Weekly Update: March 30th, 2024 | The One Where I Am Recording This Whilst Construction Is Occurring

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Mike talks about the week that was and the week that will be for March 30th, 2024.
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0:00 Introduction
0:42 What Am I Reading?
2:02 What Am I Going to Read?
3:44 This Week on the Channel
6:44 Next Week Plans
10:19 TV & Movie Talk
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@Uppernorwood976 2 месяца назад

Which will be complete first, Winds of Winter or Mike’s new kitchen?

@SuperCliffReviews 2 месяца назад

Fantastic comment haha

@DragonWarrior976 2 месяца назад

Everyone knows in the North that it’s Winds of Winter.

@mikesbookreviews 2 месяца назад

I almost spit my coffee out laughing. However, I think we see the Rapture before we see WoW.

@gryftkin Месяц назад

Ouch. It's in the bone! :D

@PhilipChaseTheBestofFantasy 2 месяца назад

Wishing you an end to all slumps, a home in good order, and peace of mind, Mike!

@PulpMortem 2 месяца назад

Yesterday I found the 1st edition of Shogun, volume 1 at a antique shop for $6. Super excited to read it and glad I didn't have to sell a child to get my hands on it.

@jakobwetzel7065 2 месяца назад

Lol. You can sell it for 50.

@stevenstewart782 2 месяца назад

I found Gaijin at a thrift store recently. Mint condition for $3

@jonathonholm8737 2 месяца назад

As an introvert it KILLS ME having my home be encroached on for extended periods of time. It doesn't matter if it's family or otherwise, I can't help it. It throws my moods off and sends me spiraling into mental tumult and disarray. So I get it lol

@user-bw7bg5mk2u 2 месяца назад

Whenever I have a reading slump, I read Discworld. Terry Pratchett always helps . Don’t have to follow any reading order . Just pick one . I recommend Guards Guards !

@heidi6281 2 месяца назад

I agree! The Supreme Grand Master is the best! He even shows up in The Bound & The Broken!!

@Unpotted 2 месяца назад

I avoid reading slumps by sprinkling in mystery books, but they can be addictive! Other helpful books are the Calvin and Hobbes comics and biographies of people you find interesting. Good luck with April. 😺✌️

@abnushagnasty805 2 месяца назад

Techmo Super Bowl was my favorite game back in the day. My favorite play was probably the flea flicker from Montana to Rice which was pretty much a 100 percent completion every time. Jackson was the primary cheat code and Montana was the secondary cheat code for that game. 💪

@obie_G 2 месяца назад

I just finished reading Congo and we watched the movie last night. Super fun read and the movie was good too. I don't know what I want to read next. Always a dilemma!

@thepapertraveler1122 2 месяца назад

Love Back to the Future! It’s a movie the now hubby and I saw when it first came out on a date night and have watched it numerous times since. Keep enjoying those times with the kids. My last baby bird left the nest last week and it seems not long ago we were playing video games and watching movies together. His fav was The Sandlot.

@chainslaughter231 2 месяца назад

If you havent already I'll be among the 3 other people who exist bugging you to read The Night Land by William Hope Hodgson. Or really the "retold" version of it. Don't feel bad about limited reading time, especially when it comes to construction around the house. I used to read all the time when I worked at a bank. When I switched careers and started working in construction I found a new appreciation for books I thought boring before. For example I thought Moby Dick was boring and dropped it multiple times working at the bank but after working a trade for a while an picking it back up I realize it's a masterpiece like everyone said. Go out and observe the workers, ask if you can help in any way, ask questions. If it's a good construction company they might give you a discount for what we call "material handling". It might give you a bit of a jumpstart in inspiration.

@samiurai0 2 месяца назад

I usually experience reading slumps after finishing a big book. What helps me get back on track is reading something beautiful and short. Beautiful prose, I suppose. For instance, I read The Martian Chronicles or The Illustrated Man I feel good to go. They encourage me to write as well.

@BrianBell7 2 месяца назад

makes perfect sense to me to have a reading slump after titans like Shogun and Blackwater.. Add on the unexpected and frustrating home delays, anyone's mood would be meh. Maybe do a Talk About Nothing or a collab with whoever if you think that might give you a little juice to recharge the battery?

@Thecatladybooknook_PennyD 2 месяца назад

We had people here cutting down trees for 3.5 weeks.... reading takes a hit for sure.

@anitaszendrey 2 месяца назад

I had a huge reading slump in february and march due to having a book hangover (or two), so I can feel your frustration way too much. Also some health problems came along, so just life in general. What I'm trying to say is, what helped me hugely in my slump is picking up Dungeon Crawler Carl. If you like rpg games, and if you just want to relax and read something very light, fun but gruesome stuff, I have to recommend Dungeon Crawler Carl. Just try it. That book singlehandedly got me out of my slump.

@Talking_Story 2 месяца назад

You will have that Mile mojo back in no time! Home reno can suck the life out of the best of us.

@JacobLHooper 2 месяца назад

Dude you’ve read like a machine for years. I wouldn’t be surprised if you were feeling some burnout. Living in chaos is never fun but you’re blessed to have the funds to remodel. You’re in better shape than many. Love the channel, man. Take a break if you need to.

@wesb2823 2 месяца назад

I'm currently reading The Empire of the Damned and loving it so far. That is cool that you and your son are playing Tecmo Bowl! I loved that game growing up as well as Tecmo Super Bowl!

@MotiviqueStudio 2 месяца назад

Noticed your complete Earthsea. I got that edition to share with my son when he’s old enough.

@elizabethheitzman5173 2 месяца назад

Thank you Mike for finally getting g me to read Dune fully for the first time it was one of my favorite reads of the year. And thank you for all the great recommendation.

@heidi6281 2 месяца назад

Ship of Magic just took me out of my reading malaise after finishing all the First Law books. If you do not want to pick up Deathstalker for humor how about Boudica: Dreaming the Eagle, Ed Gywnne’s hype for this book is real, it is a masterpiece.

@LSGunter 2 месяца назад

I'm finishing up Words of Radiance and I'll be starting IT. Taking your advice and jumping to the horror genre to avoid a reading slump.

@jrnyman0812 2 месяца назад

Hiya Mike, Just started Shogun, and want to complete the book first before I check out the new mini series. So I might be a while.... good luck with everything Mike, one Of our Sons is on the spectrum 😊 which can be interesting so, know were your coming from in regards to keeping their attention. All best.

@cipriansirbu3699 2 месяца назад

I'm sorry to hear that you are still struggling with your reading,completely understandably though. I would be all stressed out during home renovation. My reading plans goes pretty well,managed to read at least one hundred pages every day of To Green Angel Tower,I should finish it tomorrow.

@andreamiller3578 2 месяца назад

Love that you're bringing the book segments back for some reviews. Always a favoeite of mine. I, too, mix up my genres. If i start getting a slump in one, I check out what's going on with in my favorite historical mystery series or modern harder crime stories. I might grab a cozy mystery, an old favorite Georgette Heyer or dip into nonfiction. Hope you come to the end of your slump soon. This too shall pass, Mike.

@bethbaskett3 2 месяца назад

I'm still reading Empire of the Damned and I'm listening to a book called Constance by Matthew FitzSimmons. It's kind of futuristic, about cloning, told partly from the POV of a clone. Very interesting and quite good.

@benconlin3557 2 месяца назад

Your Long Walk video inspired me to move it to the front of my TBR. Read it in 2 days, loved it. I constantly admire the way King manages to keep me hooked even who the premise seems mundane. Reading Gerald’s Game now which is similar in that regard

@grnberet9401 2 месяца назад

I started up Voyager (Outlander #3) and I am having a great time with it.

@larryladeroute971 2 месяца назад

Anticipating a reading slump here. Baldur's Gate III just arrived in the mail!!!

@gryftkin Месяц назад

I love Shogun, but it was C.W. Nicol's Harpoon that sparked my interest in Japanese culture. And there is NOTHING wrong with Minions! :D

@chrisbutterworth3063 2 месяца назад

Hi Mike. Coming to the conclusion of wot book 4. It's been a beast of a chonker. Palate cleansing with John trenhaile Stephan povin spy trilogy from the 80s..I read multiple genres. Finally a dry weekend but rain forecast all next week again. It's no wonder us brits are obsessed with weather! Keep you chin up. Your mojo will return. UK Chris.

@RRW276 2 месяца назад

Back to the Future always centers me. I literally remember going with my dad to see it on release at the theater where my sister was working concession. Great memories and the film just always stirs great feelings, and has aged classically, like The Godfather. It never gets old.

@esmayrosalyne 2 месяца назад

Happy for you that the end is in sight with the renovations. Sending strength and positive vibes your way these last couple of days!! Hope the slump will be beaten soon when you dig into the refreshingly diverse April TBR. Happy reading!

@alynam82 2 месяца назад

Ha! I love Biff, too "Now make like a tree, and get outta here "

@veronicaprice 2 месяца назад

I hope the home renovations end soon and that you and your family are able to enjoy your home again! I did a kitchen reno 8 years ago, and I still tell people I’ll never do another one. 😂 Happy Easter, and enjoy your April reads!

@cherylwhybrew1224 2 месяца назад

I’m still working my way through the Pillars of the Earth. I started it before Christmas. I’m a slow reader, lucky if I read 3 books a month. 📚.

@RRW276 2 месяца назад

Mike your thumbnail is always top notch!

@DiscoveringBooks 2 месяца назад

Hope you get your home back soon.

@cynthiafialka 2 месяца назад

We partially redid our kitchen in 2008 and now it’s time to redo the other things we didn’t do the first time. I was already not looking forward to this but listening to you makes me feel like not doing this project. I remember how not fun it is. Sounds like you’re on the upswing so that’s great! Good luck with your reading slump, I’m sure it’ll turn around soon!

@elaineirving77 2 месяца назад

I feel ya Mike. I think I only read three books in March. I had Covid at the end of Feb and have been trying to get rid of a cough ever since. And then the joy of perimenopause, lack of concentration, not fun. However I have started the first Suneater book yesterday and am loving the set up so far.

@MetalGildarts 2 месяца назад

Loving the Iron Maiden shirt. Up the irons!

@michaelkibble740 2 месяца назад

I happy to see you have gotten better from the virus that shall not be named. And I am on book 4 of the Keeper of the Lost Cities

@akellerhouse83 2 месяца назад

Hey. You got me to pick up Blackwater. I just started reading it last night. I'm only about 3 chapters in, so I don't have much to say about it yet. But I think I'm gonna like it. My March was weird because I went on vacation for 2 weeks, and then I was really sick for a week. So I didn't get a whole lot of reading done either.

@sjkrum320 2 месяца назад

Back to the Future is the BEST ❤ Hopefully you'll pull through your slump soon. Getting sick combined with missing a special interview opportunity, a reading hangover and home construction sounds like a recipe for being overwhelmed. I was right there after Lonesome Dove. Hang in there! Just picked up Shogun this week. Hoping it hits as hard as yoir other recommendations.

@tracywilliams2740 2 месяца назад

Sorry about the reading slump Mike!! Home renovations are stressful!! I’ve got quite a few books on my TBR. But I have been watching tv shows! Have you seen the new Beetlejuice trailer? I’m so excited!!

@hharrybboy 2 месяца назад

Take your time with it Mike

@c.4275 2 месяца назад

Fans of Blake Crouch's writing should check out Jack Finney. Crouch's prose is very similar to Finney's.

@momo_genX 2 месяца назад

I knew you were a closet all-genre reader... If I were an avid reader, I would kill to have a reader's slump. 8:30 please do that. The intro to Blackwater was great last week. I caught a premier of you reading A Christmas Carol and you really do well to convey the feeling of the text and how much you loved the book. Maybe one day when you are 80 you can enjoy David Lynch's Dune with your grown up kids instead of Minions.

@jakobwetzel7065 2 месяца назад

Finishing up Babylons ashes. Was worried about all the POVs but I’m loving it!

@GholaMuadDib 2 месяца назад

Reading slumps can be tough. Sometimes nothing clicks. Short story rereads always worked for me. I'm having a great week. I read issue 9 of Titan's Conan The Barbarian color comic. I'm enjoying that so far. I wasn't a fan of their new Savage Sword. But the color comic is good so far. Since I'm back on a Conan kick, I started a reread of my Del Ray Conan books. Read Phoenix On The Sword this week. I also pre ordered Mezco's King Conan figure from my local comic shop. It's out this September. Just in time for Cimmerian September!

@jellevanbreugel325 2 месяца назад

I keep telling you, go read Thraxas.... But do you listen? 🤣🤣🤣 Best of luck with the renovation!

@puzzlingread 2 месяца назад

I needed something light after binging Fall of the House of Usher, so I've been watching one or two episodes of Brooklyn 99 for the last few days. It's a pleasant surprise 🙂

@TheCrazyCanuck420 2 месяца назад

I'm in a rut too, only because I keep falling asleep and having to restart the same chapter of Reaper's Gale all week 😂 I couldn't hear any of the work going on at your place, so whatever is filtering out the noise is working well. Maybe an audiobook with noise canceling headphones will bring things as close to back to normal as can be. I use Sony WH-1000XM5 on my folding phone with kindle + audible books to read along with the audio and tune out the world. I did this at the airport and could only hear the narration.

@Musicteachersheff 2 месяца назад

I can’t remember if you ever addressed the 3 body problem. Have you read it? Plan to read it? I did watch the show on Netflix and really liked it so I started reading it and it really reminds me of Crichton. I think you’d like it.

@sharenbeveridge3220 2 месяца назад

Reading Of Blood and Fire, listening to Empire of Silence. Great recommendations from your channel! Also credit you with recommending First Law and Age of Madness. Keep em coming!😊😊😊

@Michael_L_Morrison 2 месяца назад

I’m finishing Empire of the Damned this weekend.

@Buzzbomb23 2 месяца назад

I'm taking a break right now. so I'm listening to more of your videos haha which is weird cause your also in a slump haha.

@kylerieman221 2 месяца назад

It's been a rough week for me as well. My moms dog Boots crossed the rainbow bridge Sunday evening at the age of 10, so that's kinda put a damper on my mood. I realized that I have finished 17 books on Storygraph...and 11 of them have been fantasy, so I think I need a break from Osten Ard for a bit, so I've been focusing on The Judas Strain this week and started Legends and Lattes (mostly for a lighthearted, fun read to take my mind off things.) Not sure what I'm going to start after I finish those two

@kingzzz6509 2 месяца назад

Hope you get out of the reading slump soon. It’s never any fun. I just finished The Fellowship of the Rings re-read and it was even better than I remembered.

@captsploof 2 месяца назад

Warriors of virtue was my favorite movie growing up

@GhostDragon3991 Месяц назад

Back to the future is my all time favorite movie.

@mikesbookreviews Месяц назад

Great Scott.

@markb3534 2 месяца назад

Family nights! Awesome! Roads? Where we're going, who needs roads. Your reading mojo will return!

@JohnDoe-xf9ly 2 месяца назад

I am also in a reading slump at the moment I have 6 books open and some of them i like but i read like a chapter a day Looking for a book that will grab me. I am a mood reader On the other side i stopped reading for a few days and just watched a bunch of horror movies That i really did enjoy Just want to say the first babysitter movie is bloody amazing

@Bsaunders17 2 месяца назад

My older brothers got in such a bad fight in the 80’s cuz one got mad the other shut off tecmo bowl when he was losing. Knocked all the furniture over, one bit the tip of the others finger off, beat the piss out of Each other. Mom had to get in between them with a wooden spoon. I was like 5. They were 17 and 18. Good times

@adamborst 2 месяца назад

Tecmo! 'Down..set..hut hut hut' We always had a rule, no one could pick the Raiders. Also, I had a friend that took away the game for a week because of the halftime or TD celebration cheerleader picture. It was the late 80s/ early 90s, what can I say.

@TonyLee-bc3if 2 месяца назад

Reading sleeping beauties by Owen and Stephen King. It's good

@NamasteBbooktube 2 месяца назад

Hope you get the reading mood back soon, the Blackwater review was great! Also, save your wife from reading Dreamcatcher! Out of all the King books, why does she want to read that one? 😅

@iWizard 2 месяца назад

Sorry to hear about your reading slump. I know how it feels. We’re submitting our manuscript to agents right now and I’m way too distracted to process my thoughts about the books I’m reading, much less make videos about them

@mikesbookreviews 2 месяца назад

I’m super excited for you guys though!

@Netguard1 2 месяца назад

Shards of earth and lotus sutra and the shing and black rose

@jthespiceoflife 2 месяца назад

Of course Bo Jackson is glitched and when you play with a kid doesn't know is so much fun! Love hearing younger people get in to Back to the Future.

@yenneferalvarez7122 2 месяца назад

I loved streets of laredo

@bethbaskett3 2 месяца назад

Biff is the best villain (aside from Darth Vader, of course, you're right)

@dpeady78 2 месяца назад

My great slump has been broken by Mr Stephen Graham Jones - The Angel of Indian Lake going great so far My wife has been getting back into Tears of the Kingdom so a lot of back seat gaming on my part

@carlwilliams9642 2 месяца назад

I didn't watch Back to the Future until I was an adult. It's was super hyped up to me and it lived up to the hype and then some. The first time I saw it was at a movie on the lawn event. SPOILER ALERT!!!! The crowd cheered when George punched Biff. It was awesome.

@awholeiolabooks8256 2 месяца назад

Maybe try listening to audiobooks that might help with the slump 🤞🤞

@michaeltorres2666 2 месяца назад

Are you going to check out dragons dogma 2? It's a pretty cool fantasy game that I think you'd enjoy. Don't get it on PC though, it had a very bad launch on there, I would suggest the series x or PS5 for that one.

@psylentknight4185 2 месяца назад

If you read one hundred books in a month we will watch, if you read one book in a month, we will watch. Slumps happen!

@RRW276 2 месяца назад

Hey Mike, were you satisfied with the ending of Blackwater? Did you feel it had a great ending? I've barely started the book, so avoiding spoilers, just curious on your thoughts on the ending great/fair/not so good etc.

@eded9157 2 месяца назад

I try Netflix's 3 Body Problem to fill the gap between Shogun's Tuesdays and i couldn't pass 3 episodes, i don't known if the books are like that but the characters are so... boring (with maybe the exception of the detective) Agustina, which seems like a very main character is so annoying, cero emphaty. I kind of know the overall lore of the book and it sounds awesome, but the actual story happening its bad.

@curlsnoutx1 2 месяца назад

If i could have a dollar for every hour i played Tecmo Bowl as kid i could retire lol. Great game

@Regina.Falange 2 месяца назад

A buffy fan and a Back to the future fan??? Uff!! ❤. Have you tried to watch 12 monkeys series?

@mikesbookreviews 2 месяца назад

I haven't, but I've gotten the recommendation a ton.

@alecstuckeyguitar 2 месяца назад

Mike have you read Foundation by Isaac Asimov? Watching the show now and it’s incredible

@mirzunayedali1724 2 месяца назад

Mike this is unrelated but you had covered a book on channel recently but i cant remember the name for the life of me It has children, an orphanage and a lot of paranormal activity. Maybe a cult as well? Yeah it was a horror book If anyone else knows the name pls let me know i want to give it a shot

@mikesbookreviews 2 месяца назад

Only thing that sounds somewhat familiar is Last Days by Adam Nevill. It dealt with a cult and the paranormal. But nothing about an orphanage.

@noeisnothere 2 месяца назад

Have you finished avatar yet?

@stevenstewart782 2 месяца назад

Knock,knock TBR Police here, we have a warrant 😀

@heavymetalheretic5386 2 месяца назад

Long live Iron Maiden

@someothercharacter 2 месяца назад

I don't let real life get in the way of anything. Because I live in fantasy land.

@arthurweise2573 2 месяца назад

Can't hear a thing, maybe you just don't like that book.

@acueto7 2 месяца назад

I have lived in five homes that we have remodeled and it definitely effects your mental state. Don’t get down to much about it, your cave is in disrepair. Maybe give yourself time out of the house at a park to clear your head.

@Hotmenudo 2 месяца назад

On one hand I'm a bit disheartened to hear you're experiencing a prolonged slump, it's like Clayton Kershaw getting the yips. On the other hand it's nice to see you're human like the rest of us where sometimes you just ain't feelin' it.

@BenLaSoul908 2 месяца назад

Hey Mike why don't you make like a tree And get outta here

@alexrechkin7 2 месяца назад

A lot of redundancy in your content. Why talk about "this week on the channel" when everyone can go and watch all videos this week? Same with "next week plans". Why talk what you're going to do when you will show it next week anyway? Maybe getting to the point without treading water over and over again will be better?