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Tchaikovsky is so hard to catch up on! It’s like he publishes 2 books for every 1 I read!

@@PatrickRyanBookReviews absolutely. Even if my ratio is more like I read 3 books for every 4 he publishes I can’t catch up

One of these days, I'm convinced you will finally get to the point where you have read all the books and will be caught up on every series! I think that's the only way to slow you down! I'm also gonna consider SA completed once book 5 is out. I tend to go by sub series status whenever I talk about in progress or completed series. That's why Mistborn isn't on this list, there are no ongoing Mistborn sub series.

@@PatrickRyanBookReviews I appreciate your faith in me, but I am less confident hahahah

I think you would especially love The Will of the Many if you haven't already read it!

I was instantly hooked! I binged all 6 books in July and when I was done... I started over again and read all 6 before moving on to anything else. I agree about Jeff Hays! He jumped straight to the top of my list of favorite narrators. I'm gonna have to find something else he has narrated.

@@PatrickRyanBookReviews You’ll have to let me know how it goes if you end up listening to any other audiobooks he narrates!

Is that where you thought it was going to land on this list?

@@PatrickRyanBookReviews not as high as you listed it!

I'm glad you enjoyed the interview! Ryan is such a cool guy. It was a blast being able to talk to him about his books.

I wish I heard this advice before I read Silverthorn and Sethanon. I wasn't a fan of either of those books.

10 books from a single author is impressive! There aren't even that many authors out there that have written 20-30 books. I tend to become a bit obsessive when I find an author I like, so I can't help myself but to binge their whole backlog.

I may have more books from a single author, but you've probably read books by 500 more authors than I have... and that's just in the last 2 years! If you became a series binger like me, you'd be at 20 books in no time and you're probably pretty close with MJS. It's really fun seeing an author that comes out of no where to become one of your most read. When I did the list in 2022, I had at most read 1 Drew Hayes book. So you never know when an author is going to become an instant favorite.

@@PatrickRyanBookReviews hahaha I definitely need to make an effort to get back to series bingeing!! and true, I am close with MJS

The Dresden Files makes it really easy for Butcher to become a top author. Not many authors would have the audacity (not to mention the publisher's support) to write a single continuous series that's supposed to be over 20 books long! Thanks for watching!

Thanks for subbing! I haven’t read Grisham, but I’ve read at least one book from the rest of them! Seems like you’re a fan of darker fantasy.

Thanks for giving me the time to film/edit the video!

@@PatrickRyanBookReviews 100 days is all it took 😂👌🏻

Sanderson, Jordan, and Hobb?

They are all in my top ten but I wasn’t counting Hobb since she’s just in your honorable mentions. It’s actually Jim Butcher, I read quite a few Dresden books before I DNF’ed.

@@alexsedai lol, can’t believe I forgot my own top 10.

@@alexsedai I think you would like the Alex Verus series a lot more than Dresden. The character of Verus almost seems like he was written by someone that liked the idea of the Dresden files, but hated Harry Dresden.

@@PatrickRyanBookReviews 😆

Many books fade as time goes by, but his books tend to get better as you have more time to think about them.

The first one has actually been my favorite so far, but I’m glad to hear you’re enjoying the series!

Thanks! I appreciate it!

That’s awesome you’re getting into reading again! What fantasy books or series have you read so far?

I absolutely agree!

That’s very understandable. I would say that element of the series doesn’t drastically improve. It may get better, but not by leaps and bounds. It’s part of Dresden’s personality. As he matures, that part of him matures as well, but it’s a slow process and at the end of the day, he’s still Dresden. I would recommend giving the Alex Verus series by Benedict Jacka a try instead of continuing Dresden.

@@PatrickRyanBookReviews ooh okay thank you! I’ll check that out

You say that like there are countless examples of dragon rider fantasy where the dragon has a disability.

I’ve read ‘Faithful and the Fallen’ and the overuse of fading to black really turned me off to the series. I’ve tried Gwynne’s other series as well and just couldn’t get into them. I also struggled with Rise of the Ranger by Quaintrell. But that might just be because it’s narrated by my least favorite narrator.

I’m glad you still enjoyed it! I’ve heard Codex Alera be called “wheel of time lite.” Which I can sort of see that. Of the three, the series that I think has the highest potential for you to enjoy is The Cinder Spires. But that also has the most unknowns since it’s only 2 books in and I wasn’t a fan of book 2.

@@PatrickRyanBookReviews eeeh idk how I feel about that WoT lite comparison lol, it makes me nervous Thanks for the personalised rec, I will check out Cinder Spires for sure!!

Yeah, he has one or two books that are alright.

Completely fair. Battle Ground was one of the hardest for me to figure out where to place it. I wonder if I’ll end up moving it after I complete my reread.

That's too bad! It is a very distinctive story telling approach and there is also a scene in Traitor's Blade that really bothers some people. So I'm absolutely understanding of anyone who decides the series isn't for them. The Court of Shadows series, starting with Play of Shadows is a new series with the first book being published a month or so ago. However, if you don't like the Greatcoats, I wouldn't recommend this series either. Spellslingers is a completed series that takes place in the same world, but on a different country or continent than the Greatcoats. It reads much more YA and there's no direct connection between the two series. In the future, some characters might run into each other, but you could read all of Spellslingers without ever picking up another Greatcoats book.

I agree, I didn't like what happened with Tisamon after book 4, and Che definitely had a lot of growth throughout the series. She wasn't my favorite to begin with, but really took over during the second story arc. I still need to read Children of Time and Shards of Earth. I tend to lean more fantasy so I started with Shadows of the Apt and Echoes of the Fall.

I really hope the two storylines merge at some point in the series. I'd be really disappointed if calling Crucible of Chaos "a prelude" ended up being nothing more than a marketing gimmick.

Thanks! Hopefully I didn't overdue it with the move clips!

I could see that being similar and would not be surprised at all if the closest thing to this story is something by Shakespeare. That would be quite fitting. Lol, you are free to go back and watch again! I would consider that doing research, and not cheating. I think you'd really like this series and The Greatcoats. The banter in the Greatcoats is up there with Riyria as far as my favorite banter in fantasy. The narrator is also fantastic and most of the books are short as far as fantasy goes. But I will say Sebastien's books are definitely not kid friendly.

Yes!! I could see this book/series working better for you than The Greatcoats have so far. Although I’m still hoping you have a better experience with the Greatcoats wherever you give it another try.

@@PatrickRyanBookReviews I have had some great luck with second chance rereads in the past, so I have high hopes for Greatcoats!

@@esmayrosalyne Yay! It's amazing how much your mood and expectations going into a series can influence how you feel about a series. But that's also why I like rereading - The books stay the same, but you are always changing.

@@PatrickRyanBookReviews 10000 percent!! Here's to the rereads!

I have enough recommendations to keep you busy for about a decade!

I hope you like it! Are you going with the original version "Magician" or the split version Magician: Apprentice and Magician: Master?

@@PatrickRyanBookReviews if I can find three authors preferred edition one where it’s just “the magician” I think I’d like to do that!

I would definitely suggest this for the top of your classic fantasy TBR. It reads much more modern than most and the books aren’t too long if you go the split version route.

Lol, that's fair! I was really surprised by some of the things I thought about this book too! I never expected to actually like it. I was lucky that the autoplay functionality on youtube played that Sanderson video. I'm pretty sure I was listening to music before that and was too distracted to change it. But then I stopped whatever I was doing and started listening to the lesson he was giving. It was really eye opening. It's like this Sanderson guy knows a thing or two about being a good story teller.

That sounds like a very similar experience! Any suggestion on what mindset I should have going into The Cycle of Fire since it's on my TBR for later this year?

@@PatrickRyanBookReviews I guess just don’t pick it up when you’re in the mood for a typical old school fantasy story because it does have some sci fi elements. I don’t mind stuff like that but I definitely have to be in the mood for it and wish I had known going in because that just wasn’t what I was looking for at the time. That’s why I was really glad you mentioned in your review the story spans multiple planets because that’s not what I would have expected and probably would have found it jarring if I hadn’t known about it beforehand.

@@alexsedai Good to know! As for the multiple planets, I meant to explain that more in my review. Something happens that opens up a "rift" between two worlds and when people from one world use the rift to cross into the other world, that was when the "rift wars" began. Not sure if that makes a difference that crossing from one planet to the other is a feat of magic and not based on science.

@@PatrickRyanBookReviews Ohh okay, yeah that helps some…definitely less jarring than someone just hopping on a spaceship or something. And to be clear The Cycle of Fire is still fantasy and has magic but there are just some components that threw me off a little.

Short answer is I post ratings on two different sites. Goodreads uses a star rating system, and Storylace uses a scoring system out of 100. Here's the longer in depth answer. Star rating from me are more generic and based on personal experience. They generally equate to: 1 = The books seems like it's a cash grab and I feel disrespected or insulted by the author. 2 = I wish I didn't waste my time reading this book. It absolutely was the wrong book for me. 3 = I had a good enough time reading this and I'm not mad that I read it, but I'll probably never read this book again. 4 = I had a good time reading the book. There's a chance I do a reread at some point. 5 = I loved the book, I couldn't put it down or immediately wanted to do a reread. The score out of 100 is a more critical look at the following categories: enjoyment, plot, characters, world building, pacing, writing style, cover art, audio quality, readability, and how memorable it is. Different categories have different weights (example: cover and audio quality are worth up to 2 points each and plot is worth up to 20 points). Once all the individual categories are scored, the total is the rating out of 100 The two ratings do not come out to a perfect ratio, but generally anything that scores 83 or higher ends up being a 5 star read. This method also helps me differentiate between a book I loved (Priest of Bones = 86) and an all time favorite of mine (Words of Radiance = 99).

lol, very promising indeed! Hearing that lecture about promises between writer and reader was very eye opening to me.

That’s fair. This is a hard series for me to recommend because there’s a lot to like, but plenty to not like as well. And often what one person hates, another person loves.

That does not surprise me at all. There is so much in this series that different parts of it are bound to work better for some readers than others. I'm actually a bit surprised Jordan and I were in agreement as often as we were.

@@PatrickRyanBookReviews yeah you two were Apt twins!

Awesome! We were both a bit nervous about how the dual reviews would be received, so good to hear that you enjoyed it! I had no idea of what to expect when I started Cage of Souls because I've never heard anyone talk about it. But I enjoyed it and I do think you would enjoy it as well!

I'm not usually a fan of Sci-Fi either, but enjoyed this one so much that I'm going to check out Tchaikovsky's other sci-fi works. Maybe it's just where my mental state is at, but standalones have been working for me! But I totally understand the feeling that a standalone leaves things either underdeveloped or unresolved.

Thanks for stopping by! I was wondering if anyone ever finds my channel from my posts in Reddit. I hope you enjoyed the review and happy reading!

Absolutely, but still a really good book!

Absolutely! I don’t know if either of us are smart enough to understand his stories on our own.