It seems like something is in the air this past month or two where many booktubers, myself included, are not hitting the 5 stars. We are due for a bunch of them in a row. I hope :) You still bring the good content even when the material itself isn't your favorite!

@PetrikLeo

8 күн бұрын

Thank you so much, Brian! Someone or something must've cursed us for having fun too much with our books. 😂😂

Great update Petrik! Don't stress if you feel like you haven't read enough! I mean, you read a real chunker in Wurts, which is probably equivalent to 4 books anyway. FWIW, from a fan of your channel, there's no pressure to read more. We enjoy your thoughts and opinions, even if you only end up reading one book 😋 Enjoy every moment of reading for what it is. I'm confident the 5 stars are coming for you soon 😊

@PetrikLeo

8 күн бұрын

Thank you so much! It means a lot to hear that. Just feel bummed because it's making reading and reviewing harder when I don't get that amazing reading experience! :')

So glad you enjoyed "Kavithri", my favorite debut of 2024 so far. I read 11 books in June. My favorite was "Mirrored Heavens" by Rebecca Roanhorse, so emotional. I was also invested in a Korean Historical Fiction, "8 Lives of a Century - Old Trickster" by Marinae Lee. I also found my biggest surprise of the year, "Annihilation" by Jeff VanderMeer. (Not recommended for readeres who hate beeing confused, feeling lost and not having answers to the challenging concepts). While I was wating for "Mirrored Heavens" to arrive at my place I re-read my favorite novella of all times, "Tainaron. Mail From Another City" by Leena Krohn.

@PetrikLeo

7 күн бұрын

Thank you so much! Kavithri was great. And WOW. 11 books. That's amazing. I need to reread Between Earth and Sky and then finish the trilogy. Not sure when I can do it, though.

Maybe let's just stop hunting for the next 5-star and instead revel in all the joy that these stories are giving you, might just be the mindset shift that will make you fall in love with a new story again! In any case, I think you should read The Storm Beneath the World by Fletcher or Riven Earth by Zammar Ahmer if you want something seriously dark again!! Great reviews as always, especially appreciated hearing your thoughts on Curse of the Mistwraith! Hopefully the 2nd half of the year will treat you well ;)

@PetrikLeo

6 күн бұрын

Thank you, Esmay! I honestly don't enter every book I read with the idea it will be a 5 stars book, but since it has been 3 months since my last 5 stars read, it gets harder to not have need. Reading meh, okay, to good books, but not amazing, constantly is decreasing my reading motivation, which I don't want! Here's hoping I'll find something that blows my mind again.

@esmayrosalyne

6 күн бұрын

@@PetrikLeo I had a feeling you'd have that right mindset. Hope the 5-star gods favour you soon ;))

totally feel you on wanting my books to be more intense.. waiting on the devils

@PetrikLeo

8 күн бұрын

That one is still a year. 😂😂

@pherranine

8 күн бұрын

@@PetrikLeofor you maybe even earlier!!

loved hearing your thoughts on mistwraith! my personal recommendation would be to read Ships and Warhosts together as they were originally one book so Ships is a lot of buildup that pays off in incredibly emotional fashion with Warhosts. if you loved seeing the unicorns, whoo boi the latter half of the series is gonna delight you with the more trippy aspects. it gets really wild once you get through book 5 where the true scope of the story emerges and its FAR different than any reader ever thought before! I'm just finishing the dragonbone chair atm which you put on my radar and WOW it's definitely my first 5* read in a long time!

@PetrikLeo

5 күн бұрын

I will keep that in mind! Glad to hear you enjoyed Dragonbone Chair! I loved that book so much!

I only finished 1 book in June... my brain power was all about closing my classroom for summer break and end of school year activities and goodbyes with my preschoolers... then it was all about recovering... I did this with Red Seas Under Red Skies. ... and after a few more chapters, I'm at 71% in The Way of Edan, I might actually finish it in July! Lol, but .... last night, I finished Empire of Silence on audio, ... and promptly started Howling Dark. ✨️📖😎📚✨️

@PetrikLeo

2 күн бұрын

Always tiring when life is so busy and you cannot muster the energy to read. Been feeling that a lot lately! 😅 I hope you'll enjoy Howling Dark!

The price of power seems very interesting.

@PetrikLeo

8 күн бұрын

Give it a try. It's a good one!

Hey Petrik, long time no talk! Wanted to comment specificaly re: 5 star books thus far in 2024. I've got 7 so far this year, none of which I think you've read. 1) The Tainted Cup, by Robert Jackson Bennett - Start of a new series by him and just a wondrous, mysterious, and fantastic detective duo romp! 2) Lyorn, by Steven Brust - The 17th of a prjected 19 books in the Vlad Taltos Novels. Been reading Brust for 3+ decades and this is one of his best. I know it probably won't make your list given that this series was started before you or most of your readers were born, but I had to mention it anyway! 3) The Trials of Empire, by Richard Swan - 3rd, and final, book in his debut Empire of the Wolf trilogy. A challenging, and eminently satisfying, conclusion! 4) Song of the Mysteries, by Janny Wurts - The final book in her Wars of Light and Shadow series, which you just, rightfully so, described in glowing terms, but needing another read to fully review. Well, again, as with Brust, I've been reading this series for just over 30 years, and have multiple rereads of every book under my belt, and can whole-heartedly say I'm still so in awe of her writing...it has only improved and I sincerely hope you continue reading her works. Also, remember that if you want to take a break from her series', she also wrote "To Ride Hell's Chasm," one of my top-ten of all-time favorite stand-alone works. 5) The Daughters' War, by Christopher Buehlman - This is a prequel to his first fantasy work, "The Blacktongue Thief," back in '21. "Blacktongue," was my favorite work of fiction in '21 by a WIDE margin. I devoured all of his other works afterwards, and have had huge expectations, and even higher hopes, for this prequel as soon as it was announced. I devoured it all in one sitting, it exceeded my expectations, and upon finishing it, I immediately started rereading it. 6) Witch King, by Martha Wells - Published in May of '23, but I didn't read it until earlier this year. Her first fantasy in at least a decade after the success of her outstanding sc-fi "Murderbot Diaries." I loved seeing her get back to her fantasy roots, cause she freakin' nailed this. Wonderful characters and a unique world. Can't wait for the sequel. 7) Blade of Dream, by Daniel Abraham - Published July of '23, the sequel to "Age of Ash," and the 2nd of his Kithamar Trilogy. Another one I didn't finish until earlier this year, but another one I really should have finished earlier. His ability to evoke emotion with characterization and setting is just superlative. Thanks again for the continued great reviews! D

@PetrikLeo

7 күн бұрын

I have actually read 3 of the books you mentioned! The Tainted Cup is awesome, but I read that last year. Unfortunately, The Daughters' War and The Trials of Empire were both just okay with me. I loved the previous books of these two series very much! I will certainly read Blade of Dream. I'm waiting for the announcement of the third and final book trilogy, but I am a fan of Daniel Abraham's books. I find his books to be a comfort read for me somehow!

@dereksmith4509

7 күн бұрын

@@PetrikLeo Ahh, gotcha, and thanks for the reply! So, even though you read an ARC of Tainted Cup, before it's publication date, you still won't bump it up to a this year read? I suppose that makes sense, since reading a book a year, or more, after it was published puts it in whatever year you did read it in. I definitely need to go back and read your reviews of Daughters' War and Trials of Empire, and the previous works, to see why your, shall we say, lackluster opinion of them, didn't match my enthusiastic opinion. That said, I'm still just happy you read them both and it sounds like you didn't actively dislike them ;-)~ But thankfully, that still means I've recommended potentially 4 other 5 star books this year you haven't yet sunk your teeth into! Yay! Looking forward to more from you as the year continues! D

Thank you for reviewing The Price of Power, Petrik! A Graveyard for Heroes comes out in a few months, so I'll be sure to get you a copy.

@PetrikLeo

5 күн бұрын

@@herosheartcoaching3394 heck yeah! Give me it!!

@herosheartcoaching3394

4 күн бұрын

@@PetrikLeo Soon...soon.

The DLC is getting in the way of my reading as well!

@PetrikLeo

8 күн бұрын

I'm about to play it NOW! :D

Ive heard nothing but good things about DanDanDan but didnt expect you to devour all the released books so soon, that makes me even more excited to start it up. For me im focusing on Markus Heitz - The Dwarves, Neil Gaiman - Smoke and Mirrors, and the Bittersweet romance manga 'I want to eat your pancreas' for books this month. I also received my copy of Benjamin Liar's The Failures so i'll probably be starting that up if i finish the Dwarves this month.

@PetrikLeo

7 күн бұрын

DanDaDan is soooo fun. I couldn't put it down! Even though the premise is so crazy, and for a while I thought it was going to be full of smut, but I was proven wrong. Thankfully. Such an incredible manga series. Highly recommended! And please give The Failures a try. That one was intriguing, to say the least! :)

I second the person who mentioned the R. Scott Bakker books, I think you will like them

@PetrikLeo

8 күн бұрын

Thank you! Yeah, I think it's time. It won't be long from now. Second Apocalypse here I come. :D

Great video! And i can't express my thanks for introducing me to the Godeater saga. I devoured the 3 books in 4 days. They were that unputdownable. All books were 4 or 4.5 stars for me. I want the remaining 6 books in my hand right now!!

@PetrikLeo

7 күн бұрын

You're so welcome! I need to read Herald ASAP! 😊 Loved Demon and Deathless!

I’m most of the way through Buehlman’s The Daughters’ War, and I think it’s going to be 5 stars for me. It’s different from The Blacktongue Thief - more serious and melancholy, more tragic, and more deeply moving. Still awesome. I love it.

@MrYouarethecancer

8 күн бұрын

His review of daughters war is bad

@PetrikLeo

8 күн бұрын

Glad you're loving the heck out of The Daughters' War! I liked it but I loved The Blacktongue Thief much more! :)

I also did not have any five star books last month. They were all good but not great. Probably the most interesting one was the Death's Lady trilogy by Rachel Neumeier which l picked up on sale. It's a portal fantasy, which is not my usual preference. However this one is different because the entire first book is the fantasy character being in our world and how they learn to function here, and then the next two deal with those from our world going back to the fantasy world with that character. I especially enjoyed the first book... the fantasy character is assigned a psychologist, who is trying to figure out how to help her with her internal rage...

@PetrikLeo

4 күн бұрын

Interesting. I haven't heard about it before! 😁 Thanks for the recommendation!

My favourites were monster baru cormorant and Mercy of the Gods!

@PetrikLeo

8 күн бұрын

Nice! I look forward to Mercy of Gods. I got the ARC! 🤩

July will be your month, Petrik

@PetrikLeo

8 күн бұрын

@@calumlott fingerscrossed, Calum!! 😄

Once again I recommend The Wandering Inn, because it is easy to read an still so addictive. ANd you can stop inbetween to read something heavier again because Wandering Inn is just too long to finish

@PetrikLeo

8 күн бұрын

I won't even try to finish that series. It's impossible. 😂 But yes, I will read it for sure!

I completed reading Eiji Yoshikawa’s The Heike Story. This was my first book by this author, though I have read several volumes of Vagabond which is based on his novel Musashi. Enjoyed it tremendously and am looking forward to attempting the original version, as well as Eiji’s other books. I aldo finished Sailing to Sarantium by GGK. Under Heaven was my book of the year last year but I have tried three other books of Kay’s since then and didn’t like them nearly as much as Under Heaven. It was pretty good! I know Petrick wasn’t crazy about it 🙂 Under Heaven remains my favorite GGK novel but this lies at a close second. Looking forward to reading Lord of Emperors. I listened to Childten of Ash and Elm, a history of the Vikings, in the car this week and was really enjoying it up until the section on Biking funerals which made me feel a bit ill. As the only first hand account of a Viking longship funeral we have is Ibn Fadlan’s (if you’ve read Michael Chrichton’s Eaters of the Dead you’ve read it word for word) the writer of this nonfiction book quoted it quite a bit and then had to add some extra context which is really quite lovely to hear at 6:30 in the morning driving some the highway before one has has near enough coffee.completed the Jack London novel The Sea Wolf 🐺 this man can bloody write. I would strongly recommend any of his works for anyone who feels they would like to start reading more classics, or just anyone in particular. I also finished the Martian Chronicles by Bradbury which I read with my mom. I think she enjoyed it a bit more than I did, maybe because she grew up during the Cold War era and this reminds her of the books and shows she grew up with. I liked it though. Good stuff. I have also been attempting to finish the Legend of the Galactic Heroes series and Demon Slayer. The pleasure district arc was my favorite part of demon slayer so far! Well, happy reading! Let’s get some five stars in July!

The Wars of Light and Shadow is worth the extra effort. The standalone novella The Gallant is a good place to start; it won’t take as long to read, and it’s a great story.

@PetrikLeo

8 күн бұрын

I think it will, too! I just have to make sure I'm in the right headspace for it. :)

The darkness that comes before will be a 5 star for you my friend

@PetrikLeo

8 күн бұрын

I am so looking forward to reading that! It's time for more darkness in my books, I think! :D

@herosheartcoaching3394

6 күн бұрын

​@@PetrikLeo it is VERY grimdark. Personal fave and an inspiration!

I don't think I've seen you give out so little 5 stars in a year before. Hopefully things pick up soon

@PetrikLeo

8 күн бұрын

It really never happened before. Not on purpose too. Just haven't found many I'd count as one this year! 🥲

Thanks for bringing Kavithri to my notice it sounds very interesting. Wow I checked Goodreads and why so few reviews?? Needs more attention for sure!

@PetrikLeo

8 күн бұрын

Yeah, it's very very underrated. At the rate it's going, there's a chance series could be discontinued. 😬

@Srbthmlnsmth

8 күн бұрын

@@PetrikLeo what?!? Nooo! What can we do to help other than buy it

@Srbthmlnsmth

8 күн бұрын

I just saw the author’s instagram and it says it sold as a duology so don’t they have to publish book 2??!

Hey Petrik. Would be happy to see some of your Elden Ring Gameplay!

@PetrikLeo

7 күн бұрын

Thank you so much!

I don't think it's a coincidence that the only 5-star books I've read this year are both by Christopher Ruocchio: Ashes of Man and Disquet Gods. That said, I did read three very good and very different books in June: The Devil of Nanking, Ship of Magic and Empire of the Damned.

@PetrikLeo

8 күн бұрын

That's the same for me. The only two books I gave 5 stars this year are Kingdoms of Death and Disquiet Gods. Crazy. I might see about trying Empire of the Damned! I enjoyed Empire of the Vampire! :)

I don't know what your overall rate of 5-star reads is; for me, it's about 1 in 5 to 6 books that I read. If your rate is similar, you would expect fairly long stretches of books without a five-star read. Which doesn't mean that such a stretch isn't frustrating, of course. June was a good month for me, even though I had five 1-, 1.5-, or 2 star reads. 28 novels (one a reread), 1 anthology, and three novellas finished. Most of those were in the OK to pretty good range, but I had 6 five star reads: Connection Unknown, Michael Chatfield: the first book in a new-to-me LitRPG series. I really liked his 10 Realms series as well. Beginnings, David Weber et al.: Anthology in the World of Honor series. Multiple brilliant novellas in this volume. Hawke’s Target, Reavis Z. Wortham: Book 3 in the Sonny Hawke suspense series, largely set in west Texas. Wortham is quite variable, but his best stuff is brilliant. Nine Princes in Amber (reread), Roger Zelazny: I've probably read the full Corwin arc at least half-a-dozen times and I still love it. Penric’s Mission (novella), Lois McMaster Bujold The Prisoner of Limnos (novella), Lois McMaster Bujold: The Penric series of novellas has become one of my favorite fantasy series, with seven of the eleven books I've read being 5-star (and the other 4 being 4-star).

@PetrikLeo

7 күн бұрын

I think statistically, that's about the same for me. Usually anyway. This year just has been crazy. Oh! I'm glad to hear you loved Penric series, though. I have that on my radar for quite a while! :)

I read 10 books my 5 star reads Good luck with that by kristan Higgins Worthy by jada pinkett Smith memoir The wall of Winnipeg and me by Mariana Zapata Redeeming 6 by chloe Walsh

Damn, I'm sold. I'm going to start Curse of the Mistwraith sooner rather than later. As for the 5 Star Hunt, there is Wind and Truth towards the end of the year, so that's a guaranteed one at least. But it's a long way to December . . .

@PetrikLeo

8 күн бұрын

@@OnlyTheBestFantasyNovels that's still far away. I can't survive that long without a 5 stars read. But Pillars of the Earth is granting me it I think! 😄

@OnlyTheBestFantasyNovels

8 күн бұрын

@@PetrikLeo that's promising at least. Have you read Shogun? I finished it recently and it definitely deserves 5 Stars, if you haven't as yet that might be one to consider also.

Dandadan is also one of my favourites, it's so much fun and the art is stellar!

@PetrikLeo

7 күн бұрын

Totally true! The illustrations are mindblowingly good

I'm only about a 100 pages into Warhost of Vastmark and I honestly can feel that this series could possibly become my second favorite series

@PetrikLeo

8 күн бұрын

Oh that is good to hear. I look forward to reaching that. Not sure when! :D

You'll find at least 1 5star book by the end of the year, I'm sure. Likely more. I would definitely watch your boss compilation video for Shadow of the Erdtree. I'm a big Elden Ring fan 😂

@PetrikLeo

8 күн бұрын

I better do!! And thank you so much! I still have some bosses to kill in the DLC, and then I'll compile and upload the video. 😄

Did you read Warsong, the prequel novella to Price of Power? That was brutal grimdark

@PetrikLeo

5 күн бұрын

@@AuthorJohnADouglas i haven't! Now I definitely will!

Great wrap up, Petrik! I have been interested in all 4 of those books so it was wonderful to hear your thoughts! And yes, game on!!! I would love to see your Elden Ring gameplay😊

@PetrikLeo

8 күн бұрын

Thank you very much! Glad my thoughts on them are helpful! I'll see about uploading 1 video compiling all the Elden Ring battles I had! :D

@TheBeardedBookBeast

8 күн бұрын

@@PetrikLeo Sweet!

No 5 star books for me since April (Fletcher's The Storm Beneath the World - just so darn enjoyable). I'm also struggling to find a book to "hook" me right now, I'm a mood reader so it's just me - not the books! It's why I'm leaving Godeater on the shelf, don't want my mood to spoil that one for me ....love Rob J Hayes writing.

@PetrikLeo

8 күн бұрын

That's what I feel too about Rob J. Hayes writing. I was waiting for the hardcover of Herald to arrive. At the rate this is going, I might be diving into the ebook sooner than expected though. 😂

In June I read: «A Princess of Mars» (John Carter of Mars/Barsoom #1) by Edgar Rice Burroughs (Sword & Planet: I received a library copy from 1920, the British 4th Edition, 104 years old!) «All Tomorrow’s Parties» by William Gibson (Cyberpunk) «The Dragonbone Chair» (Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, #1) by Tad Williams (Epic Fantasy) «A Brightness Long Ago» by Guy Gavriel Kay (Fantasy inspired by the Mercenary Wars of Renaissance Italy: Book of the Month AND Book of the Year so far!) «The Darkness That Comes Before» (The Prince of Nothing #1) by R. Scott Bakker (Grimdark/Dark Epic Fantasy)

@herosheartcoaching3394

6 күн бұрын

I really love all tomorrow's parties

@MacScarfield

5 күн бұрын

@@herosheartcoaching3394 Cool! I have to admit that personally I preferred «Virtual Book» (book #1 in the «Bridge» Trilogy), but there are indeed some very interesting concepts (some more relevant now than ever) in «ATP» and the line «the red ghosts of European time» is pure poetry from Gibson! Boomzilla was a fun new POV too! 😄

@herosheartcoaching3394

4 күн бұрын

@@MacScarfield R. Scott Bakker is also a huge influence on my writing. I missed that you mentioned that before!

Let’s go!

@PetrikLeo

8 күн бұрын

@@intogrey2038 woohoo!

Only four books? WEAK!!...I finished 1, which took me over a month, had too many other things to do, I definitely should try to read more though. It's not even that I didn't enjoy it, the book was Morning Star (Red Rising 3). Since then I started The Blade Itself which I plan to finish faster to maybe complete the whole trilogy this month.

@PetrikLeo

7 күн бұрын

Yeah! I know how that feels. When you're so busy you barely have time to read. I've been feeling that a lot lately!! Glad you enjoyed Morning Star, though. The Blade Itself is great!

Gove Pillars of the Earth 5 stars and ill read it. Its been on my radar for a long time

@PetrikLeo

8 күн бұрын

It's shaping up to be 5 stars for sure. I'm about 40% through now!

*yes* vote for the Elden Ring DLC upload!

@PetrikLeo

8 күн бұрын

@@payntin2 thank you so much!!

Great video. Sounds as a bit of a disappointing month for you. I'm glad you are enjoying Pillars, the villain there is one of the worst I have ever come across. I found the Curse of the Mistwraith a much easier read than Malazan, I found it much easier to follow, and more organized.

@PetrikLeo

8 күн бұрын

@@fjuran1 thank you so much! Haha this is why taste will vary! I find Curse more difficult to concentrate on. To be fair, I'm just dealing with a lot of things in life now. I think that affects my reading of heavy books too. Pillars is so good though. The villains are absolutely despicable so far!

@turtle62785

8 күн бұрын

@@PetrikLeoI found it difficult the first attempt but when I did audio and physical at the same time it really clicked. I got so many more details

I've read 2 book in June. Red Rising was the best. BTW, I don't know how to take what you said about Jenny Wurtz's book

@PetrikLeo

8 күн бұрын

Red Rising is great, but the rest of the series is much better. Enjoy! :)

I hope you find a 5 star book soon. I think Pillars of the Earth could do it. I had two, actually. I finally read The Lies of Locke Lamora and I read Once there were Heroes, the first book of A Time of Dragons by Philip C. Quaintrell. I loved both of these books. I also read Legends & Lattes, Murder on the Lamplight Express (sequel to Spindle Manor) and Never Die. So it was a really good month for me.

@PetrikLeo

7 күн бұрын

I'm about 400 pages into Pillars of the Earth, and you're right. I think this is it. Unless something bad happens, this will be the next 5 stars book for me. I'm so pleased to hear you loved The Lies of Locke Lamora, though. I am looking forward to reading A Time of Dragons!! :)

will you read empire of the damned? its my 5 stars read this year😁

@PetrikLeo

8 күн бұрын

@@risky2172 oh I definitely will read it! The hope is to get to it in September or October. Hopefully I can do that!

Is the broken binding still gonna make a statement about the green bone saga like you said in the comments of your previous video? been waiting for an update about that :) Anyway nice video 😊

@PetrikLeo

8 күн бұрын

@@Martin-vy1ke Thank you! I've been waiting for the statement, too. 😂😂 I think they're waiting for approval from the publisher.

Hi 😊I do agree with u Janny Wurts book was hard to read it took four or five attempts to read Janny Wurts book. Look forward to ur thoughts on it?? Happy reading!! 😊

@PetrikLeo

8 күн бұрын

Thank you so much, Safina! Happy reading to you, too!

Im sorry patrick😢. Reed vampire hunter d iril pick you right up....i hope. Anyway. Hope your ok. An omnibus of rozen maiden is coming on january! Wohoo. The story may be lacking but i think i will love it. 👍

@PetrikLeo

8 күн бұрын

Thank you so much! I truly appreciate it! 😁

Petrik, hear me out, how about picking up R Scott Bakker's The Darkness That Comes Before? I'm confident you'll like it at the very least. In June I read: *Historical-Fantasy* Children of Earth & Sky / Guy Gavriel Kay - Carried over from May. Loved it. A Brightness Long Ago / Guy Gavriel Kay - My new favourite Kay I've read so far, and a new favourite book of all-time! Book of the Month!!! All the Seas of the World / Guy Gavriel Kay - Pretty good. Glad I read this loose trilogy in publication order. I understand the lukewarm reviews and I seem to have liked it more than most, though my favourite parts were the tie-ins to ABLA, CoE&S and Lions of Al-Rassan. *Sci-Fi* Vorkosigan Saga 1: Shards of Honor - Definitely be continuing this series. *Southern Gothic* Child of God / Cormac McCarthy - It was fine, but really creepy at times. For now I NFNed Jonathan Maberry's Patient Zero and Christopher Ruocchio's Howling Dark. They're good, just not what I'm looking for right now. As for what I'm currently reading: *Historical-Fantasy* The Last Light of the Sun / Guy Gavriel Kay - Kay's re-imagining of the Viking invasions of King Alfred's England, its really good so far. *Sci-Fi* Cloud Atlas / David Mitchell - Still early days yet but I haven't a clue wtf is going on. *Thriller* Winter of Frankie Machine / Don Winslow - Really good so far.

@PetrikLeo

8 күн бұрын

I hear you. I will be reading R. Scott Bakker this year for sure. 😁 Good luck with your reading. Too bad Howling Dark not clicking with you!! 🥲

In an effort to get your next five star do you take recommendations from others or do you have a tbr that you try and stick to?

@PetrikLeo

8 күн бұрын

@@ryanskeff recommendation is always acceptable! 😄 My mood decide my reading anyway! 😂

What is the name of the series behind you which has 4 books and the side cover art illustrates kind of sea creatures ?

@Schnickledooger

8 күн бұрын

The Dandelion Dynasty series by Ken Liu (that's the Broken Binding edition). They have a purple midnight set available on their website still.

@PetrikLeo

8 күн бұрын

@@Azhydehack Dandelion Dynasrty Broken Binding edition!

@Azhydehack

7 күн бұрын

@PetrikLeo thank you so much ..looking forward to read the series ...

That's why I think of pages read and not books. You can read a 1000 page book or 4 with 250. My only complain is the time wasting since it will feel more on 1000 page book. As you read more and more books your mind will want more and something to surpassed your expectations. It will be harder. That's why I hate reviewers that after 1000 book still give 5 book reviews left and right. Oh well. It will come .

@PetrikLeo

7 күн бұрын

Yeah I get what you mean! I haven't reached 1000 books, but I'm starting to feel that for sure. It's getting much harder to find a 5 stars fantasy books because you've read so many of them. :')

@chevalierdulys

7 күн бұрын

@@PetrikLeo it's like , oh I've seen this trope, oh this is noting new. You began to be more rigid. Its truly a shame because thinking back only nostalgia makes a five book from your early years a five star book. Well some of them. At least. I believe in that regard you could try different things like bakker grimdark. There is nothing like it (at least that's what People say) so it will innovate or focus on other genres like horror, historical or sci FIi. Stuff you usually don't read as much. After some months go back again. I think that will help. Just suggestions I usually do

Peeeetrik

@PetrikLeo

8 күн бұрын

@@zenthepoet. zeeennnn!!

I thought you five starred a sun eater book??

@PetrikLeo

8 күн бұрын

Yeah. Two of them. I consider them as sci-fi/space opera more than epic fantasy books, though. And guess what, those two are the only books to receive a 5 stars from me this year so far.

@LocutusOfWarborgOneOfOne

8 күн бұрын

@@PetrikLeo Ahhhhh! Forgot that distinction