Anti-Asian racist sentiments are at record levels in the United States. People acting racist (as they did dogpiling Babel) and not really getting called out for it, in my opinion, is just par for the course. Racism seems to get treated as "just another opinion" these days -- but calling it out (which is, in fact, another opinion which deserves the same amount of consideration) -- gets treated as unnecessary aggression to protect the people expressing racist sentiments, while attempting to delegitimize voices that identify and name racism for what it is.
I agree Babel should have won. It actually won the Barnes and Noble Speculative Fiction Novel of the Year for 2022. It was my favorite book of 2022. Looking forward to other books RF Kuang publishes.
T. Kingfisher has 3 or 4 horror novels and like 17 self-published fantasy books! They all have horror elements, but she does fantasy romance and fairytale retelling.
Exciting! I've been curious about self-published books for a while and wanting to read more of them but I wouldn't even know where to begin looking for ones I'd enjoy. I'm the type of reader who's overly sensitive to typos and mistakes and can be pulled right out of a story if they're too glaring, and I've ended up disappointed by books I went it wanting to love more than once because of that... so your comment is super welcome!
T. Kingfisher is amazing - all of her books are amazing. She also writes/draws under Ursula Vernon - the award winning web comic/graphic novel series Digger is just wonderful.
I am reading Babel now, have 1/4 left and I'm quite enjoying it. I'm pissed off at the SJM domination in the category. I read a couple of other nominees and my vote went to Nettle & Bone out of the ones I'd read, I really loved it, it felt so subversive and fresh and I felt the power imbalance in the abusive relationship in such a visceral way. I am also a Scholomance ride or die fan, I read the whole trilogy a couple of weeks ago and adored it for all of its anticapitalist themes, I could rant about it on and on. What pissed me off the most was the horror category. I read 9 out of the nominees and there were some absolutely brilliant and imaginative ones in there. Of course the one I rated one star won. It pissed me off immensely. I am still mad about it, the book that won had very very weird and gross conservative subtext, but it was also bland, not scary at all. Yeah, I can't stand the GR awards. Blechhhhh.
I just finished Babel and it was the best book I've ever read. I absolutely loved it and in my opinion it was the clear winner. Shame it wasn't given the title
Hey Madi! First off: I'm sorry, because I've been watching and loving your videos for years now and realized I wasn't subscribed. Pretty sure I was before and RUclips did an oops, - it's been rectified, in any case :) I really appreciate this video, as time-consuming and tiring at it might have been to prepare. I'm kind of in a weird position starting 2023: I've spent multiple quarantines hoarding books I didn't have the time to read, and then a good chunk of 2022 in a pretty bad place and unable to read anything at all. So I feel like for me this year will be mostly about playing catch-up and getting back into my old reading habits as well as rediscovering the feelings I used to associate with books, good or bad. ... Now starting said catch-up tour with ACOTAR was maybe not the best choice in hindsight (At least I can look forward to your ACOSF rant review!) On the flipside, I'd been anticipating reading both The Poppy War and The City We Became, and hearing you speak highly of a book by the same author/the book itself is only making me more excited. (both Thistlefoot and Nettle and Bone also sound _really_ up my alley, so thank you very much for spreading the word!) I can relate to needing to accept DNFing as a thing you can do instead of striving to read every part of every book you begin. Kudos for actively curbing the habit, it can't have been an easy thing to do. If I have something I want to become better at this year, it's actually reading the books I think I'll love, instead of procrastinating them to no end for fear of running out/feeling sad once they're over. I gotta realize there're many more interesting and compelling books out there than I might be aware of; and your enthusiasm regarding some of the books in this vid is fantastic motivation :D ... this ended up way longer than I wanted it to be, but all the same, I hope you and any poor soul who made it to here have a banger 2023!
I actually quite enjoyed the Book Eaters and i got it in audio book format (Was on Scribd). Not trying to say you are wrong about your opinion, just saying that I found it a very cool story about a woman trying to survive in a society that highly (and i mean HIGHLY) depends on women yet somehow finds a way to still form all its hierarchies on misogyny and patriarchy. It IS a slow-burn at the beginning though. SPOILER When i say highly dependent on women, i mean HIGHLY dependent. They are literally a handful of women away from extinction.
⭐️ I just like hanging out. I don’t read many books that get recognized by the goodreads awards…though I am in the middle of Bloodmarked by Tracy Deonn.
I haven't read most of these but I definitely didn't think of The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches as a fantasy. It was a cozy romance with some fun magic. It has some great worldbuilding for the magic though!
3:30 Be careful. The City of Brass and the Stardust Thief are Arabic-inspired, set in fictional Egypt and Persia, taking inspiration from 1001 nights, an Arabic tale. Nothing to do with India or Indian mythology, or Hinduism or Buddhism or anything. Two very different cultures.
I don't really care about goodreads, I just wanted to hang out with Madi for a bit. Some of these books sound awesome, others I don't care about at all, but it was lovely to hear your thoughts.
⭐️ I do not participate in goodreads, so definitely here for you. Love T Kingfisher, Legends and Lattes is *chef's kiss*, Women/Dragons was a boring read, and need to read Thistlefoot!
The ariadne retelling is from another author not Madeline miller- lil note from a miller fan 😅 if you like the concept of these Greek myth retellings but want a totally different vibe of writing I recommend Ovid Resung by nina something… really good!
Just for future refrence, 1001 night is a midldle eastern\arabic book of fairy tale like stories hevilly influenced by islamic culture and religion, not just indian
😃Jemisin = Masterful Her writing skills 🥰 blow my mind. Some find her hard to follow, but I recognize the layers and the way she folds a story. If there is anything I've learned reading her work, it's that if I gave a question... it will be answered, and for me, that patience is worth it 👌. The World We Make is a book I plan to read before the end of 2023. Also yes, Babel was f-ing fantastic 👏 👌 😀
This. It's Middle Eastern mythology. I loved this book. It stayed with me. Also something to note: Chelsea Abdullah is a Kuwaiti-American, and SA Chakraborty, who just studied Arab history, is a white woman.
Just wanted comment my nicknames for that Maas book: House of wings and things, because I did keep forgetting the actual name, even while reading it. The first one was House mud and furries/mortals and fur.
It took me a very long time to realize it wasn't shameful or anything to DNF a book. I have been enjoying my time reading a lot more since I convinced myself it was okay to stop reading something I didn't like
its definitely a skill that takes practice. my recommendation is only giving a book 10-20 pages to hook you. and if it doesn't feel right put the book down and walk away.
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Anti-Asian racist sentiments are at record levels in the United States. People acting racist (as they did dogpiling Babel) and not really getting called out for it, in my opinion, is just par for the course. Racism seems to get treated as "just another opinion" these days -- but calling it out (which is, in fact, another opinion which deserves the same amount of consideration) -- gets treated as unnecessary aggression to protect the people expressing racist sentiments, while attempting to delegitimize voices that identify and name racism for what it is.
THIS!!!!
I agree Babel should have won. It actually won the Barnes and Noble Speculative Fiction Novel of the Year for 2022. It was my favorite book of 2022. Looking forward to other books RF Kuang publishes.
T. Kingfisher has 3 or 4 horror novels and like 17 self-published fantasy books! They all have horror elements, but she does fantasy romance and fairytale retelling.
I adore her books! I did start with the horror ones and Nettle & Bone was the first one (so far) that wasn't that horror.
Exciting! I've been curious about self-published books for a while and wanting to read more of them but I wouldn't even know where to begin looking for ones I'd enjoy. I'm the type of reader who's overly sensitive to typos and mistakes and can be pulled right out of a story if they're too glaring, and I've ended up disappointed by books I went it wanting to love more than once because of that... so your comment is super welcome!
T. Kingfisher is amazing - all of her books are amazing. She also writes/draws under Ursula Vernon - the award winning web comic/graphic novel series Digger is just wonderful.
I am reading Babel now, have 1/4 left and I'm quite enjoying it. I'm pissed off at the SJM domination in the category. I read a couple of other nominees and my vote went to Nettle & Bone out of the ones I'd read, I really loved it, it felt so subversive and fresh and I felt the power imbalance in the abusive relationship in such a visceral way. I am also a Scholomance ride or die fan, I read the whole trilogy a couple of weeks ago and adored it for all of its anticapitalist themes, I could rant about it on and on.
What pissed me off the most was the horror category. I read 9 out of the nominees and there were some absolutely brilliant and imaginative ones in there. Of course the one I rated one star won. It pissed me off immensely. I am still mad about it, the book that won had very very weird and gross conservative subtext, but it was also bland, not scary at all.
Yeah, I can't stand the GR awards. Blechhhhh.
I just finished Babel and it was the best book I've ever read. I absolutely loved it and in my opinion it was the clear winner. Shame it wasn't given the title
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Great video 😊 I am going book shopping today, and this reminded me I need to pick up the N.K. Jemisin book
yay i hope you love it!
Your content is humble and extraordinary. As a fantasy writer, I enjoy listening to your opinions of other fantasy stories.
i really appreciate that! thank you for watching 👏🏻
Hey Madi!
First off: I'm sorry, because I've been watching and loving your videos for years now and realized I wasn't subscribed. Pretty sure I was before and RUclips did an oops, - it's been rectified, in any case :)
I really appreciate this video, as time-consuming and tiring at it might have been to prepare. I'm kind of in a weird position starting 2023: I've spent multiple quarantines hoarding books I didn't have the time to read, and then a good chunk of 2022 in a pretty bad place and unable to read anything at all. So I feel like for me this year will be mostly about playing catch-up and getting back into my old reading habits as well as rediscovering the feelings I used to associate with books, good or bad.
... Now starting said catch-up tour with ACOTAR was maybe not the best choice in hindsight (At least I can look forward to your ACOSF rant review!) On the flipside, I'd been anticipating reading both The Poppy War and The City We Became, and hearing you speak highly of a book by the same author/the book itself is only making me more excited.
(both Thistlefoot and Nettle and Bone also sound _really_ up my alley, so thank you very much for spreading the word!)
I can relate to needing to accept DNFing as a thing you can do instead of striving to read every part of every book you begin. Kudos for actively curbing the habit, it can't have been an easy thing to do. If I have something I want to become better at this year, it's actually reading the books I think I'll love, instead of procrastinating them to no end for fear of running out/feeling sad once they're over. I gotta realize there're many more interesting and compelling books out there than I might be aware of; and your enthusiasm regarding some of the books in this vid is fantastic motivation :D
... this ended up way longer than I wanted it to be, but all the same, I hope you and any poor soul who made it to here have a banger 2023!
i hope you have a great 2023 your comment made me smile!! 😊
I actually quite enjoyed the Book Eaters and i got it in audio book format (Was on Scribd). Not trying to say you are wrong about your opinion, just saying that I found it a very cool story about a woman trying to survive in a society that highly (and i mean HIGHLY) depends on women yet somehow finds a way to still form all its hierarchies on misogyny and patriarchy. It IS a slow-burn at the beginning though.
SPOILER When i say highly dependent on women, i mean HIGHLY dependent. They are literally a handful of women away from extinction.
⭐️ I just like hanging out. I don’t read many books that get recognized by the goodreads awards…though I am in the middle of Bloodmarked by Tracy Deonn.
oooh i need to pick that up!
I haven't read most of these but I definitely didn't think of The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches as a fantasy. It was a cozy romance with some fun magic. It has some great worldbuilding for the magic though!
i hope you’ll make 2023 edition!!
3:30 Be careful. The City of Brass and the Stardust Thief are Arabic-inspired, set in fictional Egypt and Persia, taking inspiration from 1001 nights, an Arabic tale.
Nothing to do with India or Indian mythology, or Hinduism or Buddhism or anything.
Two very different cultures.
thank you for the correction! i should have known better, i apologize for the misinformation.
I ctrl + f'ed "India" to see if anyone here had corrected this :)
I don't really care about goodreads, I just wanted to hang out with Madi for a bit. Some of these books sound awesome, others I don't care about at all, but it was lovely to hear your thoughts.
thanks for hanging out!
Is there anything of the tale of the bonny swans in A River Enchanted? That harp in the water is giving me massive bonny swan vibes.
i can’t say i’m familiar with that story but the main character is a bard!
⭐️ I do not participate in goodreads, so definitely here for you. Love T Kingfisher, Legends and Lattes is *chef's kiss*, Women/Dragons was a boring read, and need to read Thistlefoot!
The ariadne retelling is from another author not Madeline miller- lil note from a miller fan 😅 if you like the concept of these Greek myth retellings but want a totally different vibe of writing I recommend Ovid Resung by nina something… really good!
Just for future refrence, 1001 night is a midldle eastern\arabic book of fairy tale like stories hevilly influenced by islamic culture and religion, not just indian
😃Jemisin = Masterful
Her writing skills 🥰 blow my mind. Some find her hard to follow, but I recognize the layers and the way she folds a story. If there is anything I've learned reading her work, it's that if I gave a question... it will be answered, and for me, that patience is worth it 👌. The World We Make is a book I plan to read before the end of 2023.
Also yes, Babel was f-ing fantastic 👏 👌 😀
I haven’t read stardust thief and I’ve read city of brass and I don’t think it’s based on Indian mythology, it’s more like middle eastern mythology.
This. It's Middle Eastern mythology. I loved this book. It stayed with me. Also something to note: Chelsea Abdullah is a Kuwaiti-American, and SA Chakraborty, who just studied Arab history, is a white woman.
Just wanted comment my nicknames for that Maas book: House of wings and things, because I did keep forgetting the actual name, even while reading it. The first one was House mud and furries/mortals and fur.
hahahah mud and furries is pretty damn accurate 😂
🌠 I like listening to people's opinions. Also, L&L was awesome.
It took me a very long time to realize it wasn't shameful or anything to DNF a book. I have been enjoying my time reading a lot more since I convinced myself it was okay to stop reading something I didn't like
its definitely a skill that takes practice. my recommendation is only giving a book 10-20 pages to hook you. and if it doesn't feel right put the book down and walk away.
way to take one for the team. I .... could never.
i don’t even know why i tried 😂
This might be redundant, but why she no like sanderson?
I think mistborn will have 15 books in total
damn i had no idea!
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Scholomance? That is an evil demonic wizard school in World of Warcraft. Heavily inspired, or just plain plagiarism?
well the school isn’t evil per se in the books but there are monsters trying to eat the students…
Both are inspired by a fabled black magic school in Romania from folklore apparently
I need to read legends & lattes so bad 🥲
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