I really loved Call of the Wild, and was curious what you’d think. I can see not liking it especially if it wasn’t what you were expecting. White Fang doesn’t have the quite the same intense, iconic scenes as the first, has more drawn out naturalistic writing and felt very sad. I liked both.
Nynaeve was my favorite character when I read these as a kid. I feel that I learned personal lessons from reading how she dealt with learning humility and acceptance of uncertainty during the second book. Thanks for sharing your thoughts!
This sounds very intriguing. It reminds me of two different other properties; the television series "Awake" due to the fact that the story alternate between two isolated (possibly complementary) "realities" and the movie "Primer" which also involves time travel, but which focuses on the way in which time travel completely undermines any notion of linear narrative, the ability to understand things as a series of events happening one after another. I see that the book is also available in audio format. Would that make it easier or harder to follow do you think?
Because of the way it’s told with the alternating characters, I think enjoyment of the audiobook would depend on if they have one or two narrators. There are not chapter breaks, which I feel like could be confusing when the perspectives switch.
Liveship Traders was an absolute masterpiece. I started my Realm of the Elderlings read there, and I advocate that's the way to do it. Some of the reveals in Liveship Traders I would have seen coming if I read Farseer first, and part of the reason why Liveship Traders became my top fantasy trilogy of all time, is because those reveals just blew me away. I also loved reading the point of view of each of the characters in Liveship Traders and wondering when I would get back to Captain Kennit, and what Althea was getting into. While I rank Liveship higher, Farseer was fantastic, and really expands the world that I became so intrigued with in Liveship. I can't recommend these enough. I haven't continued the series, but look very forward to starting the Tawny Man soon! I've heard the strongest book in the series is the last one, which is very good to hear.
Just finished reading Murtagh. I was late to the game lol. But I had to refresh and reread the Inheritance cycle before I dove into FWW and Murtagh. But the point you make at 5:45 is the exact issue that is portrayed at 1:55 in that they never had the closeness that Eragon and Saphira had, or Arya and Firnen. It definitely played into the bond that Murtagh and Thorn grow throughout the book as they begin to overcome some of their PTSD and trauma
@@rextobyballew1825 After the way it ended though, I’m hoping for their bond to be closer moving forward. And hey, the nice thing about reading a book late is you don’t have to wait as long for the next one!
I finished the songs of chaos series well what all is available and im really looking forward to your review of it. I'm on the search for more new series and hopefully I'll find something soon.
There’s not a release date for the fourth one yet, but hopefully soon! Have you tried Temeraire by Naomi Novik? The first one is one of my new favorite dragon books.
Since you haven't read nonfiction this year, but I have, I'll spot you some nonfiction. When you get to the point of teaching American history to your kids in middle or especially highschool, you might want to prep by reading Mayflower by Nathaniel Philbrick and then Our Beloved Kin by Lisa Brooks. They cover King Philip's War, which is a part of pilgrim/indigenous history which isn't normally covered.
I love their relationship. I am looking forward to you progressing in the series. Temeraire and Lawrence face some very interesting moral choices. I wonder what you'll make of them.
This is an excellent recap. I just started murtagh the book and realized it's been so since I've been in this world, with this character. He's one of my favorite characters of all time so thank you for this video!
Was it fresh, hot blackberry cobbler? That would be the "e pit oh me" of cozy. On the subject of characters who, themselves, are book devotees (apologies if I have made this recommendation before), I recommend "The Club Dumas" by Arturo Perez-Reverte. It was the basis for "The Ninth Gate" but the book has a much more convoluted plot involving dealers in ancient books and the subculture of book collecting. They are quite different entities.
reading about homemade jam reminded me so much of my mom. Then this book makes one think so much of hometowns... it was simply the BEST recommendation you could give! Many many thanks!
I hated Fitz and Molly's relationship in book 2. Because, yes, Fitz was incredibly selfish and shortsighted. Molly leaving him was well-deserved. But then Hobb dumps on us the revelation that Molly was actually pregnant (which was implied earlier, yes), but she decided to leave and raise the child on her own (which was stupid). Hobb then goes a long way to show how miserable Molly's life without a proper husband is. Which was quite effective as a tool to make us root for Fitz to actually return to her. Well, then he is magically compelled to ignore this determination in favor if his quest. Which is tragic. But when Burrich and Molly professed their love to one another in the end, I laughed. Cause, of course Fitz will get horned by his own father figure.Yes, that's not "really" what happens, but it's essentially the same as we get to witness the whole thing from his POV, more or less. And all of it is, essentially meaningless, as it leaves Fitz in pretty much the same state (relationship-wise) that he was by the end of the second book. I dunno. Imo, it was unnecessarily cruel. Left a really weird taste in my mouth, too.
The whole thing was super weird. And unfortunately, I got something spoiled from the next Fitz trilogy, the one after Liveship Traders I think, which I feel like will make it even worse😂 We’ll see 🤷🏼♀️
@TiffanyRussell I can't help it once I find a series I like I just completely deep dive until it's finished lol or as far as I can go. The next series I'm going start is Crescent City but I'm really enjoying the break from the Fae world and diving back into the dragon rider world.
Now I’m definitely sold on this one. I’ve heard good things but I was holding off for the same reason-the setting and the war focus just didn’t appeal to me. But knowing it’s more about the bond between characters AND that the protagonist is in their thirties really has me excited. And dragons make everything worthwhile.
Now I’m definitely sold on this one. I’ve heard good things but I was holding off for the same reason-the setting and the war focus just didn’t appeal to me. But knowing it’s more about the bond between characters AND that the protagonist is in their thirties really has me excited. And dragons make everything worthwhile.
*immediately added this to my TBR list of 2837567483846479937475738 books* 🤣 I was thinking how odd it is that before last year I'd never have thought anyone has any interest in setting a low fantasy during the Napoleonic wars, but then I read Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrel, and now this one seems just SO interesting...
@@tapasranjanpradhan582 as long as you know what type of book you’re getting, yes. For me, I liked the first one well enough, but not the second one enough to keep reading the rest of the series.
Agh.. currently reading The Name of the Wind.. I'm considering dnfing it. The prose is beautiful but for some reason the plot just falls flat. Should I keep going anyway? 😅
I have the two Feist books on my TBR and I've never read them before. I'll be interested to see how you feel about them. I enjoy dipping into older fantasy titles every now and them because I wasn't reading adult fantasy until around 2015.
Bravo (I just realized how it bothers me to use a word in my native language incorrectly just because it is used this way in another 🙈) ! Anyway, how are you able to do a re-read of only the most salient parts in the stormlight archive? I was just wondering if you were following any kind of list or if you were following your memory. I apologize in advance in case you had already said this in another video...
Now I want to know what bravo means! But also thank you! For the partial reread, because I’ve read it before I kind of know where bridge four is, and which characters to follow more closely. Sometimes I skip whole chapters or skim a chapter until a scene with bridge four comes up. It was really hard though, and I kept getting sucked in because it’s a book I enjoy.
@@TiffanyRussell Ah, yes! That's what I did with my pre-Murtagh re-read of the Inheritance cycle and ended up not being able to skip anything! I'm excited to actually start reading the stormlight archive in september/october! 'Bravo' is used to compliment people on their achievings in italian as well, but for it to be used correctly (embrace yourself for a very bad grammar lesson from me), one must adapt the word to the gender of the word that it refers to (or the gender of the person), and of course made plural when necessary. In this case, I'd have exclaimed 'BravA' to you in italian 😁 It might not seem like a big difference, but to an italian ear it sounds so odd that I have to remind myself that when I hear the word 'bravo' I have to process it as a word that just sounds italian, but it is (almost) not (anymore). But I guess the origins and the uses of words are the beauty of languages!
@@TiffanyRussell Yes, languages are simply fascinating, and English is not even that complicated! And, well, having the internet that gives you constant access to the language and exposes you to it as much as you need, truly is a blessing. I’ve been trying to learn as much Aemilian as possible before me grandparents are gone, but It’s hard and saddening because once they’ll have passed, the language will be pretty much gone too (as there is almost no wrtitten record of it since italian started to be spread as the official language for the inhabitants of the italian peninsula to use) 😩
Looks like a good tbr for September! I’ll have to add those fiest books to my goodreads, I’ve never read anything by him before! You’ve got me intrigued.
Lol this series was given to me when I was a kid. I literally had no interest in continuing by the time I got to page 100 or so of book 1 XD when i became an adult, I finally got around to reading Lord of the Rings for the first time. I explicitly remember thinking to myself while reading Fellowship "this is what I wanted Shannara to be all those years ago!" 😂😂🤣🤣
As far as I can tell Mr. Brooks has written about thirty novels, at least eight of which have to do with Shannara. He's quite prolific. If I had the literary fortitude I would read the entire collection through chronologically (our chronology not the internal one), to see how he progresses as an author. I found the universe of the series a little clunky, with him attempting to tell a fantasy story within the context of science fiction, and I would be interested to see if he can transcend that and come up with something unique to himself ... but not THAT interested.
Silvia Moreno Garcia stands out to me as she is incredible at making you care about the characters of her novels right in the very first chapters! So yes, it is possible to do that, and it's sad when you read books (sometimes to the very end) in whose stories you cannot empathize with the characters nor even caring a bit about them
I have not read anything by her, but I’ve heard good things about Mexican Gothic. The ability to make us care about characters early might be underappreciated.
@@TiffanyRussell it's a wonderful book, but it has some very graphic moments and it's kinda scary (and I know you're not a fan of horror). I'd rather suggest youto read her other more (urban) fantasy novel "Gods of jade and shadow"
I love this format! I’d also like to see, now that you’ve made some room, a book scouting kinda vlog 😬 it’s so fun to watch people going to libraries (but even more interesting are second hand shops/markets) and discovering books for them or for their viewers
@@TiffanyRussell mhhh I see... maybe you could just point at things and then do a voiceover, like "oh, while going through the books I found this/that I was interested in" although sometimes it is hard to remember why one found something interesting 🤭
I never fail to come away from one of your videos without some nugget of knowledge. "Yoink", "Yeet", "Unhaul": All neologisms to me. And now the correct pronunciation of "Shannara" (I too had been saying it incorrectly all these years). I tried to enjoy the series, but it was an odd mixture of science fiction and fantasy that just didn't appeal to me.
@@TiffanyRussell I'm trying to remember what pronunciation (if any) they used in the TV series. I gave up halfway through watching it but perhaps I'll go back and check.
I love hearing your thoughts on this! I really enjoy this series so far. I was pleasantly surprised how much I enjoyed the cooking aspects brought in here, and how it didn’t seem to take me away from the story like it could have. A couple parts are a little too on-the-nose Eragon “inspo” for me (the Spine??😂, the dynamic w/his mentor) but overall there’s enough that’s different-the disabled dragons, unique magic system, etc.-and I hope the series will continue to become more and more its own.
Having seen that it already veered off to be its own thing in the second book, I’m looking forward to reading the third one soon. It sounds like it might still be a little while before we get the fourth.
"I'm assuming if you clicked this video, you've probably already read it. I'm also assuming that if you're watching this video, you are a Brandon Sanderson fan." I just want to let you know that you have a wider audience than you expected. :) I just wanted to learn what "Bridge Four" was and this video was one of the first results in a web search. You explained it perfectly! Not only did I learn the cultural context of "bridge four", but you made it sound so interesting that I picked up the book. I've finished the second one now. You made a new fan of the series!
I notice you have them but didn’t mention The Wheel of Time. LOTR are probably my favorite movies of all time but I am still reading the books. But the way you describe LOTR is how I feel about The Wheel of time. This video was great.
Im recently getting along and understanding the cozy fantasy genre. My stepfather passed away a month ago and its been hard, but cozy books are keeping me company and I thank the gods that Im liking and being open minded to enjoy this genre. It really has a lot to offer, in my case, comfort ❤. Thanks for this review 🫶 maybe ill be able to read it digitally because that author, sadly, is not being published in my country.
I’m so sorry to hear that! You deserve all the cozy books❤️ They can not only be comforting, but work as good palate cleansers between other types of books.
