This is my favourite talk show! The dashing host, the mysterious voice off-camera, the blue light, the stacks of books, the band 🎺! #eatyourheartoutkimmel
Very jealous of the Wars of Light and Shadow hard covers! The only hard covers I have found of that series were old library editions that were destroyed and moldy
That's quite the haul. I didn't know people actually won those giveaways - you're the first case I've ever heard of someone doing so 😂 Kostova and Pern are great, glad you're going to be giving them a shot. Congrats on 6K! Feels like only last week you were celebrating 5K 😂 Well deserved, you guys are awesome.
Just received Janny's latest to TWoLaS myself...of course I still need some of the earlier entries. 😂....Just promise me you won't remove Yorick from your shelves to make room. I feel like he always needs to be there. Also congrats on 6K Gents!! 🎉🍻
I typically don't enjoy book hauls, but dammit John your enthusiasm is infectious! I enjoyed Faithful and the Fallen when I read it a few years ago, and it was pretty cool seeing Giants speak Irish Gaeilge. Not a favourite of mine, but a fun time. I've only read Broken Empire and Red Queen's War, and I love Lawrence's genreblending in those. I'm not a Lovecraft guy, but I'm enjoying Jonathan Maberry's Patient Zero.
I have serious book envy right now there are some corkers in there WOWSERS! That is how to show the love! I’ve been so good this month but I’m getting itchy now. 😊 HAPPY 6000!!!! So happy for you guys 😁
I just borrowed Hidden Pictures from the library because of your recommendation Dee. I listened to the whole thing IN ONE DAY!!! It’s been a long time since I’ve done that. It was a very well paced story that took some blind turns for me. Very enjoyable read. Thank you for brining it to my attention during your conversation on Talking Story.
@@Cyriax71 You have made my day. I am so happy you enjoyed it! I’ll be posting a video about it today as it is one of my favourites. Not many authors manage to get me like that book did. Thank you so much 😊
You've not read PERN?! One of the foundational dragon & rider series'. Some of the earliest books are a *little* dated, but they're among my most re-read books! That's an amazing haul, and yes, Janny Wurts is an incredible woman. I don't think there's a topic she lacks some kind of knowledge on. She's an inspiration. Wonderful again, and I hope your birthday was wonderful Jakob.
Derri I have read horror for so many years I am frantically trying to catch up on fantasy. You are so wonderful I will pass on the well wishes to Jakob.
Amazing book haul. Congrats. I got some books in May but just a couple. Key was a new leather bound (on sale) of Tale of Two Cities. My key accomplishment was building2 new bookshelves for my living room, which are simple but nice. Keep turning the page.
Ah man, The Faithful and The Fallen, while not my favourite series (it's up there), was probably the most enjoyable reading experience I've ever had. The memories of reading that series over a 2 week period, while being furloughed from work and having to self-isolate during covid lockdown, will always stay with me. I hope you enjoy it and I am looking forward to your thoughts on it if you get around to giving it a go.
I have recently read In Ascension by Martin MacInnes after Jimmy from the fantasy Nuttwork recommended it...if you are looking for an interstellar-like type of sci Fi book, I highly recommend it
A nice goatee John, and that is a lot of books man. I have a lot of books myself, but my God man, those are a lot of books. Great video as always uncle, I hope to see more soon!
The generosity of the booktube community continues to blow me away!! I am so excited for you to read Faithful and the Fallen, it's just epic fantasy done absolutely right. And I think you will appreciate The Book That Wouldn't Burn a lot, seems like a John book, haha. Enjoy!
Yay for 6k subscribers! Congratulations, John and Jakob! That’s an amazing book haul, and I just love to see all the books people send you. Also, a very happy birthday to Jakob. Hope you had a great birthday.
I lost my f-ing mind this month on books. Partially because over the last six months I just clicked preorder on a ton of books that came out recently, and partially a lack of self control LOL. The stand outs that I'm most excited for are: Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir, The Stardust Grail by Yume Kitasei, The Book of the Unnamed Midwife by Meg Elison, The Fall of Language in the Age of English by Minae Mizumura, The Cyber Effect by Mary Aiken PhD, Dark Wire by Joseph Cox, Unquiet Women by Max Adams and Lies and Weddings by Kevin Kwan. I also picked up a ton of art history books, as well as history books about Vietnam, Iraq, Assyria, etc. I can't remember the last time I went this book crazy HAHAHA. Loving your haul and look forward to your reviews!
Can't wait to start the wars of light and shadow next year with you i was going to jump the gun and start right away after the janny wurts interview but decided that reading it with you would be better, Im getting into the faithful and the fallen this summer so im excited for that. I have come to India for the summer and im hoping to get a big book haul this summer. Also six thousand is crazy not because how big it is but because how small it is you guys deserve way more!!!
I thought sending you another book might be too much but whatever…it is the best way to thank you & Jakob for creating such great content. I personally love creating shorts for TownSQUARE! In another life I worked on Wall Street and this last decade has been all about Luke, so it has been so much fun for me. As soon as Luke gets home I will show him this video, he will surely recognize his Dr. Pepper!
Great haul John! Hope you're not upset, but I just mailed you a package today that will unfortunately add to your already full shelves.😅 Oh well, there's always ... getting more shelves! Lol. Happy reading!
I bought 27 books in the last three weeks!!! - most of them second hand. Including Cloud Atlas. I thought it was a weird and interesting book. I feel it didn’t pay off till the last sentence of the last page. I’m glad I read it. The one I’m most looking forward to reading is Stephen Hawkins’s “Brief Answers to the Big Questions “.
What a great haul! Cloud Atlas is 1 that comes together at the very end for sure. Let me know how Hawkings book is for sure. 27 in 3 weeks that is my kinda 3 weeks😀
I just finished Hawkins’s book. I loved it! I could follow what he was saying but certainly can’t explain it lol! I’m so much more interested in sci fi now!! He is a gift to humanity.
Outstanding book haul! You are set for years for books and it's only halfway through this year for hauls! Great video! AND 6000 subscribers and counting!! Looking forward to Jakob's reviews of Red Rising and Red Rising and Red Rising.
First time viewer and you mentioned you dig the "Angels and kind of stuff." I'm reading a series called The Chronicles of the Nephilim by Brian Godawa and I find it fantastic. Quick reads and fast pace. Well written in my opinion.
I read the Historian last October and really enjoyed my time with the story. It spiked my interest in finally reading Dracula which I also did last October.
I accidentally found your channel and found some good books through this episode and yes after I just dropped 300$ bucks on books so now I have to calm down and wait to purchase the ones I discovered in this video 😂.
Great haul! Just so you know, it’s recommended that you read Dragonsong, Dragonsinger, and Dragondrums after reading Dragonquest and before you read The White Dragon. Also I’m very jealous of your Wurts hardcovers! Just a heads up, there is currently no Stormed Fortress hardcover available in the US. There is a UK hardcover but it’s super small and doesn’t match. Destiny’s Conflict is still available in hardcover but Initiates trial is out of print as a hardcover.
@@Talking_Story Good luck to you! For Wurts’s war of Light and shadow hardcovers, I have only managed to find a hardcover of Traitors knot in the wild, and I found it in a time when the series was just starting to get more attention again. So the order is for Pern Dragonflight, Dragonquest, the three books in the Harper Hall Trilogy I mentioned, then The White Dragon. I guess The White Dragon is a whole lot suckier if you go from Dragonquest to the White Dragon because the The White Dragon introduces a new character or characters out of the blue. If you read the Harper Hall trilogy before The White Dragon, you’ll get the knowledge about said character or characters to better understand The White Dragon.
The Book That Wouldn't Burn is amazing: a book lover's dream come true. Lots of themes about technology, advancement, and otherness. The Book That Broke The World is also incredible, with plots that reinforce those themes. It breaks your mind, too. You'll 100% love it. Honestly, I'd expect a book of the month out of those two. Between Two Fires is very good. An excellent depiction of Medieval France, as well as some gruesome, brutal monsters and religious themes. Very good. I think I'll start on Wars of Light and Shadow in January, too!
I can honestly say... that I'm so glad I had the entire set of The Faithful and The Fallen. I hadn't planned to binge it... He did you a solid favor. Just sayin'😁
It feels even better if you make the sound effect when you click the subscribe button ;) Very nice haul! I don't think I picked any new ones up, I'm trying to slow down a bit since my TBR is massive. It's all going on the wishlist though!
Now that’s a bookhaul, do have any more room for all these books John haha. Oooh a new Jonathan Maberry, didn’t’ know about that one, so I just ordered Necrotek 😄 My latest bookhaul was: All the fiends of hell by Adam Nevill, which is an apocalyptic horror book which looked interesting. Black Leopard Red Wolf by Marlon James, Jimmy Nutts have talked a bit about this fantasy book in the last month or two. From what he said it at least will be interesting, but weird. The Conspiracy Against the Human Race by Thomas Ligotti, which is a horror fiction book about the death of meaning or maybe that there is no meaning. Man, these books are a bit too dark, I should buy something a bit more happy/cozy next time 😆
The Historian by Elizabeth Kastova looks really good. I've had it on my shelf since Oct. I may read this fall. Hopefully you get to it first and tell us all how it is
Congrats on winning the Goodreads contest. You have been blessed. I have just started Robin Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. Interestingly enough my next read after that is The Historian. I got my used copy when attending the Mississippi Book Festival: A Literary Lawn party for the first time in my hometown of Jackson, Mississippi. As a side note, I think we would all be interested in seeing y'all vlog about any trips to local book festivals in North Carolina or elsewhere. I also finished The Blacktongue Thief by Christopher Buehlman and it was hilarious. You should check it out.
I do have Blacktongue on the stack. NC has some gorgeous spots and I just found out I missed a con right up the road where I could’ve met so many writers. I will be there next year for sure. Been thinking about vlogging a read. Gotta pick the right book.
Those Wars of Light and Shadow books are so cool- I am jealous because those books are nightmares to get (I did get Ships of Merior but haven’t read it yet). Important question- how can I join that Wars of Light and Shadow Buddy Read/discussion. If I need to start a booktube channel to do it- I will do it, the desire to do it has been burned into me because you make me jealous with all your buddy reads
@@Talking_StoryThat’s it then. I have ordered a webcam and will likely begin the last wednesday of this month because or first wednesday of next month because I am going on a trip. Thank you- I am very excited.
June is an evolutionary month for me and my library. I pre-ordered the November publication of the new Haruki Murakami novel, purchased the latest S. King collection, as well as a Penguin edition of City of God by St. Augustine. I'm now wrestling with what volumes my library should contain. Lots of things must go as I re-focus on main interests like biography, history, classics, literature and some Sci/Fi/Fantasy/Horror. I've long ago run out of shelf space, but I want quicker access to my preferred reads so cuts will be made. Wish me luck.
That's an insane stack of books. Amazing! I might have had a small haul myself despite my bookbuying ban that last until september (Look out for a townsquare piece then...if I can figure out the technology that is.). However, it was one comic (The expanse Dragon tooth) and one novella (Warriorborn by Jim Butcher) so that doesn't count right? If I continue like this i might have to remove my bed to fit all the books in. Please send help 🤣
@@Talking_Story Dammit! I thought I could get away with it xD You know I might actually have to do that a some point. Or stop buying books... but that sounds impossible. 😅
Happy birthday Jakob hope you have a good one , you guys rock in every way 🤘. Love every video and im very excited for the reviews and more crazy fun videos.
I have about 100 pages left in the Book That Wouldn’t Burn and I’m very mixed. We’ll see how it lands. Congrats on 6k! I’m still betting on 10 by the end of the year! 😅
There are so many great female authors that aren't talked about enough. I'm currently listening to The Book That Wouldn't Burn and it is really good. I'll probably be buying the physical book.
@@Talking_Story Correct. For various reasons, Stormed Fortress never got an HC, just a trade paperback. Initiate's Trial and Destiny's Conflict won't be too hard. The hope is that Song's reception with the series being concluded and the audio book releases, etc, will be enough to push and we can get re-releases of the series, etc. A unified set with matching hardcovers would be fantastic!
Finally, a book on your list I actually read long ago: dragonriders of pern. I don't even have my original copies so I need to get that compilation one. I hope you enjoy them when you do, I remember them being pretty quick reads, easy language. I still remember the first mating flught scene, and I read it like 20+ years ago. If you wait til 2025 for John Gwynne, that would be awesome because I'd totally join the book club for that. I'm waiting for the 3rd book for his new trilogy before I get to that. I don't enjoy starting series unless they're all out, if its a trilogy, I wait til the last one has a release date. Then I avoid getting annoyed with authors, I hold grudges lol. I do prefer trilogies to long haul series because my brain just doesn't hold what it used to. And I'll be finishing expanse 5 today! Which means the novella is next and so far, I haven't really gotten into them like the full lengths, so I really hope this next one doesn't set me back another month again, I'll be very upset. I really want to finish 6 this month and then I'm completely back on schedule, and I'll be taking the last couple books on my trip in August when I visit family, maybe I can lounge in the pool. I don't think I bought books last month because I had already purchased what I'm reading. I did just rebuy book 7 because the size was incorrect and nothing frustrates me more than mismatching. I do recommend The Oath by Frank Peretti, my grandma suggested it a long time ago, it's a standalone, modern times, I've never seen it in a booktuber's shelves. Fyi, we need a shelf tour, or I do anyways, I watch them while I work.
I am working up a shelf tour idea just waiting for a few things to come in. I am adding that 1 you say you don’t see on booktubers shelves to the list. See if I can’t do something about that. Hope Expanse stay great for you even this shorter 1 coming up. Have a great trip!
@@Talking_Storymy trip is in a few months so plenty of time. Thank you for adding that book, all I have is me and my grandmother's assessment of it. I only read it once, I'd do a reread if I had time just to see if I change my mind about it, I kindof remember the ending. That's probably over 20 years since I've read it, but I've kept my old copy. It's currently next to my mass market game of thrones books. Until I get my library done in 2026, need to pay off the current loan I took out for renovations, sadly, library didn't make the first cut, half bath, kitchen flooring installed, and basement plumbing were first projects. I'm trying to pay that off as quickly as possible, but sadly it's going to take a bit more, I got it last month of 2022, and I'm trying to make it 3 years instead of the 5 and that's already pushing it.
@@Talking_Storyand no one really warns you about home ownership, at least you had someone else with you, I'm doing it solo. I've aged a lot since I can't take cool trips because I'm constantly putting money into my house, so more reading. Some day, I want to move further south again, but right now, family is close by, and I can somewhat afford this house...barring any emergencies. I can't afford those. And it needs work to be sellable honestly. It's got carpeted in the full bathroom and then pink carpet everywhere else. People before me made interesting choices.
I do have something planned. I am gonna re arrange what is behind the desk with some new series and I will do a tour/ unveiling. Just waiting for something to come in.
@@Talking_Story I'd say Imago Sequence, it's a short story collection. He has 3 collections and 1 novel all taking place in the same world with his own cosmic horror gods/cults and some of the same characters pop in and out throughout the collections
John "Parched" Minton at his finest 😂 Speaking of vampires, have you ever read The Strain by Chuck Hogan and Guillermo del Toro? You didn't grab a frosty beverage while you were grabbing the book? :D Funny thing is I was just thinking today about Goodreads book giveaways :D (these questions/comments may seem disjointed, but I just type things as they come up in the video and then hit Comment) :D I also think I've used up my daily allotment of emojis. Enjoy your book fort :) It will help with Jakob's Nerf gun defense 🤣🤣
I always get too many books. There happens to be a Barnes and noble between work and home. So…it’s de-stress shopping lol. So I’m reading, among other things, The Sparrow. Your fault John. lol😊
@@Talking_Story yes, is the bloodsworn saga series better than the faithful and the fallen series? Example stormlight archieve is better series than mistborn.
I was watching this video when my elder bro took a look and said, "That's Sylvester Stallone." So I explained you're not Stallone, but he insists you look very much like him. 😂
Wouldn’t know the vast majority here were sent by authors, publishers and amazingly generous channel supporters. You can bet if I had a lot of dough I would spend a lot on books though.
I think it’s a shame Anne McCaffrey isn’t talked about much anymore. She is the Queen of Dragon Rider literature. The new books in the past 5 years are for sure not creating anything new.
This is my favourite talk show! The dashing host, the mysterious voice off-camera, the blue light, the stacks of books, the band 🎺! #eatyourheartoutkimmel
See Jakob we neeeeed a band!!
@@Talking_Story You are the band John, with your spectacular sound effects!
@@johankoreviews5424 see Jakob the sound effects are working!!
Amazing haul. The kindness on show by the community is unbelievable. Congratulations on the 6k subscribers!
This community is quite simply unparalleled! Thanks so much.
Very jealous of the Wars of Light and Shadow hard covers! The only hard covers I have found of that series were old library editions that were destroyed and moldy
I was beyond humbled and all signed! Just blew me away.
That's quite the haul. I didn't know people actually won those giveaways - you're the first case I've ever heard of someone doing so 😂 Kostova and Pern are great, glad you're going to be giving them a shot. Congrats on 6K! Feels like only last week you were celebrating 5K 😂 Well deserved, you guys are awesome.
Thank you so much my friend. I was stunned to finally win 1.
Wow John, those hardcovers from Janny Wurts are so gorgeous!
Right?!
Can't wait for you to start Faithful and the Fallen. One of my favorites. I know you will love it!
I’m sure I will too!
Just received Janny's latest to TWoLaS myself...of course I still need some of the earlier entries. 😂....Just promise me you won't remove Yorick from your shelves to make room. I feel like he always needs to be there. Also congrats on 6K Gents!! 🎉🍻
Alas poor Yorick I may need the space 😂
I typically don't enjoy book hauls, but dammit John your enthusiasm is infectious!
I enjoyed Faithful and the Fallen when I read it a few years ago, and it was pretty cool seeing Giants speak Irish Gaeilge. Not a favourite of mine, but a fun time.
I've only read Broken Empire and Red Queen's War, and I love Lawrence's genreblending in those.
I'm not a Lovecraft guy, but I'm enjoying Jonathan Maberry's Patient Zero.
Oh Patient Zero is creepy, action packed thrill ride of a read. Let me know when you finish Ledger’s first adventure!
I have serious book envy right now there are some corkers in there WOWSERS!
That is how to show the love!
I’ve been so good this month but I’m getting itchy now. 😊
HAPPY 6000!!!!
So happy for you guys 😁
Thanks so much Lady Dee.
I just borrowed Hidden Pictures from the library because of your recommendation Dee. I listened to the whole thing IN ONE DAY!!! It’s been a long time since I’ve done that. It was a very well paced story that took some blind turns for me. Very enjoyable read. Thank you for brining it to my attention during your conversation on Talking Story.
@@Cyriax71 You have made my day.
I am so happy you enjoyed it!
I’ll be posting a video about it today as it is one of my favourites.
Not many authors manage to get me like that book did.
Thank you so much 😊
@@Cyriax71 wow! Looking forward to this 1.
You've not read PERN?! One of the foundational dragon & rider series'. Some of the earliest books are a *little* dated, but they're among my most re-read books!
That's an amazing haul, and yes, Janny Wurts is an incredible woman. I don't think there's a topic she lacks some kind of knowledge on. She's an inspiration.
Wonderful again, and I hope your birthday was wonderful Jakob.
Derri I have read horror for so many years I am frantically trying to catch up on fantasy. You are so wonderful I will pass on the well wishes to Jakob.
Amazing book haul. Congrats.
I got some books in May but just a couple. Key was a new leather bound (on sale) of Tale of Two Cities. My key accomplishment was building2 new bookshelves for my living room, which are simple but nice.
Keep turning the page.
Leather bound sooooo nice!
Ah man, The Faithful and The Fallen, while not my favourite series (it's up there), was probably the most enjoyable reading experience I've ever had. The memories of reading that series over a 2 week period, while being furloughed from work and having to self-isolate during covid lockdown, will always stay with me. I hope you enjoy it and I am looking forward to your thoughts on it if you get around to giving it a go.
I am definitely giving it a go! If not by years end for sure next.
People have soooo much love for this series I am ready to join the club!
Loved that you were sent Between two fires! That book is increeeeedible!!!!
It is getting alot of love in the comments.
I have recently read In Ascension by Martin MacInnes after Jimmy from the fantasy Nuttwork recommended it...if you are looking for an interstellar-like type of sci Fi book, I highly recommend it
@@edoardoserpelloni8311 adding it to the list right now thanks!
I’m loving the empire trilogy currently reading servant
So awesome you came back to it!
A nice goatee John, and that is a lot of books man. I have a lot of books myself, but my God man, those are a lot of books.
Great video as always uncle, I hope to see more soon!
Thanks nephew!
The generosity of the booktube community continues to blow me away!! I am so excited for you to read Faithful and the Fallen, it's just epic fantasy done absolutely right. And I think you will appreciate The Book That Wouldn't Burn a lot, seems like a John book, haha.
Enjoy!
Thanks Esmay!
Congrats on 6k ! Well deserved to both of you.😊
Thank you so much. I still can’t wrap my head around it.
Seeing this has me wanting to pick up buying physical books again 😅 I’m almost finished curse of the mist wraith and yea, it’s incredible!
Oh that’s so awesome to hear about Mistwraith!
Yay for 6k subscribers! Congratulations, John and Jakob! That’s an amazing book haul, and I just love to see all the books people send you. Also, a very happy birthday to Jakob. Hope you had a great birthday.
A wonderful birthday was had I will pass on your wishes. Thanks so much for all!
I lost my f-ing mind this month on books. Partially because over the last six months I just clicked preorder on a ton of books that came out recently, and partially a lack of self control LOL. The stand outs that I'm most excited for are: Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir, The Stardust Grail by Yume Kitasei, The Book of the Unnamed Midwife by Meg Elison, The Fall of Language in the Age of English by Minae Mizumura, The Cyber Effect by Mary Aiken PhD, Dark Wire by Joseph Cox, Unquiet Women by Max Adams and Lies and Weddings by Kevin Kwan. I also picked up a ton of art history books, as well as history books about Vietnam, Iraq, Assyria, etc. I can't remember the last time I went this book crazy HAHAHA. Loving your haul and look forward to your reviews!
Wow what an awesome loss of control! Let me know if they are all as amazing as they sound. Especially the art history.
That’s a haul! Several of those books have been on my own radar for a long time. I can’t wait to hear what you think of them.
Can’t wait to dig in and get let everyone know.
Can't wait to start the wars of light and shadow next year with you i was going to jump the gun and start right away after the janny wurts interview but decided that reading it with you would be better, Im getting into the faithful and the fallen this summer so im excited for that. I have come to India for the summer and im hoping to get a big book haul this summer. Also six thousand is crazy not because how big it is but because how small it is you guys deserve way more!!!
You are very kind my friend. Awesome you will be with us in January.
I thought sending you another book might be too much but whatever…it is the best way to thank you & Jakob for creating such great content.
I personally love creating shorts for TownSQUARE! In another life I worked on Wall Street and this last decade has been all about Luke, so it has been so much fun for me.
As soon as Luke gets home I will show him this video, he will surely recognize his Dr. Pepper!
Oh I loved getting that package with the art. Can’t tell you. Gotta thank him for me.
Great haul John! Hope you're not upset, but I just mailed you a package today that will unfortunately add to your already full shelves.😅 Oh well, there's always ... getting more shelves! Lol. Happy reading!
What an amazing, generous thing PL. More shelves are in the plans. Never fear. Such wonderful news your series has been on my list for soooo long!
The Historian is one of my favorite books. I hope you enjoy it.😊
Gonna be a great Halloween read!
I bought 27 books in the last three weeks!!! - most of them second hand. Including Cloud Atlas. I thought it was a weird and interesting book. I feel it didn’t pay off till the last sentence of the last page. I’m glad I read it. The one I’m most looking forward to reading is Stephen Hawkins’s “Brief Answers to the Big Questions “.
What a great haul! Cloud Atlas is 1 that comes together at the very end for sure. Let me know how Hawkings book is for sure. 27 in 3 weeks that is my kinda 3 weeks😀
I just finished Hawkins’s book. I loved it! I could follow what he was saying but certainly can’t explain it lol! I’m so much more interested in sci fi now!! He is a gift to humanity.
@@elainedejong2806 oh it is so good to hear it is a good 1.
Thanks so very much for the shout out again John! I’m bright red again!!!!!
My pleasure!
Outstanding book haul! You are set for years for books and it's only halfway through this year for hauls! Great video! AND 6000 subscribers and counting!! Looking forward to Jakob's reviews of Red Rising and Red Rising and Red Rising.
😂he will start the all Red Rising channel. Thanks so much my friend!
Excellent book haul! I love that you’re consciously bringing attention to female authors! 💖
I am gonna do my best to get better at it. I have much work to do!
First time viewer and you mentioned you dig the "Angels and kind of stuff." I'm reading a series called The Chronicles of the Nephilim by Brian Godawa and I find it fantastic. Quick reads and fast pace. Well written in my opinion.
@@michaelludlum7997 wow thanks so much for thinking of me. I will look that up!
Some one beat me to the punch. On the faithful and the fallen , and it is on my all-time favorite list even go as far as my number 1. Grate job Brian
Oh man I have heard so much love for this series. Can’t wait to get into Gwynne!
@@Talking_Story it's spectacular . I can not wait till you start your journey.
I read the Historian last October and really enjoyed my time with the story. It spiked my interest in finally reading Dracula which I also did last October.
Gonna be this October for me. Great to hear you had a good time with it Michael.
I accidentally found your channel and found some good books through this episode and yes after I just dropped 300$ bucks on books so now I have to calm down and wait to purchase the ones I discovered in this video 😂.
Wow! Let me know which ones you picked up and liked? Kinda of a pricey accident 😂. Awesome having you here though.
Yes to reading Anne McCaffrey’s Pern. After Smaug, this is where my dragon love took off back in my teens.
What a great stack or five of books! Enjoy.
Thanks so much. Been so much fun coming to fantasy after reading horror for so long. I have so many things to catch up on.
I just finished Between Two Fires 🔥! It’s amazing 🤩!!!!
Awesome thanks!
I second this. Just read this a month ago and loved it. There are scenes I’ll never scrub from my brain in that book.
@@mbearrism ohhhh you singing my tune there. Thanks!
Great haul! Just so you know, it’s recommended that you read Dragonsong, Dragonsinger, and Dragondrums after reading Dragonquest and before you read The White Dragon.
Also I’m very jealous of your Wurts hardcovers! Just a heads up, there is currently no Stormed Fortress hardcover available in the US. There is a UK hardcover but it’s super small and doesn’t match. Destiny’s Conflict is still available in hardcover but Initiates trial is out of print as a hardcover.
Thanks for the info. So the reading order for Pern are all those novels? Gonna have to hit the used markets for those last 3 of Janny’s I think.
@@Talking_Story Good luck to you! For Wurts’s war of Light and shadow hardcovers, I have only managed to find a hardcover of Traitors knot in the wild, and I found it in a time when the series was just starting to get more attention again.
So the order is for Pern Dragonflight, Dragonquest, the three books in the Harper Hall Trilogy I mentioned, then The White Dragon. I guess The White Dragon is a whole lot suckier if you go from Dragonquest to the White Dragon because the The White Dragon introduces a new character or characters out of the blue. If you read the Harper Hall trilogy before The White Dragon, you’ll get the knowledge about said character or characters to better understand The White Dragon.
@@zkinak2107 got it. I will jot this list down.
The Book That Wouldn't Burn is amazing: a book lover's dream come true. Lots of themes about technology, advancement, and otherness. The Book That Broke The World is also incredible, with plots that reinforce those themes. It breaks your mind, too. You'll 100% love it. Honestly, I'd expect a book of the month out of those two.
Between Two Fires is very good. An excellent depiction of Medieval France, as well as some gruesome, brutal monsters and religious themes. Very good.
I think I'll start on Wars of Light and Shadow in January, too!
Yes join us in January. Thanks so much for the insights. Makes me wanna grab those up right now!
I’m so looking forward for you to dive into The Faithful and the Fallen! One of my absolute favorites!
I am pumped to try some Gwynne!
Congratulations on winning a Goodreads giveaway! It does happen - I have won twice. Also The Historian is really good!
Was starting to believe I was cursed with bad luck.
I can honestly say... that I'm so glad I had the entire set of The Faithful and The Fallen. I hadn't planned to binge it... He did you a solid favor. Just sayin'😁
Beyond generous and thoughtful!
It feels even better if you make the sound effect when you click the subscribe button ;)
Very nice haul! I don't think I picked any new ones up, I'm trying to slow down a bit since my TBR is massive. It's all going on the wishlist though!
Oh I have given up on controlling the TBR!
Im about 200 pages into Malice and loving it - hope you start Faithful and the Fallen soon!
I have Gwynne’s Bloodsworn trilogy planned for this year but I will get as soon as I can.
Now that’s a bookhaul, do have any more room for all these books John haha. Oooh a new Jonathan Maberry, didn’t’ know about that one, so I just ordered Necrotek 😄
My latest bookhaul was:
All the fiends of hell by Adam Nevill, which is an apocalyptic horror book which looked interesting.
Black Leopard Red Wolf by Marlon James, Jimmy Nutts have talked a bit about this fantasy book in the last month or two. From what he said it at least will be interesting, but weird.
The Conspiracy Against the Human Race by Thomas Ligotti, which is a horror fiction book about the death of meaning or maybe that there is no meaning. Man, these books are a bit too dark, I should buy something a bit more happy/cozy next time 😆
I don’t think Necrotik will fit that feel good list. I added some to my list from that haul. Thanks so much!
@@Talking_Story That's true, I could always do a nostalgic re-read of The Hobbit if I want to get in a good mood
@@HenrikBrosveet always a good choice!
The Historian is great!
Yes! Looking so forward to it.
That is a massive haul! I love that you bought Anne McCaffrey…excited for it! 🎉
I had book envy after watching your vid😀
@@Talking_Story Haha! I know the feeling....thanks for the shout out!!!
The Historian is great fun and easy to read. It's also partially inspired by actual history of Romania during the Fourth Crusade. I hope you love it.
I am comfy betting the house I will.
The Historian by Elizabeth Kastova looks really good. I've had it on my shelf since Oct. I may read this fall. Hopefully you get to it first and tell us all how it is
I’m thinking October.
Congrats on winning the Goodreads contest. You have been blessed. I have just started Robin Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. Interestingly enough my next read after that is The Historian. I got my used copy when attending the Mississippi Book Festival: A Literary Lawn party for the first time in my hometown of Jackson, Mississippi. As a side note, I think we would all be interested in seeing y'all vlog about any trips to local book festivals in North Carolina or elsewhere. I also finished The Blacktongue Thief by Christopher Buehlman and it was hilarious. You should check it out.
I do have Blacktongue on the stack. NC has some gorgeous spots and I just found out I missed a con right up the road where I could’ve met so many writers. I will be there next year for sure. Been thinking about vlogging a read. Gotta pick the right book.
Awesome haul! Can't wait to hear all about them! 📚
Thanks my friend! Can’t wait to get into them.
I just found your channel this week and subscribed after the first video I watched. Enjoying your content since then. Congrats on 6k
Thanks so much and welcome to the channel!
One of the few books I re-read every year is "The Historian" by Elizabeth Kostova, a great mix of history, books and vampires. (New subscriber)
I will be picking it up in October and I am very excited! Welcome to the channel!
Those Wars of Light and Shadow books are so cool- I am jealous because those books are nightmares to get (I did get Ships of Merior but haven’t read it yet). Important question- how can I join that Wars of Light and Shadow Buddy Read/discussion. If I need to start a booktube channel to do it- I will do it, the desire to do it has been burned into me because you make me jealous with all your buddy reads
You can of course join and read along with us. Launch that channel and be in buddy reads galore.
@@Talking_StoryThat’s it then. I have ordered a webcam and will likely begin the last wednesday of this month because or first wednesday of next month because I am going on a trip. Thank you- I am very excited.
@@CombativeRoboGuy this is wonderful!😀
June is an evolutionary month for me and my library. I pre-ordered the November publication of the new Haruki Murakami novel, purchased the latest S. King collection, as well as a Penguin edition of City of God by St. Augustine. I'm now wrestling with what volumes my library should contain. Lots of things must go as I re-focus on main interests like biography, history, classics, literature and some Sci/Fi/Fantasy/Horror. I've long ago run out of shelf space, but I want quicker access to my preferred reads so cuts will be made. Wish me luck.
Oh good luck my friend. Cuts are hard.
crikey what a mountain of books!
Right?!!
Just started Rhythm a few days ago and it is really good so far. I’m only about 100 ish pages in but I’m really liking jt
Let me know how that journey goes for you and look out for that sanderlanche!
That's an insane stack of books. Amazing! I might have had a small haul myself despite my bookbuying ban that last until september (Look out for a townsquare piece then...if I can figure out the technology that is.). However, it was one comic (The expanse Dragon tooth) and one novella (Warriorborn by Jim Butcher) so that doesn't count right? If I continue like this i might have to remove my bed to fit all the books in. Please send help 🤣
They all count. Maybe you could stack books just right throw a blanket over them and have a book bed.
@@Talking_Story Dammit! I thought I could get away with it xD You know I might actually have to do that a some point. Or stop buying books... but that sounds impossible. 😅
@@emzstern absolutely impossible!
Happy birthday Jakob hope you have a good one , you guys rock in every way 🤘. Love every video and im very excited for the reviews and more crazy fun videos.
U r the best Josay. Will pass on the wishes to Jakob.
@@Talking_Story Thank you 😊
Great haul! And I think I'm gonna have to start Janny Wurts next year...
Go for it!
I have about 100 pages left in the Book That Wouldn’t Burn and I’m very mixed. We’ll see how it lands. Congrats on 6k! I’m still betting on 10 by the end of the year! 😅
😂10k. I can’t even fathom that. You gotta let me know how that 1 ends up for you.
Also, Congratulations on 6k subscribers!!!🎉🎉🎉
Oh thanks Amanda.
@@Talking_Story of course! You deserve everything you are working so hard for. So happy for y’all!!!!
So excited to read wars of light and shadow with you!
Heck yeah!!
There are so many great female authors that aren't talked about enough.
I'm currently listening to The Book That Wouldn't Burn and it is really good. I'll probably be buying the physical book.
Wanna do my best to get into so many more amazing female voices going forward. Awesome to hear about Book that wouldn’t burn!
If you are into dark historical fantasy, try Los Nefilim by Teresa Frohock. I love her work.
@@Dennis_M_Myers will look her up.
Quick question: shelf with or without glass doors? And why?
Glass doors would be awesome. Keeps the dust off. But my shelves do not have them.
Happy birthday Jakob!
I will pass that on my friend.
Master of White Storm's cover is done by Janny herself, yes!
The artist herself pointed that out me. So gorgeous.
I think you’ll really enjoy the faithful and the fallen based on books you’ve enjoyed in the past.
I have no doubts!
So are we planning on reading The Wars of Light and Shadow a book a month next year? I'm very down!
I am doing 1 every other month. Alternating with Malazan.
@@Talking_Story I will definitely be joining both!
@@albinorhino83 awesome!
Yeah, 3 left. Stormed Fortress, Initiate's Trial and Destiny's Conflict.
Gonna be hard to find in matching hardcovers. I think 1 never had a HC release.
@@Talking_Story Correct. For various reasons, Stormed Fortress never got an HC, just a trade paperback. Initiate's Trial and Destiny's Conflict won't be too hard. The hope is that Song's reception with the series being concluded and the audio book releases, etc, will be enough to push and we can get re-releases of the series, etc. A unified set with matching hardcovers would be fantastic!
@@chibipoe yes it would be!
Good morning ☀️!
Morning!
Finally, a book on your list I actually read long ago: dragonriders of pern. I don't even have my original copies so I need to get that compilation one. I hope you enjoy them when you do, I remember them being pretty quick reads, easy language. I still remember the first mating flught scene, and I read it like 20+ years ago. If you wait til 2025 for John Gwynne, that would be awesome because I'd totally join the book club for that. I'm waiting for the 3rd book for his new trilogy before I get to that. I don't enjoy starting series unless they're all out, if its a trilogy, I wait til the last one has a release date. Then I avoid getting annoyed with authors, I hold grudges lol. I do prefer trilogies to long haul series because my brain just doesn't hold what it used to. And I'll be finishing expanse 5 today! Which means the novella is next and so far, I haven't really gotten into them like the full lengths, so I really hope this next one doesn't set me back another month again, I'll be very upset. I really want to finish 6 this month and then I'm completely back on schedule, and I'll be taking the last couple books on my trip in August when I visit family, maybe I can lounge in the pool. I don't think I bought books last month because I had already purchased what I'm reading. I did just rebuy book 7 because the size was incorrect and nothing frustrates me more than mismatching. I do recommend The Oath by Frank Peretti, my grandma suggested it a long time ago, it's a standalone, modern times, I've never seen it in a booktuber's shelves. Fyi, we need a shelf tour, or I do anyways, I watch them while I work.
I am working up a shelf tour idea just waiting for a few things to come in. I am adding that 1 you say you don’t see on booktubers shelves to the list. See if I can’t do something about that. Hope
Expanse stay great for you even this shorter 1 coming up. Have a great trip!
@@Talking_Storymy trip is in a few months so plenty of time. Thank you for adding that book, all I have is me and my grandmother's assessment of it. I only read it once, I'd do a reread if I had time just to see if I change my mind about it, I kindof remember the ending. That's probably over 20 years since I've read it, but I've kept my old copy. It's currently next to my mass market game of thrones books. Until I get my library done in 2026, need to pay off the current loan I took out for renovations, sadly, library didn't make the first cut, half bath, kitchen flooring installed, and basement plumbing were first projects. I'm trying to pay that off as quickly as possible, but sadly it's going to take a bit more, I got it last month of 2022, and I'm trying to make it 3 years instead of the 5 and that's already pushing it.
@@jenn9027 oh I know what you mean here. 6 years ago we moved into a 130 year old house and there is always yet another room to redo.
@@Talking_Storyand no one really warns you about home ownership, at least you had someone else with you, I'm doing it solo. I've aged a lot since I can't take cool trips because I'm constantly putting money into my house, so more reading. Some day, I want to move further south again, but right now, family is close by, and I can somewhat afford this house...barring any emergencies. I can't afford those. And it needs work to be sellable honestly. It's got carpeted in the full bathroom and then pink carpet everywhere else. People before me made interesting choices.
@@jenn9027 wow carpeted bathrooms. You do have your work cut out for you.
That's a big stack o' books!
Right?!!
We need a book shelf tour!
I do have something planned. I am gonna re arrange what is behind the desk with some new series and I will do a tour/ unveiling. Just waiting for something to come in.
@@Talking_Story sounds great!
Glad you snagged Necrotek, big cosmic horror guy myself. Have you checked out Laird Barron?
I have not tried Mr Barron. Where is a good starting place?
@@Talking_Story I'd say Imago Sequence, it's a short story collection. He has 3 collections and 1 novel all taking place in the same world with his own cosmic horror gods/cults and some of the same characters pop in and out throughout the collections
@@TalonBray got it I am adding it to the list!
I'm pretty sure Dragonriders of Pern is Brandon Sanderson's first entry into reading fantasy! Without it we might not have the Cosmere!
Oh that is super cool to know.
John "Parched" Minton at his finest 😂 Speaking of vampires, have you ever read The Strain by Chuck Hogan and Guillermo del Toro? You didn't grab a frosty beverage while you were grabbing the book? :D Funny thing is I was just thinking today about Goodreads book giveaways :D (these questions/comments may seem disjointed, but I just type things as they come up in the video and then hit Comment) :D I also think I've used up my daily allotment of emojis. Enjoy your book fort :) It will help with Jakob's Nerf gun defense 🤣🤣
Love that idea book fort! I have read that entire vampire trilogy and enjoyed it quite a bit.
I always get too many books. There happens to be a Barnes and noble between work and home. So…it’s de-stress shopping lol.
So I’m reading, among other things, The Sparrow. Your fault John. lol😊
Oh Sherri how is the Sparrow going for you?
@@Talking_Story it sucked me right in- I’m skipping my gym time today to read lol
@@sherribugd3799 so glad it is working on you.
Is blood stone saga good one ? Better than these books malice etc? 15:30
Do you mean bloodsworn saga by Gwynne? I will be reading those coming up I hope. I hear they are great.
@@Talking_Story yes, is the bloodsworn saga series better than the faithful and the fallen series?
Example stormlight archieve is better series than mistborn.
@@focusrelax8838 I have read either yet so maybe some others can sound off.
do you have any book tracking accounts like on goodreads? nothing better than looking at other peoples reads and ratings
I am on goodreads under John Minton. I don’t write reviews but it does help me keep track of all I have read.
Congrats on 6K!!
Thank you so much. Such a crazy number to me.
I'm enjoying my reading experience of Wars of Light & Shadow so far, but I see this being a 2, likely 3 year commitment.
Doesn’t seem like 1 you can blow through.
@@Talking_Story I found Malazan easier NGL haha
@@thatsci-firogue wow!
@@Talking_Story yeah... 😅
Between two fires is an interesting read 😂
😂ohhhh I wonder what the subtext is on that 1.
As the pretty lady once said, "Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi. You're my only hope."
😂
I was watching this video when my elder bro took a look and said, "That's Sylvester Stallone." So I explained you're not Stallone, but he insists you look very much like him. 😂
That is a new 1. 😂I have heard Bill Pullman and Bruce Boxleightner. Never Stallone.
everybody give pop pop a frosty beverage
Yes! I support this sentiment 😂
I keep hearing about necrotek….
Maberry is so fun when you just want all out action and the creeps thrown in.
@@Talking_Story adding it to my Amazon wishlist 😂
must be nice to have so much disposable income
Wouldn’t know the vast majority here were sent by authors, publishers and amazingly generous channel supporters. You can bet if I had a lot of dough I would spend a lot on books though.
I think it’s a shame Anne McCaffrey isn’t talked about much anymore. She is the Queen of Dragon Rider literature. The new books in the past 5 years are for sure not creating anything new.
I missed so much. But now I have so much awesomeness to catch up on!
@@Talking_Story enjoy all those delicious Pern novels!
@@sherribugd3799 I sure hope to!