Fantastic list of books. I cannot wait to read 'Arthur' and 'Stormcrow'. The Shining is great, you'll enjoy it. My favourite book by King is The Green Mile. I remember skipping off school once a month to go to the bookshop to pick up each installment as it was released. The Stand is epic too. Agh, too many greats to choose from. Anyway, enjoy the car trip back to uni.
Great TBR list! I love Arthurian legend and like I said below Mary Stewart’s Merlin trilogy is one of my all time favorites. In Cold Blood is another awesome read, the detail Capote writes about the victims and the backgrounds of the murderers is so complex and remains a read that still haunts me. I recommend Doctor Sleep after The Shining, which I’m sure you aware is the sequel to the Shining, which for me is an epic battle between good and evil!
Great bunch of books for May, Will! Well said about King - I’ve read only the Dark Tower series, but his writing impressed me much more than I anticipated. Best wishes for your return to uni, and I look forward to seeing Ed and Sadie (and Iris, hopefully!) here soon!
Recs for King, not exactly sure what you have read before - 1) IT, 2) Pet Semetary, 3) Salem's Lot, 4) Bag of Bones, 5) The Green Mile - These are my top 5, and I think we have similar reading tastes. I loved Misery, Later was great, just not quite in the top tier for me.
I'm about 50/50 on King's writing after about a dozen books...but The Shining is fantastic. Different from the film, but both are top tier in their own right.
Honestly, I have not read much Stephen King, but I did enjoy Joyland. It's one of those books published by Hard Case Crime. I think you would enjoy it.
Here's my tbr The green mile by Stephen king Howling dark by Christopher ruoccichio carryover Murtagh by Christopher paolini A very private school by Charles Spencer memoir Steelstriker by marie lu You've reached sam by Dustin thao
Totally agree at times Stephen king is underappreciated along with some of his books my favorites are Dolores Claiborne and Billy summers and the dark tower series you should check out Dolores Claiborne and the outsider next
Solid list for May'a reads. IN COLD BLOOD is a non-fiction novel...yes, we called it that in the 1960s...and kickstarted "the new jpurnalism" like Hunter S. Thompson popularized. Just read a short King work: UR. Both capitalized. A Kindle from a different reality gets delivered to a nebbishy guy, hijinks ensue. Big fun, recommended!
Listened to Empire of the Vampire on Audible as I was temporarily blind. Brilliant book, can't wait to read the new one! Camping season is starting and that means a binge of good epic fantasy and much more. I'm going to start with The Blade itself, by J. Abercrombie, which I snubbed for too long. I've a Robin Hood's inspired book on the shelf I'm keen to read (italian author Wu Ming 4), called "The true story of the Hood's boys).
I had to rearrange somewhat my April and May TBR, as Petrik & Jake Bishop group-pressured me (though in the nicest way, after all Petrik is Southeast Asian and Jake Canadian! 😄) into start reading «Howling Dark» right away after finishing «Empire of Silence» earlier this month and the Cyberpunk elements of «Howling Dark» made me want to pick up «Idoru» by William Gibson right after, so I have pushed back «The Green Pearl» (Lyonesse Trilogy #2) from this month till May. Further on my May TBR List, I have: «The Wise Man’s Fear» by Patrick Rothfuss (Fantasy, sequel to «The Name of the Wind») «Madouc» (Lyonesse Trilogy #3) by Jack Vance ((Pre-)Arthurian Fantasy) «The Dragonbone Chair» (Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, #1) by Tad Williams (Epic Fantasy, a key influence for George R. R. Martin's « A Song of Ice and Fire») My May MBR list: «After Rome» by Morgan Llywelyn (Historical Fiction set in Post-Roman Britain) «Kings of the Wyld» by Nicholas Eames (Fantasy Humor)
@@thebrothersgwynne «Sun Eater» has loads of references to Mesopotamia, Ancient Greek and Rome, Shakespeare and Marlowe, «Ozymandias» and «The Castle of Otranto», «Brave New World» and «Blade Runner», «John Carter of Mars», Tolkien, «Y Gododdin» and Guy Gavriel Kay! Cheers! 😄
📖🥰📚 Empire of the Damned is also on my May TBR, probably after I finish The Will of the Many, Jade City, and Everyone In my Family Has Killed Someone. Or in between as they are buddy reads... why have I done this to myself!📚📚📚📚🥰📖 again...
If you havent Will I highly recommend the Merlin trilogy from Mary Stewart. Honestly think it outdoes them all I dont think Shining was all that great. Its easy to go on and on about what it says about circles of abuse and I agree that is well done. Is Jack the only abuser? hmm. But its all packaged in a very uneven novel imo. Or maybe I just yawn at haunted house stories :p The Elementals by Michael Mcdowell notwithstanding. I recommend you read Geralds Game after Shining to see how Stephen as a mature author by that point tackles some of the same themes around abuse. Very well done. Also happens to be the first book he has from a female perspective. Love it to bits.
Mary Stewart’s Merlin trilogy is one of my all time favorite reads and a go to reread when I just need to visit an old friend ❤ great choice and In Cold Blood is another awesome read.
I started Bookshops and Bonedust in March. I like it while i'm reading it, but whenever i put it down i feel no urge to pick it back up. It might be because it was so low-stakes, I'm not sure. I haven't read Legends and Lattes yet. I want to read Dreaming the Eagle in May. i keep putting it off, but i just started it (i'm on chapter 1 😅) so it's finally happening now
I read In Cold Blood for the first time last year and I love his prose and how he formed this narrative of both the victims and the murderers. Did it glamourise the murderers? Yes to a certain extent, but as one of the pioneers of the modern day true-crime genre, I can't begrudge him too much.
Fantastic list of books. I cannot wait to read 'Arthur' and 'Stormcrow'.
The Shining is great, you'll enjoy it. My favourite book by King is The Green Mile. I remember skipping off school once a month to go to the bookshop to pick up each installment as it was released. The Stand is epic too. Agh, too many greats to choose from. Anyway, enjoy the car trip back to uni.
Thanks for the recs Gary!
Ed
Great TBR list! I love Arthurian legend and like I said below Mary Stewart’s Merlin trilogy is one of my all time favorites. In Cold Blood is another awesome read, the detail Capote writes about the victims and the backgrounds of the murderers is so complex and remains a read that still haunts me. I recommend Doctor Sleep after The Shining, which I’m sure you aware is the sequel to the Shining, which for me is an epic battle between good and evil!
In Cold Blood was picked for a book club I was in years ago, I would never have chosen to read it myself but it was really good.
Great bunch of books for May, Will! Well said about King - I’ve read only the Dark Tower series, but his writing impressed me much more than I anticipated. Best wishes for your return to uni, and I look forward to seeing Ed and Sadie (and Iris, hopefully!) here soon!
Recs for King, not exactly sure what you have read before - 1) IT, 2) Pet Semetary, 3) Salem's Lot, 4) Bag of Bones, 5) The Green Mile - These are my top 5, and I think we have similar reading tastes. I loved Misery, Later was great, just not quite in the top tier for me.
I'm about 50/50 on King's writing after about a dozen books...but The Shining is fantastic. Different from the film, but both are top tier in their own right.
Honestly, I have not read much Stephen King, but I did enjoy Joyland. It's one of those books published by Hard Case Crime. I think you would enjoy it.
Here's my tbr
The green mile by Stephen king
Howling dark by Christopher ruoccichio carryover
Murtagh by Christopher paolini
A very private school by Charles Spencer memoir
Steelstriker by marie lu
You've reached sam by Dustin thao
Totally agree at times Stephen king is underappreciated along with some of his books my favorites are Dolores Claiborne and Billy summers and the dark tower series you should check out
Dolores Claiborne and the outsider next
Solid list for May'a reads. IN COLD BLOOD is a non-fiction novel...yes, we called it that in the 1960s...and kickstarted "the new jpurnalism" like Hunter S. Thompson popularized.
Just read a short King work: UR. Both capitalized. A Kindle from a different reality gets delivered to a nebbishy guy, hijinks ensue. Big fun, recommended!
I think you will love Empire of the Damned and the Shinning!
Enjoy all ur reads in May!! 😊🎉
Listened to Empire of the Vampire on Audible as I was temporarily blind. Brilliant book, can't wait to read the new one! Camping season is starting and that means a binge of good epic fantasy and much more. I'm going to start with The Blade itself, by J. Abercrombie, which I snubbed for too long. I've a Robin Hood's inspired book on the shelf I'm keen to read (italian author Wu Ming 4), called "The true story of the Hood's boys).
I thought the audio of Empire of the Vampire was great too! Hope you love The First Law - a favourite series of ours.
Ed
The shining is a favorite of mine. Read the green mile next or 11/22/63.
If you haven’t read it already, you have to read The Stand. My favorite King book.
I really need to get to it!
Will
I had to rearrange somewhat my April and May TBR, as Petrik & Jake Bishop group-pressured me (though in the nicest way, after all Petrik is Southeast Asian and Jake Canadian! 😄) into start reading «Howling Dark» right away after finishing «Empire of Silence» earlier this month and the Cyberpunk elements of «Howling Dark» made me want to pick up «Idoru» by William Gibson right after, so I have pushed back «The Green Pearl» (Lyonesse Trilogy #2) from this month till May.
Further on my May TBR List, I have:
«The Wise Man’s Fear» by Patrick Rothfuss (Fantasy, sequel to «The Name of the Wind»)
«Madouc» (Lyonesse Trilogy #3) by Jack Vance ((Pre-)Arthurian Fantasy)
«The Dragonbone Chair» (Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, #1) by Tad Williams (Epic Fantasy, a key influence for George R. R. Martin's « A Song of Ice and Fire»)
My May MBR list:
«After Rome» by Morgan Llywelyn (Historical Fiction set in Post-Roman Britain)
«Kings of the Wyld» by Nicholas Eames (Fantasy Humor)
Electronic peer pressure 😂 wonderful list! Incredibly excited to get to Empire of Silence soon. Happy reading!
Ed
@@thebrothersgwynne «Sun Eater» has loads of references to Mesopotamia, Ancient Greek and Rome, Shakespeare and Marlowe, «Ozymandias» and «The Castle of Otranto», «Brave New World» and «Blade Runner», «John Carter of Mars», Tolkien, «Y Gododdin» and Guy Gavriel Kay! Cheers! 😄
Wise Man's Fear and Green Bone Saga in May ! :D
You have some good reading ahead of you!
Ed
For King Reads….11/22/63 & Duma Key. The first 4 books of the Dark Tower only.
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Empire of the Damned is also on my May TBR, probably after I finish The Will of the Many, Jade City, and Everyone In my Family Has Killed Someone. Or in between as they are buddy reads... why have I done this to myself!📚📚📚📚🥰📖 again...
What a list that is!!!! Hahah, it is easy to get buried under the book pile, but there are worse problems to have 🤣
Will
Must-reads by King would include 'Salem's Lot and The Stand.
Great choices.
Ed
If you havent Will I highly recommend the Merlin trilogy from Mary Stewart. Honestly think it outdoes them all
I dont think Shining was all that great. Its easy to go on and on about what it says about circles of abuse and I agree that is well done. Is Jack the only abuser? hmm. But its all packaged in a very uneven novel imo. Or maybe I just yawn at haunted house stories :p The Elementals by Michael Mcdowell notwithstanding. I recommend you read Geralds Game after Shining to see how Stephen as a mature author by that point tackles some of the same themes around abuse. Very well done. Also happens to be the first book he has from a female perspective. Love it to bits.
Mary Stewart’s Merlin trilogy is one of my all time favorite reads and a go to reread when I just need to visit an old friend ❤ great choice and In Cold Blood is another awesome read.
@@debhanzlik540 American classic for sure! Havent thought about that book in years. Thanks for the reminder ^^
Thanks for the recommendation! I’ll pass it on to Will.
Ed
If you need another Stephen King recommendation (and haven't already read it) you've got to try IT!
I started Bookshops and Bonedust in March. I like it while i'm reading it, but whenever i put it down i feel no urge to pick it back up. It might be because it was so low-stakes, I'm not sure. I haven't read Legends and Lattes yet.
I want to read Dreaming the Eagle in May. i keep putting it off, but i just started it (i'm on chapter 1 😅) so it's finally happening now
Hope you love Boudica! I think Legends and Lattes was fun but nothing outstanding.
Ed
I read In Cold Blood for the first time last year and I love his prose and how he formed this narrative of both the victims and the murderers. Did it glamourise the murderers? Yes to a certain extent, but as one of the pioneers of the modern day true-crime genre, I can't begrudge him too much.
It really is a work of genius. The more I read about the context and how he created In Cold Blood, the more complicated but engaging it becomes.
Will
The Stand is a rare one where the book and the film are both good even though the film is not completely true to the book.
That is very rare!
Ed