Happy Christmas Gents! Cool to hear all the voices from all over the world joining in tWoLaS buddy read. I'll be ending 2024 with Gallant. Once again congratulations on 10K+, a great way to end the year. I remember ya when you had 50subs, what an incredible journey. 2025 Let's Gooooo! 🍻
Merry Christmas you to you two and the whole family! All the best from the bottom of my heart! As I said a hundred times the past few months: This channel is the greatest YT discovery of my lifetime - and I am not exaggerating. Love you all here.
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.
Hello gentlemen! I've been a quiet subscriber for a while, love the content and congrats on 10k! To Jakob, if you go to your local library and get a card , you can download libby and hoopla and put your library card in, and you will have access to all of their e books, audiobooks, movies, etc. It is such an awesome thing. My library has all of the sun eater series, and I live in a small town lol. So give it a shot if you can. Free books and you are supporting your local library. So it's a win win. Happy Holidays to you both and your family!
@@dominikpavicic6526 this is such an awesome tip I will make sure he see this. You have a wonderful holiday as well my friend and thanks so much for the congratulations. Means the world to us.
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!
So excited for the buddy read! I’m in Poland now but I’ll be joining you for the first book club from Ireland 😁 Gonna be so great ✨⭐️🌟 Can’t wait to meet everyone! And of course as I said before, congrats on 1oK!!!
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!
Haven't been active on here or in discord the last week or so. I've been so busy with the holidays. But I wanted to make sure to congratulate you guys on 10k! You absolutely deserve it. Thank you for all that you do. As for reading, I finished my last audiobook a bit early and decided to get a head start on Curse of the Mistwraith. I'm 3 hours in and really intrigued to see where it goes. Jannys writing is absolutely beautiful, and I can't wait for the discussion in February. Hope you all have an amazing holiday!
Holidays can be busy but I hope you can slow down and enjoy it! So glad you will be joining us for Jannyuary! Thanks so much for all the well wishes and support.
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!!!!
Merry Christmas, J&J and Family! I'm so glad I've stumbled upon your channel. :) Still looking forward to when you both might wear the Book Dragon shirts. ;) Wishing you and your family a very prosperous, HEALTHY new year! :)
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.
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! 🤩
I really am stoked for when the time comes for me to follow along on all the WoLS videos. Hopefully mid year, but that’s an all star cast. Cheers and merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas and congrats on 10k! I'm currently about halfway through Words of Radiance, but out it on pause to read some other things, so I'll be getting back to that in January. And I'm feeling like I want to read something short, so probably The Gallant after that. Or maybe The Emporer's Soul. Idk. I'll probably go sort my TBR by page length and pick something that way.
@@katherinep1010 it is so great to tear through a book in a couple days after WaT. Nettle and Bone is soooo goood! Thanks so much and have a great holiday!
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!
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.
Merry Christmas John and Jakob! I am so excited you’re getting to Kingdoms of Death! That is my second favorite Ruocchio book, second only to Disquiet Gods! It’s different from the other books but I deeply love it. In January I plan to finish The Prince of Nothing trilogy by R Scott Bakker, but also start The Alchemy Wars series with Allen, and if I have time, maybe finally get to Michael R Fletcher!
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
Happy holidays John, Jakob, Ms. Minton and all! Wishing you a fabulous holiday season and a blessed 2025, with lots of great reads! Awesome Jan 2025 TBR! Buckle up for Curse of the Mistwraith - so excited you are beginning your WARS OF LIGHT AND SHADOW journey! What a ride you are in for, and had I known how glorious it would be when I began with that first book of Janny Wurts' iconic series, I would've savoured the trip through that very first book even more! The payoff, when one day you finish SONG OF THE MYSTERIES, when you look back where you began with CURSE, will be worth every page! Have fun, and all the best! Looking forward to hearing more about your own book's release in the upcoming year!!
@@Talking_Story OMG I am so so excited to read what I am sure will be a masterpiece by the Mintons! So so honoured to be receiving an ARC! It will take priority over everything when I get it! Thanks so much!! And I am grateful my books are on your TBR! Hope you enjoy them!
That is a stacked tbr there John. Props to you for getting through all of that in one month. I picked up a very nice hardcover copy of Curse of the Mistwraith, but as I've said before, I've resigned myself to probably not being able to tag along with the giant buddy read. Though maybe next summer, after the semester, I'll try and read it and be able to really absorb the story. I love looking at the cover and the map in there 🤣. January for me looks like the rest of the Faithful and The Fallen series from John Gwynne and Empire of Silence. Very excited to start my Sun Eater journey! Have a wonderful holiday with the whole family! You guys deserve it!
Congrats on 10 k! That is absolutely fantastic. I’m mood reading in 2025, but right now I’m reading Orphan X by Gregg Hurwitz. It’s been a fun ride so far. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays John, Jakob and the Talking Story Family. 🎄❤
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
WOLAS is my favourite series of all time - as it has been since I started reading it in 1993/4. The conclusion was fantastic. All I hoped it would be. You have an amazing journey ahead of you. Enjoy!
Very excited for your buddy read of Wars of Light and Shadow! I'm so happy this series and Janny have been getting some traction on booktube. This is one of my favorite series and I'm doing a reread along with Philip Chase & friends and I'm including the novellas this time. I hope you love it as much as I do!
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.
I would not underestimate the density of The Curse of the Mistwraith and recommend to start asap to finish it in time. Even though less pages, it could easily take much more time than the latest Banderson Sanderson. Also,.. I started with Ships of Merior just yesterday. (;
Happy holidays!!! All I know it Thank Goodness my slump has ended….so excited for this buddy read!! Can’t wait for your thoughts on Kingdoms of Death ☠️ 🎄🤶🏻❄️✨
KINGDOMS OF DEATH!! The only thing I'm more excited for than you reading that is the glorious, legendary, star-studded WOLAS readalong 🙌 What a start to the year with this stacked TBR!
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. 💜
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!
Merry Christmas to the whole talking story family. 🎄 The first 2 months for me I reckon will be dedicated to the 3 stormlight books I have left before Wind and truth. Unfortunatly my order of that book got canceled (not by me) so hopefully I will get a copy early next year but I still have a few thousande pages to read so I'm not worried. After that I plan to get to Tchaikovsky's Dogs of war (will see when that happens as my writing course have started by then so who knows how much I will be able to read 😅)
@@Talking_Story Thank you! I'm sure it will. Finally I will be among writers within the same genre as I (I two wonderfull writing groups that I love dearly so I'm not talking bad about them, not at all! But I do miss having in those group to really nerd out with on Sci-fi/fantasy)
Kingdoms of Death 🙌 look forward to seeing how you feel about that one. As predicted I've started my January reads early so I'm already a good way into Gardens of the Moon but that means I'll be ready to start Curse of the Mistwraith straight away and then join in for my first Patreon read.
Merry 🎄 Christmas. Now I have to pick up DDC and Chain Gang! I first heard about those books about 6 months ago from Smitty1423 channel. You would love him. He talks about shedding thug tears (cracks me up) . Much love to you all ❤
Jeez this list is STACKED. I’m going to be giving Wars of Light and Shadow a try with you guys this month! Do we know when the first discussion will be?
Looks like an awesome month! I really want to hop into Wars of Light and Shadow too. But I kinda want to read To Ride Hell’s Chasm first. It’s sitting on my shelf, waiting. I’ve also noticed there’s a similarity with her series and mine. My first book is tentatively titled The Light That Pierces the Shadows… and there’s a reason for that! lol. But, I’m sure there’s actually plenty of differences!
I will be reading The Gallant while I travel for work at the beginning if the year. Been trying to find a first edition of Curse of the Mistwraith but no such luck yet. Hopefully I will be able to join in with everyone for that read.
I've been all around Philly and south Jersey this Christmas season, and it's all I see on the bathroom walls! People are starting to talk about it on the streets that Jakob is the best producer on booktube
Merry Christmas and happy reading to Jakob and John. My TBR for January is stacked as well. I’ll be reading The Curse of the Mistwraith by Janny Wurts (Wars of Light and Shadow book one) with Talking Story; Rise of the Ranger (The Echoes Saga book one) by Philip C. Quaintrell and Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Brady Hendrix with Mike’s Book Reviews; Gardens of the Moon (Malazan Book of the Fallen book one) by Steven Erikson with The Brothers Gwynne; The Dragonbone Chair (Memory, Sorrow, and Throne book one) by Tad Williams and Queen Amid Ashes (Sun Eater novella) by Christopher Ruocchio with Josh at Red Fury Books; The Lost Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle with Johan at Library of a Viking; TBD book of the month with 2ToRamble, and a couple palette cleansers between some of these monster reads. Whew!
@@Talking_Story yeah it is. It's also Petrik's book of the year. I still have to finish We Are The Dead, so we'll see if Kingdoms Of Death can hold the top spot.
2025 is gonna be an epic reading year. Conclusion to Sun Eater, conclusion to Empire of a Vampire series new Joe Abercrombie series, new Richard Swan series...and I am gonna try to deep dive (finally) into Malazan. Oh, and don't forget The Tainted Cup sequel too! Gonna be a great year! Merry Christmas!
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.
@@Eluarelon holy cow what a list. You are starting the list off with some great ones. Can’t wait to hear your thoughts on all of it. I backed Cronk’s kickstarter so I am excited to get that trilogy in as well.
@@Talking_Story yeah , have been out of the loop for quite some years now. Was an avid reader up until around 2005, and then I pretty much stopped reading at all because of family related matters (and the burn-out that followed). I'm slowly getting back into the habit in recent years, but that also means that I have a lot of catching up to do, even with quite some classic series. Can be a bit overwhelming to decide what to choose between all the great stuff , but that's quite a beautiful problem to have, actually.
For my personal January reads, I will continue to read any of the voluminous…volumes of Sherlock Holmes books, Canon, pastiches and scholarly works, I have yet to read from my shelves of them.
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!
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
KINGDOMS OF DEATH AND CURSE OF THE MISTWRAITH?! Oh man, Kingdoms of Death is one of the best Suneater books- get ready, it was the first time any piece of media has ever made me cry. And Curse of the Mistwraith- IT IS SO AMAZING! Just you wait, you aren’t even close to ready and get your dictionary ready too. Wurts knows it by heart and isn’t afraid to make you look up a new word every page. I can’t wait to see your discussion because I will be reading Fugitive Prince while you guys do that. AND ONE PIECE?! Oh I can’t wait to see your thoughts, I love that series so much! I can’t wait to see your thoughts when you get to- I think it’s volume 9. You have an AMAZING month ahead of you! AND JAKE IS ON YOU’RE BUDDY READ TOO?! I’m gonna go text him congratulations! Holy crap that’s awesome. He’s going to love it. All of you will! GAH! I can’t wait to see what you guys think!
@@Talking_Story I hope so too and I think it will since I’m starting with Hobb, reading some Wurts, and a few more things I just haven’t worked out yet. I hope you get 5 stars on all your books! Edit: also your book
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.
@@wolfme4030 hey no worries. When we do our chats we will do non spoiler to start cap maybe you can have a lot of takes on it to know if it is for you.
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 😅
I’ll be starting with Upgrade by Blake Crouch since I’ll need a palate cleanser after Wind and Truth (about 130 pages left). Then I’ll be starting Sun Eater, which I’m extremely excited about! Probably will get to Empire of Silence and The Lesser Devil, as well as 11/22/63 by Stephen King!
@ I will be beginning hardback book 3 in February (I have all but one in original hardbacks) and hopefully continue on, but with so many other choices to read…🤷♂️
@ I will add the difficulty of finding time to both research a book and to then write it thrown into the mix….time management is a must! Oh, yes; AND watching a few BookTubers, as well!
Curse of the Mistwraith is on audio so I am committed to the first book only! Since I have all of Malazan on audio, that buddy read is in permanent ink! Derri’s love for DCC has made me give it another try but not sure when? So happy you will be reading Glorious Exploits, I also sent Andrew Wizard a copy, so maybe he can join you all!!
@@Talking_Story Thank you John, Peter & I are having Chinese food & binging Bad Monkey for a Christmas & Chanukah combo! Family is coming over on the weekend. 🎄🎅 Oh yea, Evie also loves Glorious Exploits too as well as the Gwynne Bros who introduced me to it. So happy Allen truly agreed to read it, that is a true Christmas miracle.
Merry Christmas to the Mitton family. I wanted to have a package out to you before Christmas, but there has been a delay in the manufacturing of your gifts. Maybe I'll slip you a plain old letter here in a few days.
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
@@Talking_Storyrise of the ranger is great! He has hooked me in up to book 3. Becoming one of my favorite authors. There are nine of them in the echos saga. 4 in a pre quill series about the ranger and 2 more recent ones. All set in the land.
I would start with To Ride Hell's Chasm. It is a stand alone and you can see if you vibe with her before making a monster commitment into a 10 book series.
@swagiellarson Curse of the Mistwraith is a good place to start with Janny Wurts. It is where I started with her solo work. While it is book one of a long series, it is also the single book of the first arc of the series and therefore has its own ending. While there is so much more that comes after, and I would recommend continuing, there is also a satisfying conclusion to this first book that will allow you to stop, either indefinitely or for a while. It also gives you a good sense of how visceral and heartbreaking this series is. In this first book you have a smaller scale of reference and as the series continues, that widens to a bigger world picture. So you won’t be overwhelmed by the epic nature of the series in book one
I have Dark Age by Pierce Brown , Zodiac Academy by Caroline Peckham, Towers of Midnight by Robert Jordan,Brandon Sanderson and Out of the Gate by Elsie Silver
I’ve been very slow in reading this year, but I do have some plans. The goal was to finish both darkness and light and exile before the new year but that’s not happening. I just can’t get into the series and I don’t even want to read it. I will push through and finish it. So I’ll have all of Cahill which I’m dreading. Licanius trilogy by James islington and then I’m starting Sun eater by our boy Christopher ruocchio
Nollaig shona dhuit! Now that I'm finished RotE (at least of whats currently out) I dunno what I wanna read yet but I think for now I need to do some standalones. I dunno yet. I'll probably decide and comment as I watch. Also, slainte 🍻
Did you reach out to Tori Morrow? She's an awesome booktuber and has read to Ride Hell's Chasm and is going to be starting Curse of the Mistwraith soon
Jakob if you wanted to try out audible, they're still doing a $1/month for 3 months deal, might as well pick up 3 books for $3 even if you never plan to use audible again afterwards.
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Happy Christmas Gents! Cool to hear all the voices from all over the world joining in tWoLaS buddy read. I'll be ending 2024 with Gallant. Once again congratulations on 10K+, a great way to end the year. I remember ya when you had 50subs, what an incredible journey. 2025 Let's Gooooo! 🍻
@@ChristopherNavoBooks the WoLaS read will be amazing! So happy you are with my brother
Merry Christmas you to you two and the whole family! All the best from the bottom of my heart!
As I said a hundred times the past few months: This channel is the greatest YT discovery of my lifetime - and I am not exaggerating. Love you all here.
@@edelkebap have a great holiday. Thanks for all those kind words. Just wow!
Sounds like an amazing January--and I'm joining you for Janny-uary! Happy new year, Minton family!
@@MichaelRSchultheiss awesome to have you on board!
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! ✨📚
Can’t wait for it either. Thinking a Saturday afternoon gathering to make it easy on the different time zones.
Oh and thanks so much for the congrats means so much to us!
@@Talking_Story Saturday sounds splendid :))
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.
@@midnightbookwyrm happy holidays! Thanks so much!
Hello gentlemen! I've been a quiet subscriber for a while, love the content and congrats on 10k! To Jakob, if you go to your local library and get a card , you can download libby and hoopla and put your library card in, and you will have access to all of their e books, audiobooks, movies, etc. It is such an awesome thing. My library has all of the sun eater series, and I live in a small town lol. So give it a shot if you can. Free books and you are supporting your local library. So it's a win win. Happy Holidays to you both and your family!
@@dominikpavicic6526 this is such an awesome tip I will make sure he see this. You have a wonderful holiday as well my friend and thanks so much for the congratulations. Means the world to us.
Congrats for your milestone!! To so many more!!
Thank you so much
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!
@@christhewritingjester3164 thanks so much. Sounds like you have an amazing stack ready to go!
So excited for the buddy read! I’m in Poland now but I’ll be joining you for the first book club from Ireland 😁
Gonna be so great ✨⭐️🌟
Can’t wait to meet everyone!
And of course as I said before, congrats on 1oK!!!
Wera we are gonna have a wonderful time. I am so thrilled you are with us on this!
Congratulations on 10K! Can't wait to see how this channel continues to grow
Thank so much for those kind words!
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!
@@readerinthedesert_SaraBeth I hear Will of the Many is great. Hope it hits for you.
Haven't been active on here or in discord the last week or so. I've been so busy with the holidays. But I wanted to make sure to congratulate you guys on 10k! You absolutely deserve it. Thank you for all that you do.
As for reading, I finished my last audiobook a bit early and decided to get a head start on Curse of the Mistwraith. I'm 3 hours in and really intrigued to see where it goes. Jannys writing is absolutely beautiful, and I can't wait for the discussion in February.
Hope you all have an amazing holiday!
Holidays can be busy but I hope you can slow down and enjoy it! So glad you will be joining us for Jannyuary! Thanks so much for all the well wishes and support.
For the first time, I'm joining the read along! Janny Wurst 😊 I've booktube for a decade, never joined a read along. It's you, dude 👍
@@surpriseitsus9622 awesome so glad to have you with us!
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!!!!
It is always better to have more stacked up than you can get to than not enough I say. Looks like a great stack!
Merry Christmas, J&J and Family! I'm so glad I've stumbled upon your channel. :)
Still looking forward to when you both might wear the Book Dragon shirts. ;)
Wishing you and your family a very prosperous, HEALTHY new year! :)
@@TedReadInstead we will wear them for the book haul coming up buddy!
@@Talking_Story Yay!! :)
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.
@@curtjarrell9710 I get it. I like to break up the monsters as well.
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! 🤩
@@esmayrosalyne have the best of holidays Esmay. I hope the first book of 25 sets the best tone for you!!
I really am stoked for when the time comes for me to follow along on all the WoLS videos. Hopefully mid year, but that’s an all star cast. Cheers and merry Christmas!
And Sun Eater?!? This one… this one I’m really looking forward to your thoughts of.
I hear it is an emotional ride
Merry Christmas, guys! Looking forward to the great buddy reads next year!
So happy you will be with us Kendyll. Have a wonderful holiday!
Merry Christmas and congrats on 10k!
I'm currently about halfway through Words of Radiance, but out it on pause to read some other things, so I'll be getting back to that in January. And I'm feeling like I want to read something short, so probably The Gallant after that. Or maybe The Emporer's Soul. Idk. I'll probably go sort my TBR by page length and pick something that way.
@@katherinep1010 it is so great to tear through a book in a couple days after WaT. Nettle and Bone is soooo goood! Thanks so much and have a great holiday!
Merry Christmas, John and Jacob. Kingdoms of Death is an emotional rollercoaster
@@Blackhobbit86 there is a lot of comments about it. Not sure what I am in for but I can’t wait!
Congratulations on 10k guys! So deserved! Here's to many more :) Merry Christmas and a happy new year :)
Thanks my friend. Have a great holiday!
Merry Christmas guys. Looking forward to your enthusiastic reviews of 2025 😊
Thanks so much my friend have a lovely holiday
Merry Christmas! 🎄 Congrats on 10k 😉
Thanks so much have a great holiday
Congratulations on ur 10k subscribers and merry Christmas to all ur family!! 😊
@@safinan8008 thanks so much and you have a great holiday season as well.
Merry Christmas John and Jakob and congrats on 10K subscribers!
You have a great holiday and thanks so much!
Also merry Christmas!!! Blessings to you and your family!
@@caewing85 back at you have a great holiday!
New subscriber here. Congrats on 10K!!!
@@TheKproductionsful welcome to the channel and thanks so much!
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!
@@buffs87 thanks so much. Have a great holiday as well. Would be awesome to have you join us for Chain Gang.
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.
@@akellerhouse83 sure we will have some non spoiler sections for all of you haven’t got to it yet.
How exciting John! I am going to read Janny and Suneater next year, but probably not in sync with you guys lol.
@@BookishChas awesome! Hope they hit for you!
Merry Christmas John and Jakob! I am so excited you’re getting to Kingdoms of Death! That is my second favorite Ruocchio book, second only to Disquiet Gods! It’s different from the other books but I deeply love it.
In January I plan to finish The Prince of Nothing trilogy by R Scott Bakker, but also start The Alchemy Wars series with Allen, and if I have time, maybe finally get to Michael R Fletcher!
@@iSamwise so excited to get back to Suneater! Have a great holiday!
@@iSamwise I gotta get to Bakker too!
Merry Christmas y’all!
@@BeardofDarkness back at you and yours brother
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
@@TomOrange thanks Tom. So what do we have to look forward to?
@@Talking_Story complex and compelling character work, beautiful writing, and a world where right and wrong may not always be clear
@@TomOrange sweeeeet!! Thanks
Happy holidays John, Jakob, Ms. Minton and all! Wishing you a fabulous holiday season and a blessed 2025, with lots of great reads! Awesome Jan 2025 TBR! Buckle up for Curse of the Mistwraith - so excited you are beginning your WARS OF LIGHT AND SHADOW journey! What a ride you are in for, and had I known how glorious it would be when I began with that first book of Janny Wurts' iconic series, I would've savoured the trip through that very first book even more! The payoff, when one day you finish SONG OF THE MYSTERIES, when you look back where you began with CURSE, will be worth every page! Have fun, and all the best! Looking forward to hearing more about your own book's release in the upcoming year!!
I can’t wait to get into WoLaS and I have a reviewers copy of our coming your way next month PL. I can’t wait to enter the Drowned Kingdom!
@@Talking_Story OMG I am so so excited to read what I am sure will be a masterpiece by the Mintons! So so honoured to be receiving an ARC! It will take priority over everything when I get it! Thanks so much!! And I am grateful my books are on your TBR! Hope you enjoy them!
@ looking forward to them PL!
That is a stacked tbr there John. Props to you for getting through all of that in one month. I picked up a very nice hardcover copy of Curse of the Mistwraith, but as I've said before, I've resigned myself to probably not being able to tag along with the giant buddy read. Though maybe next summer, after the semester, I'll try and read it and be able to really absorb the story. I love looking at the cover and the map in there 🤣. January for me looks like the rest of the Faithful and The Fallen series from John Gwynne and Empire of Silence. Very excited to start my Sun Eater journey! Have a wonderful holiday with the whole family! You guys deserve it!
@@DecidedPanda you have a great holiday too! Can’t wait to hear what you think of EoS!
Congrats on 10 k! That is absolutely fantastic. I’m mood reading in 2025, but right now I’m reading Orphan X by Gregg Hurwitz. It’s been a fun ride so far. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays John, Jakob and the Talking Story Family. 🎄❤
I have read som of Hurwitz comic stuff. You have a great holiday as well!
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
@@Shelf-Esteem so excited for all of Jannyuary!
Merry Christmas All!
@@smnornhold back at you my friend!
WOLAS is my favourite series of all time - as it has been since I started reading it in 1993/4. The conclusion was fantastic. All I hoped it would be. You have an amazing journey ahead of you. Enjoy!
@@dragonrambles cannot wait to get into it. To have Janny along with us will be soooo awesome.
Oh man, I can't wait to hear your thoughts on Kingdoms of Death
@@boycereads can’t wait. So excited to get back!
Kingdoms of death my favorite of the series and that curse of light and shadow I might get into that one myself your excitement has got me intrigued
Would love to have you on board my friend. I am hearing a lot of love for book 4. Got me very excited!
Very excited for your buddy read of Wars of Light and Shadow! I'm so happy this series and Janny have been getting some traction on booktube. This is one of my favorite series and I'm doing a reread along with Philip Chase & friends and I'm including the novellas this time. I hope you love it as much as I do!
I truly enjoyed the Gallant so my money is it will be a very special read for me.
Jannyuary! Cant wait! Merry Christmas to you both and everyone else in the comments
@@petereverett2525 have the best of holidays!
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.
@@GrahamDixonUK awesome you will be with for Glorious Exploits. The rest of the list sounds top notch. Have a great holiday.
I'm finally gonna read The Gallant! Looking forward to that one
Yayy!!
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!
The series only gets better as you go and there is a lot for fantasy fans to love IMO. Hope
It hits for you.
I've never listened to a book. I can't imagine. I'm too old school, Jake is too new school. We need to meet in the middle 😊
Happy New Year 🎆 📚
@@surpriseitsus9622 yeah I am with you. I just can’t do audio books either. Old school forever!
I would not underestimate the density of The Curse of the Mistwraith and recommend to start asap to finish it in time.
Even though less pages, it could easily take much more time than the latest Banderson Sanderson.
Also,.. I started with Ships of Merior just yesterday. (;
@@パンダの死体 thanks I will set aside some extra time. I know Janny cannot be skimmed.
Happy holidays!!! All I know it Thank Goodness my slump has ended….so excited for this buddy read!!
Can’t wait for your thoughts on Kingdoms of Death ☠️
🎄🤶🏻❄️✨
@@reading_by_myshelf happiest of holidays to you and hooray for kicking that slump!
KINGDOMS OF DEATH!! The only thing I'm more excited for than you reading that is the glorious, legendary, star-studded WOLAS readalong 🙌 What a start to the year with this stacked TBR!
It is gonna be crazy to pick a book of the month for January
@Talking_Story I foresee you needing to wear 3-4 ties to justify simply not picking one 😂
@ 😂
I'm definitely reading Curse of the Mistwraith in Jan, too. I can't wait!
Awesome my friend!
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. 💜
@@heathergoldsmith oh wow you have hit after hit lined up. I do really want to start Dragonbone Chair.
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!
@@KindlesandKicks awesome to have you with us! Will be my second read of the year and I can’t wait!
I plan on jumping on the Janny Wurts read along. I'm super excited! I'm just sad that Allen isn't joining....
@@brianbartels1525 got Allen on another buddy read in January though!
Merry Christmas to the whole talking story family. 🎄
The first 2 months for me I reckon will be dedicated to the 3 stormlight books I have left before Wind and truth.
Unfortunatly my order of that book got canceled (not by me) so hopefully I will get a copy early next year but I still have a few thousande pages to read so I'm not worried.
After that I plan to get to Tchaikovsky's Dogs of war (will see when that happens as my writing course have started by then so who knows how much I will be able to read 😅)
@@emzstern I hope the course is wonderful for you!
@@Talking_Story Thank you! I'm sure it will. Finally I will be among writers within the same genre as I (I two wonderfull writing groups that I love dearly so I'm not talking bad about them, not at all! But I do miss having in those group to really nerd out with on Sci-fi/fantasy)
@ you will be in great company!
Happy Christmas Mintons (incl. puppers)!
I’m joining in on Jannyuary and also Disquiet Gods.
Yay so glad you on board for Mistwraith.
Lezlie from The Nerdy Narrative...will be on the buddy read! Halfway through The Gallant currently! :D
@@TheNerdyNarrative Dude you are in!! It is official!
I’m finishing Lonesome Dove. I’m going to try to read Curse of the Mistwraith with you guys. It’s on my shelf and calling my name. Lol
@@caewing85 listen to it call
Kingdoms of Death 🙌 look forward to seeing how you feel about that one.
As predicted I've started my January reads early so I'm already a good way into Gardens of the Moon but that means I'll be ready to start Curse of the Mistwraith straight away and then join in for my first Patreon read.
Sweeet!
Merry 🎄 Christmas. Now I have to pick up DDC and Chain Gang! I first heard about those books about 6 months ago from Smitty1423 channel. You would love him. He talks about shedding thug tears (cracks me up) . Much love to you all ❤
@@lorifrederick2367 I will absolutely check that channel out!
Jeez this list is STACKED. I’m going to be giving Wars of Light and Shadow a try with you guys this month! Do we know when the first discussion will be?
Will be a Saturday in February. Not sure what 1 yet. Will be in the afternoon due to time difference
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 😅
I hope WaT is hitting for you! Awesome you will be joining us for Jannyuary
Looks like an awesome month! I really want to hop into Wars of Light and Shadow too. But I kinda want to read To Ride Hell’s Chasm first. It’s sitting on my shelf, waiting. I’ve also noticed there’s a similarity with her series and mine. My first book is tentatively titled The Light That Pierces the Shadows… and there’s a reason for that! lol. But, I’m sure there’s actually plenty of differences!
I think you would really enjoy Hells Chasm. Love the title of your book 1!
@ I’m looking forward to reading it! And thank you!
Congrats on 10k, Jacob should use Everand, all the sun eater audiobooks are on there.
Thanks I will let him know for sure. Have a wonderful holiday.
I will be reading The Gallant while I travel for work at the beginning if the year. Been trying to find a first edition of Curse of the Mistwraith but no such luck yet. Hopefully I will be able to join in with everyone for that read.
@@firstlinelibrary would love to have you with us!
I've been all around Philly and south Jersey this Christmas season, and it's all I see on the bathroom walls! People are starting to talk about it on the streets that Jakob is the best producer on booktube
@@alynam82 seeee Jakob seeee!!
I caught up on One Piece last month! It's soooooo amazing
@@Love_and_lore that’s soooo much to catch up on.
I'm such a slow reader that I'll still be reading Wind and Truth for most of January. I'm only on page 550 and I've been reading since Dec. 6th!
Journey before destination. Enjoy each step.
I already read Curse of the Mistwraith and I dont know if I can wait three months for you guys to read book 2
If you don’t wait let us know what we are in for.
Merry Christmas and happy reading to Jakob and John.
My TBR for January is stacked as well. I’ll be reading The Curse of the Mistwraith by Janny Wurts (Wars of Light and Shadow book one) with Talking Story; Rise of the Ranger (The Echoes Saga book one) by Philip C. Quaintrell and Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Brady Hendrix with Mike’s Book Reviews; Gardens of the Moon (Malazan Book of the Fallen book one) by Steven Erikson with The Brothers Gwynne; The Dragonbone Chair (Memory, Sorrow, and Throne book one) by Tad Williams and Queen Amid Ashes (Sun Eater novella) by Christopher Ruocchio with Josh at Red Fury Books; The Lost Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle with Johan at Library of a Viking; TBD book of the month with 2ToRamble, and a couple palette cleansers between some of these monster reads. Whew!
Wow! What a best of Booktube TBR. That’s absolutely amazing!
Ima keep on with my indie fantasy. I gotta Stan my brand
Heck yeah!
I cannot wait for you to get to Kingdoms Of Death. Not only my favorite Sun Eater book, but also my book of the year ❤
@@mattamant915 wow that is high praise!
@@Talking_Story yeah it is. It's also Petrik's book of the year.
I still have to finish We Are The Dead, so we'll see if Kingdoms Of Death can hold the top spot.
@ We are the Dead is the start to a great trilogy!
2025 is gonna be an epic reading year. Conclusion to Sun Eater, conclusion to Empire of a Vampire series new Joe Abercrombie series, new Richard Swan series...and I am gonna try to deep dive (finally) into Malazan. Oh, and don't forget The Tainted Cup sequel too! Gonna be a great year! Merry Christmas!
All those and sooo many more are on my list! Gonna be a great year for sure!
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.
@@Eluarelon holy cow what a list. You are starting the list off with some great ones. Can’t wait to hear your thoughts on all of it. I backed Cronk’s kickstarter so I am excited to get that trilogy in as well.
@@Talking_Story yeah , have been out of the loop for quite some years now. Was an avid reader up until around 2005, and then I pretty much stopped reading at all because of family related matters (and the burn-out that followed). I'm slowly getting back into the habit in recent years, but that also means that I have a lot of catching up to do, even with quite some classic series. Can be a bit overwhelming to decide what to choose between all the great stuff , but that's quite a beautiful problem to have, actually.
@ you and me are in the same boat! It is a great problem. I have so many things to catch up on as well.
For my personal January reads, I will continue to read any of the voluminous…volumes of Sherlock Holmes books, Canon, pastiches and scholarly works, I have yet to read from my shelves of them.
@@bradmiller3367 wonderful!
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!
@@someokiedude9549 happy holidays nephew. Sure we will get together for a read soon.
10k subscribers? You passed me. Mike, watch out, they're coming for you next ;)
@@gryftkin
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
😂happy holidays to you as well my friend.
Starting the year with Janny, John Gwynne, and The Greatcoats!
Nice!!
My Janny-uary also includes some “Mistwraith.” Gardens of the Moon, The Fall, and The Way of Edan also make an appearance in my stack.
@@EntertainmentEncyclopedia that stack is amazing wow you got all bangers too!
KINGDOMS OF DEATH AND CURSE OF THE MISTWRAITH?!
Oh man, Kingdoms of Death is one of the best Suneater books- get ready, it was the first time any piece of media has ever made me cry.
And Curse of the Mistwraith- IT IS SO AMAZING! Just you wait, you aren’t even close to ready and get your dictionary ready too. Wurts knows it by heart and isn’t afraid to make you look up a new word every page. I can’t wait to see your discussion because I will be reading Fugitive Prince while you guys do that.
AND ONE PIECE?! Oh I can’t wait to see your thoughts, I love that series so much! I can’t wait to see your thoughts when you get to- I think it’s volume 9.
You have an AMAZING month ahead of you! AND JAKE IS ON YOU’RE BUDDY READ TOO?! I’m gonna go text him congratulations! Holy crap that’s awesome. He’s going to love it. All of you will! GAH! I can’t wait to see what you guys think!
@@CombativeRoboGuy thanks so much my friend! Hope your 25 starts out with all 5 star reads!
@@Talking_Story I hope so too and I think it will since I’m starting with Hobb, reading some Wurts, and a few more things I just haven’t worked out yet. I hope you get 5 stars on all your books!
Edit: also your book
@ you will be getting a review copy in January hope it hits!
@@Talking_Story I know it will! And I can’t wait!
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.
@@wolfme4030 hey no worries. When we do our chats we will do non spoiler to start cap maybe you can have a lot of takes on it to know if it is for you.
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 😅
Oh man I want to do the same and try to power through some series. You got a couple great ones there.
joining the miswrath read a long !!! ^^
Yes!! Welcome aboard
I’ll be starting with Upgrade by Blake Crouch since I’ll need a palate cleanser after Wind and Truth (about 130 pages left). Then I’ll be starting Sun Eater, which I’m extremely excited about! Probably will get to Empire of Silence and The Lesser Devil, as well as 11/22/63 by Stephen King!
@@fantasyfanatic6038 that’s fabulous list!
How are you handling the original ‘Warhosts Of Vastmark’ hardback, that is now considered two books?
@@bradmiller3367 will have to see what I can find.
@ I will be beginning hardback book 3 in February (I have all but one in original hardbacks) and hopefully continue on, but with so many other choices to read…🤷♂️
@ it is so hard I know I feel pulled in all directions as well. But we will do our best to do much fun you just can’t leave us.
@ I will add the difficulty of finding time to both research a book and to then write it thrown into the mix….time management is a must! Oh, yes; AND watching a few BookTubers, as well!
@@bradmiller3367 time is tough to find sometimes no doubt.
Curse of the Mistwraith is on audio so I am committed to the first book only! Since I have all of Malazan on audio, that buddy read is in permanent ink!
Derri’s love for DCC has made me give it another try but not sure when?
So happy you will be reading Glorious Exploits, I also sent Andrew Wizard a copy, so maybe he can join you all!!
@@heidi6281 I will see if Andrew wants in as well. Please send our holiday wishes to the whole family Heidi!
@@Talking_Story
Thank you John, Peter & I are having Chinese food & binging Bad Monkey for a Christmas & Chanukah combo! Family is coming over on the weekend. 🎄🎅
Oh yea, Evie also loves Glorious Exploits too as well as the Gwynne Bros who introduced me to it. So happy Allen truly agreed to read it, that is a true Christmas miracle.
@ he told me today his plan is wrap his month up with it so he is still on board! Your plans sound off the chart special! Give all a squeeze from us.
Merry Christmas to the Mitton family. I wanted to have a package out to you before Christmas, but there has been a delay in the manufacturing of your gifts. Maybe I'll slip you a plain old letter here in a few days.
@@momo_genX the Merry Christmas was present enough! Thanks so much and right back at you.
Kingdoms of Death will haunt your soul.
Ohhhh I like the sound of that!
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
Let me know what you think of Quaintrell. May wanna jump into that 1.
@@Talking_Storyrise of the ranger is great! He has hooked me in up to book 3. Becoming one of my favorite authors. There are nine of them in the echos saga. 4 in a pre quill series about the ranger and 2 more recent ones. All set in the land.
@@bear16041 Oh wow that sounds like something I need to get in on.
@ oh and dragons!
I’ve never read Janny Wurts would this be a bad spot to start?
I would start with To Ride Hell's Chasm. It is a stand alone and you can see if you vibe with her before making a monster commitment into a 10 book series.
@swagiellarson Curse of the Mistwraith is a good place to start with Janny Wurts. It is where I started with her solo work. While it is book one of a long series, it is also the single book of the first arc of the series and therefore has its own ending. While there is so much more that comes after, and I would recommend continuing, there is also a satisfying conclusion to this first book that will allow you to stop, either indefinitely or for a while. It also gives you a good sense of how visceral and heartbreaking this series is.
In this first book you have a smaller scale of reference and as the series continues, that widens to a bigger world picture. So you won’t be overwhelmed by the epic nature of the series in book one
@ oh that is wonderful info
I have Dark Age by Pierce Brown , Zodiac Academy by Caroline Peckham, Towers of Midnight by Robert Jordan,Brandon Sanderson and Out of the Gate by Elsie Silver
@@radudumanovschi3387 wow you have some great ones coming up!
I’m still not sure if Jakob’s name on bathroom walls is a good or bad thing 😮Merry Christmas to my favourite talk show!
As long as there is no phone number next to it. 😂
@@fangs1972 thanks for those kind words as well my friend
I’ve been very slow in reading this year, but I do have some plans. The goal was to finish both darkness and light and exile before the new year but that’s not happening. I just can’t get into the series and I don’t even want to read it. I will push through and finish it. So I’ll have all of Cahill which I’m dreading. Licanius trilogy by James islington and then I’m starting Sun eater by our boy Christopher ruocchio
I hope some of these coming up hit better for you my friend!
@ you can’t win every time. But I’m stoked for Sun eater. On top of that Merry Christmas to you and your family guys!
@ back at you have a great holiday!
Nollaig shona dhuit! Now that I'm finished RotE (at least of whats currently out) I dunno what I wanna read yet but I think for now I need to do some standalones. I dunno yet. I'll probably decide and comment as I watch. Also, slainte 🍻
Pick up Glorious Exploits written by Dublin author, Ferdia Lennon! Also Electric Forest by Tanith Lee was well… ELECTRIC!
@@thatsci-firogue glorious exploits sounds amazing. Listen to Heidi😀
@@heidi6281 noted but I already have too many to choose from 🤣
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Did you reach out to Tori Morrow? She's an awesome booktuber and has read to Ride Hell's Chasm and is going to be starting Curse of the Mistwraith soon
@@2012scienceproject I will look her up. Have not found her yet thanks!
Jakob check out hoopla, Everand, or Libby for great audiobooks
@@AndrewsWizardlyReads thanks Wizard I will make sure he sees this
Jakob if you wanted to try out audible, they're still doing a $1/month for 3 months deal, might as well pick up 3 books for $3 even if you never plan to use audible again afterwards.
@@ozkantd nice! I will make sure he sees this 1.