TOP 20 BOOKS BEFORE 2020!!
Вставка
- Опубліковано 15 лип 2024
- Hi Guys! Today I'll be giving you my top 20 books I read before 2020!
MENTIONED:
Best Books of 2019 - • The BEST Books of 2019!!
BOOKS MENTIONED: *
(first book in series listed)
The Infernal Devices by Cassandra Clare - www.bookdepository.com/The-In...
Northern Lights by Phillip Pullman - www.bookdepository.com/Northe...
The Turn of the Screw by Henry James - www.bookdepository.com/The-Tu...
The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien - www.bookdepository.com/The-Ho...
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss - www.bookdepository.com/The-Na...
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins - www.bookdepository.com/The-Hu...
A Darker Shade of Magic by VE Schwab - www.bookdepository.com/A-Dark...
The Wren Hunt by Mary Watson - www.bookdepository.com/Wren-H...
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon - www.bookdepository.com/The-Sh...
Heroes of Olympus by Rick Riordan - www.bookdepository.com/The-Lo...
A Game of Thrones by George RR Martin - www.bookdepository.com/A-Game...
Throne of Glass by Sarah J Maas - www.bookdepository.com/Throne...
The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon - www.bookdepository.com/The-Pr...
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas - www.bookdepository.com/A-Cour...
The Odyssey by Homer - www.bookdepository.com/The-Od...
The City of Brass by SA Chakraborty - www.bookdepository.com/The-Ci...
Circe by Madeline Miller - www.bookdepository.com/Circe/...
Nevernight by Jay Kristoff - www.bookdepository.com/Nevern...
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern - www.bookdepository.com/The-Ni...
The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon - www.bookdepository.com/The-Bo...
*All of the above Book Depository links are affiliate links, meaning I get a small percentage of the money made from your purchase at no extra cost to you. If you're buying other books and would like to support me and my channel, you can also use my general affiliate link - www.bookdepository.com/?a_aid=...
SCRIBD
I use Scribd for both audiobooks and ebooks when I'm out and about and highly recommend it! You can use this link to gain a two month free trial of unlimited reading - I'll also gain a month free! - www.scribd.com/g/7rz8tk
ABOUT MYTH-TAKE:
Myth-Take is a book club hosted by myself and Charlotte (@ Bookmarks and Vlogging) focusing on fantasy books that are also retellings of myth, folklore and fairy tale. We have a set book of the month, but you can pick or choose which books you join us for and even read a book of your own choice instead. Just use the hashtag # MythTakeReads for all your updates on twitter and instagram!
Myth-Take Twitter - / mythtakereads
Myth-Take Discord - / discord
MY LINKS:
TWITTER: / frolic_fiction
BOOKSTAGRAM: / afrolicthroughfiction
GOODREADS: / ashleigh-a-frolic-thro...
AMAZON WISHLIST: www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/...
The hunger games are still amazing books and they definitely stand the test of time. I dont think they are just " one more YA dystopian series that succeded" but it's a really important, impactul and beautiful story, with such and relevant message. I think many people that have read when they were younger should reread it now because it certainly improves upon rereading it .
I definitely need to revisit it at some point!
13:15 PERCY JACKSON FOR LIFE OMG ANNABETH IS MY GIRLLLLLLL 😭😭😭
YES ANOTHER ANNABETH STAN
You've got loads of great fantasy books on this list! ✨ The Hobbit and The Name of the Wind are some of my favorites as well! 😊
Can you tell what my favourite genre is? Ahaha
i’m so glad you loved the priory of the orange tree! it was one of my faves of the year it was so good
So so SO good! Always happy to find another Priory fan 🙌🏻
YES!! Finally someone's talking about The Shadow of the Wind! I know it's popular book but sometimes I feel like it should be talked about more because it definitely deserves ALL the love!! I've always loved reading and I can't remember times I haven't been reading but I feel like this book made me fall in love with books even more! So it's good to see someone else hyping it!
And you definitely need to continue on with the series! I bought the last installment (The Labyrinth of Spirits) in Spanish last year but it's so huge and I doubt my level of Spanish is enough to understand it all so yeah.. I've been staring at it on my shelf ever since :D
It’s a weird one where loads of people love it but barely anyone talks about it! Myself included a lot of the time aha. Yeah the last one is ginormous, it’s intimidating. Fingers crossed I actually continue at some point soon 😂
Yes, I totally agree with you about Sarah J Maas!! I read Tower of Dawn and loved it even though I was expecting otherwise. And you made me very excited to read The priory of the orange tree.
I got tower of dawn today so definitely needs to be read soon! Yaaas I hope you love Priory!
I love the Wren Hunt, seeing you bring it up is reminding me that I still haven’t read Wicker Light yet, hopefully it’s as good
I loved Wickerlight too so hopefully you do!
It was such an interesting concept! And there are some of my favourites as well! 😊❤
Yayyyy 🙌🏻✨
I adore The Night Circus. It was the book that got me back into reading again, I read it the same year you did and have very similar thoughts on it. I love your edition of it 💖
Aw I’m so so glad!! 💚
This is such a joyful video!
Just love ALL DA BOOKS
Really really good books n i was so happy to see some of the ones ive read in your book list. I just for nostalgia picked up hunger games,and suprisingly to find out Susan Collins is releasing a new one in May!! So perfect timing for rereading Hungry Games😊 awesome video thank you!
Yesss perfect timing for a reread! Hope you love it as much this time around 🙌🏻
I don't know what exactly it is but I have to say this is my most favorite video of yours I have ever seen!!💖 It was just so wonderful to hear about your reading experiences and why you loved those books so much. A lot of them went straight to my tbr / wish list. 🌟 I wish you another great reading decade! 😊💖
Aw that’s amazing, thank you! I didn’t know if it would go down well since it’s not really reviewing, but I guess you can tell why these books stuck with me aha. Thank you lovely!
I fell in love with Greek mythology in my first year of uni and your dissertation topic sounds so interesting! I just got Emily Wilson’s translation and can’t wait to read it 😄 also City of Brass 😍
Yaaas gotta love Greek myth! Hope you love the translation, I think it’s fab 🙌🏻 YES CoB always!
I read Circe last year and absolutely loved it. I've always been fascinated with Greek Mythology too and am loving all the recent retellings that are coming out!
That makes me so happy to hear!!
this is such a wholesome video! I'm currently reading The Hobbit and loving it 🥰
aaah I need to reread The Shadow of the Wind!
it was great to hear why you love all those books ^^
Thank you 🥰 so glad you’re loving Hobbit! Ahaha I’m glad the video made sense then, feel like I just babbled the entire thing 😂
I loved The Turn Of The Screw! And Percy Jackson meant so much to me... it still does, if I'm being honest. GoT is great as well!! Loved your picks!
Same for Percy Jackson! I could never get rid of those books 💚 thank you!!
I agree with the comment below!!!! I literally just finished re-reading the first book a few days ago for the first time in 10 years. I was also worried I wouldn't love it as much as I did back then but it is 100% just as amazing!!
Aw I’m so glad you still love it!
Yay love this idea!
🎉🎉🎉
I can give you my top two: A Man Called Ove and One in a Million Boy. I wouldn't have read either if someone hadn't said to read them without looking at the synopsis. I am so grateful for that advice as I love both books.
Ohhh how intriguing! Love it when going into a book blind pays off well 🙌🏻
I read Circe and Song of Achilles in the first months of 2019 and enjoyed them so much that I now want to read all the greek mythology books and retellings I can find. A few days ago I started Silence of the Girls and so far I really like it as well. I might have to see if I can find the copy of the Odyssey you talked about as so far it has still been a bit intimidating to attempt it. I also just found your channel a little while ago and am really looking forward to hear about all the mythology books and retellings :)
Aw that’s amazing! Another fab author for Greek retellings is Natalie Haynes - she has two books and I adore them both! You definitely came for the right place for retellings aha 🙌🏻
Awesome I will have to check her books out soon :) Thanks for the recommendation.
I’m 45 and I’m trash for Sarah J Mass books too - absolutely love them. You might like The Ancient Future trilogy. It’s an oldie but a goodie!
Yayyy! Oh I’ll check it out, thank you!
Ahh I am reading priory of the orange tree now, on kindle which I usually never do, especially with big books, but it’s so good and I’m at 15% so idk what page number that equates to. Anyway it’s going to be one of my new favorites. I’m getting the same feelings about it as the song of ice and fire series by GRRM, which I see you also loved. Looks like I’ll have to try the bone season next
My top 3 reads of the decade were ACOTAR series, SoIaF series, and cartwheel by Jennifer Dubois, ahh and Fire by Kristen Cashore is a close runner up
So so glad you’re loving it too!! That makes me so happy ☺️ Oof some good books on your list 👌🏻
I really want to read The Turn of the Screw.
I've never heard of The Wren Hunt. I will definitely have to check that out.
Loved The Shadow of the Wind. I need to read the sequel.
Circe has such a pretty cover.
Ah, The Night Circus. I really need to reread that. I haven't been following you long enough to guess your favourites so I didn't try.
All I can say is READ/REREAD THEM ALL 😂
I swear I love your background! Also I love the idea of finding your top 20 books.
Thank you so much!! Ahaha it was harder than you’d think 😂
A Frolic Through Fiction hahah sadly I think it would be pretty easy for me since I only picked up reading again mid 2019.. haha but better late than never
I actually struggled to fill mine despite reading all my life 😂 I’m very fussy with what I’d consider favourites aha
A Frolic Through Fiction haha I think I have like 3 books I swear by and people will never really be interested hahahahaha
But I really enjoy these types of videos! You’re one of the reasons I started reading again haha
I would highly recommend revisiting The Hunger Games at some point. I was completely over them, I guess?? And I'd lumped them in with all the other YA I'd read in my teens that didn't stand the test of time. But I reread them last year and I was wowed by how good they still were!
I’ll have to give it a go when I’m in the mood for a reread!
I just finished The Hobbit last night and I'm amazed at how much I enjoyed it. And The Hunger Games was awesome!
I’m about halfway through it now and it’s so fun!
As a 40 + year old book worm, I absolutely love The Court of Thorn and Roses series.
I love that!
Me too! I’m mid-40s and it’s one of my fav series ever!
Top 3 sagas
Winternight Trilogy
A Song Of Ice And Fire
His Dark Materials
Top 3 standalone
Jane Eyre
Persuasion
Uprooted
Something like that.
You're really making me read some Samantha Shannon...!!
I have read and loved all of those so if that’s any indicator to us having similar reading taste...read Samantha Shannon 😂🙌🏻
@@AFrolicThroughFiction I had a feeling you'd say something like that 😂
I’m a classics major and I always love when I find someone else with the same level of obsession of Greek mythology that I have lol
Hey ma girl 👋🏼👋🏼👋🏼 hope you are well. Looking forward to this list
The Northern Lights is this aka The Golden Compass? 🤔
I love the sound of The turn of the screw, may have to pick this one up 🤔
Think I may have to get The Priory of the orange tree, it sounds fabulous
I’ve never read the ACOTAR series but I have all of them and they will be read this year and early on.
Which is your favourite out of this series?
I thought Night Circus would have been your number 1, I just finished this the other day and oh my god 😧🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩 I bloody adored this book. I thought the characters were fantastic and the whole concept was brilliant.
I knew Bone season would hit your top spot on the list, you’ve inspired me to buy it and I will be hitting it next month as you have made it sound something totally phenomenal. I’m looking forward to getting in to this new series x
damnnn i need to read shadow of the wind in 2020... i'm spanish myself and haven't read what is probably the most popular spanish book on booktube
Bone Season #1 for sure and Night Circus hasn't been mentioned yet
Edit: There she is, and ohh love that edition of Night Circus!
You know me so well 🥰 and honestly same, it’s my fave out of the six editions I have 😂
Sarah J. Maas changed my mind with Tower of Dawn! I totally put down the series for 2-3 years because she wrote Tower of Dawn, and I hated Chaol
Ooooh intriguing 👀 I hope I’m the same situation because I also hate chaol at the moment aha
I have actually still not read Clockwork Angel. I did like the Mortal Instruments series, and I have Clockwork angel but still haven't actually read it!
It’s my favourite from what I’ve read, if that’s any motivation 🤷🏻♀️😂
@@AFrolicThroughFiction I totally need to just pick it up!
77
My top 3 are :)
Lord of the rings
The wheel of time
Eragon
All books I want to read!!
@@AFrolicThroughFiction I look forward to seeing your review on these wonderful fantasy books:) love your videos!
I studied classics at uni and somehow got through three years without reading the Iliad or odyssey in its entirety... whoops!! You make me feel guilty 😂
To be fair I haven’t read most myth plays 🤷🏻♀️😂
Oh no, I still have the rest of His Dark Materials to read! Spoiler alert: 2 of them are on my Feb TBR
I am so very intrigued about your thoughts on them 👀
The House of Hades is not the final book of The Heroes of Olympus...
You’re right, Blood of Olympus is. It’s been a long time since I read the series and my edition of the last book is different so I overlooked it when picking them out. My bad
I think the top two would be The Bone Season series and The Night Circus
I was wrong cause I thought The Night Circus would be on number one 😂
Aw it was a close call though so I’d say you win aha!
@@AFrolicThroughFiction hehe.. thanks! 😊❤