Love the video! LOVE Pachinko, I resent that it only said Japan on the blind date and didn't include Korea. The family's Korean! 😅 I get worked up over it haha
Vicariously living through other people's book hauls is my favourite thing. If you want lesser known fantasy recs you should try Someone You Can Build A Nest In by John Wiswell! It's about a shapeshifter who spends her time as an amorphous blob living in an abandoned manor and she can absorb things into her body to form a skeleton or decide to grow organs and orifices and it's gross but also funny and there's a really sweet romance in it and a truly horrible villain. Genuinely the best book i've read all year!
This was so fun!! Just to let you know The Bullet That Missed is book 3, make sure you read The Man Who Died Twice (book 2) first else there will be spoilers! Also the audiobook for Binti is really good!!
Hello Sydney. I just found you. I cut my teeth in fantasy with David Eddings (his wife wrote with him some) - he wrote The Pawn of Prophecy and all the books related. He also wrote The Mallorean series. I believe I own all of them still. I also read Stephan R. Donaldson, the Thomas Covenant series and The GAP series. These are classic to me.
When I was in school for a creative writing degree I took a class specialized in detective novels/stories. We read the Maltese Falcon in that class among many others. So, if you like the Maltese Falcon I would recommend The Man Who Was Thursday by GK Chesterton
Next time you want a blind date with a book but you don’t want to get something you already own. Look up the ISBN of book you think it is, and compare it to the ISBN on the back of the blind date book.
✨✨ This was such fun!! I added several of these to my TBR. I just always enjoy every one of your videos. Oh, and I have *_The Familiar_* on my TBR -- maybe we'll find a vampire in there but it's totally a Witch work! :)
Loved this! It was such a fun vlog!! I've added some of these titles to my wishlist. Thank you so much, Sydney! 🙂 P.S. I've also added Malice to my list as well. Also, have you watched the show Vikings? It's now on Netflix and I think you would really enjoy it. 😉
Check out Raymond Fiest, Stephen Donaldson, Sheri Tepper, Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, Anne MacCaffrey, Marian Zimmerman Bradley, C.J Chery. Those are some of my favorite classic fantasy authors.
Hey!! Love that you’re in IN - I will be checking out a couple of these places I haven’t been to yet! I’m located in the West Lafayette (Purdue area). I have a FUN video rec 🙌🏽 Come visit and vlog at Von’s Books! It’s a huge, beloved bookstore (and other things) in town. It’s phenomenal 🩵🩵 Upstairs = new books (and their other major departments like stones, jewelry, fashion, music), and the basement is truly overflowing with use books😻 Other stops could be Main Street books and Second Flight Books in Lafayette :)
If you ever make it down to Bloomington, Indiana you should check out Morgenstern's. They're my local indie bookstore and I think they also may be the largest in the state. They have a really great fantasy section!
I loved The Husbands! It was my book of the month pick last month and I enjoyed it so much! Edit: Also how do you learn about upcoming books and how did you develop such a diverse reading palette? I pretty much only read thriller/horror/mystery but recently I've really been loving contemporary fiction that I've discovered through BOTM...
✨✨✨✨✨The first video of yours I've seen, new subscriber and I adore your book taste and knowledge, very different from my own. and your vibesss are on point! :) I'm a fan 👌📖
Have you tried the Abhorsen series by Garth Nix? It’s more classic, and the premise is so cool. The hero is a good necromancer who puts the dead to rest rather than raising them.
During the last bookstore of day one, I fully thought you put a clip up from the store of a poster saying anti bad vibes shield. Until you started to your first bookstore on day two. I then facepalmed realizing it was hanging from your car mirror. 🤦🏻♀️
For classic fantasy I always turn to Raymond E Feist...he has a lot of books and series in a sprawling world. My favourite is the Daughter of the Empire trilogy. ❤
I'm so excited to follow a UA-camr who is from my area. I could say, "I've been there," or "I love that place!" I'm excited to stop in some new shops now that I've seen your preview. Also, Franklin is the best town. Thanks for the fun video.
I’m in Iowa, and Wild Geese is one of my fave indies and I’ve never even been there! I discovered them via Pantsuit Politics book club, and then shopped from them all through Covid. When we adopted our child, the owner dropped a bookish onesie into one of my orders just because😭
Love this and love you, my beautiful friend 😊 Also can confirm that Wild Geese Bookstore is literally everything. The bookstore is magical and the owner is so kind. Love the haul 😍😘
I'm basically doing this same thing Saturday for independent bookstore day. Did any of the locations tell you if they're doing anything special? Also, I had no idea about the original book crawl until after the fact. Know if they'll be doing it again?
Such a fun video! My mom absolutely loved “My Brilliant Friend” (and the rest of the series) and has been recommending it to me since so now seeing you buy it, I’m taking it as a sign haha ;)
I've recently been looking for more classic fantasy novels written by women, so I have recently started acquiring a list. But here are some classic fantasy novels that are on my TBR: The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley; Dragonsbane by Barbara Hambly; The Witches of Eileanan by Kate Forsyth; Daggerspell by Katharine Kerr; Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier; Summers at Castle Auburn by Sharon Shinn; Dragon Wing by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman; The Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia A. McKillip; and Green Rider by Kristen Britain; Here is a general list of other classic fantasy authors not mentioned above: Tanith Lee, David Eddings, Raymond E. Feist, Robin McKinley; and Mercedes Lackey 🐉😊
I loved clear so atmospheric. husbands a fun time. Irvington bookstore is never opened when it says it would be even when I lived there for 7 years 2011-2018. open like 5 times. loved Indy reads though.
Elena Ferrante is my favourite author, and the Neapolitan novels are my favourites of her work. Her writing is incredible, like no other - truly the top tier of literary fiction!
New here so forgive me if you’ve already read these, but I didn’t hear The Lies of Locke Lamora (series name: Gentleman Bastards) on your list of fantasy you’re looking for.
So many cute stores, I loved this video!! I’ve seen only a couple people talk about My Brilliant Friend but I recently thrifted it and hope to read it soon! Also can’t wait to read The Familiar and A Tempest of Tea 😊✨
I had to read and watch the Maltese Falcon for a Detective Fiction (Dic Fic 😂) class I took in Uni. I really enjoyed the Noir genre, even though it is painfully sexist, it’s very smoke and suspense!
Classic fantasy writers: Octavia E. Butler, Jacqueline Carey, Anne Bishop, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Susan Cooper, Louise Cooper.
I love this! I live in Lafayette, so it’s nice to be able to add some new bookstores to the list to check out when I’m in Indy! 😊
Love love love Nnedi Okorafor, such a brilliant writer ✍️ ❤
Love the video! LOVE Pachinko, I resent that it only said Japan on the blind date and didn't include Korea. The family's Korean! 😅 I get worked up over it haha
i COULD NOT AGREE MORE!!! that is why i thought "maybe its *not* pachinko!!" ugh lolol
It hurts seeing other people live out your dreams 🥹🌷 love this for you!!
I’m 75% through The Husbands. So interesting! Can’t wait to see how it ends.
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I'm very envious of this stunning edition of the Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann. It is a german classic ( from 1924) and pretty demanding.
The Maltese Falcon is sooo good! and the movie is great too !!
I might have to do something like this soon! It looks so fun!
I love this video concept. I also loooove dirty chai!! ❤
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Vicariously living through other people's book hauls is my favourite thing. If you want lesser known fantasy recs you should try Someone You Can Build A Nest In by John Wiswell! It's about a shapeshifter who spends her time as an amorphous blob living in an abandoned manor and she can absorb things into her body to form a skeleton or decide to grow organs and orifices and it's gross but also funny and there's a really sweet romance in it and a truly horrible villain. Genuinely the best book i've read all year!
This was so fun!! Just to let you know The Bullet That Missed is book 3, make sure you read The Man Who Died Twice (book 2) first else there will be spoilers! Also the audiobook for Binti is really good!!
ope!! the shelf must've been out of order and i just grabbed it not knowing!! hahaha noted!!
Indie book store crawl - what a great idea! How fun.
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Leigh Bardugo is pronounced Lee not Lay. Not being mean in any way, just wanted to let you know ❤
I feel like I *know* this but I it rolls off my tongue differently *every* time😅 my bad😭💓
I read The Husbands in a single day. It was so unexpectedly good! 5 ⭐️s. I can’t wait to hear your thoughts.
If you haven’t read Kevin Hearne’s Druid Chronicles. I recommend! It was great. It’s urban fantasy.
Hello Sydney. I just found you. I cut my teeth in fantasy with David Eddings (his wife wrote with him some) - he wrote The Pawn of Prophecy and all the books related. He also wrote The Mallorean series. I believe I own all of them still. I also read Stephan R. Donaldson, the Thomas Covenant series and The GAP series. These are classic to me.
My husband loves David Eddings.
*me as soon as you read the blind date with a book description* …bestie not only do you already own it, youve already read it 😭
When I was in school for a creative writing degree I took a class specialized in detective novels/stories. We read the Maltese Falcon in that class among many others. So, if you like the Maltese Falcon I would recommend The Man Who Was Thursday by GK Chesterton
Try Charles De Lint. His books are hard to find. When you do see any of them get one. Try his boos are good.
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Next time you want a blind date with a book but you don’t want to get something you already own.
Look up the ISBN of book you think it is, and compare it to the ISBN on the back of the blind date book.
✨✨ This was such fun!! I added several of these to my TBR. I just always enjoy every one of your videos. Oh, and I have *_The Familiar_* on my TBR -- maybe we'll find a vampire in there but it's totally a Witch work! :)
This was so funnnn! I’m glad you finally got to do the crawl! Okay so many good books but also fun fact about me, I LOVE Mary Oliver sm
Loved this! It was such a fun vlog!! I've added some of these titles to my wishlist. Thank you so much, Sydney! 🙂
P.S. I've also added Malice to my list as well. Also, have you watched the show Vikings? It's now on Netflix and I think you would really enjoy it. 😉
i will have to look into that show!!👀👀
@@SydBookWorrom great, I think you and Caleb would both like it. 🙂
Check out Raymond Fiest, Stephen Donaldson, Sheri Tepper, Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, Anne MacCaffrey, Marian Zimmerman Bradley, C.J Chery. Those are some of my favorite classic fantasy authors.
Hey!! Love that you’re in IN - I will be checking out a couple of these places I haven’t been to yet! I’m located in the West Lafayette (Purdue area). I have a FUN video rec 🙌🏽 Come visit and vlog at Von’s Books! It’s a huge, beloved bookstore (and other things) in town. It’s phenomenal 🩵🩵 Upstairs = new books (and their other major departments like stones, jewelry, fashion, music), and the basement is truly overflowing with use books😻 Other stops could be Main Street books and Second Flight Books in Lafayette :)
If you ever make it down to Bloomington, Indiana you should check out Morgenstern's. They're my local indie bookstore and I think they also may be the largest in the state. They have a really great fantasy section!
I loved The Husbands! It was my book of the month pick last month and I enjoyed it so much!
Edit: Also how do you learn about upcoming books and how did you develop such a diverse reading palette? I pretty much only read thriller/horror/mystery but recently I've really been loving contemporary fiction that I've discovered through BOTM...
Classic fantasy authors to consider….Kate Elliott, Barbara Hambly, Anne McCaffrey, Michael Moorcock, Margaret Weiss, Tracy Hickman, Tad Williamson 💚💚
✨✨✨✨✨The first video of yours I've seen, new subscriber and I adore your book taste and knowledge, very different from my own. and your vibesss are on point! :) I'm a fan 👌📖
Have you tried the Abhorsen series by Garth Nix? It’s more classic, and the premise is so cool. The hero is a good necromancer who puts the dead to rest rather than raising them.
I have Devotions by Mary Oliver, SO GOOD!. She also has one called Dog Songs...noticed you have a dog😊
During the last bookstore of day one, I fully thought you put a clip up from the store of a poster saying anti bad vibes shield. Until you started to your first bookstore on day two. I then facepalmed realizing it was hanging from your car mirror. 🤦🏻♀️
I’m from Bloomington but currently live in Muncie and I always stop at some of these place when I drive through Indy to go home
One of my favorite western poetry books came from a blind date from Indy Reads! loved this indie book crawl ✨
Probably already know about him but Pierce Brown is my new Fantasy author.
The Neapolitan series (My Brilliant Friend) have been made into an HBO series🤗
Try not to move the camera too fast? Thanks, makes one nauseous. What a fun day! Wish I had been there.
I think BookswithEmilyFox likes My Brilliant Friend! I always give her channel credit for me reading it, I really enjoyed it. 😅😊
I wanna live where you live, with 10 bookstores nearby!!
I have read My Brilliant Friend and unfortunately I wasn't into it.
Columbus, Ohio, is having their independent bookstore craw on April 27! On independent bookstore day. I can't wait
For classic fantasy I always turn to Raymond E Feist...he has a lot of books and series in a sprawling world. My favourite is the Daughter of the Empire trilogy. ❤
I'm so excited to follow a UA-camr who is from my area. I could say, "I've been there," or "I love that place!" I'm excited to stop in some new shops now that I've seen your preview. Also, Franklin is the best town. Thanks for the fun video.
I’m in Iowa, and Wild Geese is one of my fave indies and I’ve never even been there! I discovered them via Pantsuit Politics book club, and then shopped from them all through Covid. When we adopted our child, the owner dropped a bookish onesie into one of my orders just because😭
that is SO SWEET!!
I Love the indy area.. very nice. I have always been interested in living there.
That edition of The Magic Mountain is to DIE for !!!
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Kind of weird opening a store a little too late in the middle of the day.😅
Love this and love you, my beautiful friend 😊 Also can confirm that Wild Geese Bookstore is literally everything. The bookstore is magical and the owner is so kind. Love the haul 😍😘
For fantasy, give John Gwynn a look.
I'm living in the wrong state lol nice book crawl ❤❤❤ love this video
Terry goodkind is an awesome author
✨ loved the video. You always make my Goodreads tbr so much longer😂.
I'm basically doing this same thing Saturday for independent bookstore day. Did any of the locations tell you if they're doing anything special? Also, I had no idea about the original book crawl until after the fact. Know if they'll be doing it again?
It’ll be yearly!!!
Love this idea!! 🥰
You made me want to take a road trip to Franklin IN😊✨️
Such beautiful bookstores! I wish I can go to these one day.
I didn't know that Leah Johnson owns a bookstore until I saw this video.
My city is doing an indie bookstore crawl this week. I’ll be doing it this weekend and I am so excited!! This just increased that excitement 🥹💞
Hope you have an amazing time
I want to go!❤❤ with YOU
Hamlet is one of my favourite plays, and that cover is so pretty.
Read the Covenant of Steel trilogy by Anthony Ryan!! First book is called the Pariah, so so so SOOOO good!! ☺️📚
I ACTUALLY JUST GOT THAT!!
@@SydBookWorrom it sounds like we have similar reading taste so I think you'll enjoy it!! Definitely one of my favorite trilogies of all times 😍
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Such a fun video! My mom absolutely loved “My Brilliant Friend” (and the rest of the series) and has been recommending it to me since so now seeing you buy it, I’m taking it as a sign haha ;)
I've recently been looking for more classic fantasy novels written by women, so I have recently started acquiring a list. But here are some classic fantasy novels that are on my TBR: The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley; Dragonsbane by Barbara Hambly; The Witches of Eileanan by Kate Forsyth; Daggerspell by Katharine Kerr; Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier; Summers at Castle Auburn by Sharon Shinn; Dragon Wing by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman; The Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia A. McKillip; and Green Rider by Kristen Britain;
Here is a general list of other classic fantasy authors not mentioned above: Tanith Lee, David Eddings, Raymond E. Feist, Robin McKinley; and Mercedes Lackey 🐉😊
I loved clear so atmospheric. husbands a fun time. Irvington bookstore is never opened when it says it would be even when I lived there for 7 years 2011-2018. open like 5 times. loved Indy reads though.
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The Maltese falcon is my favorite Humphrey Bogart movie! Also have you read anything by Terry Goodkind?
Elena Ferrante is my favourite author, and the Neapolitan novels are my favourites of her work. Her writing is incredible, like no other - truly the top tier of literary fiction!
omg i’m so glad you still did the crawl!! 🫶
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New here so forgive me if you’ve already read these, but I didn’t hear The Lies of Locke Lamora (series name: Gentleman Bastards) on your list of fantasy you’re looking for.
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So many cute stores, I loved this video!! I’ve seen only a couple people talk about My Brilliant Friend but I recently thrifted it and hope to read it soon! Also can’t wait to read The Familiar and A Tempest of Tea 😊✨
I had to read and watch the Maltese Falcon for a Detective Fiction (Dic Fic 😂) class I took in Uni. I really enjoyed the Noir genre, even though it is painfully sexist, it’s very smoke and suspense!
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