The creepy forest in Swordheart was my favorite part too. And yay for rereads that get better each time you read them! I haven't been doing much reading, but after picking up Translation State based on your rec and enjoying it, I'm working my way through the Ancillary series. Really enjoyed the first book, second one was meh, starting on the third now so we'll see. I'm also trying again to watch Bridgerton, but omg the drama is killing me... I scraped through the first season, starting the second, and really just trying to get to the third since I enjoy Nicola Coughlan so much.
I deeply appreciated your Butler video!! Definitely need to check more of her works out. And I have a feeling you will indeed really love the Saint of Steel books. Also, I have a feeling Oathbringer will become my fave as well because I already enjoyed it a lot more than other people on first read. My faves of June were A Letter to the Luminous Deep by Sylvie Cathrall, Requiem for a Star by UG Gutman, and the Between Earth and Sky series by Rebecca Roanhorse (even if the finale was a bit messy) 🥰
Forewarning that the second book of Okungbowa's adult fantasy series is the epitome of middle book syndrome. I gave the first book like 4.5 or 5 stars, and I gave the second one 2.5. 😵💫Several other people I know who loved the first book felt the same way UGH such a bummer but my fingers are effing crossed for the finale!
If you're interested in trying more Okungbowa without diving into his unfinished series, he has a standalone called "David Mogo Godhunter" that's urban fantasy about a demigod in Lagos who works to help keep the gods that have fallen to earth contained. I really liked it, and I found it very unique.
Well, to contrast with your good reading month and record time Oathbringer, I'm having a reverse-record time on Stonewielder. I still haven't finished it and I'm not even close to. I've been gaming way too much for that. So I finished 0 books in June, lmao. BUT I AM FIGHTING BACK NOW. A Brazilian booktuber I follow will be hosting a readathon starting on the 13th, so I decided to finish Stonewielder until then, which amounts to one chapter per day, basically. So that's what I'm doing now
Ooh a very good reading month it seems. I think for me my favs of last month was Experienced which was a sapphic contemp romance (which was amazing) and Legacy of The Brightwash which was really fun but dark but also had a prominent romance thread throughout. Sadly the worst two were Evocation and Witchmark, both were just really shallow and everything felt far far too rushed.
It does sound odd to read "King Lear" in an AP American Lit class, but as I remember from my high school, American Literature ended with "The Red Badge of Courage" to avoid controversial topics. If you read "Death of a Salesman," you would be exposing teenagers to a play about suicide. What would happen if a student then killed himself? Would the school be sued? Eugne O'Neill's plays are filled with drinking. Will some parent say the school is encouraging students to drink? Shakespeare is a "safe" choice in the eyes of many school systems.
We did read Death of a Salesman I think? Our curriculum was all over the place, to the point where I think I sometimes read the same Shakespeare play twice.
Interesting point. I am not American, but I assume you mean it is safe in the sense that is geographically and historically remote?. I mean, his tragedies have an incredible high body count. His comedies had vulgar and crude humour. Modern work though force you to make comments on current (or relatively recent) social, economic and political issues and I think that is the more controversial.
@@SevenSeasDrama His plays are usually presented as "the bad old days" and as not really relevant to our society. (All about who will be king, for example.)
I loved your Octavia Butler video! It seems like nobody has heard of her and I rarely see her works in bookstores. Sometimes Parable of the Sower, but that is usually it. And they are soo good! I just started Dawn this week, it sucked me right in!
I did an immediate re-read of ‘The City of Last Chances’ by Adrian Tchaikovsky in the physical form after finishing the audio. Just absolutely my favorite book of the year so far. I just found the relationship between Yasnic, god, and Ruslav hilarious. Looking forward to ‘The House of Open Wounds’, the next one in the trilogy.
@@LiteratureScienceAlliance B&N has it down for March of 2025. It’s already in pre-order. The audio of the first book is excellent, and I love how it brought character voices into my physical reading. A trilogy I read that will definitely be a re-read in the future is The Road to Nowhere by Meg Elison. I can really relate to the pervasive sense of never belonging and of wandering a brutal world always looking for somewhere that accepts me.
You don’t want the systemic problems that keep plaguing my life 😅 like life has obstacles but its rarely the mustache twirling villains that are in these contemporary romances
🩷 Idk why, but watching this video made me wanna pick up sci-fi. Just any sci-fi. I have no explanation as to why, but it's a thing that happened. June for me has been the month of the disappointing sequels
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I'm currently reading The Well of Ascension, and I can feel the difference in pacing vs Mistborn- but I'm enjoying it! 🧡
The creepy forest in Swordheart was my favorite part too. And yay for rereads that get better each time you read them! I haven't been doing much reading, but after picking up Translation State based on your rec and enjoying it, I'm working my way through the Ancillary series. Really enjoyed the first book, second one was meh, starting on the third now so we'll see. I'm also trying again to watch Bridgerton, but omg the drama is killing me... I scraped through the first season, starting the second, and really just trying to get to the third since I enjoy Nicola Coughlan so much.
I deeply appreciated your Butler video!! Definitely need to check more of her works out. And I have a feeling you will indeed really love the Saint of Steel books. Also, I have a feeling Oathbringer will become my fave as well because I already enjoyed it a lot more than other people on first read.
My faves of June were A Letter to the Luminous Deep by Sylvie Cathrall, Requiem for a Star by UG Gutman, and the Between Earth and Sky series by Rebecca Roanhorse (even if the finale was a bit messy) 🥰
Forewarning that the second book of Okungbowa's adult fantasy series is the epitome of middle book syndrome. I gave the first book like 4.5 or 5 stars, and I gave the second one 2.5. 😵💫Several other people I know who loved the first book felt the same way UGH such a bummer but my fingers are effing crossed for the finale!
If you're interested in trying more Okungbowa without diving into his unfinished series, he has a standalone called "David Mogo Godhunter" that's urban fantasy about a demigod in Lagos who works to help keep the gods that have fallen to earth contained. I really liked it, and I found it very unique.
I read my arc for a sorceress comes to call by t kingfisher and it was so good!
I really enjoyed your Octavia Butler video! 💚💚💚
Well, to contrast with your good reading month and record time Oathbringer, I'm having a reverse-record time on Stonewielder. I still haven't finished it and I'm not even close to. I've been gaming way too much for that. So I finished 0 books in June, lmao. BUT I AM FIGHTING BACK NOW. A Brazilian booktuber I follow will be hosting a readathon starting on the 13th, so I decided to finish Stonewielder until then, which amounts to one chapter per day, basically. So that's what I'm doing now
Elizabeth Winkler’s sister Caroline Winkler has a very entertaining RUclips channel and she has a video with her sister about the book.
We do truly have to read an odd amount of Shakespeare in the US lol
My favourite was monster baru cormorant and the mercy of gods!
Ooh a very good reading month it seems. I think for me my favs of last month was Experienced which was a sapphic contemp romance (which was amazing) and Legacy of The Brightwash which was really fun but dark but also had a prominent romance thread throughout. Sadly the worst two were Evocation and Witchmark, both were just really shallow and everything felt far far too rushed.
It does sound odd to read "King Lear" in an AP American Lit class, but as I remember from my high school, American Literature ended with "The Red Badge of Courage" to avoid controversial topics. If you read "Death of a Salesman," you would be exposing teenagers to a play about suicide. What would happen if a student then killed himself? Would the school be sued? Eugne O'Neill's plays are filled with drinking. Will some parent say the school is encouraging students to drink? Shakespeare is a "safe" choice in the eyes of many school systems.
We did read Death of a Salesman I think? Our curriculum was all over the place, to the point where I think I sometimes read the same Shakespeare play twice.
Interesting point. I am not American, but I assume you mean it is safe in the sense that is geographically and historically remote?. I mean, his tragedies have an incredible high body count. His comedies had vulgar and crude humour.
Modern work though force you to make comments on current (or relatively recent) social, economic and political issues and I think that is the more controversial.
@@SevenSeasDrama His plays are usually presented as "the bad old days" and as not really relevant to our society. (All about who will be king, for example.)
I definitely agree you have read 11 books ❤
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💚💖 I read Swordheart in June as well and gave it the same criticism. That third-act breakup was unnecessary and made no sense why she was really mad.
Like truly I felt like I was missing something
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I loved your Octavia Butler video! It seems like nobody has heard of her and I rarely see her works in bookstores. Sometimes Parable of the Sower, but that is usually it. And they are soo good!
I just started Dawn this week, it sucked me right in!
Luckily I see her more often in book stores these days but it is typically primarily Kindred or Parables
I did an immediate re-read of ‘The City of Last Chances’ by Adrian Tchaikovsky in the physical form after finishing the audio. Just absolutely my favorite book of the year so far. I just found the relationship between Yasnic, god, and Ruslav hilarious. Looking forward to ‘The House of Open Wounds’, the next one in the trilogy.
Do we know when the last book will be out?? I have been curious about this one
@@LiteratureScienceAlliance B&N has it down for March of 2025. It’s already in pre-order.
The audio of the first book is excellent, and I love how it brought character voices into my physical reading.
A trilogy I read that will definitely be a re-read in the future is The Road to Nowhere by Meg Elison. I can really relate to the pervasive sense of never belonging and of wandering a brutal world always looking for somewhere that accepts me.
Doomsday Book, Dragonfruit, & Dissolution were my favorites in June 💗
@@novelideea love the alliteration 😂
@@LiteratureScienceAlliance Totally unplanned too! 🤣 & I forgot to say that dissolution was a reread
Dissolution by CJ Sansom?
Oh I just started dragonfruit!! I'm so excited for it.
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"There's never a villain in your contemporary life." Angela can I swap lives with you?
You don’t want the systemic problems that keep plaguing my life 😅 like life has obstacles but its rarely the mustache twirling villains that are in these contemporary romances
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🩷 Idk why, but watching this video made me wanna pick up sci-fi. Just any sci-fi. I have no explanation as to why, but it's a thing that happened.
June for me has been the month of the disappointing sequels
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