My Huge December 2023 Book Haul

[@mattygroves]

Niven's Protector is one of my favorites. Great story about protecting those you love by any means necessary.

[@NevsBookChannel]

Oh, nice to know. Thanks!

[@ameliorater1595]

"What do you do when you don't have enough shelf space? You buy more books". I can relate. Love Neil Gaiman, definitely one of my favourite authors. Looks like a great haul.

[@NevsBookChannel]

Yep, he's a great storyteller. What of his have you read?

[@ameliorater1595]

Gosh, a good chunk of them. American Gods and Neverwhere are favourites of mine. I've read his Sandman series, Book of Magic series, Stardust, Anansi Boys, Fragile Things, Coraline, Mirrormask, Smoke and Mirrors, Ocean at the End of the Lane, The Graveyard Book, etc. Neverwhere was the first book of his that I read and fell in love with. I enjoy his writing style and his ability to spin magic from the shadows of mundane lives. Stories that could almost be believed to happen to real people. The only book I have failed to read of his is Good Omens. I have started that book a few times and I can never make it further than a 1/3 of the way in although many people keep telling me how good it is. @@NevsBookChannel

[@sensatewizard08]

Just discovered this channel, & I love this haul! I love the classic SFF in mass market paperbacks w/ their vintage covers, I can almost smell the old pages.

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[@tedy_ate_my_journal]

Wow, what a haul!! I haven't read that particular series by Mark Lawrence, but i really like the Book of the Ancestor trilogy by him

[@NevsBookChannel]

If I like these, I'll start to build a collection of his other stuff. Already interested to read The Book That Wouldn't Burn

[@tedy_ate_my_journal]

@@NevsBookChannel ohh yess, that book sounded really good too, it's also on my tbr.

[@williamlancaster4881]

love your channel man! awesome haul!

[@williamlancaster4881]

Prince of Thorns is a fun book but I've not finished the series. i can say that the main character is an Angst filled boy who likes to murder lol

[@NevsBookChannel]

Thanks William! Hey, what did you think of my take on The Road?

[@jan2bratt]

81 books!!!???! I'm jealous. Not that I don't have at least 81 books waiting on shelves and kindle that I haven't yet read. But we always want more, don't we.

[@NevsBookChannel]

What I didn’t say is that I actually restricted myself. There were a bunch of other books I wanted but decided against getting!

[@jan2bratt]

Such self restraint! @@NevsBookChannel

[@DutchGreyBeard]

Wow! You're the best TBR-builder out there, no doubt! Thanks again for your video. By the way, Slaughterhouse 5 definitely is NOT SF.

[@NevsBookChannel]

Ah ok. Apparently it's got some sort of time travelly thing? So maybe sci-fi adjacent?

[@DutchGreyBeard]

@@NevsBookChannelTrue, and the SF-element is purely instrumental for the telling of the WordWar II story. It's a masterpiece.

[@NevsBookChannel]

@@DutchGreyBeard funnily enough I’ve already lent it out to someone. I showed them my book haul and they asked to borrow it

[@DutchGreyBeard]

@@NevsBookChannel Make sure that you get it back (I've lost dozens of books over the years this way), because this one is truly worth reading!

[@NevsBookChannel]

@@DutchGreyBeard ha, yeah, this person is very reliable

[@thesci-fished]

Some great books in that haul nev

[@NevsBookChannel]

I think I’m getting fairly close to having most of Asimov’s sci-fi stuff. Where in Oz are you?

[@thesci-fished]

@@NevsBookChannel nice one, Sydney 👍

[@NevsBookChannel]

@@thesci-fished you ever go to the lifeline book fairs?

[@thesci-fished]

@@NevsBookChannel I have in the past, was not in town this time round.

[@slidenaway]

what a haul! Malazan stood out to me as its my favorite fantasy series. Just the best. So... are you building up the collection without having read any??? LOL. Or have you read any

[@slidenaway]

oh nice Niven haul too, I read all those late last year, really enjoyed them. Ended with the Fleet of Worlds series, which is 5 books co-authored with Edward M. Lerner. It's its own series but book 5 serves as final book in both that series AND the Ringworld series. Really enjoyed that too so keep an eye out for it!

[@NevsBookChannel]

No, haven't read a single one! Just going off how popular they seem to be. I like to have an entire series before I make a start on them.

[@NevsBookChannel]

Yikes! Sounds like I have more to collect....

[@slidenaway]

@@NevsBookChannel haha I had a feeling you were a collector like that, impressive. I’d love to hear your take on Malazan!! I think you’re well read enough in fantasy that it won’t be SUPER confusing - just kinda confusing (as intended lol) And yeah the Niven Known Space stuff is a lot, but he’s so good at the worldbuilding and Big Ideas, they’re a lot of fun

[@NevsBookChannel]

@@slidenaway yeah, I’m not too worried. Have you ever read Anathem? The first 200 pages of that are pretty intense in terms of new words etc