My December 2024 Wrap-Up and January 2025 Reading Plan (Plus an Announcement!)

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  • @PetrikLeo
    @PetrikLeo  17 днів тому +4

    Thank you so much to Wraithmarked for collaborating with me on creating a custom signed deluxe bookmarks! www.kickstarter.com/projects/wraithmarked/petrikleobm?ref=4mxmzl

  • @tomjoyce7037
    @tomjoyce7037 14 днів тому +1

    Left Hand of Darkness is superb. I love atmosphere and the world building. An absolute classic.

    • @PetrikLeo
      @PetrikLeo  14 днів тому

      The atmosphere and world-building of that book is incredible. So much impact in such a small book!

  • @Talking_Story
    @Talking_Story 16 днів тому +4

    Hope your 25 starts off with some 5 star reads!

    • @PetrikLeo
      @PetrikLeo  16 днів тому +1

      That will be amazing. Thank you so much!

  • @ewaperczak5479
    @ewaperczak5479 16 днів тому +6

    I love Ursula Le Guin, she's such a skilled storyteller💗'The Left Hand of Darkness' is a great place to start. I think the Earthsea Cycle is good but it was originally written for teenagers. 'The Dispossessed' might be more worth your time. Anyway, just my two cents. Whatever you choose, I'm sure you won't regret it. Ursula always delivers ☺

    • @PetrikLeo
      @PetrikLeo  15 днів тому +1

      Thank you so much! I certainly will read more books by Ursula Le Guin! :)

  • @mimasan85
    @mimasan85 17 днів тому +8

    Petrik I was anxious too when Wind and Truth released because everybody and their mother were releasing review videos in a few days or a week later. I didn't watch any of the videos of course and some channels I unsubscribed from because they were just being so obnoxiously click-baity with their thumbnails and controversial titles (channels like that drive me crazy lol). I decided to slow down and not finish Wind and Truth in December. I'm going to finish now in January. I'm a very scheduled reader and I like to approach Epic Fantasies that I love almost like an academic 😂. I have a Mistborn notebook where I took notes of my thoughts on the story and my predictions about the epigraphs etc. I have a Stormlight notebook too where I do the same. I also write quotes on those notebooks. My Sanderson journey started last summer so that I could catch up for Wind and Truth and live the hype with everyone. I caught up the second week of December because that's when I finished Rhythm of War but then I realized that everyone else was binging the book so quickly to give their thoughts and that was not the way I wanted to go. So appreciate that you haven't read it yet and I can watch your videos safely haha. Take your time Petrik. Enjoy the ride. Journey before destination.

    • @PetrikLeo
      @PetrikLeo  15 днів тому +1

      EXACTLY. You understand what I felt. I did that with Rhythm of War. People were finishing it like tomorrow the world will end. This happened again with Wind and Truth. This time, I decided to take a step back. I think it works in our favor. We can just read it in our time when the time is right! :)

  • @avery_moore_reads
    @avery_moore_reads 16 днів тому +2

    Happy New Year, Petrik! I really need to read more Ursula Le Guin books. I've only read Wizard of Earthsea and Tombs of Atuan. I'll add them to my reading list for 2025. Technically I started my new year with Book 1 of the Iliad for my book club, but right now I'm listening to Beyond Redemption by Michael R Fletcher. I'm a massive fan of grimdark, and from what I heard this novel is the grimest of the grimdark, so it went straight to the top of my reading list for the year. Enjoy Hyperion and everything else you read this year. Happy reading! 😊

    • @PetrikLeo
      @PetrikLeo  15 днів тому

      Thank you so much! Beyond Redemption and the sequel, Mirror's Truth, are incredible grimdark fantasy. Happy New Year and Happy reading to you, too! 😄

  • @mariareadsssf
    @mariareadsssf 14 днів тому +1

    In 2024 I've read my first work by Ursula K. LeGuin, the Short Story "The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas". I hope we both will have the chance to read more from her.

    • @PetrikLeo
      @PetrikLeo  14 днів тому

      Hear hear! That will be amazing!! 😄

  • @esmayrosalyne
    @esmayrosalyne 15 днів тому +1

    Happy to hear that the few reads you managed to get in were so great for you. Hope you start the year off with a bang and carry that positive energy into 2025. Happy reading!

    • @PetrikLeo
      @PetrikLeo  15 днів тому +1

      Thank you, Esmay! Fingers crossed. I need this year to be a much better reading year or I'll fall to a reading slump! :'D

  • @jackbharucha1475
    @jackbharucha1475 9 днів тому +1

    Just re read into the Narowdark. You will love it.

  • @Uppernorwood976
    @Uppernorwood976 16 днів тому +2

    Hyperion was in my top 2 books last year. A complete surprise as I didn’t really know what it was about. A couple of the stories will stick with me for a long time.

    • @PetrikLeo
      @PetrikLeo  16 днів тому

      Which one was your favorite? While I love the first four the most, if I have to choose, The Scholar's Tale is my personal favorite. God that story... So heartbreaking. :(

  • @benmeadows16
    @benmeadows16 15 днів тому +2

    What's your thoughts on Brandon Sanderson last book Wind and Truth and how much a dip in quality of work it was and pretty much wrecked the series .

    • @PetrikLeo
      @PetrikLeo  15 днів тому +1

      @@benmeadows16 literally in the video I said I haven't read it. 😂

    • @benmeadows16
      @benmeadows16 15 днів тому

      @@PetrikLeo yeah you must have heard all the drama though epically reference to the pacing issues , bloated unedited publication and his main editor leaving years ago

  • @thesmuli83
    @thesmuli83 16 днів тому +2

    Happy New Year Petrik 🎆Congrats on hitting 40k 🍰☕
    I hope the year 2025 starts with good stories📚🤓

    • @PetrikLeo
      @PetrikLeo  16 днів тому +1

      Happy New Year to you, too, Samuli! Thank you so much for the support all these years! :)

  • @cynthiafialka
    @cynthiafialka 15 днів тому +1

    Congrats on 40K!!

    • @PetrikLeo
      @PetrikLeo  15 днів тому +1

      Thank you so much!!

  • @felder1122
    @felder1122 16 днів тому +3

    congrats on 40k petrik! well deserved! my january plans are mistborn trilogy and either the veiled throne and speaking bones or ashes of man and disquiet gods. overall plans for 2025 is the cosmere (finishing elantris and starting the hope for elantris and the emperors soul today) and also you and brian lee durfee are the reasons im going to read osten ard sometime this year

    • @PetrikLeo
      @PetrikLeo  15 днів тому

      Thank you so much! Oh my... Mistborn trilogy, Dandelion Dynasty, and Sun Eater. Your January is off to an incredible start! Enjoy! :)

  • @emroyka
    @emroyka 17 днів тому +2

    So happy to see you thriving Petrik, Bonne et Heureuse Année! I finally finished Wheel Of Time, wrapping up A Memory Of Light right at the end of December 2024, and it ended on a high note overall, so I rode that wave of accomplishment into motivation for The Wars Of Light And Shadow and finally picked up Curse Of The Mistwraith! Looking forward to another long series I will spread over the course of several years, and wishing you many happy and fulfilling readings in 2025!😊📚💖

    • @PetrikLeo
      @PetrikLeo  14 днів тому +2

      You did!! You completed The Wheel of Time! That's one of my goals this year! :)

    • @emroyka
      @emroyka 14 днів тому +1

      You can do it! All in good time. Let it happen and you will be rewarded with a great experience! :D

  • @ZOMGfantasy
    @ZOMGfantasy 17 днів тому +4

    That choco boy bookmark is gorgeous!! 😍😍
    Happy New Year Petrik, here's to a year of full of amazing reads and incredible success for you! 😊
    Im very curious what you'll think of W&T whenever you get around to it!

    • @PetrikLeo
      @PetrikLeo  16 днів тому +1

      Thank you so much, Zammar! Happy New Year to you, too! May this be the year I read your books! And I will let you and everyone know my thoughts on Wind and Truth! :)

    • @ZOMGfantasy
      @ZOMGfantasy 16 днів тому

      @PetrikLeo Haha that would be so cool, but also, no rush! They'll be there next year, and the year after, and the one after that too 😁

  • @cipriansirbu3699
    @cipriansirbu3699 17 днів тому +2

    Congratulations on 40k,well deserved it. I hope you will like Wind and Truth more than me,gave it 4 stars. I'm currently at 40% into Lonesome Dove,it's really good and when I'm done with it I will start The Witchood Crown,heard many great things about this sequel series from Tad Williams.

    • @PetrikLeo
      @PetrikLeo  16 днів тому +1

      Thank you so much! Been hearing some mixed things about Wind and Truth lately. The overall rating on Goodreads is still insanely high, though. I need to get around to The Lonesome Dove one day. Enjoy The Last King of Osten Ard series. It has been great so far, and I heard the last two books are the best of the series!

  • @Lightning72able
    @Lightning72able 16 днів тому +1

    Such fond memories as a teenager in the 1980’s reading Raymond E. Feist. Some of my favourite fantasy alongside that of The Dragonlance series & Memory, Sorrow & Thorn trilogy by Tad Williams.

    • @PetrikLeo
      @PetrikLeo  15 днів тому

      I've been reading some classics lately! I haven't tried Dragonlance, though! :D

  • @mastersal4644
    @mastersal4644 16 днів тому +1

    Happy new year Petrik. Hope you love all the Jan and rest of 2025 reads

    • @PetrikLeo
      @PetrikLeo  16 днів тому

      Happy New Year to you, too, friend! Good luck with your 2025 reading! :D

  • @celestialdemon1316
    @celestialdemon1316 16 днів тому +1

    Happy New Year! I'm excited for you to start your Hyperion journey again. I want to hear your thoughts on The Fall of Hyperon when you get to it.
    My January TBR:
    1. The Guns of Empire by Django Wexler
    2. The Rise of Endymion by Dan Simmons
    3. Finish Herald by Rob J. Hayes
    4. King Bullet by Richard Kadrey

    • @PetrikLeo
      @PetrikLeo  15 днів тому +1

      Yeah! I just finished the Scholar's Tale. Once again reminded me why I loved this book so much! I look forward to The Fall of Hyperion soon! You have a great reading plan, too. Guns of Empire and Herald were great!

  • @jocelynpouget6133
    @jocelynpouget6133 13 днів тому +1

    Read Hyperion and the fall ... decades ago! I need to read it again plus the 2 Endymion books I bought last year. One of the 3 cycles I want to read shortly with James Ellroy Undercover trilogy and Stormblight archives (just got books 1-3 at Xmas). Should keep me busy several months...

    • @PetrikLeo
      @PetrikLeo  13 днів тому

      My reread of Hyperion went super well. I look forward to reading The Fall of Hyperion next month and then Endymion books. Time to finish the Cantos this year. I hope you'll enjoy the 2 Endymion books too!

    • @jocelynpouget6133
      @jocelynpouget6133 13 днів тому

      If they are good I'll consider buying Ilium/Olympos.

  • @safinan8008
    @safinan8008 17 днів тому +1

    Happy reading 🎊

  • @jacketernity4609
    @jacketernity4609 16 днів тому +2

    I wanna read My Hero at some point especially now that it is finished.
    Watched the Anime until S5 so I also need to finish that.
    LoL!
    Great video as always!

    • @PetrikLeo
      @PetrikLeo  16 днів тому +1

      Thank you! Haha, I watched the anime until the battle with Class B and then got bored with the anime. The manga is amazing thoroughly! :)

  • @Davenport901
    @Davenport901 16 днів тому +1

    Congrats on 40k! Well deserved! Take your time with Wind and Truth, you are not on a schedule with your audience.

    • @PetrikLeo
      @PetrikLeo  16 днів тому +1

      Thank you so much! That's certainly a thing I have to remember! :)

  • @andrewlavigne44
    @andrewlavigne44 17 днів тому +1

    Congrats on hitting 40k!I I already read Hyperion but wanted to end 2024/start 2025 with another crazy sprawling sci-fi story so I started Peter F. Hamilton's Night Dawn trilogy with the Reality Dysfunction; overall I'd say Hyperion is definitely the better book, but I'm impressed with the scale of what Hamilton is doing...this is a trilogy where the FIRST book is a staggering 1,223 pages on Kindle and honestly past the first 200 it reads much quicker than that, more like a 700 pager. I'm finally 66% in at 850 pages, which sounds like an insane thing to say.

    • @PetrikLeo
      @PetrikLeo  14 днів тому

      Thank you so much! I'm in the middle of rereading Hyperion and it's even better! I need to try Peter Hamilton's books, too! Also... that IS a massive book! :D

  • @Olphas
    @Olphas 17 днів тому +1

    I love that choco bookmark 😍
    I will read To Green Angel Tower - Siege next and then probably Blacklight Born, the final book in the Combat Codes by Alexander Darwin.

    • @PetrikLeo
      @PetrikLeo  16 днів тому +1

      Yay! Thank you! If you get a copy of Choco Boy bookmark, please let me know. Enjoy To Green Angel Tower: Siege! :D

  • @vikillustrations
    @vikillustrations 16 днів тому +1

    My year started with rereading Fablehaven for the third time. my favourite childhood series, and it stands the test of time. So that was a free 5 star read i guess :D I also already finished the phoenix Keeper, a cozy fantasy about a zookeeper trying to save the phoenix species from extinction. Very strong reads so far, and already done with the goal for the year
    I will try my luck at reading one more book, but can´t decide which one just yet. I have like 5 books I have started over the years and not finished, so I want to prioritise those. Probably Bohatier by Juraj Červenák, or Rainwild by Hobb. Both of these have been waiting for me to finish them for over 5 years

    • @PetrikLeo
      @PetrikLeo  14 днів тому

      Whoa, Phoenix Keeper sounds quite interesting. Maybe I should try that when I'm in the mood for cozy fantasy. Thanks for the recommendation! :)

  • @noname3609
    @noname3609 17 днів тому +5

    Wind and Truth might become my favourite Stormlight book.Favourite flashbacks and so many remarkable moments so far !!! Hope u enjoy row on reread though

    • @PetrikLeo
      @PetrikLeo  17 днів тому +1

      @@noname3609 good to hear! i hope to feel the same! 😄

  • @radudumanovschi3387
    @radudumanovschi3387 17 днів тому +2

    In January I have Out of the Gate by Elsie Silver (completed), Dark Age by Pierce Brown (completed), Towers of Midnight by Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson

    • @noname3609
      @noname3609 16 днів тому +2

      @@radudumanovschi3387 nice. Tom and especially Amol are God tier in Fantasy genre! 🙏

    • @PetrikLeo
      @PetrikLeo  16 днів тому +1

      I envy you reaching Tower of Midnight!!

    • @radudumanovschi3387
      @radudumanovschi3387 16 днів тому +1

      @@PetrikLeo At some point you will get there too. You don't have to be.

    • @noname3609
      @noname3609 16 днів тому

      @@PetrikLeo Once you get to book 11,12 ur gonna fly through them Petrik! Book 12 is amazing!!!! 😁

  • @kelsisbooknook
    @kelsisbooknook 16 днів тому +2

    Starting the year reading Malice by John Gwynne. Really enjoying it and have a feeling I will need to dive right into Valor

    • @noname3609
      @noname3609 16 днів тому +3

      @@kelsisbooknook Malice and Valor are great but Ruin and Wrath are masterpieces.Also recommend Of blood and Bone trilogy aswel,not only it continues the Banished Land's Tales but it concludes it aswel.
      Bloodsworn saga is a different beast though and has a Viking setting. 🙏
      Enjoy Papa Gwynne. Truth and Courage!!! 🙏

    • @PetrikLeo
      @PetrikLeo  16 днів тому +2

      TRUTH AND COURAGE!! Always must say that to every reader of The Faithful and the Fallen! :D

    • @noname3609
      @noname3609 16 днів тому

      @@PetrikLeo Yes,Petrik!!! 🙏

  • @PsyKotyK
    @PsyKotyK 16 днів тому +1

    Hey , have you read any war hammer? I tried a sample of eisenhorn and instant buy . Give it a shot .

    • @PetrikLeo
      @PetrikLeo  16 днів тому +1

      @@PsyKotyK not yet! Eisenhorn is indeed on the priority list this yeae!

  • @scotts1912
    @scotts1912 17 днів тому +1

    I ended 2024 with a fantastic book: Speaks the Nightbird by Robert McCammon. Looking forward to more of his books in that series.
    2025 is off to a great start with Red Rising. It's my first time reading it, so I'm very late to the party. Should finish it today. I definitely understand the hype for this series now. After that I'll read an espionage thriller called Moscow X, followed by Fool's Errand by Robin Hobb.

    • @PetrikLeo
      @PetrikLeo  15 днів тому +1

      Oh man. Speaks the Nightbird is another one I really want to read this year. I love McCammon's books! And hey. If Red God comes out this year, you made the right decision starting Red Rising Saga now!

  • @brandoncordeau7277
    @brandoncordeau7277 16 днів тому +1

    I just recently got the covenant of steel series so I think I might be checking that out soon even though I don’t really know much about it but it sounds interesting enough even though I never read by Anthony Ryan so I hope I like him

    • @PetrikLeo
      @PetrikLeo  16 днів тому

      I've read The Pariah by Anthony Ryan. It's great! I think you'll like it. I need to read the sequels, too! :')

    • @brandoncordeau7277
      @brandoncordeau7277 16 днів тому +1

      ​@PetrikLeo i hope so its sounds really interesting and good hoping i like the series

  • @brokenredflag
    @brokenredflag 16 днів тому +1

    Grate shirt❤👍

  • @fcsolis
    @fcsolis 16 днів тому +1

    I'm barreling through Robin Hobb's Fool's Assassin. I expect to finish Assassin's Fate and be done with all Fitz books in January. I'll take a break from fantasy. Going literary for a while. Thank you.

    • @PetrikLeo
      @PetrikLeo  16 днів тому

      Ohhh. The last ride. Enjoy! Assassin's Fate is my favorite book by Robin Hobb! :)

  • @nicholasczech6973
    @nicholasczech6973 17 днів тому +1

    Welcome back for the new year of 2025 Petrik. Can you maybe attempt at getting on Philip C Quaintrell, Tad Williams, Steven Erikson or maybe even George RR Martin for Author interviews. I knew know it may be a far stretch, but as an aspiring Author, it would mean a Great deal. Am sure many others would be enthralled and equipped with magnificent excitement as well. Perhaps even JK Rowling herself. Any thoughts on Book stores reawakening as well, such as Barnes and Noble. Thank you friend.

    • @PetrikLeo
      @PetrikLeo  16 днів тому +1

      Thank you so much! Happy New Year to you, too! Philip C Quaintrell and Tad Williams are already on the plan to interview this year. I don't think I can get an interview with such big names like George Martin, though. It would be amazing, but not sure how that's possible! xD

  • @zenthepoet.
    @zenthepoet. 17 днів тому +5

    Peeeetrik

    • @PetrikLeo
      @PetrikLeo  17 днів тому +2

      @@zenthepoet. zeennnn!!!

  • @ansh2771
    @ansh2771 17 днів тому +2

    Read LOTM as your 1st book and it'll be your BOTY like 2024

    • @PetrikLeo
      @PetrikLeo  16 днів тому +1

      You're probably right on that!!! :D

  • @angelaholmes8888
    @angelaholmes8888 16 днів тому +1

    I read 10 books in December my favorites are
    My song by harry bellefonte memoir
    Be my baby by ronnie spector memoir I totally recommend these two books
    The true love experiment by christina Lauren
    Blackwood farm by Anne rice book 8 in the vampire chronicles
    I already read my first book in January the teacher by frida McFadden unfortunately I didn't enjoy don't recommend this book ⭐⭐

  • @nazimelmardi
    @nazimelmardi 16 днів тому +1

    Now Petrik you are reading what I started to read when I was young. Magician. (Among others.) Harry Potter what? 😂 It wasn’t even a thought in JK Rowling’s head. Pug is the anchor point of that series. There will be some other characters. This has a very-very long story in time.
    Hyperion time.

    • @PetrikLeo
      @PetrikLeo  16 днів тому +1

      Hahahaha! Time for me to read many reader's favorite childhood books! :D

  • @Filthyanimal9
    @Filthyanimal9 16 днів тому +1

    Congrats and gl in 2025!

    • @PetrikLeo
      @PetrikLeo  16 днів тому

      Thank you so much! :)

  • @PaigeEscapes
    @PaigeEscapes 17 днів тому +1

    Sooooo before I even start watching I HAVE to say CONGRATULATIONS 40k subscribers! You definitely deserve it and so much more!!!! So grateful for all the work you do , your UA-cam channel and personality!
    And definitely congrats and excited for the bookmark!! I mentioned on Insta I have already signed up to get notified when it launches ☺️
    I can’t wait to see what you do and where you go this year!
    Happy new year too!
    Now back to the video …. ☺️

    • @PaigeEscapes
      @PaigeEscapes 17 днів тому +1

      😅

    • @PaigeEscapes
      @PaigeEscapes 17 днів тому +1

      Oh gosh- before I forget… have you ever read War of the flowers by Tad? It was among the first fantasy books I read so many years ago! Not many people seem to have read it. I’m not sure if it is your sort of book tho. At the time I did love it ( I need to reread it to see now! Denny how we change… although I do vary what I read depending how I am feeling anyway)

    • @PetrikLeo
      @PetrikLeo  16 днів тому

      Thank you so much!! I finally reached 40k subscribers milestone. Took me 4 years to reach this number hahaha. I haven't read War of the Flower yet. I will read that after I'm done with Osten Ard Saga I think! :D