10:18 Missed opportunity to say that Ax was 'ogling some Andalite tail.'

This was one of my favorites. I loved the mission impossible infiltration concept. And I loved the insanely violent carnage in this book. The phrase Marco uses about how he felt his brain shutting down has always stayed with me. And then he horrifying revelation that Erek brutally slaughtered like 40 people, or I guess more like 80 if you count the Yeerks, is just crazy. And he regrets it, but will always have it at top of mind for eternity. That goes hardddd for a kids' book.

I feel like another yeerk trying to steal Alloran would basically be like a soldier trying to steal the Colonel’s personal car while he was in the hospital or something. Just because he’s not using it doesn’t make it not his. In fact I bet the yeerk empire considers all hosts essentially materiel to be distributed according to some doctrine. Then again if that was the case, you would figure some higher up yeerk would have commandeered Alloran out from under visser three. So maybe there is a sort of “finders keepers” thing, but perhaps with guardrails where you can’t just jack another yeerk’s host, but any new host you infest is yours for the taking. Weird to think about!

I think that it can be inferred that the ellimist isn’t allowed per the rules of the game, to just go and feed Intel to the animorphs. It’s not ‘fair’ for him to interfere, he IS cheating…but the trick imo is that presumably he must have had a chat with crayak first and said, “hey. I’m going to offer my favorite chess pieces sanctuary on another planet. I’m too worried about them dying. You cool with that?” And Crayak would have been all for it. First, the fact that Ellimist would even do this, would make Crayak think he had the upper hand since it seems like Ellinist is trying to salvage something. So from Crayak’s perspective, either the animorphs stay and the yeerks likely win, or the animorphs leave and the yeerks definitely win. Either way he wins. So he would say, sure thing Elly, knock yourself out. Without squinting too hard at any way the Ellimist might outsmart him-using asking the question itself as a means of subtly transferring intel. He basically got away with one. Or two. I don’t think he was ever going to whisk them away.

IMO visser three could “get away with it” at the construction site, but would not have the political capital to waste six morph capable hosts right in front of visser one who is already there to do his quarterly eval

Probably something by Henning Mankell, Jo Nesbo, or P.D. James. I dunno.

My favorite series-though maybe it falls more into the thriller genre-is the Pendergast series by Preston & Child.

Try Peter Lovesey, his Peter Diamond is a man I'd love to meet! And then there's Val McDermid, Anne Cleeves, Jonathan Kellerman, Michael Connelly, Aline Templeton, Robert Parker...

I’m often very confused about the speed of hork-bajir. They’re arboreal, right? And come from a planet with next to no flat ground? And their feet are equally described as being “like a bird of prey” and “like a T rex” despite those two creatures having different foot structure related to, oh yes, walking on flat ground vs holding on to tree branches? Hork-bajir ground speed makes no sense to me and I will never be over it

I only support J.K Rawling , she’s the only one that hasn’t bent the knee to the woke brain virus! She stands for truth!

On Friday the Rabbi Slept Late series. It actually uses the different days of the week.

Put your hands down, friend 😉 Thanks for the list!

Pantomime is a Christmas and New Year tradition in the UK. Completely over the top versions of Fairy Tales and so on. You really have to look it up to understand. So that is why Jack in the Beanstalk is on at Christmas in the Christmas Appeal book. And yes, hundreds of very old churches mean many, many roof appeals. Too bad I have Christmas Murder Game ready to read during the holiday break! Thanks for your videos -- I very much enjoy them.

Last year, I read The Christmas Guest by Peter Swanson. It was enjoyable. I saw one of the twists coming but not the other. 4/5

What??? P.D. James is missing from your list.

Daphne duMaurier's Rebecca is a classic; it is like no other. Don't watch the movie; just read the book.

No Raymond Chandler? I really lose faith when you don't include a Chandler , or Le Carre? Where's Sherlock, or Robert Mosley's Esy Rawlins?

any John Sandford book

Actually I do like reviews and recommendations… you have a wonderful way of explaining the highlights as you see them,… as an eclectic book lover and veteran of over a dozen book clubs in my life ( proud to say, one I started in the 60’s still actively meets 9 months a year ) I can honestly say, my Town’s public library book club ( once a month meeting ) is my very favorite of all time,… where library patrons are welcome into a large table conference room ( usually up to 20 ppl meet ) and we simply carried in a book or ( up to 4 ) that we had read that month and give a brief opinion and synopsis … it is so inspiring people are all chatting and exuberant all the way out… what a treat to ignite enthusiasm… so yes, should you choose another genre or even a multi form, I would be sure to tune in… thank you, and a gentle reminder that subscribing helps you to continue with this work, is easy to swallow, especially if it means we can get more of your authentic reviews… never mind 1K … go for a million…

How about PD James?

What is your background.? Youre great?

If you listen to Holmes on audio it's a great way to read them. I listen to them so often.

All good. I took your advice and decided to view you as a monkey clapping cymbals to listen to your reviews.

Tony Hillerman. Walter Mosley. John D. MacDonald. Elizabeth George. Sue Grafton who got better mid-alphabet. Margery Allingham. Janet Evanovich who reads slick but is deceptively skillful.

Martha Grimes’ Richard Jury series. Agree with Dorothy Sayers, Louise Penny, Christie, Tey, Elly Griffiths too. And I love Ellis Peters’ Cadfael series. I will try Anthony Horowitz.

J k Rowling is a wonderful lady who has the courage to speak the truth.

Just wanted to say I have subscribed to the channel as I enjoyed the way you presented the books.

I love Elizabeth George. I've read all of her books twice because they are so good. Also, all of the Louise Penney books are terrific.

Kwei Quartey is a very good African mystery writer. I’ve read two, but he’s an author I definitely will keep reading. Culturally a very different experience which I enjoyed a lot.

Julie Mulhern. Set in 1974, it can give you a feel for that time period from a “Country club wife” point of view.

Several people have mentioned Rex Stout in their comments, and I'd certainly put at least one of his Nero Wolfe mysteries on the list. Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin are endlessly entertaining characters and the mysteries are top-notch. I only wish that Raymond Burr had been drafted to make these stories into a movie series - the attempts by others to bring them to life have been thoroughly mediocre. I've often thought that Stout created Wolfe and Goodwin as a mirror image of Holmes and Watson, while preserving the underlying idea of a genius and his sidekick. Holmes is energetic (when he has an investigation going), is thin "to the point of emaciation," is always running around gathering clues, is indifferent to food, and doesn't care to know that the earth revolves around the sun. Wolfe is overweight, never stirs from his brownstone, will never allow anything to get in the way of his gourmet meals, and is an omnivorous reader who knows at least a little about absolutely everything. Watson is an "everyman" who is essentially a not-too-bright bystander, an eternal admirer always chasing after and never catching up with Holmes's thinking until the end when everything is explained. We can't help but wonder why Holmes keeps Watson around. Goodwin on the other hand is a detective in his own right, clever, witty, frequently at odds with Wolfe and often threatening to quit, often has to chivy his employer into getting to work, and does all the running around and gathering of evidence. It's obvious that Archie is a worthy assistant whom Wolfe needs to goad him into action and do the footwork.

Where to start? 1) I was thrilled to see Nita Prose on this list. The Molly the Maid books are brilliant! There are three now, plus a couple of shorts. 2) Shutter Island is *great* and I highly recommend you give it a read. The movie was OK but doesn't do the book justice. 3) If you can't read Sherlock Holmes, just watch a few episodes of the Sherlock Holmes mysteries starring Jeremy Brett made by the BBC from 1984 to 1994. They're the closest thing you'll find to the original stories without reading them and Brett makes an excellent Holmes. You might be tempted to give Doyle another try after watching a couple of episodes. 4) Another fairly new mystery writer that is really good is Sarah Pearse (Elin Warner Mysteries). Her first book is The Sanatorium. 5) For mysteries that are hilarious, quirky, and slightly supernatural, yet still mysteries, read the Bryant and May mysteries by Christopher Fowler. My favorite series by far. I actually recommend you start with the 2nd or 3rd in the series. Nothing wrong with the first one, but you'll get the full flavor of the series with later books. Try The Water Room or Seventy-Seven Clocks to begin with. 6) If you want mysteries that play 100% fair with the readers, try going back in time and reading some Ellery Queen - the ones with Ellery as the detective. Ellery is a mystery writer - and you can read those mysteries, too, with the fictional detective created by a fictional detective. Ellery also helps solve crimes for his detective father. He's pretty annoying in the beginning but mellows with time. But the cool thing is that in his books, there is actually a page where it stops the reader and tells you that you have all the clues you need to solve the mystery, if you want to try. The pages after that are the solution to the crime. They are a LOT of fun to read.

"A Study in Scarlet" by Arthur Conan Doyle.

The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides, I gasped! I did the audiobook

Thanks to your recommendation, fans of mysterious novels in China will find it easier to access works from Japan. Among them, Kubinashi no gotoki Tataru Mono(首無の如き祟るもの) by Shinzo Mitsuda(三津田 信三) is a masterpiece of orthodox detective fiction. I’m not sure if there is an English translation available, but this book is very popular in China, and I strongly recommend you to read it.

How about Graudy Night by D. Sayers? Have you read it?

No particular order: Nancy Drew Secret of the Old Clock Brains Benton The Case of The Painted Dragon Salzburg Connection Maltese Falcon Thin Man Farewell My Lovely Hound of The Baskervilles Murders in The Rue Morgue Murder On The Orient Express Devil In A Blue Dress

I never _hated_ this book but it would be on the list of the top 5 boring/non-interesting books in the series for me

I like having all the clues so it is possible to solve the mystery. Then I realized that sometimes the clue is part of the language at the time of writing or the country of origin. I solved a mystery before the denouement because I have a British aunt. The clue was 'hundreds and thousands' which would indicate perhaps money but my aunt always used the term to indicate the colourful candy sprinkles on the icing of cakes. Christie uses British terms in her writings all the time including Poirot tales. It's something to keep in mind...

I AGREE: LOUISE PENNY

Everything you say about this one having a goofy and irreverent tone is completely accurate, but I have a soft spot for it anyway. When I was reading the series as a kid this was the book that let me guess accurately that it was all happening in California, because the theme park + plus zoo having a mascot parade but with the Warner Brothers characters instead of the Disney ones made it me think it had to actually be Six Flags. I also genuinely love the moment in the parade fight at the end where Visser 3 decapitates a mascot character and is surprised and frightened to find a second smaller head underneath the outer one. I also like to think that kidnapping the military officials via impersonating a FNAF jumpscape was the plan Visser 3 actually wanted to do and the whole horse thing was him half-assing compliance with the strategy made by Visser 1 that he’s supposed to be sticking to, hence his unusually sarcastic response to the failed mission and his demonstration of unusual amounts of restraint by only executing the single yeerk in charge of the mission. It’s definitely filler, but I think’s it fun filler at least, and I do actually enjoy the series just occasionally indulging in something really wacky, it keeps the tone of things unpredictable and highlights when things get really dire.

Great vidio thanks . Try Louise Penny, I am making my way thru all of them.

Hi Marcello! I am trying to reach out to you for a book collab but I can't seem to find any contact details on your page... how would be easy to have a chat? Muuuuch loooove

Alan Bradley's Flavia de Luce mystery novels have a plucky, precocious, chemistry-obsessed 11 yr old protagonist. She is a real original! The novels are set in the 1950s in an English village and will soon hit the small screen on PBS.

Yes, i agree with wilkie collins suggestion!

I have read most of the classics but have you ever read Emily Brightwells Mrs Jeffries mysteries charming you will love all the characters it's that warm bath you talked about❤Thanks from a first time subscriber

Sue Grafton series, “A is for Alibi, etc. Great.

Have you ever read Steven Saylor's Roma Sub Rosa series? These are clever whodunits set in 1st-century B.C. Rome. The detective, "Gordianus the Finder," is hired by various wealthy patricians to investigate murders within a family and/or social circle. Saylor, who has a good, solid background in history, throws real life characters and events into the mix. Cicero, Pompey, Ceasar and even Cleopatra pop up from time to time! Incidentally, one of Gordianus's sons is called "Eco" as a nod to Umberto Eco, that other famous author of historical whodunits.

Good content is always more important than fast upload - if quality is there, the audience will wait for you. For me, the toilet joke overshadows everything else about this book. Even other notorious filler books (starfish Rachel, Buffahuman) have Something going on - the first time I read a buffahuman book I had an existential spiral. This one really doesn't.

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