So glad to see someone pick up Wendig! I feel you will enjoy his books. Can’t speak too much about Black River Orchard as I have not read it yet but I enjoyed his Wanderers Duology. Not sure if going past two books yet. And his Miriam Black series, which I highly highly recommend, as it’s the story of a woman with the ability to see how you die when she touches you. Good stuff!!!

Odd thomas is so good

2:48 about the stats thing, I’ll say the stat read outs become much less frequent the further into the series you get.

I'm there with you on Curse of the Mistwraith. It may not help that I did it via audiobook? I finished it a few days ago and I'm struggling on putting my thoughts together. Normally, I can rate a book as soon as it's wrapped up. Good job on utilizing the library more!

Have you thought about using Fable for book chats? That's what I use.

I’m so happy for you, like ur books!! 🎉

CAROL BERG 🎉

Just a heads up, Ararat is the start of the Ben Walker series. Three books so far, each self contained stories but featuring Ben Walker as the Robert Langdon or Agent Pendergast style expert. I've only read Ararat, when it won the Stoker, and even at that time had no idea Golden was going to continue the character. I recommend the audio for Ararat.

Congrats on launching your book club! Looks like a great slate of books.

Lots of good reads for the year! Added a few to my TBR!

Just downloaded the audio for Blood over Bright Haven! I will also look into getting the Annubis Gates too!

Only one I've read is Malevolent Seven. Its so much fun!!! Works great as a standalone, but i hope we get a sequel. Darker in tone but still has Castell's humour and banter. Dunno what it is, I love GGK, I've read most of his books, but its always the wrong time when I try to read A Song for Arbonne.

Tsubasa reservoir chronicles was my favorite thing as a child, my traumatized 9 year old ass could not take it when I got to the OVAs though.... (I had not read the manga back then so 'what happened' was so abrupt ) I remember hiding under my desk crying after ending the episode😢

the stars my destination : alfred bester is it good?

Please be careful, youll get traumatized😢

I had a deep obsession with tsubasa reservoir chronicles as a teen and loved every part of it. I remember crying my eyes out like 10 years ago. Now I'm going to have to reread it on my kindle!

Kindle Fire has always been my go-to. In general there arent a lot of great manga apps - but the ones that work are the best. Ive been using it for 14 years and its unbeatable

Don't read 7 through 13 unless you know the power of the eclipse

You are ROCKING!!! I just love your passion and energy😊

Love berserk! It definitely has some problems, but the whole story in general, with the golden age arc standing out, is just a great story!

I've read two books this month and four graphic novels. The books were This Immortal by Zelazny, and the best was a Robert Howard Conan collection. Best graphic novel and maybe one of the best I've read in my forty-plus years in comics was The Metabarons: The First Cycle by Jodorowsky. It's origins are in the failed attempt by Jodorowsky to adapt a film version of Dune in the 1970s. There are glimpses of Dune very early in the story, but it quickly becomes its own unique, amazing space opera. Highly recommend that one. I'm currently reading At the Earths Core by Burroughs and a short story collection of Appalachian Gothic sci-fi titled Telling the Map by Christopher Rowe.

Yeah this one messed me up a little😂😂

My brain could never keep that many plot lines separated in my head I would also struggle to remember anything 😂

LOVE Ray Bradbury. Dandelion Wine is a beautiful book with prose that makes you feel nostalgic for a place you've never been and people that have never existed.

this is how under a rock I am about literature...is manga really read left to right? I think I caught that from some video. I see how you are holding the book.

Yup, it’s phenomenal. So happy you… enjoyed it(?) As much as you can enjoy the brutality of the golden Age. Also just be ready because Lost Children is disturbing to say the least.

I’m like 3 books ahead of the audiobooks now. The inn has quickly become my all time favorite fantasy series

GGK and Janny 😍🥰😍

How can you read six books at once! 🤯 Maybe it's the author in me, but I can't imagine trying to keep track of that many stories at once.

The lions of Al-Rassan, my favorite standalone fantasy EVER 🥹 80 pages? you’ve seen nothing yet…..

You should start vagabond too Definitive or omnibus your choice

If you wanna read online then pirate haha I pirate if it’s online if it’s physical copy i buy it or library

Reading too many books at one time kills it you should stick to one at a time and also another thing is how in the world can you keep all the story lines straight?

Im kinda pissed at Sanderson. I feel his direction in Wind and Truth alienated his fan base.

Eighty pages into my first Andrzej Sapkowski. My twenty-four-year-old son is a huge fan of the Witcher games and books, so I picked up this Sapkowski at my library. This isn't one of his Witcher book, but a historical fantasy. Still trying to figure out if I like it. The plot and main character are interesting, but there is a lot of historical info about Poland and Czech in this book and it sometimes stalls the story.

Can't go wrong with GGK or Wurts. I've been getting back to authors I love but have largely neglected in the last few years and got back around to reading more Daniel Abraham, Adrian Tchaikovsky and Ursula K LeGuin.

Mark of the Fool falls off unfortunately. DCC book 2 lost me. Cradle was okay, book 1 was awful though. Super Powereds is certainly interesting, I couldn't get into it though. Arcane Ascension was mid for me. HOWEVER, Mother of Learning actually is 5 stars! Yay, we got one book in common.

I’m getting decision paralysis by proxy

Happy to hear that your finished reads were both great ones at least! And appreciate you sharing your experience with Curse of the Mistwraith so far, hope it fully manages to win you over by the end. My top read of January was my first read of the year, none other than Discovery by the Mintons!! Happy reading 🥰

Wait why is that funny? Mesa lost

Here's hoping you find something to settle on and enjoy. Fully support the library love. I do 85% of my reading through Libby. One of the underdiscussed advantages of the library is that it makes putting books down super easy and removes that voice in the back of the head yelling that you spent money and have to read the book. Just having books circulate is what libraries want to justify their budgets. My favorite reads so far have be This Will Be Fun by E.B. Asher which is just a very silly adventure book about trauma and survivor's guilt. And Book Lovers by Emily Henry, which is a romcom for people who dont normally get to be the stars of a romcom.

I do not envy the hardships of being a mood reader. God's speed my friend!

The Tomb is my second favorite book! I love that story!

No. Don’t start. Never start.

The bouncing around is so real 🤣 I have been struggling this month and none of the books I have finished so far have been great. Crossing all my fingers that you’re finding THE book soon and reduce the bounce 😝

You're a hopeless book romantic. Embrace it.

Yes the Berserk love 🙌🙌🙌 so glad you picked it back up dude!

I hope you go back to Beware of Chicken. I'm not that familiar with Cultivation Fantasy, but i I had a fun time with that one.

Finish Lions of Al-Rassan and then Curse of the Mistwraith. Glad to help 🙂

Do you retain all the story when your jumping between that many books? Genuinely curious