Wow! Great list of books, a lot of books I love are on that list (Renia and Mushroom Blues especially, along with all the Dresden books). Thank you so much, Aaron!
Interesting way of ranking these, love it! I can't wait to get to Wistful Ascending, it's one of my most anticipated series on my TBR. JCM is a pretty cool guy and always cracks me up on Twitter. I'm currently going through Fellowship of the Ring as well and find myself comparing and contrasting it with the movie.
What a fun concept, I loved the tension of seeing who'd end up in the top 3!! Heck yes for Wistful, that is such a gem! And I definitely need to check out Jurassic Park, it's honestly a crime that I haven't read that book yet lol. Hope you find many more amazing reads in the 2nd half of the year. Also, mad respect on juggling all of those current reads hahaha, we live for chaosss!! 🤣🤩
Love the King of the Hill ranking. Wistful ascending and Jurassic Park are fantastic. I don't read nearly as much as you, but my two best books of the year are Heirs to a Flawed Creation by EL Montague and The Sunset Sovereign by Laura Huie.
@@mikemollman1869 no way! I know both of those authors on the interwebs 😂 I've been wanting to read The Sunset Sovereign for awhile now. It's sitting all pretty on my shelf!
My Top 3 so far this year: 1) «A Brightness Long Ago» by Guy Gavriel Kay (Fantasy inspired by the Mercenary Wars of Renaissance Italy) 2)«Imperium» by Robert Harris (Historical Fiction, book #1 in Cicero Trilogy about the Eponymous Roman Statesman) 3)«Når landet mørknar» (Approximately «When The Land Darkens») by Tore Kvæven (Historical Fiction set during the 13th Century end of the Norse Settlement of Greenland, think of it as a Norse John Steinbeck novel, winner of the Brage Prize for Best Norwegian Novel in 2018) My August TBR: «The Green Angel Tower part 1 & 2» (Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, #3) by Tad Williams (Epic Fantasy) «Leviathan Falls» (The Expanse, #9) by James S.A. Corey (Space opera) «The Thousandfold Thought» (The Prince of Nothing #3) by R. Scott Bakker (Grimdark/Dark Epic Fantasy) Fun fact: I am a direct descendant of William Sinclair (My great-x16-grandfather) who built Rosslyn Chapel! 😃Let’s just say I do not agree with Mr. Brown’s suggestion of a “divine ancestry” of me too! 😅😄
I'm gonna read Jurassic park in August. Very excited to see the difference between the film and the book. So far only read 5 books this year, so have a lot of catching up to do. Ha ha. Currently reading Molls like it Hot by Darren Dash(a crime noir self pub by my fav author) and Firestarter by Stephen King.😁
Wow! Great list of books, a lot of books I love are on that list (Renia and Mushroom Blues especially, along with all the Dresden books). Thank you so much, Aaron!
Loved how you ranked the books as you were reviewing them!!
Interesting way of ranking these, love it!
I can't wait to get to Wistful Ascending, it's one of my most anticipated series on my TBR. JCM is a pretty cool guy and always cracks me up on Twitter.
I'm currently going through Fellowship of the Ring as well and find myself comparing and contrasting it with the movie.
What a fun concept, I loved the tension of seeing who'd end up in the top 3!! Heck yes for Wistful, that is such a gem! And I definitely need to check out Jurassic Park, it's honestly a crime that I haven't read that book yet lol. Hope you find many more amazing reads in the 2nd half of the year. Also, mad respect on juggling all of those current reads hahaha, we live for chaosss!! 🤣🤩
@@esmayrosalyne TBR chaos is how I live 🤣
I seriously almost started something else today 😬
I'm totally okay with Scott Palmer knocking my book off the hill. :) Scott is such an amazing author. I predict an amazing career ahead of him.
@@thatdavidhopkins did you know that Bren Caius... 🤣
@@BiblioTheory War of the Hounds! Prepare for an extra dose of Bren Caius lore!
David, you are too kind 😊
Love the King of the Hill ranking. Wistful ascending and Jurassic Park are fantastic. I don't read nearly as much as you, but my two best books of the year are Heirs to a Flawed Creation by EL Montague and The Sunset Sovereign by Laura Huie.
@@mikemollman1869 no way! I know both of those authors on the interwebs 😂
I've been wanting to read The Sunset Sovereign for awhile now. It's sitting all pretty on my shelf!
9:10 THEFT OF FIRE! WOOOOOO!!!! Hope everyone checks it out, it's truly excellent and just a ton of fun :)
My Top 3 so far this year:
1) «A Brightness Long Ago» by Guy Gavriel Kay (Fantasy inspired by the Mercenary Wars of Renaissance Italy)
2)«Imperium» by Robert Harris (Historical Fiction, book #1 in Cicero Trilogy about the Eponymous Roman Statesman)
3)«Når landet mørknar» (Approximately «When The Land Darkens») by Tore Kvæven (Historical Fiction set during the 13th Century end of the Norse Settlement of Greenland, think of it as a Norse John Steinbeck novel, winner of the Brage Prize for Best Norwegian Novel in 2018)
My August TBR:
«The Green Angel Tower part 1 & 2» (Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, #3) by Tad Williams (Epic Fantasy)
«Leviathan Falls» (The Expanse, #9) by James S.A. Corey (Space opera)
«The Thousandfold Thought» (The Prince of Nothing #3) by R. Scott Bakker (Grimdark/Dark Epic Fantasy)
Fun fact: I am a direct descendant of William Sinclair
(My great-x16-grandfather) who built Rosslyn Chapel! 😃Let’s just say I do not agree with Mr. Brown’s suggestion of a “divine ancestry” of me too! 😅😄
@@MacScarfield wow! I haven't heard of any of your top 3 at all. They sound really interesting though!
@@MacScarfield just added A Brightness Long Ago to my TBR!
I am honoured to have been kicked off by Ol' Joe Abercrombie ❤ Before They Were Hanged was my fav of the trilogy, too
I'm gonna read Jurassic park in August. Very excited to see the difference between the film and the book. So far only read 5 books this year, so have a lot of catching up to do. Ha ha. Currently reading Molls like it Hot by Darren Dash(a crime noir self pub by my fav author) and Firestarter by Stephen King.😁
@@stephentheshywarrior2759 Darren Dash...I need to look him up!
I hope you enjoy your Jurassic Park journey 🦖