I'm in the midst of Christmas reading myself - pushing all my TBR aside for a month - the best of them being the Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper. You know that one? Mom read aloud it when I was young and now we're audiobooking it. Somber kid's fantasy pentalogy with a love for bringing together disparate British history - time traveling chosen people holding back the Dark. The second book (with the same name) is the perfect solstice story.
Congrats on the 10k and I’m very excited for the convo with Chance. He’s been one of the nicest folks that I’ve interacted with here on BookTube and I look forward to the chat!
Glad to see you were enjoying Wind and Truth. I look forward to getting to it myself. Slowly catching up on your videos which is always a fun thing to do!
Reading Wind and Truth really made me think about what if my wife ten years ago had had a lingerie photoshoot at Glastonbury, glad someone felt similar. I loved the whole book. I feel very lucky to have found this channel a few months ago. You're brilliant. Congratulations on the milestone.
Love you guys, Merry Christmas! 🎄 I said it back when yall had like 2k subs, Talking Story is gonna be one of the biggest booktube channels out there someday. Can't wait for that Talking with Tubers episode with Chance!!
I’m so happy to hear your journey with Wind and Truth!!! It has become the surprise book of the year for me! It just hit in all the right ways. And on top of that I was able to reconcile with my own personal life journey parallel to Kalidans! I hate to say it, but there are so many loud people who were disappointed by the book, but I can’t help but think that they just don’t get it
It hits us all differently and that is totally cool but I gotta say I am pretty firmly with you. It spoke so personally about my life journey and gave me a great deal of hope for what is to come on that journey.
I just finished WaT a few hours ago. I think he could've taken the flashbacks out and it wouldn't have been a loss but overall it's great. Ended well and im excited to see where it goes. Adolin really came into his own. I'm off work till the new year now so I'm mostly just happy to have a bit of a break and take it easy, catching up on some reading haha. Hope you all have a good Christmas!
10,000 people Love Talking Story enough to subscribe. That is amazing. Congratulations John and Jacob. Keep up the good work. I have no doubt you guys will keep climbing.
Congratulations on 10k 🎉. I'm still in a bit of a reading slump but hopefully the post Christmas rest will help. Happy Christmas to you and your families.
We were so delighted to have you both on Page Chewing! It was such a bright spot in my day :) thank you both for being so generous with your time! John has me so excited for W&T! Hoping to start in the next week 🙌🏻
Glad you’re enjoying Wind and Truth John! This week I’ve been reading Valor, The Faithful and the Fallen book 2 and it is SO much better than book 1 already. My goal is to complete it before the new year. Wishing you, Jakob, and your family the merriest of Christmases. Enjoy the holiday!
Thanks for the holiday warm up. I always appreciate hearing you guys talk books n' life! I'm excited that Jakob has been reading so much .. can't wait to hear what he has in store. I'm reading Wind and Truth and Frieren volume 1 (a wonderful Manga I highly recommend) and I'm hoping I can finish both this year 😅 Oh, and of course, CONGRATULATIONS on ten thousand subs 🎉
Congrats on reaching 10k! That's an amazing achievement right there. The sky's the limit! Can't wait for you to get to Dennis Myers' books. He and I chatted in the Discord server's voice chat for over an hour about writing and our passion for storytelling. He's one of the nicest authors I've EVER had the pleasure of speaking with.
Finished The Way of Kings and Im finished with Stormlight. Just couldn't get into it. Gonna watch some Weekly Reader and then I'm gonna introduce myself to a cat named Princess Donut
Stoked to hear the final final thoughts on the cosmere when that journeys complete. Congrats on 10k! An obviously well deserved milestone. So stoked to keep following along. Cannot wait for our talk Friday. It’s gonna be good to catch up and chat! You guys really helped me pick some great reads throughout the year and expand my list beyond the fantasy genre for what’s to come. And yes-that Superman trailer was absolutely awesome. Cannot wait for that one
I am super exited get to Wind and Truth now! Your enthusiasm has motivated me to pick up my pace on Oathbringer, so I can get through my re-read sooner. Also, I see Jakob as more Adolin LOL. Laid back, doesn’t take himself too seriously, but still highly skilled at what he does.
First of all, major congrats on the 10K, that is so so so well deserved!! Happy to hear that Wind and Truth lived up to your expectations (at least, I hope the last few chapters didn't sink the boat lol). Isn't it WILD what he pulled off? What an imagination, what a vision! And oh yes, the Page Chewing episode was so much fun. P.L. and Taylor are two of my favourite interviewers ever 🤩 I have been watching The Penguin on your recommendation and goooosh that is so good. Absolutely adore Sofia, what a badass. And Viktor is also just a gem who needs to be protected at all costs. Wishing you all the most wonderful Christmas. Lots of love 🥰🥰🥰
I think I'll just add my congratulations for your 10k subs. Well deserved. Wishing you and all of your fantastic subscribers and contributors a very Merry Christmas.
You both crack me up, I love your dynamics! Reminds me of my daughter and I. John, on your recommendation, I picked up Robert McCammon book one "Speaks the Nightbird." This looks like a fantastic book!. Have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Congrats on 10k and on another wonderful video! You guys always cheer me up! As for what I'm reading- my boyfriend and I just finished the audio book for Stone of Tears, book 2 of Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth series. I DO NOT recommend these books, lol xD I have a lot of nostalgia for them because I read them as an edgy teenager and saw them as the wisest, edgiest, best thing ever, but consuming them now... wow are they bad, haha. I'll probably still continue because it's fun to look at them with fresh eyes about fifteen years later. Not keeping track, but I'm probably about 100 more pages done with East of Eden, so getting so close to being able to touch my book haul books! Have a great holiday and thanks again for helping me to become a reader again. You guys rock!
Glad you enjoyed Wind and Truth! I'm juggling several books as usual, but of late I've been absolutely plowing through a book you've read recently: The Last Kingdom, by Bernard Cornwell. Merry Christmas, and may the Tingle be with you!
It sounds like you guys had a good week. I'm a bit envious that you can cram all these books in such a short space. I thought I was a fast reader...making me feel self-conscious here. I'm reading Deathless and Absolution to end out the year and they're pretty 'aight' as the kids like to say. Deathless is beautifully written, but I keep thinking that Gaiman should have written this. Absolution's fine, though I feel it's just exploring things that were already touched upon in the trilogy. I should be able to finish them soon though, so no issues. I'm looking forward to 2025. I have a lot of plans...many diabolical plans... Also damn it Jakob, you should have put in the Mr. Rogers photo with John's head on it. Would have been perfect! Great video as always uncle, keep up the good work!
You are an amazing discerning reader that can talk so well about your thoughts. I accept no self criticism from you nephew. You are way ahead of my game when I was your age!
I am about halfway in Wind and Truth and its ok. I have heard it gets better the second half so Im waiting on that. but that Dennis M Myers book looks awesome. I may have to go grab that for the kindle!
Anytime John almost breaks, it gets me ready to tear up as well. The best father son duo on book-tube. Just finished Magician:Master. Was a great read. Continuing the Wind and Truth read. I hope it worth it. So far so good. Thanks for the video guys
The Kris Kringle Tingle definitely sounds like something you *do not* want. Also, I had never heard 'cockles of your heart' before and was suprised to find this is a real saying and not a John-ism. Merry Christmas guys! (And the Mrs.)
Congratulations on 10K! 🤠🙌 I seriously hope that Burning Man anecdote was cleared by the Missus! TMI, John, TMI!🤣 Just started on «Dictator» (Cicero Trilogy #3) by Robert Harris (Historical Fiction about the Roman Politician Cicero) with «City of Thieves» by David Benioff (Historical Fiction set during the WW2 Seige of Leningrad (Modern Day St. Petersburg)) next up over the Christmas Holiday! Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays, Mintons!🎅
Congrats on 10k! I'm waiting in the wings to see how certain booktubers react to Wind & Truth to determine how quickly I'll restart the series. I've resumed Assassin's Fate and I'm halfway through. Seems my prediction that Assassin's Fate will be my final read of the year may hold true 😅 The culmination of everything is stupendous, arcs are converging in satisfying and engaging ways. Dunno what my next read will be after that. I might have to do what I did after I finished Second Apocalypse and Malazan and steer clear of Epic Fahtasy for awhile but at the same time Arc 3 of Wars of Light & Shadow has been calling my name.
Wonderful Weekly Reader, as always. Congratualtion for 10k subscriptions. Iam also watching Lower Decks and have only 1 episode left. My actual audio-book is Neil Gaiman - Norse Mythology (my second time, great book). Iam reading Tanith Lee - Death´s Master and One Piece 95. Happy holidays.
I am a bit of a contrarian, so I liked calling my very first book "Final Assembly." Seeing it become the last book you read in the year seems entirely appropriate.
I really can't wait to get into Wind and Truth. And I agree about James Gunn's DC. I'm very excited after that Superman trailer. Seeing so much comic stuff that we haven't seen before and knowing how well Gunn does with story and large casts already... Yeah. I think Superman is going to rule. Also... The younger years bit about Jakob being Dalinar made me laugh. I was thinking the same thing. lol
Happy Holidays, John. I'm about 75% through the new Haruki Murakami, The City and Its Uncertain Walls, and am loving its strangeness and unpredictability. After that I need to finish Don Quixote. Oh, and I'm the one who didn't like the Superman trailer. I hope YOU love it.
@@curtjarrell9710 I did love it! Sorry it didn’t hit for you but it seems to either work or not work at all so I I get it. I hope you have an amazing holiday my friend!
I’m surprised at the amount of people that have been disappointed with Wind and Truth. I guess it’s because of the hype it had. I have a feeling that in several years people’s opinions will change. Last week I don’t think I finished anything. But this week I’m working on A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens is incredible. I’m hopefully going to get back to Empire of Silence by Christopher Ruocchio. I’m was really enjoying it, but if I get the hardcovers for Christmas I want to wait and read from those, because I don’t want to re-read it yet. I hope you guys have a Very Merry CHRISTmas and a Happy New Year.
Right back at you have the merriest of holidays. While I can see and understand the criticisms for WaT it still worked on a lot of level for me. I was truly affected by it and respect the massive swing he was taking.
I'm still only about 800 pages into Wind and Truth. So that's about halfway, right? Lol. I didn't start reading it until after I got back from Dragonsteel though. I'm also reading The Will of the Many by James Islington. It's really good too.
Hey, so I finished Leviathan earlier last week! Only thing I'll say is that McCammon reminds us that he still got chops as a horror writer 😏 Have a very Merry Christmas John and Jakob and the Missus!! 🎄
@Talking_Story it's well deserved! I remember subbing when it was around 3500 and the effort you guys have been putting into this is intense. Here's to the next 10K rolling around much faster!
@ I started reading along to keep up with the discussion. It’s always nice to have a full discussion rather than a review in my opinion. Half way through The Ice now.
Wind & truth is…disappoint of the year. It’s got 400-500 pages of bloat. It needed a line and content edit…. The introspection is out of control the humor is cringe. Tee hee I said shit is the level of humor Sanderson went for…so much could have been cut and edited and it could have been the best book I ever read
I probably would've read more Sanderson but I've heard he's been putting more of an emphasis on the comedy which has definitely been putting me off... I just don't find his writing funny at all.
Yes, its so frustrating because it COULD have been one of the best fantasy books ever if it was edited. The dialogue is so corny and cringe, and all the mental health talk seems to be taken from a mental health influencer on tiktok. I wish Sanderson took the time to make well-written books and edit them instead of being on a rush to publish so mush.
It’s alright for a silly piece of…animation, but other than the effort put in to Easter Eggs, ‘Lower Decks’ in not Star Trek, to my mind; the disregard that is shown for people….let me say that that compared to the compassion the NG crew showed Barklay, one can see the not-ST that it is. It may be fun, but, to me, never Star Trek. My own opinion.
@ Strange New Worlds HAS done better than a good portion of the last several seasons, but then they go and do strange (see what I did there?) episodes like Human Spock and the silliness is too much. Still, the last season ending:🤯. As regards your words at the end of the video, thank you. Too many people just do not, or seem to refuse to, get it. I bought a house with my now-86 year old parents when I moved out of Alaska 7 years past, and have been doing my best to take care of them and keep a 40 hour/week job AND write a book, AND read all I can get my hands on (btw, I finished that book and am working on it’s sequel) and to see the loving friendship you and your son have tends to be all the good I need for the week, and yet have so much more outside of this UA-cam world. So, simply put, thank you.
@ oh my friend that’s so kind of you. Means the world to us both. Sounds like many people owe a thanks to example you try to set as well. Truly wonderful.
@ The unfortunate true way to see clearly , in part, what you spoke of at then end there, is our mortality, of losing people over the years. I do not wish to get overly-maudlin but, having already experienced a deep and emotional loss before, losing an older brother AND seeing how that affected my parents…that is an unfortunate clarity to see how important it is to bring close those you love, even if it is but once a year. But do not wait TOO long to do so. if we turn such losses into such Positivity then, as painful as those losses remain, they do us good.
@@bradmiller3367 so true and wise. My losses have changed and enriched me deeply. Of course they are the hardest part of life but they can be so instructional for how you see the world going forward.
Another stellar weekly reader🤌 I am so hyped for Superman! I agree, James Gunn is going to finally give us the DC mlvie universe we have always wanted! Merry Christmas and congrats on 10K!
@Talking_Story Thank you my friend! Oh don't tempt me😂 I am moving to North Carolina this summer for my wife's job, so I will be closer. May be worth the drive to see it together!
I'm in the midst of Christmas reading myself - pushing all my TBR aside for a month - the best of them being the Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper. You know that one? Mom read aloud it when I was young and now we're audiobooking it. Somber kid's fantasy pentalogy with a love for bringing together disparate British history - time traveling chosen people holding back the Dark. The second book (with the same name) is the perfect solstice story.
@@MagusMarquillin I do not know that 1. I will look it up.
Congrats on the 10k and I’m very excited for the convo with Chance. He’s been one of the nicest folks that I’ve interacted with here on BookTube and I look forward to the chat!
@@iSamwise chance is absolutely 1 good one’s!
Glad to see you were enjoying Wind and Truth. I look forward to getting to it myself. Slowly catching up on your videos which is always a fun thing to do!
@@Broon88 oh hope you have a good time catching up 😀
Reading Wind and Truth really made me think about what if my wife ten years ago had had a lingerie photoshoot at Glastonbury, glad someone felt similar. I loved the whole book.
I feel very lucky to have found this channel a few months ago. You're brilliant. Congratulations on the milestone.
😂we are the same!! Thanks so much for the kind words!
Love you guys, Merry Christmas! 🎄 I said it back when yall had like 2k subs, Talking Story is gonna be one of the biggest booktube channels out there someday. Can't wait for that Talking with Tubers episode with Chance!!
NLR will be huge as well. Happy holidays Jake!
I’m so happy to hear your journey with Wind and Truth!!!
It has become the surprise book of the year for me! It just hit in all the right ways. And on top of that I was able to reconcile with my own personal life journey parallel to Kalidans!
I hate to say it, but there are so many loud people who were disappointed by the book, but I can’t help but think that they just don’t get it
It hits us all differently and that is totally cool but I gotta say I am pretty firmly with you. It spoke so personally about my life journey and gave me a great deal of hope for what is to come on that journey.
I just finished WaT a few hours ago. I think he could've taken the flashbacks out and it wouldn't have been a loss but overall it's great. Ended well and im excited to see where it goes. Adolin really came into his own.
I'm off work till the new year now so I'm mostly just happy to have a bit of a break and take it easy, catching up on some reading haha. Hope you all have a good Christmas!
Thanks so much you have a great holiday as well. Adolin had an MVP character arc!
Congrats on 10k
@@AndrewsWizardlyReads thanks so much my brother. Absolutely crazy to us!
10,000 people Love Talking Story enough to subscribe. That is amazing. Congratulations John and Jacob. Keep up the good work. I have no doubt you guys will keep climbing.
Thanks so much my friend!
Congratulations on 10k 🎉. I'm still in a bit of a reading slump but hopefully the post Christmas rest will help. Happy Christmas to you and your families.
Some rest can do wonders sometimes. Have a wonderful holiday and thanks so much for the kind words.
We were so delighted to have you both on Page Chewing! It was such a bright spot in my day :) thank you both for being so generous with your time!
John has me so excited for W&T! Hoping to start in the next week 🙌🏻
@@MaedBetweenthePages can’t wait to hear your thoughts Taylor!
Glad you’re enjoying Wind and Truth John! This week I’ve been reading Valor, The Faithful and the Fallen book 2 and it is SO much better than book 1 already. My goal is to complete it before the new year. Wishing you, Jakob, and your family the merriest of Christmases. Enjoy the holiday!
@@DecidedPanda oh glad to hear book 2 took a big step for you. Have a wonderful holiday as well.
Happy holidays john and jakob always a joy watching you guys hope you have a lovely Christmas
Thanks so much have a lovely holiday season as well
Thanks for the holiday warm up. I always appreciate hearing you guys talk books n' life! I'm excited that Jakob has been reading so much .. can't wait to hear what he has in store.
I'm reading Wind and Truth and Frieren volume 1 (a wonderful Manga I highly recommend) and I'm hoping I can finish both this year 😅
Oh, and of course, CONGRATULATIONS on ten thousand subs 🎉
Oh thank you so much. I am so happy the boy is reading more as well. Have a great holiday.
"Kris Kringle without a tingle." Ok Jake getting some bars in.
He was on a tear there nephew😂
Jakob when's the album coming out
@@groofay
Congrats on the 10,000! All the best to you and yours for the holidays!
Have a wonderful holiday as well and thanks so much
Congrats on reaching 10k! That's an amazing achievement right there. The sky's the limit!
Can't wait for you to get to Dennis Myers' books. He and I chatted in the Discord server's voice chat for over an hour about writing and our passion for storytelling. He's one of the nicest authors I've EVER had the pleasure of speaking with.
Just a great guy! Should be in that 1 by Wednesday! Thanks for all you do Slay. We are lucky to have you here my friend!
@ I’m beyond honored to be a part of this community. 🥰🙌
I love your wild analogies 😂 will be so curious about what u thought 😊
I really liked it. Hit home very personally for me.
Finished The Way of Kings and Im finished with Stormlight. Just couldn't get into it. Gonna watch some Weekly Reader and then I'm gonna introduce myself to a cat named Princess Donut
@@MichaelWayne13 grand champion princess donut is a great cat to know.
I had an easier time with Stormlight reading and audiobook at the same time. I got so much more out of it!
@@lorifrederick2367 I hear that works well.
I only recently subscribed to this channel and the tingle is REAL 🙌
@@k.enterante ohhhh so awesome. Thanks so much! Welcome to the channel.
Congratulations on hitting 10k subs!!!
@@seppuku- thanks so much. We are truly blown away and humbled.
Congrats on 10k and Happy Holidays! 🙂
Thanks and have a wonderful holiday as well.
Congrats on the 10K subs! Thanks for another great Weekly Reader, love the thoughts on W & T :)
Thanks so much my friend!
Stoked to hear the final final thoughts on the cosmere when that journeys complete.
Congrats on 10k! An obviously well deserved milestone. So stoked to keep following along.
Cannot wait for our talk Friday. It’s gonna be good to catch up and chat! You guys really helped me pick some great reads throughout the year and expand my list beyond the fantasy genre for what’s to come.
And yes-that Superman trailer was absolutely awesome. Cannot wait for that one
Oh man can’t wait to talk about all of this and so much more!
I am super exited get to Wind and Truth now! Your enthusiasm has motivated me to pick up my pace on Oathbringer, so I can get through my re-read sooner. Also, I see Jakob as more Adolin LOL. Laid back, doesn’t take himself too seriously, but still highly skilled at what he does.
Very nice Adolin it is for the boy wonder. After book 5 I will take that all day!
First of all, major congrats on the 10K, that is so so so well deserved!!
Happy to hear that Wind and Truth lived up to your expectations (at least, I hope the last few chapters didn't sink the boat lol). Isn't it WILD what he pulled off? What an imagination, what a vision!
And oh yes, the Page Chewing episode was so much fun. P.L. and Taylor are two of my favourite interviewers ever 🤩
I have been watching The Penguin on your recommendation and goooosh that is so good. Absolutely adore Sofia, what a badass. And Viktor is also just a gem who needs to be protected at all costs.
Wishing you all the most wonderful Christmas. Lots of love 🥰🥰🥰
Have the best holiday season Esmay. Thanks so much for all the kind words. You must get back to me at the end of the Penguin!
@@Talking_Story Thank you friend! Will keep you updated 👀
Merry Christmas to all the talking story family and community!
Have a great holiday as well my friend!
"That is not a miracle. That is vandalism." - Jakob.
Jakob is a treasure and must be protected at all costs. He puts up with John. ;)
@@TedReadInstead he has had many years of practice
@@Talking_Story Haha! True that. :) Merry Christmas to the entire Minton family!! :)
@@TedReadInstead right back at you Ted!
I think I'll just add my congratulations for your 10k subs. Well deserved.
Wishing you and all of your fantastic subscribers and contributors a very Merry Christmas.
Thanks for all you have done by allowing us to use your work to set our channel apart for the holidays my friend! Truly wonderful
You both crack me up, I love your dynamics! Reminds me of my daughter and I. John, on your recommendation, I picked up Robert McCammon book one "Speaks the Nightbird." This looks like a fantastic book!. Have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
I can’t wait to hear your thoughts on that 1!
Jakob looked concerned during that lingerie shoot conversation :D
@@gryftkin
Merry Xmas, Minton Family! The best book people on YT! 🎄
@@Chloes_World_of_Books thanks so much you are very kind
Congratulations on 10k!
@@harrylewin9162 thanks so much we are kinda in shock.
Congrats on 10k and on another wonderful video! You guys always cheer me up!
As for what I'm reading- my boyfriend and I just finished the audio book for Stone of Tears, book 2 of Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth series. I DO NOT recommend these books, lol xD I have a lot of nostalgia for them because I read them as an edgy teenager and saw them as the wisest, edgiest, best thing ever, but consuming them now... wow are they bad, haha. I'll probably still continue because it's fun to look at them with fresh eyes about fifteen years later.
Not keeping track, but I'm probably about 100 more pages done with East of Eden, so getting so close to being able to touch my book haul books!
Have a great holiday and thanks again for helping me to become a reader again. You guys rock!
@@subjectiveexperiences1072 you becoming a reader again has made our week. Thanks so much for all these kind words! Have a wonderful holiday!
Glad you enjoyed Wind and Truth! I'm juggling several books as usual, but of late I've been absolutely plowing through a book you've read recently: The Last Kingdom, by Bernard Cornwell. Merry Christmas, and may the Tingle be with you!
@@MichaelRSchultheiss that’s a heck of fun read! Have a lovely holiday Michael.
It sounds like you guys had a good week. I'm a bit envious that you can cram all these books in such a short space. I thought I was a fast reader...making me feel self-conscious here.
I'm reading Deathless and Absolution to end out the year and they're pretty 'aight' as the kids like to say. Deathless is beautifully written, but I keep thinking that Gaiman should have written this. Absolution's fine, though I feel it's just exploring things that were already touched upon in the trilogy. I should be able to finish them soon though, so no issues. I'm looking forward to 2025. I have a lot of plans...many diabolical plans...
Also damn it Jakob, you should have put in the Mr. Rogers photo with John's head on it. Would have been perfect!
Great video as always uncle, keep up the good work!
You are an amazing discerning reader that can talk so well about your thoughts. I accept no self criticism from you nephew. You are way ahead of my game when I was your age!
I am about halfway in Wind and Truth and its ok. I have heard it gets better the second half so Im waiting on that. but that Dennis M Myers book looks awesome. I may have to go grab that for the kindle!
@@jessicayork9035 I should start Dennis’ book around Wednesday and I will give a full report!
I don't feel it either, lol...I'm def a scrooge/grinch..can't wait for holidays to be over with
@@burge2695 holidays can be tough I definitely get it.
Early happy Festivus!
I’m excited to hear your thoughts on Wind and Truth! Definitely in contention for my book of the year!
@@thuff31 yesss Festivus for the rest of us. I hope you have your list of grievances ready
@ oh I’m prepared for a most disappointing reads of the year post on IG for Festivus tomorrow
@ I will check that out!
Congratulations on the 10K
@@MrRorosuri thanks we are pretty blown away
Anytime John almost breaks, it gets me ready to tear up as well. The best father son duo on book-tube. Just finished Magician:Master. Was a great read. Continuing the Wind and Truth read. I hope it worth it. So far so good. Thanks for the video guys
Thank you my friend. You are very kind! I loved Riftwar!
Glad you're liking Wind and Truth! Would love to see a round table spoiler talk with maybe some Quilluminati members and other booktubers
@@Kellen81 I would love that as well!
The Kris Kringle Tingle definitely sounds like something you *do not* want.
Also, I had never heard 'cockles of your heart' before and was suprised to find this is a real saying and not a John-ism.
Merry Christmas guys! (And the Mrs.)
@@katherinep1010 it is a real saying I am just that old
Congratulations on 10K! 🤠🙌
I seriously hope that Burning Man anecdote was cleared by the Missus! TMI, John, TMI!🤣
Just started on «Dictator» (Cicero Trilogy #3) by Robert Harris (Historical Fiction about the Roman Politician Cicero) with «City of Thieves» by David Benioff (Historical Fiction set during the WW2 Seige of Leningrad (Modern Day St. Petersburg)) next up over the Christmas Holiday!
Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays, Mintons!🎅
@@MacScarfield hope city of thieves hits for you like it did me. Never fear the Mrs got a good chuckle out of that 1
Congrats on 10k! I'm waiting in the wings to see how certain booktubers react to Wind & Truth to determine how quickly I'll restart the series.
I've resumed Assassin's Fate and I'm halfway through. Seems my prediction that Assassin's Fate will be my final read of the year may hold true 😅 The culmination of everything is stupendous, arcs are converging in satisfying and engaging ways.
Dunno what my next read will be after that. I might have to do what I did after I finished Second Apocalypse and Malazan and steer clear of Epic Fahtasy for awhile but at the same time Arc 3 of Wars of Light & Shadow has been calling my name.
@@thatsci-firogue everytime you think you are out from fantasy they pull you back in
Wonderful Weekly Reader, as always. Congratualtion for 10k subscriptions. Iam also watching Lower Decks and have only 1 episode left. My actual audio-book is Neil Gaiman - Norse Mythology (my second time, great book). Iam reading Tanith Lee - Death´s Master and One Piece 95. Happy holidays.
@@Kaolein wow 95 I gotta long way to go
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays all!!!!!
Absolutely!
I'm about to finish Wind and Truth too, I'm starting day 10 tomorrow! Destination in sight!
@@fantasyfanatic6038 day 10 is where things get crazy
Congrats on the 10k subs Guys!!
Thanks my friend. We are pretty knocked out by it.
I am a bit of a contrarian, so I liked calling my very first book "Final Assembly." Seeing it become the last book you read in the year seems entirely appropriate.
I am very excited for the start on Wednesday
I really can't wait to get into Wind and Truth. And I agree about James Gunn's DC. I'm very excited after that Superman trailer. Seeing so much comic stuff that we haven't seen before and knowing how well Gunn does with story and large casts already... Yeah. I think Superman is going to rule. Also... The younger years bit about Jakob being Dalinar made me laugh. I was thinking the same thing. lol
@@N.A.Summur I will actually have to go out and see Superman on the big screen!
It’s just what we all needed - another Supes origin story
@@Talking_Story I agree!
@@Filthyanimal9 nope they are not doing the origin story this time.
Every time you start talking about pressing the subscriber button and tingles I can imagine Jakob giving a big eye roll and saying here we go again 😂
It like you can see my monitor 😂😂
Of the betrayal from Jacob! The drama! Also congratulations to 10k! 🥳
@@emzstern thanks so much and we try to bring the drama
Happy Holidays, John. I'm about 75% through the new Haruki Murakami, The City and Its Uncertain Walls, and am loving its strangeness and unpredictability. After that I need to finish Don Quixote. Oh, and I'm the one who didn't like the Superman trailer. I hope YOU love it.
@@curtjarrell9710 I did love it! Sorry it didn’t hit for you but it seems to either work or not work at all so I I get it. I hope you have an amazing holiday my friend!
Congratulations on 10k.
@@samreads. thanks so much. We are truly humbled by this.
I’m surprised at the amount of people that have been disappointed with Wind and Truth. I guess it’s because of the hype it had. I have a feeling that in several years people’s opinions will change.
Last week I don’t think I finished anything. But this week I’m working on A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens is incredible. I’m hopefully going to get back to Empire of Silence by Christopher Ruocchio. I’m was really enjoying it, but if I get the hardcovers for Christmas I want to wait and read from those, because I don’t want to re-read it yet.
I hope you guys have a Very Merry CHRISTmas and a Happy New Year.
Right back at you have the merriest of holidays. While I can see and understand the criticisms for WaT it still worked on a lot of level for me. I was truly affected by it and respect the massive swing he was taking.
“Mr Rogers Speech” 😂
Guilty I guess 😂
I'm still only about 800 pages into Wind and Truth. So that's about halfway, right? Lol. I didn't start reading it until after I got back from Dragonsteel though. I'm also reading The Will of the Many by James Islington. It's really good too.
I do wanna get to Islington! You are past halfway the really crazy stuff is coming your way!
I love grumpy Jakob. 😂
@@angelamccollister noooo no one likes grumpy John
Hey, so I finished Leviathan earlier last week! Only thing I'll say is that McCammon reminds us that he still got chops as a horror writer 😏
Have a very Merry Christmas John and Jakob and the Missus!! 🎄
Ohhhh I gotta get to that quick! Thanks so much for that check in! Have a wonderful holiday as well
Congrats on 10K!
Thanks so much. Just a mind boggling number to us!
@Talking_Story it's well deserved! I remember subbing when it was around 3500 and the effort you guys have been putting into this is intense. Here's to the next 10K rolling around much faster!
@ we are just having a blast! Thanks so much.
10:11 hello, congrats on 10k, wow what number did you get for the wind and truth? Mine was #5000
I got 1035
Has there been a discussion of… of war and ruin?
@@derekleon24 not yet still waiting for it to be set up. I know Dr Chase has finished it so hopefully soon!
@ I started reading along to keep up with the discussion. It’s always nice to have a full discussion rather than a review in my opinion. Half way through The Ice now.
@ I think the time is being taken to make sure we can have Ryan Cahill join us.
My money is on Jakob having an ARC of The Devils😮
That would be amazing and infuriating 😂
Wind & truth is…disappoint of the year. It’s got 400-500 pages of bloat. It needed a line and content edit…. The introspection is out of control the humor is cringe. Tee hee I said shit is the level of humor Sanderson went for…so much could have been cut and edited and it could have been the best book I ever read
I probably would've read more Sanderson but I've heard he's been putting more of an emphasis on the comedy which has definitely been putting me off... I just don't find his writing funny at all.
@@AndrewsWizardlyReads I do agree it could have been cut and tightened up. But it blew me away on a lot of levels.
Yes, its so frustrating because it COULD have been one of the best fantasy books ever if it was edited. The dialogue is so corny and cringe, and all the mental health talk seems to be taken from a mental health influencer on tiktok. I wish Sanderson took the time to make well-written books and edit them instead of being on a rush to publish so mush.
@ of course things hit us all differently wish it had worked better for you.
@ it’s not bad just not as good as it could have been
No community post or reminder that you were on Page Chewing??? Maybe you can put Pooh in charge of community posts?
If only that pug had thumbs he could rule the world. I could’ve sworn I got that out there. Sorry I let it slip by me.
It’s alright for a silly piece of…animation, but other than the effort put in to Easter Eggs, ‘Lower Decks’ in not Star Trek, to my mind; the disregard that is shown for people….let me say that that compared to the compassion the NG crew showed Barklay, one can see the not-ST that it is. It may be fun, but, to me, never Star Trek. My own opinion.
I have fun with it. My fav right now is Strange New Worlds.
@ Strange New Worlds HAS done better than a good portion of the last several seasons, but then they go and do strange (see what I did there?) episodes like Human Spock and the silliness is too much. Still, the last season ending:🤯. As regards your words at the end of the video, thank you. Too many people just do not, or seem to refuse to, get it. I bought a house with my now-86 year old parents when I moved out of Alaska 7 years past, and have been doing my best to take care of them and keep a 40 hour/week job AND write a book, AND read all I can get my hands on (btw, I finished that book and am working on it’s sequel) and to see the loving friendship you and your son have tends to be all the good I need for the week, and yet have so much more outside of this UA-cam world. So, simply put, thank you.
@ oh my friend that’s so kind of you. Means the world to us both. Sounds like many people owe a thanks to example you try to set as well. Truly wonderful.
@ The unfortunate true way to see clearly , in part, what you spoke of at then end there, is our mortality, of losing people over the years. I do not wish to get overly-maudlin but, having already experienced a deep and emotional loss before, losing an older brother AND seeing how that affected my parents…that is an unfortunate clarity to see how important it is to bring close those you love, even if it is but once a year. But do not wait TOO long to do so. if we turn such losses into such Positivity then, as painful as those losses remain, they do us good.
@@bradmiller3367 so true and wise. My losses have changed and enriched me deeply. Of course they are the hardest part of life but they can be so instructional for how you see the world going forward.
Another stellar weekly reader🤌 I am so hyped for Superman! I agree, James Gunn is going to finally give us the DC mlvie universe we have always wanted! Merry Christmas and congrats on 10K!
Thank triple B have a great holiday my friend. Wish we were closer we could hit the flick together!
@Talking_Story Thank you my friend! Oh don't tempt me😂 I am moving to North Carolina this summer for my wife's job, so I will be closer. May be worth the drive to see it together!
@ Dude! Hit me up with what where you guys end up!
@@Talking_Story I will!