January wrap-up - Mini book haul

[@GrapplingBook]

Can you do a video on how to read more? Would love to hear how you manage to get through so many books

[@rammelbroadcasting]

@@GrapplingBook yeah I can do that. 👍

[@draglogia5244]

@@rammelbroadcasting I would appreciate that too.

[@billyalarie929]

Fun fact: The City & The City was an inspiration for Disco Elysium

[@SUGMalaysia]

Woah, good to know. Now I have to read that book.

[@suzannebell9798]

Wow! I didn't realize how many times I mentioned anthrax. I hope the feds aren't watching me now... I appreciate the shout out, but I'm happy to do it. Books have been so important in my ridiculous life and when I encounter people who enjoy the same or similar reads, it brings me as much joy to give as buying them for myself. I'm just glad you like the books. I'm on my 10th book for January because I don't leave my house. 😬

[@rammelbroadcasting]

That might be too many books in one month, lol. Thanks again.

[@suzannebell9798]

@ Yeah. Definitely not a flex. Between work and winter, it’s all I have the energy to do.

[@kristawallin143]

Love hearing someone talk about Mieville! I’ve read Embassytown and Perdido Street Station and was blown away by both of them. I’ll have to pick up The City & the City!

[@TheHammy1987]

Suzannes letter was amazing! She should write short stories - if they're even half as well-written, I'd gobble them up! Thank you for sharing that, it made my day!

[@suzannebell9798]

Thank you! Smart-ass is my first language.

[@davidthomas8018]

I read "The City and The City" years ago. I got a East Berlin/West Berlin vibe to it. I have also read "The Last Days of New Paris" that book was wild.

[@g.mariepickett]

I read Perdido, and then immediately read The City & The City. I enjoyed Perdido, but I LOVED The City. I thought The City was fascinating - it sort of gets to the idea of "compartmentalizing" your thoughts, perhaps? The end scene is stunning. Architecture, urban planning, and behavioral sociology all rolled up into one. --- Clive Barker is an author I hope to get to soon - I bought Imajica.

[@EricMcLuen]

Agreed Barker's short stories are often better than the novels. His artwork is also just bizarre. I don't recall Inhuman Condition but will read a story out of the Books of Blood just for a quick break. Do recommend the film Midnight Meat Train with an early Bradley Cooper, creepy Vinnje Jones and even Brooke Shields.

[@dmbfreak123]

@@EricMcLuen Midnight Meat Train is a very underrated film.

[@charactergeneric1885]

Your audience is not mainstream. Give us more weird books, give us more unsettling books. Give us more outstanding videos like the one you’ve made for House of Leaves and we will praise you like a new prophet 😉 more China Miéville and PKD please!

[@rammelbroadcasting]

Thank you. I'm actually really happy that I've connected with an audience that isn't mainstream because I normally tend to like things that aren't. So, really, I shouldn't be surprised, lol.

[@billyalarie929]

Yeah this is the move. Keep this energy and you’ll quickly become one of my favorites, easily.

[@rebusbiggsesq.3666]

Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino would be a fun comparison.

[@Olphas]

I will finally start with Sun Eater soon. Very likely in February. I am excited. But first I am finishing Memory, Sorrow and Thorn. Starting the last book today. You have now already caught up to me in Malazan. I finished House of Chains a few days before your review (the Malazan reviews were how I found your channel), but I am taking my time with this series and it will be a while until I pick up the next. I love it, it is great, but is also a lot and I need to space it out to enjoy it.

[@rammelbroadcasting]

I will say that the first sun eater book is definitely the weakest, but boy, it's only up from there.

[@mattbaldwin1150]

Hey John, I've always been curious about the painting over your shoulder. Can you tell me the artist please? Thanks for all the great book recs!

[@rammelbroadcasting]

I really don't know it was given to me by my brother probably almost 20 years ago. I have no idea where he got it or who painted it. 🤷‍♂️ sorry

[@mattbaldwin1150]

@ all good:)

[@pierredbau8587]

There's a 4 part mini tv series of the city and the city, made by the BBC, in the U.K.

[@rammelbroadcasting]

@@pierredbau8587 is it any good?

[@pierredbau8587]

I thought so, I haven't read the books, so I don't know how far through the story it goes. I found it relatively easy to follow considering the theme of the 2 cities.​@@rammelbroadcasting

[@pierredbau8587]

@rammelbroadcasting maybe I'm biased, because I'm in it. 😂

[@rammelbroadcasting]

@@pierredbau8587 that's awesome! What did you do in it? Like what part or what scene?

[@pierredbau8587]

Nothing fancy, more a glorified extra. I was an armed guard for Gorse when he's confronted by Borlu in ep 4​@@rammelbroadcasting

[@TertiaryScroat]

A midnight tide washes up on strange beaches, enjoy.

[@rammelbroadcasting]

@@TertiaryScroat I'm looking forward to it.

[@TertiaryScroat]

@@rammelbroadcasting You really should be. Trust the author dude, he really knows where he is going, surfing the shockwave of your blown mind...or something....probably. He makes the world feels so ancient so effortlessly doesn't he?

[@Dinadoesyoga]

City and the City sounds exactly like my kind of weirdness, and now I'm kicking myself for not grabbing the copy I saw at a thrift store about a month ago. 😑

[@rammelbroadcasting]

I hate it when I do that! Also , I'm now on part 3 of the book, and it's great. I recommend it for sure.

[@sam-or-something]

seeing you pull out two of my january reads (Dracula and The City & the City) and The Bone Clocks which I was talking about with my mom less than an hour ago because I started Cloud Atlas and she was telling me that if I like it we also have The Bone Clocks was a bit of a jumpscare;

[@rammelbroadcasting]

That's crazy.

[@Spencer_Beard]

Hey man, I mentioned "The Haunted Mesa" during the 20k subs live chat. I highly recommend you add it to your TBR and this year

[@rammelbroadcasting]

@Spencer_Beard Thanks I'll check it out

[@jvaigl]

Thank you for the video. How do you manage to read so many long books in a month? Do you have a specific routine, like reading 2 hours each evening or something like that?

[@rammelbroadcasting]

I almost always download the audio version of the book I'm reading and then when I'm driving or doing chores I listen to the book. Then when I read in the evenings or at work or just in my down time I read physically and just pick up where I left off. You'd be surprised how fast you move through a book.

[@jvaigl]

@@rammelbroadcasting Thank you for your response, that makes a lot of sense. I often download an audio version for longer books too as it would take me way too long to read them just physically. Many thanks for your great content and have an amazing day! :)

[@dmbfreak123]

I have 80 pages left in Demon in White and my God Ruocchio can write. It’s honestly insane how good he is. I still think Howling Dark is my favorite so far, but I’m curious if the end of Demon in White will change my mind. Can’t wait to start Kingdoms of Death. I also have Memories of Ice by Erickson in Feb so it’s going to be crazy.

[@rammelbroadcasting]

@dmbfreak123 Hell yeah, it's going to be crazy! Christopher just gets steadily better as a writer as the series goes on, I think. February for me will be disquiet gods and I'm all cought up.

[@dmbfreak123]

@ Looking forward to what you think about Disquiet Gods. Enjoy!

[@mirelaRo]

I would like to read The Sun Eater series , but it hasn't been translated into Romanian, so far.

[@draglogia5244]

First.