Discover New Epic Fantasy & Sci-Fi Gems! Keep an eye on these amazing books! #5

[@vittoriaaccardi1434]

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[@esmayrosalyne]

Every time I think I am in the know of all the hidden gems, you manage to destroy my TBR once again with so many underhyped books hahah. Nomads of the Sea and Salt in the Wound have been on my TBR for a shamefully long time though, I need to get to them! Also love to hear that you are enjoying your current reads so much. Beautifully said about Janny's prose! I initially thought I struggled with that because English is not my native language, but you helped me realise that I just needed to give it more patience and room to breathe. Appreciate you! 🥰

[@bookswithabel]

Thank you Esmay, always a great pleasure to read your comments! Yeah, a lot of really interesting stuff. I'll definitely need to buy more bookshelves lol. About Janny's books, they ARE INDEED, really complex and challenging (and I totally understand the struggle with non native readers, of course), but I think that in the end the effort will be repaired. I'm just annoyed with people who dismiss the book as pretentious or something 🤣 But yeah, it is absolutely on another level language wise, and it's totally fine to give it a proper try and decide it's too much, especially for people searching for something more quick or easily digestible. Anyway, thank you for watching 🤟🏽

[@esmayrosalyne]

@@bookswithabel Oh for sure, Janny is just about the least pretentious author out there! Her style won't be for everyone, but it sure deserves all the praise and admiration! And I feel you on always needing new bookshelves hahah

[@tallaaron1115]

As a novelist I can personally say that Jeff Brown is awesome to work with. He did my covers for the first three books of my current series I am working on. This is an awesome break down of these books that comes across highly personal and engaging. Please keep doing this because it brings a personal touch to books that Sci-Fi and fantasy books deserve. Thank you for all these book reviews and I look forward to what you bring in the future.

[@bookswithabel]

Thank you for watching! And thank you for your kind words, you really made me feel like the work I'm doing has a positive influence on our communication. Looks like Brown is a real powerhouse in the field, and your experience with him is a great proof of it! Tell me.more about your book, I want to check em out! Thank you again!

[@laurah448]

I would love to see your edition of Earthsea one day. Fantastic video.

[@bookswithabel]

I will gladly comply 💚 Thank you for watching!

[@TedReadInstead]

Wonderful video, Abel! You've done a LOT of reading! :)

[@bookswithabel]

I know right? 🤣🤣🤣 Thank you for watching!

[@bookstalgic]

Oh yes, Stargate! Loved that movie so much lol. I still need to watch the TV show too 😂. The Engineer sounds cool. I put Contagion on my list as well and Powerless, which sounds really intriguing too! I’ve heard of the Children of Time books. Funny to hear that the aliens stole the show! 👽 also good to know it can be read as a standalone. Woah, connecting to a POV that is mysteriously dead in the future timeline sounds intriguing! Great wrap up and review of these new (to me!) books! I wish I had more time to read too 😊

[@bookswithabel]

Thank you for watching! Yes, I'm starting to plan my escape to the wilderness, holed up in a cabin surrounded only by books. I'll become local folklore and scare hikers as a hobby 😂😂😂 Anyway I'm happy to fill up your wishlist with new, lesser known books. Also, I just finished Centauri's shadow and it was even better than I thought 😁😁😁 And now I'll get to work, daydreaming of coming back home for.more reading 😂😂😂

[@PalmerPickering]

I’m on book four of Wars of Light and Shadow. It is truly epic.

[@bookswithabel]

Wow, I'm so excited about the rest of the series! Thank you for watching! 💚

[@Chance.Dillon]

That exiled queen cover is insanely nice-sounds super interesting and excited to hear your thoughts

[@bookswithabel]

I'm so hyped for that book. Should I put it in my cart? 😈 (I wanna do it)

[@VidalinaSidoti]

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[@bookswithabel]

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[@davidwardrop9214]

I love these videos on new writers and works. I wonder if you have done or will be doing a video on debuts of 2024?

[@bookswithabel]

I haven't, but it's a GREAT idea! Perhaps I should do something like that for 2025, or at the end of 2024 🔥 Thank you for watching!

[@davidwardrop9214]

@@bookswithabel Thanks to you I come across so many names I have never heard of.

[@chokog2446]

I hate when people use the language, particularly when it is a tad elevated from the daily vocabulary, as a reason to describe a book as "difficult"... To me, difficulty comes with low quality, not with complex prose, and Janny's work is absolutely worth the effort! I personally didn't find it difficult at all. It is a whole another thing to just say that it doesn't speak to you or is just not your cup of tea. That is totally fine. We all like different things. But no reason to label something "difficult"just because it might not jive with your reading preferences....

[@bookswithabel]

To be fair, I understand that much of modern fantasy literature is written differently, often with the goal of being palatable to the widest possible audience, so it is written in an extremely simple way. A reader who has read a lot of books like that may find himself a little lost when he faces a book like The Curse or The Mustwraith, which I think is consciously written in a more complex way. But it also bothers me when people criticize that complexity without really giving such interesting books a chance.

[@chokog2446]

@@bookswithabel Exactly! The thing is, often new readers get intimated by this style of writing, and as you said, kind of give up. I just want them to know that just because it is different from what they are used to, it doesn't mean it is difficult. It is just different and I wish they would give these books a chance. I think the long time readers who speak of these books as "scary" and "difficult" do them a disservice, because it intimidates the potential reader and gives them an excuse to give up at the first moment they encounter a more complex passage. You don't do that. Actually, you are very good at explaining that despite the different prose or structure, these books are something they should pursue and I am very grateful to you for that 😊👍

[@bookswithabel]

@@chokog2446 thank you! Hopefully videos like this will help people out, and I'm super happy that Janny is getting more and more recognition thanks, in small part, to many passionate booktubers 💚