Mike & Brian Lee Durfee Talk about Why They Love Stephen King

Mike welcomes fellow Constant Reader, published author, and fellow booktuber Brian Lee Durfee onto the channel for a little Stephen King palaver and more.
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[@B.LEE.DbrianleedurfeeREVIEWS]

good god the auto focus on my camera is a shitmix of fuckery

[@84tand]

Love Brian’s channel. He uses zero graphics, everything is ad hoc, and done in one take, and he absolutely refuses to post links. The low budget aesthetic is awesome!

[@PhilipChaseTheBestofFantasy]

Finally got time to watch this "palaver" -- however you say the word, it's awesome to hear you two gents and constant readers discuss an author I am coming to respect and admire more and more. My thanks to you both!

[@bjlowe85]

My 2 favirote booktubers right here, this chat was just as good on a rewatch.

[@TheBookCure]

This was fantastic. Everything you had been hoping for, I think 😂 Knowing how much he loves Stephen King has made so excited to pick up BLD’s books!

[@tylerochello2679]

Brian is the reason I've listened to lonesome dove! Glad to see two great minds get together

[@SunEaterBooks]

Aww thanks, guys.

[@loudoesreviews]

Great to see these two channels cross. You both have been an awesome source of inspiration and entertainment. Also, Rush Rules! I would love a sequel to Salem's Lot. We know what happened to Father Callahan - but what did Ben Mears and Mark Petrie get up to?

[@danielcorey2156]

Great crossover. Love both channels.

[@AllenFreemanMediaGuru]

This was a great video! My two fav book-tubers talking King. I got my wish.

[@Ranveerdanraj]

Glad to see Durfee on board here!! ^____^

[@tragikk03]

I love Durfee, man. It's horrible what's happening with his eyes.. He's seems like a legitimately good dude.

[@mikesbookreviews]

He’s the best.

[@daveedmunds1109]

Boys Life is the best coming of age I've ever read. Better than It. McCammon captures childhood perfectly. It is beautiful.

[@Michael_L_Morrison]

Loved it! Thanks for doing this!

[@NamasteBbooktube]

Arguably the best Palaver episode till date. Really enjoyed it.

[@jasonvizcarra709]

mike, durfee and K Vaughn are my holy trinity of booktubers

[@iliana.m]

Mine too!!! ❤❤

[@thomasdelrez2545]

Great to see my two favorite Booktubers together. The Forgetting Moon is awesome btw.

[@AndrewsWizardlyReads]

Reading Green Angel Tower right now! Hope you enjoy it Mike. I just got Pillars of Earth and I’m excited to read it.

[@danijelb.3384]

I really enjoy these talks. Great work, Mike

[@AcidicDelusion]

Durfee , underrated af channel

[@curiositiesengineering]

Palaver is of portuguese origins, 'palavra' meaning word. From Merrian-Webster 'Did you know? During the 18th century, Portuguese and English sailors often met during trading trips along the West African coast. This contact prompted the English to borrow the Portuguese palavra, which usually means "speech" or "word" but was used by Portuguese traders with the specific meaning "discussions with natives." The Portuguese word traces back to the Late Latin parabola, a noun meaning "speech" or "parable."'

[@joeymarchesi]

It’s great to watch two of your favorite Stephen King Book Reviewers have a conversation together 🙏🏼

[@buckfozos5554]

Hella show guys, enjoyed it! Sorry to hear they cast another skinny guy for Harold Lauder in the new Stand, WTF? I just read it and was picturing Buzz from Home Alone movies, lol. Keep these Stephen King palaver's coming!

[@chevalierdulys]

James Herbert creator of the Rats series :) Very cool. He wrote around 20 or more novels.

[@MagusMarquillin]

Rats huh? Is it like Redwall/NHIM or more like Graveyard Shift?

[@chevalierdulys]

@@MagusMarquillin Don't know Redwall/nhim. It's a very short (250 pages) novel were rats are basically killing and invading. there is a similar one called "Slugs" by Shaun Hutson. It's very old, we are talking early 80's

[@Jessica-us3gh]

Oh Boy's Life was amazing. I love Robert McCammon.

[@irishknight6893]

Loved this video so much, my favorite two booktubers chatting it up, only thing I have to say is with Durfee being such a huge Motley Crue fan and you wearing a shirt this video just feels like a missed opportunity that you didn’t even talk about or mention Motley Crue, hell raiders got a couple mins lol I say this as a huge Crue fan myself, just an observation, also you and me both NEED to Read Boys Life now.

[@scottferris2686]

Memory, Sorrow and Thorn is the best fantasy series ever! So looking forward to your review once you read it.

[@nohemiperez912]

I loved this episode. Brian is one of my favorite no-nonsense booktubers. I wouldn't mind a sequel to Firestarter...wonder what happened to Charlie?

[@iWizard]

I do “immersive reading” as well. It really helps you escape!

[@FIT2BREAD]

Great video...love to see these kind of collaborations..o watch both of your channels and this is a great title to hear about, as it looks like one of these King books I beleive ill eventually get to but can't quite see how ill ever squeeze it into my reading plans. Ha. Great episode.

[@andreamiller3578]

So interesting and fun to see two KZbin creators I follow talking about a subject they love. Plus the pretty cat! I am so envious of both of your bookshelves. And I think it's pronounced puh-LA-ver with short a sound like in cat. But I am also the person who had often read but never heard the word hideous pronounced. It was a train wreck when I first said it out loud in a classroom. I'm pretty sure the teacher is still laughing all these years later. Quitters, Inc was the first King story I read and it made me realize that this guy could write. I had always thought of his stuff as just light horror stories and I'm not a horror fan. But he has depth. I am not a Constant Reader, but I have gone on to read some other stories and books and definitely enjoy his writing.

[@danielcorey2156]

Also, I cannot recommend McCammon enough. He is incredible.

[@daveedmunds1109]

Make that a double recommendation. Second only to King

[@AndrewsWizardlyReads]

I wish I remembered my first King book… The Shining sticks out really well in my mind.

[@unlimitedreads]

Don't worry, Mike - I'm around your age - with a bit of luck my book channel launches this weekend 😉

[@AllenFreemanMediaGuru]

McCammon rules. I read James Herbert’s RATS. It was OK but I have read 5 Robert McCammon books and loved them all. I own all of his work.

[@NamasteBbooktube]

Re-watched this video for spooky season. Durfee rocks.

[@tylerpeck9754]

Enjoyed it men!

[@turtleanton6539]

I like those kings reads himself.

[@andreabknight]

Yep- James Herbert was a UK author, released books 1974-2012 (he died in 2013).

[@marcweber8509]

My first Stephen King book was Pet Sematary at 12. The weight on my soul...

[@shawntellylace5570]

What I like about audio books is - I got things to do so I can listen to my book while I wash the dishes and do laundry or any mundane task.

[@daddystabz]

Me too!

[@praetorxyn]

Great talk as always. I would say something about Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn but I don't want to spoil anything 😅

[@benjaminmolina3456]

Dam, this is a treat! Great stuff both of you. Next time do you think you can add the music subject to the conversation. Also, Mr Durfee, could you include more prison guard humor in your books, please?

[@mikebruce3933]

I'll echo the love for A Boy's Life. Also Summer Of Night by Dan Simmons covers some of the same ground to great effect. 😊

[@RiashadHassan]

brian's channel is pure comedy gold

[@nikkivenable3700]

Oh boy, I’m in the minority. I didn’t care for Boy’s Life. It was an ok read but nothing I’d pick up again. Now, Summer of Night by Dan Simmons was everything. IT is my fav book of all time and SON has beautiful echoes of IT....atmosphere, characters you adore, coming of age....all of it. The Rendering truck in SON was terrifying and so well done. Brilliant! Lonesome Dove is the book that, other than IT, means the most to me. It broke my heart in a million pieces when I first read it. If there’s a more perfect book out there I haven’t found it. I also want to read Pillars of the Earth and Shogun. Both are on my shelves but they seem so intimidating. I need to get on them.

[@bryanmullen4690]

first of all - Pa-laver....wizard and glass is easily top 5 king books for me

[@jetm7698]

Awesome episode!

[@Thecatladybooknook_PennyD]

David Soul...whew..memories lol. I had a crush on him long long ago. 😂 Great conversation!!

[@teksnotdead902]

My own entry point to King was in large part due to The Stand tv movie from the 90s. After watching it i got really curious about Randall Flagg and the details that were probably in the book and left out of the series and I jumped into the Long and Uncut version. Was a chore but made me a fan.

[@PsilocybeJedi]

Shoutout Alan Pangborn, he's my all time favorite as well!

[@HeXen1900]

You are right its James Herbert, different to King but still some really good books especially the rats series . I would recommend McCammon but I think if people hype him too much you may get disappointed. But Swan Song and Boys Life are amazing. I also really enjoyed Night Boat, Stinger, Gone South and They Thirst.

[@angelaholmes8888]

I really enjoyed the forgetting moon and the blackest heart Brian lee durfee is a great author 📚😀

[@chrisfragola1527]

Hi Mike. I hope all is well. I just wanted to thank you for recommending the Vampire Chronicles. I just started it today. Just in time for spooky season. Love your videos as always. Keep up the great work! Be safe!

[@dpeady78]

Those prison stories could make a whole video

[@epiphoney]

David Soul, from Starsky & Hutch and Salem's Lot, also did the BBC Radio audiodrama of Harlan Ellison's I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream. You can find it on youtube.

[@cristy-annhoughton755]

My first stephen king book I read was the girl that loved Tom Gordon when I was 14

[@kabiansadi]

Do a crossover with the guy from The Love of Reading! He is such an Stephen King fan and Dark Tower expert

[@gjermund6455]

Almost did not watch this because I have not read the book, but glad I did. You talk about a lot of stuff outside Palaver.

[@mikesbookreviews]

The thing about Brian is it is impossible to keep him on one subject. That's why we love him ha ha

[@gjermund6455]

@@mikesbookreviews I hope you two will collaborate some more. You have great chemistry together.

[@ChristmasLore]

Such a nice crossover! Congrats to you two! Great chemistry!🍂

[@cvmo666]

These are great !

[@nsartin23]

Mike - Please, please a new SK review! Would love to see you do 11/22/63 and is there better timing? Just passed the anniversary of the book annnnd anniversary of the event coming up shortly how about a 11/22/63 review on 11/22/21? I think you put the best SK reviews and content out on youtube. Hope this is good enough of a sales pitch! haha ill stay tuned!

[@pinchspov8472]

Pa-lava, as in lava that comes from a volcano!! IMO

[@alynam82]

I wouldn't go as far as comparing Boy's Life to IT outside of the coming of age aspect, and boyhood friends. Outside of that, it's a story on its own. My best advice: go in with no expectations other than just a good story, beautiful writing (not flowery, just feel-good writing) and magic of being a kid...

[@Bxtcxt1865]

I love this section man

[@andreabknight]

I'm giving dragonbone chair a second chance (I DNF'd originally)- I know how much Brian loves Tad WIlliams!

[@LightningRaven42]

The story about Jason's perspective on Friday 13th can already be found in Tucker and Dale Versus Evil. It's a horror comedy, though.

[@yorkshirelasstracey5383]

Here in Yorkshire we say 'pala*r*va' sounds like there's an r in there. Sorry to make things more difficult 😉

[@Aluminatihusker]

Durfee!! Nuff said lol jk! You guys are awesome!!

[@jeffhaubrich6121]

RUSH!

[@bryanmark14]

Mike is wearing a Motley Crue shirt and Brian has the Motley Crue funko pops behind him. Love it!

[@CS10847]

RAAAAAAIDERS!

[@danbe6280]

Hi Mike, I want to challenge you to read the Evangelion manga and explain it to us all in a video.

[@cabrademora1]

:D

[@daddystabz]

Yes, David Soul!

[@daddystabz]

Salem's Lot is one of SK's best books possibly.