Let me know your BEST and WORST book this year so far 👀🍿

@Akatsuu

24 күн бұрын

Do you have any content in Spanish?

@caitlinl2750

19 күн бұрын

Artificial wisdom!

That underrated fantasy books video is my favorite one of yours as well! It opened the door to so many other creators. I love tags like this too. Makes me reach for books that I might have overlooked or dismissed.

@FunFantasyBooks

19 күн бұрын

Hahah thank you! 🥹

Just read Tainted Cup. I am right there with you. Really dug it!

@FunFantasyBooks

19 күн бұрын

Hahaha yay!

I am new into fantasy books so your channel has helped me start to explore this new genre of reading! I read A Darker Side of Magic by VE Schwab and I absolutely loved it!! I couldn’t put it down. I also just finished Yumi And The Nightmare Painter by Brandon Sanderson which I liked and thought was really interesting but probably don’t need to read again in my opinion. Look forward to reading second book in Shades of Magic series and also going to start the Liveship Traders series soon! Thank you!

@FunFantasyBooks

19 күн бұрын

Oh wow!! Thank you for letting me know! Hoping you enjoy Liveship!

Thank you, fantastic! ❤

@FunFantasyBooks

19 күн бұрын

Thank you!!!

I finally read (based on your continued recommendation) Guns of the Dawn. OMG it was AMAZING, only 2 downsides is that I'll never be able to read it again for the first time. And I'm now in a reading slump ugh. THANK YOU for the wonderful recommendation ❤

@FunFantasyBooks

19 күн бұрын

Omg YES this is so fulfilling! Thank you for letting me know!!

Best series I've read this year is The Vorkosigan Saga by Lois McMaster Bujold. Great fun characters and well crafted stories. 👍

I’ve read 8 books. My favorite so far is probably Jade Legacy though Assassin’s Quest is close behind. If I had to pick least favorite, Reaper Man. I still enjoyed it but didn’t hit as Mort or Guards Guards. Looking forward to starting Mistborn, reading Dark Matter after I finish the Faithful and the Fallen this month!

@hawkfu

25 күн бұрын

Finished Mort and Guards Guards recently, sad to hear about Reaper Man but I'll get there soon. I also read Assassin's Quest this year and thought it was great, but Ship of Magic (the next one) blew it out of the water, pun intended.

@T-Flow79

24 күн бұрын

@@hawkfu reaper man was still good. I think maybe my head was in a different space. Not sure when I’ll get to Liveship Traders, but it def will happen! Hobb’s writing is amazing

@FunFantasyBooks

19 күн бұрын

Loving your list! Hopefully you’ll enjoy Mistborn!!

Nothing proves how quickly the year sped by than the fact that I kept being surprised by your picks because I thought you'd read most of them last year! I really want to try The Tainted Cup, but this has been a neutral year for me so far, no new favorites but no books I disliked. Hoping for some good surprises in the second half 🤞

@FunFantasyBooks

19 күн бұрын

I actually believe The Tainted Cup is going to be a 4 stars for you! Very solid and great! I kept thinking it kind of similar to Spindle Manor in the likes of prose!

Me recuerdas el audio "More passion! More energy! More footwork!" qué energía madre mía, da gusto! Y me has convencido para leer Recursion (y otros muchos pero por alguno hay que empezar)! Y ya que estoy me suscribo, que necesito tus videos en mi vida jeje Ponte buena!

@FunFantasyBooks

19 күн бұрын

Jajajaja ahh muchas gracias!!! Espero que te flipe Recursion tanto como a mi!

Best book of the year: The Book that Wouldn't Burn - finally started the series and I'm in love Worst book by far: The Magicians - I have literally never read a book that infuriated me more Also - the fact that Wheel of Time made both your best books and biggest disappointments is perfect description with my relationship with the series - absolutely incredible moments, but also super frustrating to read

@FunFantasyBooks

19 күн бұрын

Hahaha I am both so scared and excited about continuing with WOT 🥲

I'm feeling reflective right now, so let's see what answers I can come up with 😂 Also, I just finished A Day of Fallen Night earlier, and Isa, based on what I remember of your issues with the ending of Priory, I think you wouldn't enjoy this one any more, I'd say less if anything 🥲 But you can't know for sure unless you try it! - Best books: The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet; The Miracles of the Namiya General Store; The Bone Shard Daughter - Best sequels: Dark Star Burning, Ash Falls White (my braincells were offline while reading though); Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands - New release I want to read: Of Jade and Dragons by Amber Chen (does that count? officially it's not out yet but I got a shipping notification today) - Exciting new release: The Last Dragon of the East by Katrina Kwan, though there's currently nothing I'm dying to get my hands on - Biggest disappointments: Guardians of Dawn: Zhara; Before the Coffee Gets Cold (wasn't really bad, but didn't live up to all the hype it got for me); Song of the Six Realms - Biggest surprise: The Bone Shard Daughter, I wish I hadn't let it rot on my TBR for 1.5 years - Favourite new author: nobody so far - Fictional crush: I don't remember if there were any - Favourite character: I think I have either attachment issues or memory problems, or both, but I loved Kizzy from Wayfarers (I hope that was her name, I'm so bad at remembering character names after finishing a book), OH AND MEPHI, WE LOVE MEPHI - Book that made me cry: The Miracles of the Namiya General Store - Books that made me happy: The Kamogawa Food Detectives; Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands - Most beautiful cover: Nan Chan by Tang Jiu Qing, it's a preorder so I don't know if that counts, but I've gotten barely any new books so far this year (yes I'm very proud of myself for that) - Books I need to read before the end of the year: Strange the Dreamer, Warbreaker (I'M SORRY)

@FunFantasyBooks

19 күн бұрын

Ah Eli! I al LIVING a for this comment! Thank you so much for taking the effort!!! I died with the “I think I have either attachment issues, or memory problems or Both” LMAO! Please read Warbreaker tho 🥲

I really enjoyed The Tainted Cup and it’s one of my favorite reads this year. I also really enjoyed This is How You Lose the Time War

@FunFantasyBooks

19 күн бұрын

So happy you also enjoyed The Tainted Cup!

From a purely fantasy perspective, my favourites have been The Fifth Season by NK Jemisin and Tehanu by Ursula K Le Guin. Disappointments were This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amar El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone and Hero of Ages by Sanderson. I liked them, but were elements that just weren't for me and I can fully appreciate why people love both of them.

@mariareadsssf

24 күн бұрын

I am patiently waiting for an affordable hardback set of "The Broken Earth" so I can re-read the whole series, this time in English. (Read a translation as I was new to SF - Fantasy in 2021.)

@jayhowden2933

24 күн бұрын

@@mariareadsssf I completely get that. I'm happy to go with paperbacks to be honest, as far less cumbersome, especially as I take my books everywhere...

Best book so far: Song of Silver, Flame like night. Worst book: House of Flame and Shadow. Biggest disappointment: Tomorrow, Tomorrow and Tomorrow.

I'm currently at 102 books for the year and I'm struggling to pick 10 I loved, much less one for the year 😂 Worst for me is definitely John Gwynne's Faithful and the Fallen, I get the draw of Viking romanticization for most readers but there's nothing in there that appeals to me. The Warm Hands of Ghosts is one you really need to check out, it's an amazing historical fantasy! 100% agree about that cover of Amina Al-Sirafi, it's just gorgeous design for a brilliant book. Malazan isn't for everyone, if you're getting the vibe it won't be for you don't let it bother you if it doesn't work out!

@gwenma1579

24 күн бұрын

I agree on The Warm Hand of Ghosts. There is nothing quite like it. It’s a ghost+redemption+love story and incredibly atmospheric. You are right there in the trenches of WWI.

@OnlyTheBestFantasyNovels

24 күн бұрын

@@gwenma1579 Exactly. Just a great book from start to very end!

@AMTO1834

20 күн бұрын

Alright, adding The Warm Hands of Ghosts to my reading list. 😊

@OnlyTheBestFantasyNovels

20 күн бұрын

@@AMTO1834 Awesome, hope you enjoy it as much as I did!

@FunFantasyBooks

19 күн бұрын

Wait what!!! I just bought the book haha okay, I will read it soon!

I'm enjoying Blood of Fire.

@FunFantasyBooks

19 күн бұрын

Right!!!

Historical fiction favorite author, Amy Harmon. What the Wind Knows and Where the Lost Wander are sooooo good. She also writes YA fantasy. I’ve never been disappointed with any of her books.

@FunFantasyBooks

19 күн бұрын

Thank you so much!

In regards to your book crush: that is who I imagine when I read Markam from Reign & Ruin by JD Evans!

@FunFantasyBooks

19 күн бұрын

Hahahah

Im at around 31 also :) my favorites so far are the cruel prince series, the prison healer! And weyward

@FunFantasyBooks

19 күн бұрын

Yay!! Twins reading wise!

Omg haha, my disappointment of the year is the same (did not finish Shadow Rising but very much can already tell it is)!! 😅 But also This is how you lose the time war 🙈 reading Recursion soon!! And want to get Tainted Cup (got obsessed with the Annihilation type of nature and fauna style of books)

@FunFantasyBooks

19 күн бұрын

Ohhh is this my push to read Annihilation!

@zuzanaochmanova2652

19 күн бұрын

@@FunFantasyBooks yess! It is soo good and interesting and eery and beautiful (?)! Especially if you are in mood for thrilling exploring book where you are okay with perhaps not getting all the answers because the beauty might lay in the unknown

You’ll love Malazan. It’s the only fantasy series I finished. It’s so good it ruined all other series for me. From Deadhouse Gates on I read them as they were released so a year or two between each book. So could I remember who everyone was or what they had done. No.But it didn’t spoil it fi me.

@FunFantasyBooks

19 күн бұрын

Hahaha ahh man. I will read it! But I am so scared!

Howls moving castle has 2 sequels castle in the air , house of many ways and a movie

@FunFantasyBooks

19 күн бұрын

You are absolutely right!

My favorite boo I read so far this year is going to be the sword of Kaigan

@RyeMiArt

25 күн бұрын

Sword of Kaigen is so gooooood! Her other book Blood over bright haven is absolutely great as well.

@FunFantasyBooks

19 күн бұрын

Os yes!!! Liezl!! So happy to read that!

Best book + made me happy : "A Master of Djinn" - P. Djèlí Clark Best sequel + made me tear up: "Mirrored Heavens" - Rebecca Roanhorse Biggest surprise + beautiful cover ( The Broken Binding edition): "The Tainted Cup" - Robert Jackson Bennett

@FunFantasyBooks

19 күн бұрын

Oh I’ve read GREAT things about Mirrored Heavens! So happy you also enjoyed A Master of Djinn!

I’ve read 14 of these! I have read Malazan and it’s not as difficult as people say!!! Gotta read small gods and recursion!

@FunFantasyBooks

19 күн бұрын

Ahhh but you think I’ll like it?

@caitlinl2750

19 күн бұрын

@@FunFantasyBooks hmmmmm maybe??? I enjoyed the first five a lot more than the last books! Have a very detailed review on my goodreads that’s non spoiler for whole series!

Biggest disappointment for me was This is How You Lose the Time War. People said not to look up anything about it and go in completely blind, so I did. Turns out its not some giant time traveling war epic, which I would have known if I hadnt been so intent on going in blind. Its not a bad book, just a disappointment for me. Best book I read is Piranesi, Going Postal, Demon in White or Ship of Magic, cant really decide which yet. Best sequel was Demon in White since i didnt care much for Suneater book 1 and book 2 had a good ending but was boring for the fiest half. But book 3 was brilliant from start to finish.

@FunFantasyBooks

19 күн бұрын

I DNF’d How you lose the time war last year haha this year loved it! But def was not what I needed last year

Best book of the year probably Guards!Guards! and Herald by Rob J Hayes

@FunFantasyBooks

19 күн бұрын

Guards! guards! Is such a solid book!

@paka7422

16 күн бұрын

@FunFantasyBooks Ook it had everything I didn't know i needed, and it is a great break in between series. I know Herald has a big page count, but I would love to hear your thoughts on it. Thx for the great content

I have read 100 books so far and The invisible life of Adie Larue was my absolute favorite so far. The Prison healer was a disappointment.

@FunFantasyBooks

19 күн бұрын

Oh wow!! 100 books! Outstanding job!! So happy Addie was also one of your faves!

@AMTO1834

18 күн бұрын

@@FunFantasyBooks I've had a lot of free time. Lol Yes, Addie easily became one of my all time favorites. The audiobook read by Julia Whelan is brilliant. Truly fenomenal. She hits the French accent beautifully and the haunting tone she is able to weave is simply perfect.

Lovvvved dark matter!!

@FunFantasyBooks

19 күн бұрын

It is such an awesome book!

Aaaaand, on The Familiar: Lucía is written with a c, not with a z (lol)

@FunFantasyBooks

19 күн бұрын

Unforgivable

Oh god! Is it midyear already????? Best book: I'm torn between The Final Empire and Jade City... Worst book: The Rage of Dragons (way too much revenge lol).

@FunFantasyBooks

19 күн бұрын

Jajajaj I am also not a fan of revenge being the whole plot

I've finished 81 so far Best book The Witch's Heart by Genevieve Gornichec (standalone!) Best sequel A Restless Truth by Freya Marske New release A Botanicle Daughter by Noah Medlock New releases for 2nd half of the year "The Night Guest" by Hildur Knutsdottir "A Novel Love Story" by Ashley Poston "Fury of the Gods" by John Gwynne "Heavenly Tyrant" by Xiran Jay Zhao Biggest disappointment After World by Debbie Urbanski Biggest surprise Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See Fictional crush Emily from "Taken by the Witch Queen" by Luna Fury Fav character Winter from Dragon Rider by Taran Matharu Made me cry The Witch's Heart by Genevieve Gornichec The Hidden Guardian by J.D.L Rosell Made me happy Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir Prettiest book The Midnight Girls by Alicia Jasinska

@FunFantasyBooks

19 күн бұрын

Oh yay! Thanks for the detailed comment! 81 books! 🥲 absolutely well done!

It was the opposite for me. Dragon Reborn was one of my least favorites of the series, and Shadow Rising is still my favorite. I liked book 4 because all the characters are really starting to come into their own. The romances haven't really been my favorite either in this series as well. Even the romance I thought was a good one has been making me roll my eyes recently. I still have hope for one, however, so fingers crossed! I just started book 7 Crown of Sword, and so far, I am liking it.

@FunFantasyBooks

19 күн бұрын

Hahahaha I need to start book 5 just yet!

I'm going to have to stop watching you, all the books you have are so much better looking then my copies here in the U.S. And I can't afford to buy those that you have.😢 So jealous.