3 videos in the last 2 weeks? Who is this man and what has he done to Jake Bishop? ;) Sounds like a great plan. What reading order are you doing for Vorkosigan? There are several out there and all seem to be hotly debated.
A random one I found on the internet that got approved by another Vorkosigan fan SHARDS OF HONOR BARRAYAR THE WARRIOR’S APPRENTICE THE VOR GAME CETAGANDA BROTHERS IN ARMS BORDERS OF INFINITY MIRROR DANCE MEMORY KOMARR A CIVIL CAMPAIGN FALLING FREE ETHAN OF ATHOS WINTERFAIR GIFTS (SHORT STORY) DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY CAPTAIN VORPATRIL’S ALLIANCE THE FLOWERS OF VASHNOI (NOVELLA) CRYOBURN GENTLEMAN JOLE AND THE RED QUEEN Copy pasted, the numbers disappeared but this is what i'm planning on
R Scott Bakker and Ada Palmer, my 2 favorite authors. Always get nervous when people give Bakker a chance cause most times they end up not liking it very much but you don't have to agree with everything an author is saying, sometimes you can just appreciate the good writing :)
I think that's what i'm hoping for. I do think often writers view of humanity leaks into people's enjoyment of the characters, and story just based on feeling more or less real, so I would say it would surprise me if Bakker was an all time favorite, but also I have heard such good things in terms of quality that my expectations are still quite high. I have no such reservations about Palmer.
Thank you for not lying to us (and yourself) this year, that is very kind of you. Also, I am highly amused at the number of books that went from 'maybe' to 'probably not' along with a big sigh, hahah. Hope you enjoy the ones you get to!! And I am manifesting that Wind and Truth 5-star for all of us right now 🤞
For Crime and Punishment, make sure you've got the Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky translation. The old translation that was the main English one for like 100 years is really hard to read for no reason. The book is really intense sometimes, I'm glad I read it.
The version I have is David McDuff, it's the old penguin edition, first bit seemed totally fine, but if you think it would be a mistake I will look an edition with those translators, shouldn't be a hard book to find used.
I really hope you get to Fire Upon the Deep. It's my favourite space opera. There are so many cool ideas in that book. I also plan to read Too Like the Lighthening this year. I look forward to seeing your videos on the series, Jake.
JRR Tolkien worked on his big 3 Silmarillion tales (children of Huron, Beren and luthien, and the fall of gondolin) up until the year he died. He never finished a complete narrative that he was 100% happy with. Each one of those 3 tales has numerous versions that he wrote and rewrote. The silmarillion has one version of each tale. The Children of Hurin has all of his versions of the tale chopped up and made into a much longer version of the story. It’s amazing!!! Very bleak and depressing but very very good
You will be reading some bangers: JS&MN, Terra Ignota, Children of Hurin,... I hope you will have a great reading year ! There are a couple of versions of the Children of Hurin story as Tolkien kept rewriting it. Both the one in the Silmarillion and in the Unfinished Tales are shorter but incomplete versions. There is as standalone edition of the story: The Children of Hurin which is the most complete version and in my opinion the best version. It's after the Silmarillion my favourite Tolkien book
That version of Children of Hurin is now what I plan to read. Also who knows maybe I will bail on all those and instead I will read Illborn, and some J.V Jones. The Baker's Boy perhaps?
Hey Jake - I haven’t read GGK yet and I’m traveling to Italy in a few months... Do you have a strong, Italy-based, recommendation to start him with..?? Cheers and great video as always!!
He has 2 Italy books. Tigana, which is very loosely based on italy on a peninsula that is culturally similar. I would describe it as a fantasy epic about a revolution against a tyrant sorcerer who used magic to erase the memory of one of the nations. The other is A Brightness Long Ago that is much more historical, based on a setting that is very close to just an alt history Italy with different names to give him more creative freedom. It is centered around the conflict between 2 mercenary captains, but they while being main driver of plot, are not the protagonists, who are people around them. It also holds the distinction of being my favorite stand alone novel
Jake - thank you so much for the thoughtful rec! Just finished Brightness and that was awesome. Great entry into GGK’s excellent writing style, really loved the characters, and that horse race was top tier 🤌 Fantastic start into the GGK rabbit hole, and off I go into his other works. Thanks again Jake - Cheers!!
Yeah, I have a feeling the second arc of Red Rising is going to be a much bigger hit for you than the first. As a chess fan I think you will really like the stuff in Player of Games. I'll probably read Memory and Dream before you, got it planned for this month or next. I'm happy that you're reading The Road before Blood Meridian because I like The Road significantly more. Perdido Street Station needs to be on this list. Did you order that Boy's Life special edition for shelf decoration only? Don't you dare forget about it! 😂
I actually did completely forget about Boys Life, but I have no idea when it will arrive, I suspect later in the year, so depending on when it arrives it could easily be on the calendar for 2025
Love how realistic you are in these likelihood ratings. Where was Children of Ruin in your series continuation part? Also save Empire in Black and Gold for when you’re ready to do at least a 4 book binge for the first arc.
I dnfed The City We Became. And Fifth Season is my third fav series ever. I might give it another try one day. My issue is that I'm not a fan of Urban fantasy. You like Dresden, so I think you will like The City We Became.
My biggest 2023 lie was that I was going to read all of GGK 😂 I should’ve known it was a lie because I’m a book commitmentphobe. I still want to read all GGK, but I’m being realistic this year and just saying I’ll read more books by him. I look forward to your thoughts about his poetry. I started The Count of Montecristo in January, it’s really good! Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell is also on my list for this year (and Piranesi). I’m loving Bujold! Last year I read Chalion, Paladin of Souls and Shards of Honor, but want to read Hallowd Hunt before continuing with Vorkosigan. I’m currently rereading Farseer after finishing RotE in December. (Oh and I’m reading The Jungle Book because it was one of Hobb’s favorite childhood books haha!)
I don't know if it changes things but I think the second Vorkosigan has the same PoVs and happens right after Shards of Honour, and that they tell a more complete story, and things switch up after that
@@jakebishop7822 yes! I actually started Barrayar right after Shards of Honor, but I paused it because there was a very U.S.A. political theme I wasn't in the mood for at the moment haha. Also I'm listening to those and there were other audiobooks I wanted to finish before that one. I'm not DNFing because I've read four books by Bujold and loved all of them (and so many people love Vorkosigan), so I'll go back to it later on :)
@@jakebishop7822 I'm currently rereading The Curse of Chalion for a project I'm doing with a booktube friend, I might jump straight to Hallowed Hunt after
Kai has been yelling at (read: guilting) me for still not having read Endymion and The Rise of Endymion. I may possibly try to re-read Hyperion and The Fall of Hyperion then continue to Endymion and The Rise of Endymion. 09:22 - well that took a dark and morbid turn. Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell was surprisingly page turner-y for me! Not sure what smoke you're cracking: my name never changed from She Was Only Evie. You could have read The Ice Dragon one-and-a-half times in the time it took you to film this video. Come on, just read it! Guns of the Dawn is a standalone, and Empire of Black & Gold is the start of a ten book series, so...
Ok, I did Mandela effect myself, cool. I feel privileged to not be yelled at by Kai. Good to hear about Mr Norrell, and yes I know I could have read the Ice Dragon while recording this, but I wouldn't have so....
The Children of Húrin was published as a separate book in 2007, that’s the one you’ll want to read as it can be followed from start to end with no intervention or footnotes from the editor or flipping between different books. I do dislike a couple of Christopher’s editing choices but overall I think he did a commendable job. The Narn i chîn Húrin in Unfinished Tales is the primary source text for that book, but it’s fragmentary and not really suitable for a first read.
@@jakebishop7822 You might have read it already but "Of Turin Turambar" in the Silmarillion is also a shorter version of Children of Hurin. It's a complete story in there as well, just a shorter version.
(Another wall of text as I watch the video) I keep meaning to finally read the Illiad and The Odyssey, I have the good Robert Fagles translations, but I just never get around to it. There is a story early on in my copy of Grimm's Fairy Tales that is hilarious and incredibly dark. It is a bout a young man too dumb to feel fear. So far in the story multiple people have tried to terrify him with horrific things and he just doesn't notice. It is really funny. It scared the crap out of my daughter so I had to stop reading it. I need to go back and finish it. I want to read The Count of Monte Cristo again. I read it in junior high for some reason and I have forgotten most of it. Children of Dune is good but God Emperor is my favorite novel in the series. I loved Hyperion and I need to read the next book. I still have not finished The Expanse series. Book 7 chapped my ass so bad that I had no desire to finish the series. I did not enjoy it. The first 6 are amazing though. I'm starting Shards of Honor this weekend. I have a first edition first printing of Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell that stares at me from the top of my bookcase. I need to finally get around to reading it. I agree. The book is lorge and I don't want to do it. I want to read Dying of the Light and The Armageddon Rag this year. GRRM writes real good. Thanks to you I bought The Grace of Kings. I will try and read that pretty soon. I would be very worried about anyone who takes on a personality from Blood Meridian lol. It is my favorite western of all time but man it can be rough. That is nice hardcover you have there. The Dragon's Path is the only Abraham I have read. Orbit had a deal where you bought The Dragon's Path and Leviathan Wakes as a single ebook back in 2011. I was trying to justify my new Kindle at the time and I wanted something new to read so I picked them. It was early in the ebook times and seems strange now but it was a good deal and I enjoyed them. I need to read it again. I flexed on Jimmy in his comments when I told him about my Hardcover first printing first edition of The Darkness that Comes Before. I picked it up for $12 last year. I need to get around to reading it. I read the description and it seems like it has everything I want in a fantasy novel. Your list of stuff to read is my list haha. Fire Upon the Deep is almost at the top of the queue for me. Let me know if you get to it before I do. I will read it with you. Really? haha Too Like the Lightning is downloaded on my phone right now. All Quiet on the Western Front is great. I read it as a teenager and then again a year or two ago. I highly recommend Storm of Steel by Ernst Junger. It is All Quiet but an actual memoir. It is fantastic and he was a war hero in Germany and when Hitler came to power the Nazi party wanted to use him as a spokesperson and he told them to pound sand. Junger was awesome. The Road is beautiful but I will never read it again. Now that I have a child it would break me. I have the Illustrated Gormenghast trilogy. I'm waiting for others in Jimmy's discord to start it then I will give it a go. I do not like Catch-22 at all. Let me know if you read it so I can excoriate it and you can let me know if my issues with it make sense. The Rithmatist is fun. Promise of Blood is fine... I read the trilogy and it was entertaining but just okay. I would make a video like this but I would end up reading none of them. Great video!
That was a long comment, so I will choose to give one vague reply and you can try and figure out to which part of your comment it is replying to. I guess it's good that i'm planning on reading it this year, and not later in life then. Hopefully our reading list being similar means we both read good books, and not that we both read bad books
Curious if you will like Fall of Hyperion as I found it frustrating as it was just a rehash of the Golden Path. But I also founf God Emperor tedious but second full read might change.
R Scott Bakker writes better than everyone on this list that I’ve read (about half). But his work has trigger warnings for basically everything lol. I hope you like the Darkness that Comes Before.
I have no issues with the trigger warnings, I think the reason it didn't make my 5 star predictions is that none of my favorite 30 books or so are fundamentally nhilistic. Which is not to say it isn't possible, and that I don't really like a lot of nhilistic books, but it is a hard hill to climb for them to be an all time favorite. I have basically no concerns about the quality of Bakker.
Don't own any of his other stuff, hard to find in bookstores, hoping to find them in a used bookstore, and if that happens they could make the list. This was only about the stuff I own
Ah your yearly video of lies! Jake your active memory is probably poor for Five Warrior Angels but your passive memory is probably good. Also as you start reading something it will activate certain schemas in your memory and you will continuously remember more as you read. Don't be down on yourself and just read Lonesome Crown
You say this, and yet I still forget what happened in Shadows of Summer even after reading A Beatrayal in Winter. But yes I know, and it is what I will do......but like if anyone wants to send me a summary that would be nice as well
@@jakebishop7822 the point is not that you can recall specific things about Shadow of Summer, but that you remembered enough context to not screw up reading Betrayal 🤘
If you don’t read and love the red rising, the rest of it, then you truly know nothing. And we have a very similar taste. To not appreciate red rising is simply not possible, I actually don’t have the words to express to you just how wrong you are.
You don't have words to express how wrong this hypothetical future Jake is? Or am I already too wrong to be expressed for my plans of reading the rest on 2025?
@@jakebishop7822 no, no, you are wrong at the moment, for your lack of appreciation of sheer perfection, that is the red rising 😳 and if you continue on this wrong path, you will be wrong in the future well ☹️ but that will not be possible, after all, you do love, Guy Gavriel Kay
@@jakebishop7822 see, Jake, this is what I honestly do not understand. I am much older than you and quiet, shall I say, jaded? I don’t remember the last time I shed a tear while reading, actually, I do and it’s been a long time, and then a few times while reading the red rising. Please please, please, continue reading, these next books are much darker and much more. “Adult”? It’s what happens after the revolution, if you know what I mean. See, I am driving and speaking into the phone, so I know my rambling will not make sense but if you’re willing to trust a complete stranger, who is this enthusiastic, please do. There is just no way you will be sorry, in my humble opinion these books are the best serious I’ve ever read, and I have read a lot
@@YaFeya13 I am definitely going to continue the series, don't worry. I just don't want to do the Five Warrior Angels situation where I read books 1 and 2 and then the next book comes out more than a year later and I am hesitant to start the last book because I have forgotten stuff. I am really hyped for Iron Gold, Dark Age, and Lightbringer though
Ordinary Monsters is incredible, probably my favorite book of the last few years
Wow, that's cool to hear, i hadn't heard much about it
3 videos in the last 2 weeks? Who is this man and what has he done to Jake Bishop? ;)
Sounds like a great plan. What reading order are you doing for Vorkosigan? There are several out there and all seem to be hotly debated.
A random one I found on the internet that got approved by another Vorkosigan fan
SHARDS OF HONOR
BARRAYAR
THE WARRIOR’S APPRENTICE
THE VOR GAME
CETAGANDA
BROTHERS IN ARMS
BORDERS OF INFINITY
MIRROR DANCE
MEMORY
KOMARR
A CIVIL CAMPAIGN
FALLING FREE
ETHAN OF ATHOS
WINTERFAIR GIFTS (SHORT STORY)
DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY
CAPTAIN VORPATRIL’S ALLIANCE
THE FLOWERS OF VASHNOI (NOVELLA)
CRYOBURN
GENTLEMAN JOLE AND THE RED QUEEN
Copy pasted, the numbers disappeared but this is what i'm planning on
R Scott Bakker and Ada Palmer, my 2 favorite authors. Always get nervous when people give Bakker a chance cause most times they end up not liking it very much but you don't have to agree with everything an author is saying, sometimes you can just appreciate the good writing :)
I think that's what i'm hoping for. I do think often writers view of humanity leaks into people's enjoyment of the characters, and story just based on feeling more or less real, so I would say it would surprise me if Bakker was an all time favorite, but also I have heard such good things in terms of quality that my expectations are still quite high.
I have no such reservations about Palmer.
Love Player of Games! The Culture is my favourite Sci-Fi series.
That's promising, we tend to like similar things
Not only was I, Brian, mentioned in this video, but I own the same Blood Meridian as Jake Bishop!!! Oh joy!!!!
Well your name isn't actually Brian, but you were mentionned
Thank you for not lying to us (and yourself) this year, that is very kind of you. Also, I am highly amused at the number of books that went from 'maybe' to 'probably not' along with a big sigh, hahah. Hope you enjoy the ones you get to!! And I am manifesting that Wind and Truth 5-star for all of us right now 🤞
I mean it is still possible I lied, we will see when we get to 2025, but thanks, I really tried not to
@@jakebishop7822 the effort is what matters 🤣
For Crime and Punishment, make sure you've got the Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky translation. The old translation that was the main English one for like 100 years is really hard to read for no reason. The book is really intense sometimes, I'm glad I read it.
The version I have is David McDuff, it's the old penguin edition, first bit seemed totally fine, but if you think it would be a mistake I will look an edition with those translators, shouldn't be a hard book to find used.
Wow, Brian is really smart
hmmmmm
That Brian totally rocks!
This is getting sus
I really hope you get to Fire Upon the Deep. It's my favourite space opera. There are so many cool ideas in that book.
I also plan to read Too Like the Lighthening this year. I look forward to seeing your videos on the series, Jake.
It sounds really good, also it is just helped by having such a good title. Which hey, Terra Ignota also has in it's favor.
JRR Tolkien worked on his big 3 Silmarillion tales (children of Huron, Beren and luthien, and the fall of gondolin) up until the year he died. He never finished a complete narrative that he was 100% happy with. Each one of those 3 tales has numerous versions that he wrote and rewrote. The silmarillion has one version of each tale. The Children of Hurin has all of his versions of the tale chopped up and made into a much longer version of the story. It’s amazing!!! Very bleak and depressing but very very good
Sounds fantastic, look forward to reading it when I get to that part of The Silmarillion. Before this I was told to read that instead of ch21
Hah, at last 😁. I seem to remember saying I would read The Curse Of Chalion as a reciprocal book read and strangely enough I started it yesterday.
I do get to things eventually
You will be reading some bangers: JS&MN, Terra Ignota, Children of Hurin,... I hope you will have a great reading year ! There are a couple of versions of the Children of Hurin story as Tolkien kept rewriting it. Both the one in the Silmarillion and in the Unfinished Tales are shorter but incomplete versions. There is as standalone edition of the story: The Children of Hurin which is the most complete version and in my opinion the best version. It's after the Silmarillion my favourite Tolkien book
That version of Children of Hurin is now what I plan to read.
Also who knows maybe I will bail on all those and instead I will read Illborn, and some J.V Jones. The Baker's Boy perhaps?
@@jakebishop7822 lol 🤣 If you want to read some bad books this year those 2 are a fine choice indeed !
I'm curious how you'll feel about Strange and Norrell if you get to it.
same
Hey Jake - I haven’t read GGK yet and I’m traveling to Italy in a few months... Do you have a strong, Italy-based, recommendation to start him with..??
Cheers and great video as always!!
He has 2 Italy books.
Tigana, which is very loosely based on italy on a peninsula that is culturally similar. I would describe it as a fantasy epic about a revolution against a tyrant sorcerer who used magic to erase the memory of one of the nations.
The other is A Brightness Long Ago that is much more historical, based on a setting that is very close to just an alt history Italy with different names to give him more creative freedom. It is centered around the conflict between 2 mercenary captains, but they while being main driver of plot, are not the protagonists, who are people around them.
It also holds the distinction of being my favorite stand alone novel
Jake - thank you so much for the thoughtful rec! Just finished Brightness and that was awesome. Great entry into GGK’s excellent writing style, really loved the characters, and that horse race was top tier 🤌
Fantastic start into the GGK rabbit hole, and off I go into his other works. Thanks again Jake - Cheers!!
@@timolson6836 Love to see it! Hope the rest continue to go well, glad you enjoyed Brightness
Kite Runner is Great! Might be my favorite non SFF book. But then again, I haven't read much non-SFF... or, for that matter, much non-fantasy...
Hopefully I like it just as much!
Yeah, I have a feeling the second arc of Red Rising is going to be a much bigger hit for you than the first.
As a chess fan I think you will really like the stuff in Player of Games.
I'll probably read Memory and Dream before you, got it planned for this month or next.
I'm happy that you're reading The Road before Blood Meridian because I like The Road significantly more.
Perdido Street Station needs to be on this list.
Did you order that Boy's Life special edition for shelf decoration only? Don't you dare forget about it! 😂
I actually did completely forget about Boys Life, but I have no idea when it will arrive, I suspect later in the year, so depending on when it arrives it could easily be on the calendar for 2025
@@jakebishop7822 😭
@jakebishop7822 If I have to wait until 2025 for you to get into McCammon I'll be so annoyed. 😅
@@Coleton2573 to quote The Princess Bride
Get used to dissapointment
@@jakebishop7822 🤣
Love how realistic you are in these likelihood ratings. Where was Children of Ruin in your series continuation part? Also save Empire in Black and Gold for when you’re ready to do at least a 4 book binge for the first arc.
lol on Way of Shadows 🔥🔥🔥
Also Allen hasn’t even read 16 Ways!!! It’s a great place to start with Parker
Children of Ruin is one of the Tchaikovsky books I also may read, but I don't own it at this time
@@jakebishop7822 that needs to be corrected…keep an eye out at the bookstores
Brian is really intelligent
Blink twice if you need help
Did you ask for a Five Warrior Angels summary?
Bad things happened. There you're all caught up 🤣
hmmmm, I feel like the specifics of those bad things may be important
@@jakebishop7822 Obvious sarcasm, and you’re correct. Couldn’t resist the joke.
I dnfed The City We Became. And Fifth Season is my third fav series ever. I might give it another try one day. My issue is that I'm not a fan of Urban fantasy. You like Dresden, so I think you will like The City We Became.
We will see.
disclaimer: We probably won't see this year
Dresden is nothing like City We Became though 😂 urban fantasy means nothing
@readbykyle3082 yeah, I didn't mean it was the same. Just also urban fantasy. I don't like either of them 😆
Some of these sound way too smart for me so I'll wait for you to tell me if they are accessible to us dums.
Well I can kead with saying that I still think Loius McMaster Bujold is a Mike author
My biggest 2023 lie was that I was going to read all of GGK 😂 I should’ve known it was a lie because I’m a book commitmentphobe. I still want to read all GGK, but I’m being realistic this year and just saying I’ll read more books by him. I look forward to your thoughts about his poetry.
I started The Count of Montecristo in January, it’s really good! Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell is also on my list for this year (and Piranesi).
I’m loving Bujold! Last year I read Chalion, Paladin of Souls and Shards of Honor, but want to read Hallowd Hunt before continuing with Vorkosigan.
I’m currently rereading Farseer after finishing RotE in December. (Oh and I’m reading The Jungle Book because it was one of Hobb’s favorite childhood books haha!)
I don't know if it changes things but I think the second Vorkosigan has the same PoVs and happens right after Shards of Honour, and that they tell a more complete story, and things switch up after that
@@jakebishop7822 yes! I actually started Barrayar right after Shards of Honor, but I paused it because there was a very U.S.A. political theme I wasn't in the mood for at the moment haha. Also I'm listening to those and there were other audiobooks I wanted to finish before that one. I'm not DNFing because I've read four books by Bujold and loved all of them (and so many people love Vorkosigan), so I'll go back to it later on :)
@@marianamasbooks that makes sense. I'm curious what you think of Hallowed Hunt
@@jakebishop7822 I'm currently rereading The Curse of Chalion for a project I'm doing with a booktube friend, I might jump straight to Hallowed Hunt after
Kai has been yelling at (read: guilting) me for still not having read Endymion and The Rise of Endymion. I may possibly try to re-read Hyperion and The Fall of Hyperion then continue to Endymion and The Rise of Endymion.
09:22 - well that took a dark and morbid turn.
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell was surprisingly page turner-y for me!
Not sure what smoke you're cracking: my name never changed from She Was Only Evie.
You could have read The Ice Dragon one-and-a-half times in the time it took you to film this video. Come on, just read it!
Guns of the Dawn is a standalone, and Empire of Black & Gold is the start of a ten book series, so...
Ok, I did Mandela effect myself, cool.
I feel privileged to not be yelled at by Kai.
Good to hear about Mr Norrell, and yes I know I could have read the Ice Dragon while recording this, but I wouldn't have so....
The Children of Húrin was published as a separate book in 2007, that’s the one you’ll want to read as it can be followed from start to end with no intervention or footnotes from the editor or flipping between different books. I do dislike a couple of Christopher’s editing choices but overall I think he did a commendable job.
The Narn i chîn Húrin in Unfinished Tales is the primary source text for that book, but it’s fragmentary and not really suitable for a first read.
Thanks, I will do that, more books to buy. That's ok.
@@jakebishop7822 You might have read it already but "Of Turin Turambar" in the Silmarillion is also a shorter version of Children of Hurin. It's a complete story in there as well, just a shorter version.
@@paulramberg9081 I'm not there yet, and will be reading the Children of Hurin mentioned above instead of that chapter
(Another wall of text as I watch the video)
I keep meaning to finally read the Illiad and The Odyssey, I have the good Robert Fagles translations, but I just never get around to it.
There is a story early on in my copy of Grimm's Fairy Tales that is hilarious and incredibly dark. It is a bout a young man too dumb to feel fear. So far in the story multiple people have tried to terrify him with horrific things and he just doesn't notice. It is really funny. It scared the crap out of my daughter so I had to stop reading it. I need to go back and finish it.
I want to read The Count of Monte Cristo again. I read it in junior high for some reason and I have forgotten most of it.
Children of Dune is good but God Emperor is my favorite novel in the series.
I loved Hyperion and I need to read the next book.
I still have not finished The Expanse series. Book 7 chapped my ass so bad that I had no desire to finish the series. I did not enjoy it. The first 6 are amazing though.
I'm starting Shards of Honor this weekend.
I have a first edition first printing of Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell that stares at me from the top of my bookcase. I need to finally get around to reading it. I agree. The book is lorge and I don't want to do it.
I want to read Dying of the Light and The Armageddon Rag this year. GRRM writes real good.
Thanks to you I bought The Grace of Kings. I will try and read that pretty soon.
I would be very worried about anyone who takes on a personality from Blood Meridian lol. It is my favorite western of all time but man it can be rough. That is nice hardcover you have there.
The Dragon's Path is the only Abraham I have read. Orbit had a deal where you bought The Dragon's Path and Leviathan Wakes as a single ebook back in 2011. I was trying to justify my new Kindle at the time and I wanted something new to read so I picked them. It was early in the ebook times and seems strange now but it was a good deal and I enjoyed them.
I need to read it again.
I flexed on Jimmy in his comments when I told him about my Hardcover first printing first edition of The Darkness that Comes Before. I picked it up for $12 last year. I need to get around to reading it. I read the description and it seems like it has everything I want in a fantasy novel.
Your list of stuff to read is my list haha. Fire Upon the Deep is almost at the top of the queue for me. Let me know if you get to it before I do. I will read it with you.
Really? haha Too Like the Lightning is downloaded on my phone right now.
All Quiet on the Western Front is great. I read it as a teenager and then again a year or two ago. I highly recommend Storm of Steel by Ernst Junger. It is All Quiet but an actual memoir. It is fantastic and he was a war hero in Germany and when Hitler came to power the Nazi party wanted to use him as a spokesperson and he told them to pound sand. Junger was awesome.
The Road is beautiful but I will never read it again. Now that I have a child it would break me.
I have the Illustrated Gormenghast trilogy. I'm waiting for others in Jimmy's discord to start it then I will give it a go.
I do not like Catch-22 at all. Let me know if you read it so I can excoriate it and you can let me know if my issues with it make sense.
The Rithmatist is fun.
Promise of Blood is fine... I read the trilogy and it was entertaining but just okay.
I would make a video like this but I would end up reading none of them.
Great video!
That was a long comment, so I will choose to give one vague reply and you can try and figure out to which part of your comment it is replying to.
I guess it's good that i'm planning on reading it this year, and not later in life then.
Hopefully our reading list being similar means we both read good books, and not that we both read bad books
Curious if you will like Fall of Hyperion as I found it frustrating as it was just a rehash of the Golden Path. But I also founf God Emperor tedious but second full read might change.
@@jakebishop7822 there is a direct correlation with video length and comment length 😂
@@EricMcLuen I hope I like Fall of Hyperion. I will probably read it later this year.
@@JosephReadsBooks there is however somehow no correction between your comment length, and my reply length
R Scott Bakker writes better than everyone on this list that I’ve read (about half). But his work has trigger warnings for basically everything lol. I hope you like the Darkness that Comes Before.
I have no issues with the trigger warnings, I think the reason it didn't make my 5 star predictions is that none of my favorite 30 books or so are fundamentally nhilistic. Which is not to say it isn't possible, and that I don't really like a lot of nhilistic books, but it is a hard hill to climb for them to be an all time favorite.
I have basically no concerns about the quality of Bakker.
@@jakebishop7822 the series is very bleak and nihilistic lol I really hope you like them thoooo!!!
The Marcus in that Conn Iggulden book is Marcus Brutus, not Mark Antony. That book is still kinda dumb though
This information makes me much more likely to read it eventually, but still probably not this year
No Gene Wolfe?
Don't own any of his other stuff, hard to find in bookstores, hoping to find them in a used bookstore, and if that happens they could make the list. This was only about the stuff I own
Ah your yearly video of lies!
Jake your active memory is probably poor for Five Warrior Angels but your passive memory is probably good. Also as you start reading something it will activate certain schemas in your memory and you will continuously remember more as you read. Don't be down on yourself and just read Lonesome Crown
You say this, and yet I still forget what happened in Shadows of Summer even after reading A Beatrayal in Winter.
But yes I know, and it is what I will do......but like if anyone wants to send me a summary that would be nice as well
Also can't you read the thumbnail, this pne is truth.
Also the first one I did was mostly accurate, the last 2 weren't
@@jakebishop7822 the point is not that you can recall specific things about Shadow of Summer, but that you remembered enough context to not screw up reading Betrayal 🤘
A Man Called Ove is better than most of the other books on here
Well that's why it isn't in low likelihood
Empire of Black and Gold is better than Guns of the Dawn
Allen picked Guns of the Dawn and if that's what he sticks with I will respect his choice
I bet you don't give Stories of your Life five stars because it's mid
I will give your review of Stories of Your Life and Others 1 star
Lfg
I wonder what book earned this "Lfg"
If you don’t read and love the red rising, the rest of it, then you truly know nothing. And we have a very similar taste. To not appreciate red rising is simply not possible, I actually don’t have the words to express to you just how wrong you are.
You don't have words to express how wrong this hypothetical future Jake is? Or am I already too wrong to be expressed for my plans of reading the rest on 2025?
@@jakebishop7822 no, no, you are wrong at the moment, for your lack of appreciation of sheer perfection, that is the red rising 😳 and if you continue on this wrong path, you will be wrong in the future well ☹️ but that will not be possible, after all, you do love, Guy Gavriel Kay
@@YaFeya13 hhhh, how can a series be perfection if it lies to me about an emotion a character is feeling in first person present.
Seems dubious
@@jakebishop7822 see, Jake, this is what I honestly do not understand. I am much older than you and quiet, shall I say, jaded?
I don’t remember the last time I shed a tear while reading, actually, I do and it’s been a long time, and then a few times while reading the red rising. Please please, please, continue reading, these next books are much darker and much more. “Adult”? It’s what happens after the revolution, if you know what I mean. See, I am driving and speaking into the phone, so I know my rambling will not make sense but if you’re willing to trust a complete stranger, who is this enthusiastic, please do. There is just no way you will be sorry, in my humble opinion these books are the best serious I’ve ever read, and I have read a lot
@@YaFeya13 I am definitely going to continue the series, don't worry. I just don't want to do the Five Warrior Angels situation where I read books 1 and 2 and then the next book comes out more than a year later and I am hesitant to start the last book because I have forgotten stuff.
I am really hyped for Iron Gold, Dark Age, and Lightbringer though