The Wager / Conan | Fresh-Read Kills | Sept. 30, 2024

[@RedJets-qh7xi]

Hello, I’m your son Ben’s friend from school. Cool channel! I like the i survived book review video! 😊

[@bookstalgic]

The Wager has been on my list so it's great to hear your positive review! I know what you mean about being a land lover. I've only been on one cruise as well, and that strange feeling is almost the opposite of being claustrophobic. To look all around you and feel that you are only a tiny speck in the ocean with no safety in sight is unsettling to say the least! I read Enduance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage last year and was also amazed about what they had to go through to survive. Makes me not want to complain about anything, ever! You've inspired me to pick up The Wager sooner than later. Also, I love that there is a Conan graphic novel! I may have to give that one a try if I come across it. Great reviews, Vin!

[@revenantreads]

I hope you enjoy The Wager. It’ll make you cling to land, that’s for sure!

[@ReadbyFred]

The Wager sounds like a great read. I am fascinated by the risks and hardships aboard a wooden vessel traversing across the ocean. Shipwrecks, starvation, boredom, personal hygiene - and yet Darwin, Humboldt, and others did it for science and the thrill of discovery.

[@revenantreads]

So true!

[@ToddsBookTube91]

Another nice edition of Fresh Read Kills! Quite the steal for the Conan graphic novel! Only a dollar! It has beautiful artwork as well! The Wager is very popular as you mentioned. I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@revenantreads]

@@ToddsBookTube91 Yeah, I was pretty excited when I found it so cheap. 😀

[@battybibliophile-Clare]

I'm part through the Grann book, but have put it aside to finish as and when, but at the latest next year. My TBR is huge this year, thanks to you, David, Debs and now Richard has got me buying the Penguin History of history of Europe. Well that's my excuse, the heh, "oh no, Historathon made me do it!"

[@revenantreads]

I hope you enjoy it when you get around to finishing it.

[@DDB168]

Definitely a Conan fan and The Wager sounds interesting.

[@revenantreads]

@@DDB168 I think you’d enjoy both of these.

[@ChantalsShelfLife]

I need to read The Wager, I read Killers of the Flower Moon last year and it was excellent. Grann is a very good writer.

[@revenantreads]

I definitely want to read that one, too.

[@TriumphalReads]

Ive only ever read the original Howard Conan stuff. Maybe ill have to give the newwer and other author things a try sometime

[@revenantreads]

I haven’t read much of the pastiche fiction, but I do enjoy the comic adaptations.

[@ericksbookshelf]

If you're a Conan fan you have to read Conan and the Spider God by L. Sprague De Camp. The Savage Sword of Conan comic had the story spread out in three issues. It just might be one of the best Conan stories ever!

[@revenantreads]

@@ericksbookshelf Thanks for the recommendation. I’m always on the lookout for Savage Sword back issues.

[@ericksbookshelf]

@@revenantreads There's a book length novel of this story also, which you inspired me to reread!

[@StephanieJCohen]

I definitely want to read The Wager. I don’t think I’ve seen a negative review of it (at least on the Channels I watch).

[@revenantreads]

It’s a very engaging story.