Oh Millie! You saying that you dreaded picking it up because it was so haunting - that sold me so badly on wanting to read it even more. HAHA! I'm excited now.
I will. I'll read that book and then I think I will feel comfortable making a "Best of Stephen King" video ranking every book I've read. Thanks for commenting.
WAIT YOU'RE READING JOE ABERCROMBIE!?? With Blake Crouch, House of Leaves, and Abercrombie (The Heroes is my favorite standalone, The Wisdom of Crowds changed my worldview it was that good) it's like you're doing a tour of my favorites of last year! I discovered your channel literally today after watching your The Stand video and I'm shocked that I haven't found you earlier because you make exactly the type of stuff I enjoy :)
I'll have to check out this trilogy after I've tried a couple of his standalone books. The ones I mentioned here are both stand alone right? Upgrade and Dark Matter?
Congrats on 2 k subs! I’m excited to read You Like It Darker by Stephen King. Some books on my TBR for 2024 are Mindhunter, Hannibal (Thomas Harris), Evil (Jan Guillou), Everville (Clive Barker, yes I’m reading even more from him xD), The Kindness (John Ajvide Lindqvist) and The Dead Zone, also by Stephen King.
Hey just a pointer for future videos. Mark Z. Danielewski's surname is pronounced Daniel-EV-ski. It's Polish (Poland is actually referenced multiple times in the novel and his father migrated from there) and I am as well so just letting you know. Excited for an hour long video from you about House of Leaves! It has so many layers I'm excited what you'll think about it.
Ahhh! Thank you so much for this heads up. Imagine i did an entire book review saying his name wrong? It's worse as well since a part of my heritage is Polish. How embarrassing. My ancestors were rolling their eyes haha. Also I see that you're Polish living in Ireland? I used to live in Cork for a couple of years. I loved it. Great channel by the way.
@@PaperbackJourneys Thank you so much I moved to Ireland for university! And about the pronunciation, lots of people do the same when talking about The Witcher's author Sapkowski when it is pronounced sap-koff-ski (koff like in coffee). Excited for your reviews!
My current TBR consists of The Bill Hodges/Holly Gibney series - Stephen King A song of ice and fire - GRRM Hannibal series - Thomas Harris And afew Jack Reacher/John Grisham novels sprinkled in there ☺️☺️ Just finished the Judges List by John Grisham yesterday and he is absolutely brilliant
Great list. A lot of things that I haven’t tried so really looking forward to your recommendations. Especially Blood Meridian. I’ve read McCarthy’s border trilogy and The Road so I’ll be really interested to hear about Blood Meridian. I reckon you’ll like Stormlight more than Mistborn. It’s doesn’t have the medieval England feel that a lot of fantasy has, it’s a far more imaginative and alien world, but with very strong character development. In 2024, I’ll be dipping into a lot of things, but my big project for the year is to reread all of Terry Pratchett’s discworld novels. They’re pretty easy to digest quickly, but there is 41 one of them. Maybe I’ll take a leaf out of your Dark Tower and document the journey on RU-vid 😁
Discworld! Yeah that's going to be quite the undertaking to get through 41 books. That sounds like a great idea making videos about your journey. I'm really glad I did that for The Dark Tower because it allowed me to meet a lot of people and take the journey with them. I hope I enjoy Stormlight. People get so much joy from Brandon Sanderson and I feel like I'm missing out.
Yeah it's so irritating right? Who are they doing that for?? I know it's got to be to promote the movie / show but COME ON... at least give us the option to buy the original cover! Thanks for the comment.
Blake’s Wayward Pines series is really fun. I tried Brandon Sandersons Warbreaker and really had a tough time getting through it. Only picked that one because it’s one of his few standalone novels, or was at the time.
I think one of the strengths of Stormlight Archive was the characters, as well as amazing bettle scenes. Would love for you to upload a review once you've finished it
Well characters are really what I'm all about. I'd rather see interesting people do boring things than boring people do interesting things. Based on what you said, plus the epic battle scenes, it sounds like something I'd enjoy.
I love Cormac MC so much. All of his work. The Road is top 3 for me. But Blood Meridian was a bit of a slog. I feel like I might have to go back and reread it as maybe it was me being too dense and not the book. Looking forward to seeing how you get on with it. 😌Starting Joe Abercrombie for the first time next week! The Winter King trilogy is outstanding for intro to historical fiction also. Would really recommend it. Great content as always 😊
I definitely suggest giving Blood Meridian another chance. It's one of my favorites from McCarthy and I'm still undecided if BM or The Passenger/Stella Maris is his magnum opus. If you struggled with BM the first time, there is a companion, Notes on Blood Meridian, that can offer additional insight and make for a more engaging journey.
I see you have the Silo trilogy in the background. I am currently 2 books away from finishing The Dark Tower but I was thinking of moving on to that series after. What are your thoughts on the Silo trilogy?
Ahh you've got a good eye there Tommy! I actually haven't read ANY of the Silo series yet. I did watch the Tv Show and then I saw the book series for sale. The series only showed the first book and it really captured my interest. I'm excited at starting that journey!
Incase if you love Foe by Iain Reid. Please do try We Spread by the same author. Its a literary mystery novel that's get into your head. And i appreciate your Dark Tower reading video by Stephen King. I started watching your videos from that point onwards. Please keep it up man. You are doing great! Cheers
Joe Abercrombie YES, Brandon Sanderson for me is a big NO. Shogun is awesome one of my favorite books and looking forward to the new series. Another one you may want to add for this year is Lonesome Dove if you haven't read it yet. Some other standouts are Cider House Rules, The World According to Garp, and A Prayer for Owen Meaney by John Irving.
Mate, you gotta start your Abercrombie standalone reading with Best Served Cold! Better to read them in publication order. Even though they are standalone stories, there or a few crossover characters.
Thanks for the heads up Danny! I'll be sure to start with that one. I might even do a proposed reading order video like I did for The Dark Tower and start my reviews.
Hey Darlene! No I haven't read it yet. I read the First Law trilogy but I plan on reading all of the world of the First Law. I'm not sure what the series name is. I need to look that up. I know it's made up of 2 trilogies and some stand alone books and short stories right?
I know you’re probably a bit saturated with Stephen King right now but I’m genuinely interested in seeing your thoughts on 11/22/63. Hope you get to it at some point. Love the channel
Thanks so much for the kind words. Yeah I'll definitely read 11/22/63 soon. I want to make a "Best of Stephen King" video soon and I don't think it'll be complete without that title. It seems to be a favourite for a lot of people.
