it! I’m already halfway through the sequel and loving that too. Totally agree on the poignant Expanse finale, so so good.
    Also give Legend its time-the second half was approximately 96389163 times better for me than the first half.
    I’m glad you’re on such a reading roll, and I have to catch up to you in RotE as I’m just into the third book of Rain Wild.

  • @safinan8008
    @safinan8008 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Happy weekend reading to you!! 🎉

  • @bryanmark14
    @bryanmark14 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Godzilla Minus One was amazing. Probably the best movie I have seen all year, and the second best Godzilla movie behind the original.

    • @zkinak2107
      @zkinak2107 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I don’t typically cry during movies but Godzilla minus one almost made me cry 3 times. I never thought the best movie I’d see this year would be a Godzilla movie.

    • @puzzlingread
      @puzzlingread ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Wow! I just keep hearing great things about this movie. Really looking forward to seeing it!

    • @Tinahgirl83
      @Tinahgirl83 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@zkinak2107I cried so many times! 😂I’ve never cried in a Godzilla movie in my life until yesterday.

  • @bethbaskett3
    @bethbaskett3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Walton Goggins is wonderful. Perfect villain.

  • @esmayrosalyne
    @esmayrosalyne ปีที่แล้ว

    Very eager to hear your thoughts on Children of Time, that book is a true TBR veteran for me haha. And was just watching the replay of the LotR chat, that was such a fun and chill time!! Now I want to reread those books, hahah. Hope you have a great week, Mike!

  • @christophertheofilos1063
    @christophertheofilos1063 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    David Gemmell's endings of each Drenai book really hits home, like some have literally a paragraph right at the end that reconceptualizes each story

  • @Redundant_underscore
    @Redundant_underscore ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I just finished Legend last week, and i loved it.

  • @kristen7623
    @kristen7623 ปีที่แล้ว

    MIKE I just finished Kingsbridge #0 The Evening and The Morning and it is a BANGER I’m beyond excited for you to read it 🤯

    • @mikesbookreviews
      @mikesbookreviews  ปีที่แล้ว

      That sounds great! I'll be doing World Without End early next year. Depends how much a break I need from historical epics after Shogun.

    • @kristen7623
      @kristen7623 ปีที่แล้ว

      For sure these books are A LOT. I’m so excited to read World Without End at about the same time as you! My friend told me that that one has his all time favorite romance

  • @Tinahgirl83
    @Tinahgirl83 ปีที่แล้ว

    Godzilla Minus One is still in theaters and you NEED to see it on the biggest screen possible. I’m in Dallas and I just watched it yesterday in a Cinemark XD theater and it was mind blowing. I love the Monsterverse and all the movies they’ve done, but Minus One is the best Godzilla movie I’ve seen since the original movie from the 50s. It’s excellent, and it’s almost like it’s a Godzilla film rather than a Godzilla movie. I was so invested in these characters and Godzilla himself was legit terrifying. It’s nothing like the Monsterverse, and I didn’t know that I would even like it, let alone love it. Like you I’m here for the monsters brawling, but this one was hauntingly good. It’s probably my favorite movie I’ve seen this year. Please try to see it on the big screen!
    Also, they did this on a $15million budget.

  • @PsilocybeJedi
    @PsilocybeJedi ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Leviathan Falls may very well have the most badass epilogue ever written

  • @koves17
    @koves17 ปีที่แล้ว

    Minus 1 got extended and expanded showings in the states. You need to experience this in theaters. Saw it earlier and I can’t stop thinking about it.

  • @benconlin3557
    @benconlin3557 ปีที่แล้ว

    I’ve been reading Of War and Ruin and nothing else for 3 weeks and still only halfway due to having work to do for my masters but I have one more week of that then nothing till January so increased reading time is on the way 😊

  • @theoa126
    @theoa126 ปีที่แล้ว

    Totally get it with Legend. The story is a metaphor for life and the author’s existential crisis having thought he might have cancer. The waiting is all part of it. Knowing that backstory definitely made me feel differently about it, then I would have treating it like a typical fantasy story.

  • @brycedouglas620
    @brycedouglas620 ปีที่แล้ว

    Godzilla Minus One is being extended in theaters so I'd suggest checking your local theaters to see if it's still there.
    It's well worth it to see in the theater.

  • @exiawildfire7708
    @exiawildfire7708 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks to this channel I discovered the bound and the broken series by Ryan Cahill and just completed book 1 and the fall novella… I am hooked, looking forward to reading the remaining books so I’m ready for book 4

  • @AlexNitsu
    @AlexNitsu ปีที่แล้ว

    The ending of the Epanse is very satisfying. The theme of "don't meddle with what you don't understand" perfectly realized. And the collective mind thing was handled really well (as opposed to Robert Jackson Bennett's Locklands, at least for me)

  • @Musicteachersheff
    @Musicteachersheff ปีที่แล้ว

    Really hoping to see you get to The Toll soon.
    One of my 7th graders begged me to read Caraval…so I did and I’m sucked in. So that’s what I’m listening to. Just finished book 2. Taking a break for City of Dragons before book 3.
    On my Kindle I just finished the newest Percy Jackson book…Chalice of the Gods. Now I’m getting started with Sanderson’s new book, Defiant. Finishing up the Skyward series.

  • @Coleton2573
    @Coleton2573 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have a feeling that Children of Time is going to exceed your expectations by quite a lot.

  • @nathaneichenberger9332
    @nathaneichenberger9332 ปีที่แล้ว

    I’m currently reading Dragon Teeth by Michael Crichton before I continue with the Cosmere.

  • @mnbgfdsa
    @mnbgfdsa ปีที่แล้ว

    I started reading the expanse when season 1 came. Sadly, the Bulgarian publisher ditched it at book 5. Now some years later and I'm reading books in english. I'm picking it up again from book 1 :) It's as good as I remember and you are hyping me up for the latter half of the series

  • @MattonBooks
    @MattonBooks ปีที่แล้ว

    Super excited for our chat Mike! 🙂 And I primarily invited you so we two can be the stupidest guys in the room *together*! 😜 Don’t worry, we can just gush, and listen to the profs drop some knowledge. ♥️

  • @poodlemuffin
    @poodlemuffin ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Morning Star is my favourite Gemmell book. Bit cheesy but great fun.

  • @kylerieman221
    @kylerieman221 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I finished Cytonic last weekend and am about halfway through Defiant. I am almost finished with Wolf Winter as well. After that, its back to the Dresden files

    • @andreamiller3578
      @andreamiller3578 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Glad I saw this. I didn't realize Defiant was out.

    • @kylerieman221
      @kylerieman221 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@andreamiller3578 I hope you enjoy it 😊

  • @mattamant915
    @mattamant915 ปีที่แล้ว

    I wouldn't worry about that "spoiler" for Children Of Time. You find that out early enough.

    • @mikesbookreviews
      @mikesbookreviews  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I didn't think it was bad. And yeah, 2nd chapter ha ha

  • @Michael_L_Morrison
    @Michael_L_Morrison ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I completed Pawn’s Gambit, the second book in the Mortal Techniques series. That book was a lot of fun. And there are connections to the first book. I got through it in 2 days. Highly recommend it!

    • @MetalGildarts
      @MetalGildarts ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I need to look into them.

    • @Michael_L_Morrison
      @Michael_L_Morrison ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MetalGildarts I think you’ll definitely enjoy them. I’ll be reading the 3rd book sometime in the new year.

  • @Talking_Story
    @Talking_Story ปีที่แล้ว

    Can't wait to hear you thoughts on Children of Time. I really want to get to that 1.

  • @walkwithpurposevideos
    @walkwithpurposevideos ปีที่แล้ว

    Hard for me to find books that keep my attention. Children of time is one of them.

  • @nightmarishcompositions4536
    @nightmarishcompositions4536 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Reading Drenai Saga made me feel like I was living through an epic power metal album from the 80's. Loved it, but understand what you mean about Legend feeling like an author's first book. It's a little choppy and rough around the edges. I read it similar to the Conan Saga, everything is written out of order but it begins to piece itself together with each entry into the overarching series.

  • @DirePantsDim
    @DirePantsDim ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I'm a David Gemmel fan, but I'm with you on Legend. It feels like an author's first book.

    • @colmduggan8230
      @colmduggan8230 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Legend was Gemmells first fantasy book he wrote it while he had cancer the book writing was a coping mechanism

    • @DirePantsDim
      @DirePantsDim ปีที่แล้ว

      @@colmduggan8230
      Yeah, I know.
      For a fantasy debut book, it was good. As with any author, it seems that he found his footing in later books.
      The Drenai saga, as a whole, is great. I think that the series peaked in Waylander. What do you think? :)

    • @colmduggan8230
      @colmduggan8230 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@DirePantsDim It has been many years since I read the books and I never finished them all I have only read books from Druss and Skillgannon

  • @odiums_taint
    @odiums_taint ปีที่แล้ว

    the first half of Children of Time just rips… hope you enjoy it, too!

  • @marcussimoes2909
    @marcussimoes2909 ปีที่แล้ว

    Im só HAPPY! I love the Legend books

  • @Josheatsbooks
    @Josheatsbooks ปีที่แล้ว

    Quest For Lost Heroes is my favorite Drenai book so far. I'm on book 7 now. Tons of bad ass characters in later books

  • @Ak1193
    @Ak1193 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Godzilla Minus One had it's theater run extended! Go see it!

  • @dandrum1ify
    @dandrum1ify ปีที่แล้ว

    Minus One is wicked awesome!

  • @gelfie2208
    @gelfie2208 ปีที่แล้ว

    I read the Gemmel books in chronological, character order, Starting with Waylander (who is still my personal favourite character), then Druss (beginning with the first of the prequels, and I feel this is the best way to go, especially based on what you said about feeling like being dropped in at book 6). And I am now reading the Skilgannon novels and Druss also makes an appearance in these, and yes, with all the prequels, then Legend, then "White Wolf" (Skilgannon book one) its like having an old friend back.
    Gemmel also has two crime novels, one printed after his death. "White Knight Black Swan" which had a Guy Ritchie vibe to it and was very enjoyable. And Rhyming Rings which was also very enjoyable, it's a mystery/crime thriller with a supernatural twist.
    Expanse: I loved books 1-4, and books 6-9. I can see why amazon didn't do 6-9, but it would have been an amazing series if they had, because those last three novels are strong.
    BTW, all the Drenai novels are narrated by Sean Barrett on audible. And he and Gemmel are a match on the same level as Abercrombie and Pacey,

  • @RobynHoodeofSherwood
    @RobynHoodeofSherwood ปีที่แล้ว

    Completely agree! I watch giant monster movies to see the monster destroying things. I don't care about the human drama.

  • @angelaholmes8888
    @angelaholmes8888 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm currently reading
    Season of love by helena greer it's a Christmas romance
    Dreamland by nicholas sparks
    The foxglove king by hannah whitten and crossroads of twilight by Robert Jordan

  • @josephdowell1027
    @josephdowell1027 ปีที่แล้ว

    David Gemmells Rigante series is his strongest series. The first chronicles of Druss the Legend is mind blowingly good and the Waylander trilogy within the Drenai saga. Some sequels of Gemmells happen hundreds of years later and its easy to feel like youve skipped a book or two. I read them in chronological order instead of order of publication and that made it better for me.

  • @ptannous27
    @ptannous27 ปีที่แล้ว

    I like Monarch but I 100% agree not enough monsters. Can’t wait for HOTD. Blood and 🧀!

  • @jellevanbreugel325
    @jellevanbreugel325 ปีที่แล้ว

    Should've started with the Jerusalem man saga! More you're vibe, may'be?

  • @heidi6281
    @heidi6281 ปีที่แล้ว

    My vote is for the Sopranos, I have fond memories of watching it with my mom and we loved that Janice/Richie moment.

  • @MacScarfield
    @MacScarfield ปีที่แล้ว

    While I thought the World Building was a bit generic (Standard European Inspired “Low” Fantasy World Fusion of Conan and Tolkien vs an Genghis Khan/Attila the Hun-expy, and even a fan of soft magic as myself, could feel the magic to be rather “what serves the plot” and mostly out of the blue), Gemmell has a great legacy as a «trope standardizer», especially with characters such as Druss the Legend (a re-enlisted Retired Veteran Warrior and leader with both physical and mental wounds, inspired by revisionist Westerns and War Stories, compared to the then more standard farm boy/prince or adult Warrior/Rogue/Wizards of fantasy/S&S). I was prepared for epic battles and good writing, but the humanity of his characters (of both good and bad) is genuinely inspirational even to this day! Orrin is perhaps the clearest example to my mind, who by a lesser writer could have so easily been turned into a paper cut stereotype character, while Gemmell gives him an arc that almost brought tears to my eyes! Gemmell’s themes of Perseverance and Courage do gain an extra dimension, when knowing he was battling Cancer when writing this stories and survived for decades and multiple stories later! I also think it natural that the story of a weakened nation not surrendering, struck a major cord in post-Falkland War UK and post-Vietnam/Reaganite US.

  • @alynam82
    @alynam82 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm suffering a Hobb-hangover from finishing Fool's Errand a few days ago. Reading Babel, now.
    Finished my 2nd playthru of Dead Island 2 🏝 and now I don't have a new game yet 😑

  • @karenbird6727
    @karenbird6727 ปีที่แล้ว

    I really liked the Children of Time Trilogy.

  • @angelaholmes8888
    @angelaholmes8888 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This weekend I'm watching
    Law and order SUV marathon
    The way home season 1
    And the show Queenmaker

  • @MetalGildarts
    @MetalGildarts ปีที่แล้ว

    Never been a fan of GTA, but if people complain about the new one, let them complain. People have gotten too soft in the past decade. Sweet Moses. Have a great weekend Mike!

  • @briteskin
    @briteskin ปีที่แล้ว

    Don't have much to say about my week. My reread of Dune is going slower than I thought it would go. It has never been a book I flew through during my other three readings. Caught up to about where part one of the recent movie adaption ended. Since feeling a little behind going to start a young adult short story collection that has been on my tbr for a long while.
    Reading: 'Dune' by Frank Herbert (reread), 'Man Made Monsters' by Andrea L. Rogers (1st read), and Saga vol 11 (graphic novel)
    Watched: Godzilla minus one (if anyone is thinking of doing a Cujo remake, please take some inspiration from this)
    Listened: was in a bit of a southern-tinged week with Scissorfight, He is Legend, Artimus Pyledriver, and others
    Playing: Taking a break with Minecraft for December

  • @bethbaskett3
    @bethbaskett3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Can't wait for House of the Dragon!

  • @StephenAryan44
    @StephenAryan44 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yeah, with Legend, you just have to let it go, because for the longest time, they were just stories and not actual books. It's why there are a lot of Druss books set within this world as he eventually went back and wrote some of them. Waylander, is another awesome character, and he then got 3 books.

  • @michaelkibble740
    @michaelkibble740 ปีที่แล้ว

    Mike try the Random House Godzilla books they are good reads.

  • @mitchellhansen3785
    @mitchellhansen3785 ปีที่แล้ว

    I’ve been playing the Dead Space remake on my Steamdeck, it’s amazing!

  • @cipriansirbu3699
    @cipriansirbu3699 ปีที่แล้ว

    I hope you will end up loving Legend,can't wait to get to it as well,because of the similarities I keep hearing with John Gwynne.When GTA 6 will be released,I'll take one week off and not reading anything.😅

  • @gerardhynes5825
    @gerardhynes5825 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Legend will always be special to me but i'll admit there are better books in the series. I read White Wolf last month and it was excellent. Iv just finished Shogun today, talk about waiting for a battle !!

    • @noname3609
      @noname3609 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      White Wolf,my favourite Gemmell novel 😁

  • @RalphNC09
    @RalphNC09 ปีที่แล้ว

    Are we gonna get an Expanse series review soon?

  • @fallenhero3130
    @fallenhero3130 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Since you're a fan of THE SHIELD, are you a fan of THE WIRE? I just finished watching it all for the first time and it's fantastic.

    • @mikesbookreviews
      @mikesbookreviews  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I enjoyed the Wire just not as much as the rest of the world, it seems.

  • @Danny_Matson
    @Danny_Matson ปีที่แล้ว

    12:15 hand magic

  • @simonedwards9450
    @simonedwards9450 ปีที่แล้ว

    I’m looking forward to carrying on with realm of the Elderlings - on to assassin’s quest. I’m actually enjoying it despite knowing it to be one of the worst in the series. Looking forward to Liveship traders

  • @ChrisBrackman
    @ChrisBrackman ปีที่แล้ว

    me: I would've preferred to see Robert's Rebellion
    Mike: . . . shut up
    lol sometimes Mike really makes me laugh

  • @Ejacula
    @Ejacula ปีที่แล้ว

    Hey Mike! Now that you’ve finished The Expanse who’s your favorite character? Mines “timothy”

    • @mikesbookreviews
      @mikesbookreviews  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I am glad Timothy got the ending that he did.

  • @currangill430
    @currangill430 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I don't really care for the Targygens. I don't really care about dragons either. Yeah I'm in the minority among fantasy readers/watchers, but dragons don't really do anything for me.
    If season 2 has the Hour of the Wolf I'll be up to watching s2 of House of the Dragon.
    The Wire is actually the best cop show ever made. The Wire is actually shown in a lot of criminology classes (I was a criminology major) and my professor showed us a lot of The Wire's episode and we would analyze it. If you haven't watched it already you and your wife should!

  • @thmmovies2593
    @thmmovies2593 ปีที่แล้ว

    12 books in the series like to get your input

  • @markb3534
    @markb3534 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video as always! Hope Fallout works....

  • @Newlotusdarma
    @Newlotusdarma ปีที่แล้ว

    Lotus sutra and black rose as a couple read with my wife and babel I hope to git to it everyday and the shining as a mood read or if there is time

    • @Newlotusdarma
      @Newlotusdarma ปีที่แล้ว

      And read 6 pages of the stand but it's still on the back burner

  • @benconlin3557
    @benconlin3557 ปีที่แล้ว

    I liked GTA V, finished it twice but I know what you mean, head on crashes can instakill you which is annoying. I totally agree RDR2, I loved the first one and the second one was literally the story I said they should do for years. I’ve started it 4 times I haven’t gotten anywhere near the end as your character moves too stiff, does everything too slow, I don’t want to have to go back to a town and get medicine or my horse that I spent all my money on will die 😂 I can appreciate it but it’s too realistic for me to

    • @mikesbookreviews
      @mikesbookreviews  ปีที่แล้ว

      I liked Rockstar games because they were fun. I didn't want them to convert them to simulator style games.

  • @KalleVilenius
    @KalleVilenius ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You want Godzilla? Read Godzilla: The Half-Century War by James Stokoe. Amazing art.

  • @dphunk87
    @dphunk87 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have a feeling you may not like Children of Time. It will be interesting to hear your opinion

    • @mikesbookreviews
      @mikesbookreviews  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'm about halfway in and it's mixed, for sure.

  • @deepak-ui5li
    @deepak-ui5li ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You gotta play Elden Ring Mike, forget about these new games. Nothing compares to Elden ring

  • @thmmovies2593
    @thmmovies2593 ปีที่แล้ว

    Or even my second series the forest of lost souls

  • @praetorxyn
    @praetorxyn ปีที่แล้ว

    Break week to read fan fiction between Rain Wild books. Paralyzed gaming wise, I've just been playing against bots in Unreal Tournament 2004,tje pinnacle of multiplayer FPS as far as I'm concerned.

  • @BrianBell7
    @BrianBell7 ปีที่แล้ว

    I, too, hope Fallout is a winner. We are going to be waiting forever for another game, so this just has to be good. What a fantastic IP - glad someone is doing something with it.

    • @mikesbookreviews
      @mikesbookreviews  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I really wish Bethesda would expand the workforce now that they have Microsoft money. Waiting 15 years for new Elder Scrolls games is bullshit.

  • @Smlmusic2650
    @Smlmusic2650 ปีที่แล้ว

    I gotta ask. Toll the Hounds?

    • @mikesbookreviews
      @mikesbookreviews  ปีที่แล้ว

      Watch out for my “failures” video next week 😬

  • @booknikYT
    @booknikYT ปีที่แล้ว

    Id be interested in your opinion on Sopranos rewatch. We rewatched them a couple years ago and it hasnt aged well. Not in a woke way, it just feels dated now.

  • @DeathByBacklog
    @DeathByBacklog ปีที่แล้ว

    Children of Time is killer

  • @goonerquinn4670
    @goonerquinn4670 ปีที่แล้ว

    I can’t believe you don’t like RDR2… that’s all I took away from this video 😢

    • @mikesbookreviews
      @mikesbookreviews  ปีที่แล้ว

      It's probably my most unpopular gaming opinion.

  • @seanbester1465
    @seanbester1465 ปีที่แล้ว

    I think the cg in GxK looks pretty bad, really killed my excitement for it.
    Imo, Sons of Anarchy's final season is the worst final season of any show in existence. Just a bunch of idiots arguing over which guy's turn it is to die ("My turn, brother," - "Nah, man, I got it this time"). I hated it so much I refused to watch Mayans.

  • @asdfasdf5695
    @asdfasdf5695 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I really don't understand why they did a remake of DS1 (I'm only being half-serious; I know why), when DS3 was the piece of shit that needed some attention. What an awful end to the franchise.