Oct/Nov Wrap-up and December TBR 2024

[@JasonFuhrman]

1. Suggest a book or upvote your favorite suggestions 2. I will put the top 5 most upvoted suggestions in a poll. 3. The winner of the poll will be read and reviewed.

[@helenasf1782]

Great update! And some really interesting reads on that list. I’ve got fingers crossed that orbital will be interesting, even if it’s not your fave. Plus - if you made it through fourth wing, you can make ot through anything haha.

[@SamSepiol1909]

I read Ketchum's Girl Next Door and Off Season many, many years ago and found them to be great. Character works were the highlight. I understand the surprise.

[@sdruss83]

The Devil of Nanking by Mo Hayder!

[@JasonFuhrman]

Thanks!

[@thecastleredfox978]

I'm reading Less Than Zero, Starship Troopers and various Conan stories of Robert E. Howard's this month!

[@someokiedude9549]

Good video Jason and some high praise for The Girl Next Door. I'll admit, I initially wrote it off as one of those cheap thrillers ala James Patterson, but after hearing you talk about it...perhaps I was mistaken in my presumption. Good video as always. My pick is City of Thieves by David Benioff. Fantastic book. Good winter reading. Has heartwarming Christmas stuff such as cannibalism, the horrors of war, and how war really fucks up the lives of the people who are in the middle of it. But it's also funny and has a deeply touching friendship. I recommend it.

[@JasonFuhrman]

Haha thanks for the recommendation! A dark Christmas sounds nice. While The Girl Next Door had a lot of terrible things, it's foundationally a well written story.

[@MoonstoneMythoium]

I'm currently reading another Nevill book: The House of Small Shadows. I'm only on page 57 so far.

[@TH3F4LC0Nx]

Looking forward to your review of Skin Medicine! I hate that you didn't like it, (but then again I very well may not if I were to read it again myself, lol XD). I get the feeling that pausing the story to write an extended flashback for the villain's backstory that takes up a third of the book maybe wasn't the best plotting decision. I think you could restructure that book with alternating chapters between present and past and perhaps have a stronger product. Oh well. And I'm surprised you hadn't read The Girl Next Door until now. That book can really leave you feeling stained. :( Also looking forward to your take on Provinces of Night; I've really got to get around to reading that one sometime myself. As for the suggested book to read, I'mma recommend a new book that recently came out called Crypt of the Moon Spider, cuz I'm actually really curious to see if I should pick that up myself. :)

[@JasonFuhrman]

I should have liked Skin Medicine. If he had a better structure and characterization, it could have been cool. Part of it reminded me of the film Ravenous, and I'm curious if he was paying homage to it. Thanks for the recommendation!

[@mirceaxvlad]

Well I can forsee this as being controversial on this channel, but how about "The city and it's uncertain walls", Haruki Muramaki's latest book?

[@JasonFuhrman]

@@mirceaxvlad ohhh interesting. I've been meaning to give him another shot. Thanks for the suggestion!