Jensen Ackles would crush the role of Carl Glurp Glurp!
@TheNerdyNarrative19 сағат бұрын
Holy hell. HE WOULD BE THE PERFECT CASTING!!!!!!
@BrianBell723 сағат бұрын
So glad you are loving the series. I'm been screaming about it from the rooftops since book 1 came out. It's the cream of the LitRPG crop right now! Super glad you made the video to spread the word!!
@TheNerdyNarrative10 сағат бұрын
I sure hate that it missed making its way on to my radar earlier, but it does mean I get to enjoy the binge, lol! I'm into the 4th one now - should be done in time to hit the 7th on release day. I've had a lot of folks tell me the 6th book is their favorite of the series so far - what's your take on that?
@BrianBell78 сағат бұрын
@@TheNerdyNarrative I really liked the 6th, for spoiler-reasons I can't say why.. but also the few little things I didn't like as much about it sort of dungeon floor based as a whole. You'll see :)
@derrisreaditbeforeКүн бұрын
"WARNING! The following comment is so wholesome that it's clearly a trap. You find it." Leslie, I can't tell you how well timed this upload is. I started DCC at the beginning of August, and like you, I've binged it. All six. Twice. I've laughed more in the last three weeks than I think I ever have to a book. Funnily, I'm NOT a gamer, never have been, but the gaming elements were still easily accessible to me. I'm sure I'm missing some obvious game in-jokes but it really doesn't matter. I've been doing the audible too and agree completely that Jeff Hayes is fantastic. To my everlasting frustration though, now I have to wait over a year for the next book. Dammit. The AI is my fave too. I will say that as I went into books four through six, the deeper story is getting SUPER intriguing and the writing has added some deeply emotional moments, along with the belly-laughs I've done some ugly crying too. Simply wonderful. "ACHIEVEMENT! You have joined a *bandwagon* of hype! You have allowed social pressure to determine a reading choice." "REWARD?! You just had an enjoyable reading experience that led to content that received comments that in turn engaged the algorithm. You're a book tuber. That's reward enough."
@TheNerdyNarrative10 сағат бұрын
Derri, your comment absolutely WINS Comment of the Year. Love it!! I see exactly what you mean about depth - I'm already deep off into the 4th book and I am just loving how big this story is getting. Matt Dinniman really did create a whole world and he's doing such an amazing job adding characters and making things "bigger" without overloading the reader to do it. I can tell this series will be an annual reread for me - it just rose to the top for when I need something to pull me out of a funk or if I'm having a difficult time and just need to have a load of laughs. :D
@danmiller8429Күн бұрын
Also Leslie, I loved Daniel Barnett's "Nightmare Land Cronicles".
@TheNerdyNarrative10 сағат бұрын
YES!!! The audiobooks for that series should start getting released soon. I think the first 3 are almost done!
@danmiller8429Күн бұрын
Litrpg is my favorite genre now after fantasy and scifi, I havent started DCC but am looking forward to it.
@TheNerdyNarrative10 сағат бұрын
I've only read a few before DCC, but now I'm going to be looking for more in the genre. This has just been too good of a time not to.
@PageTurnersWithKatjaКүн бұрын
I was just looking for a new LitRPG, so this is perfect timing. I'll definitely give it a try!
@TheNerdyNarrative10 сағат бұрын
I hope it brings you just as much joy as it has me! She spells her name a bit differently, but there's even a Katia you meet in later books!
@SmolFenFenКүн бұрын
I love this series, been following it for years! It was one of those things that I picked up to be a pulpy read and it turned out to be really great.
@TheNerdyNarrative10 сағат бұрын
My husband kept coming to interrupt me saying, "Babe, can I please just tell you this non spoilery thing that just happened?" That and him almost constantly cracking up laughing when he was listening to the audiobook sold me on that it would be a good time.
@ashleyrodberg7785Күн бұрын
This series is amazing so many tropes but I belive its to be animated.
@TheNerdyNarrative10 сағат бұрын
Animated makes sense, especially for this world. I don't care how they do it, I'm there for it! :D
@plansoonerКүн бұрын
I’m obsessed with this series. Book five is my favorite
@TheNerdyNarrativeКүн бұрын
I just started the fourth one last night!!!
@davidkahnt2632Күн бұрын
Glurp glurp!!
@TheNerdyNarrativeКүн бұрын
Can't read that without dying laughing about the snick....
@heidi6281Күн бұрын
Lezlie do you have an early arc of The Land of the Living of the Dead? I plan on downloading the first DCC audio soon!!
@TheNerdyNarrativeКүн бұрын
I have one on the way, but it hasn't arrived yet. I'll be stopping everything to read it as soon as it gets here!!
@RichardGThomasIIIКүн бұрын
Thanks for the kind words!
@BreakevenBooks2 күн бұрын
I have the first book before Chasm and I am excited to get to it!
@TheNerdyNarrativeКүн бұрын
It's such a great series so far - Stacey put a lot of her humor and snark in the characters that makes them so enjoyable to read. Salem and Esra are my two most favorite!
@thatsci-firogue3 күн бұрын
Your hair looks amazing, Lezlie. This week I read: *Comics* Thor God of Thunder: God Butcher Written by Jason Aaron | Art by Esad Ribic - I finally got around to reading the whole thing, Fantastic! Someone is going around the universe slaying deities, and we see that individual's affect on Thor in 3 stages of his life, the young warrior not yet worthy of Mjolnir, the current Thor, and Thor the Old King of Asgard and we see Thor grapple with his own divinity and striving to be a god worthy of worship. I'm not religious, I'm not spiritual but I'd follow Marvel's Thor. *Fantasy* Wars of Light & Shadow 2: Ships of Merior - Brilliant. Can't wait to continue! As for what I'm currently reading: *Comics* Astonishing X-Men Complete Collection Volume 1 Written by Joss Whedon | Art by John Cassaday - I read bits here and there as a kid but now I'm going back to the beginning. I've dipped my toes here and there over the years as the X-Men comics always intimidated me (despite my love of the cartoons and films, well some of them) but I'm finally doing it. Green Lantern Book One Written by Geoff Johns | Art by Ethan Van Scriver - I read Secret Origins years ago which really endeared me to Hal cuz growing up my Green Lanterns were Alan Scott because I was reading Justice Society and John Stewart because of the cartoons. *Fantasy* Malazan BotF 2: Deadhouse Gates (re-read) - Culling of nobles, religious uprising, and a refugee crisis await the Malazan Empire! *Mystery* Mystic River / Dennis Lehane Not much else going on with me other than passing my weight loss goal for the year.
@TheNerdyNarrative2 күн бұрын
Whoa!!! That's awesome that you passed your weight loss goal with FOUR months left - that's amazing...and also really freaking hard whether you're changing portion amounts, what you eat and how it's cooked. Good on you! Oh gosh, I *love* the Geoff Johns Green Lantern comics. I have the two huge bind ups of his arcs and now I'm wanting to pick them up and reread them again. (It would also double as weight lifting because have you SEEN these suckers?!) Maybe next year will be the year I get back to Malazan. It's funny because you're the third person this week that's mentioned reading Deadhouse Gates in particular. I was holding off to continue because I thought I'd be getting The Broken Binding editions and wanted to read those as they published, but TBB has gotten a little too rich for my blood. That and they take forever to actually produce and ship their books.
@thatsci-firogue4 сағат бұрын
@@TheNerdyNarrative you're too kind my friend ❤ Yeah I'm loving Green Lantern, I'd always liked the character, especially Alan Scott and John Stewart and had liked Hal when I read Secret Origin years ago but he won me over here. Oh I'm certain you'd love Deadhouse Gates.
@stacymccaskill-lilja29443 күн бұрын
Love the hair! 😘 . . I will definitely give Sleep Tight a read. And I am going to be reading DCC, but it is apparently going to take a while to wait my turn. 😅
@stacymccaskill-lilja29443 күн бұрын
Oohhh! A sin eater that absolve the dead! I'm.sold.
@stacymccaskill-lilja29443 күн бұрын
Unsub series is another one that I want to get my grubby little hands on. 😅
@stacymccaskill-lilja29443 күн бұрын
Man...I ain't about to play disc golf with possible gator spectators!!!!! Lol
@TheNerdyNarrative2 күн бұрын
Where we live, there's ponds and lakes EVERYWHERE. In and around all of these bodies of water, there's a gator. I don't care if it's a ditch with standing water or a retention pond, there's a gator. LOL! You get used to them though. Well, the smart ones do. The dumb ones will still get in them and swim after walking by the signs posted saying no swimming or fishing because of gators and snakes and then you read about them in the paper.
@esmayrosalyne3 күн бұрын
Love the fresh hair look! I recently cut mine a lot shorter again as well, but now it's at that awkward length where it is annoying in my neck, yet a little bun or pony tail doesn't quite work either, so that is not ideal in the summer 🤣 Anyway, YAY for Return of the Griffin, I am getting ready to dive into book 5 asap and I can't wait! And I really can't seem to escape the DCC hype hahah, glad you are having so much fun. My standouts this week were Bury Your Gays by Chuck Tingle (new favourite horror!! great on audio as well) and Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors. Also finally started watching The Last of Us and idk how I have been sleeping on this amazing show for so long!!
@TheNerdyNarrative2 күн бұрын
Bury Your Gays has been on my list for a while now - it seems that everyone has really had a great time with it. Love that it's on audio!! YES for The Last of Us!!! Oh my goodness, that show is just incredible. I got a little pang in my heart just reading that you were watching it. :D I believe I read recently that there is a Season 2 coming or a spin off of some kind! I know exactly what stage you mean about your hair. I love wearing mine short, a little shorter than where you describe yours now, but I also need to be able to put it up in a bun because it is SO damn hot in Florida and the humidity makes me look like a Q-tip as soon as I step outside. The back, bottom section is always too short to go up, which is why I was growing it out. I came up with a solution: wear it short and then I got my hair girl to give me an undercut! Problem solved!
@esmayrosalyne2 күн бұрын
@@TheNerdyNarrative Yes definitely keep Bury Your Gays on the radar, it's incredible!! And uuuugh I just finished The Last of Us and I am not okay, what a show!! I think S2 is supposed to come out in the first half of 2025, so I am counting down the days now hahaha. Love that you found a solution with the undercut. I know Taylor from Maed Between the Pages also swears by that and you two are slowly convincing me to join the club 🤩
@wilburseymore51034 күн бұрын
Why not get in touch with you inner Steve Irwin and go wrestle some gators while doing some disk golf? Adventure all round!
@TheNerdyNarrative3 күн бұрын
I like living too much, lol
@wilburseymore51033 күн бұрын
@@TheNerdyNarrative ah, that is a fair point you make there.
@Priscilla_Bettis4 күн бұрын
Shorter hair in the heat is a blessing! Sleep Tight sounds tense! Have a great rest of your weekend!
@TheNerdyNarrative3 күн бұрын
Anything to help cool off a bit...though menopause has me constantly feeling like I'm melting from the inside out, lol
@nancywolf14674 күн бұрын
Hair on the neck when it’s hot & humid? Noooo! I listened to the last two JH Markert ARCs & I keep checking but the third one isn’t available. I pre-ordered on Libby 😁 it looks even better than the last 2. DCC …. YESSSS …. The worst part is waiting for the next book!! I would reread them & watch you all talk about them if I can.
@TheNerdyNarrative3 күн бұрын
That's good to know the other two Markert books are good!! Not too much longer to wait for the next DCC - October 1! We're allllmost done with the third one, we are so funny about how we keep doing stuff so we can listen to our audiobooks, lol. This series is so doggone addictive!
@angelaholmes88884 күн бұрын
I read summer reading by jenn McKinley Summer on sag harbor by sunny hostin sequel to summer on the bluffs My fault by Mercedes ron and the mystery guest by nita prose i absolutely enjoyed it
@jcmberne4 күн бұрын
Hair looks good! I had mine cut to cool me off in Atlanta next weekend.
@TheNerdyNarrative3 күн бұрын
You're going to have so much fun!!!!
@jimmyc.39804 күн бұрын
Omg I love this
@TheNerdyNarrative4 күн бұрын
They were so awesome - definitely the best out in the scare zones that year. I can't wait for next Friday to see what awaits us this year!
@noelanikaanana5 күн бұрын
The Author is local to me and I've had the opportunity to meet them twice (our local indie bookstore always has signed copies of all their books). I'm slowly making my way through all their books.
@TheNerdyNarrative5 күн бұрын
Oh wow!! That's awesome!! It's probably a good thing none live near me, I'd probably worry them to death, lol.
@playsintraffic26 күн бұрын
I’ll come back after I read the first book.
@CNavo.TheNextChapter6 күн бұрын
I love it! I plan to read mine this December for sure
@TheNerdyNarrative5 күн бұрын
It made me wish Dom would do one of these every Advent season - I would love for it to be a new tradition. I was so excited to wake up every morning and have a new story to read - of course, it helped that I was already a big fan of the majority of the authors involved and became fans of the others!
@Priscilla_Bettis6 күн бұрын
Look at that cover! It's so cool!
@TheNerdyNarrative5 күн бұрын
These are some of the best covers I own!
@PageTurnersWithKatja6 күн бұрын
Sounds like a series I need to pick up. Love the edition - 😍
@mothmallow7 күн бұрын
I also caught the sneaky reference to Nettle & Bone! I love all of T. Kingfisher's books I've read so far, they are an auto-preorder author for me as well.
@TheNerdyNarrative6 күн бұрын
Love it! I'm now convinced that was a fun little bread crumb for her constant readers to find!
@angelaholmes88887 күн бұрын
Just finished reading the book I really enjoyed it 5 stars
@TheNerdyNarrative7 күн бұрын
There's a Christmas Molly novella coming AND a new Molly the Maid book coming out next year where something happens at a wedding...can you imagine?! lol
@TheCodeXCantina7 күн бұрын
Why do aliens have to always destroy everything? Can we not find a friendly alien out there? Bea Wolf sounds super cute. With that said, I'd like to talk to Mr. Grendal about the stock market and investments :D Snow makes any scene 10x more suspenseful
@TheNerdyNarrative7 күн бұрын
Well, to be fair, the aliens signed an agreement with us and we didn't hold up our end, so. Of course....it was signed decades prior & the forebears conveniently neglected to mention it..
@trinforeman547 күн бұрын
I ended up liking it, but I'm not a character driven reader. I do agree with all of your critiques, though. I do say in my review that character work was not the goal with this book 🤣
@TheNerdyNarrative7 күн бұрын
I just wish she'd developed all the cool stuff she teased!!! lol
@TruePerception8 күн бұрын
Hmm. Sky in Fire sounds like something that wouldn't even be up my alley. Chorus of Dragons is more typical fantasy.
@TruePerception8 күн бұрын
Ruin of Kings is good. I've heard Sky on Fire isn't.
@TheNerdyNarrative8 күн бұрын
Well, you can now add me to those who says Sky on Fire isn't
@MookeshThakkar8 күн бұрын
Price
@TheNerdyNarrative8 күн бұрын
I think I paid around $60 USD for it a couple years ago, but it was a limited edition and has since sold out. :/
@ThatOnePhoneCall8 күн бұрын
I loved this book so much. The ending was so nerve-racking my heart was racing
@TheNerdyNarrative8 күн бұрын
SAME! I didn't know what was going to happen - I love when authors can keep me on the edge of my seat like that. I can't wait for her next one :D
@liberioescriba61588 күн бұрын
wait ...so that guy is famous?? 🤨🤨
@TheNerdyNarrative8 күн бұрын
I'll be honest, when I bought this pen, I'd never heard of him before and had to look him up. I just liked the pen because I thought it was pretty - and it's still a pen I use in my daily line up.
@opheliasgrace9 күн бұрын
Oh I hope The Exorcist's House Genesis comes out in physical form! I'm not a fan of my kindle anymore lol
@TheNerdyNarrative9 күн бұрын
I know for sure it'll be releasing in paperback, not sure if there will be a hardback edition though.
@user-VSSgaminghard9 күн бұрын
Wow
@jdaniellayfield9 күн бұрын
Currently reading Wistful Ascending and loving it! Looking forward to the rest of the series.
@TheNerdyNarrative9 күн бұрын
Space Bearrrrrrrrrrrrs! LOL
@jdaniellayfield8 күн бұрын
@@TheNerdyNarrative Not gonna lie - they were what sold me on giving the book a try!
@TheNerdyNarrative8 күн бұрын
Well, if you're not gonna lie, I guess I can confess the reason why I wanted to read this series. Someone shared the cover for the second book - the one I just read - and I was like...that guy on the front cover looks like Uncle Jesse from Full House!
@jdaniellayfield8 күн бұрын
@@TheNerdyNarrative Oh, we're doing confessions? OK, here goes - in my head, Rohan has Jason Momoa's voice. Just looked at the cover for the second book and that's totally Uncle Jesse.
@TheNerdyNarrative7 күн бұрын
BAHAHAHAHA! Sadly I can't hear it because I've listened to the audiobook of the first one and I have the narrator's voice for Rohan stuck firmly in my head, lol
@dark.and.planty9 күн бұрын
I absolutely LOVED Nettle and Bone 🖤 and I am very intrigued by this author, but I must admit that when it comes to horror, I’m a bit of a 🐓 I adored the dark and creepy ambient tone of Nettle and Bone (and the characters, especially the dust-wife and her devil Hen!). I’d like to know if her other, more “horror” books such as this, are really more scary or have enough corky humor to balance it off in the way Nettle and Bone did. I so want to read more of her work!
@TheNerdyNarrative9 күн бұрын
I would put this one along the same lines of horror as Nettle and Bone - it's not the kind that's going to give you nightmares or keep you up at night, more along the lines of "I cannot believe this person would do this" - now there is one particular scene that - that has definitely stuck with me because I visualize books as I read them, but it's just the one.
@dark.and.planty9 күн бұрын
@@TheNerdyNarrative that’s great to hear! 🖤 Is there a warning… or rather something I can be on the lookout for to know when to be expecting to be horrified? 😂😁
@TheNerdyNarrative8 күн бұрын
Yes, when this happens, it's a planned event - you're told of their intentions, so you know something is about to happen. It may not even bother you, but it did me, lol. I don't want to get too detailed and spoil anything though.
@dark.and.planty8 күн бұрын
@@TheNerdyNarrative ahhh thank you!!! ☺️
@Mary...22-u9j10 күн бұрын
just got this one, Coates is hit or miss i liked Dead of Winter and Hunted but found some of hers boring.i got this one because its short stories and she is usually good on those
@TheNerdyNarrative9 күн бұрын
Sounds like your experience with her work is the same as mine. I got another short story collection of hers to try on my Kindle when I get a chance to squeeze it in.
@rachelk719510 күн бұрын
This was already on my wishlist but it sounds like it needs to be bumped up to the top.
@TheNerdyNarrative9 күн бұрын
I can't disagree there, especially if you're looking for a book that's going to make you laugh!
@JenniferHelgren-k7e10 күн бұрын
Thanks for the review! I just read this one for my book club, too, and really enjoyed it as well.
@TheNerdyNarrative9 күн бұрын
Seeing this reminded me to go check for any news on the film - sadly nothing new yet. Oprah and Mindy Kaling are producing it after the rights were purchased by Warner Bros - I cannot wait to see it!
@thatsci-firogue10 күн бұрын
As burnout and tired as I am with the MCU (I exclusively kept up with Spider-man post Endgame and didn't like them (i know, unpopular opinion 😅), I'm tempted to watch Deadpool & Wolverine. This week I finished: *Fantasy* Rain Wild Chronicles 1: Dragon Keeper - I'm glad I took a few months away to adjust expectations, its honestly not as "bad" as I was led to believe. Its fine. As for what I'm currently reading: *Fantasy* Wars of Light & Shadow 2: Ships of Merior - About 210 pages in, I'm not loving Dakar as a character but everything else is cool. Imagine if Robin Hobb took a Wheel of Time approach but with a Malazan-esque story. EDIT: i meant a Malazan approach to a WoT esque story 😅 *Horror / Thriller* Joe Ledger 1: Patient Zero - About a third of the way through, its picked. Simultaneously, Joe is a badass but also reads a bit too much like a power fantasy. *Western* Streets of Laredo / Larry McMurtry - Slowly chipping away, I'm loving catching up with some of our returning characters from Lonesome Dove.
@TheNerdyNarrative9 күн бұрын
That's good to hear about the Rain Wild Chronicles - I'll be sure to allow some time between the different arcs when I get back to work on RoTE. I felt the exact same way about MCU, but I kept seeing all these hilarious interviews and such with Ryan and Hugh popping up everywhere, friends were telling me it was worth it...so Chris and I decided to give in to the hype and try it out. It's the best thing that's coming out in that franchise in YEARS. lol
@NehaSharma-wl9pv10 күн бұрын
Ye mujhe bhi chahiye
@amandaplaysthesims10 күн бұрын
DCC is just the best and I am obsessed!!!
@TheNerdyNarrative10 күн бұрын
Right? I've just about made it through the second one now!!
@TheLiteraryApothecary10 күн бұрын
I can't wait till The Measure finds its way to my tbr. ❤ Oo I am dying to see Deadpool and Wolverine. John and I have been trying to find the right time to see that one.
@TheNerdyNarrative10 күн бұрын
I think you'll love The Measure just as much as I did, Kate!!