Bookshelf Tour (Part II): My Fantasy/Sci-Fi Collection

Per viewer request, Mike concludes his slow tour through his book shelves and talks about a handful of them. In part two, he talks exclusively about fantasy and sci-fi, with the occasional "classic" or crime novel in there.
0:00 Introduction
0:41 Fanstasy & Sci-Fi shelves
23:59 Final thoughts
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[@mikesbookreviews]

Wow. How much this has changed in just 6 months.

[@GaryRodeo]

Do another one soon! I know a lot of booktubers don’t love doing them, but it’d be cool to see what changed, maybe at the end of the year

[@elizaearhart4533]

That’s why I came back lol. Gotta see the changes and improvements

[@jorgnocke991]

Fate - The Winx Saga please can you review this book can you make a video about this book thank you so much please keep up your amazing work stay safe and have a wonderful and blessed day

[@ChristmasLore]

There never was a problem about speaking about covid on social media, just as long as it wasn't to spread misinformation.... I just don't get that gimmick, I've noticed on several of your videos?

[@taleforquill]

"Well, guys if you understand book-collecting, you understand that you're not going to stop reading any time soon, so why stop buying books? That's why it's called a problem." Haha. It's funny because it's true :') I'm actually laughing though. Great video. Keep up the good work.

[@mikesbookreviews]

You feel my pain. Thanks for watching!

[@MagnaMater2]

Ah, no, It's not a problem, It's about forming a library of books that you might like to read... later, perhaps. Unluckily my reading speed slowed down in the last two decades because of time wasted on the internet, and I did some math and found out, that to read all my unread books - (in the place I live in, mind without the books at my parent's flat) at the current speed (only 16 books a year) I should have started in the year 217 before Christ... that was such a shock, that I had to calm down... by buying 50 more new books... 0.o

[@angelamccollister]

I still have a Hobbit bookmark I made in elementary school when I chose this book for a book report. I drew Smaug on the bookmark.

[@mikesbookreviews]

Nice!

[@Imaginetheday1967]

My book collection is a little out of control, but I'm at peace with it. My mother--in-law, who loves to read, told me recently, "All you really need is the next book you're going to read." My husband said, "Give it up, Mom. That ship has sailed." LOL

[@ashleyevalise]

I am literally so happy beyond words that I found your channel. For the longest time all I read was YA and I guess I finally hit the age where it just isnt for me anymore and my brain is CRAVING adult fantasy so much more. Every book looks so good and interesting. Cant wait to go broke :)

[@mikesbookreviews]

I'm so happy to hear that. It's always fun for me to spend others money for them on some great books.

[@edvinsbooks3135]

What a beautiful collection. Hardcovers really make the shelves look way better.

[@davidd9707]

I've just started collecting books and this is inspiring! Its a beautiful collection! You've helped me decide what fantasy/sci-fi I need to be digging into!

[@chimmey7741]

Looking for a new series... Faith and the fallen has caught my interest..

[@GreeneZonee]

I'm on the second book of the follow up trilogy and I can highly recommend this series. It's so good!

[@chimmey7741]

Thanks for the heads up lads.. I'm gonna jump in...

[@GreeneZonee]

@@chimmey7741 feel free to update and let me know how you like it

[@mikesbookreviews]

John Gwynne is terrific. I think you'll enjoy it.

[@mmurphy3608]

I'm trying to decide between Faithful and the Fallen and the First Law Trilogy for my next series. After Stormlight Archive, that is:)

[@Bandoolero]

You sir have a fantastic taste in fantasy! Truly, there is no other genre in which the author's imagination can just flood out like in fantasy.

[@karenlee2]

I'm so jealous of your collection! All those hardcovers *salivates* Definitely adding a few of these to my TBR.

[@mikesbookreviews]

Hardcovers are great.

[@PhilipChaseTheBestofFantasy]

Beautiful collection, and I love the art you’ve used to adorn it! I’m looking forward to your Tolkien videos (he’s my number one too). Thanks again for the tour!

[@mikesbookreviews]

Thanks for watching!

[@killingtimeslowly1]

You sir, have an amazing collection of books there. Never stop collecting!

[@mikesbookreviews]

Thanks. I don’t think I ever will.

[@burge2695]

I love your pictures above the bookshelves!! If i ever had a book room i would totally do that..the dune one and way of kings and sk..and wot..so amazing ❤❤

[@mmurphy3608]

I’m the same way about buying books. I’ve been buying books for so long that I may never be able to finish them all. But buying them is part of the fun. I have trouble buying just one at a time at a bookstore or even online. I’ve started to slow down a bit because I’m pretty much out of shelf space and room for more shelves. I recently went through them to try to unhaul as many as possible to Goodwill and the library. Tough to do but I found quite a few that didn’t really have any special meaning to me. Anyway, I totally get the book addiction:)

[@mikesbookreviews]

Running out of shelf space is the only thing that can stop me.

[@shivamparashar1313]

Great way to get reccomendations! Taking screenshots for TBR pile became so easy, lol. Great video mike

[@mikesbookreviews]

Ha ha I'm always willing to help others grow their TBR lists.

[@nerd-tastic3622]

You have some great books in your collection!! I especially love your vampire section!

[@gabenedwek1060]

Loved the video! So many great books on your shelf! I also love the Star Wars EU. That Thrawn Trilogy is a classic. Might need to do a re-read.... Keep up the great videos!

[@octavioortiz679]

this video convinced me to start book collecting, your philosophy of " not going to stop reading any time soon, so why stop buying books? " is something I 100% agree with lol

[@shosty575]

Hii Mike! Loving these bookshelf tours! 🙂

[@mikesbookreviews]

Glad you like them!

[@henrycapuano7143]

I love my beat to crap thrift/ little free library book collection, but I’ve got to say these books are real pretty. Loved the tour!

[@StrizAllDay]

Huge Brent weeks fan. Love seeing those on your shelf!

[@CrapSandviche]

Welcome to the fabulous shelf tour..... checking out some books... books books books books.... I like books

[@mikesbookreviews]

I read this in a Cookie Monster voice.

[@rhahnabunaid]

On the issue of book collecting, a co-worker once told me: "I buy books to read, not to have read" and that always stuck with me.

[@Aluminatihusker]

My book shelf has grown because of your bookshelf and your channel. Cheers to addictive book buying! Also, I bought a great addition of Dune because of you. It’s the Barnes and Noble hardcover version. It has blue pages. Cheers Mike!

[@mikesbookreviews]

It's a blessing and a curse, ha ha

[@eileenespejo9396]

What a great collection. Im so jealous of your books. I can just look at them all day and thanks for all your recommendation! Next on my list..Red rising!!

[@mikesbookreviews]

Enjoy!

[@fictionfanatic3469]

What a collection man! Too awesome!!

[@mikesbookreviews]

Thanks!

[@amandyali1742]

Surprised no Piers Anthony...The Incarnations of Immorality is one of my favorite series ever. It mixes magic, science, and theology. And I love the premise of the incarnations being job that you can be good or bad at and the fate of the world depends on it.

[@AWalleye]

I haven't read The First Law trilogy yet, but I can't wait to get around to the series!

[@tiki-ui9bj]

Great collection thanks for sharing

[@robertholmes7467]

Great collection. I am not huge into Fantasy, more Crime Fiction but when a collection such as yours appears I can see the reason for collecting original print editions. Just holding and smelling a book is great preparation to read. I have a problem with book collecting and that is not enough time to read. Way to many books with more added every month. One other issue I have that produces belly laughs from my family is that I have to read serials in order. Book 1.....and so on. This is okay with Crime Fiction which tend to be of it's own size and word count. But Fantasy and Horror lend themselves to huge tombs and so many parts to a continued serial. Can be very daunting and intimidating sometimes. All that aside I am just a book lover who loves a good story no matter what genre or pigeon hole it comes filed under. Thanks for the 2 part book shelf tour.

[@h.a.6060]

I love your fantasy collection. There are some missing authors there but overall the books I say are the fantasy series that one must-read.

[@Michael_L_Morrison]

The Malazan Read-along sounds interesting. I read half of the first book and stopped. it's heavy stuff, but I regret stopping. This may be the perfect time to get back into it.

[@mikesbookreviews]

I'd be happy to have you along.

[@jeremydanchuk1897]

I love Malazan, one of my favorite series of all time.

[@RueRyuzaki6]

The comment about book collecting is so true. I'm like a kid at the candy store when I go to half price books or any book store really.

[@andreamiller3578]

Oooh. Liking that edition of Warbreaker!

[@TheLadyShips]

It's because of you I finally picked up The Eye of the World. Still reading it and omg I now have to read them all! I'm on a re-read of all Robin Hobb again as I'm a huge fan. I also love Anne Rice, the last couple of books to me seem to have gotten better again as I've really enjoyed them. You also make me want to go back to back to Stephen King again...apart from The Dark Tower series, I couldn't even finish the first one of those. I think that was the reason I sort of stopped reading him but I'd want to go back right to the beginning again and start from his first book as it's been quite a few years now! So many good books, so little time!! Thanks for your great channel it's so nice watching a channel that has so many similar tastes to mine.

[@mikesbookreviews]

I’ll always recommend the King. And I’m really looking forward to starting Hobb next year.

[@lisacole6037]

Your bookshelves look great!

[@JB-gr3jl]

I started reading ASOIAF before GoT too. I'm a survivor of waiting for SK to finish DT. People impatient for next ASOIAF don't know what waiting really is.

[@mikesbookreviews]

I read my first Dark Tower book in 1997, so the final 3 books in 7 years wasn't so bad of a wait. I lucked out there and with Dresden Files.

[@tomahawkchop7669]

I remember starting The Dark Tower in 1990 thinking it would be horror. I loved it but had no clue he wouldn't touch it again for millennia lol

[@jeremydanchuk1897]

I started reading WoT in 1993 had a copy in my school library, started reading ASOIAF in high school, either grade 10 or 11 so 94/95, read the Gunslinger in jr high...most of my life I have been waiting for the next book to come out...lol

[@MagnaMater2]

In my first ASOIAF-Experience I was a victim of the german translation. Because german words and sentences are far longer even the first book had two volumes. - And so the 'first book' in german ends at a completely uninteresting place half way through the book. - And my thought was... yeah, I see: lots of stoopid teenage-girls growing up... reads to me like just another Darkover fanfiction... and since Darkover and its many fanfiction-stories by then started to bore me too, I thought: well, there is absolutely no reason to buy book two of that one... - oops. Then I watched the show's 1st season... What!? Sean Bean just got KILLED!?

[@clairemeehan4141]

Great collection. I have John Gwynne's A Time of Blood all lined up to read when I have finished The Shadow of What Was Lost (which I am half way through). Then when I've read those I want to do a reread of the Dresden Files (yes all of them) so I am totally immersed again in the world ready for the next 2 books (it's been a long time since I read them so I do need to refresh). And what with the next Abercrombie book coming out later this year all I can say is roll on the autumn 😀

[@mikesbookreviews]

Counting the days to Trouble With Peace!

[@thatsci-firogue]

Absolutely adore The Hobbit graphic novel. Considering doing that read along for Malazan.

[@mikesbookreviews]

Would be happy to have you in that warband.

[@erichughes3199]

Not a huge fan of Brooks' Shannara series, but absolutely love his Landover series

[@jarrettsmith88]

wow! I had that bookmark i may still have it somehwere in storage, most of the old book si had as a kid are in there now. I forgot all about it i need it now lol

[@HawkmoonPrime]

Loved the library tour, I have the same book buying problem, I can’t stop, I hope one day you can get to read The History of the Runestaff by Michael Moorcock, an old classic but still good.

[@bradkrick8254]

Great video and beautiful collection. Want to say I found your channel just a few weeks back and I find you to be just the best booktuber out there overall. I appreciate the breadth of stuff you’ve read (and being a little older helps have more perspective than some of the 24 year olds making videos). Love the enthusiasm and keep it up. I’ve started bulking up my collection and might be on the verge of developing a problem but you have us all beat. One side note, I think I may be the only person on the internet who read first law and thought “meh”. Characters were great but the theme of the books was everyone is miserable and at the end they stay miserable in different ways. Just felt like there was lack of plot to hold my interest in the last one. And I don’t mind grim. ASOIAF is my favorite series and they don’t pull punches in that one.

[@mikesbookreviews]

Thanks for the kind words. I try to be counter programming to the younger booktube crowd by focusing 100% on books.

[@TheBookishMom]

that Shallan art piece is STUNNING! and I am for sure loving that Sanderson shelf! I need to get the leather-bound edition of Warbreaker because it is beautiful! I am starting Malice next month and am super excited to start that series!

[@mikesbookreviews]

Faithful & the Fallen is wonderful.

[@TheBookishMom]

@@mikesbookreviews I'm really excited to finally get to it! I've seen you rave about it for a while now :)

[@ickeyshufflin1288]

Just got into your stuff Mike and I am really enjoying it. We are roughly the same age and it's fun that we have such similar shelves but we have some pretty big differences too- I didn't like Enders Game or Red Rising but love the Lies of Locke Lamora for example. Anyways- a new sub! Cheers

[@Dragondarkness30]

Amazing shelves. I can't wait to get more books and new series. I'm so excited about reading right now I've already read 2 books while this whole "thing" has been happening that shall not be named. I'm already reading a third book by Michael Scott the first book is The Alchemist I'm now reading the second book The Magician. It has 6 short books and a couple of side books.

[@nerdyempress6745]

Your Star Wars EU section is like mine. It’s nice to see. So few of us remain

[@csfinch7672]

You have a really nice collection

[@Koichi92]

How cool that you're going to do horror-month in october. Looking forward to it :)

[@jjrosales1996]

I’m not a reader but I really want to start. I feel overwhelmed on where to start. Watching this video makes me so excited to pick up some books.

[@Bandoolero]

Start with the classic: Lord of the Rings. After that, I would honestly recommend Mistborn and all the other Brandon Sanderson stuff. Then branch out as you feel comfortable :)

[@soniciris]

eyyyy always glad to see an EU collection out in the wild! Our collections are a little backwards (I have everything EXCEPT from NJO onwards XD like, no problem if that's your thing but for me they didn't FEEL like Star Wars at all) but still, respect! Nothing like a bunch of well-read paperbacks to make a bookshelf feel lived-in.

[@Spruce1968]

Fantastic collection! I just found your channel and I’m hooked. From your comments on the books I have read, it seems like our tastes are very similar. That being said, I know you have people giving you recommendations ad nauseum. However, there is an author I enjoy and I haven’t heard you mention him. Jeff Wheeler has several books out and I have enjoyed everyone I have read. If you’ve read his work, great. If not, maybe check his books out on Goodreads or something. Can’t wait to read the Greatcoats series and then Malazan with you and your listeners!

[@mikesbookreviews]

Not the first time he has been recommended to me. I have some stuff bookmarked on Goodreads for the future.

[@ceberuss_yt8266]

Your collection is 75% the same as mine! Kudos from a Belgian fan

[@jstrange1]

Oh, I have book envy. I never established my library because I move around a bit. I like traveling light. But, if there's an afterlife, I'd have an awesome library of my own. I understand it's the writing, not the physical shell, that ultimately matters - but the physical can be a work of art. So, until better days, I live vicariously through seeing other people's libraries.

[@rachmusic9873]

The Dirt is such a fun read. Fortunate enough to have seen Crüe live.

[@jasonvanmeir3978]

Why am I watching this after I just started reading the Wheel of Time? I’m gonna have such a long list of books to read now

[@mikesbookreviews]

Ha ha You're Welcome!

[@fineapple3435]

Jason van meir my advice is to finish or get far in wheel of time ( only if you want to), before moving on to another series.

[@andreamiller3578]

I know you plan put your reading lists, but if you get a chance, squeeze in A Night in the Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny. It's so much fun. You've got characters like Larry Talbot, the Mad Monk, the mysterious Jack, the Great Detective and others preparing to duke it out over opening or closing the gates to some Lovecraftian monsters at Halloween. It's a fairly short book and is also a fun listen if you can find it on audiobook--someone usually has it on KZbin.

[@YourBrainonBooks]

epic collection

[@jeffnickel4648]

I had to have a shower after I read that Motley Crue book. What a crazy read!

[@AhmadHassan-eb2pl]

Man that's a spicy shelf I really dig it

[@mikesbookreviews]

Thanks!

[@wheeljack0]

Your Max Rebo figure is in loverly condition, no fading.

[@mikesbookreviews]

It was kept in a box in storage for about a decade. Surprised it looks as good as it does.

[@spookygeek9459]

📚📚📚📚📚Brilliant thank you for sharing 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@mikesbookreviews]

My pleasure. Thanks for watching.

[@tomahawkchop7669]

I'm jealous of your space for your collection. Currently mine is in a storage locker :( including a first edition of IT that I really overpaid for but it was in such good condition I couldn't help myself.

[@mikesbookreviews]

It’s taken me this long in life to get to a point where I could have my own office and it’s glorious.

[@Catcupid]

I actually just found the Thrawn trilogy at my used bookstore. It was my favorite when I read it in high school. I agree with the idea of the "Legends" Canon is just ridiculous. However, I am tempted to read the new Thrawn trilogy that Timothy Zahn wrote to bring Thrawn into the new canon. Nice Shelves. I always want to do lovely hardback books and then I have to remind myself over and over that I need paperbacks to fit in all the tight spaces around my bookshelves as if they were actually on them.

[@MagnaMater2]

I just bought a lot of the 'new' books, and when I wondered if I should be reading any of the 'new' stuff, I decided, I'm going to read the second Thrawn trilogy, too :)

[@thamcham357]

I also can’t understand why the red rising series reviews hasn’t got the foot traffic! I just finished too. Loved it man

[@mikesbookreviews]

It was when the channel was really young and I didn't have a clue how to do a non-spoiler review yet. It might be the first series I re-review on the channel.

[@jessereads3004]

Beautiful collection man, love these videos! If you're looking for good biographies for musicians, no one here gets out alive (Jim Morrison) and Bowie: The Biography by Wendy Leigh are both awesome

[@mikesbookreviews]

Read the Bowie one at the same time I read Dave Mustaine's. That was a hell of a trip.

[@robertkramer9153]

Can’t wait for you to go through the belgariad and mallorian. Roommate’s favorite series

[@mikesbookreviews]

Should be fun!

[@robertkramer9153]

Mike's Book Reviews its is loosely based off the lord of the rings

[@shenablount2644]

It's a great "problem" to have!

[@MetalGildarts]

Your collection is definitely superior to mine by a landslide. Granted I don’t really do sci fi. I bought book 4 of Dresden because I got sick of being on the wait list for it at the library. I also bought Rage of Dragons along with Dresden today I’m excited. Also bought books 1 and 2 of Wheel of Time in mass market paperback cause I want to start it later his year so that way I only have to read 1 WoT book a month next year.

[@mikesbookreviews]

That’s a good pace for WoT.

[@Chestbridge]

I'm looking forward to horror month in October! :)

[@mikesbookreviews]

Same here!

[@davidemmitt9439]

I'll do my reread of Malazan when you start.

[@mikesbookreviews]

Awesome!

[@jackmckenzie926]

Love Michael J Sullivan and just about to start Valour by John Gwynne, who is also amazing but you have no David Gemmell or Bernard Cornwall. Gemmell was the first fantasy I read when I was a teenager.

[@extrabadluck]

Edgar Allan Poe is awesome. And DUNE is life, it has so many subjects ( politics, philosophy, religion etc.) DUNE made me a fan of sci-fi and made me read in search of more books like this series. I wish I had half the books you have now, but I got to be content with the library for now

[@teresaharris-travelbybooks5564]

I have a whole box of those LOTR bookmarks. Books A Million had SO many, right before the first movie came out and they were so beautiful and I bought as many as I could. They were released in cycles. First there were the main characters for Fellowship and later there were ones with Arwen and Galadrial and Gandalf the White and Aragorn as King of Gondor. There were some nice ones for the first Narnia movie too, and before that, there were some really nice Harry Potter bookmarks. I wish I had gotten more of those, but money was tight. They just don't make things like that any more.

[@mikesbookreviews]

I happily accept donations.

[@JamesI88]

Really have to get some Star Wars EU books. Thrawn , Darth Bane and Darth Plagueis are my most wanted.

[@TheBookCure]

Loved watching both these videos; it's always nice to get a little context around the books on people's shelves. It's disappointing to hear that the Red Rising videos didn't fare as well, because it would be nice to see more people talk about these books. I had really mixed feelings about book 5 (writing, plotting, and world building seem to be getting better with each publication, but for me the pacing was erratic), but would love to hear other opinions.

[@mikesbookreviews]

I'll never stop talking RR completely, just not individual reviews. Especially when even less people have read the sequel trilogy.

[@TheBookCure]

Mike's Book Reviews Just gonna have to find the time to join the discord!

[@StealthySwine87]

Hey now. You may have started Song of Ice and Fire before it became famous but I have been waiting for Winds of Winter just as long as you have lol

[@iloveseattle123]

I am a recent fantasy reader as I grew up on y!a and in the last year I picked of wheel of time and I’m hooked. I was shocked to hear you couldn’t get through eragon as I reread that series multiple times in my high school days xD

[@mikesbookreviews]

Don't know what it is. I enjoyed book 1 but book 2 is just sloggy.

[@MetalGildarts]

I’m also new to Fantasy as I mostly read YA through high school. I read Mistborn and the rest was history.

[@iloveseattle123]

@@MetalGildarts i wish i started on mistborn before WoT!!

[@burge2695]

I told my sister I'd read wheel of time with her in 2021 but i might have to do a malazan read as well..ive heard good things 🙂

[@txy9911]

Looking forward to that New jedi Order Video!

[@mikesbookreviews]

You and me both!

[@robrising3758]

Cool video 😃 you have a great taste. I love wheel of time as well its one of the greatest fantasy stories ever told. Red Rising and John Gwynne books are one of my all time favorites too and I agree with u, lightbringer has one of the best magic systems ever. Iam currently at book 4 from malazan (which is technically book 3 but in German the books got split in half) and it is phenomenal good I hope u enjoy it. If I may recommend a series to you I think Powder Mage series from Brian McClellan is awesome and u might like it. Greetings from Germany 🇩🇪😊 thanks for the great content I really enjoy ur videos and recommendations

[@mikesbookreviews]

Thanks for watching! I have Powder Mage in my plans for 2021.

[@teunxgoku6379]

Hey man love your Channel! Finished Carrie today and going to continue the King train with Salems lot :) I’ve had one question here at 6:35 you talk about “the best magic system” not written by Brandon Sanderson, what series of Brandon did you mean in particularly? I’m really eager to try some good magic driven fantasy! I want to spread my reading horizon thanks for the info! P.S. thanks for accepting my GoodReads request you got allot of good material in there :D

[@starwarsfan9575]

Wish you did a review of Star Wars Darth Plagueus. Its not only a good star wars book but a good science fiction book period. It give such a fascinating insight into the minds of the sith and the path of the dark side. This book has more lore then any Star wars film. Certainly million times more than the cursed sequels. I guarantee anyone who gives it a chance will appreciate it. I just can't understand how they can disregard such a gem of a book as not being "canon"

[@josiahpeterson1694]

Just to clarify, Disney is in fact pulling stuff from the EU. It's not completely scrapped. And the current canon is really quite amazing. I have several recommendations if you're interested.

[@theskyisteal8346]

Your collection is in much better condition than mine and you definitely have more full series but I've definitely got a more diverse collection.

[@mikesbookreviews]

The secret is to not let kids around a book collection.

[@theskyisteal8346]

Most of my collection is mostly library cast-offs and thrift store finds, the kids I don't have had nothing to do with the condition of my books.

[@jumperszijnirritant]

Your shelves are my goal to match in 2030. :P Almost all the books you have are on my TBR.

[@mikesbookreviews]

My TBR is even longer than my shelves.

[@ChrisfromtheBasement]

My Star Wars EU collection is dwarfed by yours. I want it.

[@mikesbookreviews]

Ha ha and I never even got into the multiple X-Wing series.

[@robertwinslade3104]

Have you ever read Terry Pratchett's Discworld? You said you loved Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and Discworld is a lot like a fantasy equivalent; at least in terms of tone and humour

[@mikesbookreviews]

I haven't, but I get that rec a ton from my Douglas Adams love.

[@robertwinslade3104]

@@mikesbookreviews I highly recommend it if you find the time; it's my favourite book series of all time. Daniel Greene recently did a 'Before You Read' video for Discworld which gives some good advice on where to start the series; many people will tell you that starting with book 1 isn't necessarily the best place to start. They are all pretty quick reads too; you can easily burn through them as quick as or even quicker than with Dresden Files books which is just as well as there's 41 of them 😅

[@jeremydanchuk1897]

I love the Red Knight, such a fun read, there are characters you literally want to punch in the face

[@mikesbookreviews]

I’ve heard only good things

[@cabrademora1]

Hey Mike i know you dont like audiobooks but check out Phil Dragash doing lotr (its on KZbin) he does voices, sound effects and the music from the films. Boy did i cry with the charge of the Rohirim. Its soooo good!

[@mikesbookreviews]

Someone posted a clip on the Discord. Really well done.

[@omnitheus5442]

Should be complete on Malazan series and will likely read along with you again it is that good ;) (halfway through Toll the Hounds)...

[@mikesbookreviews]

I look forward to it!

[@vicentemunozcalahorro8616]

Happened the same to me reading George RR Martin and Geralt Of Rivia ( The Witcher ) series when nobody knew about them. I remember taking the train for 45 minutes because these books were not well-known in my city.

[@mikesbookreviews]

Visiting message boards int he year 2000 to talk about The Red Wedding is hilarious in hindsight.

[@vicentemunozcalahorro8616]

@@mikesbookreviews yeah! The funny thing is that some people made fun of me and called me nerd in that time, and now are Game of Thrones and The Witcher fans

[@cepotastradjingga3132]

Looking forward for what you think about David Eddings books, its the first fantasy book in foreign language I've read, belgarath the sorcerer, polgara the sorceress, belgariad, maloreon then other series elenium, tamuli, the dreamers series and one book redemption of althalus

[@mikesbookreviews]

Been meaning to read Eddings since I was a teenager.

[@dlee7404]

Nice video. You should check out the Tales of a New World books by P.C. Cast. Definitely worth it man.

[@CinemancerFilms]

Dune is my favorite book of all time 🔥

[@priceyblackwinter2338]

I found the 50th anniversary edition LOTR in a new books store, but maybe that’s just a UK thing.

[@justinrobinson1826]

I would recommend Larry Correia: Monster Hunter International or John Ringo's Dark Tide Rising (Zombie Apocalypse) series. Both are from publishers Baen and can easily be found there.

[@mikesbookreviews]

I've gotten that rec a few times in my Dresden reviews.

[@jeremydanchuk1897]

I really enjoyed Correia's Grimnoir Chronicles, the pulp feel of them was great and his magic system was quite cool.

[@andreamiller3578]

@@jeremydanchuk1897 I just finished the Grimnoir stories on Audible. I really enjoyed those, so added his other books to my list.

[@dongoul]

Loved your book tour, quick question I mostly read on my kindle, but going to buy some collectors copies and worried about ruining them Iif I read those. Have you read your collectors copies (lord of the rings) and kept them in great shape the same time?

[@mikesbookreviews]

I have. I just read them at my office desk and don't let the kids near them ha ha

[@glassman8697]

I couldn’t help but notice the chronicles of narnia immediately. That’s a nice edition. I love the Biblical messages in that series 😃.

[@zyclior]

I'm surprised you haven't read more by Eddings, The Elenium series is one of my favorites. (Diamond throne, Ruby Knight, and Sapphire rose)

[@mikesbookreviews]

It’s one of those things where we grew up super poor and if the public library didn’t have it, we didn’t read it. I think I was introduced to Eddings at a time when I thought I was done with fantasy (my teenage years was all about King, Crichton, and Anne Rice).