Book Haul !!! - Fantasy, Scifi, & Horror

[@safinan8008]

Hi 👋 like ur bookhaul video!! Enjoy all reads, happy reading to u!! ❄️🎬🎥🍁☃️

[@BookishChas]

Great haul Baron! Ohhh the Killing Moon. That’s on my list. Brom is also on my list. I recently found the Child Thief for a good price. I’ve never read Ken Follett, but I’ve heard that Pillars of the Earth is great. I’m wanting to read the Hannibal books too. My kids and I have been watching the show, and it’s brilliant. That Tolkien book looks fantastic!

[@YourBrainonBooks]

Thanks Chas! I’m jealous of that copy of The Child Thief you have ;)

[@KristinKravesBooks]

So many good books! I always get excited when someone hauls N.K. Jemisin. I just love her!

[@YourBrainonBooks]

Thanks! I am a Broken Earth super fan. Very eager to get to more of her work :)

[@maggythestray6869]

The Killing Moon is also on my TBR!

[@YourBrainonBooks]

Awesome! I can’t wait to get to it. Thanks for watching Margarete :)

[@tannerwride3676]

Just found your channel! Looking forward to watching the vids!

[@YourBrainonBooks]

Thanks Tanner! That means a lot :)

[@smileytonya]

Awesome haul!

[@YourBrainonBooks]

Thanks Tonya!

[@loriannwhite8384]

Lots of great picks. Enjoy 📚

[@YourBrainonBooks]

Thanks Lori!

[@bmoneybby]

Great books man. You have good taste! Grace of Kings and Exhalation are so good.

[@YourBrainonBooks]

Haha thanks! I appreciate that. Definitely looking forward to starting both

[@marilynsilver2477]

I was disappointed with Ghost Story; that’s all I’ll say! Pillars of the Earth is one of my all time favorite historical fiction novels - wonderful!

[@YourBrainonBooks]

Not that surprising, I know Straub is pretty hit or miss. I am beyond excited to get into Pillars of the Earth! Thanks for watching Marilyn :)

[@afantasybabble6222]

I think I am going to read Grace of Kings in January. The more I hear about it, the more I want to read it. Ted Chiang is a top 5 author for me. The stories in Exhaltation are phenomenal. I can firmly say that reading his stories has changed the way I read fiction.

[@YourBrainonBooks]

Wow! That’s high praise 😮 I can’t wait to get to it

[@redbeard-horrorbooksvinyl3060]

That copy of The Stand is a great find!

[@YourBrainonBooks]

Thanks! I was pretty excited to add it to the collection

[@MythicalP]

I´m looking forward to watch your "The Troop" review. So far i´ve heard mixed opinions

[@YourBrainonBooks]

Should be a fun one. I’ll absolutely do a review for it

[@BookishDrummer]

Awesome to see you picked up a cool copy of Night Shift! We’ve been enjoying going through the stories in that one

[@YourBrainonBooks]

I’m a failure for not reading it with you all. The books I was reading were too demanding. I can’t wait to get to it. I read Jerusalems lot and that was excellent

[@BookishDrummer]

@@YourBrainonBooks there’s always time to catch up! We’re reading them very slowly. And actually this week, on the schedule, we’re taking a break, so that would be a perfect time to do some catching up. No pressure though of course. Or you could always just start next week with SOMETIMES THEY COME BACK, and then retroactively read the rest later. Honestly, I’m just excited to hear your opinions on them 🤣

[@kevin.jenkins]

Nice haul😎 hope you enjoy Pillars of the Earth as much as I did, it's fantastic

[@YourBrainonBooks]

Dude I keep hearing that. I am sooo ready!

[@Thecatladybooknook_PennyD]

I own Pillars! And a few others of those. I'm definitely down for Ken Liu!

[@YourBrainonBooks]

Yeah I can’t wait to get to it. I need more novellas in my life. No more tomes

[@curtjarrell9710]

Red Dragon is solid. The Silence of the Lambs is a masterpiece. Boy's Life is the best of Robert McCammon. Have fun!

[@YourBrainonBooks]

Great to hear. I am very excited for both. Thanks for watching Curt!

[@keeley_reads]

Nick Cutter is great!!! The Troop was gross lolol Have fun with that one!

[@YourBrainonBooks]

Hahaha yeah I’ve heard some things

[@85dresden]

Currently reading the Hannibal Lector and enjoying them. Read both Red Dragon and Silence of the Lambs and definitely start with reading Red Dragon first.

[@YourBrainonBooks]

Thanks Alvin! I wasn’t sure :)

[@BookishDrummer]

I’ve read two of Brom’s books, The Child Thief, which I really enjoyed I gave it 4.5 stars, and Krampus which I just read I loved and gave it 5 stars. His books are a lot of fun

[@YourBrainonBooks]

I can’t wait to get to them. They seem totally my style

[@angelaholmes8888]

Pillars of the earth was the first book from ken follett that I read definitely a great read I also enjoyed the sequel and the prequel I haven't read the third book in the series yet I have seen the hannibal movie's but never read the books

[@YourBrainonBooks]

I can’t wait to get to Pillars of the Earth. I hear nothing but great things :)

[@AndrewsWizardlyReads]

Book hauls are also my favorites lol

[@YourBrainonBooks]

So much fun! I can’t keep up with your buying though 🤣

[@AndrewsWizardlyReads]

@@YourBrainonBooks lol 😂 I’m just excessive

[@Nxrth2001]

banger haul dude

[@YourBrainonBooks]

Thanks! I really appreciate you watching :)

[@brightskysyl3913]

I wanna read some Ted Chiang too! Will buy Exhalation soon. Anyway, can I recommend two great sci-fi books I’ve read this year? It’s The Actual Star by Monica Byrne and The First Sister by Linden A. Lewis. :)

[@YourBrainonBooks]

Awesome! I’ll look them up for sure. I definitely need more Scifi in my life

[@torres870rem]

This should called, books covers only, and books that will never read.

[@YourBrainonBooks]

Huh? 🤣

[@Odd_Combo]

Hey, brother... hope all is well! Got a trilogy recommendation that I think you’ll really dig. The first is called ‘The Lovecraft Code’ by Peter Lavenda. He is primarily a Non-Fiction Occult author who is heavily into Lovecraft’s legacy and fuses that into a real world narrative. This brief description hardly does the body of work justice, but, if you do a quick search, I think your interest will be piqued. The other two are ‘Dunwich’ and ‘Starry Eyes’. 🖖

[@YourBrainonBooks]

Thanks Gordon! I will have to add them to the never needing TBR 🤣 hey are you on any of the booktube discords? Feel free to join the channel one. It would be great to talk books with you

[@Odd_Combo]

@@YourBrainonBooks I’ve honestly NEVER been on Discord, but, have found myself curious about it a few times. Tonight, when I get home from work, I think I’ll check it out and drop a line over there. I don’t really have anyone to talk books with and that’d be a great thing. My apologies for not getting back to you until now. I just started working another job, so, I haven’t had a ton of time to myself lately. Hope all is well on your side, dude! Talk soon.

[@YourBrainonBooks]

No worries at all, I hope the new job is going well :) The discords are low key the backbone of booktube in a way. Mine is quite small like the channel. But I am in about ten others (most channels have their own). You’ll start to see a lot of the same faces in most of them and there are always group reads to join. Lots of fun!

[@angelaholmes8888]

I don't know if I want to read the killing moon next year I did enjoy the broken earth trilogy and the inheritance trilogy but I have only read the first two books

[@YourBrainonBooks]

I ❤️ broken earth

[@TheNerdyNarrative]

Yay Dreamblood duology! That one is on my list too. I think Red Dragon is the correct starting place with Thomas Harris. Dang it - everyone is talking about Ken Liu lately! What an amazing find in hardback. How you said Ted Chiang is how I hear everyone else say it. ;)

[@YourBrainonBooks]

Lezlie you are the oracle :) I love it

[@shelfunstable]

Gorgeous books Baron! Really love the NK Jemison ones, kinda just want to get them for shelf candy without even knowing what they're about... Ted Chiang's short stories are genius, you're going to love him.

[@YourBrainonBooks]

Thanks! You need to join the Broken Earth fan club with Jimmy and I ;)

[@shelfunstable]

@@YourBrainonBooks so many series, so little time 🥲 it's on the list!

[@kaizacorp]

I'm very intrigued by The Grace of Kings! I think the interest is building for it from the upcoming releases of books 3 and 4. I loved both Ted Chiang collections, I hope you enjoy them. That illustrated Tolkien book looks great. Appreciate the book texture discussion, a missing factor in most book hauls!

[@YourBrainonBooks]

Haha thanks. I feel like a weirdo rubbing them. I’m glad someone else understands

[@AndrewsWizardlyReads]

Grace of kings gets great reviews

[@YourBrainonBooks]

Yeah seems right to my alley

[@FineReads]

Wow, gorgeous haul 😱 the stand is such a lucky find!!! I’d love to hear what the difference is. The Ken Liu books sound and look interesting too!

[@YourBrainonBooks]

Thank you! Yeah I was through the M-O-O-N when I found it :)

[@FineReads]

@@YourBrainonBooks I can only imagine 😊

[@BookishDrummer]

I actually wasn’t a huge fan of the Troop, I’ll be interested to see what you think of it, it just seemed like body horror for shock value, it was very mehhh.

[@YourBrainonBooks]

Interesting 🤔 I don’t mind body horror if done well. I mean, I am a major Barker fan so that’s a given lol

[@JolienReads]

Great haul Baron! I need to give NK Jemisin a try soon as well, think I'm going to start with the Broken Earth trilogy. Her covers are always beautiful indeed. I'm almost done with the Grace of Kings and it's definitely a dense book. I'm loving it but there's a lot going on so even though it's only 600 pages, it FEELS longer. 😄

[@YourBrainonBooks]

I love Broken Earth!!! In my top 5 fantasy series no doubt. I’m glad to hear that about Grace of Kings. Should be a fun one. Thanks for watching Jolien :)

[@alynam82]

This has been a phenomenal book haul, with some of my favorites! Boy's Life is an excellent starting point for McCammon, I love that and Swan Song equally. I hope it makes you a fan. I haven't read Straub yet either, though I tried Koko a few years ago, and put it down. I'll give it another shot some day. But I have Ghost Story, and even though I meant to read it this past October, I still plan on getting to it in the near future.

[@YourBrainonBooks]

Thanks Anthony! I am beyond excited to start Boy’s Life. I am reading it with some other booktubers. So hopefully we can get some discussions going around it

[@WordsinTime]

I haven't read anything by Ted Chiang but a friend of mine recommended his short stories and I loved Arrival. I'm interested to hear your thoughts on Exhalation!

[@YourBrainonBooks]

I can’t wait, I need more Scifi in my life :)

[@theoa126]

Great video. Where do you find those mylar slip jackets?

[@YourBrainonBooks]

Thanks! I buy them from the company Brodart. I’ve used a few different ones from them but like the Advantage 1 model the best

[@theoa126]

@@YourBrainonBooks thanks so much for the reply! Just discovered your channel and really digging it. Great content, and even better shelves 👌🏼 👏🏻

[@theoa126]

@@YourBrainonBooks One more question. What is the most common/ standard width and length if I'm looking to buy some? Just curious what you use most for, say, the King books and Wheel of Time, etc.

[@YourBrainonBooks]

Thanks! I really appreciate that :) As far as size for standard 9.5in hardcovers I like the ones that are 12inches wide. Then for length, usually anything 20-24in is ok depending on how chunky the books are. For WOT I’d go 24 and cut them shorter as needed. Expect to screw some up as you learn to put them on. So order extra. Hope that helps!

[@theoa126]

@@YourBrainonBooks you're the man!

[@TheBookCure]

This was pure fire. That version of the stand is just 😍😍 Can’t wait to read Boy’s Life with you!

[@YourBrainonBooks]

Haha I am glad someone else underStands. I was pretty excited to find it

[@TheBookCure]

@@YourBrainonBooks Hope me joining in doesn’t tank your whole readalong. Hopefully 2022 exorcises the curse 😅

[@YourBrainonBooks]

Well if I’m being honest with myself I think I am having fantasy burnout. All of the books I’ve had issues with are European style high fantasy. I think I’m just going to do Malazan next year and then go for other genres. At least for a while until I’m feeling it again.

[@TheBookCure]

@@YourBrainonBooks Sounds like a plan. I wonder if you would like The Sisters Brothers. It’s a dark comedy/western by a Canadian author and I love it!

[@YourBrainonBooks]

It’s sitting on my shelf right now ;) The next westerns I want to read are that, The Son, and Hondo

[@austinarcala4525]

Ted Chiang is pronounced "Chang"... Trust me, I read books. No, but really his agent says it at 0:37 here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fl69pY2Qft6ogNk

[@YourBrainonBooks]

Thank goodness you are here. Augie dogie to the rescue

[@nandinidash3540]

Hi Brain, interesting horror books. Wish you a happy Christmas in advance!! May I have your email id?

[@YourBrainonBooks]

Thank you! I haven’t set up a channel email yet 🤦‍♂️ I need to. You can join the channel Discord and PM me

[@nandinidash3540]

Thx Brian. I was wondering if you would like to include my books in your next list?

[@YourBrainonBooks]

Wow! You’re a writer? :)