all the best and worst reads in June's wrap up
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 มิ.ย. 2024
- We went to both ends of the reading spectrum in this past month! I had some amazing five star reads in June, and also a couple reads that left me in a bit of a reading slump. Let me know down in the comments below what you read this month and what your favorites were!
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Objectively the best review of Bride there has ever been and will ever be 🤣🤣
What a rollercoaster of a month! I am glad you found some new faves, but also sad that Dark Age was such a huge let down (which I was kinda afraid it would be for you). I still have hopes that Light Bringer will turn it back around for you, because I think Pierce really did good by taking a break and course correcting the series after book 5. Fingers crossed for you! 🥰
Love the honesty! My book of the month was Feist’s Shadow of a Dark Queen
Lmao 🤣 talk about the weather! I love it
😂😂😂 it’s going to be a thing now anytime I don’t like a book.
I'm so bummed Dark Age was a miss for you. I get it though, it was dark and very different. Always be honest and your authentic self, its what makes you a great book tuber we all enjoy! Lightbringer is chefs kiss though so I think it will get you back aboard!
Great video Tori! I try to avoid BookTok darlings, but that was nice of you to help Merphy lol.
And it will never happen again. 😂 I also try to avoid Booktok Darlings.
You articulated why I didn’t really enjoy the dark age either. I had to leave the series for a while after, but Lightbringer is awesome!
I’m crossing my fingers!!!
It's been so long since I've read them, but yes, the first two City Watch books are works of genius
So good!
I agree about dark age! I preferred iron gold! I think lightbringer brought it back!
I’m crossing my fingers so hard!
Dark Age is a miserable slog and the exemplar of "misery porn" IMO, but Light Bringer is incredible.
It also returns to TGR only for audio like the original Trilogy.
Nooooo Tori! Dark age was the only thing making me interested in the sequel series. Oh well.
In all seriousness you should check out Sun Eater soon. Absolutely fantastic and a new favorite series for me!!
Maybe Lightbringer will bring it back? You never know 🤔
And no worries, I will definitely get to Sun Eater as soon as I can!
As someone who already thought the original trilogy was full of convienences, you sure have sold me on Dark Age hahaha
In June I read:
*Historical-Fantasy*
Children of Earth & Sky / Guy Gavriel Kay
- Carried over from May. Loved it.
A Brightness Long Ago / Guy Gavriel Kay
- My new favourite Kay I've read so far, and a new favourite book of all-time! Book of the Month!!!
All the Seas of the World / Guy Gavriel Kay
- Pretty good. Glad I read this loose trilogy in publication order. I understand the lukewarm reviews and I seem to have liked it more than most, though my favourite parts were the tie-ins to ABLA, CoE&S and Lions of Al-Rassan.
*Sci-Fi*
Vorkosigan Saga 1: Shards of Honor
- Definitely be continuing this series.
*Southern Gothic*
Child of God / Cormac McCarthy
- It was fine, but really creepy at times.
For now I NFNed Jonathan Maberry's Patient Zero and Christopher Ruocchio's Howling Dark. They're good, just not what I'm looking for right now.
As for what I'm currently reading:
*Historical-Fantasy*
The Last Light of the Sun / Guy Gavriel Kay
- Kay's re-imagining of the Viking invasions of King Alfred's England, its really good so far.
*Sci-Fi*
Cloud Atlas / David Mitchell
- Still early days yet but I haven't a clue wtf is going on.
*Thriller*
Winter of Frankie Machine / Don Winslow
- Really good so far.
I’ve been hearing good things about Brightness Long Ago 👀
Oh man after loving the original RR trilogy so much just like you, I’ve been avoiding the sequels (half because I told myself I would wait until they’re all out, half because I’m worried I won’t love them nearly as much)
I’m still hoping he will turn things around in Lightbringer. 🫠
So mostly good reading for you Tori, with some bad weather thrown in also.
Glad you are enjoying Terry Pratchett's Discworld, there are plenty for you to catch up on.
I actually finished his last Discworld book this month also.
I had a really good reading month in June and managed to get through quite a few books.
I read 2 Judge Dredd comic books - The Complete Case Files 37 & 38
I also read 6 books:
Kamusari Tales Told At Night - Shion Miura
Last Summer Boys - Bill Rivers
Memory And Dream - Charles De Lint
The Shepherd’s Crown - Terry Pratchett
Bridge To Terabithia - Katherine Paterson
Flowers For Algernon - Daniel Keyes
Book of the month for me was Memory And Dream (although it was a re-read) closely followed by Flowers For Algernon.
What an accomplishment finishing all the Discworld books! That's impressive. I'll get there someday. :D I'm glad you had a great June for reading!
🤣 Hoots of laughter at the weather report scene in this episode 😂
It’s characters over plot for me, I am learning about myself late in life, so you have me worried about “Dark Age” now. I have yet to start reading “Red Rising”.
The first books are really good. 💜🔥 I still highly recommend!
And thanks, I’m glad you liked the weather report 🤘🏻😂
I love how organised you are. I'm almost not sure what I read and/or listened to this month. Like, was it June or May I did that one? Listened to Heroes by Joe Abercrombie - my least favourite of his so far. I did The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi, which was just ok, so was Spinning Silver. The Martian was terrific and so was Assassin's Apprentice. I'm still listening to Red Country, so it is probably counted as a July read. I tried to listen to A Twist of the Knife by Anthony Horowitz, but couldn't engage with it. I don't think I missed any. Oh, Jurassic Park was pretty good, too. 😂
The channel helps me stay a lot more organized than I normally would, and I also have Goodreads to look back on what I read that month. I also loved the Martian, it's so good! Sounds like you had some awesome reads last month.
@ToriTalks2 I'm terrible at keeping Goodreads updated. I don't act find it very appealing to use. I did go there recently and add a bunch of books I read in the last two years or so. Lol. But just the books, no ratings or info on when I read them. I'm sure there are ones I have forgotten.
Nomads is fantastic!
So good!
If you can’t say anything good, talk about the weather 😂🤪 Lol I’ve read a few books like that! Some of my favorite reads in June were Shadowplay, by Tad Williams; Mistborn (my first Cosmere read-through!); and Malice, by John Gwynne, which I thought was fun and engaging despite popular opinion lol
Glad you loved Malice and Mistborn! Both good bingeable fantasy reads. I try to say nice things but sometimes you just can't. XD
Here's what I read
Worthy by jada pinkett Smith memoir
Redeeming 6 by chloe Walsh
Iris Kelly doesn't date by Ashley herring Blake
The maid by nita prose
The wall of Winnipeg and me by Mariana Zapata
My fault by Mercedes ron
Good luck with that by kristan Higgins
Same time next summer by annabel Monaghan
Howling dark by Christopher ruoccichio
Pride and protest by nikki Payne
Going bicoastal by dahlia Adler
Love seeing you get into audiobooks, Tori! I think Discworld and a reread of Red Rising are two great ways to ease into it
You've hyped me up too much for Nomads of the Sea 😅
I laughed at the Bride weather forecast 😂
Sorry Dark Age didn't work for you. I haven't read it, but I know the pain of a disappointing entry in a favourite series 😢
I’m so glad you’re hyped for Nomads! And I am literally SO excited to read Riven Earth!
@ToriTalks2 You are too kind! 😊
I need to read more Pratchett. I read Mort a few years ago and loved it, but never read anything else. Currently procrastinating finishing The Shadow of What Was Lost. I've been enjoying it, but for some reason I'm afraid that the ending won't hold up to the crazy no one is who they seem fun of the story so far. If that makes any sense.
I did pause the video to download a sample of Nomads. Thanks for a great roundup video for June. Looking forward to July - hopefully the 'weather' is great.
That's always hard when you're hoping the ending holds up! I hope you end up loving it. Happy reading!
@@ToriTalks2 it was great. I will be starting book 2 this week.
Great MN weather recap.😂
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FRED!!!!! Yay
The weather has been very rainy here as well the last few months. Maybe it's the world crying over a disappointing sequel to your favorite series 😞
That's so sad but also a sweet thought XD It's been raining like crazy.
Oooooo yeah I didn’t like Dark Age either!! 100% agree with everything you said. I have no idea what that book was but I’ve put off reading book 6 for 7 months because of it. The OG trilogy is still a favorite but DA? Woof
Yeah, I really was not a fan of it. I hope he can turn things around at least somewhat in Lightbringer.
Hi 👋 I hope July reads are good for you!! 🎉
Thank you!!!
Jon Culshaw is amazing! I discovered his work through Dr Who
He’s incredible!!!!
I loved Bride but why ?!! At least you tried - so yay ?!? At least next tine you can hold this over Merphy
😂😂😂 yeah that’s about as bad as it gets for me personally. And yes, I will definitely be leveraging this for future buddy reads. 😂
Glad you liked Song of the Beast. The series Bridge of D'Arnath was very good, though I think I dislike much of the 3rd book (There are 4).
SPOILER Song of the Beast.
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I LOVED when the dragon hits him with fire, but it is used to magically commune rather than destroy him.
I liked that part too! I definitely want to read more of her work. 💜
Where is my COW!!!!!
I'm just listening to Dark Age for the second time now, working my way through the series again. I really enjoy the heavy political scifi stories and there are some really great 'BITS' in Dark Age but it feels like its filled with too much stuff. Almost like this books only purpose is to set up something that will happen in a later book. Form me I found Iron Gold to be the least interesting the first time I listened to it and Dark Age to be the better but this time round I found Iron Gold to be more captivating while Dark Age kind of drags on a bit.
Sorry Dark Age didn't connect with you. Overall looks like a good month though!
It was!
I am glad to be in the camp who told you Dark Age was bad… I’m still sorry it was a disappointment for you
I appreciate the support and the honesty!
I liked Bride. There, I said it. Was it great literature? No. But I read it during a month that was high stress and i just needed fluff
You do you!!! 🙌🏻
@ToriTalks2 reading is subjective and what works for some doesn't work for others. I wonder how it would have landed during another month.
@@emilyreads5207 Exactly. For me it would have landed exactly the same. It had a lot of tropes I really don’t like, writing style, worldbuilding, and dialogue problems, etc. Plus I am not a smut fan at all.
@ToriTalks2 I was wondering for me- if I hadn't read it in a month where we had a lockdown at school and just needed fluff, would I have enjoyed Bride as much? I don't know. It seems like this is a first in a series, so I'll be able to see on the next one. I do like her other books a lot.
@@emilyreads5207 that’s a good question. Sorry I misunderstood! It is very interesting how books hit differently depending on when we read them. 🤔
ooff, sorry you hated (at least part of) the sequel to your favorite series. Interesting there's a perceptible dissenting view of it in your comments that is totally imperceptible in the goodreads ratings - in fact that swings sharply upward! Be informative to see where I land. I just found a copy of Morning Star so the original trilogy is complete on my self, and in light of this review I guess I'll not thrift anymore but finally read the 3, then get the sequel series from the library when Red God is out.
Dark Age 😑
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Really???? 😩 wow, I am so sorry you didn’t like the dark cage, to me it’s the second favorite out of six after my favorite Golden son. I think it meant to be this dark at least it felt so natural and meaningful, all the drama….. in no way is this backlash, you are absolutely entitled to your opinion and I know you’re the fan of the series, I’m sorrry you didn’t love it 😭
And so are you! I'm glad you enjoyed the read. But yeah, I had a really rough go of it with Dark Age. I'm uploading my Dark Age vlog tomorrow if you want to see more of my thoughts on it.
Bride was definitely a choice, lol. She should simply stick with stem romance… it was so weird and awkward 🤣🫣
I’m sorry that dark age didn’t work for you. When it’s a favorite series, it especially sucks…
I definitely have the military romance on my list now though 😝
Bride was a choice, definitely. XD I hope you enjoy Nomads when you get to it!