Not Gavin giving me anxiety as he talks with his hands while holding red wine and wearing a white jumper. Seriously though, I had a stroke in June and your videos, especially the long ones, helped me find some comfort and laughter in a hard, painful time. Thank you, what you do matters.
@@GavinReadsItAll Thank you, and I am healing, it's slow but day by day. The only way forward is through. You are a bright light and the giggles as I lay in the hospital those first weeks were a blessing. I rarely ever comment on videos, but I wanted you to know that the gifts you bring us every week matters. Merry Christmas.
Hope you are doing better. My husband had 4 strokes this year and I know it takes awhile to heal and feel more like yourself. Hope you have a great holiday season!!
Omg The Laws of the Skies, The Haar, and The Eyes are the Best Part made both of our lists let’s gooo 🤩 Also, hell yes I love Battle Royale, The Reformatory, Before I Let Go and The Charm Offensive too! 😍
Such an interesting, surprising mix. Merry Christmas Garvin!🎄 Thank you for being you in a year of wonderful vids that made the crapshow that was 2024 a bit better. ❤🤗
When I saw your #1 my heart just soared. It is my favourite book of all time. It changed my life (not hyperbole). I've talked to many people who didn't like it, found it boring or slow, so I think either you get it, or you don't. Either you completely disappear into the world and something in you changes forever or then you sit on the outside waiting for something that's not there.
I hopped on this video because I love watching best books of... to get good recommendations while doing chores, when you mentioned 'the will of the many' I was so excited because that was my favorite book this year and was curious what your number 1 was because you clearly have my taste in books. Only for you to mention LOTR. My favorite book of all time. I listened to the audiobook as well and it's such an emersive experience like you said, I complately fell in love with the books, the world, the characters. Idk 😂, I can't describe what that made me feel, you following them up like that. But it's a good feeling. Happy new year!
I‘m actually so happy to see Dungeon Crawler Carl up there. I loved that series so much and Carls Doomsday Scenario is actually my favourite book of the year so far. Your list is amazing and I Think my wishlist just exploded 😊😂 Wish you a merry Christmas and enjoy your holidays 🎄
Yessss I'm so glad you enjoyed Pet! I really want to pick up Someone You Can Build a Nest In cause it just sounds fantastic and I need to carry on with the Raven Cycle! Kindred is on the tbr too, it's honestly shameful I've not read anything by Butler yet. Ah! Lord of the Rings!! I read the series for the first time this year and I absolutely adored them all!!!
Yes! Crooked House made it to your top books! I've told you in your first Agatha Christie video that you should read it, that it's one of her best. It's not so popular but it's known and beloved by Christie's fans. It's so so good!
Finally read LOTR in 2024 as well. And I CANNOT recommend Rob Ingles' audio reading more. His voice while reading was so so comforting and it was so fun. I never watched the movies before either, so I was going in mostly blind. Definitely the definition of a fantasy world that you will be taken away to. The Hobbit would definitely probably be my favorite of the bunch just for the small adventures and mix of characters
So happy seeing someone talk about The Long Walk!!! That book is absolutely unreal, it’s definitely in my top 3 Stephen King books. It never gets enough credit, it’s so criminally underrated!!!!
You are my spirit animal! Sitting there with your TNBC hoodie and a glass of wine - chefs kiss 💋 Merry Christmas Gavin from across the water in Northern Ireland x
Not Gavin convincing me to read a romantasy book (Quicksilver), I wasn't expecting that from you 😆 I also had a lot of fun reading The Charm Offensive! it was one of my best books of 2021 This LoTR box set looks stunning
Gavin is my Christmas break entertainment. I’ve started from the oldest videos and I’m having a blast. Is it sad If rather spend time with Gavin than people I actually know? You’ve been hilarious from the start.
The Legally Blonde musical reference made me smile so big hahaha that is one of my favorite musicals of all time, me and my bestie have matching Delta Nu tattoos with a quote from the show 😂
I always make a comment when you mention the Raven Cycle, but I totally agree on your thoughts (although I really like Adam now but respect/understand the slander). The plot is like??? But the characters, atmosphere, writing style, and general vibes are immaculate for me ✨ Also just read the Eyes Are the Best Part and had the same exact thoughts as well. Will definitely be checking out some of your other recs.
Your number one is probably my number one as well, had a couple of weeks where I was horribly unwell and rereading these (and reading some more from the universe for the first time) was just a joyously comforting time.
The God of Endings was my #1 book this year! I just loved the narrator, and thought it was beautifully written. It's a vampire story (which isn't my normal selection) focused more on the pull of humanity from this immortal being from the 1800s. This was a great list! I can't wait to read Someone You Can Build a Nest In! I started watching your review with Gabby and Katie, and put it in my watch later because I was sold a quarter of the way in.
I’m reading the Raven Cycle at the moment and loving it too! It definitely has a nostalgic feeling to it while still being very unique, it’s quite special 🖤
I started reading your #1 book at the beginning of the year and was looking for some videos to accompany my reading adventure. Imagine my joy discovering your videos that had just been uploaded. It just had to be. It was perfect. It also was the quickest subscription of a youtube channel. I can’t wait to re-read it with you next year ❤
Merry Christmas, Gav and all ♥️🎄! I’ve added Kindred to my cart. 👍 Sounds amazing. Couldn’t agree with you more on Lord of the Rings. I’m headed back to rewatch your LOTR vlog for the umpteenth time 😂.
I have yet to watch your raven cycle vlog but it made me so excited that you had the same experience with it as I did, in that not a single book is fully 5 stars but the series? Definitely is😂 (I had the same thing happen with the last binding series, if you ever read that I'd be so curious if you feel the same)
ohhh i feel the same with the last binding! except i did really like the last book so maybe i don't completely relate, but like even if i rated the first 2 books a 3.5 star, i would still recommend the entire series to everyone for some reason??? just a totally fun experience with the loveliest characters
So jazzed for end of the year content! The Charm Offensive would have been my worst book of last year if I hadn’t DNF’d halfway through 😂 Adam Parrish is my son, but I understand your feelings lol I really need to retry your #1. I never made it very far, but I tried reading them over 10 years ago so I’m completely different now
Good list! Will be adding Battle Royale, The Reformatory, and the Raven Cycle to my TBR. I haven't read LotR in a long time, might be time for a reread/rewatch next year! I don't keep track of what I read throughout the year so I don't have a thorough list but here are some of what I read off the top of my head: The Haunting of Hill House - Love, love, love! Read this for Halloween and it was perfect. The descriptions, the atmosphere, everything. To be honest I was kind of expecting ghosts but I also enjoyed it for what it was. That ending was so, sooo good. Hunter x Hunter - Not finished yet but I believe I have caught up to where the 2011 anime ended and will stop there for the time being. I adore this, probably one of my favourite manga series that I am following. Started off just enjoying the fun adventure stuff in the beginning and then it. Kind of. Took a turn. I didn't expect that because the friend that recommended this to me described it as "lighthearted adventure with good friendship moments and interesting characters". I mean, yes it is that, but also, bitch in what universe was that lighthearted? The Full Rip 9.0 - This one is non-fiction and made me terrified of living in the Cascadia region. I am now woefully aware of how unprepared I am for natural disasters. Hehehe I am so going to die. I also read tons (okay, like seven lol) of Agatha Christie. I don't quite vibe with Christie's style anymore but she did reawaken my interest in the genre again. My year isn't over yet and the second-to-last book I am about to read for December is Death Among the Undead by Masahiro Imamura - a locked room murder mystery featuring zombies. I have never read a murder mystery hybridised with another genre (I mostly read traditional - Christie, Doyle, etc.) so I am very excited for this one. Apparently this book made waves in Japan, topped multiple mystery fiction rankings simultaneously (the first book to do so?) and spawned a manga and live action adaptation. Very intriguing. The last book I want to read for the year is The Clouds by Aristophanes... just because.
I feel you so much with the Raven Cycle series, individually I though the books where great but would not say that any of them is my favorite book but the whole series its without a doubt one of my favorite series. It's super strange
i read A Darker Shade of Magic series last year around this time and the books weren't perfect but i had a great time and when the weather started getting colder this year i was like craving reading that series again
You should read the Inheritance Games series! In a way, it reminds me of the Raven Cycle series with its mystery and riddles/games. I think you'll like it a lot.
If you're looking for a series with a big emphasis on the found family trope, check out the Riverfall Chronicles by Jacquelyn Hagen. The Wickwire Watch is the first book, and it's basically Oliver Twist meets Howl's Moving Castle. It's a fantasy series with mystery and horror elements. The main character is a thief with trust issues. It's so good. Hope you have another great reading year!
What a funny coincidence: I'm watching this for the first time today, LOTR is one of my all time favourite books, and earlier today I got The One Ring as a gift from friends who went to NZ (as a thanks for taking care of their stick insects) 😀 Maybe the universe is telling me it's time for a reread...
I'm glad Pet made it onto your best books. It's such an interesting book, a mix of Mythology and moral/ethics for teens. I still need to read the prequel though!
My anxiety level for that white hoodie with the wine waving around as this went on 🙀 Definitely check out John Wiswell's lengthy backlist of short fiction and non-fiction (he has it all handily linked on his site). Its absolutely got that aspect of exploring otherness by subverting expectations about monsters or monstrosity, with such cozy and empathetic elements all over.
Gavinnnnnnnnn ❤ here are my top 5 favorties of the year and some of them are Christmas thrillers that i found on kindle unlimited n at my library 1.Xmas break by j.e rowney 2.I'll be alone for Christmas by Kristin mulligan 3.Hoilday homicide by Michelle powers 4.Four found dead by Natalie D. Richards 5.Heartstopper series
There was a Dead Zone tv show back in the early 2000s that was a lot of fun. Anthony Michael Hall of The Breakfast Club fame played the lead character.
Ash just can't help himself, he needs to create some chaos and get some extra attention.😆I also can kick myself for not reading Kindred earlier, its also in my top 10 books of the year. And I can't wait to read LOTR together.🥰
I’m going to read the Lord of the Rings in 2025. I have read the Hobbit and loved it but wasn’t sure I would enjoy the series. As always love to watch your videos ❤
Gavin you should really try the Phil Draglish audiobooks for LOTR. The best experience reading them ever! They have sound effects and the sound tracks. You really feel like you’re in the shire.
Oh my gosh I loved The Charm Offensive! I read it a little while back, but I am loving this author. The Christmas romance she did was cute and sapphic, but had other queer rep too. I made a massive queer holiday romance TBR and watch list and it made a stressful time way better.
Wait, you made a video for Crooked House? I don't remember that. I'll have to look it up. It's one of my favourite Agatha Christie books, and I love Slagatha! So fun! And, yes, I think it's totally solvable. The clues are clear when you read it a second time. ETA I just found out you accidentally deleted the footage for this video. 😢 I haven't read The Dead Zone but I loved the TV series (2002-2007). It's probably really different from the book. The Lord of the Rings series was a weird reading experience for me. I got a box set with The Hobbit when I was about 12 and adored The Hobbit. However, I was so disappointed when I realized that Bilbo wasn't the main character of the other 3 books that I DNF'd the first one and didn't even bother with the rest. Before getting rid of the box set when I was about 20, I forced myself to read them and didn't like any of them except The Hobbit. Then the movies came out and I loved them - a bit too much of the battle scenes and a little light on some of the character development (and downright butchering of Gimli's character) but still wonderful. After the last one, I decided to read the series again (skipping The Hobbit) to get that extra detail and loved them. I really think the visuals from the movies helped me enjoy the books more. That's never happened before or since.
Believe it or not, Lord Dunsandy was the true grandfather of Fantasy in general with his "The King of Elfand's Daughter" novel. Tolkin was the father of *modern* fantasy and as a reaction to both Dunsany and Tolkin, Robert E Howard was the father of Sword and Sorcery (or S&S for short) and using dective pulp fiction as a starting point. The pass two years was me doing a backlog of stuff that was during and before Tolkin's time and get a feel for how fantasy evolved, so that's why I kinda know a bit more of the history and realized I'm a Sword and Sorcery girl lol.
@@GavinReadsItAll No problem. Not many people know this unless they go down that rabbit hole. I went into this because I was learning what inspired fantasy table-top games RPGs and these were on the origonal Apendix N. Other books that inspired them and I have in my TBR are: "Sign of the Labrys", "Dying Earth", and "Empire of the East". The more I read older fantaies, the more I realize I'm not crazy about the Sanderson method of magic where even the idea of "Magic Theory" is too "soft" for it. If you want easy reads but want to get into Sword and Sorcery, I suggest starting with Robert E Howard's "Conan the Barbarian" short stories, they're vastly different than what you see in the movies but still fun. I think you may actually enjoy them after hearing your experience of Dungeon Crawler Carl. But yeah, Those short stories are literally only two hours listen on audiobook and very short read, and super easy to get into. I started with "The Phenoix and the Sword" but you can start honestly anywhere and you would have a fun time. I do plan on reading more of them but I'm also working on.... 435 books in my TBR this coming year and trying to read what I own already, so that may be a slow go.
Dear Gavin! Have you read anything from Rose Black? She has two gay romantasies called 'Til death do us bard' and 'Fated Winds and Promising Seas'. I'm not the one into romance, but here it was so cute and on par with the main stories that I've really enjoyed both books! For some reason I hear noone talking about these books.
Not Gavin giving me anxiety as he talks with his hands while holding red wine and wearing a white jumper. Seriously though, I had a stroke in June and your videos, especially the long ones, helped me find some comfort and laughter in a hard, painful time. Thank you, what you do matters.
I am so glad to have been able to help somewhat after what happened to you, I hope you're doing okay now ❤
I hope you have a Merry Christmas and are recovering 💐 🎄
@@GavinReadsItAll Thank you, and I am healing, it's slow but day by day. The only way forward is through. You are a bright light and the giggles as I lay in the hospital those first weeks were a blessing. I rarely ever comment on videos, but I wanted you to know that the gifts you bring us every week matters. Merry Christmas.
@@surpriseitsus9622 Merry Christmas and thank you, I am recovering slow and steady.
Hope you are doing better. My husband had 4 strokes this year and I know it takes awhile to heal and feel more like yourself. Hope you have a great holiday season!!
Red wine and a white hoodie?! So brave 🙌🏻
@@babymama12610 My hoodie would have been pink by now 😆
Not going to spoil for those just getting to the video, but No 1. Coming in at No.1 is so true. They just get better every time you read them.
Cannot wait to re-read them again already
@@GavinReadsItAll it'll be to tab and annotate the paperbacks next haha
@@GavinReadsItAll The Audiobooks are amazing, I find them so cozy and comforting.
Omg The Laws of the Skies, The Haar, and The Eyes are the Best Part made both of our lists let’s gooo 🤩
Also, hell yes I love Battle Royale, The Reformatory, Before I Let Go and The Charm Offensive too! 😍
Such an interesting, surprising mix. Merry Christmas Garvin!🎄 Thank you for being you in a year of wonderful vids that made the crapshow that was 2024 a bit better. ❤🤗
LOTR is my all time favorite! I’m constantly rereading them and they never get old.
Yes a fellow Geordie! Your recs are very helpful, I’ve found it so hard to find good books lately so this is really helpful 👌
The way I clutched my pearls at number 20! Gavin! 😂
I love that you didn’t limit yourself to one genre!!
I loved Swift and Saddled too!
Before I Let Go sounds so good!
So excited to read Quicksilver!
So happy that your reading experience has improved so much. Can't wait to witness the greatness that will be 2025 🎉❤
Perching on the airfryer 😂 proper cat dad behaviour. We love.
When I saw your #1 my heart just soared. It is my favourite book of all time. It changed my life (not hyperbole). I've talked to many people who didn't like it, found it boring or slow, so I think either you get it, or you don't. Either you completely disappear into the world and something in you changes forever or then you sit on the outside waiting for something that's not there.
Im reading Someone You Can Build a Nest In this year! Im so excited for it!
Loved seeing your 24 top books
I hopped on this video because I love watching best books of... to get good recommendations while doing chores, when you mentioned 'the will of the many' I was so excited because that was my favorite book this year and was curious what your number 1 was because you clearly have my taste in books. Only for you to mention LOTR. My favorite book of all time. I listened to the audiobook as well and it's such an emersive experience like you said, I complately fell in love with the books, the world, the characters. Idk 😂, I can't describe what that made me feel, you following them up like that. But it's a good feeling. Happy new year!
I'm overjoyed that you had a great reading year!! Fingers crossed your good fortune continues in 2025 ❤️
The story is so iconic! #1 - accurate! Adding #3 and #2 to my 2025 list. Love you and this list! xo
Love your sweatshirt . Can’t wait to watch this video .
Thank you so much!
I‘m actually so happy to see Dungeon Crawler Carl up there.
I loved that series so much and Carls Doomsday Scenario is actually my favourite book of the year so far.
Your list is amazing and I Think my wishlist just exploded 😊😂
Wish you a merry Christmas and enjoy your holidays 🎄
Merry Christmas to you too!! And I cannot wait to binge the series, I loved the first book way too much!
Fair! I think my favourite was The Butcher's Masquerade. Such a good series
I cant wait to check out some of those books. My fave read this year was Remarkably Bright Creatures. Merry Christmas to you and the kitties!
Yessss I'm so glad you enjoyed Pet! I really want to pick up Someone You Can Build a Nest In cause it just sounds fantastic and I need to carry on with the Raven Cycle! Kindred is on the tbr too, it's honestly shameful I've not read anything by Butler yet. Ah! Lord of the Rings!! I read the series for the first time this year and I absolutely adored them all!!!
Yes! Crooked House made it to your top books! I've told you in your first Agatha Christie video that you should read it, that it's one of her best. It's not so popular but it's known and beloved by Christie's fans. It's so so good!
I should have never doubted you 🥰
@GavinReadsItAll you got there, that's what's important. I can't wait to read Quicksilver. You convinced me to read it.
Finally read LOTR in 2024 as well. And I CANNOT recommend Rob Ingles' audio reading more. His voice while reading was so so comforting and it was so fun. I never watched the movies before either, so I was going in mostly blind. Definitely the definition of a fantasy world that you will be taken away to. The Hobbit would definitely probably be my favorite of the bunch just for the small adventures and mix of characters
So happy seeing someone talk about The Long Walk!!! That book is absolutely unreal, it’s definitely in my top 3 Stephen King books. It never gets enough credit, it’s so criminally underrated!!!!
Now that is a glass of wine 😂😂 🍷
MEGAPINT 😂
I’d expect nothing less from myself
Thank you so much for picking Someone You Can Build a Nest In for your collab video - because it is one of my fav books of the year! ❤
You are my spirit animal! Sitting there with your TNBC hoodie and a glass of wine - chefs kiss 💋 Merry Christmas Gavin from across the water in Northern Ireland x
Merry Christmas to you too 🥰
Not Gavin convincing me to read a romantasy book (Quicksilver), I wasn't expecting that from you 😆
I also had a lot of fun reading The Charm Offensive! it was one of my best books of 2021
This LoTR box set looks stunning
Wow so many amazing reads. I read Kindred because you were raving about it and it was so interesting, really enjoy a time travel book ❤
Gavin is my Christmas break entertainment. I’ve started from the oldest videos and I’m having a blast. Is it sad If rather spend time with Gavin than people I actually know? You’ve been hilarious from the start.
The Legally Blonde musical reference made me smile so big hahaha that is one of my favorite musicals of all time, me and my bestie have matching Delta Nu tattoos with a quote from the show 😂
I always make a comment when you mention the Raven Cycle, but I totally agree on your thoughts (although I really like Adam now but respect/understand the slander). The plot is like??? But the characters, atmosphere, writing style, and general vibes are immaculate for me ✨ Also just read the Eyes Are the Best Part and had the same exact thoughts as well. Will definitely be checking out some of your other recs.
Also I for some reason didn’t predict your number one and then was like “oh duuuuuh.” The perfect choice. LOTR books and films are pure magic.
Aww I'm so happy about your number 1! I have never again felt the way I felt after reading it for the first time. Nothing compares
Hope we find something that does match those vibes
Your number one is probably my number one as well, had a couple of weeks where I was horribly unwell and rereading these (and reading some more from the universe for the first time) was just a joyously comforting time.
#3 and #10 are in my top ten for the year! #1 is in my all time favorites. Glad to hear you had such a good reading year!
The God of Endings was my #1 book this year! I just loved the narrator, and thought it was beautifully written. It's a vampire story (which isn't my normal selection) focused more on the pull of humanity from this immortal being from the 1800s.
This was a great list! I can't wait to read Someone You Can Build a Nest In! I started watching your review with Gabby and Katie, and put it in my watch later because I was sold a quarter of the way in.
I’m reading the Raven Cycle at the moment and loving it too! It definitely has a nostalgic feeling to it while still being very unique, it’s quite special 🖤
The Haar!!! Oddly enough, one of my favorite love stories. So excited to see it on this list!!
I loved Pet!! Not my usual reading either but such a strong and beautiful book
I started reading your #1 book at the beginning of the year and was looking for some videos to accompany my reading adventure. Imagine my joy discovering your videos that had just been uploaded. It just had to be. It was perfect.
It also was the quickest subscription of a youtube channel.
I can’t wait to re-read it with you next year ❤
Merry Christmas, Gav and all ♥️🎄! I’ve added Kindred to my cart. 👍 Sounds amazing. Couldn’t agree with you more on Lord of the Rings. I’m headed back to rewatch your LOTR vlog for the umpteenth time 😂.
I have yet to watch your raven cycle vlog but it made me so excited that you had the same experience with it as I did, in that not a single book is fully 5 stars but the series? Definitely is😂 (I had the same thing happen with the last binding series, if you ever read that I'd be so curious if you feel the same)
ohhh i feel the same with the last binding! except i did really like the last book so maybe i don't completely relate, but like even if i rated the first 2 books a 3.5 star, i would still recommend the entire series to everyone for some reason??? just a totally fun experience with the loveliest characters
I've been reading some of the Stephen King books with you this year & have had so much fun!!
So happy to hear you had a great reading year! 👏🏽
Oh it's time to add books to my To Read list again
My cats are called Frodo and Sam and they looked up when you said their names. The LOTR is amazing ofcourse!
Just started Fellowship of the Ring 2 days ago for the first time. Now I need to hold off for the read-along.
Haha oh yes please join us!!
So jazzed for end of the year content!
The Charm Offensive would have been my worst book of last year if I hadn’t DNF’d halfway through 😂
Adam Parrish is my son, but I understand your feelings lol
I really need to retry your #1. I never made it very far, but I tried reading them over 10 years ago so I’m completely different now
The audio of LOTR with Andy Serkis is pure art.
Good list! Will be adding Battle Royale, The Reformatory, and the Raven Cycle to my TBR. I haven't read LotR in a long time, might be time for a reread/rewatch next year!
I don't keep track of what I read throughout the year so I don't have a thorough list but here are some of what I read off the top of my head:
The Haunting of Hill House - Love, love, love! Read this for Halloween and it was perfect. The descriptions, the atmosphere, everything. To be honest I was kind of expecting ghosts but I also enjoyed it for what it was. That ending was so, sooo good.
Hunter x Hunter - Not finished yet but I believe I have caught up to where the 2011 anime ended and will stop there for the time being. I adore this, probably one of my favourite manga series that I am following. Started off just enjoying the fun adventure stuff in the beginning and then it. Kind of. Took a turn. I didn't expect that because the friend that recommended this to me described it as "lighthearted adventure with good friendship moments and interesting characters". I mean, yes it is that, but also, bitch in what universe was that lighthearted?
The Full Rip 9.0 - This one is non-fiction and made me terrified of living in the Cascadia region. I am now woefully aware of how unprepared I am for natural disasters. Hehehe I am so going to die.
I also read tons (okay, like seven lol) of Agatha Christie. I don't quite vibe with Christie's style anymore but she did reawaken my interest in the genre again.
My year isn't over yet and the second-to-last book I am about to read for December is Death Among the Undead by Masahiro Imamura - a locked room murder mystery featuring zombies. I have never read a murder mystery hybridised with another genre (I mostly read traditional - Christie, Doyle, etc.) so I am very excited for this one. Apparently this book made waves in Japan, topped multiple mystery fiction rankings simultaneously (the first book to do so?) and spawned a manga and live action adaptation. Very intriguing.
The last book I want to read for the year is The Clouds by Aristophanes... just because.
I feel you so much with the Raven Cycle series, individually I though the books where great but would not say that any of them is my favorite book but the whole series its without a doubt one of my favorite series. It's super strange
I am so glad I’m not alone in feeling this way 😂
I read Battle Royale because you recommended it and it ended up being the best book of this year for me!
Ahhh I am so happy you read it because of me AND it became your best of the year!! That's awesome
I also read Pet this year!!! It was soooo good and so well done! I really Liked Bitter too, which is the prequel!
I just started The Will of the Many today. It is my Winter holiday read.
New Gavin video to wrap my last minute presents to, a Christmas miracle 😂
Ahh best of luck with wrapping the last of the presents!
The self coincidence to drink a glass of red wine in a white hoodie is next level. I added The Laws of The Skies to the tbr.
I am so looking forward to the LOTR book club next year. I just got them home, borrowing them from my dad.
i read A Darker Shade of Magic series last year around this time and the books weren't perfect but i had a great time and when the weather started getting colder this year i was like craving reading that series again
You should read the Inheritance Games series! In a way, it reminds me of the Raven Cycle series with its mystery and riddles/games. I think you'll like it a lot.
If you're looking for a series with a big emphasis on the found family trope, check out the Riverfall Chronicles by Jacquelyn Hagen. The Wickwire Watch is the first book, and it's basically Oliver Twist meets Howl's Moving Castle. It's a fantasy series with mystery and horror elements. The main character is a thief with trust issues. It's so good. Hope you have another great reading year!
Battle royale! I bought it after watching your video, and it was so gruesomely amazing!
Love you Gavin Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Merry Christmas and happy new year to you too!
the only ones I've read on this list are #s 1, 2, 3 and 12 and I loved all of them, so thank you for the recs for the others 😁
i'm so excited to get to lotr!! planning on reading them in 2025 for a video so might do the readalong :)
What a funny coincidence: I'm watching this for the first time today, LOTR is one of my all time favourite books, and earlier today I got The One Ring as a gift from friends who went to NZ (as a thanks for taking care of their stick insects) 😀 Maybe the universe is telling me it's time for a reread...
I'm glad Pet made it onto your best books. It's such an interesting book, a mix of Mythology and moral/ethics for teens. I still need to read the prequel though!
My anxiety level for that white hoodie with the wine waving around as this went on 🙀
Definitely check out John Wiswell's lengthy backlist of short fiction and non-fiction (he has it all handily linked on his site). Its absolutely got that aspect of exploring otherness by subverting expectations about monsters or monstrosity, with such cozy and empathetic elements all over.
Great video so entertaining. Merry Christmas Gavin ❤
Thank you and Merry Christmas to you too!
Nr. 1 spot is so deserved!!
With Salems Lot at #6 you should try The Tommyknockers. One of my favourites after reading like 12 King books
Gavinnnnnnnnn ❤ here are my top 5 favorties of the year and some of them are Christmas thrillers that i found on kindle unlimited n at my library
1.Xmas break by j.e rowney
2.I'll be alone for Christmas by Kristin mulligan
3.Hoilday homicide by Michelle powers
4.Four found dead by Natalie D. Richards
5.Heartstopper series
There was a Dead Zone tv show back in the early 2000s that was a lot of fun.
Anthony Michael Hall of The Breakfast Club fame played the lead character.
The anxiety I’m getting watching you drink that red wine while wearing white.
Same here 😂😂
Ash just can't help himself, he needs to create some chaos and get some extra attention.😆I also can kick myself for not reading Kindred earlier, its also in my top 10 books of the year. And I can't wait to read LOTR together.🥰
I love "Alice Isn't Dead" Great book. And I've wanted to read the "Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone" trilogy.
I am sat with a pen and paper!
I’m going to read the Lord of the Rings in 2025. I have read the Hobbit and loved it but wasn’t sure I would enjoy the series. As always love to watch your videos ❤
Kindred is on the tbr for top of next year !!
Yay!!!
“You’re a Mean One, Matthew Prince” is a fun little holiday male/male romance. I’m reading it currently. Maybe put it on your TBR for next December. 🙂
Ooo I have that one, I will absolutely give it a read!
Gavin you should really try the Phil
Draglish audiobooks for LOTR. The best experience reading them ever! They have sound effects and the sound tracks. You really feel like you’re in the shire.
Honestly, you make me want to put Middle of the Night as my #1 top best book of 2024 🤣
Alice Isn't Dead started as an amazing podcast!
I read LONG WALK in 2023 and I’m still thinking about it.
I love the white jumper 😍
Thank you!
Oh my gosh I loved The Charm Offensive! I read it a little while back, but I am loving this author. The Christmas romance she did was cute and sapphic, but had other queer rep too. I made a massive queer holiday romance TBR and watch list and it made a stressful time way better.
Awesome video
Thank you 🙏
kindred and the reformatory are also in my top books of the year!! need to read LOTR
Wait, you made a video for Crooked House? I don't remember that. I'll have to look it up. It's one of my favourite Agatha Christie books, and I love Slagatha! So fun! And, yes, I think it's totally solvable. The clues are clear when you read it a second time. ETA I just found out you accidentally deleted the footage for this video. 😢
I haven't read The Dead Zone but I loved the TV series (2002-2007). It's probably really different from the book.
The Lord of the Rings series was a weird reading experience for me. I got a box set with The Hobbit when I was about 12 and adored The Hobbit. However, I was so disappointed when I realized that Bilbo wasn't the main character of the other 3 books that I DNF'd the first one and didn't even bother with the rest. Before getting rid of the box set when I was about 20, I forced myself to read them and didn't like any of them except The Hobbit. Then the movies came out and I loved them - a bit too much of the battle scenes and a little light on some of the character development (and downright butchering of Gimli's character) but still wonderful. After the last one, I decided to read the series again (skipping The Hobbit) to get that extra detail and loved them. I really think the visuals from the movies helped me enjoy the books more. That's never happened before or since.
What a misleading cover of Kindred, looks whimsical and cozy.
I loved Pet! Did you read Bitter as well? The Charm Offensive is one of my favorite books ever 🥰
Me just watching the glass of wine hoping it doesn’t spill on your white hoodie. 🍷
Congratulations, you have correctly identified the best book you've ever read! 🤣 It is the best book anyone has ever read 📚
Iconic intro. How did you know that you were one of my wishes?
I'm glad you're really liking Stephen King
Please tell me you listened to the podcast for Alice Isn't Dead! SO GOOD!
Believe it or not, Lord Dunsandy was the true grandfather of Fantasy in general with his "The King of Elfand's Daughter" novel. Tolkin was the father of *modern* fantasy and as a reaction to both Dunsany and Tolkin, Robert E Howard was the father of Sword and Sorcery (or S&S for short) and using dective pulp fiction as a starting point. The pass two years was me doing a backlog of stuff that was during and before Tolkin's time and get a feel for how fantasy evolved, so that's why I kinda know a bit more of the history and realized I'm a Sword and Sorcery girl lol.
Ohhh thanks for letting me know!
@@GavinReadsItAll No problem. Not many people know this unless they go down that rabbit hole. I went into this because I was learning what inspired fantasy table-top games RPGs and these were on the origonal Apendix N. Other books that inspired them and I have in my TBR are: "Sign of the Labrys", "Dying Earth", and "Empire of the East". The more I read older fantaies, the more I realize I'm not crazy about the Sanderson method of magic where even the idea of "Magic Theory" is too "soft" for it.
If you want easy reads but want to get into Sword and Sorcery, I suggest starting with Robert E Howard's "Conan the Barbarian" short stories, they're vastly different than what you see in the movies but still fun. I think you may actually enjoy them after hearing your experience of Dungeon Crawler Carl. But yeah, Those short stories are literally only two hours listen on audiobook and very short read, and super easy to get into. I started with "The Phenoix and the Sword" but you can start honestly anywhere and you would have a fun time. I do plan on reading more of them but I'm also working on.... 435 books in my TBR this coming year and trying to read what I own already, so that may be a slow go.
Man I want the audiobook for Dungeon Crawler Carl so bad but my library, in the United States Oregon, only has the FRENCH VERSION? Why? 😭😭
Not you making me giggle in the first two seconds 😂👏
Hehe 🥰
Dear Gavin! Have you read anything from Rose Black? She has two gay romantasies called 'Til death do us bard' and 'Fated Winds and Promising Seas'. I'm not the one into romance, but here it was so cute and on par with the main stories that I've really enjoyed both books! For some reason I hear noone talking about these books.
I have til death do us bard but haven’t read it yet, looking forward to it though
I thoroughly enjoyed The Dead Zone!