A Month of Indecision || May TBR

Im not in a reading slump but nothing was really speaking to me when I was making my tbr. Suggestions are very welcome.
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[@BookishChas]

Great video Tom! According to GRRM, the Ice Dragon isn’t part of Westeros. I’m hoping to read it soon too.

[@TomOrange]

Well that’s good to know! I saw a cover that said A legend of Ice and Fire so I just assumed

[@MacScarfield]

«We are the Dead» is definitly on my 2024 MBR List! My May TBR List: «The Wise Man’s Fear» by Patrick Rothfuss (Fantasy, sequel to «The Name of the Wind») «Madouc» (Lyonesse Trilogy #3) by Jack Vance ((Pre-)Arthurian Fantasy) «The Dragonbone Chair» (Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, #1) by Tad Williams (Epic Fantasy, a key influence for George R. R. Martin's « A Song of Ice and Fire») My May MBR list: «After Rome» by Morgan Llywelyn (Historical Fiction set in Post-Roman Britain) «Idoru» by William Gibson (Cyberpunk) «Kings of the Wyld» by Nicholas Eames (Fantasy Humor) Petrik & Jake Bishop have group-pressured me (though in the nicest way, after all Petrik is Southeast Asian and Jake Canadian! 😄) into start reading «Howling Dark» right away, and I have purchased the some of the «Sun Eater» novellas on Kindle, so might also push «The Green Pearl» (Lyonesse Trilogy #2) which I had plan to read this month till May! Cheers!

[@TomOrange]

That’s a great list of books for May!

[@CaseyUnderCovers]

I love Salem's Lot. My sister read it to me for the first time when I was around five years old and I still have that same copy, held together with ducktape and hope, and reread it pretty regularly. I think you'll really like it!

[@TomOrange]

Thats an awesome story! Having old books from childhood is great

[@PhilipChaseTheBestofFantasy]

Great plans, Tom! I think reading through Memories of Ice should give you a fair sense of your potential relationship with Malazan. I hope you take a lot from it!

[@TomOrange]

Hoping it sweeps me off my feet!

[@kirstenholmes6]

I highly recommend Mike Shackle. That whole trilogy is excellent!!! I’m currently doing a Cosmere reread and am on Mistborn: Secret History.

[@TomOrange]

I really do want to read Shackle at some point!

[@this_alec]

Currently reading "All the Pretty Horses" because of you, and yes... it's already one of my favorite books I've ever read. The quiet moments by the fire under the stars, the beautiful descriptions of nature and sky, the surprisingly emotional plot. THANK YOU for recommending! "Master of White Storm" is on my TBR for May as well! I don't know if you do buddy-reads or anything like that, but I'll be looking forward to hearing your thoughts on it (if you get to it). I'm a mood reader as well, so I totally understand wanting to keep things open. It's why I haven't started doing TBR videos yet, personally. It's just so hard to know what you'll want to read when the time comes! 🤔

[@TomOrange]

So glad to hear you are loving All the Pretty Horses! If I do start Whitestorm I’ll let you know and we can 100% talk about it

[@nikosbookreviews]

I'm actually starting Master of Whitestorm this weekend! It's my very last Janny Wurts book to read, and I'm really excited for it! With Malazan, I had pretty much that experience every book...I definitely do appreciate it in retrospect, but I didn't have a fun time reading it.

[@TomOrange]

I enjoyed Gardens a lot but Deadhouse was pretty rough. We will see about Memories

[@Chance.Dillon]

Memories of ice for the first three was the best paced and I didn’t wanna stop reading, I’m excited to hear your thoughts as I go into house of chains.. gonna steal your idea reading sections and breaking lol that’s genius

[@TomOrange]

That’s good to hear! I’ve heard a lot of positives for it so I’m expecting to like it

[@bardsandbooks]

Memories of Ice has been my favourite so far, hope you enjoy it! I’ll be getting to House of Chains in May

[@TomOrange]

I’m looking forward to it!

[@CNavo.TheNextChapter]

Whoa, I'm also returning to Malazan this month with Memories of Ice, we'll have to stay in communication on how the read it going...and as you, doubt I'll finish it in May. Happy Reading Cheers!

[@TomOrange]

Yes we will have to chat!

[@jan2bratt]

Good luck with your list. I'm always suggesting people read Beartown.

[@TomOrange]

I should read that. I love fredrik backman

[@marivealthabecebrian6757]

Hi Tom! I recently discovered your channel and I love it! I also have Salem's lot on my TBR and from Stephen King I read The Shinning and 11.22.63. Ps: from another video, I also enjoyed Dan Brown, it was one of the first authors I began reading when I was 15, so I have a soft spot for his "adventures"😂

[@TomOrange]

I hope we both enjoy Salem’s Lot. You’ll have to let me know what you think when you finish! I know people love to trash talk Dan Brown but his books are just fun and super easy to binge read

[@bartsbookspace]

Curious if you'll like Supernova Era. I've only read Liu's Remembrance series and a book of short stories. And, of course, I'm SUPER curious about The Crossing. I might also read it at some point soon. Can't decide on which McCarthy to read next, lol. Good luck with your May readings.

[@TomOrange]

Im very curious about the crossing. I heard it leans into the parts of All the Pretty Horses that I liked the most so heres to hoping

[@literatejenna]

I'm wrapping up a series right now that I've been coreading with my friend and in May I'm hopefully gonna read Clash of Kings (my brother is reading the GoT series so I'm joining, I'm not a huge fantasy reader though).

[@TomOrange]

That is a top tier fantasy series! Hope you enjoy

[@christhewritingjester3164]

I only know about Janny Wurts, but I hear good things. I wish I had a comment on the other maybe TBR books. Several (that book or author) are on my list as well for a future read. Nothing is really jumping out at me as a recommendation (although May is my birthday month and it would be a gift for you to read my novella that I think you would like since you like small town type stories lol). Tigana wasn't doing it for me, so I've switched to The Black Crown for my work listen (it's an ebook, but I found a way to get a decent text-to-speech going for it) and I'm really enjoying it so far. I'm also listening to Shards of Earth and it's okay. It's enjoyable, but nothing is really wowing me so far about it. I have Six Sacred Swords: Weapons and Wielders, Book 1 and Red Rising coming up in May as definite ones I'll be getting to.

[@TomOrange]

If you send over some info about your novella I could mention it in my wrap up! I dont read/review things that are sent to me but always happy to shout them out

[@christhewritingjester3164]

@@TomOrange Sure thing, I'll send an email over to you. I have a sale for my birthday starting tomorrow and running through May 11th, so that works out if you're able to squeeze it in.

[@Johanna_reads]

Tom, I feel so bad to share that I spread misinformation in my Ice Dragon video (not totally my fault), but the story is not from the ASOIAF universe. The publishers stated it was on the cover, and GRRM later said the stories were not connected (in the comment of one of his blog posts). It makes sense that the two stories are unrelated since GRRM wrote The Ice Dragon at least 16 years before A Game of Thrones was published. It’s still a great short story with excellent illustrations! Can’t wait to hear your thoughts on all the books you decide to read this May!

[@TomOrange]

Dont feel bad! The cover of it is super misleading.

[@alexiasp]

so curious what you think of supernova era

[@TomOrange]

Im optimistic about it!