Quite a diverse TBR you've got tnere!😄I hope you have a great reading month. As for King, he is my favourite author and I would highly recommend both Pet Sematary and 11/22/63. The Shining is also an amazing read, but in my opinion, these two are better. If you need a slightly shorter read, go for Pet Sematary, it is a classic and dwelves into the dark side of human psyche exploring the boundaries people are willing to cross when faced with immense grief and loss but I highly recommend reading 11/22/63 as soon as possible. It is a wild ride and a beautiful display of the thorough research that went into the process of writing this book. As a King fan who enjoys history I could not put it down😍
Looks like a nice and varied batch of books! I have also been wanting to read more King, but it's almost like the enormous amount of books just gives me decision paralysis and I end up not picking anything up lol. Happy reading!
@@TomOrange great advice, I am going to have to do the same because otherwise it will never happen hahah! I think 11/22/63 is highest up on my list now as well though!
If you like King you can't really go wrong with any of his books. I just got You Like It Darker yesterday so that will be my next SK. I'm currently in the last pages of Aiduel's Sin by Daniel Jackson and enjoying it enormously. My next big book will probably be Memories of Ice but I'm listening to the Curse of the Mistwraith so might wait till that is finished before tackling more Malazan. Probably will pick something lighter to fill in. Maybe that Nick Cutter book you mentioned. Happy reading!
Faithful and The Fallen! I think you'd really like the adventure! Malice seems to be regarded as the "least" of that 4-book series, but I liked it a lot.
I'm also about to start Memories of Ice, I refuse to give up on Malazan! I'd recommend you read The Shining, my favorite Stephen King and one of my all-time favorites.
I am currently reading “The Wise Man’ Fear” (Kingkiller Chronicle #2) by Patrick Rothfuss, and I have pushed back “The Dragonbone Chair" by Ted Williams (Memory, Sorrow & Thorn #1, Epic Fantasy) to June, and will continue on with book #2, “Stone of Farewell”. Next on my June TBR, I have “A Brightness Long Ago” by Guy Gavriel Kay (Historical Fantasy inspired by Renaissance Italy) and “The Darkness That Comes Before” (Prince of Nothing Trilogy #1, Dark/Epic Fantasy inspired by the Crusades and I heard it described as “if Frank Herbert of “Dune” fame, had written Joe Abercrombie’s “First Law” trilogy”…). Cheers!
Interesting picks. For the King I think you should try Pet Sematary, that book is just messed up. Hopefully you have a better time with Malice than I did, that series fell completely flat for me. Next month, I'm starting my re-read of everything Cosmere. Congrats on 2K!
@@TomOrange Thanks, and yea, that's the main reason I stuck with it and read all 4 also - somewhere along the way I bought all 4 and refused to let my money go to waste 😂 Sunk cost fallacy is a phrase we ignore in the fantasy sphere.
The Crossing is very different than All the Pretty Horses. I loved both but preferred the latter. I don't blame you for not reading Wars of Light and Shadow and Malazan at the same time. That's what's held me back from reading more Hobb!
I had the idea of starting Hobb this year but I think it would be a mistake to start another epic like that. Even though Realms is broken up into trilogies.
All 3 Stephen King books are incredible choices. But I would rank them: 11-Shining-Pet. Nothing beats a good, excuse me, great time travel romance. Although if you’re in the mood for horror the other 2 options will more than scratch that itch. The Employees sounds intriguing, I have not heard anything about it. Thanks. Happy reading Tom!
I habe read the shining and loved it, I always fall in love with king for his writing but stay for the characters anf especially the shining has so many more facettes than the movie when it comes to the characters. I‘ve recently been listening to Dungeon Crawler Carl and i can really recommend that, haven’t laughed this much in a long time and the narration is absolut peak audiobook. If you like satire this is a must hear
Currently reading "Thieves Fall Out" by Gore Vidal and "Charlesgate Confidential" by Scott Von Doviak, both are from the Hard Case Crime books. My TBR is to try and jump back in some sci-fi crime books.
@TomOrange I haven't read that many crime novels, but a good classic to start with is "The Thin Man" by Dashiell Hammett. It's more of a detective novel, though. The two that I'm reading are good, another one from Scott Von Doviak is "The Lowdown Road". It's a fun read set in the 70s. A good place to start when looking for crime novels is the Hard Case Crime website. They close over 150 crimes novels to choose from, and I believe three or four are written by Stephen King.
I have Red Rising by Pierce Brown (started it today and I have a problem with a teenager Darrow and also his wife -she is described as too mature for her age ), Up Country by Nelson DeMille and The Gathering Storm by Robert Jordan next month
Save The Shining for winter. Pet Semetery is the most horrifying book I have ever read. 11 is a really engaging sci-fi story with all of the character work that you seem to enjoy. You can’t go wrong with any of them though.
The version of that Cixin Liu book I read was titled "Of Ants and Dinosaurs," which is a much better title imo. It's probably his goofiest book, but I enjoyed it. It seemed to me that Liu writes ants the same way he wrote humans in 3BP- kind of sheds some light on his worldview and why his characters are so flat. The characters, like ants, are just cogs in a machine- to Liu, the machine they make is the main character.
If you like seasonal/mood reading I think pet semetary makes for a great summer read and and the shining a great winter read Also not to be a buzzkill on the deep but it’s VERY very different from the troop. I went in expecting something more in line with that and was a little disappointed, just wasn’t for me . I’m glad Nick Cutter has such different stories to tell though
@TomOrange honestly no I hate it. It's worse than the book. In my opinion. I realize I'm in the minority. Tou can't go wrong with either of the other two books. And you may be a fan of the shining I think most people are. I prefer the sequel doctor sleep.
Highly recommend Pet Sematary. It’s in the top 3 of his for me. You’ll remember it for a long long time.
Good to know!
Quite a diverse TBR you've got tnere!😄I hope you have a great reading month. As for King, he is my favourite author and I would highly recommend both Pet Sematary and 11/22/63. The Shining is also an amazing read, but in my opinion, these two are better. If you need a slightly shorter read, go for Pet Sematary, it is a classic and dwelves into the dark side of human psyche exploring the boundaries people are willing to cross when faced with immense grief and loss but I highly recommend reading 11/22/63 as soon as possible. It is a wild ride and a beautiful display of the thorough research that went into the process of writing this book. As a King fan who enjoys history I could not put it down😍
I think I’ve decided on Pet Semetary for this month! I’ll get to 11/22/63 soon. I have really been enjoying King
Wishing you a lovely June 😊
Same to you!
Looks like a nice and varied batch of books! I have also been wanting to read more King, but it's almost like the enormous amount of books just gives me decision paralysis and I end up not picking anything up lol. Happy reading!
I ended up just looking at what most people consider his best books and started there. Made it easier to pick!
@@TomOrange great advice, I am going to have to do the same because otherwise it will never happen hahah! I think 11/22/63 is highest up on my list now as well though!
Great options Tom! I really need to get to John Gwynne. I also need to get back to Malazan and try Memories of Ice again.
Gwynne has been a hit for me for so long. I have been pretty hot and cold with Malazan
Solid TBR! 🤠
Thanks!
If you like King you can't really go wrong with any of his books. I just got You Like It Darker yesterday so that will be my next SK. I'm currently in the last pages of Aiduel's Sin by Daniel Jackson and enjoying it enormously. My next big book will probably be Memories of Ice but I'm listening to the Curse of the Mistwraith so might wait till that is finished before tackling more Malazan. Probably will pick something lighter to fill in. Maybe that Nick Cutter book you mentioned. Happy reading!
Happy reading! I want to pick up You Like It Darker just for the Cujo story
Nice TBR video. I'm a bit of a mood reader myself.
i try to plan some but always let me mood really decide.
Faithful and The Fallen! I think you'd really like the adventure! Malice seems to be regarded as the "least" of that 4-book series, but I liked it a lot.
I normally really enjoy the first book in a series. I have really enjoyed his other books so I have high hopes!
I'm also about to start Memories of Ice, I refuse to give up on Malazan! I'd recommend you read The Shining, my favorite Stephen King and one of my all-time favorites.
I will read it at some point (probably this year). Do you also like the movie? I really enjoyed it but I know its pretty different from the book.
@@TomOrange I like the movie, I like Stanley Kubrick, but the book and the movie are pretty different. I think of them as two separate stories.
I am currently reading “The Wise Man’ Fear” (Kingkiller Chronicle #2) by Patrick Rothfuss, and I have pushed back “The Dragonbone Chair" by Ted Williams (Memory, Sorrow & Thorn #1, Epic Fantasy) to June, and will continue on with book #2, “Stone of Farewell”.
Next on my June TBR, I have “A Brightness Long Ago” by Guy Gavriel Kay (Historical Fantasy inspired by Renaissance Italy) and “The Darkness That Comes Before” (Prince of Nothing Trilogy #1, Dark/Epic Fantasy inspired by the Crusades and I heard it described as “if Frank Herbert of “Dune” fame, had written Joe Abercrombie’s “First Law” trilogy”…). Cheers!
I have been very tempted by the Prince of Nothing series
Interesting picks. For the King I think you should try Pet Sematary, that book is just messed up.
Hopefully you have a better time with Malice than I did, that series fell completely flat for me.
Next month, I'm starting my re-read of everything Cosmere.
Congrats on 2K!
Thanks! Have fun with the cosmere re-read! I was able to get all the Malice books for like 5$ so not a huge investment
@@TomOrange Thanks, and yea, that's the main reason I stuck with it and read all 4 also - somewhere along the way I bought all 4 and refused to let my money go to waste 😂 Sunk cost fallacy is a phrase we ignore in the fantasy sphere.
The Crossing is very different than All the Pretty Horses. I loved both but preferred the latter. I don't blame you for not reading Wars of Light and Shadow and Malazan at the same time. That's what's held me back from reading more Hobb!
I had the idea of starting Hobb this year but I think it would be a mistake to start another epic like that. Even though Realms is broken up into trilogies.
All 3 Stephen King books are incredible choices. But I would rank them:
11-Shining-Pet. Nothing beats a good, excuse me, great time travel romance.
Although if you’re in the mood for horror the other 2 options will more than scratch that itch.
The Employees sounds intriguing, I have not heard anything about it. Thanks.
Happy reading Tom!
If I had to guess Ill have the same ranking as you for the three books! Just not sure Ill have time for 11-22-63
I habe read the shining and loved it, I always fall in love with king for his writing but stay for the characters anf especially the shining has so many more facettes than the movie when it comes to the characters.
I‘ve recently been listening to Dungeon Crawler Carl and i can really recommend that, haven’t laughed this much in a long time and the narration is absolut peak audiobook. If you like satire this is a must hear
I have Dungeon Crawler on my list. I just need to be in the right mood for it
Save The Shining for a fall/winter mood read. Unless you live in a place like Arizona, then read it whenever, but if you have seasons....
it does feel more like a fall read
Currently reading "Thieves Fall Out" by Gore Vidal and "Charlesgate Confidential" by Scott Von Doviak, both are from the Hard Case Crime books.
My TBR is to try and jump back in some sci-fi crime books.
I’ve never read any real hard crime books. What would you recommend?
@TomOrange I haven't read that many crime novels, but a good classic to start with is "The Thin Man" by Dashiell Hammett. It's more of a detective novel, though.
The two that I'm reading are good, another one from Scott Von Doviak is "The Lowdown Road". It's a fun read set in the 70s.
A good place to start when looking for crime novels is the Hard Case Crime website. They close over 150 crimes novels to choose from, and I believe three or four are written by Stephen King.
I have Red Rising by Pierce Brown (started it today and I have a problem with a teenager Darrow and also his wife -she is described as too mature for her age ), Up Country by Nelson DeMille and The Gathering Storm by Robert Jordan next month
The Gathering Storm is my favorite WoT book. Hope you enjoy it!
Save The Shining for winter. Pet Semetery is the most horrifying book I have ever read. 11 is a really engaging sci-fi story with all of the character work that you seem to enjoy. You can’t go wrong with any of them though.
From the feedback I have gotten i am leaning towards Pet Cemetery
The Deep by Nick Cutter is one of my all time faves! I know a lot of people think it's slow but I hope you like it!
Hope I can get to it!
The version of that Cixin Liu book I read was titled "Of Ants and Dinosaurs," which is a much better title imo. It's probably his goofiest book, but I enjoyed it. It seemed to me that Liu writes ants the same way he wrote humans in 3BP- kind of sheds some light on his worldview and why his characters are so flat. The characters, like ants, are just cogs in a machine- to Liu, the machine they make is the main character.
I look forward to checking it out! thanks for that bit of info
If you like seasonal/mood reading I think pet semetary makes for a great summer read and and the shining a great winter read
Also not to be a buzzkill on the deep but it’s VERY very different from the troop. I went in expecting something more in line with that and was a little disappointed, just wasn’t for me . I’m glad Nick Cutter has such different stories to tell though
Good to know! Im normally okay with different styles from the same author! Im really leaning towards pet cemetery after all the feedback
11/22/63 is my favorite king book. Pet semetary is also good. Not a fan of the shining
Do you like the shining movie?
@TomOrange honestly no I hate it. It's worse than the book. In my opinion. I realize I'm in the minority. Tou can't go wrong with either of the other two books. And you may be a fan of the shining I think most people are. I prefer the sequel doctor sleep.