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Jake Bishop
Canada
Приєднався 20 лис 2013
My name is Jake, and I like books.
mostly fantasy, with a sprinkling of Sci fi.
My favorite series are The Cosmere, The Wheel of Time, Realm of the Elderlings and The Dresden Files.
mostly fantasy, with a sprinkling of Sci fi.
My favorite series are The Cosmere, The Wheel of Time, Realm of the Elderlings and The Dresden Files.
July 2024 Wrap Up || Sometimes Maybe Good, Sometimes Maybe...
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Might have a new favorite Sci Fi novel though, and the book of the year race is heating up.
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Might have a new favorite Sci Fi novel though, and the book of the year race is heating up.
My goodreads : www.goodreads.com/truthless_of_shinovar
Intro music: Music is by Budapest BluesBoy
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Bookshelf Tour/Living With a Cat
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I finally did this video. Also this is what it is like to live with Vin, just like, all the time My goodreads : www.goodreads.com/truthless_of_shinovar Intro music: Music is by Budapest BluesBoy ccmixter.org/files/hepepe/25027 the music is is Creative Commons licensed for commercial use
June 2024 Wrap Up in Which I Find The Most Underrated Book I have Ever Read
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Pretty pretty pretty good month My goodreads : www.goodreads.com/truthless_of_shinovar Intro music: Music is by Budapest BluesBoy ccmixter.org/files/hepepe/25027 the music is is Creative Commons licensed for commercial use
Ship of Magic by Robin Hobb Chapter 32 Spotlight(Spoilers!)
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Definitely the video you all asked for. Chapter 32 of Ship of Magic. Not a particularly iconic chapter, but one of my favorites in one of my favorite books. Also hey it's the old background, i'm sure we will see lots of it in the future. My goodreads : www.goodreads.com/truthless_of_shinovar Intro music: Music is by Budapest BluesBoy ccmixter.org/files/hepepe/25027 the music is is Creative Comm...
Pessimistic May Wrap up, Optimistic June TBR + Book on Book of the Year Watch
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Condolences to the De Lint family and friends. Best wishes to Brian Lee Durfee My goodreads : www.goodreads.com/truthless_of_shinovar Intro music: Music is by Budapest BluesBoy ccmixter.org/files/hepepe/25027 the music is is Creative Commons licensed for commercial use
Chaotically Tier Ranking Every Fantasy/Sci Fi Series I Have Started (91 series)
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This be a long video. One that has been on the list to make for a very long time. If you want to do it yourself tiermaker.com/create/sci-fi-fantasy-book-series-16409946?presentationMode=true My goodreads : www.goodreads.com/truthless_of_shinovar Intro music: Music is by Budapest BluesBoy ccmixter.org/files/hepepe/25027 the music is is Creative Commons licensed for commercial use
April 2024 Reading Wrap up
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Well I guess first 12 days of April wrap up. Vorkosigan go brrr. @SheWasOnlyEvie don't watch this video past where I stop talking about Vorkosigan, but I shall save you the pain and just ask in the description, do you want me fancy edition of The Illiad. I show it in the video....maybe just look at that part with me muted Go Canucks go! My goodreads : www.goodreads.com/truthless_of_shinovar Int...
I Read Nine Vorkosigan Saga Books in 11 Days, And You Should Too
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No editing, no plan, just a ramble. Hopefully it makes more people put this on their radar. My goodreads : www.goodreads.com/truthless_of_shinovar Intro music: Music is by Budapest BluesBoy ccmixter.org/files/hepepe/25027 the music is is Creative Commons licensed for commercial use
March 2024 Reading Wrap Up ( Banks, Tolkien, Herbert, Abraham, Bujold, and Ruocchio)
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People keep asking me if i'm back, and I haven't really had an answer, but yeah. I'm thinking i'm back! My goodreads : www.goodreads.com/truthless_of_shinovar Intro music: Music is by Budapest BluesBoy ccmixter.org/files/hepepe/25027 the music is is Creative Commons licensed for commercial use
February Reading Wrap Up
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Here are the books I read in February of 2023, it was an incredibly consistent month in which I was happy with the amount of books I read. Trending back in the right direction My goodreads : www.goodreads.com/truthless_of_shinovar Intro music: Music is by Budapest BluesBoy ccmixter.org/files/hepepe/25027 the music is is Creative Commons licensed for commercial use
Jim Butcher Interview | Dresden & Alera & Cinder Spires
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Just a completely normal video for me. Would like to thank Jim so much for coming on the channel, this is my first author interview and is basically my dream author to get on the channel(well one of them). He was great to have on. See the following times for spoiler navigation 0:00 start spoiler free 10:04 mild Codex Alera spoilers 11:04 spoiler free again 40:33 Dresden spoilers 1:06:56 Olympia...
Reading Plans For 2024 || Five Star Predictions || Bakker, McCarthy, Palmer, and More
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So my thumbnail for my last version of this said it was very optimistic, well 2023 in terms of my reading was a year for pessimism, so this time I have what is hopefully realistic plans. All the books I own that I may read sorted by how likely it is I read them, from ones that are locks, to books that are much more likely to be donated. Also please, if you recognize that edition of Unfished Tal...
Jan 2024 Reading Wrap Up
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Ya, what's up I upload these regularly, subscribe for more consistent content, and high production values...... My goodreads : www.goodreads.com/truthless_of_shinovar Intro music: Music is by Budapest BluesBoy ccmixter.org/files/hepepe/25027 the music is is Creative Commons licensed for commercial use
Top 10 Favorite Completed Series As Of 2023(#4-1 + Honorable Mentions)
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Honestly surprised I didn't procrastinate this for another 6 months ua-cam.com/video/dbv5fXuGps4/v-deo.htmlsi=jiU8CdKxAQ0RNYIp Here is part 1 if you missed it. 0:00 start 0:52 4 5:53 3 10:40 2 14:39 honorable mentions 19:47 1 My goodreads : www.goodreads.com/truthless_of_shinovar Intro music: Music is by Budapest BluesBoy ccmixter.org/files/hepepe/25027 the music is is Creative Commons licensed...
TOP 10 Favorite Completed Book Series 2023 edition (Part 1)
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TOP 10 Favorite Completed Book Series 2023 edition (Part 1)
Top 10 Favorite Novels I Read in 2023 || Fantasy/Sci fi/Historical Fiction/Contemporary
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Top 10 Favorite Novels I Read in 2023 || Fantasy/Sci fi/Historical Fiction/Contemporary
Has It Gotten Better Or Worse Over Time
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Has It Gotten Better Or Worse Over Time
What Every Author Does Better Than Every Other Author(L-R) The Penultimate Episode
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What Every Author Does Better Than Every Other Author(L-R) The Penultimate Episode
My Top 5 Favorite On Going Sci fi/Fantasy Book Series
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My Top 5 Favorite On Going Sci fi/Fantasy Book Series
Shaman's Crossing by Robin Hobb Is a Complete and Utter Mess...But I Still Love It.
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Shaman's Crossing by Robin Hobb Is a Complete and Utter Mess...But I Still Love It.
No @Bookborn , This is How You Trigger Fantasy Fandoms
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No @Bookborn , This is How You Trigger Fantasy Fandoms
What Makes Chapter 3 of Sailing to Sarantium Brilliant | Chapter Deep Dive (Spoilers....kinda)
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What Makes Chapter 3 of Sailing to Sarantium Brilliant | Chapter Deep Dive (Spoilers....kinda)
Sci Fi Fantasy Authors Prose Ranked by Quality, and Complexity
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Sci Fi Fantasy Authors Prose Ranked by Quality, and Complexity
The Canadian Book Box Video Where I Don't Really Know What's Going On
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The Canadian Book Box Video Where I Don't Really Know What's Going On
Four Fantasy Series That Would Make The Best Adaptation (According To Me)
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Four Fantasy Series That Would Make The Best Adaptation (According To Me)
Slump wrap up Nov 2022-Feb 2023 | Oops i'm bad at this
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Slump wrap up Nov 2022-Feb 2023 | Oops i'm bad at this
The Dandelion Dynasty By Ken Liu | The Masterpiece Which is Hard to Recommend | Spoiler Free
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The Dandelion Dynasty By Ken Liu | The Masterpiece Which is Hard to Recommend | Spoiler Free
Aegon 4th is literally me fr
Great job man
Ok, read Lions & Arbonne. Since Benghis Kahn loved Brightness & you have it at the top, so its next. Then Sarantine Mosaic. I like 5 star reads. 😀
Uncrown, the Lord of Emperor's awaits you now.
Yes, this is very helpful. Although I've already started with A Brightness Long Ago and it hooked me. So far I've only read Sarantine Mosaic, Brightness, Lions, Under Heaven, and Arbonne. Arbonne is my emotional favorite. Probably because the lead character changes the most. I think you could also say that about Sarantine, which taken as one story, is the greatest I've ever read.
In July I read: «The Stone of Farewell» (Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, #2) by Tad Williams (Epic Fantasy, a key influence for George R. R. Martin's « A Song of Ice and Fire») «Tiamat's Wrath» (The Expanse, #8) by James S.A. Corey (Space opera) «The Warrior Prophet» (The Prince of Nothing #2) by R. Scott Bakker (Grimdark/Dark Epic Fantasy inspired by the Crusades, Silmarillion & Dune) I really have a hard time picking my July book of the month between «The Stone of Farewell» & «The Warrior Prophet»!😅 Currently reading «To Green Angel Tower» (Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, #3) by Tad Williams.
One of these days I really need to try the Dune sequels...some day
I believe you missed Jahaerys 2, the father of the mad king
Good work on the Palmer promotion Jake, very cool to see everyone else in the comments getting excited!
I'm reading Lions next month. I really looking forward to it. I need to figure out when I can start reading Terra Ignota. I really want to read that series. Great wrap up. Evan Winter is on my radar now. I really want to read those books.
Where we fight. The world burns. Hope you enjoy Lions!
I also like Rage of Dragons a bit better than Fires of Vengeance, they're both good books though. Your thoughts on the Kite Runner were very interesting too; I largely agree.
Hey I also finished Never let me go this month. And maybe it helps to know that it’s a dystopian instead of sci-fi set in our world. And it’s more of a tragic story and the question on what’s morally wrong or right and how unfair the world can be. But it also took me some time to get through, but the ending hit me so hard that I closed the book and needed a two full long minutes to ugly cry and process what I’d read.
I can see how it happened, I think I almost felt the emotion at the end despite really dragging through the book. Kind of a strange type of tragedy in that there was no real tragic moment, it kinda all went as they expected it to, and was unavoidable
Very happy my favorite booktuber agrees with my opinion on Never Let Me Go
I'm glad I could make you happy
I agree with you on Never Let Me Go being meh and Rage of Dragons > Fires of Vengeance. Do you know anymore action books as addictive as Rage of Dragons?
Sadly if I did you would hear about it a lot, maybe like....late Dresden books?
excited for terra 🙏
Excited for you to read Terra
I don't know why but I seriously love the way you say "Rassan", very sophisticated, sir 🤌 You're getting me very excited to give Rage of Dragons a re-read myself, I have been waiting for book 3 to do a full series binge read, but we'll see if I can resist the urge that long 🤣And YES to all you said about The Kiterunner, I felt so conflicted but I also devoured it!!
This is the first time any commenter has ever complemented my pronunciation
@@jakebishop7822 i am honoured to be the first
I really disliked 'never let me go' as well, it felt like such a waste of time and just put me in a bad mood by the end. I appreciate a good melancholy feeling at the end of a book, but not when it feels like I trudged through 500 miles of mud just to get slapped in the face and spit on.
Very subversive to write a book where there is really no twist or shake up at all, but maybe like....books have twists, shakeups, catastrophes, and eucatastrophes for a reason
Awesome wrap up! I totally get what you mean about The Kiterunner being emotionally manipulative while still being excellent lol You're really selling me on Ada Palmer 😅
Gotta make sure I earn the check from the Ada Palmer estate
Looks like a pretty good reading month Jake with the one exception. Which strangely enough mirrors my reading in July also. Regarding Edge Of Tomorrow have you read the book it is based from? All You Need Is Kill (Hiroshi Sakurazaka), it's a good read, but quite different from the film. I will have to move Too Like The Lightning up my wish list. So in July I managed 4 comic books: Annihilation - Books 1 to 3 (re-read) Judge Dredd Complete Casefiles Vol 24 6 books: Thornhedge - T Kingfisher The Rage Of Dragons - Evan Winter (which is awesome) To Kill A Mockingbird - Harper Lee The Bookstore Wedding (The Once Upon a Time Bookshop Stories) - Alice Hoffman Snow Country - Yasunari Kawabata (which was the exception) Crow Girls - Charles De Lint Book of the month is a hard pick between Rage Of Dragons and To Kill A Mockingbird so I'm not going to.
I have read read the book it's based on, is it a manga?
The book was released first then it was adapted into a manga version. I keep meaning to get the manga.
Great hearing your thoughts on all these! I loved the Rage of Dragons! In Fires of Vengeance, I felt like Winter addressed every criticism or shortcoming readers had about book 1, and it didn’t work me. So many people complained about Tau being 1-note, but that single-minded fury is what propelled me through book 1. He became boring to me in most of book 2. 😅
I feel that except like....still loved both
It’s good to hear Fires of Vengeance improves the world building started in Rage of Dragons. That’s the one thing I felt was lacking in that book, but otherwise enjoyed it. Look forward to revisiting it in the future. It was great to hear your thoughts on Kite Runner. I just learned about that book a few months ago when a fellow Booktuber participated in a banned book challenge. You made it sound even more compelling.
Of course Kite Runner is a banned book somewhere, this is why we can't have nice things
Yessssss Prentice Onayemi is a god tier narrator, so happy you could experience the story through him this time. Those books are great and I can’t wait for my own reread before the next book comes out whenever that is. Allen’s complaints about RoD are all awful takes 😅 You make me glad I saw the movie of Never Let Me Go compared to slogging through the book, and love getting hyped to try a new series with the Palmer one!
I mean who knows maybe you will be immersed in the book, people are saying that style is very immersive
I remembering really liking Rage of Dragons and Fires of Vengeance when I read them a few years ago, and never understood the levels of criticism it gets compared to a lot of other Fantasy (aside from the romance, that was pretty bad from what I remember). Its not a favourite of mine, but I'd also happily re-read them. Also people nitpicking the title and complaining about the lack of dragons got old and annoying fast. Only novels I finished were Don Winslow's The Winter of Frankie Machine and Guy Gavriel Kay's The Last Light of the Sun, which i agree with you is underrated. Everything else I read was comics. I'm currently reading Dragon Keeper and A Song for Arbonne.
It would make a lot more sense if book 1 was Fires of Vengeance and book 2 was Rage of Dragons
Big range this month, hopefully Ada Palmer works for me. You should try Remains of thr Day by Ishiguro next time
It’s ok it not every author works for us 😅
Mayhaps I will eventually
Can't believe Jake is out here not saying Edge of Tomorrow
@@readbykyle3082 i usually do, randomly forgot
Jake I’ve heard people put Rage of Dragons in the same camp as Red Rising classifying them both as basic revenge fantasy type books. How do you think they compare and why do you think RoD is divisive?
I think they are vaguely similar except in Red Rising Darrow just gets to become OP in like a sentence, while Rage of Dragons is kinda about Tau becoming OP I don't think it is that divisive, I think it just had like 5 people in our circle who didn't like it, like it has a 4.31 rating on goodreads.
@@jakebishop7822 that makes sense. I’ve had this on Audible for about two years now but have just been putting it off.
The problem with Viserys is that he's a wholesome great guy, and a totally dogshit ruler and lawkeeper. So he ends up being just an okay king. If Viserys had just sat down with Rhaenyra and said "Look sweetheart. I love your first three sons. They are my grandkids. And they are wonderful. But those kids are bastards. Marry another man and make trueborn heirs, because the Strong boys won't inherit." Then I am 100% sure the Small Council would never have been able to convince Aegon to get crowned. Aegon's whole argument for being king is "Do you really want the bastards of a Harrenhal lesser house on the Iron fucking Throne?" And everyone said "Lol hell no."
It's my favorite series of all time!! Thanks for bringing attention to it! It's also in my parents' favorite books of all time, and same for my ex-girlfriend who I showed it to via audiobook on roadtrips... literally everyone should read this (and by the way, the Audible narrrator is fantastic)
@@vlogbrotherdave Most of them are free with the audible subscription as well!
I thought that was Darling on the cover, not The Lady...I reckon you had only read the first book at this point.
Correct, I had only read the first book! I have a review for the full series I made later
Malazan all the way! 👍
great catching up to this live. 1:12:36 was funny af.
I'm watching a bit of reviews about this series, because people seem passionate about it. Which interests me. Not a single soul gives a freaking synopsis about the books, Noone talks about what's in it.
Kinda tough as a series review because book 1 almost feels like a stand alone, and then books 2-4 are what the series is actually about, so if I give a synopsis for book 1 that isn't really what it is about, and the synopsis for books 2-4 kinda spoilers book 1, but if I were to try. Book 1 is basically the retelling of the fall of the Qin dynasty in a fantasy world, and is very sweeping and is about like....multiple civil wars. The rest of about the formation of a modern society from the result of this, and how that happens, the costs of that happening Oh ya, and there are cool air ship battles
The Shelf of Books has returned! What series is it that is organized by spectrum? Or are those unrelated books put in order by a color-sensitive obsessive?
@@Matt42MSG those are most of Guy Gavriel Kay's books, so almost all stabd alones all by the same author
So you Do have legs after all😁😁😬
@@ahmaddana2109 Kyle says the legs that appear here was an elaborate illusion with mirrors
@@jakebishop7822 intersting🤔😂
It's always good to have a shelf tour. I'm looking forward to the next one when Charles De Lint has a full shelf to himself. Also I just realised it was also a propaganda video to prove you have legs. 🦵🦵
@@fithfath3615 good job staying on brand
@@jakebishop7822 I try to be consistent. 😀Also seeing all your books on shelves, makes me sad that I've still got mine in boxes.
bruh jake why you record this vertically 😭
AND WHY YOU BAREFOOT DAWG WHAT DA HELL 💀
@@kevin.jenkins I'm in my own apartment Kev, I can wear no shoes if I want
Last Light of the Sun is very underrated
yes
Oof! Motion sickness. Great video, though. A Monster Calls is a favorite, and the second to last book to make me cry. Not as hard as Salt to the Sea, but I definitely cried.
Pacey is unbelievable. I feel like the series is easy to reread too. But I gotta get through red country and the age of madness first
Age of Madness is so good, really kinda looking forward to Pacey's interpretation
Never noticed that with the two Sarantium covers, thanks!
Isn’t your cat lovely! She thinks the books are hers 😅😂😆
She is a menace to society.
Chaotic and fun video Also read Urth of the New Sun (and Titus Groan)!!!! FYI The Invention of Hugo Cabret is wonderful, I read it two years ago, and I definitely need to read more from that author.
Gracias, already read Urth of the New Sun though
@@jakebishop7822I apologise I think I got a brain fart.!
Just found a book that was upside down on the shelves. Let's see who notices it first
Going full old man video mode with the vertical-shaky cam direction. 🤣 Yaaaaas, for reading Titus Groan next! Don’t listen to Kile. Pronounce my name however you want! Calvin & Hobbes is amazing, agreed. Book ends would prevent Urth of the New Sun dropping. 👀 I have appreciated all of Vin’s commentary and demands throughout this video. More Vin, please! (The tail twitch was telling of Vin’s disdain.)
@@SheWasOnlyEvie i will tell "Kile" that I shall pronounce your name as well as you spell his I'm great at cinematography , all perceived flaws are actually a deliberate artistic choice
Wicked
Sick
@@jakebishop7822 🤙🏻😂
I’m seriously envious of your Folio BOTNS. Very beautiful collection of books. What’s your standard for buying a book physically vs digital, and also buying a normal copy vs a special edition?
I don't really have a standard, but generally like...if it is a book I really like, and it is a fancy edition I really like, I get it. I usually buy books physically, Vorkosigan is all ebook because I know I was going to be binging them on a vacation where I couldn't pack 8 books
@@jakebishop7822 Makes sense. Haha
What's the next "Culture" series book you plan to read? Also, what were your overall thoughts on Blood Meridian? Justice for el gato!
I don't know which Culture book I will read next, and I haven't read Blood Meridian yet, the only Cormac book I have read is No Country For Old Men
You're just lucky the cat graciously lets you live in her home.
fair and true
Lord of the Silver Bow is fantastic, it really surprised me when I read it. Move it up your TBR! It's such a good book, and the sequel Shield of Thunder is even better.
I basically bought it because of you and Sarah
@@jakebishop7822 Kyle erasure
@@readbykyle3082 You get credit for other books/series
I agree that Fire Upon the Deep is an absolutely amazing title. I need to read it.
It gives such cool vibes
Skyward and Starsight are in the wrong order
gracias, fixed.