I NEVER thought I would read these books 👀 tbr cluedo picks what i read! 🔎 july tbr - ep 35

[@a.n.lashley1073]

The Three Body Problem is a sci-fi. It has a fascinating back story which Stephanie over on Rotten Mango (KZbin podcast channel) broke down. I highly recommend the video and her channel in general.

[@katherineeaster5799]

That was a crazy video and a crazy story.

[@jenny_readss]

I read Three Body Problem earlier this year, its HARD sci fi, like you need a degree in physics to understand parts! I liked it, but it was too confusing for me

[@avsambart]

The Three Body Problem is hard scifi, not fantasy 😭 ** 10:57 *** now it makes sense 👍

[@Gniaget]

That was painful to my soul to hear Fantasy 10 times about the most Sci-fi book 😆

[@melissaj8384]

Kristin Hannah books really pull the reader into the book -- they always give me a book hangover. It takes me a day or so to get over all of the feels. Four Winds was really good. I have The Great Alone on my TBR but I'm not sure if I'm ready for the submersion into her story yet.

[@YoshiLove-pp5co]

I haven't read The Purpose Guided Universe, but I'm excited to see what you think! Until recently I viewed atheism as the default and a given, but when I started to look deeper I found that science did not just flat out oppose God like I thought it did and that there was actually many logical arguments for the existence of God. The issue is not as simple as I used to think it was!

[@liligirl96]

Every time the hat comes out, I know it’s going to be a good video.

[@dani_wade]

Just finished The Ministry of Time yesterday and I adored it! Loved Kaliane Bradley’s writing. One thing that might be fun to keep in mind while reading is that Lt. Graham Gore was a real person and the Arctic expedition he was on and those who were involved is all real and accurate! That didn’t quite click for me before reading but I’m planning to reread it next year…perhaps during the icy cold months of January here in Canada. Can’t wait to hear your thoughts xx

[@tungstensmum1491]

Ok but Emily Wilde is NOT Romantasy. Fantasy with a romance subplot (barely) but not Romantasy. The story is virtually unchanged with the romance removed ❤ It’s like calling A Curious Beginning a Romance. /end rant LOL

[@ChronicReader]

I agree, there is definitely life out there! There are way too many planets out there to think we are the only ones.

[@katherineeaster5799]

I really liked the show The Three- Body Problem, but the book intimidates me. I want to read it eventually, though.

[@indigosummers4974]

I'm about 30% in to A Fate Inked In Blood and liking it a lot more than I thought I would (I struggle with Romantasy in general) so hopefully you will have good luck too! I will say that I read The Ministry of Time last week and just so you don't have the wrong expectations it is not, technically, a romance. I found it an odd read. There were elements I enjoyed but overall it didn't work for me.

[@indigosummers4974]

Welp, A Fate Inked In Blood ended up being barely a 3 star read for me. The second half just didn't work as well for me as the first half, unfortunately. Hope it works better for you!

[@valentineboudaud1887]

OMG you are reading the three body problem ! It is so interesting but very dense (sciency). I know I struggled to read the trilogy but it was sooooooooooo worth it ! The audiobooks are gold too, I recommand !

[@Bookbonkers8439]

I really enjoyed What Lies in the Woods, so hopefully you do as well! I also believe there is other life out there, I mean how could there not be with how vast the universe/galaxy is.

[@erinfox2671]

I read A Fate Inked in Blood last week and if there was incest, I completely missed it. I’m racking my brain and can’t think of anything. I guess because she falls for her husband’s son, but she’s never intimate with her husband, it’s in name only. I enjoyed this one, and the mythology is strong in the story. Enjoy!

[@megwithbooks]

Ah ok! I didn’t get any context when I got told about it but I guess that makes sense🥴

[@isabellavalentine7268]

I ~think~ it’s “incest” because she makes that blood oath thing but honestly, it’s a push to say that

[@vampvswolf]

I was racking my brain trying to find the incest in A Fate Inked in Blood and there is definitely no incest.

[@isaacazmeelee9531]

I’ve been wanting to read ministry of time so if you like it I’ll 100% will get it haha

[@heatherdegreeff1092]

I didn't love The Women, but i did love The Nightingale, Four Winds, and The Great Alone. Kristin Hannah has an insane number of books. I haven't read any of her older titles.

[@jakeykayyreads]

Oh I am SO excited for you to read The Three-Body Problem!! I just read it a couple months ago and it is fantastic

[@jakeykayyreads]

Also hearing you describe it as “sci-fi-y” is so funny like girl it is fairly heavy sci-fi 😭

[@FaeryLaume]

I really enjoyed What Lies in the Woods. I've enjoyed everything I've read by Kate Alice Marshal. And it's a good summer themed thriller.

[@milo1241]

picked up the cautious travellers guide to the wastelands after seeing it in your anticipated releases jan-june and excited to read it next month!

[@trinforeman54]

Yay! The Women! I'll be reading it this month, too. 😊

[@cleg78]

Massive book recommendation: The Betrayal of Thomas True, it comes out July 4th and I challenge you now Meg to find a way to get this book on your TBR, I think you will love this book and I ask you to prove me wrong. It is a genre bending mystery that hits like no other you will read this year.

[@kylierussell0207]

Just had to say I was the last one to vote and I picked What Lies in the Woods lol. I hope it’s good!

[@louisejames9064]

The Ministry of Time is on my to buy list - cant wait to hear your thoughts!

[@Thehennies]

Nooooo I wanted midnight is the darkest hour!!! 😢❤😂

[@jamieserrano827]

What lies in the woods? It was kind of meh for me. I read that book when the book you read it a couple years ago

[@kimbberghuis4307]

The only romantasy books you read I really disliked. But there are enjoyable romantasy books: One Dark Window is a nice example. I haven't read this book by Danielle Jensen but the Bridge Kingdom series is quite nice.

[@heidib.4515]

Hope you love physics. Three Body Problem felt like a college physics text book at times.

[@shadowcreature7598]

I really did not love it. Had to switch to audio to finish it. Mainly because of how plain the characters were though

[@hannahblackwellbooks]

Girl ur reading like me this month!!! 😂

[@Kat_foss]

As someone who reads quite a lot of romantasy (and a Scandinavian) I was VERY disappointed in Fate Inked in Blood… it just fell flat and felt poorly researched tbh 😅

[@magda_mf]

Oooohh yes please a political murder mystery! 🙏 Would totally read it 🤩

[@Gniaget]

Nightwatching is not good you got lucky there by 1 vote!

[@valentineboudaud1887]

Danielle L Jensen's writing is not the best in my opinion and you might struggle with the debutyness of it (I haven't read this one but her first book, might have improved with time)

[@KatieColson]

🖤🌹🖤🌹🖤🌹🖤

[@car5522]

I personally think it's more foolish to believe that it's only us + other life on Earth in the whole galaxy. Feels a little conceited to believe that.

[@valentineboudaud1887]

Who tf did chose your tbr for this month's year of recs ??😂

[@salahalselene4957]

🫡🫡📚📚❤️❤️💪💪🙏🏻📖😊

[@JayGTheAwkwardBookworm]

I found ministry of time SO boring 😩

[@TheHotaru21]

agreed! and there's hardly any time travel in it!

[@Taralovescoloring]

I hated it soooo much. It had such an interesting premise and just failed to deliver on it (in my opinion).

[@morganarosana]

I too believe that there's life outside the Earth. It's impossible with billions of galaxies that we are the only living beings in the Universe. It's a terrible thought, it's solitaire. There are and probably there was forms of life in multiple stages in other million of planets out there. But the other sad thing: we'll never know for sure, because the Universe is so inhumanly big and dangerous.