Big Weeks Behind and Ahead! - Weekly Reader 38
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Thank you from the bottom of my heart for giving Ark of Ascension a try, and for all the love you've expressed for it! Your comments have really made my day, and you've put a smile on my face after a couple of very challenging days dealing with a loss in the family. Thank you, and I assure you my wife is a very open person who will take your comments with good humor!
She wants to add that what you said was very complimentary because it left you wanting more, and that was the key thing. 😉
Smart lady always leave them wanting more. Thanks for sending me a copy and all my best as you and your family deal with this loss.
Thank you so much!
Jakob wanted that outro to end so badly, he actually gave his real name LOL
😂that’s how you know!
You are the only podcast I look forward to watching each week. You brighten up my day 😊
Thanks! This comment brightened up my week!
Loved the convo with Nutts. You and Mike would be a killer combo too!
Mike was my first guest here on talking with tubers.
Came for the books, stayed for the mood lighting!😂
High budget!!
Agree with pretty much all of your OBAF notes, John! I consider myself really lucky because I am not well-read in fantasy, so it feels super fresh to me.
Would be an awesome gateway series! Hope you enjoy it to the fullest with our read along.
I love the laugh when you said "Welcome to Talking Story" guessing Jakob was doing something off-camera that caught ya. I know I said I would read Of Blood and Fire first but also started with The Fall. Excited for the chat! I have to get to Ark of Ascension...I'm so behind on my indie reads. 🍻
Excited for that chat as well!
Excited! Happy reading
It’s up next. Day after tomorrow.
I’m so happy you enjoyed Of Blood and Fire- that means Mr. Cahill has you in his grip. I loved hearing about your thoughts after having read The Fall first. I read it after book one and I enjoyed Blood and Fire more than The Fall mostly because I didn’t like how it was almost entirely fights. But if you really enjoyed Of Blood and Fire, of Darkness and Light is a step up.
Now Tress is an absolute delight. I love it so much and the seas are probably my favorite concept/magic system if not ever, than for a really long time.
My week started with me reading Robin Hobb’s The Golden Fool. I went in very worried because I had heard so many people say it was incredibly slow to the point of being boring but I read it and thought that everybody else was crazy. It continued to tackle so many wonderful themes of Prejudice and becoming a man and how that affects your relationship with others and it was just so phenomenal. I could relate to so many things in this book that Hobb just kept putting my heart on her puppet strings. I almost jumped straight into the book but I did not allow it because I love this book more and more as I get time away from it.
But yesterday I started reading Curse of The Mistwraith and… wow. I am 125 pages in and I love how wonderfully fleshed out the world is. Knowing the effort Wurts has put into it makes it so much cooler although I am more confused than I was when I read book one of Malazan. It’s just a lot of information but it does not take away from how good the relationship dynamic is between the main two brothers. I am the oldest of five siblings by a lot. Seeing how these brothers have such a tumultuous relationship and it hurts me as I hope the best for them. I am excited to keep reading it though. After that I will be reading The Threadlight trilogy. Now that I have said my piece, Have a great week!
I am headed to Mistwraith and Threadlight as well as Hobb so I am so happy to hear all your insight. I would say I am definitely in Cahills clutches. I really want to see how book 2 takes this step I keep hearing about. Have a wonderful week as well my friend.
HOLY MOLY that excerpt from Tress has made me finally pick up a sanderson book. That was incredible. I'm jumping in to the cosmere ketchup
Yes!!
I’ve got Tempus on the TBR! Very exciting that you got The Silverblood Promise, it has piqued my interest.
Loved the chat with Janny Wurts!
Thanks my friend. Let me know your thoughts when you get to Tempus.
All last week's content was so amazing, including the CWN episode on Friday. I commented that you almost beat Allen as my favourite guest, so there's that 🤣
Delighted to hear that Of Blood and Fire was a strong start for you, and I can guarantee that wheel starts rolling real smoothly and it just turns into one crazy rollercoaster. Can't wait for you to read on! Will tune into the livestreams for sure ;)
And oooh, I am so excited for the upcoming videos this week! Thanks for continuing to bring me so much joy with your rambly bookish chats 🤩
I read an ARC of Hell for Hire by Rachel Aaron (coming out June 4) and you better pre-order that thing (JUST LOOK AT THE COVER!) because it is flipping amazing!! Urban fantasy with loveable demons and a male witch with his snarky cat familiar and sentient broom.. A-MA-ZING! And only 350 pages as well, so you can blow through it! Happy reading ;)
Hell for Hire you say sound awesome. Coming in after Allen is high praise!
Loved both the interview with Janny and the talk wit Nutz. I honeslty hope Witchy Eye wins. I just got 3 Chapters in and I've been transported to such an interesting world. I honestly think this will be amazing.
I would be great with that winning!
Don't let Jakob destroy your dreams, we like the sound effects. :)
This last week has been a weird one, but I completed The Legend of Black Jack, which I thought was a really good book and a nostalgic read since it reminded me of some of the books I read when I was growing up like Oliver Twist or Tom Sawyer (though Andy tells me that Tom would probably outwit our main character in this story). A good old fashioned adventure! I am going to take the rest of the month to do some catch up with Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell and prep some of my upcoming summer reads. I am getting out of the semi-slump I was in and I'm refocusing. I also saw Kingdom of the Planet of The Apes recently, which was a solid film with some great performances, particularly with Kevin Durand as the villain. I don't think it holds up to the Serkis trilogy, but I wasn't expecting that level of quality either.
This week sounds like an exciting one. I'm gonna do podcasts for most of the week, yay! Keep up that quality content uncle.
You keep the quality rolling along as well. I will probably wait for streaming for this newest Apes flick. I do plan on leaving the fortress of solitude for Furiosa though.
While I agree with "give me a longer book", as someone else who started out with a novella I agree with Michael's wife as well. You learn a ton about writing and self publishing in your first book. I think the journey is a lot easier to wrap your head around so that it's easier going forward. It's also less of a hit on the pocket book, so a less expensive lesson that a full blown novel.
Excellent points I had not taken into account. Thanks!
I’m about halfway through Of Blood and Fire. Wouldn’t say I’m all-in on the series yet, but I am really enjoying it. There was a character death early on that genuinely shocked me. Excited for the upcoming discussion in June!
The discussion is gonna be so fun!
Another great Sunday with Weekly Reader! Looking forward to your Town Square creation and all the darts headed your way! Super glad you are on the Bound & The Broken journey! I liked, commented, and subscribed!
Thanks brother.
I literally read out the same quote in my review for Tress- it stuck out to me so profoundly. I love that you love it, too!
That is awesome! There were a couple so far for me. Great minds Laura, great minds!
@@Talking_Story Great minds, indeed!
For some reason a lot of book tubers are very bad at reading books aloud. Listening to you reading Tress was refreshing.
Thank you. Very kind!
I can’t believe Sanderson actually wrote that. I actually might need to check it out. So used to his workman-like prose.
This 1 has some nice stuff in it.
More sound effects, please. 🎉
😂I mean how can I say no!
Great video as ever! I finished Iron Gold really enjoyed it but not as much as the others I guess it wasn't as action packed but really enjoyed the world building and I think the break I had I lost a few plot points but still great! I also raced through Map of Days the 4th book of miss peregrine's home for peculiar children really enjoyed it probably on par with the first book! now I'm onto Aleister Reynolds Absolution Gap (2nd book of Revelation Space) and i can't stay awake to read it I keep dosing off I'm getting old! lol (as a also graduated film student i look forward to hearing your film opinions!)
Congrats film student! Darn sleep always in the way of a good book.
I knew he wasn't going to get the mashed potato reference :D And, yes, I think almost everyone I follow has talked about The Silverblood Promise. If I didn't already have so many other books on my plate :P (ok, not sure that metaphor works... "books on my shelf"? :D ) And I can't believe you stacked all those books in front of the letter opener. Jakob spent so much time putting it back after your wife was done messing with it :D By the way, you don't need safety glasses, you need your cheaters so you don't look constipated at the bookstore :D
will probably use my cheaters as my safety glasses😃
I hope you keep going with The Bound and the Broken! Of Darkness and Light is in the running with Empire of the Damned for my book of the year.
So happy you’re enjoying Tress, it’s such a wonderful book!
Need more of the whole family on the channel, such a beautiful family!
Absolutely continuing Darkness and Light and continuing buddy read in July! Thanks so much for that kindness about the family. They are truly my world. 🌎
I guess your son was reading Mistbourne while he was driving because the book made him want to kill himself?
@@momo_genX he was listening while driving and he said it was making him sleepy so he had to switch to music. He did say the chapter pulled him back into the story after the break away from it.
Nice Frankenstein reference at the end there!
Thanks Evie!
Classic movie reference! Love it!
What you read from Tess had a little bit of a Dickens flavor didn’t it? I need to bump it up on my TBR.
It does indeed. Think you will enjoy it.
Ive been charmed by the charming comments in this video. 😄
Thanks! You must be a kind and charming person yourself to say so.
Oh man you have me pumped to start Cahill!
Go for it Ben. I think you will really dig it!
the mood-lighting brought tears to my eyes.
Jakob is quite the producer. 😂
I started watching Outer Range with Josh Brolin…it’s like a sci-fi/fantasy version of Yellowstone 😂
I did watch the first season. Hope to get to season 2 soon.
Fun Video❤
Badabing!😉😄
As for myself, I have finished «The Green Pearl» (Lyonesse Trilogy #2) by Jack Vance ((Pre-)Arthurian Fantasy) and will start on «Ash: A Secret History» by Mary Gentle (Alt-Historical Military Fiction inspired by the Hundred Year War and the Mercenary Wars of the Renaissance). Have also finished the first «Sun Eater» Novella «The Lesser Devil» and will continue with «Tales of the Sun Eater Vol. 1» and «Queen Amid Ashes» (LOVE the New Cover for «QAA»), so expect lists incoming soon! 😂
Oh I look forward to that list!
@@Talking_Story A bit unrelated, but as a Man of the Arts, what are your thoughts on Francis Ford Coppola’s upcoming new movie «Megalapolis»? Personally I am in the «looks and sounds completely and utter bonkers, but I still wanna see it on the silver screen!» camp, if for nothing else it is not that common these days with a Coppola film, a Big Budget High Concept Film or Big Budget Independent Movies! 😄
@@MacScarfield well he broke the rule of never produce with your own money. I don’t think it will turn out good for him but I will watch it.
That's why i don't take part in buddy reads or readalongs, too much of a mood reader. Chaos reigns supreme 😅
This week I finished:
*Mystery*
Shutter Island / Dennis Lehane
- Superb stuff, I'll certainly be reading more Lehane in the near future.
*Warhammer 40K: Grimdark Military Sci-Fi*
Gaunt's Ghosts: A Ghost Return
- Short story prelude to a much longer series.
I did read 100 pages of Robert McCammon's Swan Song... and all it made me want to do was re-read The Stand (the Uncut version this time 😅)
As for what I'm currently reading:
*Historical-Fantasy*
Children of Earth & Sky / Guy Gavriel Kay
- Restarted it. I'm a sucker for Renaissance inspired settings.
*Urban Fantasy*
Black Sun's Daughter 1: Unclean Spirits
- The author M.L.N Hanover is actually Daniel Abraham. I was looking for something to fill the Dresden void, and not only is this complete but its only 5 books (assuming i like it to continue!)
I didn't watch this week's Doctor Who episode but i did rewatch the Laurel & Hardy film Way Out West, hysterical.
Laurel and Hardy?! Classic! Look forward to hearing what you think of that Abraham read sounds very interesting to me. I hope you get into Swan Song but I do get the comparison. Trying my best to add some chaotic mood reads where I can. 😀
I want to adopt Jakob, but if he can't handle the gen X sound effects, I would hand him back broken. I literally just finished book 3 of the expanse today and I'm reading one of the short stories before continuing to book 4 of the series. I'm incredibly behind, I was supposed to be finishing book 5 this month. As long as I finish the series this year, I'll be happy. Not sure how much more reading I'll be able to do, I don't know how other people have time to read 5+ books per week.
Not always easy to keep up 100 pages a day but if you wrap up that series in 24 I would say you did great! Jakob does have some shortcomings not many but a few 😂. I’m with you he should embrace the sound effects!
I’m so excited you’ve started The Bound and the Broken! It’s one of my all time favourites and I can confirm starting with The Fall was a fantastic choice! 😊
I thought so. Looking forward to book 2.
I stuck around to the end. Your outros are so fun! Can't wait for the first town hall this week!
Gonna be great!
Your t shirt's awesome. "I got to pick out all the green M&M's" is the most husband thing ever, I feel you 😂 I'm right here rowing on the other side of that boat, lol.
Thanks the shirt is from the mountain bike team my wife asst coached. Husband things! We know all about it 😂
Loved the “mood lighting” 😂 I recently had the pleasure of reading Tress of the Emerald Sea myself, and it was one of my very first 5-stars of the year. I was totally charmed by it. Would you believe that was my first Brandon Sanderson? I’m so late to start reading his work, lol. Tress was an amazing introduction!
Wow your first! Try Mistborn next I would say.
OMG...the prose in Tress is mesmerising... can't wait to get to it 🙂 and can't wait to talk about WOR!
Absolutely!
Hahaha! Nailed it Star Trek! I’m watching the latest episode now. 200 pages left of the way of kings!
Look out for that Sanderlanche! Bridge4 forever!!
so sad that jakob didn't catch the charm bracelet joke the first time. that was good
Thanks!
Another great week! I have heard some similar complaints about Star Trek from some friends so I do not think you are alone
So disappointed!
Love you guys :) this has been lots of fun.
Thanks so much!
With regards to Bound & the Broken , the rocketship takes off in the middle of the second book, Darkness & Light, that is the spot where the author really finds his groove.
My Whitman sampler got larger this week, I added the audiobook of The Shadow of Summer today, book one of The Long Price Quartet. I listened to the one hour prologue…it was the maple cream in dark chocolate. I know you will love it whenever you get to it.
Long Price Quartet is one of my favourite series of all-time.
That is on my radar I hear nothing but amazing things from all who read it. Look forward to book 2 in July.
I really should go to bed but first I have to check out weekly reader 😁 well worth the lost sleep.
So glad you liked tress, it was such a cosy read 😊
For me it has been a little mediocre on the reading front but depending on the next read I might take a break from the book calendar and go visit the library 📚 Its been really fun to challenge my reading with different genres but I am starting to miss my comfort zone.
Challenge is good. Will make the homecoming to your favs extra special. Thanks so much for the kindness my friend.
@@Talking_StoryOh for sure and 2 books being kinda meh out 6 so far is still a win in my book.
@@emzstern oh only 2 out of 6 you are way ahead of the game!
That intro was the best one yet 😂
Thanks! Glad it gave you a smile.
Hey guys!
Hey!
Yes, Discovery is Milquetoast this season and I am all caught up too. Shatner says he is willing to do Trek again maybe Michael will find him still alive at 93 in the Nexus in the show’s finale.
I love Shatner so much that would actually save it for me! 😂
Feel like I'm quite alone in my Bound and the Broken opinions. A lot of people either like or don't like the series, but I'm in a weird position where I really like the novels but kinda hate the novellas. I think if I read The Fall first, I wouldn't have continued with the series. 0.5 stars from me, almost unreadable. 90 pages that felt longer than the 500 pages Of Blood and Fire.
Of Blood and Fire is the one I read first and it was great! Plus I think the actual prose is better. The Fall is filled with so many repetitions and awkward word choices that *really* shows because it's so short. Of Blood and Fire felt way cleaner to me.
It's a good series but I guess I'm also just a big fan of beginning more than anything else. All the flashy action stuff doesn't work for me.
Anyway those are my un-asked for opinions! Just felt like getting it out there 😂
Opinions are always wanted here. I agree about the repetitions and some word choices. That is why I think the prose took a step for me from novella to novel. And why I look forward to continuing to see where the writer and the story goes.
@@Talking_Story I think you'll really enjoy the series as it goes on. I think the writing is the most improved by Of War and Ruin (Of Darkness and Light does suffer so repetitive description issues that brings it down a tad for me), but then it also becomes a bit more anachronistic in its dialogue and humour. A mixed bag series for me but also very very fun and nostalgic. Brought me back to the joy of reading fantasy as a teen.
@@HabitualBlood yes it does that nostalgic feel for me as well. Took me back to the Riftwar.
Here are all the references I caught in «The Lesser Devil»:
Tor Alcuin: Alcuin was a Northumbrian Scholar at Charlemagne’s court, named by the chronicler Einhard as «the most learned man anywhere to be found», part of the Carolingian Renaissance and the invention of lower case letters
Lud: Ludwig, but also the Biblical Lud (grandson of Noah, ancestor of the Lydians), King Lud (mythical founder of London, possibly connected to the Celtic Mythical Heroes Lludd Llaw Eraint (Wales) and Nauda Airgetlam (Ireland)) and the City of Lud from «The Dark Tower» series
Albe: French Village
The Cid Arthur Cult being popular in the Legions: Akin to Mithraism in the Roman Legions
St. Maximus: 7th Century Theologian, prosecuted, tortured and exiled from Constantinople (he is often named «The Confessor», someone prosecuted but not martyred for their faith) for his dyophysite interpretation of the nature of Jesus (that Jesus was both human and divine), which later become the orthodox view and he became reinstated as a saint in both the Orthodox and Catholic Churches.
Euclid: Ancient Greek Mathematician, Non-Euclidean Geometry shows up in HP Lovecraft, HG Wells and Dostoevsky’ «Brothers Karamazov»
The white-haired Durantine Girl: Daenerys or other Targaryans, or Jorah’s Daenerys ersatz in «A Song of Ice and Fire»?
Young Lord Albans: Saint Albans, the first British Christian Martyr
A Lord’s son and a female relative seeking refuge from noble infighting at an old Terraforming Station now used by the locals: Dune 😄
Almonhas: The Almohads/Moors?
Lord of Emperors: Title used for the god Jad in the «Sarantine Mosaic» by Guy Gavriel Kay
Laurent’s real name Lorn: «To lose», Adjunct Lorn from «Malazan»
Baptists being «extinct heretics»: Yeah, Ruocchio is Catholic, alright! 😂
Veselko: Slavic name
Medved: «Bear» in multiple Slavic languages
Temeria: Nation in «The Witcher»! 😄
Ruocchio: Avenged Sevenfold-fan? 😄
The many-legged colossi: AT-AT/AT-TEs from Star Wars? Spider Tanks from «Ghost in the Shell»?
Lord of Hosts: Micah 4,4
A few warriors and villagers against an larger Enemy force: Seven Samurai/The Magnificent Seven! 😄
Carlo: «Westworld» style Android!😄
I absolutely got the Magnificent 7 vibe!
@@Talking_Story Well, they (both «Magnificant Seven» and «Seven Samurai») are iconic Classics, so no shame there!
Remind me, had you read the Sun Eater Novella «Queen Amid Ashes» yet?
@@MacScarfield I have read it!
I tried 2 seasons of Star Trek Discovery. I really wanted to let it work, hence the 2nd season. It did not feel like Star Trek to me. The whole "we're not a military org so let's have zero respect for the bridge and rank" really got under my skin as a military person, especially since they're always treated both of those with due respect in the entirety of Star Trek. There were other issues as well, but those issues were the bamboo under my nails.
Strange New Workds and Lower Decks has it beat for my taste.
@@Talking_Story Lower Decks is great. I have not started Strange New Worlds yet, but from what I hear it''ll probably be up my alley. I think I keep forgetting to start watching it lol. I'll watch it before I rewatch DS9, because that's on my list to do.
@@christhewritingjester3164 I bet you dig it!