Dragonsteel Nexus 24 with 2toRamble (and Hugs from Daniel Greene) - Weekly Reader 66

[@2ToRamble]

Thanks again guys. Feeling post convention blues already. You’re both the absolute best

[@Talking_Story]

@@2ToRamble we are considering a move now . Miss you guys already.

[@carlosandino5524]

@@Talking_Story Your guys interaction and the feels of the community bring me so much joy. Thank you!

[@Talking_Story]

@ I promise it is all genuine! All the people we met at the con were absolutely lovely!

[@mikesbookreviews]

I am totally regretting not going. Glad you two had a super time!

[@Talking_Story]

I wish you would’ve been there buddy!

[@iSamwise]

Also thanks for doing these DragonSteel videos. For those of us unable to be there it’s a real treat to experience a bit vicariously.

[@Talking_Story]

@@iSamwise that was our goal!

[@TheNerdyNarrative]

Playing Daniel’s music every time he cruised by was *chef’s kiss*

[@Talking_Story]

@@TheNerdyNarrative that was all Jakob. It was really good!

[@christhewritingjester3164]

lol, man playing Daniel's music each time was such a smooth move. Great convo! I love when BookTubers get together and talk!

[@Talking_Story]

That was all Jakobs genius😂

[@PhilipChaseTheBestofFantasy]

Loads of fun here! Looks like it was a lovely time for everyone. I'll be ready to chat with you and the rest of the Quilluminati on Wednesday, John!

[@Talking_Story]

@@PhilipChaseTheBestofFantasy was so wonderful to be in person with so many amazing people. I will see you on the 11th!

[@ChristopherNavoBooks]

Whoo Hoo!! Glad you had an amazing time at DragonSteel gents! Hope to attend one of these years.

[@Talking_Story]

@@ChristopherNavoBooks you will have the best time!

[@carlespaints8]

My boyfriend and I were next to you at Toasters! Thanks so much for the stickers and breakfast chat. Great to meet you both, love from NY. ❤️ 26:03

[@Talking_Story]

Was so great meeting you both! Hope your con was as memorable as ours was.

[@AndrewsWizardlyReads]

Glad you all got to hangout and have so much fun at Dragonsteel

[@Talking_Story]

@@AndrewsWizardlyReads was a blast

[@titantv4567]

Somebody mentions Empire of Silence and Daniel Green appears 😄

[@Talking_Story]

Coincidence? I think not!

[@Chance.Dillon]

Wow. It feels like we need this combo once/month

[@Talking_Story]

@@Chance.Dillon they are just the awesome!

[@Chance.Dillon]

@@Talking_Storythis would be a sick once/month podcast is all I’m saying 😂😂🤔

[@Talking_Story]

@ pretty sure the guys don’t want our gum that firmly stuck to their shoe

[@summeroftheseasons1568]

So awesome to see everyone and make new friends! Best con, best week ever! Also really looking forward to your guys book!

[@Talking_Story]

@@summeroftheseasons1568 wow thanks so much I couldn’t agree more was just the best meeting everybody!

[@RedFuryBooks]

I definitely have been living vicariously through you, Kyle, Jake and everyone at Dragonsteel! Thanks for sharing the chat!

[@Talking_Story]

No worries my friend! Ran into Durfee and he said he is ready for our group chat whenever!

[@RedFuryBooks]

@@Talking_Story Oooh, we should do that!

[@Talking_Story]

@ absolutely!

[@esmayrosalyne]

Couldn't have dreamed of a better way to start the new week, SO much wholesomeness and love and joy!! I am beyond happy for you all that Dragonsteel has been such a phenomenal experience, and I can't thank you enough for letting us experience a bit of that fun vicariously through you here at home 🥰 Hope Wind and Truth is everything you were hoping it would be and more! I am halfway through and having A BLAST! Happy reading ❤

[@Talking_Story]

Just got through the prologue last night. I was having too much fun to read. We have more coming to let everyone see what it was like.

[@esmayrosalyne]

@@Talking_Story yeees, will keep my eyes peeled!!

[@JohnfromNY89]

It was wonderful meeting both you and Jacob at Dragonsteel. Both of you are as genuine in person as on you are on the channel. Look forward to meeting up again at some point.

[@Talking_Story]

@@JohnfromNY89 was awesome to meet you my friend. Was hoping to run into you again so we could meet your wife. Send her our best. Hope you had a great con.

[@TheBeardedBookBeast]

Awesome video, you guys are all the best! Love 2toRamble and Daniel too, what a group of booktube royalty! Great videos all week, very appreciated and so much fun!

[@Talking_Story]

@@TheBeardedBookBeast thanks so much my friend. We still have some surprises to throw out there.

[@TheBeardedBookBeast]

@Talking_Story Sweet!

[@Dennis_M_Myers]

Wow! I appreciate the shout out, John. You (and Jacob) are one of the few bright spots I've had recently. Thank you!

[@Talking_Story]

@@Dennis_M_Myers oh man I look forward to the read!

[@BradySpiker]

Great video fellas, loved this. More Talking Story x 2 to Ramble please! Hope the con was great!

[@Talking_Story]

@@BradySpiker it was great!

[@adamborst]

The Daniel Greene music overlay was just fantastic editing. Is he actually a giant? He looked like he towered over everyone. Maybe it was the camera perspective. Jealous that I missed out on the fun. Just sold out too fast.

[@Talking_Story]

@@adamborst he is pretty tall.

[@Ljrobison]

Crazy to see you nearing 10k subscribers! I think you only bad a handful of videos when i first found this channel a year or so ago. You guys definitely deserve it. Consistently putting in the work!

[@Talking_Story]

@@Ljrobison it is crazy to us as well

[@Talking_Story]

@@Ljrobison amazing you have been here from like the beginning! Thanks so much!

[@harmanchawla4244]

It was so fun meeting you guys! Super glad I tried and was able to talk with you both on the way back from the con Saturday night

[@Talking_Story]

Hey man awesome meeting you. Hope you had a great trip back to San Fran.

[@heidi6281]

So glad you met Daniel Greene & Brian Lee Durfee! Two more Talking with Tubers Artist Journey Hybrid Shows should be booked for 2025!! Brian ‘s two favorite books, Dragonbone Chair & Lonesome Dove! Daniel I know is a WOT guru! Two perfect guests for me!

[@Talking_Story]

@@heidi6281 would love to talk with them. Brian said he was doing well enough to join our buddy read group of his trilogy from last year for that talk!

[@readbykyle3082]

Great weekly update 😂 Dragonsteel was fantastic, we need to organize an even bigger group for Worldcon if possible! The Last Kingdom is sooo good! I think the next two are even better, personally.

[@Talking_Story]

I am seriously thinking about Worldcon after meeting all you amazing people!

[@brentasmith]

This is great. Great work fellas.

[@Talking_Story]

@@brentasmith thanks so much!

[@christopherprice6480]

Yes! 2 of my top 3 book tubers 👌 Mike rounds my top 3. Great video

[@Talking_Story]

Can’t beat Mike!!

[@someokiedude9549]

I've not even read Sanderson but I'm getting serious FOMO. Glad to see you guys had a great time at Dragonsteel. I myself will be headed out to Florida this upcoming week and will hopefully have a real good time out there. I'm hoping to catch up on some reading as well while I'm out there, I decided to bail on The Wizard Knight (at least for the moment) and I'm hoping to start Jeff VanderMeer's Absolution soon. I also just recently started Deathless, which is another book that takes place in Leningrad like City of Thieves...turning into a Christmas tradition it seems. I haven't gotten far, but it's proving to be promising. I wish you two safe travels and awesome that you met Daniel Greene! Keep up the good work uncle.

[@Talking_Story]

@@someokiedude9549 thanks nephew have an amazing trip and travel safe. Hope your reads are 5 star.

[@IbbyMelbourne]

It's amazing seeing your channels cross over, feels like everyone's at dragonsteel. Also, glad you got to meet Jake Bishop. Another incredible booktuber.

[@Talking_Story]

@@IbbyMelbourne I was so much fun with him and had no idea he had a channel. Subscribed right away and for sure got a tingle!

[@Kaolein]

Love it, what a wonderful special of - Weekly Reader.

[@Talking_Story]

Thanks so much!

[@iSamwise]

Love this for Richard that he gets such a view over his plebeian subjects. Hahaha

[@Talking_Story]

@@iSamwise right?!

[@thatsci-firogue]

You'd love Lonsome Dove. The character work is sublime.

[@Talking_Story]

@@thatsci-firogue it is on my stack!

[@GrahamDixonUK]

Those 37mins passed so quickly. And, having my 2 favourite BookTube channels in one is even better. Glad you lot are having such a good time.

[@Talking_Story]

It was such a party. Thanks so much for those kind words.

[@RLDesrochers]

Looks like you guys had an amazing time. Love the yappin 😂

[@Talking_Story]

@@RLDesrochers it was awesome!

[@RhysWritings]

Great video guys love the chat I am also picking up Curse of Mistwraith for Jenuary and Book of The New Sun for the read along looking forward to joining the conversation. I still need to pick up The Gallant I'm ready for my hair and hat to be blown back!

[@Talking_Story]

Dude secure that hat if you don’t wanna lose it!

[@albinorhino83]

Love this video! So much fun!!!!🎉 Very happy to hear all the experiences!

[@Talking_Story]

@@albinorhino83 thanks so much!

[@valliyarnl]

Seeing everyone meet up is so wholesome

[@Talking_Story]

Vera it was the best. Wish you could’ve been here !

[@valliyarnl]

@ me too but truly all the videos coming out from nexus are getting me thru my exam week 😊 thanks for the positive vibes ✨✨

[@Talking_Story]

@ good luck on your exams!

[@TomOrange]

Looks like you guys had a blast! Im also looking forward to the next book after The Mountain Crown

[@Talking_Story]

@@TomOrange so much happens in such a slim volume!

[@NerdLevelRising]

I'm so excited for the Book of the New Sun read! Stoked you guys all had such a great time at dragonsteel 🎉

[@Talking_Story]

@@NerdLevelRising was such a blast!

[@katherinep1010]

35:00 Gotta love the yapping! So good to see my two favorite youtube channels together!

[@Talking_Story]

@@katherinep1010 they are just the best! We had soooo much fun.

[@DecidedPanda]

Seeing you guys argue about the dinner bill was so relatable! Glad to see you guys having so much fun at Dragonsteel!!

[@Talking_Story]

Austin has fast hands grabbing for that bill. 😂

[@albinorhino83]

I think I would shoulder check my grandma to get the seat next to Christopher Ruocchio 😂

[@Talking_Story]

@@albinorhino83 ohhhhh man that is harsh

[@Fianna1775-o5u]

Congrats to Jake! He’s making his way up the ladder. I just flew back from Madrid to where I live over now and got some reading done in the airport. I’m one of those weirdoes who actually feel chipper in airports. Well, finished Isaac’s Storm and am reading Adrian Goldsworthy’s Phillip and Alexander. It’s so great to see how much fun you two are having together. I’m sorry the august Mr. Pooh couldn’t make it. I really wish Rich, Lord of the Plebs, would have Allen, our enlightened absolutist, on their podcast. I think they would have a great time 🥹 Happy Reading! Fianna

[@Talking_Story]

@@Fianna1775-o5u thick as thieves they would be I bet. Mr Pooh loved the stuffed Chull I brought back so he got something out of it

[@unlimitedreads]

What a great Weekly Reader this was, amazing!!!

[@Talking_Story]

Thanks my friend!

[@danreadstooslow]

So cool to see some of my favorite booktubers together. I'm glad you guys are putting out dragonsteel content. As someone who wasn't able to go, it's nice to still feel involved even just through your videos.

[@Talking_Story]

@@danreadstooslow that was our hope. We wanted to bring as much of the fun to everyone we could.

[@N.A.Summur]

Looks like a blast! Thanks for the update!

[@Talking_Story]

@@N.A.Summur was truly a blast!

[@mrgoodkat8448]

Awesome you still got to do this and one of my favourite parts of conventions is seeing cool people get to meet up. I've consoled myself about not being there too by reading around a fifth of Wind and Truth 🙌

[@Talking_Story]

I have not even started yet. Gonna get into it tomorrow!

[@burge2695]

This is so cool. Thanks for sharing!!

[@burge2695]

That fist bump was hilarious...😂😂

[@Talking_Story]

@@burge2695

[@Talking_Story]

@@burge2695 thank so much. I hope he just didn’t see my hand. Richard would never leave me hanging like that right? Right?

[@KingCrusoe]

It was great to meet and have dinner with you guys all on Friday!

[@Talking_Story]

@@KingCrusoe was awesome my new friend. Awesome to find a new amazing channel! Don’t know how I haven’t been a fan already?!

[@KingCrusoe]

@ Probably because I have had very slow growth relative to very many other booktube channels around the same age as mine! 😂 I’ll hit you up at some point for a collab if you’d like, and we can find what book opinions we have in common… …or which ones clash since sometimes that can be fun 😁

[@Talking_Story]

@ dude would love it!

[@StoryGirl1128]

Great update from Dragonsteel! Looks like everyone had some fun 😁

[@Talking_Story]

@@StoryGirl1128 so much fun!

[@valliyarnl]

33:44 a tingle perhaps?

[@Talking_Story]

@valliyarnl at least

[@AndrewsWizardlyReads]

The DG cameos are hilarious

[@Talking_Story]

@@AndrewsWizardlyReads yes!

[@lorifrederick2367]

Ooh, I have been waiting for this video. I have been wondering what you guys have been up to since Thursday. So happy that you all had a fantastic experience 😊

[@Talking_Story]

@@lorifrederick2367 it was more than we even hoped for!

[@bradmiller3367]

If i may paraphrase a favorite line from the opening of ‘Burn Notice’: “You know BookTubers; buncha happy little nerds!”

[@Talking_Story]

😂that’s us!

[@MacScarfield]

Great to see you are all enjoying Dragonsteel! Always fun with a Daniel Greene sighting in the wild! 😄Cheers, chaps! 😎🙌

[@Talking_Story]

@@MacScarfield he was such an awesome guy. Great to meet him!

[@safinan8008]

Great video!!!! 😊

[@Talking_Story]

@@safinan8008 thanks!

[@samuelleask1132]

Frick yeah great convo

[@Talking_Story]

@@samuelleask1132 thanks!

[@edelkebap]

I need to rewatch it again, but did Jake mention how he liked Empire of Silence? We need to cherrish the moment, the boy wonder, best producer on BookTube, finished the first whopper on the channel!

[@Talking_Story]

@@edelkebap he did and he is gonna interview Christopher coming up about his take on it!

[@Aaron.Winkler]

I was looking out for you guys to say hi but no such luck 😢 maybe next year 😉 Thanks for the videos!

[@Talking_Story]

@@Aaron.Winkler you got it so sorry we missed you!

[@35utsavavardhana83]

Loving the nexus uploads and Enjoying all my fav booktubers meetups and discussions. Wish, could be there at the con and meet you all, as an Indian i would have to become a worldhopper for that.😂

[@Talking_Story]

@@35utsavavardhana83 would have loved to have met you as well!

[@MichaelWayne13]

Man, this event looks like so much fun. I would love to meet Robin Hobb, but I was soooooo jealous when I saw that Brian Lee Durfee was there.

[@Talking_Story]

@@MichaelWayne13 it was just magic to see the host of the best television show in the history of the universe!

[@AndrewsWizardlyReads]

I have discovery loaded and ready to go in 4 days. Just need to finish to ride hells chasm first.

[@Talking_Story]

@@AndrewsWizardlyReads nice! Can’t wait!

[@mercinaapota716]

Ohhh, Talking Story T-Shirt - want one please 😜 Enjoy DragonSteel 🥳☺️

[@Talking_Story]

@@mercinaapota716 I think we may have a bit of t shirt news in early 25. I think

[@LetItBe16]

For dragonsteel is it invitation? Or very select few? Or do you just purchase tickets like a general convention?

[@Talking_Story]

@@LetItBe16 just purchase tickets. It was hard to get tickets this year they sold out very fast due to Stormlight 5

[@LetItBe16]

@ Sounds good! Enjoying the content!

[@Talking_Story]

@ thanks!

[@Nico-lk5hb]

Loooove !! 🎉 more dragonSteel videos pleaaaase ❤

[@Talking_Story]

@@Nico-lk5hb we got more stuff up our sleeve.

[@Darth_Sepharious]

This is just the best lol

[@Talking_Story]

@@Darth_Sepharious thanks

[@thatsci-firogue]

Wait you're doing WoL&S, Malazan and BotNS next year? This week i finished Fool's Quest and I have since started Assassin's Fate and resumed A Song for Arbonne.

[@Talking_Story]

I am doing all those! Not saying I will finish 😂

[@thatsci-firogue]

@@Talking_Story I will give you this piece of advice, John and I mean it. Don't do Malazan as a readalong. It's not a readalong friendly series.

[@Talking_Story]

@ that 1 is not scheduled for bread along cause not sure how quick I will get through it. I just wanna get I to it.

[@scottv5587]

Funny how the 2toRamble guys went all the way to Utah and still couldn’t meet their hero Sanderson. Better luck next time!

[@Talking_Story]

@@scottv5587 they had a great time and truly rocked their panels though!

[@yenneferalvarez7122]

This video saved my marriage

[@Talking_Story]

@@yenneferalvarez7122 wow just wow

[@arabellawillow]

RICHARD I just finished The Lost Metal two days ago!!! I'd love to hear more on your thoughts .. idk if he'll see this 😅

[@Talking_Story]

@@arabellawillow I hope he does

[@MrRorosuri]

so freaking cool

[@Talking_Story]

@@MrRorosuri thanks so much!

[@gryftkin]

I'd bet on Red God for 2025 before I'd bet on The Doors of Stone :D

[@Talking_Story]

@@gryftkin oh Doors of Stone is not anywhere near my mind.

[@MrZion115]

Ufff!!!!

[@mattamant915]

First

[@radudumanovschi3387]

I would like to say that democracy is cringe, but these days after what Putin tried to do to my country, I don't say that

[@Talking_Story]

@@radudumanovschi3387 wise words my friend

[@stuartgreenhalgh1]

I love your channel guys, but John, don't need your inappropriate comments! Everyone looked very uncomfortable.

[@Talking_Story]

@@stuartgreenhalgh1 I will do my best.

[@moostermcmoosterpants817]

This video was so light and so much fun! Y’know I’d love a dragonsteel recap from ya after your brain gets unfried !

[@Talking_Story]

We will have 1 coming your way!