A Book RANT! Some disappointing reads and two FANTASTIC Books

[@esmayrosalyne]

Gosh Andrew I am SO pumped to get to Discovery now!! Will be one of my first reads of 2025 for sure. And totally with you on Murder on the North Pole Express, such a jolly fun time. Also well said on Hell's Chasm, that is exactly how I felt as well. Hope the second half of the year treats you well 🥰

[@FineReads]

Hope you feel better soon 🤧 I’m glad you read some great books 🥳 I’m still contemplating if I want to read hells chasm. I didn’t vibe with the first book in her long series but might give the standalone a try. And the holographic cover of the king short stories is neat 😍

[@Talking_Story]

Dude you have no idea how we all are over here!! Me personally that you loved Jack and all of us for the way our book is hitting for you! We are over the moon.

[@AndrewsWizardlyReads]

@@Talking_Story you have created something super special IMO. I love it

[@Talking_Story]

@ we are dancing over here.

[@NerdLevelRising]

Im so excited for the Minton family book whenever i can get my hands on it 🙌

[@AndrewsWizardlyReads]

Its such a great reading experience im 35% in and having great fun with it

[@MrRorosuri]

[@AndrewsWizardlyReads]

@@MrRorosuri :)

[@bethloubet4650]

Interesting about Advent of Winter. I didn't even think of Christmas Advent season. I tuned into "Winter is coming" vibes, with darkness and ice and winds. The cover seems cold to me. Just different expectations, I think.

[@AndrewsWizardlyReads]

@@bethloubet4650 my mind goes towards a Christmas advent which this is not. I’m still gonna read it but not during the Christmas season

[@angelaholmes8888]

Here's what I read so far Wild eyes by elsie silver For real by alexis hall Only for the holidays by abiola bello Be my baby by ronnie spector memoir True love experiment by christina Lauren

[@AndrewsWizardlyReads]

@@angelaholmes8888 that’s a solid list of books!

[@brucegrossman3531]

Loved the Repairman Jack series. There is actually a YA version of Jack as a teen.

[@AndrewsWizardlyReads]

@@brucegrossman3531 I heard about this. It’s a trilogy right

[@brucegrossman3531]

@@AndrewsWizardlyReads yes. Read it years ago

[@Wouter_K]

hahaha, I'm so sorry you were disappointed by the Advent of Winter. I joined last year for the kickstarter and read one story each day. I had no christmas expectations whatsoever. To me an advent thing is just a present every day up until christmas. And this book really was a true present every day. The overall quality is greater than most anthologies I've read.

[@AndrewsWizardlyReads]

@@Wouter_K I 100% agree the stories are great. Just way way darker then I was anticipating

[@Wouter_K]

Yes! I hope you can really enjoy them once you pick it up with the right expecations! Also, I'll pick up the new Sam Shovel novel again. Because of you, because no one else alerts me to these things 😃

[@akellerhouse83]

You know, if I'm being honest with myself, I kinda agree with you about the first part of Wind and Truth. I'm 500 pages in, but I get easily distracted while reading it and haven't been able to reach that flow state. It's starting to get good, though. I'm not giving up yet. I think you could look at the Advent of Winter colors like they're a gloomy and snowy gray day. I didn't think all the stories were grimdark. I haven't finished it, though.

[@AndrewsWizardlyReads]

@@akellerhouse83 i recently picked back up WaT lol 😂 I can’t walk away at this stage of the game.

[@acravy]

Another great video Andrew

[@AndrewsWizardlyReads]

@@acravy thank you Aaron!!!

[@JohnAndrewMacDonald]

You need to read F. Paul Wilson's "The Keep", Book One of "The Adversary Cycle". It is the book than made me fall in love with Wilson,

[@AndrewsWizardlyReads]

@@JohnAndrewMacDonald I snagged the audio book during the huge audible sale

[@RowdyPlayer1]

Wind and Truth picks up in the second half and gets a lot better in my opinion. I ranked it 3rd of the 5 books. Talking Story’s book sounds so good, I can’t wait to read it!

[@AndrewsWizardlyReads]

I am just over 500 pages in at this point and I agree it is ramping up!

[@thatsci-firogue]

Haven't read To Ride Hell's Chasm but I'm loving Wars of Light & Shadow. Only book I've finished so far was Fool's Quest and about 40% through Assassin's Fate (just recovered from a cold so ready to get back in the swing of things. At least I shedded oft a few more pounds in the process 😅)

[@AndrewsWizardlyReads]

@@thatsci-firogue I’m excited for WoLaS

[@Luckathefranglais]

Do you have favourite classics, like English or French literature? Not necessary fantasy or science fiction. If yes have you planned to make a video on it?

[@AndrewsWizardlyReads]

@@Luckathefranglais my favorite classics are Robinson Caruso, Sherlock Holmes, 20,000 leagues under the sea. I have never real thought about talking about them. But it’s definitely possible

[@ireallyamjomarch]

I also was jarred by Advent of Winter, expecting them to be related to Christmas/Yule etc. I’ve decided I’ll just read it over the entire winter.

[@AndrewsWizardlyReads]

@@ireallyamjomarch it caught me off guard for sure

[@momo_genX]

There is no better BookTuber that I know of that reads a lot of Indie that is as fun and thoughtful as you. Team Talking Story chose a great member to be on their ARC team with Andrew's Wizardly Reads.

[@AndrewsWizardlyReads]

@@momo_genX thank you for your Kind Words :)

[@safinan8008]

Always great videos 🎉🍁❄️☃️

[@AndrewsWizardlyReads]

@@safinan8008 Thank you Safina

[@dougsundseth6904]

Sorry your reading month isn't going all that well. If you want some lighter, Christmas/winter themed books, you might consider the "Jayne Frost" series by Kristen Painter. They're solidly in the cozy mystery camp, but the characters are fun and the stories flow well. My month has been going pretty well so far. I blew through the last 11 books of the Alex Verus series, several books from John Conroe's Demon Accords series, and the latest two books in Brust's Vlad Taltos series (and a few others). Nothing 5-star yet, but quite a bit of very readable and entertaining fiction.

[@AndrewsWizardlyReads]

@@dougsundseth6904 the month has been mixed for sure. How I really enjoy the Verus books!

[@brandon5080]

Having a good read this month. Only one DNF and one NFM. I'm actually reading a piece of housewife-fic I picked up with the milk at the grocery store last night. A Lowcountry Christmas by Mary Alice Monroe. Even though it is nothing like I usually read, I'm a hundred pages in already.

[@AndrewsWizardlyReads]

@@brandon5080 Those random book that you pick up can sometimes be the best reads. I hope you enjoy

[@Luckathefranglais]

I recommend you to reas dr sleep by Mr Stephen king . One great sequel ever.

[@AndrewsWizardlyReads]

@@Luckathefranglais it’s definitely one I need to check out

[@ToddsBookTube91]

Niko's Book Reviews was not liking Wind & Truth either. 1200 pages is almost too much.

[@AndrewsWizardlyReads]

@@ToddsBookTube91 I don’t want to say i dislike it. But the humor is terrible in the first couple sections. And it just doesn’t need to be so long lol. I have returned to it. I’m about halfway through section 4

[@sjoerdth]

Funny I had the complete opposite experience with Hell's Chasm, the first 60/70% was like a solid 4⭐ and after that it turned into sort of a cookie cutter ya-ish, horse loving fantasy. As far as the magic system goes, I feel like there wasn't any, which is my preference. Magic's gonna magic.

[@AndrewsWizardlyReads]

@@sjoerdth I still feel it was a solid 4 star read

[@sjoerdth]

@AndrewsWizardlyReads I think I ended up giving it 3 stars. I had some issues with the first part, and since I really disliked the last act, the negativity started to overshadow the rest. I wrote a pretty extensive review on it on GR.

[@AndrewsWizardlyReads]

@@sjoerdth I will have to go check out your review

[@shemiahwalker]

You spelled by accident,disappointed wrong By accident. Its ok. Everyone is not perfect. Your an awesome cool great person continue. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@AndrewsWizardlyReads]

@@shemiahwalker lol thank you. This is why I shouldn’t edit while sick 🤒

[@shemiahwalker]

@AndrewsWizardlyReads it's ok

[@shemiahwalker]

@AndrewsWizardlyReads I hope you feel better.

[@shemiahwalker]

I hope you feel better.