Last Month We Read... Austen, Enriquez, Henry & Non Fiction

[@kaizacorp]

RIP Winslow, he looks like a well loved kitty ❤ Congratulations on the new jobs and college!! 🎉

[@storytoob]

Thanks Kai!❤️

[@laurablakeauthor]

It was very appropriate to enjoy Happy Place, indeed! Congrats on all the changes, guys!

[@chadia25]

Yaay, congratulations to the both of you! ❤❤❤ for the jobs and college. Condolences for the cat. 😢

[@storytoob]

Thank you❤️

[@thatsci-firogue]

Yous have been busy. Congratulations on the new jobs and going back to college.

[@christine_reads]

What an exciting, if overwhelming, month. Congratulations on your new adventures in work and school!

[@storytoob]

Thanks Christine!! Very overwhelming

[@iSamwise]

The side eye Carlos gives the camera is why I watch Storytoob. Also you guys made the most encouraging video on reading Malazan I’ve seen.

[@storytoob]

Hahaha cheers!

[@BookishChas]

Wow you guys did have a crazy month! Congrats on the new jobs though. Yolanda, I’m glad you enjoyed Roger Ackroyd. I recently read it as well, and it’s a favorite. Northanger Abbey is also on my to do list.

[@nazimelmardi]

Your life has its turns as it seems. Congratulations and sorry to hear at the same time.

[@Cobaltdragon]

Congratulations on the new jobs and starting college. Hugs on the loss of Winslow.

[@storytoob]

Thank you❤️

[@AReadersJourney]

Congrats on going back to school and the new jobs! Sounds like a wild month, but I'm glad you guys still read some good books, and found time to read some of Evie's favorites. She's such an important part of this community! And the writing project sounds so cool!

[@storytoob]

Cheers Chris! Evie is such a huge force for good in the community.. this is our silly little way of showing appreciation ❤️

[@someokiedude9549]

Jobs, jobs everywhere! You get a job! You get a job! Everyone gets a job! Seriously though great work as always, and good luck on the book Carlos!

[@storytoob]

Cheers man!

[@esmayrosalyne]

Whew, the universe was testing you two last month... but congrats on all the exciting new changes!! 🥰 Also, I think it's very refreshing to see someone choosing not to read a book when you know you are not in the right headspace to give it the attention it deserves, we need to normalize that more. And oooh I really need to read Happy Place already! As well as more Austen, it's been too long. My standouts of September were Hell of a Witch by Rachel Aaron and Thank You for Listening by Julia Whelan 🤩

[@storytoob]

Cheers Esmay ❤️ Yeah it's a very normal part of reading, but seemingly not quite so much online! Hope you try Happy Place, I really enjoyed it. Thanks, C

[@mastersal4644]

Congratulations on the new jobs and college Impressive reading month still ❤

[@storytoob]

Cheers Sal! Yeah we just opted for shorter, easier reads!

[@Johanna_reads]

I’m so sorry for your loss of Winslow. I also lost my cat in October, and it’s been so hard. 😢 I feel called out because I did say Happy Place had miscommunication. Lack of communication is more accurate. 😅 The Spear Cuts Through water does have a lot going on! Good idea to put that one on pause until you all feel the time is right. Congratulationson the new jobs and college application! ❤

[@storytoob]

Oh no, so sorry to hear that, big hugs from us to you. They're far more than just furry little companions ❤️😢 Hahahaha well here I am CALLIN' YOU OUT JOHANNA! 😂 I could also very well be talking out of my behind, but we'll leave it to Internet Gods to decide if it was miscommunication 😂 And thanks! Our thoughts go out to you too ❤️

[@slay.187]

Really sad to hear about Winslow. That being said, congrats on the new lifepaths! Best of luck you two! Also, Slaine is fantastic. You really can't go wrong with Simon Bisley. Of all the things that could have introduced me to Bisley as a kid, it was Danzig's album cover (6:66 Satan's Child). Underrated album, honestly.

[@SheWasOnlyEvie]

I am so sorry for your loss of Winslow. He looked like he was the best boy. 💔 You pre-DNF’d The Spear Cuts Through Water?! I- am- aghast! 🤣 Redshirts sounds so intriguing. I need to not be adding things to my TBR. Haha! I am to blame, for sure. I either dust or DNF. There is no in-between. 😅 Yaaaas, My Little Red Pony! I’m so glad that you loved it! Book Lovers next?! Don’t tell BookTube, but I’m glad that you both read Persuasion over The Spear Cuts Through Water. Persuasion is more cathartic for me. (The other guy was Captain Benwick.) I completely agree that all of Austen’s novels are deceptively different from one another! The last two stories in Enriquez’s collection terrify me just thinking about them. So, of course, I can’t wait to read Our Share of Night. 🤣 That is such a tiny edition of Perfume! It’s my book of the month as well (tied with The King of Elfland’s Daughter by Lord Dunsany). I am honored that and overjoyed that you loved your Month Of reads! Nice! Month Of Merphy reads are going to be interesting. I might try reading Annihilation (finally) whenever you announce it!

[@storytoob]

Book Lovers and Northanger Abbey next! We will absolutely both read City of Last Chances and Spear whenever life settles down again. We lav you big time, and we lav you long time Evie ❤️

[@SheWasOnlyEvie]

@@storytoob Love you both as well! (Even if you hadn’t done this Month Of… Haha!)

[@sw3dge]

My condolences, congratulations, that’s terrible, that’s amazing, how fun, sounds miserable, incredible.

[@storytoob]

Hahaha

[@verosnotebook]

Congrats on the jobs and studies! I more than understand the unsettling feeling since I’ve been experiencing it too, and hope it all ‘calms down' for you. As for books, I love Persuasion (Northanger Abbey is Hilarious!), and Perfume (read it in the 80s in French and then in the 90s in English - both brilliant - which I could experience the original German). Tempted by Enriquez but I’m usually rubbish at horror...

[@storytoob]

Merci beaucoup! ❤️ Yeah I think I'll keep going with Northanger Abbey, but we'll see how the next month or two settle in

[@SarahAsYouWish]

Wow, that’s a whole lot of change for one month! Congrats to both of you on your new jobs. I hope the coming months see you both settling into new routines and enjoying those jobs.

[@storytoob]

Thanks Sarah! It's been a tough year all around, but we're also hoping we can settle into a more comfortable rhythm now. Cheers! C

[@briangal71]

Happy new jobs

[@storytoob]

Thanks Brian!

[@BooksWithBenghisKahn]

My goodness that does sound like an insane month for you both-congrats on the job offers and the college acceptance and I hope the changes are all for the better! Bk 6 isn’t the strongest Expanse book for sure but I think you’ll find the last 3 books a return to form for a strong ending!

[@storytoob]

Cheers Ben! It's been wild.. I've heard there are some time jumps in the latter Expanse books?

[@BooksWithBenghisKahn]

@@storytoob oh there’s just one time jump that happens for you right now between bks 6 and 7, and it’s a pretty chunky one of around 30 years. Handled so well in my opinion too!

[@DoubleDietz]

I definitely didn’t have as crazy September as you did. I did have a good reading month. I read Murder Your Employer by Rupert Holmes, The Magicians by Lev Grossman and Lightlark by Alex Aster. I just picked up Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb to read in October and Breaking the Dark by Lisa Jewell.

[@Coleton2573]

I didn't have a busy month at all, I just played a lot of Elden Ring instead of read, 😂 but I did finish Memories of Ice and The Sword of Kaigen! Both were excellent. When I finished MoI I went directly into House of Chains which I finished a few days ago. WITNESS!!!!! Plan on getting to Midnight Tides in November. Malazan is awesome.

[@storytoob]

WITNESS 😎

[@callinicobo5991]

"The Spear Cuts Through Water" has been recently translated in italian, with a totally different title, and I will read it soon. Probably after I'll finish "Forge of Darkness" by Steven Erikson. "Slàine" is fenomenal, I've read it many years ago for the first time and periodically I reread it, mainly for the art. Congratulations for the new jobs.

[@storytoob]

How's Forge of Darkness?

[@callinicobo5991]

@@storytoob Amazing!

[@BrianAllen-x3w]

Carlos, for your American series can I recommend Nobody´s Fool by Richard Russo. I read Lonesome Dove based on your recommendation and, although not a western, Nobody´s Fool gave me the same sense of exploring an American culture through beautifully written characters. Also I listened to it on Audible and the narration is amazing.

[@storytoob]

Oh brilliant! I had Empire Falls by Russo on my radar, so I guess I'll make that two Cheers

[@JosephReadsBooks]

Sounds like y'all had a very busy month. Babylon's Ashes is the most forgettable book in the Expanse series. I know this because I forgot it existed and I forgot the plot until I looked it up while watching this video 😂. If you want another Scalzi book in the same vein as Red Shirts I recommend Agent to the Stars. The premise is that aliens have come to earth and hire a Hollywood agent so their reveal doesn't make the world go crazy. Invisible Doctrine was really good. I need to read Agatha Christie. I might start with that one. I picked up some nice Agatha Christie hardcovers recently. Happy Place is great! Great wrap up! Evie knows my thoughts on The Spear Cuts Through Water and she made me explain myself in further detail in DMs 😂

[@storytoob]

Hahaha that makes me feel better about Babylon's Ashes! I'll make note of that Scalzi.. cheers man! Hopefully we'll be around more often now towards the end of the year.. the new job is a lot more flexible.. we can get back to some of those reads we have in mind. C

[@MacScarfield]

Steinback is awesome! Carlos, I can highly recommend checking out the «Thorgal» Comic by Belgian writer Jean Van Hamme and Polish graphic artist Grzegorz Rosiński (Fantasy inspired by Norse mythology, the legend of Atlantis and Ancient Astronauts). as well as the «Corum» books by Michael Moorcock! In September I read three Rosemary Sutcliffe novels: 2 YA Historical Fiction Novels, «The Silver Branch» & «The Lantern Bearers» (set in Ancient Britain during the Late Roman and the Roman Withdrawal & Saxon Invasions, respectively) and an Arthurian Historical Fiction novel, «Sword at Sunset», all loosely connectied to each other following a family over generations, with the POV character of «The Lantern Bearers» as a mentor figure and his son one of Arthur’s companions in «Sword at Sunset». I also finished «Sword in the Storm» («Rigante» series #1) by David Gemmell (S&S/Heroic Fantasy, inspired by Celtic Britain and the Roman Invasions) and «The Eternal Champion» by Michael Moorcock (Multiverse S&S/(Anti-?)Heroic Fantasy). Just finished «Lustrum» (US: «Conspirata», «Cicero»-Trilogy #2) by Robert Harris (Historical Fiction about the Roman Statesman), that one or «Sword in the Storm» might be my Book of the Month! Cheers!

[@storytoob]

Hellooo MacScarfield! Oh great thanks for that recommendation! I'll look that up. I like Moorcock, but haven't read Corum! I shall And Robert Harris' Cicero books are fantastic

[@thatsci-firogue]

Sláine ❤ I need to get back to some 2000AD. I really enjoyed Redshirts. I too DNFed Spear Can't Cut the Turf, though tbf I was also reading Wurts at the time. A bad move? Yes, it was bad but in my defence I didn't pay attention to discourse around spear at the time 😂 Now I'm worried Yolanda won't like Lies of Locke Lamora 😅 In September I've read: *DC Comics* Green Lantern: Secret Origin (re-read) Written by Geoff Johns | Art by Ivan Reis *Fantasy* Dunk & Egg 1: The Hedge Knight (re-read) - I was kinda underwhelmed on my first read, but on re-read I loved it. Rain Wild Chronicles 2: Dragon Haven Rain Wild Chronicles 3: City of Dragons Rain Wild Chronicles 4: Blood of Dragons - 1st 3rd of Dragon Haven was kinda rough but it really picked up after that. Overall it is my least favourite subseries of RotE, though I'd read it again. Fitz & Fool 1: Fool's Assassin - Book of the Month! Loved the Gothic atmosphere throughout and exploring the later years Fitz's life. My only complaint, is that there isn't enough of the Fool. *Image Comics* Criminal 1: Coward Written by Ed Brubaker | Art by Sean Philips - Read in a sitting! It's a series I'd been curious about for years. *Marvel Comics* Astonishing X-Men Complete Collection 1 Written by Joss Whedon | Art by Sean Cassaday Daredevil 1: Hell Breaks Loose Written by Saladin Ahmed | Art by Aaron Kuder - Thoroughly enjoyed this. Waiting for the next trade to come down a little in price. Moon Knight 1: The Midnight Mission Written by Jed McKay | Art by Alessandro Cappuccio - Love me some Moon Knight. *Mystery* Mystic River / Dennis Lehane - One of my favourites of the year! So far in October I've finished: *Short Fiction* Hell is the Absence of God / Ted Chiang - I'm not a religious or spiritual person but gave me a lot to think about. As for what I'm currently reading: *Comics* Ultimate Spider-man 1: Married with Children Written by Jonathan Hickman | Art by Marco Checchetto *Fantasy* Memory, Sorrow & Thorn 2: Stone of Farewell - I'm loving this series more and more. Feels like a blending of GRRM and Hobb. Very clearly a loving response to LotR, I enjoyed LotR but I'm liking this better.

[@storytoob]

Yeeesssss rogue! Criminal, Johns' Green Lantern, Mystic River... You're inside my brain! ❤️ Cheers to you, C

[@thatsci-firogue]

@@storytoob Where should I go with Lehane next?

[@storytoob]

Could go for Kenzie and Gennaro (A Drink Before the War) or with his latest, Small Mercies!

[@tyghe_bright]

I don't know who Evie is or what it means for a book to be an Evie book, but it sounds like y'all had some great reads amidst a chaotic month.

[@storytoob]

Haha we read some books for our friend Evie! Her channel linked in the description... We made a tribute video with a TBR of sorts about a month ago! We've also done the same thing for a few other booktubers in the past year or so.. Allen from Library of Allenxandria, Jimmy from the Fantasy Nuttwork and Philip Chase 😃

[@timburbagereads]

THE SPEAR DID NOT CUT THROUGH WATER

[@storytoob]

😂😂

[@timburbagereads]

@@storytoob on a separate note, well done on job changes and life changes. Feel the fear and do it anyway!