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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. 😀

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.

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.

Very happy my favorite booktuber agrees with my opinion on Never Let Me Go

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?

excited for 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!!

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.

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 😅

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.

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. 😅

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.

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 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.

Big range this month, hopefully Ada Palmer works for me. You should try Remains of thr Day by Ishiguro next time

Can't believe Jake is out here not saying Edge of Tomorrow

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?

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)

I thought that was Darling on the cover, not The Lady...I reckon you had only read the first book at this point.

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.

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?

So you Do have legs after all😁😁😬

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. 🦵🦵

bruh jake why you record this vertically 😭

Last Light of the Sun is very underrated

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

Never noticed that with the two Sarantium covers, thanks!

Isn’t your cat lovely! She thinks the books are hers 😅😂😆

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.

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.)

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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?

What's the next "Culture" series book you plan to read? Also, what were your overall thoughts on Blood Meridian? Justice for el gato!

You're just lucky the cat graciously lets you live in her home.

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 agree that Fire Upon the Deep is an absolutely amazing title. I need to read it.

Skyward and Starsight are in the wrong order