I finally started The Dark Tower! I enjoyed The Gunslinger, especially the ending and I’m looking forward to The Drawing of the Three next month. I enjoyed both Sun Eater releases this year, but Ashes of Man was also my favourite. It left me floored!
I have Sun Eater ready to go somewhere in the next couple of months and ooooh my god I am so excited. Also, HECK YES for Greenbone!! Have you read the novella yet? That one almost caused me to drop everything and jump straight into a reread of the series, I just adore that world and those characters! Great list, here's to finding many more new faves in 2023!!
Great video, Alex! If you liked Greenbone, I recommend checking out War for the Rose Throne by Peter McLean, starting with Priest of Bones. It was my most surprising book/series and is my number two favourite of the year. It feels like Peaky Blinders meets The Godfather. I also really liked the narration and read immersively.
Here's my list 1. Dolores Claiborne by Stephen king 2. The great peace by mena suvari her memoir 3. Billy summers by Stephen king 4. Not my father son by Alan Cumming his first memoir 5. They never learn by Layne Fargo 6. The cactus by Sarah Haywood 7. The heart principle by helen Huang 8. Iron widow 9. The charm offensive by allison Cochrane 10. A king of battle and blood by scarlett st claire Honorable mentions Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey his memoir Revival by Stephen king The dead zone by Stephen king The gilded cage by lynette nomi This vicious grace by Emily thiede
I'm going to have to read more stephen king. The Green Mile was amazing if you haven't read it yet. My favorites list for 2022 (in no order): 1. The Green Mile by Stephen king 2. I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jeannette McCurdy 3. Stillhouse Lake by Rachel Caine 4. The Heretic's Daughter by Kathleen Kent 5. House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune 6. Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky 7. Wild Swans by Jung Chang 8. Men Who Hate Women by Laura Bates 9. Childhoods End by Aurthur C. Clarke
I’m right with you on the amazingness of Ruocchio, and I can’t wait to read the short stories and Ashes of Man. Also pumped to try Green Bone and the Dark Tower!
🎶 “This man needs to be stopped when he goes to write another song.” 😆 I called that one out as you said, “the only thing I don’t necessarily love about Tolkien.” Songs are sections to be skipped straight past for me, always have been! I was moved by the ending of “The Green Bone Saga” which I read in the first few months of the year, one book after the other. What a great series.
Same! Diehard Tolkien fan since elementary school (which was decades ago) but the songs I could do without. Maybe if I knew the melody or something but it was weird to read them and have no idea what they were supposed to sound like.
My favorites list for 2022 (in no order): 1. The Green Mile by Stephen king 2. I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jeannette McCurdy 3. Stillhouse Lake by Rachel Caine 4. The Heretic's Daughter by Kathleen Kent 5. House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune 6. Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky 7. Wild Swans by Jung Chang 8. Men Who Hate Women by Laura Bates 9. Childhoods End by Aurthur C. Clarke
Wizard and Glass is my favorite of the whole series. Tom Bombadil was on crack confirmed?! And Tolkien's obsession with writing songs and poems is out of control. One day they will find his lost treasure trove of 5000.pages of discarded LOTR songs
Crack, shrooms, LSD take your pick. Bombadil is a maniac. You joke about them finding songs but just wait until we get a hardcover edition of The Songs of Middle Earth, edited by Christopher Tolkien.
I’m pretty sure you just spoiled the new Suneater book. I’m in the middle of reading it and now I know she dies. Who else could you be talking about since we both know what happened In Kingdoms of Death and she’s the only one left.
I mean I never said anything specific, but also considering Hadrian spoils the end of the series at the beginning of EoS I'm not really sure much can be spoiled. There's plenty of people that are left that can die. :)
“Kingdoms of death had more loss but I felt the death in here was more impactful for me …..where does Hadrian go from here “. You might as well just said Valka dies. And no …..there’s not many people close to him left to die , unless he happens to make shit load of friends in this book. You spoiled the book for me. I don’t recall Hadrian telling us in the first book that the love of his life dies. Maybe I’m wrong , maybe this doesn’t happen, but who the hell else could you be talking about.
@@kevins1005 Pretty sure in Demon in White he even says that she's not around at the time of his writing this retelling. Lots of people aren't around when he is writing his life story for us to read.
@@alexnieves No you're fine - you mentioned the lobsters in the one Dark Tower book and immediately I pictured the dude on the beach and the things he called "lobstrosities" that were after him - at least I think that's what they were called; I haven't read that book in at least 2 decades. It's a testament to King's writing though that all I heard was you mentioning the lobsters and my mind took me right back there to that scene on the beach even after all that time.
Happy new year to you 🎉🥳🎊 I hope u find more fantastic reads in 2023.. happy reading to you! 🎥📽📚
To you as well!
I finally started The Dark Tower! I enjoyed The Gunslinger, especially the ending and I’m looking forward to The Drawing of the Three next month. I enjoyed both Sun Eater releases this year, but Ashes of Man was also my favourite. It left me floored!
Ruocchio again knocked it out of the park.
Happy reading Alex- sorry I'm a tad late to viewing the video. I'm planning on reading The Green Bone Saga this year so I'm late to the party as well.
Hope you enjoy! You doing need to apologize for when you watch a video ☺️
I have Sun Eater ready to go somewhere in the next couple of months and ooooh my god I am so excited. Also, HECK YES for Greenbone!! Have you read the novella yet? That one almost caused me to drop everything and jump straight into a reread of the series, I just adore that world and those characters!
Great list, here's to finding many more new faves in 2023!!
Great video, Alex! If you liked Greenbone, I recommend checking out War for the Rose Throne by Peter McLean, starting with Priest of Bones. It was my most surprising book/series and is my number two favourite of the year. It feels like Peaky Blinders meets The Godfather. I also really liked the narration and read immersively.
Awesome! I actually own a few of them so I should check it out.
YES! War for the Rose Throne is Tremendous!
Here's my list
1. Dolores Claiborne by Stephen king
2. The great peace by mena suvari her memoir
3. Billy summers by Stephen king
4. Not my father son by Alan Cumming his first memoir
5. They never learn by Layne Fargo
6. The cactus by Sarah Haywood
7. The heart principle by helen Huang
8. Iron widow
9. The charm offensive by allison Cochrane
10. A king of battle and blood by scarlett st claire
Honorable mentions
Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey his memoir
Revival by Stephen king
The dead zone by Stephen king
The gilded cage by lynette nomi
This vicious grace by Emily thiede
I'm going to have to read more stephen king. The Green Mile was amazing if you haven't read it yet.
My favorites list for 2022 (in no order):
1. The Green Mile by Stephen king
2. I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jeannette McCurdy
3. Stillhouse Lake by Rachel Caine
4. The Heretic's Daughter by Kathleen Kent
5. House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
6. Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky
7. Wild Swans by Jung Chang
8. Men Who Hate Women by Laura Bates
9. Childhoods End by Aurthur C. Clarke
I know there'd be at least 1 or 2 King books on there. He's fantastic.
King is so great!
@@verucasalt4535 I'm planning on reading the green mile this year and I'm glad my mom died
@@alexnieves yes he is I'm definitely will be reading more of his books this year
Glad that the greenbone saga and wizard and glass are on your list
Loved them both so much. Greenbone was fantastic and Dark Tower is probably the weirdest fantasy I've ever read, I love it.
I’m right with you on the amazingness of Ruocchio, and I can’t wait to read the short stories and Ashes of Man. Also pumped to try Green Bone and the Dark Tower!
So many good books!
Sun eater and empire of the vampire are both perfect if you like one, you’d like the other.
🎶 “This man needs to be stopped when he goes to write another song.” 😆 I called that one out as you said, “the only thing I don’t necessarily love about Tolkien.” Songs are sections to be skipped straight past for me, always have been! I was moved by the ending of “The Green Bone Saga” which I read in the first few months of the year, one book after the other. What a great series.
Same! Diehard Tolkien fan since elementary school (which was decades ago) but the songs I could do without. Maybe if I knew the melody or something but it was weird to read them and have no idea what they were supposed to sound like.
My favorites list for 2022 (in no order):
1. The Green Mile by Stephen king
2. I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jeannette McCurdy
3. Stillhouse Lake by Rachel Caine
4. The Heretic's Daughter by Kathleen Kent
5. House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
6. Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky
7. Wild Swans by Jung Chang
8. Men Who Hate Women by Laura Bates
9. Childhoods End by Aurthur C. Clarke
There's some great ones on there for sure
My shame continues to build that I've yet to read Sun Eater.
Do it!
@@alexnieves I'm gonna!
@@EhsJaySaunders Did you start yet?
@@alexnieves Empire of Silence is on the Kindle, I swear! I've just been reading some Lady Trent so the wife has someone to talk about it with.
@@EhsJaySaunders But it's been like 30 minutes already since you said you'd read it, gosh!
Wizard and Glass is my favorite of the whole series.
Tom Bombadil was on crack confirmed?! And Tolkien's obsession with writing songs and poems is out of control. One day they will find his lost treasure trove of 5000.pages of discarded LOTR songs
Crack, shrooms, LSD take your pick. Bombadil is a maniac.
You joke about them finding songs but just wait until we get a hardcover edition of The Songs of Middle Earth, edited by Christopher Tolkien.
I’m pretty sure you just spoiled the new Suneater book. I’m in the middle of reading it and now I know she dies. Who else could you be talking about since we both know what happened In Kingdoms of Death and she’s the only one left.
I mean I never said anything specific, but also considering Hadrian spoils the end of the series at the beginning of EoS I'm not really sure much can be spoiled. There's plenty of people that are left that can die. :)
“Kingdoms of death had more loss but I felt the death in here was more impactful for me …..where does Hadrian go from here “. You might as well just said Valka dies. And no …..there’s not many people close to him left to die , unless he happens to make shit load of friends in this book. You spoiled the book for me. I don’t recall Hadrian telling us in the first book that the love of his life dies. Maybe I’m wrong , maybe this doesn’t happen, but who the hell else could you be talking about.
@@kevins1005 Pretty sure in Demon in White he even says that she's not around at the time of his writing this retelling. Lots of people aren't around when he is writing his life story for us to read.
We go back and forth all day. All I know is going into this book I had no idea she dies. Now I’m expecting it.
We go back and forth all day. All I know is going into this book I had no idea she dies. Now I’m expecting it.
I think you mean "lobstrosities" 🦞 LOL
What did I say? Lol
@@alexnieves No you're fine - you mentioned the lobsters in the one Dark Tower book and immediately I pictured the dude on the beach and the things he called "lobstrosities" that were after him - at least I think that's what they were called; I haven't read that book in at least 2 decades. It's a testament to King's writing though that all I heard was you mentioning the lobsters and my mind took me right back there to that scene on the beach even after all that time.
@@OhioEddieBlack Haha alright and yes it's the lobstrosities!