Book Haul: May 2022

[@mikesbookreviews]

Hey guys! A couple of corrections: Apparently Amazon US has two listings for Jade Legacy. The one I had saved to my wishlist said September 13th. But the other one has it listed as available now. Weird. Also, I meant Slowly Red for Mark's channel. Not Simply Red. Though I do love me a Simply Red song now and then. Have a great week, everyone!

[@Sleepgarden]

Amazon Canada for me says Sept 13 for paperback, available now for hardcover so that might be what it is

[@txmatt2112]

Mike’s kindle advice literally changed my reading life. It’s been an amazing experience. I’m such a physical reader I just could not see how it would work for me. Then his review changed me. I’m reading faster than I ever have. Thx again Mike

[@Ironworthstriking]

What’s his advice?

[@michelleschafer8882]

You can buy shelves to add in your bookshelves. I got mine from Lowe’s. Instead of 5 shelf bookshelves, at least one will have 8 shelves (paperbacks). They also have extenders you can put on top. Helps when you may have a problem with continuing to buy books when you have no room. Speaking from experience lol

[@DustinPorta]

Mike, thanks for showing my card game! I had missed this one, but I caught your more recent video where you got the expansion. Glad to hear it served as a dungeon map. I have to admit, I spend almost as much time making cool maps with the cards as I do actually playing the games. I'll share this on my author page next time I'm on facebook!

[@moonbot7613]

I think you’ll dig The Five Warrior Angel books by Durfee. I really enjoy his channel but his books blew me away and think he is truly underrated. Also, I just finished Vinland Saga on Amazon last and loved it. My first anime experience and now I’m gonna read the books.

[@carlosdanielcalderonmontoy3723]

Vinland Saga = 10000/10

[@zacharyfeller4187]

I read the forgetting moon in January and it's quite possibly one of the best fantasy novels I've read. It's like everything i want from the genre

[@SpickyRooster]

Grail quest is amazing, brutal and the longbow archery is so well described. It’s grimdark historical fiction

[@jonathonholm8737]

I recently picked up A World of Ice and Fire and I'm loving the in depth info

[@jeffhaubrich6121]

that bookmark is awesome. I see this as good for marking maps and dramatis personae

[@jakelewis1752]

Yes! Grail Quest series is my favourite Bernard Cornwell series! Thomas of Hookton is simply the best 🏹

[@DrLampshade]

I’m in the same boat with piles of books everywhere. Someday I’ll have enough shelves. I’ve unhauled about half my books in the last 2 years and still have floor stacks and double rows on the shelves. Fell into a bit of a reading slump last month. Had a house guest from Germany this weekend who was reading a Clive Cussler so I might pick up a couple of those to get me out of the slump. Another friend and I started writing letters to each other during the pandemic. I can’t say my writing has gotten worse, but I wouldn’t say it’s all that good either

[@thebrothersgwynne]

We definitely recommend Beyond Redemption! Ed and I say it is like Greatcoats, but grittier and if the main trio saw each other an enemies, not friends. A hilarious and really well-crafted read.

[@mikesbookreviews]

Nice! That sounds legit.

[@bookmeridian]

I feel you on the no shelf space. I'm completely out also. Good problems to have I guess. Great haul!

[@mmurphy3608]

You should consider doing some book giveaways for your viewers for some of the books you don’t think you’ll get to or that you have dupes of. Good way to get some interaction and engagement.

[@odiums_taint]

likin’ the new specs mike!

[@mikesbookreviews]

Man, I'm so blind these days I need to be wearing them all the time.

[@andrewmartinelli6092]

Michael Crichton is my all time favorite author, I love JP, Lost World, Congo, Sphere, this could go on forever but I shall stop here. I’ve just discovered you and I really love your channel!

[@slowlyred2082]

Hell yeah!! Manifest Delusions 🖤🖤🖤 Stacking books is what pushed me into digital, which is now my go to. Love my kindle

[@Indiehorrortime]

My boyfriend actually sent Mike these books, and it's because of you that we discovered them to begin with. Eternal thanks!

[@slowlyred2082]

@@Indiehorrortime one of my favorites. Always glad to hear others love them as much as I do. Gehirn is 🔥🔥🔥 so awesome

[@tuffguy0134]

I'm digging the Beavis and Butthead shirt. I just finished Deadhouse Gates. Man, that ending. I think I need a day to recover.

[@bs56644]

Old man shakes fist at cloud. Apparently this is why I watch all your videos…cracked me up.

[@mikesbookreviews]

Happens to the best of us.

[@leethompson9877]

Book lovers are book lovers. I get why you won't purge. Thank you for your content.

[@sunshine_tidings6983]

Hey Mike, thanks for giving me the push I needed to start First Law. You never miss!

[@mikesbookreviews]

Any time!

[@briteskin]

After going much of 2022 with a single purchase every month. I broke down for a good cause when the public library, schools, and book stores put on a bag of books for one price. I ended up with two bags full. It was mostly kids books so picked up every choose your own adventure I could find. Hopefully in 2 or 3 years my great niece will enjoy them. I also picked up some Bradbury, Tolkien, S.E. Hinton, Star Wars books, Vonnegut, and other stuff that looked interesting. My best pick ups were nostalgia. Found a pb copy of 'Salem's Lot' by Stephen King with the cover art from when I first read it. Also 'Shogun' by James Clavell. Was obsessed with the tv mini-series as a kid and always wanted to read it. Added four graphic novels with 'The Nice House on the Lake' vol 1 being the stand out.

[@tiananesbitt7156]

Thought of my book bae whenever Jordan, Anderson and Pratchett comes to mind!

[@whispersofthewind8401]

I get your hickup with Assassin's Quest. But. The Tawny Man is one amazing trilogy with no weak links. Also the Liveship Traders are must reads and ideally should be read before the Tawnt Man.

[@funkyboy_22]

0:16 Is that a Will Jordan novel I see? Looks like our man Mike watches the Critical Drinker. Awesome!

[@mikesbookreviews]

I do watch Drinker's reviews. They make me laugh. His publisher sent me that book last month.

[@KalleVilenius]

Haven't seen stacks like that since my last move. Chronicles of Amber is a pretty interesting setting, Zelazny was a real trailblazer. Another one of those totally unique creators. Going in blind is excellent, you'll relate to the MC better that way.

[@RedFuryBooks]

I agree with this. His style was so unique, and often experimental. I enjoyed the first five of them.

[@dcj84]

Speaking of books from other perspectives of anyone hasn't read Enders Shadow? Bean's perspective on Enders Game. Great book and good side series in that universe.

[@Patrick.__]

You're welcome regarding Flushboy. As goofy as it is, it's a charming and funny read. A good palate cleanser between bigger books to flush the brain. When I initially learned of it's existence, I didn't want to read it, I had to read it.

[@mikesbookreviews]

You need to update that profile pic. Needs more Bateman.

[@Patrick.__]

​@@mikesbookreviewsYou do have a point there. Haha.

[@Sharing13]

Starting to get into reading again love this channel

[@nsartin23]

Really curious of your thoughts on Stephen Graham Jones. As much as you like horror him and Grady Hendrix are putting out great stories. My chainsaw heart and the sequel “don’t fear the reaper” is coming out in fall for SGJ. May end up being an author you purchase day 1!

[@mattjones4415]

In May I purchased the Crown Tower by Michael Sullivan after hearing good things from you Mike. Also got hunger of the Gods, my heart is a chainsaw, and godsgrave from the nevernight chronicles. Kept it low key for.May as my TBR is always expanding

[@RedFuryBooks]

Grail Quest is fantastic. I read those after Warlord Chronicles and really enjoyed them. The medieval setting makes it a great gateway for us fantasy readers. I hope you enjoy them!

[@Tinahgirl83]

I’ve given up on ever having enough shelving. It’s a thing we book lovers well understand. 😂😂😂 Also, for free shipping to the US, try Book Depository and Blackwell’s. They’re both good for that. That’s how I get a lot of my US covers.

[@sketch077]

Your videos got me hooked on reading! Thank you very much. I went out and bought five Stephen King books: IT, Pet Sematary, Salem's Lot, The Long Walk, and Different Seasons. Finished The Long Walk in less than a day. Superb stuff! Cheers from Canada ;)

[@benja6902]

I've heard of The Chronicles of Amber for decades. A classic apparently. I shall have to get it.

[@pugshorty9852]

Most excellent T-shirt.

[@mirodemorte]

I am not a booktuber or anything but I would LOVE to have that extra copy of Ledge by Stacey McEwan! If you don't have other plans for it, let me know! Great haul!

[@koleary1798]

Grail Quest is fantastic. It, alongside Agincourt (a standalone I think) puts you in the POV of a medieval warbow archer in a realistic setting (reasonably so; old Bernie seemed to think that plate armour was made of aluminium foil at times haha) which is refreshingly different.

[@crossroadspsychology]

I love your t-shirt!

[@creativelytorn]

Rock on, Beavis! I remember liking 2001: A Space Odyssey in junior high. I'm hoping to get to Childhood's End this month.

[@koleary1798]

You need to get some of those archive style sliding vault shelves as this stage hahaha 😆

[@thebookgeek87]

I ran out of room for books long ago & that still hasn't stopped me from purchasing books

[@peterthebooklover9375]

I have the same problem I keep on buying storage place to put my books in and it never takes long to fill up because I love collecting books almost as much as I love reading books. I'd bet you have a lot of CDs and DVDs and even VCR tapes as well.

[@Jessica-bt6rw]

I’ll be reading Liveship Traders with you! Cool shirt> Space Odyssey 2001 is my favorite sci-fi book, I’ve read it twice. I really hope you like it too.

[@davekoehnlein4575]

I’m working my way through some classics, so I picked up Anna Karenina, les miserables and gone with the wind (on your recommendation)…I have wizards of earthsea and the southern reach trilogy that I want to start soon! I just finished Frankenstein (excellent) and I’ll finish Madame Bovary (excellent so far) in a day or two. Great video as usual Mike! Love your stuff!

[@jasongeis679]

I’ve not read Flushboy, but Stephen Graham Jones is fantastic. If you like literary horror based fiction at all, give his novel “Mongrels” a try. You’ll be hooked.

[@JustGina93]

LOVE the shirt. It's pretty epic. Glad to see you go my package, I was hoping it was coming back or didn't get delivered. It kinda scared me a little when you said previous that person had to send you the item twice. I was like oh no it didn't get sent. And then you had it. But yes I am not sure what edition either for the book. I believe it is to the movie. And yes it was a Harry Potter book mark. That the store I get from my books had. The image on the other side reminds me of you little. Hope you liked it. And for the star wars book I wasn't sure if you would like that one or not but sent it anyway. Who knows you might like one of the stories that is in there. Also maybe you could donate the books you might never read to some of your followers or to a good will that's near by.

[@mikesbookreviews]

I donate the indie books to the local library.

[@mikebruce3933]

Reading The Grail Quest trilogy just now and it certainly cracks along at a fair old clip! Started The Sun Eater series on audio but reckon I might need these on the shelves.

[@TMAC_93X]

i'm reading the grail quest right now and it's really good and so engrossing. it is technically a trilogy with the 4th book being a standalone sequel

[@dpeady78]

Cant wait for you to read Durfee’s books - they are so awesome and I think you’ll dig them

[@Roondawg_Valhalla]

Who needs a window? Cover it up w another bookshelf!

[@readingwithrobson3911]

Stephen Graham Jones’ two popular books are “The Only Good Indians” and “My Heart is a Chainsaw”

[@Man-With-a-Hat-Who-Reads]

Angry Robot is one of my favorite Sci-fi/fantasy publishers out there. Let's just say that nothing is too bizarre for them to publish.

[@mattjones4415]

Hope you enjoy the Grail Quest. There is another book after that is similar called 1356 that I thought was great we well we Agincourt

[@Gruso57]

"Jade Legacy doesn't come out until September" Me looking at my copy on my shelf next to me: ???? Lol I saw your comment Mike I just thought it was funny.

[@radudumanovschi3387]

I bought for my birthday, in May 3 Tom Clancy books: Patriot Games, The Cardinal of the Kremlin and Debt of Honor

[@dcj84]

I also agree about UK books usually looking better. I also hate how the states have to change titles and some words sometimes too.

[@grantarnold704]

I highly recommend The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones. My Heart is a Chainsaw is quite good too. He's one of the stars of the horror genre now. I've really enjoyed everything I've read by him so far.

[@bottle1211]

Just finished Brian Lee Durfee's The Forgetting Moon, working on The Blackest Heart. Really enjoying them. I think you will too.

[@joseph_b319]

That Beavis and Butt-Head shirt is awesome!!!!

[@txmatt2112]

The Gray man series is amazing.

[@NamasteBbooktube]

The gray man series is probably a Jack Reacher/James Bond type series. Brian Lee Durfee has been reviewing some of them lately. Btw, nice haul.

[@michaelferguson8762]

Digital is the way.

[@Musicteachersheff]

That is the edition of 2001 I read! My Dad has that copy and loaned it to me when I was in H.S. I enjoyed the book…I enjoyed the sequel more. There is a 3rd book that I have not read. It sounds very good, but I haven’t gotten around to it yet.

[@avlifeguard92]

I've recently heard of a Fantasy series called The Stone Dance of the Chameleon by Ricardo Pinto, was wondering if you've heard or read it and what did you think of it? I've added it to my never ending TBR. I'm fairly new to the Fantasy genre, so I'm going through your videos and adding just about everything. xD

[@Savileaurus]

I'm reading The Stand right now. It's a chuuunker

[@teamnottstv8458]

I feel like you’re getting closer to joining the Grail Quest read along on the discord 😉

[@mikesbookreviews]

I knew this would come up ha ha

[@Itstrideout]

Dig the shirt, Mike!

[@angelaholmes8888]

Wow that's a big stack of books 😳📚📖

[@thecaffeinatedbookwyrm3051]

I need TP for my bunghole!!! Even my kids lift their shirts over their heads and say this every once in a while!!

[@fine9375]

Jesus lmao you're getting through so many books and I'm still on my February purchase 😅

[@KitschyBitsch]

Hey I’m still on purchases from years ago #moodreader

[@jameycsmith]

PLLLEEAASSSEE do a review (good or bad!) of Amber! It's never gotten a proper treatment from a prominent booktuber. So curious to hear your thoughts. I'd also suggest not doing any research before hand. Avoid looking up publication date or any info on Zelanzy and then be very surprised upon completion :) Going in cold on Amber is definitely the way to go.

[@txmatt2112]

Jack Carr is the author of the James Reece /Terminal List series. Ex Navy seal who has been wronged by the govt.

[@kendrasisneros2887]

I don't feel bad now about having stacks of books on my floor📚👍

[@Ulmo90]

I just bought Stormfront, by Jim Butcher

[@praetorxyn]

The reason I don't handwrite anything is because I can't read my own handwriting, so I wouldn't expect anyone else to be able to either 😅

[@RedFuryBooks]

Those Robin Hobb UK covers are amazing. I have the first three series of RotE so far. Liveship and Tawny Man are both better than Farseer in my opinion.

[@JohnDoe-xf9ly]

I think you will hit 100 k subscribers soon before the end of the year

[@kelseyogden3569]

Do you shop for UK versions through Book Depository? I get my versions from there and they do free international shipping.

[@mikesbookreviews]

Some recommended that in the chat. I had the credit with Amazon, so that's why I went that route.

[@markb3534]

Let's haul some books!

[@ladylecter636]

I’m trying to do 6 months just reading books from the library so I stop buying so many 😂😂

[@claytonhomer3096]

I just finished Tawny Man last week and Fool's Fate is a top 5 all time fantasy book for me. This week I read the first book in Rain Wild and it was rough..given what I know of your disliked tropes you will hate it too, lol. If it's a pain I have to bear to get to last Fitz books I will, but it was definitely the worst Hobb book...by a lot. Liveship and Tawny Man are both brilliant though.

[@lauriebennett5321]

Isn’t Bad Robot the tv production co of J J Abrams?

[@danireader2087]

I read Hex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt and really think you should add it to spooky month reads.

[@February2084]

Oh hecc i didn't know

[@aViolentDuck]

Imagine if y’all sent this man some bookshelves… next months book haul could be a two hour bookshelf unboxing, construction and filling.

[@mikesbookreviews]

I already made that video.

[@aViolentDuck]

@@mikesbookreviews I’ll have to look it up then. Thanks for all the entertainment and recommendations!

[@wahtusy3519]

You have Kindle and you have stack upon stack of books right there...

[@JAKandtheBookStack]

Those piles are triggering my OCD 😆

[@mikesbookreviews]

Yeah, it hurts.

[@BloodDemon999]

Mark Greaney is actually really good. It is a political/assasin(I actually don't know the type either) that I found super funny and really good. Though not sure if you will enjoy it. It will be interesting to see when you get to them. I feel like you might like The Hangman's daughter by Oliver Pötzsch. It's a historical fiction that is about a witch hunt(I don't want to give to much away). I feel like it's super underrated and I've not seen many talk about it. So if you're ever looking for a book to read(funny considering your floor). Oh, it doesn't focus on the Hangman's daughter very much. Title is a little misleading.

[@Uppernorwood976]

Mo’ books, mo’ problems 😂

[@jasons_favorite_hobbies]

Time for more shelves

[@cajoelnathi3090]

Hi Mike. How do you mange reading in a week day. Like for a week how many hours do you read? And how do you plan the reading time?

[@mikesbookreviews]

I don't have a set schedule with reading. Just when the kids are taken care of and I have some downtime. Most of it is done in bed after the kids are asleep.

[@starwarsfan9575]

Any plans to fit Star wars Darth Plagueus into your schedule? I feel you'll really love it. Its a legends book, not Disney. 🙏🏻

[@reginaldforthright805]

I just split the difference and say Bernardo Cornwellovsky 🤷‍♂️

[@actung74]

My library is a fraction the size of yours and family are trying to get me to unhaul books. They just don't understand, they are mine and I want them. A reader among non-readers ... not very nice.

[@hikethemike7349]

hey Mike! Do you sometimes struggle to keep your focus while reading (boring) books? If so, what are your tricks to maintain focus? I often read books in English which is not my native tongue and then it can get really hard to do longer sessions. Best regards

[@mikesbookreviews]

Switch it up. I try to flip to a different genre when I start getting bogged down with fantasy.

[@Roondawg_Valhalla]

I have a ton of David Weber.

[@tammaraliberty]

Thanks!

[@mikesbookreviews]

You're the best

[@bobgdn]

Stack the manga on the floor and put books in their place!

[@folksurvival]

Yes, typing so much definitely has a negative effect on handwriting.

[@atom0191]

🤩🤩