I love your wrap-ups: my TBR always gets a bit longer - you show me time and again how to be reading a great book can make my life a lot better, thank you so much. ⚘
I don't have any comic book history but I welcome any comic book-centric videos! There's so many, it often feels too overwhelming to start. Would love any recs and guidelines.
I don’t tend to read comics but I also prefer DC to Marvel. The last graphic novel I read was The Crow, bought it because I’m a huge fan of the 1994 film and the film’s soundtrack.
Ahh!! I'm in my vampire renaissance (which isn't hard to be because of all the amazing vampiere literature coming out these days!) and now you've got me all psyched to reread Interview (and all the other Vampire Chronicles books) and Carmilla! Also very very psyched about your vampy foreshadowing 👀🧛
Ooo, I’m so happy to see Anne Rice here. She’s my favorite novelist. Please read her book Cry to Heaven if you haven’t already. It’s not one of her supernatural books. It’s basically about 18th century Italian castrati in the opera world (altho the story is far more complex than just that). I miss Anne. Her attitude towards sexuality and gender identity was beautiful. She said many times she didn’t consider herself male or female and that she had a bisexual mind (even tho she’d only ever physically been with one man). And she said trans people were magical and humanity had so much to learn from the trans experience. We need more people like her. Her book The Witching Hour is absolutely stunning as well.
I love comics but I definitely understand why you don't talk about them. It seems in order to do that it has to be on a channel meant for comics. Crossover on booktube is tricky, especially with superhero comics.
Interview with a Vampire started my love of vampire fiction and the city of New Orleans. I’ve been five times over the past decade, and it’s magical and witchy every time. 🧛♀️🧙
Interview With A Vampire is definitely a great book. I have only been to New Orleans once and visited Anne’s grave site. I have been to so many of her book signings including her last one with her son in Palm Springs. Happy that another Interview With a Vampire fan has found Willow. 😊
Huh. I was really into Batman but dropped off sometime during the New 52 Era (I think?). But 'Failsafe'? Now that sounds really interesting! Thank you for bringing it to my attention ^^
Here's what I read Worthy by jada pinkett Smith memoir The wall of Winnipeg and me by Mariana Zapata Iris Kelly doesn't date by Ashley herring Blake Redeeming 6 by chloe Walsh The maid by nita prose Pride and protest by nikki Payne Same time next summer by annabel Monaghan Howling dark by Christopher ruoccichio My fault by Mercedes ron Going bicoastal by dahlia Adler Good luck with that by kristan Higgins
I studied Graphic Novels in an English Unit at the UNE, Armidale, Australia. Brilliant!!!!! The graphic novels we studied were Saga, Maus, Fun Home, The Watchmen, Persepolis. I learnt about Daniel Clowes, Crumb, The League of the extraordinary gentlemen and comic books as history. Loved.
I love The Interview with the Vampire movie. It was the first vampire movie I'd ever seen as a young teen and it absolutely blew me away. I definitely want to read the book one day. Have you seen the TV show adaptation that was released relatively recently? It's on my list of things to watch. I can't wait to read Private Rites. I'm on the waiting list at my library for it. I loved Our Wives Under the Sea. And I definitely want to read Service Model. I'm on the waiting list for that one too. Sounds like you had a brilliant reading month! ☺
Hi Willow, I almost hesitate to mention more books when you've got such a stack, but this sounded too good not to share info right away. I was watching a "mid-year freakout tag" video by Lindy Magpie Reads, and five minutes in discovered an author I think you'll love, John Elizabeth Stanzi. Watch Lindy's comments on the upcoming short story collection (Bad Houses). There is also a book of poetry I'm definitely going to check out, Junebat. Or maybe you already know about this (Canadian, nonbinary) author? 😀
I've read Interview with a Vampire not too long ago and was surprised to find out how many of the modern vampire tropes are stemming from this book. The only beef I have with this book is it's formatting - every edition of this book I ever looked is the same: page after page of block of text, without even as much as a paragraph to break it out, not to mention pretty much absense of chapters. This made for a very tiring experience, despite fascinating and captivating contents, even for my friends with non-neurodivergent brains.
I loved Fragile Animals and The Watchers! Avoiding the movie because from what I've heard I won't enjoy it. Can't wait to read Private Rites - loved your review. What a great reading month.
I like graphic novels and franco-belgian comics. Superheros though, I must admit I have overdosed a long time ago. I understand comics are not same as movies but superheros are everywhere, all the time, so it's a very firm NO from me! ^^ But I love your channel and you should do you, I'll just skip that content
Thank you so much for all that you read and share! It really helps narrow down what to grab in the limited time in which I have to read. I’ve never read Tchaikovsky, but do enjoy sci-fi. Where do I start? Would love a Tchaikovsky guide video! 😊
if you enjoyed Zdarksy's Batman run (which tbf I haven't read but it's in the basket after hearing the review here!), then you should definitely check out his Daredevil run he recently wrapped up! it's a crazy journey about catholic guilt, the all trapping power of capitalism and politics, as well as what brings someone to extremism! so good! plus Elektra in this series is so good. the series is super standalone too, as long as you have a rough knowledge of daredevil (a friend who onky watched the show picked it up and wasn't left confused by any random lore assumptions)
Please don’t compare yourself to someone who stresses herself out reading as much as possible in order to make videos about those books on UA-cam lol. Not that I don’t love every second of it but I do put myself under pressure. Just enjoy yourself :)
@WillowTalksBooks if it means anything aleast your stress is worth it we all love your videos just when I think I'm making a dent in my tbr list you give us another banger to read haha
Ok as others have said the TV show is LOVELY! It’s even gayer and tackles so many important topics like abuse. For me? The BEST adaption of the book!!!!
I do like comics, but I gravitate towards indie, non-superhero stuff. Right now I have a library copy of a horror comic called The Cull, and it's published by Image. I impulsively placed a hold on it so I could get some dopamine without spending money. :)
The only thing I didn’t like about the Watchers was the setup at the end of the book. I think it would have worked better - and would have been more terrifying - if the event was isolated.
Loved your tbr. I have three new books added to my ever growing list. Also my spouse is super into comics so they enjoyed hearing about your reads. Superman is their fav comic superhero and Superman is growing on me too.
I would also highly recommend the new Interview with the Vampire tv show! It took some creative liberties but it’s openly gay and the actors did a magnificent job. Really loved it. :)
@@wifeundertheseait definitely follows the events of the book for the most part, the framing device for why the interview is even happening is a bit different tho as well as multiple changes to character which, in my opinion, only gives them more depth! I watched the show first so I might be biased when I say you can watch it first but I highly recommend reading the book anyway, even if it's after. It's gorgeously written anyway and gives you more insight into the world and it's interesting to see what changes were made.
@@wifeunderthesea If you’re sensitive to spoilers, I’d say read the book first. The heart of the story is the relationship between the lead characters, and the show kept it and its major developments and turning points the same as they’re in the book.
Comic fan, huh? Thoughts on Watchmen? (I thought to ask since I recently re-read it. Great as ever.) How about Uzamaki? Black Hole? From Hell? Jimmy Corrigan? The rest of those aren't DC, but I would hope that's not the only thing you read.
Not sure if it was your intention but this is easily one of the most pretentious comments I’ve ever received. And yes, I have in fact read other comics and manga. Glad to have not disappointed you
@@WillowTalksBooks oh good, I'm glad. I don't know what you know or don't know (you made it seem as though DC were your main wheelhouse (plus, I was actually asking for your thoughts)). BTW, thanks to your videos, I read Horror Movie (great in first half, flounders a bit in the second - loved the screenplay interspersed thru-out) and Exhalation (stories are solid, but you definitely overhyped it).
I first read Interview with the Vampire about a year before The Vampire Lestat came out, and I'm so glad I did, because the wait would have killed me if it had been sooner! It was the first adult book series I ever got really obsessed about and I don't know if I would be the same lover and reader of books that I am today without them.
@@WillowTalksBooks no I want to know because I want to try them if there would be some benefits . Because I did in the past bought some and I found them boring .
Please, do talk about comics! 😊
Happily! Thanks!
Seconded - I’m always looking for comic recommendations, especially DC.
I love your wrap-ups:
my TBR always gets a
bit longer - you show me
time and again how to be
reading a great book can
make my life a lot better,
thank you so much. ⚘
The way you talk about books is so beautiful and insightful.
I am a lifelong reader of comics and the DC Universe and would love more comics content from you.
Fragile Animals is on my July TBR. I love Carmilla. I rearead it earlier this year and fell in love with it all over again.
I don't have any comic book history but I welcome any comic book-centric videos! There's so many, it often feels too overwhelming to start. Would love any recs and guidelines.
I don’t tend to read comics but I also prefer DC to Marvel. The last graphic novel I read was The Crow, bought it because I’m a huge fan of the 1994 film and the film’s soundtrack.
After Interview with the Vampire please read The Vampire Lestat and Queen of the Damned, the next two novels!
Yes! Those three are the best ones, in my opinion.
Ahh!! I'm in my vampire renaissance (which isn't hard to be because of all the amazing vampiere literature coming out these days!) and now you've got me all psyched to reread Interview (and all the other Vampire Chronicles books) and Carmilla! Also very very psyched about your vampy foreshadowing 👀🧛
Another great video! Thanks Willow, can't wait to be terrified while reading Horror Movie :-)
Ooo, I’m so happy to see Anne Rice here. She’s my favorite novelist. Please read her book Cry to Heaven if you haven’t already. It’s not one of her supernatural books. It’s basically about 18th century Italian castrati in the opera world (altho the story is far more complex than just that). I miss Anne. Her attitude towards sexuality and gender identity was beautiful. She said many times she didn’t consider herself male or female and that she had a bisexual mind (even tho she’d only ever physically been with one man). And she said trans people were magical and humanity had so much to learn from the trans experience. We need more people like her. Her book The Witching Hour is absolutely stunning as well.
I love comics but I definitely understand why you don't talk about them. It seems in order to do that it has to be on a channel meant for comics. Crossover on booktube is tricky, especially with superhero comics.
Interview with a Vampire started my love of vampire fiction and the city of New Orleans. I’ve been five times over the past decade, and it’s magical and witchy every time. 🧛♀️🧙
Interview With A Vampire is definitely a great book. I have only been to New Orleans once and visited Anne’s grave site. I have been to so many of her book signings including her last one with her son in Palm Springs. Happy that another Interview With a Vampire fan has found Willow. 😊
@@Gen-yh1jz Yes! Willow is amazing!
Huh. I was really into Batman but dropped off sometime during the New 52 Era (I think?). But 'Failsafe'? Now that sounds really interesting! Thank you for bringing it to my attention ^^
Yeah this is the best Batman has been since the New 52 era
Here's what I read
Worthy by jada pinkett Smith memoir
The wall of Winnipeg and me by Mariana Zapata
Iris Kelly doesn't date by Ashley herring Blake
Redeeming 6 by chloe Walsh
The maid by nita prose
Pride and protest by nikki Payne
Same time next summer by annabel Monaghan
Howling dark by Christopher ruoccichio
My fault by Mercedes ron
Going bicoastal by dahlia Adler
Good luck with that by kristan Higgins
I studied Graphic Novels in an English Unit at the UNE, Armidale, Australia. Brilliant!!!!! The graphic novels we studied were Saga, Maus, Fun Home, The Watchmen, Persepolis. I learnt about Daniel Clowes, Crumb, The League of the extraordinary gentlemen and comic books as history. Loved.
All amazing!
Actually I would welcome more comic content
I love The Interview with the Vampire movie. It was the first vampire movie I'd ever seen as a young teen and it absolutely blew me away. I definitely want to read the book one day. Have you seen the TV show adaptation that was released relatively recently? It's on my list of things to watch. I can't wait to read Private Rites. I'm on the waiting list at my library for it. I loved Our Wives Under the Sea. And I definitely want to read Service Model. I'm on the waiting list for that one too. Sounds like you had a brilliant reading month! ☺
The tv series is amazing it just got renewed for a third season I have read some of the books you really should give them a try
Glad you had a good reading month during Pride month. 📚🏳️🌈
My favourite Anne Rice book is "Queen of The Damned" because you get the entire family history. She was great RIP Anne Rice.
Hi Willow, I almost hesitate to mention more books when you've got such a stack, but this sounded too good not to share info right away. I was watching a "mid-year freakout tag" video by Lindy Magpie Reads, and five minutes in discovered an author I think you'll love, John Elizabeth Stanzi. Watch Lindy's comments on the upcoming short story collection (Bad Houses). There is also a book of poetry I'm definitely going to check out, Junebat. Or maybe you already know about this (Canadian, nonbinary) author? 😀
I've read Interview with a Vampire not too long ago and was surprised to find out how many of the modern vampire tropes are stemming from this book.
The only beef I have with this book is it's formatting - every edition of this book I ever looked is the same: page after page of block of text, without even as much as a paragraph to break it out, not to mention pretty much absense of chapters. This made for a very tiring experience, despite fascinating and captivating contents, even for my friends with non-neurodivergent brains.
I loved Fragile Animals and The Watchers! Avoiding the movie because from what I've heard I won't enjoy it. Can't wait to read Private Rites - loved your review. What a great reading month.
I'm glad you had a good reading month, I had a good reading month too! May the rest of the year continue this way
Ok, I was going to start my Scalzi journey with Kaiju, but...intelligent cats?? and just saw the alternative cover
I need to read it 😹😹😹
I’ve really been enjoying your videos. Thanks for making them.
I like graphic novels and franco-belgian comics. Superheros though, I must admit I have overdosed a long time ago. I understand comics are not same as movies but superheros are everywhere, all the time, so it's a very firm NO from me! ^^ But I love your channel and you should do you, I'll just skip that content
Thank you so much for all that you read and share! It really helps narrow down what to grab in the limited time in which I have to read. I’ve never read Tchaikovsky, but do enjoy sci-fi. Where do I start? Would love a Tchaikovsky guide video! 😊
if you enjoyed Zdarksy's Batman run (which tbf I haven't read but it's in the basket after hearing the review here!), then you should definitely check out his Daredevil run he recently wrapped up! it's a crazy journey about catholic guilt, the all trapping power of capitalism and politics, as well as what brings someone to extremism! so good! plus Elektra in this series is so good. the series is super standalone too, as long as you have a rough knowledge of daredevil (a friend who onky watched the show picked it up and wasn't left confused by any random lore assumptions)
Damn its crazy how much you got through ive been slowly reading Antarctica by claire keegan for the entirety of june, i gotta pick up my reading lol
Please don’t compare yourself to someone who stresses herself out reading as much as possible in order to make videos about those books on UA-cam lol. Not that I don’t love every second of it but I do put myself under pressure. Just enjoy yourself :)
@WillowTalksBooks if it means anything aleast your stress is worth it we all love your videos just when I think I'm making a dent in my tbr list you give us another banger to read haha
Haha thank you 💜
Ok as others have said the TV show is LOVELY! It’s even gayer and tackles so many important topics like abuse. For me? The BEST adaption of the book!!!!
I do like comics, but I gravitate towards indie, non-superhero stuff. Right now I have a library copy of a horror comic called The Cull, and it's published by Image. I impulsively placed a hold on it so I could get some dopamine without spending money. :)
Ooh I love Image stuff and horror comics. I’ll check out The Cull :)
Being a DC fan, wondering your thoughts on the animated Teen Titans shows.
I’m a weirdo; I like both.
The only thing I didn’t like about the Watchers was the setup at the end of the book. I think it would have worked better - and would have been more terrifying - if the event was isolated.
Loved your tbr. I have three new books added to my ever growing list. Also my spouse is super into comics so they enjoyed hearing about your reads. Superman is their fav comic superhero and Superman is growing on me too.
Starter Villian is so fun! Interview With the Vampire is my favourite book (alongside the Uncensored version of Dorian Gray), I adore it
Amazing choices. I’m long overdue a reread of Dorian Gray
The interview with the vampire tv series of 2022 is incredible!!!!
Enabled, enabled. Horror Movie and The Watchers purchased.
Such a good selection! I love the way you express yourself. Quick tip for ebook readers, Carmilla is available for free on Project Guttemberg. 😊
Yes, so it is!
Yes, so it is!
I would absolutely love to watch your comic books content
I would also highly recommend the new Interview with the Vampire tv show! It took some creative liberties but it’s openly gay and the actors did a magnificent job. Really loved it. :)
I’ve heard magical things about it!
seconded!!! such a fantastic show (and just got renewed for a third season!)
@@wifeundertheseait definitely follows the events of the book for the most part, the framing device for why the interview is even happening is a bit different tho as well as multiple changes to character which, in my opinion, only gives them more depth! I watched the show first so I might be biased when I say you can watch it first but I highly recommend reading the book anyway, even if it's after. It's gorgeously written anyway and gives you more insight into the world and it's interesting to see what changes were made.
Love your enthusiasm about these books. I put several on my TBR list. Thanks!
@@wifeunderthesea If you’re sensitive to spoilers, I’d say read the book first. The heart of the story is the relationship between the lead characters, and the show kept it and its major developments and turning points the same as they’re in the book.
Did you happen to read Blindsight by Peter Watts for your vampire video? Not to add more to a probably extensive pile!
I’ve actually never heard of it!
Thank you for the recommendation.
Comic fan, huh? Thoughts on Watchmen? (I thought to ask since I recently re-read it. Great as ever.)
How about Uzamaki? Black Hole? From Hell? Jimmy Corrigan? The rest of those aren't DC, but I would hope that's not the only thing you read.
Not sure if it was your intention but this is easily one of the most pretentious comments I’ve ever received. And yes, I have in fact read other comics and manga. Glad to have not disappointed you
@@WillowTalksBooks oh good, I'm glad. I don't know what you know or don't know (you made it seem as though DC were your main wheelhouse (plus, I was actually asking for your thoughts)).
BTW, thanks to your videos, I read Horror Movie (great in first half, flounders a bit in the second - loved the screenplay interspersed thru-out) and Exhalation (stories are solid, but you definitely overhyped it).
Phew, so glad I didn’t disappoint you. And sorry about the overhyping. I’ll do better next time 🙏
I love comics, graphic novels and manga so I would watch ur review about them
I care about comics.
I first read Interview with the Vampire about a year before The Vampire Lestat came out, and I'm so glad I did, because the wait would have killed me if it had been sooner! It was the first adult book series I ever got really obsessed about and I don't know if I would be the same lover and reader of books that I am today without them.
you talking about comics is making me want to get into them but i just don't know where to start? and it's a little intimidating...
Don’t worry babe, I got you: ua-cam.com/video/ZEVL2EhYzJY/v-deo.html
@@WillowTalksBooks oh wow! Thanks!
Question are you planning on reading the other books in the vampire chronicles and the tv adaptation of interview with the vampire 🤔📚📺
I’m definitely going to watch the show. We’ll see about the other books
@@WillowTalksBooks yay I'm so happy season 2 is almost done airing just got renewed for a third season
📣 PLEASE TALK ABOUT COMICS!! ❤
Can do! 💜
What's the benefits from reading novels .
Do you want me to tell you why I like them? Do you want me to tell you the health benefits? Or are you just trolling?
@@WillowTalksBooks no I want to know because I want to try them if there would be some benefits . Because I did in the past bought some and I found them boring .
I don’t know what you mean by benefits. But maybe this video will help? ua-cam.com/video/y9WyGC59Y78/v-deo.htmlsi=0XxRFMKelhUJLDME
@@WillowTalksBooks thnk you so much . 👍
SECOND CHANNEL FOR COMICS!!!
So excited after your review of Horror Movie, can’t wait to pick up 🫣