Wow, what a great book haul! You have such a diverse and exciting taste in books. I'm impressed by how many independent releases you support and feature on your channel. You always introduce me to new authors and genres that I wouldn't have discovered otherwise. I'm especially interested in Never Die and The Garden Gnome. They sound like fun and original stories. I appreciate your enthusiasm and passion for books. You are an inspiration to all book lovers. Keep up the good work, Mike! 👍👍👍

Your wife is amazing artist. 😄

Man you’re selling me on Gone With the Wind all over again! Can’t wait.

@mikesbookreviews

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It's going to be a blast!

Love the Nostalgia vibe 😄

Love your book hauls!

Yesss! I think you'll love The Bound and the Broken, Mike. The first book is alright. But the second and third book is superb! Also, Eleventh Cycle is a glorious grimdark! :D

@mikesbookreviews

Жыл бұрын

Can't wait!

I am glad you talked about C.S Lewis I just finished The Great Divorce and it was really cool I think I will read more of his work this year!

When you were talking about your son being obsessed with the prophecies in Percy Jackson reminded me how I tried to figure out what it meant before it finished, and I was almost always wrong. Haha

You could put tint over the sign.

Engines of Empire is a really good book.

How cool! I love John Scalzi.

@mikesbookreviews

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Seems most do

Eleventh cycle is a beast of a book

I’ll read Gone With the Wind along with you. I have four editions so obviously like it and up for another reread.

Love the shirt! From a fellow Houstonian

I read Kaiju last month. It's a fun short fast paced lighthearted read. I think it could be easily adapted into like a comedy action movie. Definitely not a character focused book but it worked good as a palette cleanser :) great book haul btw! love your videos

@cameronwest6447

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"I lift things." I thoroughly enjoyed it as well!

@learningwithliterature

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It reminded me of a slice of life Jurassic park… for the most part

Tress of the Emerald Sea is a full length novel, and one of his best books ever. His best standalone

@mikesbookreviews

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So I learned by these comments. My fault.

Kaiju was a fun quick read! Perfect palette cleanser!

Since your kid is super into mythology, I'd recommend the Alchemyst series by Michael Scott. It is a middle grade series which incorporates literally every mythology. Also, if you want to get him into some light horror, try the Monstrumologist series by Rick Yancey

You're really selling me on Gone With the Wind! I'm reading Moby Dick right now and loving it, by the way, and I'll plan on making space in my TBR for Gone With the Wind so I can (hopefully) join your read-along.

@mikesbookreviews

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Oh man it's classic.

Thanks for the wonderful shoutout and I"m so happy you and your son love the book! You are right, Alex Ross is amazing and it's fun to have it all in one place! Enjoy and Cheers!

@mikesbookreviews

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Thanks again!

If Gone With the Wind has everything, does it have Lovecraftian creatures? Lol

@mikesbookreviews

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Just off the page.

Awesome collection here Mike! The Judas Blossom looks right up our street. Hope you love getting to Gemmell at some point, he’s the go-to-guy for flawed heroes. Happy reading. Ed

@mikesbookreviews

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You guys haven't missed much on your recs, so I trust you

Yeah, I was in BN and saw numerous Witcher hardbacks. The next day I saw the 50% hardback sale was going so I went back in to grab some of the Witcher series - every single one was already gone...in one day. Oh well.

I really liked the kaiju preservation society. It was a fun ride it is something that can be read in a couple of settings. You should really enjoy it.

Such awesome stuff! I’m jealous of those shirts haha. My advice for the On Air sign (which is super cool btw) is to buy some cheap tint and tint the front of it so it’s dimmer on camera 🤔 but I guess you need some plastic on there first, yeah…

@mikesbookreviews

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Yeah I'll mess around with it

Nice Haul Mike!

We love a good book haul 🥰

You might able to put a dimmer switch on the On Air sign. Or light it from behind with a dimmer light. It’s very cool. Gotta figure out how to use it!

@mikesbookreviews

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Yeah it's way too nice just to stuff in a closet.

I ended up not buying any prose books in January and it was a light month for graphic novels. Picked up two of those: Matt Wagner's Grendel omnibus vol 3 and EC Archives: Weird Fantasy vol 1

@mikesbookreviews

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Excellent choice!

Very interested in those Cahill books. Hear it's kind of classic fantasy which I have been wanting a bit.

@mikesbookreviews

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Yeah, Gwynne is the author comparison that comes up a ton. They had me at DRAGONS.

I read the first book of the Interdependency Series by Scalzi and enjoyed it. I wasnt reading then the way I am now so I did not finish it buuuut I will. Someday.

Hope you enjoy The Judas Blossom. Gemmell is one of my biggest influences and a fantastic author. Legend is excellent too.

Great haul! I've read a few Scalzi and enjoyed him; picked up Kaiju not long ago but haven't tried it yet.

@mikesbookreviews

Жыл бұрын

I’ll try Old Man’s War eventually

Loved The Kaiju! 🎉

I loved Ryan Cahill's first two books and I'm waiting on my copy of Of War and Ruin to ship from The Broken Binding. I think you will really enjoy them. I read Kaiju Preservation Society when it came out in March and had a really great time with it. It would make a great palette cleanser. I think you will enjoy Scalzi and his humour, no matter which book of his you pick up.

@mikesbookreviews

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Definitely excited for it.

Read Kaiju last year. I liked it as a pallette cleanser.

Would love it if your wife can join a episode of red rising spoiler talk 😁

@mikesbookreviews

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She has given me a firm no to ever appearing on the channel ha ha

You won't regret reading Ryan Cahill. the bound and the broken is incredible. Enjoyed it so much I even got a tattoo of one of the characters. Physical copy of War and Ruin is coming soon to the broken binding. Make sure you read the 2 novellas also as they add so much to the 3 main books. Especially the Exile as there are a lot of things in that Novella that feature in book 3. The first Novella is only 90ish pages but gives you a great fast action packed intro to the world and highlights the main catastrophic event that happens 400 years prior to the main series

@mikesbookreviews

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I've only heard great things.

I will second the Legend recommendations. That book is classic fantasy and you know all the tropes, you mostly know what is going to happen, but man, that book inspires you like no other. I felt like going to the end of the world and back with Druss. He is my favorite character in fantasy besides maybe Glokta and Cosca.

@mikesbookreviews

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Can't wait to get to it

Legend is a stunning novel, especially for a debut novel. Gemmell wrote it after being diagnosed with cancer. He had always wanted to write a novel and it motivated him to do it finally. Later on he discovered that it was a false diagnoses and he didn't have cancer after all. I could not give it a higher recommendation. There's a pretty big time jump between this one and the next in the series so it does read like a standalone.

@mikesbookreviews

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Can't wait to read it

The Kaiju Preservation Society is on currently UK Amazon (at least on kindle)

I need to buy those Cahill books to. You missed 2 (at least you didn't show them): The Fall and The Exile

Hey Mike, try some film tint on the sign and it might tone it down a little.

Drenai Saga definitely scratches the same itch as Conan, Kings of the Wyld and John Gwynne. I think you'll really enjoy it.

@mikesbookreviews

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Sounds excellent!

I have read Kaiju Preservation Society. A quick, fun read.

I am reading the Farseer Trilogy by Robbin Hobbs and on my way to and from work I am listening to Episode Thirteen by Craig DiLouie on Audible.

You will not regret Sword of Kagen. It is an amazing two books so far.

@mikesbookreviews

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Looking forward to it!

Kaiju Perservation Society was really good. Definitely worth a reac

@mikesbookreviews

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I want to do Old Man's War first.

I won some free books in the Keymark giveaways for the readathon, I'm not sure whether I bought anything.

Yeah John Scalzi’s Kaiju came out last year, a quick fun read. The popcorn is for how he describes some of his work, just fun entertainment

@mikesbookreviews

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Really weird. They must have had a ton leftover or something.

Just ordered a copy of Gone With the Wind..

@mikesbookreviews

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Tomorrow is another day.

Hodgson's "The House on the Borderland" is a great cosmic horror book (and predates most of Lovecraft's works). Hope you enjoy it!--but just prepare yourself, it really goes off the rails in the back half.

@mikesbookreviews

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Yeah it sounds cool

Read nine Scalzi books, you should look into redshirts and lock-in, some Crouch vibes. Collapsing Empire was a awesome space sci-fi series. Not started Old man’s war yet.

@mikesbookreviews

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I own Old Man's War so I thought I'd start there.

If you read Gone with the Wind this summer I will definitely join in. I'm named after the farm in the book and I've never read it.

@mikesbookreviews

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Tara is a great name.

Love the Shirt! #Levelup #Astros #Champs

@mikesbookreviews

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My man!

I’ve had some issues with shipping for The Witcher Orbit hardcover series but so far I’ve got 6 of 8 with the last two on the way and I’m up to midway through Blood of Elves which is my favorite so far, conversions between a few of the characters on a wagon have had me cracking up openly 😅 I did pick up The Folk Lore cycle by John Hood that I will be reading next which is based around the American Revolution with fantasy elements, they came with a couple nice inscriptions from the author so I’m looking forward to reading these and then jumping into the First Law Trilogy.

@mikesbookreviews

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The translation is weird.

I just finished Malice by John Gywnne and I really liked it. The characters. The animal companions. But I definitely saw some similarities between Malice and the first book that I read from Ryan Cahill Of Blood and Ruin. I feel more invested in Malice. I liked the writing slightly better in Malice as well as the characters, but I do want to keep going with the bound and the broken series. I actually saw some similarities in Brian Lee Durfee’s series as well.

@mikesbookreviews

Жыл бұрын

Love Faithful & the Fallen. So that's a high measuring stick.

YESSSSSS DAVID GEMMELL

I legit finished reading The Kaiju Preservation Society by Scalzi when this video came up, it was a really fun read. Also my nickname, my fam used to call me Kajuś as I'm Polish and my name is Kasia so the term kina stuck with me for ages anyways and I do love me my monsters and sea creatures :P

Mike try Dragon Mage by ML Spencer. The hero of the story is on the spectrum.

Sandersons Tress isnt a Novella its a full book actually. Kaiju Preservation Society has been out for a little while /2022

@mikesbookreviews

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Whoops

I would love to join the Gone with the Wind read this summer! If you'll be discussing in discord, I'm be glad to chime in

@mikesbookreviews

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Fiddle de dee

I’m getting bringer of light

GEMMELL!!!

@mikesbookreviews

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That's his name.

Yes! The Drenai series. It's amazing! I started those books in chronological order. And i just finished the Waylander series last year. So the Druss the Legend series is for this year :D

@mikesbookreviews

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Hope you enjoy it!

@mandyhuybregts3235

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@@mikesbookreviews it's a reread so i do hope i enjoy it more! :D

Have you read the Lewis' Space Trilogy? It's quite the ride. I've read some of Scalzi's short stories (METAtroplus & Dispatchers series)- enjoyed all. Loved the new shirts!

@mikesbookreviews

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I think I tried when I was younger right after Narnia and it was too smart for me at that age. Should certainly try again.

I can't take any credit for the cover of Engines of Empire. Orbit will get very upset if I try.

@mikesbookreviews

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It is really nice though.

Kaiju was okay a neat world

I love the movie Gone With the Wind.

@mikesbookreviews

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One of my favorites of all time.

Nice book Haul! (Tress isn’t a novella btw 😊 )

Yeah kaiju preservation has been out for a while

What is a good starting point to get into the fantasy genre? I’m SO intrigued but, sometimes find them tricky to follow the storyline. Is there a good/easy to follow place to start? I do have Mistborn and Skyward on my shelf as well as Storm Front. What book would you hand somebody wanting to get into the genre? Thanks 👍

@mikesbookreviews

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I have a video on this topic called "Fantasy for Beginners" that I think may give you some options.

@books-n-coffee97

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@@mikesbookreviews I just found it last night, thank you 😊

Hey Mike, where’d you get your kindle case?

I feel we have a lot in common . Man if u like ra salvatore u have to read the cleric quintet expesially the first book its so different then his others and is really one of my favorits R a salvatoe is as of kow the only authore in which have re read a few books. I just bought two books that ypu recommended thx i have been serching for a new read. Love ur book shelves

@mikesbookreviews

Жыл бұрын

I've been told this a lot.

Go Phillies

@mikesbookreviews

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Big fan. They saved me the stress of a Game 7.

Ahhh yeah Mike im from Philly, so not my favorite shirt. Lol!!!

@mikesbookreviews

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Gotta represent your hometown, so I totally get it.

I bought the Kindle version of Eleventh Cycle after Petrick's review. I like the worlds of From Soft but the games just don't work for my casual ass. Question about the Kindle. Is there a particular case you recommend for the paperwhite

@mikesbookreviews

Жыл бұрын

My wife just bought the one that is recommended when you purchase it. So I'm not very knowledgeable on that one.

Hi Mike.Have you ever read Vorkosigan saga by Lois McMaster Bujold?When I was 18 I read all of them and they kinda stuck with me...

@mikesbookreviews

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I haven't. They're doing a read along of it on my Discord.

Haha I was about to comment on that trashtros shirt, then you commented on it yourself 😂 GO CARDS!

@mikesbookreviews

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, you hurt my feelings so much I'll cry into my multiple versions of these 2022 World Champions shirts.

Mike I want to send you something but I don’t know how to see if you have it on your Amazon Wish List or not

@mikesbookreviews

Жыл бұрын

The link to my wishlist is down below. But if I don't, I have my PO Box listed in the description so you can send whatever you'd like.

Im confused are only two fo the hardcover Witcher books illustrated ?

@mikesbookreviews

Жыл бұрын

Not sure, but it is a bummer

As a Phillies fan, your shirt does cause some unhappy feels. That said, I don’t hate the Astros, and I think a lot of the hate is silly at this point. 🤷‍♀️

@mikesbookreviews

Жыл бұрын

You guys have an incredibly bright future.

The heroes of olympus books were amazing for being for a much lower age audience, it helped my escaping being locked up over Christmas in 2021

C-ah-hill

@mikesbookreviews

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God bless you.

Gone With The Wind most certainly did not “fly by” for me. I kinda hated that novel both times I read it.

@mikesbookreviews

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Sorry to hear that.

I had to only listen to this video, I couldn't bring myself to see Mike wearing that shirt :'(

@mikesbookreviews

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SORRY NOT SORRY

This yankee fan is triggered by your shirt

@mikesbookreviews

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Man, that just makes me happy. Thanks for saying so!

I'm on team digital does not count!

Silly, but I miss your old intro.

@mikesbookreviews

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Good thing those old videos are still up I guess.

Tress is a full novel, it's 450ish pages

Dandelion dynasty is the best fantasy series I've read since mistborn, and I'm not even done with book four. It's so fucking good. If you liked the greenbone saga for the generational aspect, this pushed it way beyond

@mikesbookreviews

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So I keep hearing