I am just getting over some tennis elbow too -- and in my case, it's actually from tennis. Congratulations on finishing Realm of the Elderlings! I am still getting through Assassin's Fate, and I have been making use of the tissues too. Sounds like I will be needing more. I look forward to hearing more of your thoughts on Fitz and the Fool, Mike!
@@invaderzod8092 well this is my first book I've read from Joe Abercrombie and when I started I was getting used to his writing style and everything that comes with a writer you've never read before. Now I got it all straight so I'm sure my view on Glokta will change lol.
Im so excited when people start First Law.The blade itself is Abercrombie's weakest book so I really hope you will enjoy the rest of the trilogy.Last Argument of Kings is the best imho :D What about Logan ? First book its his book !!! :D
I’m loving Shogun. I expected a novel on Japanese history and I’m getting European history, China and Korea, the church reformation, age of exploration, naval action and loads more. I have to say not much has ‘happened’ but I’m gripped. Tempted to jump ahead to part 3.
I completely agree that Dave and Dan are good at literal adaptation. This time they’re adapting something with a complete source material, it’s their first step on the path to redemption
I’ve had that from too much playing on my phone. It’s a repetitive motion stress injury, common among tennis players but any repetitive motion can cause that sort of injury. Hope you’re feeling better soon!
I love these weekly updates.They're so enjoyable to watch ! :D Im happy beyond words that you finished Alabasta !!! A review would make my day for sure ! As for me im reading Ruin by John Gwynne,trully awesome book ! I am fortunate beyond words to read such an amazing author !!!!
This week was slightly rough. Getting back into work after the holidays. Finished my first book of 2024 and have twenty-three more to go to meet my goal. Read: 'Cujo' by Stephen King (reread), Tista vol 1 (manga) Reading: 'Dresden Files: Dead Beat' by Jim Butcher (1st read), Dead Company vol 3 (manga) Watched/ing: Mean Girls (2024), The Beekeeper, Cujo, NFL playoffs (even though have Peacock skipping the streaming only game, bs on Comcast and NFL) Listened: no theme was a random week remember Bathory, Fatboy Slim, and Smashing Pumpkins among the 10 albums. Played: took week off to make sure finished reading since Cujo was a barely started leftover from 2023
I love Shogun! I couldn't put that book down and I think I read it in 10 - 11 days. It's still one of my favorite books of all time. I'm now reading Noble House and I've almost finished it. The whole Asian Saga has been amazing, but Shogun is still my favorite.
Threadlight definitely had me thinking of Licanius a ton! i got on that Kickstarter when you originally mentioned it on the channel, and read the trilogy when it was sent out digitally in Oct
Its been kind of a slow reading week for me. I think reading 3 books at a time during Memory Sorrow and Thorn is a bit more than i can chew, so Golden Son will get pushed to next week. I just started part 3 of The Dragonbone chair and all i can say is I can't turn the pages fast enough. It has been great so far. I've got about 130 pages left in Oliver Twist and about 300 or so left in Promise of Blood. Its not going to get above 20 degrees here in Ohio and I have a 3 day weekend, so I should be able to get some good reading in. I've been making my way through 911 and I can't stress enough how good it is. Ryan Murphy is one of the best character writers working on television today. I highly recommend it. Good luck to the Texans this weekend as well. Hope you guys can get a W. 😊
Shogun is good. Finished in Dec. I watched the Sopranos in the middle of the night when I was feeding my newborn twins. Great show. The Texans kicked ass today.
Not old but have gone through tennis elbow myself from skipping rope with wrong technique Not super painful but really bothersome Light forearm exercises helped a lot. Plus you sold me on voice of war the second u mentioned logen it was like remembering an old friend
@@noname3609 No siree Bob! Love Abercrombie, if you want to hear the best first law discussion check out the Friends Talking Fantasy with Charles & Dylan!! When it came to A Little Hatred the best Abercrombie I have read so far was Part II , The Little People.
Finished Part 2 of Shogun. I agree on the European sections, I know a fair bit about the Japanese history of the Sengoku period but didn’t realise Europeans and Christianity was so important. I finished Needful Things (loved it) and started Song of Susannah
Glad to hear that RotE still is firmly in the favourite series list, even if the ending wasn't the strongest for you. Can totally see why though. I loved the final trilogy with that new perspective, but there was indeed a lot of sighing happening hahaha. Hope the tennis elbow gets better soon! Cheers, Mike ☺
All the Pretty horses is a breeze to read. Not difficult at all. You’re going to love it, though. I feel like I’ve been trying to get you to read this for a couple of years now, so I’m pumped to hear your thoughts. Will you try Alastair Reynolds before you make your favorite SF novels video?
I agree, Tawny Man was a good ending. I didn’t bother picking this one up when it all came out back when it did. It didn’t seem like it was necessary at the time.
After Shogun, it would be amazing to hear your thoughts on Musashi. Much slower pace and more interesting imo, since it’s written by a japanese so most of the samurai code is not explained at all.
I’m so eager to get to the final Elderlings trilogy and see how everything wraps up. Also need to get into Shogun before the show, thanks for getting me hyped for it!
Trying to get back into reading consistently as my 20s pass the baton, so to speak. So far I've finished Siân Hughes Pearl and about 5 stories into Kink, both I would reccomend at this juncture. Also, trying to get back into writing my own fiction, chase that magic dragon
So there was a copy of that leather Shogun Blackstone edition on ebay that ended the other day at $101. I'm just sick I didn't buy earlier. Odd that now there is not ONE available anywhere. I wish we could petition the cancelation of tie-in editions. I saw someone say they're the vinyl pucture discs of books. Which as a collector I like the picture discs! They don't sound near as good, but cool to look at nonetheless.
I'm with you. I read a LOT of fantasy, but not as much sci-fi. Finished two books (one audio/one ebook) today and probably gonna start another by the end of the day :D
Been watching the Chinese series adaptation of Three Body on Prime with subtitles. It’s a little slow, but probably only because the Chinese are more patient and don’t require constant action to hold their interest. I’m really enjoying it. 😺✌️
I had similar feelings after reading Realm of the Elderlings. I read about 25% of Voice of War and put it aside, I may pick it back up eventually. Im currently rereading The Blackest Heart and will read The Lonesome Crown immediately after! I'll be pulling for the Texans today!
I am starting Lonesome Crown on audio, hoping I remember who’s who? No summary of Blackest Heart on the internet. Josh @ Red Fury & John @Talking Story doing panel discussions on Five Warrior Angels starting February!!
I liked book 1 in Threadlight, bought book 2 straight away and pre ordered book 3. However, I seem to be in the minority but books 2 and 3 were preposterous. If you’re the type of reader who questions things (like I am) you may struggle. If not, you will enjoy it.
Roughly halfway through part 2 of Shōgun, was not expecting to like it this much. Part 1 was VERY exposition heavy to the point where it was a bit on the nose, but idk how else he could have set the backdrop for everything we need to know. Really enjoying the story and also learning about Japan! Never watched the show, so I went in completely blind.
I have similar feelings about the end of RotE. I really enjoyed all the mini series overall, but to me it never surpassed the heights of Liveship Traders. Which isn't a bad thing because that is one of the best trilogies of all time, but I see a lot of people think the last series is the best and I just didn't think it was close, personally. Which makes sense because I never thought Fitz was the best or most interesting character.
Yes I feel the same way about RotE... in fact I dnf'd the series/ book with 300 pgs left. I know what happens but.... I'll say more when you and Phillip do the chat.
I think your thoughts on the Fitz and the Fool trilogy sums up how i feel, too. I enjoyed the trilogy a good amount, but i definitely feel like it didn't NEED to be written but it is still well worth a read. Gave me a new appreciation on how Tawny Man ended. Overall it's an amazing series (except a couple Rainwilds books lol)
Finished the great hunt and dragon reborn first 2 weeks of the year. Loved both of them, reading the shadow rising rn and I’m also gonna try to finally read the blade itself
So thankful that your Texans knocked out the Browns as a Steelers fan. I have also been dealing with an elbow issue but it is more related to my bicep but I still feel your pain. No reason to not at least give the Three Body Problem show a chance. Just because they didnt handle the end of GoT well doesn't mean Three Body will be bad.
Finished babel and started the Helsinki affair and about 100 pages left in the book and reading the lotus sutra and reading the stand about 400 pages left but it's a mood read and read about 50 pages out of the shining and about 20 pages out of black rose
I am currently reading Water Sleeps by Glen Cook. I am almost finished and then will move on to the last Black Company book, Soldiers Live. I am feeling bittersweet because i have a feeling not all will end in sweetness and light for my dudes. Does it ever? Heh. But i have enjoyed the ride so far. Definitely going to be a favorite fantasy series for me.
I’m sorry Mike, I’m a physical therapist and I just screamed out loud at “encondycitis” 😂 lmao it’s “epicondylitis” lol yes I’m a nerd and it’s all love
Tennis elbow was really painful when I had it and pushing my wheelchair was very uncomfortable Anyway I’m reading library policeman because I’m interested to see why you say it’s one of darkest stories you have ever read playing Spider-Man and Alan Wake and getting ready to take part in writing contest next week
That's interesting what you said about Fitz and the Fool. I thought there wayyyyyyy too much of Fitz and nowhere near enough of "the other character". To me she seemed prominent in fools assassin, but after that she was kind of an afterthought compared to everything going on with Fitz
I hope you have time to get to The Toll, but…man Shusterman’s book Unwind…scary stuff! Just finished it yesterday. Three Body Problem show looks weird but super cool. Interested to hear what you thought of the season finale of For All Mankind. Just finished watching that…so good! Majorly struggling with getting through the last season of The Crown… Currently reading The Will of the Many…just started it and “will” kind of reminds me of Breath from Warbreaker. Also started book 2 of the Unwind series. Also super excited that our Detroit Lions are in the playoffs with a great record…(should be 13-4…just sayin)
Three body problem was meh for me, but I had bought the trilogy so decided to try out book 2. Books 2 and 3 then went on to be 2 of the very few 5 stars I’ve given out over the last few years.
Well… Three-Body Problem.. I would have bigger hope in this adaptation if it would be a UK version. Here in Europe the idea based, not rushed tv is more popular because they don’t afraid of the stakeholders to create action packed content all the time. The Foundation is a good example. Looks good, tastes good… it has 1% of Foundation idea presentation in it. If someone never read the books would never know what’s going on, what’s the main idea behind it.
Dark Age is an appropriate title for the book. Things got real dark real fast. I still think that Darrow is an interesting character, but some poor decisions got made.
I thought the trailer for Three Body Problem looked amazing! I read the Fitz and Fool trilogy as it was coming out, so it's been a while. It's also the only series in RotE that I haven't re-read. But i agree with you. I didn't have any expectations going in because I read them long before I discovered booktube. But it's not my favorite. I like it a lot, but Tawny Man and Liveship are both better, imo.
The way I looked at it for the longest time was that continuing after Tawny Man would've been like dragging Sam away from Bag-End after Return of the King and taking his family away from him. Caved in after a while anyway and now I feel everything bad that happened to Fitz was my fault for not just leaving him with Molly, but then again Fool's Assassin really is the best book Hobb ever wrote, and that's saying a lot. Now that you've finished Alabasta, will you be getting one of them x's tattooed on your arm?
i wonder if your tennis elbow is from constantly having a book in your hand? my right elbow bothers me about once or twice a year but im a gamer too so i wonder if it has to do with how my elbows are positioned when reading, texting in bed, and reading.
Im currently reading A marvellous light by freya marske so far im liking it This weekend I'm watching New episodes of my demon Bl series the sign Murder on the oriental Express starring albert Finney and Ingrid Bergman
Hey Mike. Just like your wife, I have never read or watched the Sopranos before. I do have that series on my tbr pile. Also, I wanted to let you know, that I am now 10% into reading while listening to the Fall of Giants by Ken Follett, which is amazing. I'm jumping back and forth between that and the Lost Metal, which is a bit of a slog. Do you think that is basically an epilogue for the Mistborn era 2 series? Wayne is just not the same without Wax there by his side.
Regarding Argyle... I thought the story was good but the execution was very poor, if that makes sense. But if you aren't overly concerned by poor dialogue and rushed character development, I'm sure you will enjoy it.
Last trilogy of ROTE was a massive let down for me. Much like the series as a whole. I’m happy I read it but will not likely ever reread. I treat lateral epicondylitis. Easy fix at my office but Massachusetts is a long way for you. Enjoy the game today.
I am just getting over some tennis elbow too -- and in my case, it's actually from tennis. Congratulations on finishing Realm of the Elderlings! I am still getting through Assassin's Fate, and I have been making use of the tissues too. Sounds like I will be needing more. I look forward to hearing more of your thoughts on Fitz and the Fool, Mike!
It's the worst, man. I can barely pick up my coffee mug with my right arm and it's all the way down to the wrist now. Getting old sucks.
I'm currently reading The Blade Itself 29% in. Glokta is one of the most intriguing villains I've ever read and his inner dialogue is top notch.
I love that you’re calling him a villain lmao.
@@invaderzod8092 well this is my first book I've read from Joe Abercrombie and when I started I was getting used to his writing style and everything that comes with a writer you've never read before. Now I got it all straight so I'm sure my view on Glokta will change lol.
Im so excited when people start First Law.The blade itself is Abercrombie's weakest book so I really hope you will enjoy the rest of the trilogy.Last Argument of Kings is the best imho :D
What about Logan ? First book its his book !!! :D
@@noname3609 I like Logan's chapters too. I'm getting small pieces of his backstory and I want to know more. Just an overall good book.
So excited for you! You will love the First Law trilogy as a whole if you love the first book!
I’m loving Shogun. I expected a novel on Japanese history and I’m getting European history, China and Korea, the church reformation, age of exploration, naval action and loads more. I have to say not much has ‘happened’ but I’m gripped. Tempted to jump ahead to part 3.
I completely agree that Dave and Dan are good at literal adaptation. This time they’re adapting something with a complete source material, it’s their first step on the path to redemption
I’ve had that from too much playing on my phone. It’s a repetitive motion stress injury, common among tennis players but any repetitive motion can cause that sort of injury. Hope you’re feeling better soon!
I completed two books last week - Genghis: Birth of an Empire by Conn Iggulden and The Exile by Ryan Cahill. I like them both.
I love these weekly updates.They're so enjoyable to watch ! :D
Im happy beyond words that you finished Alabasta !!! A review would make my day for sure !
As for me im reading Ruin by John Gwynne,trully awesome book ! I am fortunate beyond words to read such an amazing author !!!!
This week was slightly rough. Getting back into work after the holidays. Finished my first book of 2024 and have twenty-three more to go to meet my goal.
Read: 'Cujo' by Stephen King (reread), Tista vol 1 (manga)
Reading: 'Dresden Files: Dead Beat' by Jim Butcher (1st read), Dead Company vol 3 (manga)
Watched/ing: Mean Girls (2024), The Beekeeper, Cujo, NFL playoffs (even though have Peacock skipping the streaming only game, bs on Comcast and NFL)
Listened: no theme was a random week remember Bathory, Fatboy Slim, and Smashing Pumpkins among the 10 albums.
Played: took week off to make sure finished reading since Cujo was a barely started leftover from 2023
I love Shogun! I couldn't put that book down and I think I read it in 10 - 11 days. It's still one of my favorite books of all time. I'm now reading Noble House and I've almost finished it. The whole Asian Saga has been amazing, but Shogun is still my favorite.
Got to the end of part two in Shogun and could not stop..middle of part four now.
About 200 pages into Shogun and loving it so far!
Threadlight definitely had me thinking of Licanius a ton! i got on that Kickstarter when you originally mentioned it on the channel, and read the trilogy when it was sent out digitally in Oct
Another fantastic video!!! Thank you Mike!
That Shogun hardback is MAHOOOOSIVE. No wonder you got tennis elbow from that! 😉 Hope it gets better soon!
Its been kind of a slow reading week for me. I think reading 3 books at a time during Memory Sorrow and Thorn is a bit more than i can chew, so Golden Son will get pushed to next week. I just started part 3 of The Dragonbone chair and all i can say is I can't turn the pages fast enough. It has been great so far. I've got about 130 pages left in Oliver Twist and about 300 or so left in Promise of Blood. Its not going to get above 20 degrees here in Ohio and I have a 3 day weekend, so I should be able to get some good reading in.
I've been making my way through 911 and I can't stress enough how good it is. Ryan Murphy is one of the best character writers working on television today. I highly recommend it.
Good luck to the Texans this weekend as well. Hope you guys can get a W. 😊
Stephen Aryan’s channel will be doing Memory, Sorrow & Thorn book discussions starting at the end of the month!!
@@heidi6281 i'll have to go check it out 😊
Read Shogun way back in 1985! Probably time for a 're read.. Greetings from UK Chris
Shogun is good. Finished in Dec. I watched the Sopranos in the middle of the night when I was feeding my newborn twins. Great show. The Texans kicked ass today.
The Sopranos, what a vibe that show was 😎
Not old but have gone through tennis elbow myself from skipping rope with wrong technique
Not super painful but really bothersome
Light forearm exercises helped a lot.
Plus you sold me on voice of war the second u mentioned logen it was like remembering an old friend
Not book related, but your Texans are putting in that work right now mike!
I also get a dodgy elbow when I read a lot!
I finished A Little Hatred and Justice of Kings this week. Both 5 stars! Halfway through Children of Gods and Fighting Men and Deathstalker on audio.
The Trouble with Peace and The Wisdom Of Crowds are even better than A little hatred.Just please don't give up on The Age Of Madness !!! :)
@@noname3609 No siree Bob! Love Abercrombie, if you want to hear the best first law discussion check out the Friends Talking Fantasy with Charles & Dylan!! When it came to A Little Hatred the best Abercrombie I have read so far was Part II , The Little People.
Finished Part 2 of Shogun. I agree on the European sections, I know a fair bit about the Japanese history of the Sengoku period but didn’t realise Europeans and Christianity was so important. I finished Needful Things (loved it) and started Song of Susannah
Glad to hear that RotE still is firmly in the favourite series list, even if the ending wasn't the strongest for you. Can totally see why though. I loved the final trilogy with that new perspective, but there was indeed a lot of sighing happening hahaha.
Hope the tennis elbow gets better soon! Cheers, Mike ☺
Thanks, E!
All the Pretty horses is a breeze to read. Not difficult at all. You’re going to love it, though. I feel like I’ve been trying to get you to read this for a couple of years now, so I’m pumped to hear your thoughts. Will you try Alastair Reynolds before you make your favorite SF novels video?
I agree, Tawny Man was a good ending. I didn’t bother picking this one up when it all came out back when it did. It didn’t seem like it was necessary at the time.
After Shogun, it would be amazing to hear your thoughts on Musashi. Much slower pace and more interesting imo, since it’s written by a japanese so most of the samurai code is not explained at all.
I’m so eager to get to the final Elderlings trilogy and see how everything wraps up. Also need to get into Shogun before the show, thanks for getting me hyped for it!
Trying to get back into reading consistently as my 20s pass the baton, so to speak. So far I've finished Siân Hughes Pearl and about 5 stories into Kink, both I would reccomend at this juncture.
Also, trying to get back into writing my own fiction, chase that magic dragon
So there was a copy of that leather Shogun Blackstone edition on ebay that ended the other day at $101. I'm just sick I didn't buy earlier. Odd that now there is not ONE available anywhere. I wish we could petition the cancelation of tie-in editions. I saw someone say they're the vinyl pucture discs of books. Which as a collector I like the picture discs! They don't sound near as good, but cool to look at nonetheless.
Congrats on the Win today. Those two pick sixes sealed the deal
I'm with you. I read a LOT of fantasy, but not as much sci-fi. Finished two books (one audio/one ebook) today and probably gonna start another by the end of the day :D
Been watching the Chinese series adaptation of Three Body on Prime with subtitles. It’s a little slow, but probably only because the Chinese are more patient and don’t require constant action to hold their interest. I’m really enjoying it.
😺✌️
Finished The Final Empire and I loved it...minus one detail at the end that felt random, but I'll see how that develops in the next book.
Dude the Sopranos is amazing!! The Wire is also great as well!
I had similar feelings after reading Realm of the Elderlings. I read about 25% of Voice of War and put it aside, I may pick it back up eventually.
Im currently rereading The Blackest Heart and will read The Lonesome Crown immediately after!
I'll be pulling for the Texans today!
I am starting Lonesome Crown on audio, hoping I remember who’s who? No summary of Blackest Heart on the internet. Josh @ Red Fury & John @Talking Story doing panel discussions on Five Warrior Angels starting February!!
@heidi6281 I had to do a re-read, my memory is trash 😆
It's been great to revisit the world and I've been surprised by what I've forgotten 😅
I liked book 1 in Threadlight, bought book 2 straight away and pre ordered book 3. However, I seem to be in the minority but books 2 and 3 were preposterous. If you’re the type of reader who questions things (like I am) you may struggle. If not, you will enjoy it.
Roughly halfway through part 2 of Shōgun, was not expecting to like it this much. Part 1 was VERY exposition heavy to the point where it was a bit on the nose, but idk how else he could have set the backdrop for everything we need to know. Really enjoying the story and also learning about Japan! Never watched the show, so I went in completely blind.
I have similar feelings about the end of RotE. I really enjoyed all the mini series overall, but to me it never surpassed the heights of Liveship Traders. Which isn't a bad thing because that is one of the best trilogies of all time, but I see a lot of people think the last series is the best and I just didn't think it was close, personally. Which makes sense because I never thought Fitz was the best or most interesting character.
Yes I feel the same way about RotE... in fact I dnf'd the series/ book with 300 pgs left. I know what happens but.... I'll say more when you and Phillip do the chat.
Yessss Tawny Man was 100% a better ending
I think your thoughts on the Fitz and the Fool trilogy sums up how i feel, too. I enjoyed the trilogy a good amount, but i definitely feel like it didn't NEED to be written but it is still well worth a read. Gave me a new appreciation on how Tawny Man ended. Overall it's an amazing series (except a couple Rainwilds books lol)
Also, squeeze in Thraxas! Quick read!
Eager to start reading the final RotE trilogy soon!
excited for your scifi list, even though we all know what number one is going to be
Finished the great hunt and dragon reborn first 2 weeks of the year. Loved both of them, reading the shadow rising rn and I’m also gonna try to finally read the blade itself
So thankful that your Texans knocked out the Browns as a Steelers fan. I have also been dealing with an elbow issue but it is more related to my bicep but I still feel your pain. No reason to not at least give the Three Body Problem show a chance. Just because they didnt handle the end of GoT well doesn't mean Three Body will be bad.
I'm sure you noticed Mike, but your favorite book of all three Fitz trilogies was the first one.
Finished babel and started the Helsinki affair and about 100 pages left in the book and reading the lotus sutra and reading the stand about 400 pages left but it's a mood read and read about 50 pages out of the shining and about 20 pages out of black rose
almost half way through A Little Hatred. Really enjoying it so far. I think I'm liking the new characters better than the first trilogy characters
Did you get to part II The chapter called “ the little people”? Best ever!!!!
i read shogun 2 books ago and it was fantastic. definitely one of the best books ive ever read.
Oh and you're welcome for all those former Alabama players on the Texans. (Roll Tide🐘🐘)
I am currently reading Water Sleeps by Glen Cook. I am almost finished and then will move on to the last Black Company book, Soldiers Live. I am feeling bittersweet because i have a feeling not all will end in sweetness and light for my dudes. Does it ever? Heh. But i have enjoyed the ride so far. Definitely going to be a favorite fantasy series for me.
I’m sorry Mike, I’m a physical therapist and I just screamed out loud at “encondycitis” 😂 lmao it’s “epicondylitis” lol yes I’m a nerd and it’s all love
I figured I said it wrong 😂
Carefully with those cortisone shots. Do your own research, but I've seen they can slow long-term healing.
Tennis elbow was really painful when I had it and pushing my wheelchair was very uncomfortable Anyway I’m reading library policeman because I’m interested to see why you say it’s one of darkest stories you have ever read playing Spider-Man and Alan Wake and getting ready to take part in writing contest next week
That's interesting what you said about Fitz and the Fool. I thought there wayyyyyyy too much of Fitz and nowhere near enough of "the other character". To me she seemed prominent in fools assassin, but after that she was kind of an afterthought compared to everything going on with Fitz
I hope you have time to get to The Toll, but…man Shusterman’s book Unwind…scary stuff! Just finished it yesterday.
Three Body Problem show looks weird but super cool. Interested to hear what you thought of the season finale of For All Mankind. Just finished watching that…so good! Majorly struggling with getting through the last season of The Crown…
Currently reading The Will of the Many…just started it and “will” kind of reminds me of Breath from Warbreaker.
Also started book 2 of the Unwind series.
Also super excited that our Detroit Lions are in the playoffs with a great record…(should be 13-4…just sayin)
Three body problem was meh for me, but I had bought the trilogy so decided to try out book 2. Books 2 and 3 then went on to be 2 of the very few 5 stars I’ve given out over the last few years.
I agree, but Mike is such a character-driven reader and that trilogy is really plot-driven. I think about those books all the time.
Well… Three-Body Problem.. I would have bigger hope in this adaptation if it would be a UK version. Here in Europe the idea based, not rushed tv is more popular because they don’t afraid of the stakeholders to create action packed content all the time. The Foundation is a good example. Looks good, tastes good… it has 1% of Foundation idea presentation in it. If someone never read the books would never know what’s going on, what’s the main idea behind it.
Dark Age is an appropriate title for the book. Things got real dark real fast. I still think that Darrow is an interesting character, but some poor decisions got made.
I'm almost done with book 1 of Keeper of the Lost Cities and I will read the other 7 books in the series.
I thought the trailer for Three Body Problem looked amazing!
I read the Fitz and Fool trilogy as it was coming out, so it's been a while. It's also the only series in RotE that I haven't re-read. But i agree with you. I didn't have any expectations going in because I read them long before I discovered booktube. But it's not my favorite. I like it a lot, but Tawny Man and Liveship are both better, imo.
That hardcover of Shogun looks amazing! Where can I get that edition?
It's been discontinued I believe.
I would be really interested in your thoughs on Arabasta saga but ofc it depends on you when and if you will do it also cant wait for your collab 👍
Well there's more Hobb. She wrote another trilogy "Soldier's Son" a lot of people didn't like it though.
The way I looked at it for the longest time was that continuing after Tawny Man would've been like dragging Sam away from Bag-End after Return of the King and taking his family away from him. Caved in after a while anyway and now I feel everything bad that happened to Fitz was my fault for not just leaving him with Molly, but then again Fool's Assassin really is the best book Hobb ever wrote, and that's saying a lot.
Now that you've finished Alabasta, will you be getting one of them x's tattooed on your arm?
Yeah that’s fair.
Beloved!!!
i wonder if your tennis elbow is from constantly having a book in your hand? my right elbow bothers me about once or twice a year but im a gamer too so i wonder if it has to do with how my elbows are positioned when reading, texting in bed, and reading.
Im currently reading
A marvellous light by freya marske so far im liking it
This weekend I'm watching
New episodes of my demon
Bl series the sign
Murder on the oriental Express starring albert Finney and Ingrid Bergman
The sopranos is my favorite show of all time. Season 2 is probably my favorite season
Mike, your thumbnail has the wrong year in the date!
Whoops 😂
Where can I get that black hardcover of Shogun??
Hey Mike. Just like your wife, I have never read or watched the Sopranos before. I do have that series on my tbr pile. Also, I wanted to let you know, that I am now 10% into reading while listening to the Fall of Giants by Ken Follett, which is amazing. I'm jumping back and forth between that and the Lost Metal, which is a bit of a slog. Do you think that is basically an epilogue for the Mistborn era 2 series? Wayne is just not the same without Wax there by his side.
So how about that Texas team whooping that Brown team? Dayum.
Regarding Argyle... I thought the story was good but the execution was very poor, if that makes sense. But if you aren't overly concerned by poor dialogue and rushed character development, I'm sure you will enjoy it.
Are you going to read the e-arc of Disquiet Gods or are you going to wait for the release in April?
Since I’m knee-deep in Shogun I’ll probably wait.
Last trilogy of ROTE was a massive let down for me. Much like the series as a whole. I’m happy I read it but will not likely ever reread. I treat lateral epicondylitis. Easy fix at my office but Massachusetts is a long way for you. Enjoy the game today.
When are you going to read Blackwater
Doing one volume per month Jan-Feb. Already read vol 1.
@@mikesbookreviews right I think I missed an important weekly update 🙂
I always feel like I should check out the Three Body problem then I remember the author is a pos and I don’t want to support him in any way 😅
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