I KNOW LIKE DUDE READ AT LEAST HALF THE BOOK BEFORE YOU JUDGE IT!!!! Really though, you should actually read the whole book before judging because some books have a lot of things happening in the ending
I found this interesting, not just for the books you included but the popular ones you left out. Like the one that starts, 'In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.'
***** wut? that is one of my favorite books!!!! the idea of a normal scared hobbit going on a journey to be herioic and brave, and stepping out of his comfort zone is just great, i highly recommend it!
I think you are forgetting that this is for noobs... Hobbit and LOTRO is not for noobs into the fantasy world. Unless you wanna kick them out. Its a rough series, very detailed, and is HIGH Fantasy. Its a great series, but not if you are just entering the world of fantasy. You wanna start with something easy, and work up to Hobbit...
Christine:*picks up Clockwork princess* Christine: THIS HAS NO ROMANCE IN IT!!!! Me: *shoves breadsticks into my backpack* yeah, I can't be here anymore.
Me and my friend came up with excuses on my birthday... Like they were taking longer because my owl is going across the Atlantic. It could happen, right?
This video honestly gave me hope to read the series. Late last year I picked up City of Bones after seeing all the hype and I was pretty let down.. I pushed through the book and the ending made me so disappointed. I even returned the 2nd book to the library lol. But after her telling me that I'll probably just order the entire TMI and TID on Amazon and marathon them :) I'm excited again
Beatrix Blackbeak I dont exactly know if I hate her but for HoF and QoS the first 70 pages I could barely get through her chapters in HoF and I don't really want to read her chapters in QoS
Harry Potter doesn't encourage witchcraft in a satanic way. Its simply children who were born with the power to use a wand and do awesome stuff with it when they say big, hard-to-pronounce words XD The lessons that are taught throughout the series about friendship and love make it worth the read. There is nothing satanic about the series at all (except for Voldemort and the Deatheaters, but they're the bad guys, so, duh). Maybe your mom could read the synopsis on the back of the book or on Wikipedia??? I hope this helped a little! :)
I love(d) the mortal instruments I got into it by the second chapter I think you'll get into it instantly or maybe that's just me but yeah you'll LOVE CASSANDRA CLARE'S SHADOWHUNTER CHRONICLES
Cassandra Clare books are so good! You can never go wrong! But I'm telling you she ruined me, I cannot accept no man after reading about them, shadowhunters.
you're doing yourself a service by reading cassie's books! i would go along with christine's recommendation and read in publication order for the best experience! good luck, and if city of bones fails, make sure to at least read the infernal devices! i promise you they won't dissapoint!
I love the Percy Jackson books and pretty much everything Rick Riordan writes, but The Lost Hero can go away. Jason annoys me greatly because I felt like he was trying to replace Percy, my adorkable fave.
Kami Lee I did, I have read all the books several times over, and while it does get better, it starts going downhill again in BoO. there are a lot of reasons I have for feeling this way, if you disagree, that's fine, but I don't want to bore anyone with a 1000 word rant- so
OH MY GOSH I WASN'T THE ONLY ONE!!! I ALSO called him Ronald Dahl until last year! Someone on BookTube corrected me actually!!! haha I was so embarrassed.. I mean, it's right there. I just like made it up in my mind.. so weird. haha but at least it wasn't just me...
Not much, but there's a little romance in the 4th aswell. Just a bit though ;) between Hermione and Victor Krum, and the Harry-Cedric-Cho thing (where Harry wanted to go to the ball with her, but she went with Cedric, & it made Harry dislike Cedric even more, and Cho felt bad cause she kinda likes Harry too)
*picks up Dreams of Gods and Monsters* "Oh i'm gonna read this book for a few minutes, before going to sleep" *Alarm clock goes off* "It's 7am already?! But MOM I don't want to go to school I want to finish my book!!"
Finishes the book. "I can't go anywhere now either! I'm in an emotional glass cage! I need to roll around on my bed and pretend to cuddle and hug all the characters from the book! I need to reread the entire series! I can't believe it's over. NOOOOOO!!"
So glad u said that it was okay to read infernal devices first. I personally find that trilogy more interesting than the mortal instruments but I think I'll eventually read both
I loved this video! So funny and well done as usual! I was just slightly disappointed that you did not recommend any adult fantasy or real "high" or "epic" fantasy. I mean the Hobbit: a huge classic turned into a movie and originally a children's book, how was it not even mentionned? And things like "The Lies of Locke Lamora" by Scott Lynch or "Elantris"/"Warbreaker"/"The Mistborn trilogy" by Brandon Sanderson are incredibly easy to get into even for Fantasy Noobs! I mean I absolutely love all the books you talked about in this video, don't get me wrong, but they're just the same book that are talked about on booktube over and over again and it would've been nice to see a little more diversity in my opinion. Love you though Christine!
***** Oooooh now I understand :P You should really give those a try (especially any Brandon Sanderson book because he is a GOD and a GENIUS) when you feel like :) Also, one of my favourite series of all time: "The Banned and The Banished" series by James Clemens: it is so so so good from beginning to end (well, if you enjoy epic fantasy that is). Also: Patrick Rothfuss is amazing (if you don't mind waiting yeeeaaaaarssss for a book...). PS: the fact that you answered my comment made my day! Thank youuuuuuuu! :D
This is a noob's guide, and if someone isn't experienced with fantasy, they're going to HATE reading Game of Thrones. Trust me, I'm far from a noob, and it's still a little difficult for me to grasp the ASOIAF world..
I want to read Sarah J. Maas, but the silliest thing puts me off, the first cover - looks a little dull - and then the second, looks a little ...I don't know how to phrase it, it just doesn't look like my kind of book even though I love fantasy. I need to give them a try, I just do ...I need to get a grip! I MASSIVELY want to read the Daughter of Smoke and Bone trilogy, but our UK covers are SO dull in comparison to these beauties, so I'm gonna see if I can get my hands on those covers instead :)
I'm so fussy, because I don't like either. The first one looks way too girly, and non fantasy. And the second one looks like some...ps3 game or something? Im so weird haha. But yeah. I'll read them eventually. Just realised I have Daughter of Smoke and Bone on my kindle and it's been there a year?! Haha. I'll read it on that, and then if i like it (which, im sure I will!!) Ill buy the three in PRETTY physical book form haha.
The Daughter of Smoke and Bone series is amazing! Like she said in the video it takes a while to get into it and understand it but once you do you can't put it down. I would suggest it even if the covers aren't that pretty.
TheBookLife Well prepare for one of the most epic, beautiful, devastating, amazing, different series you will ever read! The trilogy is effing magestic!
on dictionary . com it says that fantasy is: 1. imagination, especially when extravagant and unrestrained. 2. the forming of mental images, especially wondrous or strange fancies; imaginative conceptualizing. BUT MY FAVORITE DEFINITION IT SAYS IS 5. a hallucination. haha :P
i love u omg this was the best. i think im gonna read the infernal devices first bc i tried reading city of bones and i didnt really like it, i tried to like speed through it bc just thinking of 9 big books scared me lolol
No epic fantasy or high fantasy classics? No Narnia or Lord of the Rings? What about Terry Pratchett? George RR Martin? Or even any of Brandon Sanderson's books (which are REALLY easy to get into and off-the-charts amazingly epic)? Really disappointing.
Well these are for people who are new to fantasy reads. The Lord of the Rings I must say myself, are really hard to get through, but amazing reads. As well as George R.R. Martins books. But people all know those books, they are internationally famous, so I suppose she is just not pointing out the obvious and giving us something new and the series that she recommended are AWESOME
GRRM is amazing but definitely not for fantasy noobs. Plus, I don't think she's read song of ice and fire.. I think I remember her saying she's watching the show and she doesn't want it to be spoiled by the books (but I might be wrong)
all of those books you have mentioned are either stupidly diffucult to read especially for those of us with dyslexia or they are a acquired taste lord of the rings are great book but extremely difficult to read due to when they were written and then you have game of thrones that are a nightmare to read incredibly slow and complicated and generally not my favourate book and then terry pratchett is very much like marmit you either love it or hate it ad for me brandon sanderson is very meh for me
I´ve given in. You´ve talked so much about the Mortal Instruments that I´ve actually bought three of them and I´ve started on the first one already. Hope you´re proud of yourself, Christine.
Personally as a young child I loved the book,"No flying in the House" I think is what it's called. My sisters read it to me all the time. It had a tiny white dog on the front on the book and a girl flying or floating and trying to hold onto a stairs bannister. I loved that cover.
ALSO BOOKTUBERS AND BOOKLOVERS HELP ME. It's my friend's 21st today, and I need to get her a book by the end of the week- what should i get?! she's read things like divergent and john greens stuff (wasnt the biggest fan of the latter) and from what ive gathered she'll be cool with fantasy.
Buy her Legend by Marie Lu, it is dystopian, action packed, kickass main characters, it has romance much similar to Divergent, and also it's completed. And personally I like it more than Divergent, I LOVE it! For fantasy, buy her Throne of Glass, it's really good!
She probably has but if she hasn't watched The Hunger Games movies than get her the books because OMG best dystopian I have ever read. Divergent was recommended to people who liked THG which in my opinion was better than Divergent. And I know Christine already recommended it but The Mortal Instruments is soo good and so is Daughter of Smoke and Bone, theyre all my favourite series.
Okay so I read CoB-CoHF for the first time, in about one month. I haven't yet read the TID series, but I just got my box set in the mail, so I hope reading CoHF already won't screw up my TID reading experience. Lol, anyways nice video Christine!! :)
Is it socially acceptable for a guy to read The Mortal Instruments? I'm curious about them but I don't know if a guy would get into them, or if it's "socially acceptable".
hey, my best friend (who is the most masculine guy I know) read TMI and now WORSHIPS it. The two of us fangirl over it. Guess what? nobody said a thing. if you're really nervous about it, just use a dust jacket from another book! I did that with some historical fiction that was banned at my school. Hope this is helpful. ^-^ (btw COME JOIN US IN THE SHADOWHUNTERS FANDOM WE HAVE BADASSERY AND MALEC.)
You should read Four by Veronica Roth. It is a Divergent collection about Four's initiation and before Tris and it also has three exclusive scenes from Divergent in Four's eyes
It is really sad when I have about 8 friends that doesn't want to read Harry Potter just because it has wizards in it. Like what? Trying so many methods to push them into the Harry Potter world, but no success. :(
My number one recommendation for getting into fantasy is a series you Americans only have the first three books of and the American covers are horrible and will put you off the books but goddamnit if Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy isn't the most epic, hilarious, and heartbreaking series of all time. It's really easy to get into and its got crime, mystery and horror aspects. It's about a girl called Stephanie who's uncle Gordon was a fantasy writer who recently died and she learns about this whole underground (as in hidden) magical world. It's a fascinating series and its main theme is moral ambiguity and people doing bad stuff for good reasons (well, except the evil people who are just evil). It's not black and white, Stephanie isn't always a good person and Skulduggery is, in the words of Melancholia St. Clair "a dark, dark man." It's epic, the comedy is hilarious, the horror can get insanely creepy/messed up (Jitter Girls anyone who's read it?) and the characters are wonderful. I assure you, it is well worth extra money to have it imported from Britain. I mean, Derek wants to re-release it in America after the movie but it's been a year since the movie was announced and there's still no news so I wouldn't wait.
When I borrowed City of Bones from my school library, I didn't know that it would take over my life. I finished it within a few days and forced my teacher to let me go and get the second book. And the third book. And the fourth book. And the fifth book.
Okay, am I the only one who thinks Percy Jackson is much, *much* better than HP, TMI, and TID? (I LOVE ALL THESE BOOKS, I JUST LIKE PJO BETTER???? AND IT SEEMS LIKE NO ONE AGREES WITH ME??????)
I don't like reading contemporary books, cause I was always thinking what is the point of reading about normal people, and normal situatuions which happen in a real life, when Im reading I want to "live" somewhere else............
Christine: What's fantasy? Also Christine: literally hugging fantasy books I love this videos so much that even though I know the books already I still watch it.
I love your personality. So much. You're freaking great. Have you read The Talisman by Stephen King and Peter Straub? It's pretty long. I haven't read it yet but it's supposed to be great. If you have read it, or if you're planning to, or if this is the first you've heard of it, can you read it and do a book talk? I'm planning to read it but I think I might need a little bit of a book talk to propel me since, well... it's pretty freaking long XD
i want to read miss peregrine's home for peculiar children SO bad. but all i read is contemporary. i tried to read books like divergent, harry potter and hunger games before, bUT I JUST CAN'T GET INTO IT. SHOULD I READ IT OR AM I WASTING MY TIME ??!!
The divergent series is really good also hunger games but it does take some time to get the hunger games but Harry Potter will take you some time because there are 7 and they are really thick. The one what you want to read is really good I did watch the film in cinemas but you should read them they won't take as long but it is up to you ...
I love reading. It takes my mind off things. I will pretty much read anything, but I always found that fantasy allowed me to escape to another world. Somewhere awesome! Although I feel that you left some books off of this list, I agree with all of your choices!
Land of stories too! By Chris Colfer (yes, the one from glee) It's a story about twins Alex (girl) and Connor (boy) who discovers the world of fairy tales. They get to see what happens to snow white, cinderella, and etc after their story book ended.
OMG CHRISTINE THIS WAS THE FIRST VIDEO THAT I WATCHED OF YOU AND I SWEAR I THOUGHT YOU WERE RUSSIAN BECAUSE YOU HAVE LIGHT SKIN, HAIR AND EYES AND YOUR ACCENT IN THE BEGINING HAHAHAHA i was weird.
I wasn't a big fan of The Mortal Instruments series. I read all of the books (except for COHF) and did not get into them as much as I thought I would...I was so mad that I didn't enjoy the series as much as everyone else did.
Book 3 was definitely the game changer for me. ( Mortal Instruments) before I read it I was like meh but after City of Glass I could not stop reading that series I love it so much!!
Omg I wanted to read it so bad but i was looking at the books I had ( used to be my sisters) and the was every book except the first one im like ARE U KIDDING ME
Because I'm pretty sure that you haven't read this yet (for god's sake, you can't film a guide to fantisy reads and leave this book out!! lol) ERAGON Getting into it: Easy!! New Words: We're talking different languages in a good way! Funny: A giggle here and there Romance: Epic adventures come first!! :) But love has it's moments... Moving: YES Boring parts: Extremely rare! Rating: 100% You're welcome. ;-)
I've read the whole mortal instruments series twice and loved it both times! The reason I haven't read the infernal devices, is because I'm scared of ruining my perspective on the other series. It's very stupid reasoning , I know , but thankfully I have finally decided to start reading the infernal devices 😝
yes you definitely should read the shadowhunters books in publication order. i read tmi and then tid and let me tell you they are so 'interwoven' and connected that the whole tid ending of what happened to the characters was spoilt
All these books youtubers read I try to read but they're all so full of romance it's oozing off the pages and I'm just gagging and just no. I can handle some romance if it doesn't overshadow the entire story. But can there just be a YA book (fantasy or not) that doesn't involve romance? please? *sigh*
There are a lot of fantasy books that are not all about romance. You have to step into the fantasy section though. If you want one about Dragons you have Dragon Champion or Legends of the Dragonrealm. If you want a fantasy book about assassins you have The Broken Empire Trilogy, The Night Angel Trilogy, The Fitz and the Fool Trilogy, and The Farseer Trilogy. If you want Epic and High fantasy well there is a ton in the fantasy section The Sword of Truth, Shannara series, and the list goes on. There is a ton you just have to go beyond the YA books.
I have a question, I recently had my birthday and I got a lot of books. But I have no idea which one to read first: - Eleanor and park - Lola and the boy next door - Hobbit - The white queen - Under the never sky (I also have the second book) - Delirium - Bridget Jones - Panic - Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children I know that they're all complete different genres, but I would really appreciate if someone would reccomend one :)
I've read most of those and they're all amazing but I would highly recommend starting with Eleanor and Park if you want to read a contemporary or Miss Peregrines if you would rather read something with more of a fantasy aspect to it. :)
"People who think wizards aren't their thing... THEY'RE JUST PEOPLE WHO USE MAGIC!" LOLOLOL
BRAVO TO ANOTHER AWESOME VIDEO!!! Those outtakes though... SO FUNNY! How doth one's mind come up with such bookish hilarity!
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THANKS NATASHA!
hey have you read Sweet series by Wendy Higgings???
it´s a pretty good story :D
"I was 10 pages in and I just couldn't get into it" oh man, that's the worst when people are like that, ahaha.
I KNOW LIKE DUDE READ AT LEAST HALF THE BOOK BEFORE YOU JUDGE IT!!!! Really though, you should actually read the whole book before judging because some books have a lot of things happening in the ending
YEAH IKR. I recommended a book to my sister and she was like, "I REaD tHe fIrst Page anD iT's tRasH hOw cAn yOu lIke It?!"
Bruh
Idk as someone with ADHD I get the sentiment that I need more patience, but I still get antsy real quickly and I can’t really help it.
YOU MUST DO ONE FOR DYSTOPIAN
I liked the mortal instruments from the first chapter
Same😩😩😩
SAME
Ditto
Same
SAME
I got into TMI on like the first page of COB
OMG SAME I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE
+Mars and Cars yeah it was just brilliant from the start in my opinion
Yes, me too! ME TOO!!!!
Same
Me too!!!
TBH, Rick Riordan is the true entrance to fantasy. Wanna become obsessed? Thats why Uncle Rick exists in the world!
I love him too much he is a blessing
I totally agree with u, i became obsessed with fantasy genre after PJ series LOL
@@teabag0013 same here uncle Rick is great
An epic writer indeed🙌😍
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I found this interesting, not just for the books you included but the popular ones you left out. Like the one that starts, 'In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.'
i've never read the hobbit!
Interesting & 100% fine. You should see all the books I haven't read. They are legion. (-:
***** wut? that is one of my favorite books!!!! the idea of a normal scared hobbit going on a journey to be herioic and brave, and stepping out of his comfort zone is just great, i highly recommend it!
You should read Narnia. Just saying.
I think you are forgetting that this is for noobs... Hobbit and LOTRO is not for noobs into the fantasy world. Unless you wanna kick them out. Its a rough series, very detailed, and is HIGH Fantasy. Its a great series, but not if you are just entering the world of fantasy. You wanna start with something easy, and work up to Hobbit...
Christine:*picks up Clockwork princess*
Christine: THIS HAS NO ROMANCE IN IT!!!!
Me: *shoves breadsticks into my backpack* yeah, I can't be here anymore.
Yasss, Christine! Bring them over to the dark side. Once you go high fantasy, it's hard to crave reading anything else.
DYSTOPIAN!!! DYSTOPIAN!!!! DYSTOPIAN!!!!!
Noobs guide to dystopian! Plz!!!
Although im pretty sure were all experts on dystopian :D
YES, PLEASE!!!!!
I BEG
YES OMG YES
YES YES YES PLEASE MAKE IT HAPPEN CHRISTINE
well , it HAPPENED!! XD
"I just want my Goddamn Hogwarts letter" same here Christine, same here.
Me and my friend came up with excuses on my birthday... Like they were taking longer because my owl is going across the Atlantic. It could happen, right?
Lauren Hilley min is coming next year
I loved TMI since when Simon started speaking
GlitterGirl22 _ samr
I loved it since a few months ago. I'm really late on the bandwagon.
Also, Simon's my fav.
When he said “I’ve been sleeping with your mom just thought you should know that” I was like this,THIS Is my son
HAHA THE GOLDEN RULE OF FANTASY: GIVE IT A SECOND. LOLOL XD
I feel like I'm the only one who loves City of Bones...
same hahaha I was already after few pages into the book
This video honestly gave me hope to read the series. Late last year I picked up City of Bones after seeing all the hype and I was pretty let down.. I pushed through the book and the ending made me so disappointed. I even returned the 2nd book to the library lol. But after her telling me that I'll probably just order the entire TMI and TID on Amazon and marathon them :) I'm excited again
+Avoxx Targaryen It's ammmaaaazzzzzziiiinnnnggggg
I tried to read Harry Potter :) but some ppl :) like to :') tell a lot.. I mean a lot.. Of spoilers :'''''')
Pix Beatle Profile pic says it all XD
+Syl Hellais OMG LOVE STAGE IZUMIIIIIII
YES I LOVE IZUMI, RYOMA, AND SHOUGO X REI
Syl Hellais YASS OMG AND BACKSTAGE O///O
It is literally what I am reading now :p
Currently devouring throne of glass
TOweR oF dAwn IS ouT ANd i NEeD ChrisTIne To reVieW iT
I can't get into Queen of Shadows I hate Manon and get her through her chapter and have kinda lost interest
Karli... You... hate.. Manon?!?!?!? My saviour? My child? How...????
Beatrix Blackbeak I dont exactly know if I hate her but for HoF and QoS the first 70 pages I could barely get through her chapters in HoF and I don't really want to read her chapters in QoS
ahh, my child, give her time. She will grow on you. I hope.
My mom won't lemme read Harry potter cause of the witches I'm so sad ... I'm almost 13 I really want to!!! Help :/
UR MOM SHOULD READ HARRY POTTER BEFORE SHE JUDGES HARRY POTTER.
=(
Don't worry young one, your time will come when you'll be old enough make your own decisions and read them yourself!
I really want to read it too :(
***** My mum wont let me read them either. :(
Harry Potter doesn't encourage witchcraft in a satanic way. Its simply children who were born with the power to use a wand and do awesome stuff with it when they say big, hard-to-pronounce words XD The lessons that are taught throughout the series about friendship and love make it worth the read. There is nothing satanic about the series at all (except for Voldemort and the Deatheaters, but they're the bad guys, so, duh). Maybe your mom could read the synopsis on the back of the book or on Wikipedia??? I hope this helped a little! :)
my reading list got ten times larger
Same
1: this is amazing! Now I really want to read Cassandra Clare ( or at least The Infernal Devices)
2: please do a dystopian one, coz that would be epic
I love(d) the mortal instruments I got into it by the second chapter I think you'll get into it instantly or maybe that's just me but yeah you'll LOVE CASSANDRA CLARE'S SHADOWHUNTER CHRONICLES
Cassandra Clare books are so good! You can never go wrong! But I'm telling you she ruined me, I cannot accept no man after reading about them, shadowhunters.
you're doing yourself a service by reading cassie's books! i would go along with christine's recommendation and read in publication order for the best experience! good luck, and if city of bones fails, make sure to at least read the infernal devices! i promise you they won't dissapoint!
READ ALL THE CASSIE BOOKS MY FAVORITE BOOKS OF ALL TIME
Please read TID and TMI, you won't regret it ;)
It’s almost 2020 Christine... we need sequel for this video
I love the Percy Jackson books and pretty much everything Rick Riordan writes, but The Lost Hero can go away. Jason annoys me greatly because I felt like he was trying to replace Percy, my adorkable fave.
me too
Did you read past The Lost Hero? It gets WAY better.
Kami Lee I did, I have read all the books several times over, and while it does get better, it starts going downhill again in BoO. there are a lot of reasons I have for feeling this way, if you disagree, that's fine, but I don't want to bore anyone with a 1000 word rant- so
Luna Lovegood Yes! Someone who understands me!
sameeeeee
OH MY GOSH I WASN'T THE ONLY ONE!!! I ALSO called him Ronald Dahl until last year! Someone on BookTube corrected me actually!!! haha I was so embarrassed.. I mean, it's right there. I just like made it up in my mind.. so weird. haha but at least it wasn't just me...
Well its not that embarrassing because Roald Dahls name is actually Ronald so you were technically correct :)
When she said throne of glass I was so freaking happy!
It’s the best series ever,
I won’t hear any objections
I'm thinking about reading throne of glass I have the first three book
you forgot the romance part in Harry Potter , and yes, there is romance for those of you who haven't read it
Not much though ... Just the 6th book. & maybe the 7th but it's mostly action/adventure
zidra yusuf 5th?
I don't remember any romance parts in the 5th bet if you shay sho
zidra yusuf harry and cho, and i think we saw james and lily
Not much, but there's a little romance in the 4th aswell. Just a bit though ;) between Hermione and Victor Krum, and the Harry-Cedric-Cho thing (where Harry wanted to go to the ball with her, but she went with Cedric, & it made Harry dislike Cedric even more, and Cho felt bad cause she kinda likes Harry too)
*picks up Dreams of Gods and Monsters* "Oh i'm gonna read this book for a few minutes, before going to sleep" *Alarm clock goes off* "It's 7am already?! But MOM I don't want to go to school I want to finish my book!!"
Finishes the book. "I can't go anywhere now either! I'm in an emotional glass cage! I need to roll around on my bed and pretend to cuddle and hug all the characters from the book! I need to reread the entire series! I can't believe it's over. NOOOOOO!!"
spiegelbild90 That sounds like what Christine did on her MOURNING PERIOD Haha :P
That makeup though! Haha, great recommendations! (: xx THE INFERNAL DEVICES IS ALSO MY FAV TRILOGY OF ALL TIME
You should do a Noob's Guide to Dystopian Books!!
THE INTRO POP UP SAID CONTEMPORARY GALAXY :O
YEAH I KNOW I'M DYING INSIDE
***** ermagerd have you read the chronicles of nick? Please read them if you haven't. That series is hilarious.
So glad u said that it was okay to read infernal devices first. I personally find that trilogy more interesting than the mortal instruments but I think I'll eventually read both
Both series are amazing! I do favour the Infernal Devices to Mortal Instruments but that doesn't mean you shouldn't read it. :)
Thanks for the input, I'm reading Clockwork Angel and I'm liking it so far!
I loved this video! So funny and well done as usual! I was just slightly disappointed that you did not recommend any adult fantasy or real "high" or "epic" fantasy. I mean the Hobbit: a huge classic turned into a movie and originally a children's book, how was it not even mentionned? And things like "The Lies of Locke Lamora" by Scott Lynch or "Elantris"/"Warbreaker"/"The Mistborn trilogy" by Brandon Sanderson are incredibly easy to get into even for Fantasy Noobs! I mean I absolutely love all the books you talked about in this video, don't get me wrong, but they're just the same book that are talked about on booktube over and over again and it would've been nice to see a little more diversity in my opinion. Love you though Christine!
because i'm still a noob and i haven't read any of those! =P
***** Oooooh now I understand :P You should really give those a try (especially any Brandon Sanderson book because he is a GOD and a GENIUS) when you feel like :) Also, one of my favourite series of all time: "The Banned and The Banished" series by James Clemens: it is so so so good from beginning to end (well, if you enjoy epic fantasy that is). Also: Patrick Rothfuss is amazing (if you don't mind waiting yeeeaaaaarssss for a book...).
PS: the fact that you answered my comment made my day! Thank youuuuuuuu! :D
***** any Brandon Sanderson book is a must-read!! :)
I wasn't a fan of the hobbit and maybe she doesn't care for it. I do see where you are coming from though
Harry potter is adult fantasy ...technically
Coming soon: Noob's Guide To Dystopia?
Where's game of thrones? It's by far my favorite fantasy!
This is a noob's guide, and if someone isn't experienced with fantasy, they're going to HATE reading Game of Thrones. Trust me, I'm far from a noob, and it's still a little difficult for me to grasp the ASOIAF world..
I'm a huge Game of Thrones fan come check out my channel.
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We won't.
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Marco A. Sanchez Jr.
No, it's not. It's rude to make advertisement on someone else's channel.
I want to read Sarah J. Maas, but the silliest thing puts me off, the first cover - looks a little dull - and then the second, looks a little ...I don't know how to phrase it, it just doesn't look like my kind of book even though I love fantasy. I need to give them a try, I just do ...I need to get a grip!
I MASSIVELY want to read the Daughter of Smoke and Bone trilogy, but our UK covers are SO dull in comparison to these beauties, so I'm gonna see if I can get my hands on those covers instead :)
Yes! The cover just makes me...eh lol Daughter of Smoke and Bone is AMAZINGLY AWESOME, I hope you get the covers you want :)
I'm so fussy, because I don't like either. The first one looks way too girly, and non fantasy. And the second one looks like some...ps3 game or something? Im so weird haha. But yeah. I'll read them eventually.
Just realised I have Daughter of Smoke and Bone on my kindle and it's been there a year?! Haha. I'll read it on that, and then if i like it (which, im sure I will!!) Ill buy the three in PRETTY physical book form haha.
The Daughter of Smoke and Bone series is amazing! Like she said in the video it takes a while to get into it and understand it but once you do you can't put it down. I would suggest it even if the covers aren't that pretty.
That's one I'm definitely going to try Emily Mahue - I've thought about it for ages and I definitely want to. I love trilogies/series! Thanks!
TheBookLife
Well prepare for one of the most epic, beautiful, devastating, amazing, different series you will ever read! The trilogy is effing magestic!
on dictionary . com it says that fantasy is: 1. imagination, especially when extravagant and unrestrained. 2. the forming of mental images, especially wondrous or strange fancies; imaginative conceptualizing. BUT MY FAVORITE DEFINITION IT SAYS IS 5. a hallucination. haha :P
Me over here like
Fantasy is my favorite genre I just need more books to read
i love u omg this was the best. i think im gonna read the infernal devices first bc i tried reading city of bones and i didnt really like it, i tried to like speed through it bc just thinking of 9 big books scared me lolol
Have fun! TID is probably my favorite series :D
Do yourself a favour and read TID :) I have read tons of series and it is by far my favourite!
I just bought the infernal devices so that I can get into TMI. Hopefully I like it!!!
You gave me the Mortal Instruments ILY
CAN SOMEONE TELL ME WHY,
a lot of people say " i don't like fantasy because i can't relate to it"
... like what..
The raven cycle is amazing! The characters are so complex and well written that you have to love them all!
DO A NOOB'S GUIDE TO DYSTOPIA??? =D
No epic fantasy or high fantasy classics? No Narnia or Lord of the Rings? What about Terry Pratchett? George RR Martin? Or even any of Brandon Sanderson's books (which are REALLY easy to get into and off-the-charts amazingly epic)?
Really disappointing.
It's probably because she's still a noob herself and hasn't read them :D see comment above
Well these are for people who are new to fantasy reads. The Lord of the Rings I must say myself, are really hard to get through, but amazing reads. As well as George R.R. Martins books. But people all know those books, they are internationally famous, so I suppose she is just not pointing out the obvious and giving us something new and the series that she recommended are AWESOME
Christine also reads mostly YA and so does the majority of her audience. So it would make since for her to stick to children's and YA fantasy.
GRRM is amazing but definitely not for fantasy noobs. Plus, I don't think she's read song of ice and fire.. I think I remember her saying she's watching the show and she doesn't want it to be spoiled by the books (but I might be wrong)
all of those books you have mentioned are either stupidly diffucult to read especially for those of us with dyslexia or they are a acquired taste lord of the rings are great book but extremely difficult to read due to when they were written and then you have game of thrones that are a nightmare to read incredibly slow and complicated and generally not my favourate book and then terry pratchett is very much like marmit you either love it or hate it ad for me brandon sanderson is very meh for me
Fantasy is like the only genre I read and I still clicked on this video because.... Christine
I´ve given in. You´ve talked so much about the Mortal Instruments that I´ve actually bought three of them and I´ve started on the first one already.
Hope you´re proud of yourself, Christine.
I still haven't read the Infernal Devices, but I absolutely love the Mortal Instruments. For me, it was extremely easy to get into.
Same here. Just finished City of Bones
Personally as a young child I loved the book,"No flying in the House" I think is what it's called. My sisters read it to me all the time. It had a tiny white dog on the front on the book and a girl flying or floating and trying to hold onto a stairs bannister. I loved that cover.
ALSO BOOKTUBERS AND BOOKLOVERS HELP ME. It's my friend's 21st today, and I need to get her a book by the end of the week- what should i get?! she's read things like divergent and john greens stuff (wasnt the biggest fan of the latter) and from what ive gathered she'll be cool with fantasy.
Clockwork Angel or Throne of Glass! Or for dystopian, The Darkest Minds! And happy birthday to your friend!
Buy her Legend by Marie Lu, it is dystopian, action packed, kickass main characters, it has romance much similar to Divergent, and also it's completed. And personally I like it more than Divergent, I LOVE it! For fantasy, buy her Throne of Glass, it's really good!
AbeerSh15 I second the recommendation of legend. You could also get her Cinder, the first book in the Lunar Chronicles. That series is EPIC
Oh yeah, The Lunar Chronicles, solo good!
She probably has but if she hasn't watched The Hunger Games movies than get her the books because OMG best dystopian I have ever read. Divergent was recommended to people who liked THG which in my opinion was better than Divergent. And I know Christine already recommended it but The Mortal Instruments is soo good and so is Daughter of Smoke and Bone, theyre all my favourite series.
Okay so I read CoB-CoHF for the first time, in about one month. I haven't yet read the TID series, but I just got my box set in the mail, so I hope reading CoHF already won't screw up my TID reading experience. Lol, anyways nice video Christine!! :)
I would read TID and then actually re-read CoHF. Trust me on this one. It makes CoHF even better
Sophie Luvs Books I thought about doing that, I probably will. Thanks!
Fandomort You're welcome!
Is it socially acceptable for a guy to read The Mortal Instruments? I'm curious about them but I don't know if a guy would get into them, or if it's "socially acceptable".
+Gyges FC who cares about socially acceptable. Anyone can read anything they want! Read it, have fun dude
+VikkitheTwat true, true, very true.
Its fine... Who cares anyway!
Jessethereader read them and he really liked it
hey, my best friend (who is the most masculine guy I know) read TMI and now WORSHIPS it. The two of us fangirl over it. Guess what? nobody said a thing. if you're really nervous about it, just use a dust jacket from another book! I did that with some historical fiction that was banned at my school. Hope this is helpful. ^-^
(btw COME JOIN US IN THE SHADOWHUNTERS FANDOM WE HAVE BADASSERY AND MALEC.)
You should read Four by Veronica Roth. It is a Divergent collection about Four's initiation and before Tris and it also has three exclusive scenes from Divergent in Four's eyes
She has read it
It is really sad when I have about 8 friends that doesn't want to read Harry Potter just because it has wizards in it. Like what? Trying so many methods to push them into the Harry Potter world, but no success. :(
'..They're just people who use magic!!..."
exactly!
show them this video
Cynthia Katherine I took mine to the studio tour, they now love it
My number one recommendation for getting into fantasy is a series you Americans only have the first three books of and the American covers are horrible and will put you off the books but goddamnit if Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy isn't the most epic, hilarious, and heartbreaking series of all time. It's really easy to get into and its got crime, mystery and horror aspects. It's about a girl called Stephanie who's uncle Gordon was a fantasy writer who recently died and she learns about this whole underground (as in hidden) magical world. It's a fascinating series and its main theme is moral ambiguity and people doing bad stuff for good reasons (well, except the evil people who are just evil). It's not black and white, Stephanie isn't always a good person and Skulduggery is, in the words of Melancholia St. Clair "a dark, dark man."
It's epic, the comedy is hilarious, the horror can get insanely creepy/messed up (Jitter Girls anyone who's read it?) and the characters are wonderful. I assure you, it is well worth extra money to have it imported from Britain. I mean, Derek wants to re-release it in America after the movie but it's been a year since the movie was announced and there's still no news so I wouldn't wait.
Noob's Guide to Dystopian, perhaps? *nudge nudge*
Please?
+shoelover_aly YES OMG!! (Btw I recommend Matched if you're starting out with Dystopian, *nudge nudge*)
Literally one of my favorite videos on the Internet along with the noob's guide to contemporaries. I'm so ready for another one!
WAIT WAIT. THERE'S GOING TO BE 6 THRONE OF GLASS BOOKS?
Dreams do come true.
Her Hagrid impression about the first years are so great 😂😂😂😂
I so wasn't a huge fan of the city of bone but I totally tuffed up thought it and read all 6 of the books last year.
Christine!
Make THE NOOB'S GUIDE TO CLASSIC READS
Love your videos.
I liked the mortal instruments from chapter one, they are my fave, but so is Harry Potter
When I borrowed City of Bones from my school library, I didn't know that it would take over my life. I finished it within a few days and forced my teacher to let me go and get the second book. And the third book. And the fourth book. And the fifth book.
I'm reading it now. I'm most of the way though City of Bones.
Okay, am I the only one who thinks Percy Jackson is much, *much* better than HP, TMI, and TID? (I LOVE ALL THESE BOOKS, I JUST LIKE PJO BETTER???? AND IT SEEMS LIKE NO ONE AGREES WITH ME??????)
ANOTHER ROLL-ON-THE-FLOOR-LAUGHING-UNTIL-THE-FLOOR-COLLAPSES VIDEO! LOVE IT! Stay awesome Christine!
Well crap, I read City of Heavenly fire before starting The Infernal Devices but who cares I read CoHF twice and it just made me love it even more.
Throne of glass!!!!
I don't like reading contemporary books, cause I was always thinking what is the point of reading about normal people, and normal situatuions which happen in a real life, when Im reading I want to "live" somewhere else............
Its true but I still read it....try paranormal romance like the Lux series but I heard its too much love and that stuff...
I have the same copy,I'm currently reading it
please do more noob's guide videos they are the best
Maybe the noob's guide to dustopian reads?
Christine: What's fantasy?
Also Christine: literally hugging fantasy books
I love this videos so much that even though I know the books already I still watch it.
OMG i love the witches by roal dahl, when i was a kid i read it like a thousand times!!!
"Remember the golden rule of Fantasy: GIVE IT A SECOND!" HAHAHAAHAH
I love your personality. So much. You're freaking great. Have you read The Talisman by Stephen King and Peter Straub? It's pretty long. I haven't read it yet but it's supposed to be great. If you have read it, or if you're planning to, or if this is the first you've heard of it, can you read it and do a book talk? I'm planning to read it but I think I might need a little bit of a book talk to propel me since, well... it's pretty freaking long XD
i want to read miss peregrine's home for peculiar children SO bad. but all i read is contemporary. i tried to read books like divergent, harry potter and hunger games before, bUT I JUST CAN'T GET INTO IT. SHOULD I READ IT OR AM I WASTING MY TIME ??!!
The divergent series is really good also hunger games but it does take some time to get the hunger games but Harry Potter will take you some time because there are 7 and they are really thick. The one what you want to read is really good I did watch the film in cinemas but you should read them they won't take as long but it is up to you ...
I would read the mortal instruments
Because I am yet to meet someone who doesn't like them
Roald Dahl books with handfuls of new words. Gobblefunk, Snozzcumber, Humplecrimp, Phizzwizards. He helps improve vocabulary!
I'm barely halfway through book one of TMI and I already am in love with it 😍😍😍
my fourth grade teacher read the bfg to me and it was the besttt
Percy Jackson SAME third grade teacher though
I love reading. It takes my mind off things. I will pretty much read anything, but I always found that fantasy allowed me to escape to another world. Somewhere awesome!
Although I feel that you left some books off of this list, I agree with all of your choices!
I don't really like it BUT I love Percy Jackson😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀
and red the bfg and the witches
Land of stories too! By Chris Colfer (yes, the one from glee) It's a story about twins Alex (girl) and Connor (boy) who discovers the world of fairy tales. They get to see what happens to snow white, cinderella, and etc after their story book ended.
OMG CHRISTINE THIS WAS THE FIRST VIDEO THAT I WATCHED OF YOU AND I SWEAR I THOUGHT YOU WERE RUSSIAN BECAUSE YOU HAVE LIGHT SKIN, HAIR AND EYES AND YOUR ACCENT IN THE BEGINING HAHAHAHA i was weird.
I wasn't a big fan of The Mortal Instruments series. I read all of the books (except for COHF) and did not get into them as much as I thought I would...I was so mad that I didn't enjoy the series as much as everyone else did.
Can you please do a review on the book Splintered by A.G. Howard
OMG splintered was my favorite book of 2014.like I might be Alyssa Gardner for Halloween 🐰
Book 3 was definitely the game changer for me. ( Mortal Instruments) before I read it I was like meh but after City of Glass I could not stop reading that series I love it so much!!
CITY OF BONES WAS SO GOOD!!!
Finally! Someone else who loved it from the start!
Omg I wanted to read it so bad but i was looking at the books I had ( used to be my sisters) and the was every book except the first one im like ARE U KIDDING ME
Wow this my favorite video of yours so far and I'm already a fantasy lover! I think you do a wonderful job enticing readers into the world of fantasy!
Because I'm pretty sure that you haven't read this yet (for god's sake, you can't film a guide to fantisy reads and leave this book out!! lol)
ERAGON
Getting into it: Easy!!
New Words: We're talking different languages in a good way!
Funny: A giggle here and there
Romance: Epic adventures come first!! :) But love has it's moments...
Moving: YES
Boring parts: Extremely rare!
Rating: 100%
You're welcome. ;-)
I've read the whole mortal instruments series twice and loved it both times! The reason I haven't read the infernal devices, is because I'm scared of ruining my perspective on the other series. It's very stupid reasoning , I know , but thankfully I have finally decided to start reading the infernal devices 😝
my dad: *walks past and notices Christine's makeup*
my dad: What the? Looks like something from Avatar
me: lol it's purposeful
These noob guides are AWSOME!!! You should do one on dystopian books
I love Harry potter😃
yes you definitely should read the shadowhunters books in publication order. i read tmi and then tid and let me tell you they are so 'interwoven' and connected that the whole tid ending of what happened to the characters was spoilt
All these books youtubers read I try to read but they're all so full of romance it's oozing off the pages and I'm just gagging and just no. I can handle some romance if it doesn't overshadow the entire story. But can there just be a YA book (fantasy or not) that doesn't involve romance? please? *sigh*
Percy Jackson includes romance but..Eh, you should really give them a shot.
percy jackson
like theres love
but just the neccesary amount of love
This Savage Song by Victoria Schwab is YA and has no romance whatsoever!
Kelly Cook This is a lie. There is romance but not much.
There are a lot of fantasy books that are not all about romance. You have to step into the fantasy section though. If you want one about Dragons you have Dragon Champion or Legends of the Dragonrealm. If you want a fantasy book about assassins you have The Broken Empire Trilogy, The Night Angel Trilogy, The Fitz and the Fool Trilogy, and The Farseer Trilogy. If you want Epic and High fantasy well there is a ton in the fantasy section The Sword of Truth, Shannara series, and the list goes on. There is a ton you just have to go beyond the YA books.
These are literally the best! But I was wondering if you will ever do a "Noobs Guide To Dystopian Reads"? Cause that would be AWESOME
GRISHA TRILOGY
I have a question, I recently had my birthday and I got a lot of books. But I have no idea which one to read first:
- Eleanor and park
- Lola and the boy next door
- Hobbit
- The white queen
- Under the never sky (I also have the second book)
- Delirium
- Bridget Jones
- Panic
- Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
I know that they're all complete different genres, but I would really appreciate if someone would reccomend one :)
DEFINETLY LOLA AND THE BOY NEXT DOOR. LOVED IT! ITS AMAZE BEANS
I've read most of those and they're all amazing but I would highly recommend starting with Eleanor and Park if you want to read a contemporary or Miss Peregrines if you would rather read something with more of a fantasy aspect to it. :)
read delirium first :)
ELEANOR AND PARK
Emma Simons Hello my dear friend Emma :D
You could mention some Tolkien books!!!
Not to be mean but I think his books r boring :\
ur opinion mate
So glad you spoke of Graceling, Fire, and Bitterblue!! They're my favorite books and I don't think they get enough recognition! :D
I know the 99% for percy jackson was for jason XD
I loved your Noobs Guide to Contemporary, can't wait to watch this one, only 10 more seconds in the ad!
TMI!!!! TID!!!! 😍😍😍😍😍
I would just love a video full of bloopers! That would TOTALLY make my day and make me crack up! Love you Christine! 😂😁💕