We’ll work on your Old English . . . I’m delighted that you both survived The Month of Philip! Thank you for your generosity to your fellow BookTubers, for your thoughts on books, and for the laughs.
I am sad to see the month of Phillip Chase go. These videos were such a joy to watch. I hope you will bring back the impersonation for special occasions. Happy reading to you both.
You guys are nuts. Leave Philip alone. But seriously, a month of (booktuber) is such a cool monthly release. I unsubscribed and re-subscribed with the bell icon for effect.
That intro & the critical dragon intervention 🤣🤣 Very glad that our dear Dr. Fantasy didn't let you two down with his 'recommendations'. And hats off to you, Yolanda, for starting Malazan on a whim, I am still in the procrastination camp specifically because I think I will have the exact same experience as described here lol. Thanks for the fun!!
Well if you think that's crazy. Beowulf bearhugs a guy to death. His name was Dayraven. Great video guys, and I know what you mean about control in your reading Yolanda. I'm a similar way. I like to say that I'm a 'puzzle reader' where I feel like I'm solving a puzzle as I move along with my read. It doesn't sound like Malazan will be easy.
Finally getting to watch this lol. This was great guys! I need to read Beowulf, but I think I want to read the Tolkien translation. Broken Earth is a favorite series of mine.
Well, I didn't see Yolanda trying Malazan tbh. I thought everyone had thoroughly scared you off. Yeah, I just went with the flow 😅 It might be worth trying Deadhouse Gates as GotM and DHG were written 8 years apart, that was the book that sold me on the series. Nice, i need to get back to Earthsea. I loved the first two, but barely remember the third to be honest. Its been a few years. Been meaning to try 5th Season, I've only read a few of Jemisen's short stories but novels and short stories require different skill sets. My book of the month was Dennis Lehane's Shutter Island. Janny Wurts' Curse of the Mistwraith would be an honorable mention. And the last week and a bit has been dominated by Guy Gavriel Kay.
Yolanda I’m definitely more like you in wanting a strong handle on everything, and I can def say the style noticeably shifts starting in bk 2 in the direction of providing more context and clearer communication with the reader. Bk 2 is definitely where I could get easily immersed and go along for the ride. Carlos glad you enjoyed House of Chains, and yet another very successful “month of…”, my favorite video series on Booktube!!
Nice okay! I got a bit worried that I just wasn’t “getting it” but it seems like I’m not alone with my experience of GotM, so I’m excited to continue the series!
Awesome! 😄 As a Norwegian, actually not that bad pronunciation of “Vigdis Hjorth” (the H-s are silent: The first h- is to differentiate in writing “hjort” (“deer”) from “gjort” (“(have) done”) which is pronounced similarly as “Jort”, and the last -h is just fancy! 😄)! To give you some Norwegian Literary Tea, Hjorth’s novel is Semi-Autobiographical, and first her sister and now her ex-partner, have accused Hjorth of slander and published their own counter-novels, so “Hjorth-Beef Novels” are almost becoming a local genre of its own! 🤣
Thank you for the pronunciation guide, I appreciate it! Omg I had heard about the sister but not about her ex partner doing the same thing! That’s fascinating 😂
@@storytoob Earlier this year I received a copy of «Nordic Visions» a collection of Nordic Speculative Fiction Short Stories from an International friend and the editor hit prehaps a bit to close in the introduction: «Denmark, Norway & Sweden. All old Viking Kingdoms, yet the people might seem to be poles apart - the Danish said to be the relaxed «Italians of the North», the Norwegians said to be too direct, too honest, too nature-loving, and the Swedes said to be well-dressed, distant and political correct» 😆
When I was young (7-10 years old) I remember being read Beowulf at elementary school in US and it was wonderful. I wish I knew what “version” it was that was read to me so I can capture that… IF Philip sees this and might have any idea, can he please help me? Ty!
I am convinced to read Beowulf now. If I had known that he punches a sea monster in the face I would've read it long ago. Also, I just want to say that the Power of the Dog discussion video y'all did was great. Love to see that book making the rounds on booktube because of your influence. I really need to pick up The Cartel. What I read in May from fav to least fav: The Vanished Birds by Simon Jimenez Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer Mystery Walk by Robert McCammon Blacktop Wasteland by S.A. Cosby The Warrior's Apprentice by Lois Bujold Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer The Vanished Birds is a new all-time favorite for me, so I'm super excited about the Month of Evie teaser at the end! Woo! How are y'all going to decide who reads which Jimenez book? Or will you both read both? Into the Wild has been a favorite story of mine since I was a teenager, but I never read the book, I only watched the film about a dozen times. The book lived up to my expectations set by the film. I really really connect to that story on a deep level. The Vanished Birds takes the top spot this month though because of how fresh and unique it was, and because trippy, character driven, literary sci-fi is just cool AF and that book is a work of art. But Into the Wild is also an all-time favorite for me personally, without a doubt. Very close race this month with those two!
Great month again for you Coleton! Cheers man! Good question... I think we might both end up reading Spear.. and then we'll see! Evie has a bit more breadth of options to choose from which should make it interesting!
Carlos, your "Old English" made me inhale my drink. 😂 Yolanda, I want to read Happy Place all over again now. And to read The Nibelungenlied for the first time! I was afraid for a second that we lost Yolanda to Malazan, but I breathed a sigh of relief. (I had a similar experience with Gardens of the Moon and what little I read of Deadhouse Gates.) I can't even be mad about the blankets, because, as I am typing this comment, I am huddled in a blanket. And it's currently 70 degrees outside...at eleven o'clock at night. 🤣
