I KNOW LIKE DUDE READ AT LEAST HALF THE BOOK BEFORE YOU JUDGE IT!!!! Really though, you should actually read the whole book before judging because some books have a lot of things happening in the ending
Christine:*picks up Clockwork princess* Christine: THIS HAS NO ROMANCE IN IT!!!! Me: *shoves breadsticks into my backpack* yeah, I can't be here anymore.
Me and my friend came up with excuses on my birthday... Like they were taking longer because my owl is going across the Atlantic. It could happen, right?
I found this interesting, not just for the books you included but the popular ones you left out. Like the one that starts, 'In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.'
***** wut? that is one of my favorite books!!!! the idea of a normal scared hobbit going on a journey to be herioic and brave, and stepping out of his comfort zone is just great, i highly recommend it!
I think you are forgetting that this is for noobs... Hobbit and LOTRO is not for noobs into the fantasy world. Unless you wanna kick them out. Its a rough series, very detailed, and is HIGH Fantasy. Its a great series, but not if you are just entering the world of fantasy. You wanna start with something easy, and work up to Hobbit...
This video honestly gave me hope to read the series. Late last year I picked up City of Bones after seeing all the hype and I was pretty let down.. I pushed through the book and the ending made me so disappointed. I even returned the 2nd book to the library lol. But after her telling me that I'll probably just order the entire TMI and TID on Amazon and marathon them :) I'm excited again
I love(d) the mortal instruments I got into it by the second chapter I think you'll get into it instantly or maybe that's just me but yeah you'll LOVE CASSANDRA CLARE'S SHADOWHUNTER CHRONICLES
Cassandra Clare books are so good! You can never go wrong! But I'm telling you she ruined me, I cannot accept no man after reading about them, shadowhunters.
you're doing yourself a service by reading cassie's books! i would go along with christine's recommendation and read in publication order for the best experience! good luck, and if city of bones fails, make sure to at least read the infernal devices! i promise you they won't dissapoint!
Beatrix Blackbeak I dont exactly know if I hate her but for HoF and QoS the first 70 pages I could barely get through her chapters in HoF and I don't really want to read her chapters in QoS
Harry Potter doesn't encourage witchcraft in a satanic way. Its simply children who were born with the power to use a wand and do awesome stuff with it when they say big, hard-to-pronounce words XD The lessons that are taught throughout the series about friendship and love make it worth the read. There is nothing satanic about the series at all (except for Voldemort and the Deatheaters, but they're the bad guys, so, duh). Maybe your mom could read the synopsis on the back of the book or on Wikipedia??? I hope this helped a little! :)
I loved this video! So funny and well done as usual! I was just slightly disappointed that you did not recommend any adult fantasy or real "high" or "epic" fantasy. I mean the Hobbit: a huge classic turned into a movie and originally a children's book, how was it not even mentionned? And things like "The Lies of Locke Lamora" by Scott Lynch or "Elantris"/"Warbreaker"/"The Mistborn trilogy" by Brandon Sanderson are incredibly easy to get into even for Fantasy Noobs! I mean I absolutely love all the books you talked about in this video, don't get me wrong, but they're just the same book that are talked about on booktube over and over again and it would've been nice to see a little more diversity in my opinion. Love you though Christine!
***** Oooooh now I understand :P You should really give those a try (especially any Brandon Sanderson book because he is a GOD and a GENIUS) when you feel like :) Also, one of my favourite series of all time: "The Banned and The Banished" series by James Clemens: it is so so so good from beginning to end (well, if you enjoy epic fantasy that is). Also: Patrick Rothfuss is amazing (if you don't mind waiting yeeeaaaaarssss for a book...). PS: the fact that you answered my comment made my day! Thank youuuuuuuu! :D
I love the Percy Jackson books and pretty much everything Rick Riordan writes, but The Lost Hero can go away. Jason annoys me greatly because I felt like he was trying to replace Percy, my adorkable fave.
Kami Lee I did, I have read all the books several times over, and while it does get better, it starts going downhill again in BoO. there are a lot of reasons I have for feeling this way, if you disagree, that's fine, but I don't want to bore anyone with a 1000 word rant- so
OH MY GOSH I WASN'T THE ONLY ONE!!! I ALSO called him Ronald Dahl until last year! Someone on BookTube corrected me actually!!! haha I was so embarrassed.. I mean, it's right there. I just like made it up in my mind.. so weird. haha but at least it wasn't just me...
i love u omg this was the best. i think im gonna read the infernal devices first bc i tried reading city of bones and i didnt really like it, i tried to like speed through it bc just thinking of 9 big books scared me lolol
on dictionary . com it says that fantasy is: 1. imagination, especially when extravagant and unrestrained. 2. the forming of mental images, especially wondrous or strange fancies; imaginative conceptualizing. BUT MY FAVORITE DEFINITION IT SAYS IS 5. a hallucination. haha :P
Thank you for talking about the Poison Study series! It's one of my favorite series of all time and so few people I know have read it. The author visits my favorite bookstore for signings all the time and she's super nice. 😍
*picks up Dreams of Gods and Monsters* "Oh i'm gonna read this book for a few minutes, before going to sleep" *Alarm clock goes off* "It's 7am already?! But MOM I don't want to go to school I want to finish my book!!"
Finishes the book. "I can't go anywhere now either! I'm in an emotional glass cage! I need to roll around on my bed and pretend to cuddle and hug all the characters from the book! I need to reread the entire series! I can't believe it's over. NOOOOOO!!"
I´ve given in. You´ve talked so much about the Mortal Instruments that I´ve actually bought three of them and I´ve started on the first one already. Hope you´re proud of yourself, Christine.
Thanks for the help with finding new fantasy reads! Thanks to you I’ve found my new favorite series, ‘daughter of smoke and bone’ and ‘ the infernal devices’!
Not much, but there's a little romance in the 4th aswell. Just a bit though ;) between Hermione and Victor Krum, and the Harry-Cedric-Cho thing (where Harry wanted to go to the ball with her, but she went with Cedric, & it made Harry dislike Cedric even more, and Cho felt bad cause she kinda likes Harry too)
For me it was really easy to get into Daughter of Smoke and Bone, it had me hooked immediately. I still need to read second and third book, I'm very excited! I am stuck in the middle of City of Ashes and I really don't know if I'm going to finish the series. So far I haven't been blown away. Apparently you really need some time to get into it. But I would very much like to read The Infernal Devices, because I like the world of TMI, but I'm not that fascinated with the story. Also the time period of TID is much more intriguing to me. I like this recommendation videos very much, I hope to see more!
This is a noob's guide, and if someone isn't experienced with fantasy, they're going to HATE reading Game of Thrones. Trust me, I'm far from a noob, and it's still a little difficult for me to grasp the ASOIAF world..
I love reading. It takes my mind off things. I will pretty much read anything, but I always found that fantasy allowed me to escape to another world. Somewhere awesome! Although I feel that you left some books off of this list, I agree with all of your choices!
So glad u said that it was okay to read infernal devices first. I personally find that trilogy more interesting than the mortal instruments but I think I'll eventually read both
Not only were you humorously entertaining, but you helped me out a lot, especially with the Mortal Instruments and Infernal devices series. Thanks a lot!
You're so right At first I was really bored reading City of bones and I started it about 2-3 times, but now I'm obsessed. I really love the characters and the story. The sad thing was that I started and finished first The Mortal Instruments series and at the end of COHF I was really confused who Jem And Tessa were. But now I have also read The Infernal Devices and it's my favourite series ever. I'm planning to read COHF again now that I've read TID - I'm really excited about enjoying it to the fullest. If it wasn't for you I wouldn't have even known about TID so a huge THANK YOU.
My number one recommendation for getting into fantasy is a series you Americans only have the first three books of and the American covers are horrible and will put you off the books but goddamnit if Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy isn't the most epic, hilarious, and heartbreaking series of all time. It's really easy to get into and its got crime, mystery and horror aspects. It's about a girl called Stephanie who's uncle Gordon was a fantasy writer who recently died and she learns about this whole underground (as in hidden) magical world. It's a fascinating series and its main theme is moral ambiguity and people doing bad stuff for good reasons (well, except the evil people who are just evil). It's not black and white, Stephanie isn't always a good person and Skulduggery is, in the words of Melancholia St. Clair "a dark, dark man." It's epic, the comedy is hilarious, the horror can get insanely creepy/messed up (Jitter Girls anyone who's read it?) and the characters are wonderful. I assure you, it is well worth extra money to have it imported from Britain. I mean, Derek wants to re-release it in America after the movie but it's been a year since the movie was announced and there's still no news so I wouldn't wait.
I love that you were singing when I grow up from Matilda at the end XD that song keeps getting stuck in my head. Basically all of these books are things I've already read or on my to read list, but a few new additions so thank you!
I want to read Sarah J. Maas, but the silliest thing puts me off, the first cover - looks a little dull - and then the second, looks a little ...I don't know how to phrase it, it just doesn't look like my kind of book even though I love fantasy. I need to give them a try, I just do ...I need to get a grip! I MASSIVELY want to read the Daughter of Smoke and Bone trilogy, but our UK covers are SO dull in comparison to these beauties, so I'm gonna see if I can get my hands on those covers instead :)
I'm so fussy, because I don't like either. The first one looks way too girly, and non fantasy. And the second one looks like some...ps3 game or something? Im so weird haha. But yeah. I'll read them eventually. Just realised I have Daughter of Smoke and Bone on my kindle and it's been there a year?! Haha. I'll read it on that, and then if i like it (which, im sure I will!!) Ill buy the three in PRETTY physical book form haha.
The Daughter of Smoke and Bone series is amazing! Like she said in the video it takes a while to get into it and understand it but once you do you can't put it down. I would suggest it even if the covers aren't that pretty.
TheBookLife Well prepare for one of the most epic, beautiful, devastating, amazing, different series you will ever read! The trilogy is effing magestic!
I totally agree with Christine's remarks about getting into Maggie Stiefvater's books The Scorpio Races, and the Shiver series both takes about 100 pages to get into but SO worth it
No epic fantasy or high fantasy classics? No Narnia or Lord of the Rings? What about Terry Pratchett? George RR Martin? Or even any of Brandon Sanderson's books (which are REALLY easy to get into and off-the-charts amazingly epic)? Really disappointing.
Well these are for people who are new to fantasy reads. The Lord of the Rings I must say myself, are really hard to get through, but amazing reads. As well as George R.R. Martins books. But people all know those books, they are internationally famous, so I suppose she is just not pointing out the obvious and giving us something new and the series that she recommended are AWESOME
GRRM is amazing but definitely not for fantasy noobs. Plus, I don't think she's read song of ice and fire.. I think I remember her saying she's watching the show and she doesn't want it to be spoiled by the books (but I might be wrong)
all of those books you have mentioned are either stupidly diffucult to read especially for those of us with dyslexia or they are a acquired taste lord of the rings are great book but extremely difficult to read due to when they were written and then you have game of thrones that are a nightmare to read incredibly slow and complicated and generally not my favourate book and then terry pratchett is very much like marmit you either love it or hate it ad for me brandon sanderson is very meh for me
I love your personality. So much. You're freaking great. Have you read The Talisman by Stephen King and Peter Straub? It's pretty long. I haven't read it yet but it's supposed to be great. If you have read it, or if you're planning to, or if this is the first you've heard of it, can you read it and do a book talk? I'm planning to read it but I think I might need a little bit of a book talk to propel me since, well... it's pretty freaking long XD
Yay! This is the first video of yours that I have found that mentions Cinda Williams Chima's books. I really like them. Maybe it helps that I read the second one first. It made the first one really easy to read as a prequel. Then I read the third. I was so excited when I saw the Wizard Heir in that pile of books around you.
Book 3 was definitely the game changer for me. ( Mortal Instruments) before I read it I was like meh but after City of Glass I could not stop reading that series I love it so much!!
I just started reading the Harry Potter series and am loving it! Never read much fantasy but just started in the last couple years. Loved Red Queen, Kiss of Deception and currently enjoying the Throne of Glass series.
Okay, am I the only one who thinks Percy Jackson is much, *much* better than HP, TMI, and TID? (I LOVE ALL THESE BOOKS, I JUST LIKE PJO BETTER???? AND IT SEEMS LIKE NO ONE AGREES WITH ME??????)
Okay so I read CoB-CoHF for the first time, in about one month. I haven't yet read the TID series, but I just got my box set in the mail, so I hope reading CoHF already won't screw up my TID reading experience. Lol, anyways nice video Christine!! :)
Personally as a young child I loved the book,"No flying in the House" I think is what it's called. My sisters read it to me all the time. It had a tiny white dog on the front on the book and a girl flying or floating and trying to hold onto a stairs bannister. I loved that cover.
ALSO BOOKTUBERS AND BOOKLOVERS HELP ME. It's my friend's 21st today, and I need to get her a book by the end of the week- what should i get?! she's read things like divergent and john greens stuff (wasnt the biggest fan of the latter) and from what ive gathered she'll be cool with fantasy.
Buy her Legend by Marie Lu, it is dystopian, action packed, kickass main characters, it has romance much similar to Divergent, and also it's completed. And personally I like it more than Divergent, I LOVE it! For fantasy, buy her Throne of Glass, it's really good!
She probably has but if she hasn't watched The Hunger Games movies than get her the books because OMG best dystopian I have ever read. Divergent was recommended to people who liked THG which in my opinion was better than Divergent. And I know Christine already recommended it but The Mortal Instruments is soo good and so is Daughter of Smoke and Bone, theyre all my favourite series.
hahaha the bloopers at the end were my favorite part! I loved all the new titles, though! the only ones I knew were Harry Potter, Percy Jackson and City of Bones. so thanks!!
Is it socially acceptable for a guy to read The Mortal Instruments? I'm curious about them but I don't know if a guy would get into them, or if it's "socially acceptable".
hey, my best friend (who is the most masculine guy I know) read TMI and now WORSHIPS it. The two of us fangirl over it. Guess what? nobody said a thing. if you're really nervous about it, just use a dust jacket from another book! I did that with some historical fiction that was banned at my school. Hope this is helpful. ^-^ (btw COME JOIN US IN THE SHADOWHUNTERS FANDOM WE HAVE BADASSERY AND MALEC.)
Oh, how I love this video!!! You're my favorite youtuber/booktuber. Can you please-please-please-please-please-please do a Noob's Guide to Dystopian Novels? Would be so awesome!! I want to thank you for introducing me to so many fantastic books such as Daughter of Smoke and Bone, The Darkest Minds and many many others!! You have litteraly made my life better :D
It is really sad when I have about 8 friends that doesn't want to read Harry Potter just because it has wizards in it. Like what? Trying so many methods to push them into the Harry Potter world, but no success. :(
My favorite series is the Seven Realms series by Cinda Williams Chima. It's high fantasy and it's so good. There's going to be a spinoff series and I'm so excited for it!
OMG CHRISTINE THIS WAS THE FIRST VIDEO THAT I WATCHED OF YOU AND I SWEAR I THOUGHT YOU WERE RUSSIAN BECAUSE YOU HAVE LIGHT SKIN, HAIR AND EYES AND YOUR ACCENT IN THE BEGINING HAHAHAHA i was weird.
Christine: What's fantasy? Also Christine: literally hugging fantasy books I love this videos so much that even though I know the books already I still watch it.
I love the Graceling series♥️♥️ I really liked Bitterblue - the main character has to crack codes to find out about her past and I found it very interesting. The three books are actually related because they take place in the same kind of world, and the plots intertwine!
"People who think wizards aren't their thing... THEY'RE JUST PEOPLE WHO USE MAGIC!" LOLOLOL
BRAVO TO ANOTHER AWESOME VIDEO!!! Those outtakes though... SO FUNNY! How doth one's mind come up with such bookish hilarity!
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THANKS NATASHA!
hey have you read Sweet series by Wendy Higgings???
it´s a pretty good story :D
"I was 10 pages in and I just couldn't get into it" oh man, that's the worst when people are like that, ahaha.
I KNOW LIKE DUDE READ AT LEAST HALF THE BOOK BEFORE YOU JUDGE IT!!!! Really though, you should actually read the whole book before judging because some books have a lot of things happening in the ending
YEAH IKR. I recommended a book to my sister and she was like, "I REaD tHe fIrst Page anD iT's tRasH hOw cAn yOu lIke It?!"
Bruh
Idk as someone with ADHD I get the sentiment that I need more patience, but I still get antsy real quickly and I can’t really help it.
YOU MUST DO ONE FOR DYSTOPIAN
TBH, Rick Riordan is the true entrance to fantasy. Wanna become obsessed? Thats why Uncle Rick exists in the world!
I love him too much he is a blessing
I totally agree with u, i became obsessed with fantasy genre after PJ series LOL
@@teabag0013 same here uncle Rick is great
An epic writer indeed🙌😍
FACTS
I liked the mortal instruments from the first chapter
Same😩😩😩
SAME
Ditto
Same
SAME
Christine:*picks up Clockwork princess*
Christine: THIS HAS NO ROMANCE IN IT!!!!
Me: *shoves breadsticks into my backpack* yeah, I can't be here anymore.
Yasss, Christine! Bring them over to the dark side. Once you go high fantasy, it's hard to crave reading anything else.
I got into TMI on like the first page of COB
OMG SAME I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE
+Mars and Cars yeah it was just brilliant from the start in my opinion
Yes, me too! ME TOO!!!!
Same
Me too!!!
I loved TMI since when Simon started speaking
GlitterGirl22 _ samr
I loved it since a few months ago. I'm really late on the bandwagon.
Also, Simon's my fav.
When he said “I’ve been sleeping with your mom just thought you should know that” I was like this,THIS Is my son
DYSTOPIAN!!! DYSTOPIAN!!!! DYSTOPIAN!!!!!
Noobs guide to dystopian! Plz!!!
Although im pretty sure were all experts on dystopian :D
YES, PLEASE!!!!!
I BEG
YES OMG YES
YES YES YES PLEASE MAKE IT HAPPEN CHRISTINE
well , it HAPPENED!! XD
HAHA THE GOLDEN RULE OF FANTASY: GIVE IT A SECOND. LOLOL XD
"I just want my Goddamn Hogwarts letter" same here Christine, same here.
Me and my friend came up with excuses on my birthday... Like they were taking longer because my owl is going across the Atlantic. It could happen, right?
Lauren Hilley min is coming next year
I found this interesting, not just for the books you included but the popular ones you left out. Like the one that starts, 'In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.'
i've never read the hobbit!
Interesting & 100% fine. You should see all the books I haven't read. They are legion. (-:
***** wut? that is one of my favorite books!!!! the idea of a normal scared hobbit going on a journey to be herioic and brave, and stepping out of his comfort zone is just great, i highly recommend it!
You should read Narnia. Just saying.
I think you are forgetting that this is for noobs... Hobbit and LOTRO is not for noobs into the fantasy world. Unless you wanna kick them out. Its a rough series, very detailed, and is HIGH Fantasy. Its a great series, but not if you are just entering the world of fantasy. You wanna start with something easy, and work up to Hobbit...
I feel like I'm the only one who loves City of Bones...
same hahaha I was already after few pages into the book
This video honestly gave me hope to read the series. Late last year I picked up City of Bones after seeing all the hype and I was pretty let down.. I pushed through the book and the ending made me so disappointed. I even returned the 2nd book to the library lol. But after her telling me that I'll probably just order the entire TMI and TID on Amazon and marathon them :) I'm excited again
+Avoxx Targaryen It's ammmaaaazzzzzziiiinnnnggggg
That makeup though! Haha, great recommendations! (: xx THE INFERNAL DEVICES IS ALSO MY FAV TRILOGY OF ALL TIME
It’s almost 2020 Christine... we need sequel for this video
1: this is amazing! Now I really want to read Cassandra Clare ( or at least The Infernal Devices)
2: please do a dystopian one, coz that would be epic
I love(d) the mortal instruments I got into it by the second chapter I think you'll get into it instantly or maybe that's just me but yeah you'll LOVE CASSANDRA CLARE'S SHADOWHUNTER CHRONICLES
Cassandra Clare books are so good! You can never go wrong! But I'm telling you she ruined me, I cannot accept no man after reading about them, shadowhunters.
you're doing yourself a service by reading cassie's books! i would go along with christine's recommendation and read in publication order for the best experience! good luck, and if city of bones fails, make sure to at least read the infernal devices! i promise you they won't dissapoint!
READ ALL THE CASSIE BOOKS MY FAVORITE BOOKS OF ALL TIME
Please read TID and TMI, you won't regret it ;)
When she said throne of glass I was so freaking happy!
It’s the best series ever,
I won’t hear any objections
I'm thinking about reading throne of glass I have the first three book
Currently devouring throne of glass
TOweR oF dAwn IS ouT ANd i NEeD ChrisTIne To reVieW iT
I can't get into Queen of Shadows I hate Manon and get her through her chapter and have kinda lost interest
Karli... You... hate.. Manon?!?!?!? My saviour? My child? How...????
Beatrix Blackbeak I dont exactly know if I hate her but for HoF and QoS the first 70 pages I could barely get through her chapters in HoF and I don't really want to read her chapters in QoS
ahh, my child, give her time. She will grow on you. I hope.
my reading list got ten times larger
Same
You should do a Noob's Guide to Dystopian Books!!
My mom won't lemme read Harry potter cause of the witches I'm so sad ... I'm almost 13 I really want to!!! Help :/
UR MOM SHOULD READ HARRY POTTER BEFORE SHE JUDGES HARRY POTTER.
=(
Don't worry young one, your time will come when you'll be old enough make your own decisions and read them yourself!
I really want to read it too :(
***** My mum wont let me read them either. :(
Harry Potter doesn't encourage witchcraft in a satanic way. Its simply children who were born with the power to use a wand and do awesome stuff with it when they say big, hard-to-pronounce words XD The lessons that are taught throughout the series about friendship and love make it worth the read. There is nothing satanic about the series at all (except for Voldemort and the Deatheaters, but they're the bad guys, so, duh). Maybe your mom could read the synopsis on the back of the book or on Wikipedia??? I hope this helped a little! :)
I tried to read Harry Potter :) but some ppl :) like to :') tell a lot.. I mean a lot.. Of spoilers :'''''')
Pix Beatle Profile pic says it all XD
+Syl Hellais OMG LOVE STAGE IZUMIIIIIII
YES I LOVE IZUMI, RYOMA, AND SHOUGO X REI
Syl Hellais YASS OMG AND BACKSTAGE O///O
It is literally what I am reading now :p
I loved this video! So funny and well done as usual! I was just slightly disappointed that you did not recommend any adult fantasy or real "high" or "epic" fantasy. I mean the Hobbit: a huge classic turned into a movie and originally a children's book, how was it not even mentionned? And things like "The Lies of Locke Lamora" by Scott Lynch or "Elantris"/"Warbreaker"/"The Mistborn trilogy" by Brandon Sanderson are incredibly easy to get into even for Fantasy Noobs! I mean I absolutely love all the books you talked about in this video, don't get me wrong, but they're just the same book that are talked about on booktube over and over again and it would've been nice to see a little more diversity in my opinion. Love you though Christine!
because i'm still a noob and i haven't read any of those! =P
***** Oooooh now I understand :P You should really give those a try (especially any Brandon Sanderson book because he is a GOD and a GENIUS) when you feel like :) Also, one of my favourite series of all time: "The Banned and The Banished" series by James Clemens: it is so so so good from beginning to end (well, if you enjoy epic fantasy that is). Also: Patrick Rothfuss is amazing (if you don't mind waiting yeeeaaaaarssss for a book...).
PS: the fact that you answered my comment made my day! Thank youuuuuuuu! :D
***** any Brandon Sanderson book is a must-read!! :)
I wasn't a fan of the hobbit and maybe she doesn't care for it. I do see where you are coming from though
Harry potter is adult fantasy ...technically
I love the Percy Jackson books and pretty much everything Rick Riordan writes, but The Lost Hero can go away. Jason annoys me greatly because I felt like he was trying to replace Percy, my adorkable fave.
me too
Did you read past The Lost Hero? It gets WAY better.
Kami Lee I did, I have read all the books several times over, and while it does get better, it starts going downhill again in BoO. there are a lot of reasons I have for feeling this way, if you disagree, that's fine, but I don't want to bore anyone with a 1000 word rant- so
Luna Lovegood Yes! Someone who understands me!
sameeeeee
OH MY GOSH I WASN'T THE ONLY ONE!!! I ALSO called him Ronald Dahl until last year! Someone on BookTube corrected me actually!!! haha I was so embarrassed.. I mean, it's right there. I just like made it up in my mind.. so weird. haha but at least it wasn't just me...
Well its not that embarrassing because Roald Dahls name is actually Ronald so you were technically correct :)
The raven cycle is amazing! The characters are so complex and well written that you have to love them all!
i love u omg this was the best. i think im gonna read the infernal devices first bc i tried reading city of bones and i didnt really like it, i tried to like speed through it bc just thinking of 9 big books scared me lolol
Have fun! TID is probably my favorite series :D
Do yourself a favour and read TID :) I have read tons of series and it is by far my favourite!
I just bought the infernal devices so that I can get into TMI. Hopefully I like it!!!
Literally one of my favorite videos on the Internet along with the noob's guide to contemporaries. I'm so ready for another one!
Christine!
Make THE NOOB'S GUIDE TO CLASSIC READS
Love your videos.
ANOTHER ROLL-ON-THE-FLOOR-LAUGHING-UNTIL-THE-FLOOR-COLLAPSES VIDEO! LOVE IT! Stay awesome Christine!
on dictionary . com it says that fantasy is: 1. imagination, especially when extravagant and unrestrained. 2. the forming of mental images, especially wondrous or strange fancies; imaginative conceptualizing. BUT MY FAVORITE DEFINITION IT SAYS IS 5. a hallucination. haha :P
Thank you for talking about the Poison Study series! It's one of my favorite series of all time and so few people I know have read it. The author visits my favorite bookstore for signings all the time and she's super nice. 😍
*picks up Dreams of Gods and Monsters* "Oh i'm gonna read this book for a few minutes, before going to sleep" *Alarm clock goes off* "It's 7am already?! But MOM I don't want to go to school I want to finish my book!!"
Finishes the book. "I can't go anywhere now either! I'm in an emotional glass cage! I need to roll around on my bed and pretend to cuddle and hug all the characters from the book! I need to reread the entire series! I can't believe it's over. NOOOOOO!!"
spiegelbild90 That sounds like what Christine did on her MOURNING PERIOD Haha :P
I´ve given in. You´ve talked so much about the Mortal Instruments that I´ve actually bought three of them and I´ve started on the first one already.
Hope you´re proud of yourself, Christine.
THE INTRO POP UP SAID CONTEMPORARY GALAXY :O
YEAH I KNOW I'M DYING INSIDE
***** ermagerd have you read the chronicles of nick? Please read them if you haven't. That series is hilarious.
So glad you spoke of Graceling, Fire, and Bitterblue!! They're my favorite books and I don't think they get enough recognition! :D
Coming soon: Noob's Guide To Dystopia?
Thanks for the help with finding new fantasy reads! Thanks to you I’ve found my new favorite series, ‘daughter of smoke and bone’ and ‘ the infernal devices’!
you forgot the romance part in Harry Potter , and yes, there is romance for those of you who haven't read it
Not much though ... Just the 6th book. & maybe the 7th but it's mostly action/adventure
zidra yusuf 5th?
I don't remember any romance parts in the 5th bet if you shay sho
zidra yusuf harry and cho, and i think we saw james and lily
Not much, but there's a little romance in the 4th aswell. Just a bit though ;) between Hermione and Victor Krum, and the Harry-Cedric-Cho thing (where Harry wanted to go to the ball with her, but she went with Cedric, & it made Harry dislike Cedric even more, and Cho felt bad cause she kinda likes Harry too)
For me it was really easy to get into Daughter of Smoke and Bone, it had me hooked immediately. I still need to read second and third book, I'm very excited!
I am stuck in the middle of City of Ashes and I really don't know if I'm going to finish the series. So far I haven't been blown away. Apparently you really need some time to get into it. But I would very much like to read The Infernal Devices, because I like the world of TMI, but I'm not that fascinated with the story. Also the time period of TID is much more intriguing to me.
I like this recommendation videos very much, I hope to see more!
Where's game of thrones? It's by far my favorite fantasy!
This is a noob's guide, and if someone isn't experienced with fantasy, they're going to HATE reading Game of Thrones. Trust me, I'm far from a noob, and it's still a little difficult for me to grasp the ASOIAF world..
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YUS! SOOOO GLAD YOU HAVE THE STUDY SERIES ON HERE. Love Maria... I have read all of her books :)
I still haven't read the Infernal Devices, but I absolutely love the Mortal Instruments. For me, it was extremely easy to get into.
Same here. Just finished City of Bones
I love reading. It takes my mind off things. I will pretty much read anything, but I always found that fantasy allowed me to escape to another world. Somewhere awesome!
Although I feel that you left some books off of this list, I agree with all of your choices!
So glad u said that it was okay to read infernal devices first. I personally find that trilogy more interesting than the mortal instruments but I think I'll eventually read both
Both series are amazing! I do favour the Infernal Devices to Mortal Instruments but that doesn't mean you shouldn't read it. :)
Thanks for the input, I'm reading Clockwork Angel and I'm liking it so far!
Not only were you humorously entertaining, but you helped me out a lot, especially with the Mortal Instruments and Infernal devices series. Thanks a lot!
Me over here like
Fantasy is my favorite genre I just need more books to read
You're so right
At first I was really bored reading City of bones and I started it about 2-3 times, but now I'm obsessed. I really love the characters and the story. The sad thing was that I started and finished first The Mortal Instruments series and at the end of COHF I was really confused who Jem And Tessa were. But now I have also read The Infernal Devices and it's my favourite series ever. I'm planning to read COHF again now that I've read TID - I'm really excited about enjoying it to the fullest. If it wasn't for you I wouldn't have even known about TID so a huge THANK YOU.
My number one recommendation for getting into fantasy is a series you Americans only have the first three books of and the American covers are horrible and will put you off the books but goddamnit if Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy isn't the most epic, hilarious, and heartbreaking series of all time. It's really easy to get into and its got crime, mystery and horror aspects. It's about a girl called Stephanie who's uncle Gordon was a fantasy writer who recently died and she learns about this whole underground (as in hidden) magical world. It's a fascinating series and its main theme is moral ambiguity and people doing bad stuff for good reasons (well, except the evil people who are just evil). It's not black and white, Stephanie isn't always a good person and Skulduggery is, in the words of Melancholia St. Clair "a dark, dark man."
It's epic, the comedy is hilarious, the horror can get insanely creepy/messed up (Jitter Girls anyone who's read it?) and the characters are wonderful. I assure you, it is well worth extra money to have it imported from Britain. I mean, Derek wants to re-release it in America after the movie but it's been a year since the movie was announced and there's still no news so I wouldn't wait.
I love that you were singing when I grow up from Matilda at the end XD that song keeps getting stuck in my head.
Basically all of these books are things I've already read or on my to read list, but a few new additions so thank you!
Well crap, I read City of Heavenly fire before starting The Infernal Devices but who cares I read CoHF twice and it just made me love it even more.
I'm barely halfway through book one of TMI and I already am in love with it 😍😍😍
I want to read Sarah J. Maas, but the silliest thing puts me off, the first cover - looks a little dull - and then the second, looks a little ...I don't know how to phrase it, it just doesn't look like my kind of book even though I love fantasy. I need to give them a try, I just do ...I need to get a grip!
I MASSIVELY want to read the Daughter of Smoke and Bone trilogy, but our UK covers are SO dull in comparison to these beauties, so I'm gonna see if I can get my hands on those covers instead :)
Yes! The cover just makes me...eh lol Daughter of Smoke and Bone is AMAZINGLY AWESOME, I hope you get the covers you want :)
I'm so fussy, because I don't like either. The first one looks way too girly, and non fantasy. And the second one looks like some...ps3 game or something? Im so weird haha. But yeah. I'll read them eventually.
Just realised I have Daughter of Smoke and Bone on my kindle and it's been there a year?! Haha. I'll read it on that, and then if i like it (which, im sure I will!!) Ill buy the three in PRETTY physical book form haha.
The Daughter of Smoke and Bone series is amazing! Like she said in the video it takes a while to get into it and understand it but once you do you can't put it down. I would suggest it even if the covers aren't that pretty.
That's one I'm definitely going to try Emily Mahue - I've thought about it for ages and I definitely want to. I love trilogies/series! Thanks!
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Well prepare for one of the most epic, beautiful, devastating, amazing, different series you will ever read! The trilogy is effing magestic!
I totally agree with Christine's remarks about getting into Maggie Stiefvater's books The Scorpio Races, and the Shiver series both takes about 100 pages to get into but SO worth it
You gave me the Mortal Instruments ILY
These noob guides are AWSOME!!! You should do one on dystopian books
No epic fantasy or high fantasy classics? No Narnia or Lord of the Rings? What about Terry Pratchett? George RR Martin? Or even any of Brandon Sanderson's books (which are REALLY easy to get into and off-the-charts amazingly epic)?
Really disappointing.
It's probably because she's still a noob herself and hasn't read them :D see comment above
Well these are for people who are new to fantasy reads. The Lord of the Rings I must say myself, are really hard to get through, but amazing reads. As well as George R.R. Martins books. But people all know those books, they are internationally famous, so I suppose she is just not pointing out the obvious and giving us something new and the series that she recommended are AWESOME
Christine also reads mostly YA and so does the majority of her audience. So it would make since for her to stick to children's and YA fantasy.
GRRM is amazing but definitely not for fantasy noobs. Plus, I don't think she's read song of ice and fire.. I think I remember her saying she's watching the show and she doesn't want it to be spoiled by the books (but I might be wrong)
all of those books you have mentioned are either stupidly diffucult to read especially for those of us with dyslexia or they are a acquired taste lord of the rings are great book but extremely difficult to read due to when they were written and then you have game of thrones that are a nightmare to read incredibly slow and complicated and generally not my favourate book and then terry pratchett is very much like marmit you either love it or hate it ad for me brandon sanderson is very meh for me
Wow this my favorite video of yours so far and I'm already a fantasy lover! I think you do a wonderful job enticing readers into the world of fantasy!
DO A NOOB'S GUIDE TO DYSTOPIA??? =D
I loved your Noobs Guide to Contemporary, can't wait to watch this one, only 10 more seconds in the ad!
I love your personality. So much. You're freaking great. Have you read The Talisman by Stephen King and Peter Straub? It's pretty long. I haven't read it yet but it's supposed to be great. If you have read it, or if you're planning to, or if this is the first you've heard of it, can you read it and do a book talk? I'm planning to read it but I think I might need a little bit of a book talk to propel me since, well... it's pretty freaking long XD
I'm so happy you talked about Graceling I read it back in grade seven and ITS SO GREAT I ACTUALLY ENJOYED TYPING UP THE BOOK REPORT
I so wasn't a huge fan of the city of bone but I totally tuffed up thought it and read all 6 of the books last year.
Yay! This is the first video of yours that I have found that mentions Cinda Williams Chima's books. I really like them. Maybe it helps that I read the second one first. It made the first one really easy to read as a prequel. Then I read the third. I was so excited when I saw the Wizard Heir in that pile of books around you.
OMG i love the witches by roal dahl, when i was a kid i read it like a thousand times!!!
Book 3 was definitely the game changer for me. ( Mortal Instruments) before I read it I was like meh but after City of Glass I could not stop reading that series I love it so much!!
Can you please do a review on the book Splintered by A.G. Howard
OMG splintered was my favorite book of 2014.like I might be Alyssa Gardner for Halloween 🐰
I just started reading the Harry Potter series and am loving it! Never read much fantasy but just started in the last couple years. Loved Red Queen, Kiss of Deception and currently enjoying the Throne of Glass series.
I liked the mortal instruments from chapter one, they are my fave, but so is Harry Potter
These are literally the best! But I was wondering if you will ever do a "Noobs Guide To Dystopian Reads"? Cause that would be AWESOME
Fantasy is like the only genre I read and I still clicked on this video because.... Christine
You should read the Ranger's Apprentice series!!!! They're UNBELIEVABLY amazing!!!!!!!!
Okay, am I the only one who thinks Percy Jackson is much, *much* better than HP, TMI, and TID? (I LOVE ALL THESE BOOKS, I JUST LIKE PJO BETTER???? AND IT SEEMS LIKE NO ONE AGREES WITH ME??????)
I would just love a video full of bloopers! That would TOTALLY make my day and make me crack up! Love you Christine! 😂😁💕
Noob's Guide to Dystopian, perhaps? *nudge nudge*
Please?
+shoelover_aly YES OMG!! (Btw I recommend Matched if you're starting out with Dystopian, *nudge nudge*)
Ahhh you started singing Where Is Your Boy Tonight! Old Fall Out Boy classics are the best ❤️ and this video is perf!
WAIT WAIT. THERE'S GOING TO BE 6 THRONE OF GLASS BOOKS?
Dreams do come true.
I love these videos so much! They're a great way to recommend books, and I love the written grading scale. Super helpful
Her Hagrid impression about the first years are so great 😂😂😂😂
Okay so I read CoB-CoHF for the first time, in about one month. I haven't yet read the TID series, but I just got my box set in the mail, so I hope reading CoHF already won't screw up my TID reading experience. Lol, anyways nice video Christine!! :)
I would read TID and then actually re-read CoHF. Trust me on this one. It makes CoHF even better
Sophie Luvs Books I thought about doing that, I probably will. Thanks!
Fandomort You're welcome!
CAN SOMEONE TELL ME WHY,
a lot of people say " i don't like fantasy because i can't relate to it"
... like what..
Personally as a young child I loved the book,"No flying in the House" I think is what it's called. My sisters read it to me all the time. It had a tiny white dog on the front on the book and a girl flying or floating and trying to hold onto a stairs bannister. I loved that cover.
ALSO BOOKTUBERS AND BOOKLOVERS HELP ME. It's my friend's 21st today, and I need to get her a book by the end of the week- what should i get?! she's read things like divergent and john greens stuff (wasnt the biggest fan of the latter) and from what ive gathered she'll be cool with fantasy.
Clockwork Angel or Throne of Glass! Or for dystopian, The Darkest Minds! And happy birthday to your friend!
Buy her Legend by Marie Lu, it is dystopian, action packed, kickass main characters, it has romance much similar to Divergent, and also it's completed. And personally I like it more than Divergent, I LOVE it! For fantasy, buy her Throne of Glass, it's really good!
AbeerSh15 I second the recommendation of legend. You could also get her Cinder, the first book in the Lunar Chronicles. That series is EPIC
Oh yeah, The Lunar Chronicles, solo good!
She probably has but if she hasn't watched The Hunger Games movies than get her the books because OMG best dystopian I have ever read. Divergent was recommended to people who liked THG which in my opinion was better than Divergent. And I know Christine already recommended it but The Mortal Instruments is soo good and so is Daughter of Smoke and Bone, theyre all my favourite series.
The Heir Chronicles doesn’t get enough love! So glad you mentioned it!!
please do more noob's guide videos they are the best
Maybe the noob's guide to dustopian reads?
Thank you so much Christine I love fanasty books and I am excited to read more fanasty
Roald Dahl books with handfuls of new words. Gobblefunk, Snozzcumber, Humplecrimp, Phizzwizards. He helps improve vocabulary!
hahaha the bloopers at the end were my favorite part! I loved all the new titles, though! the only ones I knew were Harry Potter, Percy Jackson and City of Bones. so thanks!!
Is it socially acceptable for a guy to read The Mortal Instruments? I'm curious about them but I don't know if a guy would get into them, or if it's "socially acceptable".
+Gyges FC who cares about socially acceptable. Anyone can read anything they want! Read it, have fun dude
+VikkitheTwat true, true, very true.
Its fine... Who cares anyway!
Jessethereader read them and he really liked it
hey, my best friend (who is the most masculine guy I know) read TMI and now WORSHIPS it. The two of us fangirl over it. Guess what? nobody said a thing. if you're really nervous about it, just use a dust jacket from another book! I did that with some historical fiction that was banned at my school. Hope this is helpful. ^-^
(btw COME JOIN US IN THE SHADOWHUNTERS FANDOM WE HAVE BADASSERY AND MALEC.)
Oh, how I love this video!!! You're my favorite youtuber/booktuber. Can you please-please-please-please-please-please do a Noob's Guide to Dystopian Novels? Would be so awesome!! I want to thank you for introducing me to so many fantastic books such as Daughter of Smoke and Bone, The Darkest Minds and many many others!! You have litteraly made my life better :D
It is really sad when I have about 8 friends that doesn't want to read Harry Potter just because it has wizards in it. Like what? Trying so many methods to push them into the Harry Potter world, but no success. :(
'..They're just people who use magic!!..."
exactly!
show them this video
Cynthia Katherine I took mine to the studio tour, they now love it
My favorite series is the Seven Realms series by Cinda Williams Chima. It's high fantasy and it's so good. There's going to be a spinoff series and I'm so excited for it!
OMG CHRISTINE THIS WAS THE FIRST VIDEO THAT I WATCHED OF YOU AND I SWEAR I THOUGHT YOU WERE RUSSIAN BECAUSE YOU HAVE LIGHT SKIN, HAIR AND EYES AND YOUR ACCENT IN THE BEGINING HAHAHAHA i was weird.
Christine: What's fantasy?
Also Christine: literally hugging fantasy books
I love this videos so much that even though I know the books already I still watch it.
my fourth grade teacher read the bfg to me and it was the besttt
Percy Jackson SAME third grade teacher though
I'm reading Graceling right now and it took me no time at all to get into it. I love your videos Christine!
I don't really like it BUT I love Percy Jackson😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀
and red the bfg and the witches
I love the Graceling series♥️♥️ I really liked Bitterblue - the main character has to crack codes to find out about her past and I found it very interesting. The three books are actually related because they take place in the same kind of world, and the plots intertwine!