I got the prettiest-tiniest LotR and Hobbit boxset in existence (you might have seen them in Indigo, they were on sale!) and also my first complete Harry Potter set in English (UK paperback) so I'll finally annotate them! Harry holidays! ;-)
"are people interested in me showing books that I don't know much about, that nobody talks about?" YES! don't ever stop! It's basically why I'm subscribed to you! I'm so tired of seeing every newly released YA book talked about by 1000000000 booktubers.
Good to know! I do like the keep up with what's new but I understand it gets old when it's all we see. Funnily enough according to my stats people tend to skip ahead videos when I mention less known books 😂
I would be interested, I must admit I get sick and tired of seeing only the most recent and popular books & I love watching booktubers who show different books it broadens the horizon and gets u interested in more books that you never would of looked at before. Thanks to booktubers who are different and unqiue my TBR list has grown with a wide range of stuff to read 🤗🤗 Also when I start my channel up I am planning to be different because this year I plan to read allot more adult non fiction and other sort of books that allot of people have not heard of.....
YES!! I LOVE hearing about books that are not repeated ad nauseum!!! Please keep going with different books that are not reviewed over and over and over again!
I really enjoy watching your hauls and hearing your opinion in wrap ups because you read less mentioned books on UA-cam. Like you've said before, I've also become a little discouraged by popular books on UA-cam because a lot of them I didn't love. Looking forward to seeing what you read in 2018 :)
The reason why I love your channel is because most books you show are not familiar [at least to me], which I am up for. It's just boring sometimes when I see the same book in most booktube vids, to be honest. Good luck with your reads!
You should read the illustrated editions while listening to the audiobook! I highly recommended because it’s like someone’s reading it to you while you’re looking at the pictures
I seriously love the fact that you show us books that other book tubers have never shown. It's quite interesting and inspires me to read few of them too.
Hey, I'm a massive Terry Pratchett fan. I know the series looks daunting, but they're very quick paced and hilarious, you'll fly through them. The language might be a little intimidating, it's very British with the occasional colloquialism. I read them in chronological order myself: the first books aren't his best since he gets better and better as you get on, but they're still really good. And in my opinion, if you read the best ones first and then go back to his earlier work, you kind of set yourself up for disappointment because his later works get absolutely phenomenal. So I would recommend chronological order.
The Witcher books came out first and then the game. Netflix is actually making a TV Show right now :) And I love seeing books that I haven't heard of anybody talking about, it's great way to discover new gems :)
P.S. I love that book! Correct me if im wrong but it’s originally in Polish right? I’ve also heard people say the official english translated books don’t do the originals justice, and that there are other fan-translated books that are way better. Is that true because I’d rather go for the best version possible?
love it when you show books that others don't talk about as much! your channel has introduced me to so many new books I would not have heard of otherwise so i'm very grateful!
I loved this book haul because it is boring to see every booktuber talk about the same YA books and I love that you are bringing variety into your reading with Stephen King and sci-fi!
This is the first time I've seen someone talking about a book by a Polish author on Booktube! I'm so happy, even though I don't read fantasy. "The Witcher" saga is the most popular fantasy series in Poland, I really hope you'll like it :)
Laura Maliszewska check out Elliot Brooks on youtube, she's a huge Witcher fan. She has the English and Polish editions including the Polish editions of Mistborn 🙂. She's also really sweet 😊
Emily I really enjoy watching your books hauls, they are so different. I am always interested in non-fiction and historical non-fiction, it gives me new ideas of what to read! Thanks!
Yes! I hope you love Ubik... One of my all time favorite books. I also loved A Scanner Darkly and Three Stigmata. I am slowly working on the Sci-fi masterworks collection also. Very excited to hear your opinions on everything 🙂
I'm always excited to see what books you're going to talk about! Your channel is super refreshing - there's always a book I've never heard about and that's the whole point I watch booktube.
Yessss I love your hauls! Unlike other Booktubers you talk about the less known books, which makes your videos more interesting. I feel like nowadays most Booktubers just talk about the 'popular' books and I find that sometimes when I pick them up, they aren't worth all the hype so THANK YOUUUU xx
"The Witcher" series is amazing! It's been really popular in Europe for a very long time (the series was actually written in the 90s), and it's pretty exciting to see it finally starting to gain popularity across the ocean :) One suggestion though: if you end up wanting to read the whole series, do NOT go by the US publication order. "The Last Wish" should be followed by "Sword of Destiny", even though they skipped right to "The Blood of Elves" when they were publishing it in English recently. But yes, highly recommend the series, excellent adult fantasy :)
I've been seeing people telling her to skip the short stories books and start right away with The blood of elves but it makes no sense because in The last wish a story explains you what the main plot is about and also with the short stories you get to meet the characters and how they meet and everything. I don't get people sometimes
YIKES! No, no, definitely don't skip anything. They aren't some add-on "prequel" short stories-they are the beginning of the story and what the series actually starts with, familiarizing people with the world and characters. I have no idea how someone who has actually read the books can suggest this lol
I love your channel because you include books that you rarely see on booktube! It gets super repetitive hearing about the same stuff over and over, so i find you very refreshing
I don't know if you have read any Carlos Ruiz Zafón's books but they are horror/msytery and I think you'd like them! His most famous one is The Prince of Mist. (Also I don't know how you can handle having this channel and the beauty one and a job, so cheers to you!!)
Yes love it! I can't handle getting to know half of the synopsis before I read the book, for me the whole point of reading is gone when I know half the plot.
I'm reading the Discworld series for the first time too and I love it! My parents loved the series and also said that I shouldn't start with the first couple books because they weren't the best, but I like starting from the very beginning of things no matter what so I didn't listen to them. Maybe my expectations were lowered, but I still really enjoyed the first couple books. Every book is just so much fun and I'm currently on the sixth book in the whole series
I really enjoyed your book haul and I’m glad that you went with choices that not a lot of people are familiar with because it’s always good to have new variations to pick from or try.
I enjoy that you talk about books that no one else talks about! I also got 2 SF masterworks books in December, the doomsday book by Connie Willis and the Difference Engine by William Gibson. Hoping they are great reads. Can’t wait to hear about the ones you have.
A video from Emily!!! Can't wait to watch this tomorrow. I feel poorly with a cold so have to postpone until tomorrow morning as I need to rest. Back to work tomorrow as well...
I love hearing you talk about books I haven't heard a ton of people talking about already! And I've recently gotten into Terry Pratchett and I'm loving it--I started out with the Tiffany Aching series and it's WONDERFUL. I think the books are also great if you read and love fantasy but enjoy seeing the tropes poked fun at too:) Happy New Year Emily! So happy to have discovered your channel this year.
I really like when you show different books on your channel, a lot of booktube can get pretty repetitive with books so its nice to have some new and different recommendations! :)
The Last Wish is amazing! That and Sword of Destiny are collections of short stories, then Blood of Elves is the beginning of the actual series. The Witcher is my favourite book and game series - the games take place after the books. :)
But Andrzej Sapkowksi has had no input in the making of the games or their storylines, and has never seen or played them. But the games stay loyal to the lore from the books 😊. I’m just waiting for the next book to be translated from Polish to English!
I usually go for historical or contemporary fiction, but I'm writing down quite a few of your recommendations and new purchases. I like that you give us a broader range of titles other than the most talked about ones, so please keep doing that 👍😊
I'm a little late, but YES! Keep informing us on lesser known books. It's specifically why I'm subscribed. While I love popular books you can only see them so many times! I especially love when you bring up underrated/older fantasy novels so I can add some to my TBR! I want to get started on Terry Pratchett books and was wondering where you got your information on what order to read them? I'm thinking of just doing it chronologically. Thanks!
Hi Emily, when it comes to Terry Pratchett, I started with Colour of magic and I loved it! For me starting with first one worked. Out of these four I like the Equal Rites the most though, so if you are not sure, you can start with this one. Make sure you get back to us if you enjoyed them :-)
The Last Wish is a collection of introductory stories into the Witcher world. This series did indeed inspire the most highly acclaimed video game franchise and the new Netflix TV adaption which is currently in the works. The first two books are collections of short stories, while the main arc starts with Blood of Elves and follows through every installment afterwards. This series is inspired by Eastern European folklore, and in my own humble opinion is one of the best translated fantasy works of the last 30 years.
I don't get books for Christmas but I love watching what other people got! That Harry Potter book is stunning! I just got the first one out of my library so I plan on reading it soon but I need them all in my life!
Life After Life is one of my favorite books of all time - you will fly through it! Mort was the first Terry Pratchett book I read and I thought it was fine. I read Going Postal next and preferred that one.
I actually get really excited when I watch your channel because I want to pick up more sci-fi and you don’t talk about everyone else. It gets repetitive hearing about the same books over and over again.
I read “the stars my destination” maybe a year ago! It was hard for me to get through due to the writing style (it is very evident that the book was written in the 60s) and the pacing, but I sort of appreciated it when I was finished. I’ll be excited to hear your thoughts when you read it!
It's fine the read the discworld books in order the first two sort of go together and are actually not too complicated. There is also an extended TV show based on these two. One annoying thing about the discworld books is the foot notes! They are amusing but some of them are quite long. I found it easier to ignore the footnotes and read them a bit later. I love the witches, though I consider wyrd sisters to be the first true witches novel, and of course the death books were amazing!
I've been putting off reading the illustrated HP books too! I'm so nervous about how large the next 4 are going to be. I love the color schemes of the Philip K. Dick/other Sci Fi books!
I have the same taste in books and just found your channel! Love love love that you're talking about Terry Pratchett on booktube - I started Discworld with The Colour of Magic and loved it, but Mort is my favourite of those four :)
I've also never read any Terry Pratchett books until now. I got Good Omens for my birthday, which was written by Neil Gaiman (one of my favorite authors) and Terry Pratchett, and after that I decided to pick up Discworld. I started with Equal Rites, and so far I like it. Not confusing at all and actually a light and fun read :)
To answer your last questions i like hearing people talk about books that usually aren't talk about! its refreshing to see and i really enjoyed this book haul! I'm a fan of Philip K Dick's books. Do androids dream of electric sheep was the first book i read by him and really enjoyed it! i tried to read a scanner darkly and did not enjoy it as much as i'd hoped. I just couldn't get into it it's very different from his other books imo but i'm curious to see what you think about it.
Great book haul! I love these and I was so so excited to see the Last Wish pop up, I just picked up a copy myself and am so excited to read it, apparently the first two books in that series are short stories that are suppose to introduce the Witcher as a character and then they become novels starting at book three...I think? Either way very excited to see someone mention it :) Also Scanner Darkly is a movie and its very interesting. I'm curious to see what you think of the Disc world books, Ive been thinking about picking them up but the sheer volume of them is daunting. And please don't stop talking about more obscure books, I really enjoy that about your channel.
Witcher books are awesome. I've started from "Blood of Elves" and it turned out that characters are so likeable. Especialy Ciri, Yennefer and Triss Merigold. It's hard not to read next one. Sword of Destiny is a part of short story collection and I'd recommend to start from Blood of Elves. It is the first one in the series. And I was happy enough to read that in original language version:)
The Witcher books are definitely worth a read! The main character is a witcher, who kills monsters for money. It's actually not as simple as "fighting evil", the main character (and the book in general) is more on a morally gray area. It's more complex than "monsters are always bad and humans are always good".
I read the Last Wish (technically first in the Wither series). Like someone has mentioned, it and The Sword of Destiny are books of short stories. The Last Wish is kind of less sequential when it comes to falling a timeline but I have a feeling that some of the characters introduced will show up later on so it would still be important to read. The Sword of Destiny is still short stories but apparently follow a more sequential time order. I'll be finshing the series in 2018! Hope you like!
I don't know if you're that into history, but I read "Stalin's Daughter" in 2017 and it's basically what got me into non-fiction. I loved it so much! It was so good!
Life After Life is handled extremely well. This book could have gone horribly wrong as the structure means that we continually loop back to February 1910 and the life of Ursula Todd. Kate Atkinson has a strong, very descriptive writing style. Ursula’s parallel existences take us through decades of social history - from WWI, through to WWII and the 1960s. What I really enjoyed was Atkinson’s ability to detail the fashion and fads of the times. There are rapid chronological shifts in this novel but Atkinson anchors us with each chapter dated by month and year. I think you'll really enjoy this book!
From the four you own I'd definitely recommend starting with Mort. However, my own very favourite series is Night Watch (which starts with Guards! Guards! continues with Men at Arms.
Good luck with PKD! I love his books, I read Ubik (favourite! Confusing but still favourite), Do androids dream blablabla, Time out of joint, Martian time-slip (terrifying) and The man in the high castle. I love his works because they really make you think about problematic aspects of our society, but since every single book of his I have read plays with the theme of “what is reality?” (I won’t say more than that otherwise it would be a spoiler) I always end up feeling semi-paranoid about being in a distorted world (and that’s a good sign, right? ;) ) hope you enjoy his books :)
Discworld is actually real easy to understand. Each "series" introduces us to different characters in the world and can take you to a different part of the world. The best way to read Discworld is to go in chronological order, each book is essentially a standalone but you see recurring characters develop and how events play out. I always say begin with Mort but as I'm going through the series once again from beginning to end (2nd or 3rd journey for me) I've realised book 2 isn't as bad as I once thought. Just don't touch book 1. Google a plot summary and skip it. Hell I could tell you everything you need to know in a few short sentences. It's devoid of humour and plot. The leap in quality between the first two is astonishing. And I'm saying this as a guy who considers Pratchett a genius and my all time favourite author.
i read equal rites this year, it was pretty awesome! and monstrous regiment is such a hilarious one to read i think it was the first one i read from the series
ohhh my boyfriend is on some self-claimed marathon with Terry Pratchett, I have no idea how many books he read this year from him, but ne loves it! He's trying to make me read them, but I'm still on the shades of magic series, sooo.
The first two books in the witcher series are kinda "push through it" and a bit confusing because it consists of short stories. Later on I enjoyed the rest of series. I still have to read the three that were published much later but to me it was worth it 😄 Happy holidays btw!😊
And hearing about the books no one talks about is actually helpful because most of the books we hear about are YA. And as someone who doesn't read that much of YA I need some options and good recommendations!
Wow Emily. Except Harry Potter (Of course!), I did not even know that all these other books even existed..!! I enjoy your book hauls..Got to know about so many other not-so-talked-about books.:-)
I'm reading the Witcher saga in the original Polish. The books were first 😉 The Last Wish and The Sword of Destiny are novellas about Geralt and what he does. The proper "saga" starts with book 3 The Blood of Elves but you should def start with the novellas as a lot of things is explained there. I'm currently on book 5. I'm very interested in what you'll think as the author uses very archaic Polish in the original that's so confusing sometimes even for native speakers. I wonder how it works in a translation. Hope you enjoy it 😊
The Forever War is a great book! The movie adaptation of A Scanner Darkly is surprisingly good, crazy like the book lol. I need to devote more time to nonfiction, I think I'll make it a 2018 goal
Have you considered reading Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth series? Magic, fantasy, adult and long. Wizard's first rule is the first book and quite enjoyable.
Yes we want more books that nobody talks about! :) And in Discworld series I really love Death but Mort was for me not as good as other books in Death line, but I love how Terry Pratchett writes, he makes fun of our planet and people on it and nonsence which we can actually do in our day life :D and as well I love to see that you are going to read The Witcher, it can be quiet confusing because first three books are short stories and author dont say everything stright and you have found rest of story between lines but still love the series! :) thank you for video!
You should watch age of adaline. It's about a woman who dies (sort of) and wakes up to live a life in which she will not age. It's one of my favourite movies of all time.
Happy Holidays!! Did you get any good book this month?
I got 2 books for Christmas - Peter Swanson: The Kind Worth Killing and Fiona Barton: The Child 🙂 Happy Holidays!
BookswithEmilyFox Dark Matter by Blake Crouch. I finished the Wayward Pines books. Thanks to you he is my new favorite author.
noo im starting finals next week and this is my first year of uni soo im trying to get my things together
Grotesque by Natsuo Kiriko, The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson and Firestarter by Stephen King
I got the prettiest-tiniest LotR and Hobbit boxset in existence (you might have seen them in Indigo, they were on sale!) and also my first complete Harry Potter set in English (UK paperback) so I'll finally annotate them! Harry holidays! ;-)
"are people interested in me showing books that I don't know much about, that nobody talks about?" YES! don't ever stop! It's basically why I'm subscribed to you! I'm so tired of seeing every newly released YA book talked about by 1000000000 booktubers.
Good to know! I do like the keep up with what's new but I understand it gets old when it's all we see. Funnily enough according to my stats people tend to skip ahead videos when I mention less known books 😂
I agree, I abandoned some channels even just for the same books as everybody else. We need variety on booktube :)
Same here
I would be interested, I must admit I get sick and tired of seeing only the most recent and popular books & I love watching booktubers who show different books it broadens the horizon and gets u interested in more books that you never would of looked at before. Thanks to booktubers who are different and unqiue my TBR list has grown with a wide range of stuff to read 🤗🤗
Also when I start my channel up I am planning to be different because this year I plan to read allot more adult non fiction and other sort of books that allot of people have not heard of.....
YES!! I LOVE hearing about books that are not repeated ad nauseum!!! Please keep going with different books that are not reviewed over and over and over again!
I really enjoy watching your hauls and hearing your opinion in wrap ups because you read less mentioned books on UA-cam. Like you've said before, I've also become a little discouraged by popular books on UA-cam because a lot of them I didn't love. Looking forward to seeing what you read in 2018 :)
I'm so excited for 2018!! Cant' wait to share what I'm planning to do :D
I like when youtubers show books that no one talks about. It's so refreshing!
The reason why I love your channel is because most books you show are not familiar [at least to me], which I am up for. It's just boring sometimes when I see the same book in most booktube vids, to be honest. Good luck with your reads!
You should read the illustrated editions while listening to the audiobook! I highly recommended because it’s like someone’s reading it to you while you’re looking at the pictures
I love when you show books people don't always talk about - it broadens our TBR's!!
I seriously love the fact that you show us books that other book tubers have never shown. It's quite interesting and inspires me to read few of them too.
Hey, I'm a massive Terry Pratchett fan. I know the series looks daunting, but they're very quick paced and hilarious, you'll fly through them. The language might be a little intimidating, it's very British with the occasional colloquialism.
I read them in chronological order myself: the first books aren't his best since he gets better and better as you get on, but they're still really good. And in my opinion, if you read the best ones first and then go back to his earlier work, you kind of set yourself up for disappointment because his later works get absolutely phenomenal. So I would recommend chronological order.
The Witcher books came out first and then the game. Netflix is actually making a TV Show right now :) And I love seeing books that I haven't heard of anybody talking about, it's great way to discover new gems :)
P.S. I love that book! Correct me if im wrong but it’s originally in Polish right? I’ve also heard people say the official english translated books don’t do the originals justice, and that there are other fan-translated books that are way better. Is that true because I’d rather go for the best version possible?
P.S. I love that book! You might love Elliot Brooks channel then because Witcher is one of her favorite series
Yes, The Witcher is originally in Polish ;)
I have actually never heard of this, I have read the Last Wish and it was good but I was told next books are even better, I must ask around!
Aha I have been following her since the beginning of her channel, she is great :)
love it when you show books that others don't talk about as much! your channel has introduced me to so many new books I would not have heard of otherwise so i'm very grateful!
Yes! We are totally interested in books that aren't in everyone else's videos...I actually prefer that. So thank you!
Oh MY those covers are EVERYTHING. YES. Stunning. I've never seen those before and I might have to creep where I can pick those up.
The illustrated HP is the only book I ever ask for for Christmas as well - it has become a tradition!
I loved this book haul because it is boring to see every booktuber talk about the same YA books and I love that you are bringing variety into your reading with Stephen King and sci-fi!
I love your bookhauls where you talk about books that are not popular on booktube! It gives me a better idea of what is out there.
I love your book hauls! It's refreshing to see someone reading material that isn't brand new YA.
This is the first time I've seen someone talking about a book by a Polish author on Booktube! I'm so happy, even though I don't read fantasy. "The Witcher" saga is the most popular fantasy series in Poland, I really hope you'll like it :)
Laura Maliszewska check out Elliot Brooks on youtube, she's a huge Witcher fan. She has the English and Polish editions including the Polish editions of Mistborn 🙂. She's also really sweet 😊
Thank you :) I don't really read fantasy and it's nice to see that there is a Polish accent on booktube :)
Oh my gosh all those Sanderson books! Gah I want them all! 😁....and definitely read Mort first, it's so good
Rich 08211 Mort is a brilliant one to start with. I also started with Mort! X
Emily I really enjoy watching your books hauls, they are so different. I am always interested in non-fiction and historical non-fiction, it gives me new ideas of what to read! Thanks!
I enjoy seeing books that are not normally shown on BookTube, so please keep on sharing them. ^_^
Yes! I hope you love Ubik... One of my all time favorite books. I also loved A Scanner Darkly and Three Stigmata. I am slowly working on the Sci-fi masterworks collection also. Very excited to hear your opinions on everything 🙂
The Book of the New Sun is going straight on my list, thanks Emily. And ditto everyone who says yes to you talking about "lesser known" books!
I'm always excited to see what books you're going to talk about! Your channel is super refreshing - there's always a book I've never heard about and that's the whole point I watch booktube.
I am sooo interested in the books you mention that are not mentioned on other channels. That is why you are my favorite booktuber! Keep it up!!
Yessss I love your hauls! Unlike other Booktubers you talk about the less known books, which makes your videos more interesting. I feel like nowadays most Booktubers just talk about the 'popular' books and I find that sometimes when I pick them up, they aren't worth all the hype so THANK YOUUUU xx
"The Witcher" series is amazing! It's been really popular in Europe for a very long time (the series was actually written in the 90s), and it's pretty exciting to see it finally starting to gain popularity across the ocean :) One suggestion though: if you end up wanting to read the whole series, do NOT go by the US publication order. "The Last Wish" should be followed by "Sword of Destiny", even though they skipped right to "The Blood of Elves" when they were publishing it in English recently. But yes, highly recommend the series, excellent adult fantasy :)
I've been seeing people telling her to skip the short stories books and start right away with The blood of elves but it makes no sense because in The last wish a story explains you what the main plot is about and also with the short stories you get to meet the characters and how they meet and everything. I don't get people sometimes
YIKES! No, no, definitely don't skip anything. They aren't some add-on "prequel" short stories-they are the beginning of the story and what the series actually starts with, familiarizing people with the world and characters. I have no idea how someone who has actually read the books can suggest this lol
I love your channel because you include books that you rarely see on booktube! It gets super repetitive hearing about the same stuff over and over, so i find you very refreshing
I don't know if you have read any Carlos Ruiz Zafón's books but they are horror/msytery and I think you'd like them! His most famous one is The Prince of Mist. (Also I don't know how you can handle having this channel and the beauty one and a job, so cheers to you!!)
The illustrated Harry Potter books are so beautiful, I'm jealous!
Yes love it! I can't handle getting to know half of the synopsis before I read the book, for me the whole point of reading is gone when I know half the plot.
I'm reading the Discworld series for the first time too and I love it! My parents loved the series and also said that I shouldn't start with the first couple books because they weren't the best, but I like starting from the very beginning of things no matter what so I didn't listen to them. Maybe my expectations were lowered, but I still really enjoyed the first couple books. Every book is just so much fun and I'm currently on the sixth book in the whole series
I love seeing new to book tube books or books no one talks about. Super interesting. Love the SF masterworks books, gonna look into those
I really enjoyed your book haul and I’m glad that you went with choices that not a lot of people are familiar with because it’s always good to have new variations to pick from or try.
I enjoy that you talk about books that no one else talks about! I also got 2 SF masterworks books in December, the doomsday book by Connie Willis and the Difference Engine by William Gibson. Hoping they are great reads. Can’t wait to hear about the ones you have.
A video from Emily!!! Can't wait to watch this tomorrow. I feel poorly with a cold so have to postpone until tomorrow morning as I need to rest. Back to work tomorrow as well...
I love hearing you talk about books I haven't heard a ton of people talking about already! And I've recently gotten into Terry Pratchett and I'm loving it--I started out with the Tiffany Aching series and it's WONDERFUL. I think the books are also great if you read and love fantasy but enjoy seeing the tropes poked fun at too:) Happy New Year Emily! So happy to have discovered your channel this year.
I really like when you show different books on your channel, a lot of booktube can get pretty repetitive with books so its nice to have some new and different recommendations! :)
The Last Wish is amazing! That and Sword of Destiny are collections of short stories, then Blood of Elves is the beginning of the actual series. The Witcher is my favourite book and game series - the games take place after the books. :)
But Andrzej Sapkowksi has had no input in the making of the games or their storylines, and has never seen or played them. But the games stay loyal to the lore from the books 😊. I’m just waiting for the next book to be translated from Polish to English!
I usually go for historical or contemporary fiction, but I'm writing down quite a few of your recommendations and new purchases. I like that you give us a broader range of titles other than the most talked about ones, so please keep doing that 👍😊
I'm a little late, but YES! Keep informing us on lesser known books. It's specifically why I'm subscribed. While I love popular books you can only see them so many times! I especially love when you bring up underrated/older fantasy novels so I can add some to my TBR! I want to get started on Terry Pratchett books and was wondering where you got your information on what order to read them? I'm thinking of just doing it chronologically. Thanks!
Hi Emily, when it comes to Terry Pratchett, I started with Colour of magic and I loved it! For me starting with first one worked. Out of these four I like the Equal Rites the most though, so if you are not sure, you can start with this one. Make sure you get back to us if you enjoyed them :-)
The Last Wish is a collection of introductory stories into the Witcher world. This series did indeed inspire the most highly acclaimed video game franchise and the new Netflix TV adaption which is currently in the works. The first two books are collections of short stories, while the main arc starts with Blood of Elves and follows through every installment afterwards. This series is inspired by Eastern European folklore, and in my own humble opinion is one of the best translated fantasy works of the last 30 years.
I don't get books for Christmas but I love watching what other people got! That Harry Potter book is stunning! I just got the first one out of my library so I plan on reading it soon but I need them all in my life!
I’m so glad you’re starting The Witcher!! I LOVE the books and The Witcher 3 is one of my favorite games of all time. I hope you enjoy!
Life After Life is one of my favorite books of all time - you will fly through it! Mort was the first Terry Pratchett book I read and I thought it was fine. I read Going Postal next and preferred that one.
I actually get really excited when I watch your channel because I want to pick up more sci-fi and you don’t talk about everyone else. It gets repetitive hearing about the same books over and over again.
Carl Sagan's books are on my TBR, I'll probably follow your Goodreads to see if I should give them a read...
I read “the stars my destination” maybe a year ago! It was hard for me to get through due to the writing style (it is very evident that the book was written in the 60s) and the pacing, but I sort of appreciated it when I was finished. I’ll be excited to hear your thoughts when you read it!
It's fine the read the discworld books in order the first two sort of go together and are actually not too complicated. There is also an extended TV show based on these two. One annoying thing about the discworld books is the foot notes! They are amusing but some of them are quite long. I found it easier to ignore the footnotes and read them a bit later. I love the witches, though I consider wyrd sisters to be the first true witches novel, and of course the death books were amazing!
I've been putting off reading the illustrated HP books too! I'm so nervous about how large the next 4 are going to be. I love the color schemes of the Philip K. Dick/other Sci Fi books!
If you want to love Terry Pratchett start with Mort. It's the first one I read and it worked great for me 😄
I have the same taste in books and just found your channel! Love love love that you're talking about Terry Pratchett on booktube - I started Discworld with The Colour of Magic and loved it, but Mort is my favourite of those four :)
I've also never read any Terry Pratchett books until now. I got Good Omens for my birthday, which was written by Neil Gaiman (one of my favorite authors) and Terry Pratchett, and after that I decided to pick up Discworld. I started with Equal Rites, and so far I like it. Not confusing at all and actually a light and fun read :)
So excited to hear what you think of A Scanner Darkly! It's one of my favorite Philip K. Dick books, although I haven't read that many lol
You are sooooo going to love Life after Life! it's beautiful, and it made me cry my eyes out on 2 passages - let me know after reading it!
Ah! Ubik is my absolute favorite Philip Dick book. Can't wait for you to read it!
To answer your last questions i like hearing people talk about books that usually aren't talk about! its refreshing to see and i really enjoyed this book haul! I'm a fan of Philip K Dick's books. Do androids dream of electric sheep was the first book i read by him and really enjoyed it! i tried to read a scanner darkly and did not enjoy it as much as i'd hoped. I just couldn't get into it it's very different from his other books imo but i'm curious to see what you think about it.
Excellent, yes books that are unique and not talked about much are great 😎
The last Wish inspired the game, and the book is fantastic, it’s a quick read :)
Great book haul! I love these and I was so so excited to see the Last Wish pop up, I just picked up a copy myself and am so excited to read it, apparently the first two books in that series are short stories that are suppose to introduce the Witcher as a character and then they become novels starting at book three...I think? Either way very excited to see someone mention it :)
Also Scanner Darkly is a movie and its very interesting. I'm curious to see what you think of the Disc world books, Ive been thinking about picking them up but the sheer volume of them is daunting.
And please don't stop talking about more obscure books, I really enjoy that about your channel.
Yeeeeees ! Please keep showing us those books cause I really don't like when booktubers always talk about the same books over and over
Witcher books are awesome. I've started from "Blood of Elves" and it turned out that characters are so likeable. Especialy Ciri, Yennefer and Triss Merigold. It's hard not to read next one.
Sword of Destiny is a part of short story collection and I'd recommend to start from Blood of Elves. It is the first one in the series.
And I was happy enough to read that in original language version:)
The Witcher books are definitely worth a read! The main character is a witcher, who kills monsters for money. It's actually not as simple as "fighting evil", the main character (and the book in general) is more on a morally gray area. It's more complex than "monsters are always bad and humans are always good".
The Witcher series is one of my all time favorite books! You'll love sarcastic Geralt :)
I read the Last Wish (technically first in the Wither series). Like someone has mentioned, it and The Sword of Destiny are books of short stories. The Last Wish is kind of less sequential when it comes to falling a timeline but I have a feeling that some of the characters introduced will show up later on so it would still be important to read. The Sword of Destiny is still short stories but apparently follow a more sequential time order. I'll be finshing the series in 2018! Hope you like!
You are such a breath of fresh air on booktube
I don't know if you're that into history, but I read "Stalin's Daughter" in 2017 and it's basically what got me into non-fiction. I loved it so much! It was so good!
The Forever War and anything by Brian Greene are well worth reading, both are fantastic!
Book Hauls with less known books are way better, otherwise it's just annoying to see the same book everywhere. Great Si-Fy books btw!
I see Terry Pratchett, I recommend Good Omens. Please do read that piece of a book as two of my most favorite writers wrote that masterpiece.
These books were VERY interesting! Added a lot to my GoodReads list from this video. Thank you. :)
Life After Life is handled extremely well. This book could have gone horribly wrong as the structure means that we continually loop back to February 1910 and the life of Ursula Todd. Kate Atkinson has a strong, very descriptive writing style. Ursula’s parallel existences take us through decades of social history - from WWI, through to WWII and the 1960s. What I really enjoyed was Atkinson’s ability to detail the fashion and fads of the times. There are rapid chronological shifts in this novel but Atkinson anchors us with each chapter dated by month and year. I think you'll really enjoy this book!
Omg my uncle introduced me to terry pratchett and he is amazing. I do prefer the Tiffany aching books though
A Week of Mondays is about a girl who relives the same day over and over again. I mention this because it was good. Totally recommend. 😀
From the four you own I'd definitely recommend starting with Mort. However, my own very favourite series is Night Watch (which starts with Guards! Guards! continues with Men at Arms.
Discworld! Equal RItes and Mort ARE definitely the best of those four - probably read Equal Rites first.
Good luck with PKD! I love his books, I read Ubik (favourite! Confusing but still favourite), Do androids dream blablabla, Time out of joint, Martian time-slip (terrifying) and The man in the high castle. I love his works because they really make you think about problematic aspects of our society, but since every single book of his I have read plays with the theme of “what is reality?” (I won’t say more than that otherwise it would be a spoiler) I always end up feeling semi-paranoid about being in a distorted world (and that’s a good sign, right? ;) ) hope you enjoy his books :)
I read the first short story collection of the witcher and then book number one, they were so good! The witcher three (for Xbox one) is also dope af!
Discworld is actually real easy to understand. Each "series" introduces us to different characters in the world and can take you to a different part of the world. The best way to read Discworld is to go in chronological order, each book is essentially a standalone but you see recurring characters develop and how events play out. I always say begin with Mort but as I'm going through the series once again from beginning to end (2nd or 3rd journey for me) I've realised book 2 isn't as bad as I once thought. Just don't touch book 1. Google a plot summary and skip it. Hell I could tell you everything you need to know in a few short sentences. It's devoid of humour and plot. The leap in quality between the first two is astonishing. And I'm saying this as a guy who considers Pratchett a genius and my all time favourite author.
i read equal rites this year, it was pretty awesome! and monstrous regiment is such a hilarious one to read i think it was the first one i read from the series
ohhh my boyfriend is on some self-claimed marathon with Terry Pratchett, I have no idea how many books he read this year from him, but ne loves it! He's trying to make me read them, but I'm still on the shades of magic series, sooo.
Omg finallyyyy more people are talking about Terry Pratchett on booktube!
Also Mort is amazing, the Death series is my favourite!
The first two books in the witcher series are kinda "push through it" and a bit confusing because it consists of short stories. Later on I enjoyed the rest of series. I still have to read the three that were published much later but to me it was worth it 😄 Happy holidays btw!😊
And hearing about the books no one talks about is actually helpful because most of the books we hear about are YA. And as someone who doesn't read that much of YA I need some options and good recommendations!
Wow Emily. Except Harry Potter (Of course!), I did not even know that all these other books even existed..!! I enjoy your book hauls..Got to know about so many other not-so-talked-about books.:-)
The Witcher yasss 😍
I'm reading the Witcher saga in the original Polish. The books were first 😉 The Last Wish and The Sword of Destiny are novellas about Geralt and what he does. The proper "saga" starts with book 3 The Blood of Elves but you should def start with the novellas as a lot of things is explained there. I'm currently on book 5. I'm very interested in what you'll think as the author uses very archaic Polish in the original that's so confusing sometimes even for native speakers. I wonder how it works in a translation. Hope you enjoy it 😊
The Forever War is FANTASTIC!!
Happy to hear it! :D
The Forever War is a great book! The movie adaptation of A Scanner Darkly is surprisingly good, crazy like the book lol. I need to devote more time to nonfiction, I think I'll make it a 2018 goal
'The Last Wish' was the book that inspired the video game series but 'The Witcher' has definitly become way more popular than the original books.
I hope you had a happy Christmas Emily!
Have you considered reading Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth series? Magic, fantasy, adult and long. Wizard's first rule is the first book and quite enjoyable.
Notification squad 🙋🏽 Happy holidays, Emily!
Happy Holidays!!
Yes we want more books that nobody talks about! :) And in Discworld series I really love Death but Mort was for me not as good as other books in Death line, but I love how Terry Pratchett writes, he makes fun of our planet and people on it and nonsence which we can actually do in our day life :D and as well I love to see that you are going to read The Witcher, it can be quiet confusing because first three books are short stories and author dont say everything stright and you have found rest of story between lines but still love the series! :) thank you for video!
Oooo Life After Life is such a pretty cover!
There are 2 prequels to read before Witcher book 1, check out Elliott Brooks channel, it’s her favourite series
I like books that no else one talks about ofc that’s why i come to your channel hahah and im developing a taste for scifi as well 😊
Look up Elliot Brooks... she’s a smaller booktuber but she talks about the Witcher series all the time. Definitely a series I’m interested in tho
You should watch age of adaline. It's about a woman who dies (sort of) and wakes up to live a life in which she will not age. It's one of my favourite movies of all time.