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Fantastic video, John! And congrats on 10K, this is a fantastic achievement, and you definitely deserve it and more! Can't wait for the buddy read! ✨📚

Chance is one of those people who you just can't help but root for, I love his passion for his writing and reading journeys! Can't wait to read his book once that comes out, so many exciting things coming our way in 2025. Thanks for sharing the fun :)))

@chance.dillon Have you ever thought about using your DM experience to host an online D&D event for veterans. I've been looking to get into D&D but don't have a community for it. As a veteran myself, I would be all in on that!

I want to read sun eater world... but with all the books and Novela in between is there a website that I can find the reading orders?

I'm 100 pages into The Will of the Many, starting my New Year with a bang! Also joining you for Jannyuary which will be a reread for me through book 6 or maybe it was 7. So long ago!

What an awesome story, Chance!. Really enjoyed hearing how you took your DM story and evolved it. Thank you for your service as well!

I caught the tail end of your conversation with Chance and I agree 100% with Tom Orange. You should give the same deference or treatment you gave to Hobb in Quest to Robert Jordan and the Wheel of Time. I binged the series and did not feel the slog. Yes, Crossroads of Twilight is a book full of new characters but I hear Erickson does the same thing. If Rich will not be your WOT sherpa I bet Daniel Greene would do it!!

I wonder if that would have meant more to her if she knew you read like 64 books a month :D

As someone who just finished Realm of the Elderlings a few days ago, I can't wait to re-read Farseer.

And I love a romance. Rina Kent is one of the authors I wanted to try. Last night I read a page of Cruel King and I was like OMG! Today I read a little bit of Yes, Daddy by B.B.Hamel (in case you think you didn't read it right, yes, I'm reading a book called Yes, Daddy). The book has BDSM elements included. I found it funny.

Now I am excited for both books, ps what a cool name Chance Dillon 🤠

DID YOU READ AUTONOMOUS BY ANNALEE NEWITZ- I THINK IT A MASTERPICE ! ALSO ROBINSON RED, GREEN BLUE MARS

Thanks again John-grateful you were able to spend your Friday night chatting story.

That is so impressive. And at the same time it just makes so much sense.

it's honestly sad how "book-tubers" all now do one peice and manga. it's not books....a while back, noone of them would give manga a second thought, but hey more money, i guess i'll do what gets more viewers. why not do reivews of Netflix shows, or anime, lots of views to get....so lame.

Sounds like a great reading month. I might have to read Curse of the Mistwraith next month. I didn't have any intention of starting that series so soon, but it would be fun to be able to watch the discussion videos.

Epic list!! Looking forward to following along with your WOLAS read. So excited for your thoughts on Kingdoms of Death, one of the best Suneater books imo

I’ve never read Janny Wurts would this be a bad spot to start?

Looking to start Words of Radiance. After that, continue Bound and the Broken and Sun Eater. Trying to get better at continuing series instead of starting new ones 😅

Congratulations on 10K! Can't wait to see how this channel continues to grow

Curse of the Mistwraith is a must in January! I would like to get to Howling Dark if I can but I'm not sure because I'm behind on Wind and Truth 😅

Currently reading Wind and Truth AND To Ride Hell's Chasm. SO EXCITED to read along with Wars of Light & Shadow next month! For January, I'm also planning on reading House of Open Wounds by Adrian Tchaikovsky, Berserk Deluxe VOL. 1 by Kentaro Miura, House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski, and Mad Shipp by Robin Hobb. Looking at that list now, that may be a few too many epic fantasies in one month, and there's not guarantee that I'll finish Wind and Truth or To Ride Hell's Chasm before the new year, so. Hm. May need to rethink that. Merry Christmas! Happy New Year!!!!

Gosh Dragonsteel was so fun 😭 My goal for next year is to force you to actually hang out with me! You guys were the hard ones to track down! lol

How exciting John! I am going to read Janny and Suneater next year, but probably not in sync with you guys lol.

Unbelievable haul again John! Hope you and the family had a great Christmas.

I plan on jumping on the Janny Wurts read along. I'm super excited! I'm just sad that Allen isn't joining....

Can't wait for Jannyuary! So close! Some people were disappointed with Kingdoms of Death, but I was not. I loved diving into the other side of the conflict more and learning about the Cielcin. And the exploration of language was such a delight as well! I'm going to get into book 5 after Curse of the Mistwraith. I think I'll start Liveship Traders for the 3rd book of next month as well. We'll see how far all that gets me since they're all heavy hitters IMHO. If it's close to February, I'll start Wind and Truth, otherwise I'll squeeze in a shorter read to round out the month. And it's crazy to see 10k so soon! Congrats!

Happy Holidays guys. My own January stack is pretty high already, so I guess I won't try and add anything new to it. First off, I'll have to finish my Earthsea Complete Collection by Ursula K. Le Guin. Already started with that, but there's no way I'll get it finished before the end of the year, so that will transfer over to 2025. As soon as I have, I'll most probably start Empire of Silence, because I want to catch up with that series before the release of the final part. Then we have the Talon Duology by Jen Williams, that I hope to get through in January as well. If there's still January left after that (which I hope will be the case), I also want to finally start with Stormlight Archive. I'm reading that one in German, and here the books are all split up into two parts,and because I found out that I stopped being good at binge reading, I can see myself reading only part 1 of Wind and Truth in January, keeping part 2 for February. Now I'm still under 200 pages/day (which is kinda my goal to go back to), so in a perfect world I'll be able to cram The Eye of the World into January as well. I want to do a reread of the Wheel of Time series, and as I've already read those books a few times (yeah, huge fan), this would be more of a comfort read to me. Have that series also in German, so this will be a pretty fast read, I guess. Oh, I forgot, I just got gifted Anthony Ryan's The Pariah, which I'm pretty excited about because Ryan's one of my most favorite authors, so maybe I'll put The Eye of the World on the Back Burner for a minute (unless I'm fast enough to squeeze that in as well). I also just found out that Michael Cronk from The Book Guy channel will release his urban fantasy series in January, so that just got added to the list as well. Which I guess will put me over the 200 pages mark That's it for January (and most probably, part of February :D). There are other series I want to start reading this year, including The Wars of Light and Shadow, Malazan and the complete Osten Ard cycle, and I also want to read some other indie stuff, but that's for the other months, and I haven't planned out exactly what I'll read after the books mentioned above yet.

Congrats on 10k! You have a great line up for the WoLaS read. Excited to see what everyone thinks about it. I plan on starting book 4 Fugitive Prince in January

See some people let their nerd flag fly at conventions, I enjoy coloring in pictures of Captain Kirk! To be honest I have been to Trek conventions and have dressed up as a Vulcan for halloween!😀

Starting the year with Janny, John Gwynne, and The Greatcoats!

I'm finally gonna read The Gallant! Looking forward to that one

I personally thought that there was some ramping down in Doom’s Day Scenario but it was still great. I bought all 7 on Kindle and am reading them back to back as they feel like one massive book cut into many books. My interest has been piqued with the mist wraith book you talked about but I like to keep my genre reading as diverse as possible, going from one book to the next unless I’m binging series like Dungeon Crawler Carl 😂. So I won’t be picking it up for a little while but thanks for putting it on my radar.

I only recently subscribed to this channel and the tingle is REAL 🙌

Hi John. January TBR for me is still shrouded in fog. I finished the new Murakami today and liked it a lot. Up next I'll resume Don Quixote (still have 700+ pages to go). When I finish that I want to read A Clash of Kings, but not right away. These monster books in a row make me crazy. So I'll likely pick a short one or two ro be determined and go from there. Happy Holidays & Happy 2025.

Can't thank the Misses enough for inviting me to buddy read Chain Gang All Stars with you guys. It will be my very first read of 2025 and I can't wait to read and discuss it. It's going to be lit!

Thanks for this update. I just finished The Dragonbone Chair last night, want to get Dungeon Crawler Carl done before the end of the year and plan on getting through To Ride Hell's Chasm also. I have The Gallant and the first two books in The Wars of Light and Shadows lined up for next year. But also want to read the last two books in the Realm of the Elderlings as soon as possible. 💜

First of all, congrats on 10K, ending the year on a high note 🔥 I am a firm believer in the idea that your first book of the year will set the tone for the rest of the year, so the pressure is on hahah. Looks like you can't go wrong with any of these picks, that's gonna be an EPIC year. Hope you are having a great Christmas, sending all the love! 🤩

Merry Christmas All!

Congrats on 10k, Jacob should use Everand, all the sun eater audiobooks are on there.

Merry christmas gentlemen and scholars!! Also, you gotta be careful saying the best producer and it's written on bathroom walls - we're all going start proving this right

Merry Christmas! Congrats on 10k as well! In January I hope to be diving into The Hobbit for the first time and finish up book 7 of Dungeon Crawler Carl. I'm chugging along on One Piece currently on Vol. 5, and looking forward to reading more Stephen King this coming year. I will also be reading Cibola Burn in the Expanse series in January. Might have to check out Chain Gang All-Stars sounds like an interesting book!

My January: Peace Talks-JimButcher, A Separate Peace-JohnKnowles, Rise of the Ranger-Phillip Quaintrell, and finishing some books I started this month like The Tainted Cup and The Scales of Balance

Happy 10k and a Merry Christmas, to John and Jakob and their better halves, and to the fantastic Talking Story community. I bought Glorious Exploits in October and will add it to my January TBR. The US cover is nicer than the UK one. I want to commit to 4 books a month in 2025. so, the other 3 for me in January are: Senlin Ascends - Josiah Bancroft (I'm already 100 pages in), Red Rising (re-starting, I will get through it), A Death In The Family - Karl Ove Knausgaard.

Congrats on the 10k subs Guys!!

I’m going to start Empire of Silence audiobook in a few days! I tend to lean more fantasy than sci-fi, but y’all love it so much I have to pick it up!

Sounds like January will be a productive reading month for you guys...or should I say Janny-uary. I hope to have a good month myself when January hits me, though sadly I won't be able to partake in Janny-uary because I have other plans. Perhaps some day we'll have our reading goals aligned. Perhaps another buddy read is in order? Anyway, I won't keep this too long. Have a Merry Christmas guys!

Have a Merry Christmas guys and happy for both of you for hitting 10k! I foresee double that by end of 2025 because y’all are so fun and positive to watch and listen too.