Me: *Sees title* Also me: I’ll bet you a million dollars Peter Pan is on this list

@atharvadeshpande4749

4 жыл бұрын

I mean, was it a Suprise?!

@anonymousbibliomaniac4588

4 жыл бұрын

I ain't taking that bet -- I don't have a spare million lying around to lose 😂

@trinityjohnson7954

4 жыл бұрын

You'd be right!

She's an icon, she's a legend and she is the moment

@shannonvermeulen9111

4 жыл бұрын

She is the most charismatic person I’ve ever witnessed

@holdeck

4 жыл бұрын

PURRRRR

@kalbarry10

4 жыл бұрын

@@bigboss3051 that's so British

I started the Wheel of Time series last week because of the “is it worth it” video you posted a while ago and I’m LOVING it. I’m so glad I found your channel because if I hadn’t I’d still be reading only young adult fiction since that’s what all the super popular booktubers read. I will still never forgive them for getting me to read The Mortal Instruments series.

@user-fy3nr7ei6b

4 жыл бұрын

Same! I started a little earlier than you though and I dont completely regret reading the mortal instruments series, I think it helped me be more critical when reading :P There is currently a read-along for the wheel of time series hosted by witchkittenreads if youre interested :D

@balrajsingh1492

4 жыл бұрын

Ben Parrish right? The 'main' booktubers read YA books. Nothing bad in that! But .....they only read YA books and no adult or rather better stuff. That's why merphy, Daniel and Elliot are better! They read adult and some ya which is ideal. Merphy is the best because she reads across all genres horror, thrillers, mystery and suspense , contemporary, classics , fantasy, non fiction, magical realism and thankfully also adult!

@thetruth830

4 жыл бұрын

@@balrajsingh1492 Wait, who are Daniel and Elliot?

@lemine235

4 жыл бұрын

Wow was it that bad dude lmao I feel you, there is nothing more infuriating than reading a bad series.

@lemine235

4 жыл бұрын

@@balrajsingh1492 Those three are my best booktubers, most of my readings these days come from their channels.

"Yellow Wallpaper" the official book of quarantine culture. Sounds like my life in 2020 lolz

0:00 (Introduction) 1:00 The Aeronaut's Windlass [Steampunk Fantasy] 2:50 And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer [Drama (Topic: dementia)] 4:24 Rebecca [Mystery Thriller] 5:39 The Rage of Dragons [Military Fantasy, "revenge plot done right"] 7:44 The Yellow Wallpaper [Horror, Short-Story] 9:07 The Blade Itself [Grimdark (character-driven)] 10:55 The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse [Children's Book conveying complex feelings and empathy] 11:59 Peter Pan [Fantasy Classic, duh] 13:36 The Girl with Seven Names [Nonfiction (Topic: escape from North Korea)] 14:20 The Count of Monte Cristo [Adventure/Dark Romance Classic]

@gloriaterry333

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@inlovewithoikaawatooru7867

4 жыл бұрын

Way too bored huh?😂😂

@LinkEX

4 жыл бұрын

@@inlovewithoikaawatooru7867 Nah, I've just seen so many people doing "the timestamp service", and I felt like giving back to the community :D

I commented about this book after you finished ATLA, but I guess you missed it so - "The Sword of Kaigen" by M.L. Wang. It's a Japanese-inspired fantasy with a magic system very similar to Avatar and a lot more mature setting with amazingly deep characterization. It was also the SPFBO winner for 2019, stand-alone. Knowing your tastes I guarantee you'll love it! All the best :)

@mardzipanpan

4 жыл бұрын

purjunka Agreed! It’s in my top books read this year.

Lol "I dont like revenge stories" *2 minutes later* "the Count of Monte Cristo is amazing."

@merphynapier42

4 жыл бұрын

Hey now don't call me out like that 😂😂😂

@trojanfan4321

4 жыл бұрын

To be fair, you could kind of call The Count of Monte Cristo an anti-revenge story when all is said and done.

@texman89

4 жыл бұрын

@@merphynapier42 seriously though. The Count of Monte Cristo is responsible for my love for fiction based in that time. Also The Last of the Mohicans.

@Fandresvc

4 жыл бұрын

@@merphynapier42 Read 100 Years of Solitude. Not a revenge story, just thought i'd recommend.

@Huntly23

4 жыл бұрын

Count of monte crisco is one of my favorite books

If you love The Count of Monte Cristo, you may also like The Three Musketeers, the first of the d'Artagnan Romances, and Dumas’ second most popular novel. It’s set in a different century and is often lighter in tone, but there’s some weight to it as well. And if you love books about friendships, and I know you do, the friendship of d’Artagnan and the three musketeers is one of the best and most iconic. “All for one, and one for all!” Also, the two 1970s Richard Lester films adapting Dumas’ book (The Three Musketeers and The Four Musketeers) are fun and surprisingly faithful to the source, although not too faithful. They were written by George MacDonald Fraser, a great author himself (see the Flashman Papers series).

The book that I recommend is ‘The Knife of Never Letting Go’ by Patrick Ness. It’s by far my favourite YA novel and I’ve never been giddy over writing before. I can’t praise this book enough!!

@elwingsmith7352

4 жыл бұрын

Oooh I love that book soo soo much !

@readwithrach2327

3 жыл бұрын

One of my favourite books. Currently reading the 2nd book in the trilogy and still loving it

Hey merphy! I just want to tell u that I'm finally reading mistborn, and I want to thank u for recomanding it to me. I'm enjoying it so far (still early on though) so, just, thank u.

I plan on reading The Blade Itself and I am so excited!! Thank you thank you for sharing this!! I super appreciate your spread of knowledge on these books. 😁😁😁🌼🌻🌹🌷

Picked up The girl with seven names after hearing about it on your channel and I loved it so much, definitely one of my favourite reads this spring. So thnx!

I read "And Every Morning The Way Home Gets Longer and Longer" yesterday and IT WAS LOVELY! The story is heartwarming as well as heartbreaking and I absolutely adored it! Thank you so much Merphy for the suggestion❤️

Yay books! 😊 Lockwood and Co (The Screaming Staircase) is a great combo of suspense and humor. Neat take on ghosts, and friendship for the win. Not widely read, but very good. 😃

i bought the count of monte cristo because of this video and i absolutely adore it, it feels great knowing i can fully trust your recommendations because every book you've recommended and ive bought, ive enjoyed thoroughly

I remember you got a copy of Sabriel a few unboxings back and I’m so excited for you read it. I don’t feel like I hear enough people talking about it

Thanks for uploading videos so frequently Merphy. You have helped me get through quarantine 😊

I loved the Aeronaut's Windlass! I am really looking forward to the sequel...whenever it comes out ;) The others either will go on or are already on my TBR. Thanks for sharing this :)

I just found your video in my recommended and I am now subscribed I added so many of these books to my tbr

It's very cool that you are getting as much out of us as we get out of you!

No one ever talks about The Queen's Thief by Megan Whalen Turner, but it is SO GOOD! Lots of fun characters, world building, court politics, and plot twists that genuinely surprised me and made me feel something!

Great video merphy! Very original and cool! The Jim butcher book sounds interesting, I'm gonna need to do some research on him

I can't say this enough: ignore all other Stephen King recommendations and read 11/22/63 then Revival(his most underrated book he's written).

@elinapant4363

4 жыл бұрын

I second this!

@atharvadeshpande4749

4 жыл бұрын

I third this! 11/22/63 is a really awesome if not the best Stephen King book Ever. Perhaps Not better than the Stand But Awesome.

@benparrish6157

4 жыл бұрын

I read 11/22/63 in fifth grade after my teacher recommended it to me and it’s still my favorite king book to this day!

@nothing23145

4 жыл бұрын

11/22/63 is an amazing book. I've only read 3 or 4 Stephen King and this was by far the best book.

@evilgenius4213

4 жыл бұрын

Oh, man! I LOVED Revival! That one was so well-written and he nailed the small-town church community (disclaimer: not all church communities are like this, I am well aware, but there are some that are).

When you said you'd be buried underneath all of your books and no one could find you, reminded me of Sheska from Fullmetal Alchemist.

Yeeeeess Rebecca!! Every time it's talked about, I want to read it again. I have loved every book of hers I've read so far (2 novels and 2 short story collections)

Thank you also, I enjoy a lot of the books you recommended. So now, I have a very long list of TBR. :)

I recently picked up The Yellow Wallpaper because you advertised it in a video. I don't easily give 5 stars, but THIS WAS A 5 STAR STORY, and one of my top 3 2020 book highlights so far. Thank you!

Hi, I just discovered your channel a few weks ago and I loooove your videos, you loving your rereads so much helped me a lot with my readers block (I wasn't use to reread almost anything) thank you soooo much.

I get so many recommendations from u merphy 😂😂😂ive either read and loved or want to read literally all these books

Hey Merphy! Read Rebecca because of you and LOVED it!!! Also Lies of Locke Lamora is super high on my TBR. Thanks for grat recommendations!

You recommended a lot of my favorite books so thank you!

loved this video! so many of those are on my tbr because of you 🥰

Wow I would have never thought a lot of these books are subscriber's recs, so many of these are your favs!

@atharvadeshpande4749

4 жыл бұрын

Especially the Fredrick Backmann one.

Count of Monte Cristo! One of my favorite stories of all time. Also, I had to read The Yellow Wallpaper for a lit class. Surprised and pleased to have seen it on here.

I’ve just read beartown and love Backman’s writing. I love his books so much!

I finally picked up Mistborn as per your recommendation and I'm so glad I did! Will definitely be checking out Frederick Backman next!

you've probably never heard of this book, most people haven't, but i highly recommend Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone...

@anonymousbibliomaniac4588

4 жыл бұрын

Hmm what's it about? I think a friend might have mentioned it... once... 😋

@hartsbane7028

4 жыл бұрын

@@anonymousbibliomaniac4588 well, there's this kid named Harry Potter and he has to find this stone that was from a sorcerer... the book explains it so much better...

@markcahill9255

4 жыл бұрын

I’ve heard of a Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone

@atharvadeshpande4749

4 жыл бұрын

@Let's Lockdown same here, My Niece Watches a Movie of the same name all the time but Never heard it was a book.😜

@peasalexandrowicz790

4 жыл бұрын

J.R. Hart I'm sure she'll love it! Maybe she'll read it and make lots of videos about it that will get really popular and you'll have all the credit!!!😁😉

I was looking through Juniper Books on your recommendation and looked for a pretty version of Frankenstein. Found an anthology that included The Yellow Wallpaper and immediately chose that version, again on your recommendation! Put that version on my wishlist!

i just thought this was cool: i remember when you first posted the video where you talked about The Yellow Wallpaper, i watched it and hadn’t heard about it before. the next day my american literature class started a new round of short stories and one of them was the The Yellow Wallpaper. i really enjoyed, especially for a school assignment

I wrote my MA thesis (100 or so pages) on the topic of Yellow Wallpaper and Charlotte Perkins Gilman "Killing the Angel in the House" theme. Love it with all my heart and still reread it every year or so. It has been 20 years! Thank you for mentioning it, the book is still relatively unknown for the wider audience!

Every time you describe Rage of Dragons I'm like "oooo" because I get hyped up by the premise of 1 in 100 and 1 in 1000 with abilities. I like military fantasy (yay Joe Abercrombie thank u) and revenge stories so I think I'd adore it. I'm so excited for the strong friendships you mentioned to stab me in the heart. :D

I have Rage of Dragons checked out from the library!!! I wouldn't have checked it out if it weren't for you; I'm really excited to read it! I hope to read The Count of Monte Cristo in the somewhat near future. And I love Peter Pan. I just reread the first few pages last night...I hope to continue, though I also have like twenty other books vying for my attention, so...it might be one of those slow-burn, read-a-few-pages-at-a-time rereads, at least for now. :-) I can't wait for you to talk about it!!

I love Jim butcher. His Dresden files books are fantastic. I cannot wait to watch your review!!!

Yeah, I want to see the Why Peter Pan is my Favorite Book video !!!

I recently finished TCoMC for the first time too, and yeah. Love. Still have that 'book hangover'. Will probably try Rebecca next.

And it all circles around as I read Peter Pan because of you! I need to buckle down and read The Count of Monte Cristo.

You really do have some of the best subscribers ever.

Rage of Dragons is dope. I cant wait for part 2 but there are so many in my TBR I cant wait for.

You should then do the Worst books you've read from subs

@atharvadeshpande4749

4 жыл бұрын

No, Don't do that, that would break someones heart. She won't I know she won't.

@VoidSplendor

4 жыл бұрын

I really want to see this one lol.

@octaviablackthorn9

4 жыл бұрын

Atharva Deshpande everyone has different tastes. Just because you adore something doesn’t mean the next person will like it at all, and vice versa.

@atharvadeshpande4749

4 жыл бұрын

@@octaviablackthorn9 Just Kidding I don't have any control over her content she wants to make a video she will. I can't send a thing from Where I live here in India all the way to Kentucky. So I can just be happy or Sad for others.

@gabrielortiz9195

4 жыл бұрын

@@atharvadeshpande4749 well it's not like it's gonna be a rant of who recommended to her and why they suck lmfaoo, that would be messed up

Whenever anyone says Peter Pan, this gets stuck in my head "I am a lost boy from Neverland Usually hanging out with Peter Pan And when we're bored we play in the woods Always on the run from Captain Hook "Run, run, lost boy, " they say to me Away from all of reality Neverland is home to lost boys like me And lost boys like me are free Neverland is home to lost boys like me And lost boys like me are free" -Ruth B

It's amazing how much she can read!

Just wanna say thanks to those subs who recommended the rage of dragons to you, since I picked it up after your commendation. I loved it!!

Ooo I love that cover for Rebecca!

You’ve made my Book Wish- list very long🤣

I also loved The Count of Monte Cristo!!! The size was crazy, but it was well worth every minute spent reading.

Hello, Merphy! Long time watcher, first time commenter here...I think! Forgive that it's on one of your older videos. Since you're a professed fan of Jim Butcher, I'd recommend his traditional fantasy series, the Codex Alera. I really, really enjoyed it and I thought the furies were a really interesting way of doing a magic system. Another plus is that the series is actually finished; no long waits for the next volume!

Me! Muaaahahaha. Can't wait for book 2, even though butcher hasn't talked about starting it yet... So glad you liked it! You will like Superpowereds too, drew hays is a great author and you will love the characters

I realized while watching this that I only read Peter Pan and The Girl with Seven Names because of your recommendation(s). I especially loved the latter because it was so moving. Thank you!

The First Law Trilogy, The Rage of Dragons (Sounds like my jam), The Girl with Seven Names and The Count of Monte Cristo, thanks for those recommendations, IT WILL BE SO FUN!

I'm planning on sending a book soon!

currently reading Rebecca! I’m about halfway and obsessed with the slow-burn insanity of it all😂

I hold out hope that one day Redwall will at least be one you like (I'm not arrogant enough to think it'll be on your best list lol), I am holding out hope Ultraviolet is more of a home run for you though. Also, I am with the previous commenter who mentioned Knife of Never Letting Go, Chaos Walking is amazing...although that ending makes me wish there'd be a fourth book lol

By the way. With the Dresden files, the audiobooks are great! James Marsters (spike from Buffy the Vampire Slayer) does a really great job bringing the story to life!!

I’m currently obsessed with the “All For The Game” trilogy by Nora Sakovic. It’s a self publish and it has a bunch of trigger warnings you need to be aware of before going into it but they’re really good & definitely don’t get as recognised as they should.

@alexamaharasofkabottega9462

4 жыл бұрын

I read this month, really enjoyed all books.🙂🙂

@hannahn.3388

4 жыл бұрын

i am sorry but those books are onjectivly bad? I totally get them as a guilty pleassure but there is so much wrong with tham and its basically torture porn. They read like fanfiction of a much better book

I picked up Mistborn AND The Lies of Locke Lamora because of you, Merphy!

I read "and ever morn...", Made everyone I know read it, and read it again, and made everyone read it again. Then I read every book hes written and read his books again. He makes me feel incredible things

I can't believe you have a Vonnegut review!

It feels like a good video to throw recommendations in. I just read one of my favorite books of all time : The Eighth Life (for Brilka), by Nino Haratischwili. It's a family saga that spans the 20th century in Georgia, under the soviet union and after, told from an aunt to her niece in the hope that she will be the one to break free from a family history of broken hopes and disillusion. I'm not usually one for family sagas but this one is is crafted in such an organic way, with compelling characters and a beautiful writing style that flows seamlessly, and it just kept me invested from beginning to end. It's a real brick, but it's like a good wine: best enjoyed slowly to taste all the subtle notes. Put it on your list if you want to pick up a great historical novel (bonus point: it's translated from German).

I'll recommend Skulduggery Pleasant until you get round to it. Don't mind waiting because it is so amazing and you will love it.

Hey, what about you making a Dear Authors Video on familys? I mean, your family are the persons that will always stick up with you (or at least they should), and they have a really big influence on how the characters personality is. I also would be very interested in a Dear Authors about World Building, even though this is a really huge topic, and I'm sure there will be a lot of different opinions about it.

Omg yes I don’t even usually like horror but the Yellow Wallpaper was so awesome

Hey Merphy, I just finished reading Fish In A Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt and I think that you would really like it! I remember in one Reading Vlog how you said you appreciated that the book you were reading had a character that had dyslexia, so I thought you would appreciate this one. It is about a girl named Ally that is dyslexic and it follows her throughout what it is like for her at school. She deals with many challenges like bullies, reading, etc. This book has one of my favorite endings and I hope one day you’ll read it!📚

This was neat to see.

I remember reading the Count of Monte Christo (hardcover, two-tome edition) and loving it so much that I dragged it in my backpack to school to read on breaks. When I finished the first part, I was so keen on startin g the second that I brought BOTH books with me. They weighed a ton but the story was so worth it. I recommend it to everyone who's starting classics. It's bloody brilliant.

There are books you would have never read without your subscribers, yet there are books we would have never read without you. I would have never read Peter Pan, An Unkindness of Magicians, The Picture of Dorian Gray or Jurassic Park (currently reading that now) without your recommendation. And lets not forget my TBR which keeps getting longer pretty much every time I watch one your videos.

I got a couple of one off recommendations for you. One classic and one not so much. If you haven't read Of Mice & Men and/or Wringer, give them a try. I read Of Mice & Men as part of an English reading project with the rest of the class in the 9th grade, and Wringer in the 6th grade for the same reason but for Reading class. As for a couple series I would recommend, that would be the Beyonders Trilogy and also Five Kingdoms both by Brandon Mull. Could also try his Fablehaven and Dragonwatch series as well. Outside of anything by Brandon Mull or the other one offs mentioned beforehand, you could try either and/or all of the following: Around The World In Eighty Days (translated by George M. Towle), Journey To The Center Of The Earth (translated by Frederick Malleson), Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under The Seas (translated by F. P. Walter), and The Mysterious Island (translated by Stephen W. White); all by the famous and beloved late French author of the late 1800's who is considered as the father of Science Fiction himself, Jules Verne. If you do decide to read both Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under The Seas and The Mysterious Island, make sure to read Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under The Seas first. Also, beware, you may need to look up some words that you either A) Are not too familiar with all the time, and/or B) That you've never heard of before when reading anything by Jules Verne, because he does splash scientific facts of his day like the scientific names of minerals or the scientific names of animals and other scientific theories into fictional concepts; and he does it well, truly blurring the lines between reality and fantasy. If you want something a little lighter by him to get used to his style of Science Fiction, before breaking into the heavier and longer stuff by him, try Around The World In Eighty Days or Journey To The Center Of The Earth first. If you haven't read any one of what I have brought to the table, give them a go, and let us know what you think of them. Plus, if you haven't read anything by Jules Verne, you haven't lived till you let his work take you on an adventure.

Also another story where a talking cat was done really well is Kafka on the Shore. The cat was incredibly fun and made more so by his companion - a simple-minded man who talks to animals to help people find their lost pets.

I'm not much of a re-reader, but I have gotten a lot out of re-reading Rebecca occasionally. I find something new in it each time. And I second the recommendation below of My Cousin Rachel, another excellent and layered book.

We read The Yellow Wallpaper in my grade 10 honours class, and I liked it! Much better than some of the other stuff our teacher picked for us that year.

I have to reccomend The Iron Fey series by Julie Kagawa- I haven’t re-read it in a while so I can’t quite remember a lot of details, but it’s one of my favorite series!! There’s something about the way she writes that’s just super fun!

Have you ever read the Pendragon series? It's fairly long (10 books total), but the world building was done really well from what I remember of it, since it's been several years since I finished it. The writing definitely matures as the series goes on and I'd love to hear your thoughts on them.

I just started reading The Blade Itself yesterday and I was thinking about DNFing it, but now I think I'll give it another shot. I listened to And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer this month and I now have to read everything Fredrick Blackman has ever written.

Just finished And Every Morning..., oh dear heavens it is poignant and beautifully written.

I recommend the Horatio Hornblower books, they were my dads favorite and I have to agree, they are super well written

3:46 : I agree, and that is a perfect description 👌.

I wrote about the Yellow Wallpaper in an essay about using visual metaphors in the story’s setting to represent women’s liberation. It compared three pieces of work- the Yellow Wallpaper, A Doll’s House, and Pride and Prejudice

Jim butcher’s first series has a magic system that I haven’t seen replicated anywhere, it’s called The Codex Alera

I have a recommendation to add to your already extensive list 😂😂 Kings Of The Wyld by Nicholas Eames!!! It is what i would call a DND campaign in a book. It has an amazing friendship within this mercenary band that were known world wide for their conquests. They now join back together 20 years after their hay day to save one of the band members daughter. I know you live friendships and I think you will really like this one! I just read it and it was so good, I will cherish these friendships forever!!! Highly recommend, and would love to here your insight on this book!!!

i'm rereading the count of monte cristo right now!! love it so much. if you haven't read the bartimaeus trilogy that's what i recommend to everyone, it's one of my favorite series ever. :-)

If you read The Calculating Stars I'm sure it will be featured in your next video like this. It's brilliant.

i have a video request! im a huge potter fan! and my favorite being prisoner of azakaban . i like it because this were revelations came to light and next to order of the phoenix was when the story began to get darker. can you give a overview on why prisoner of azakaban was so dark compared to the later years!

Hiya, Peter Pan is also my favourite book and when I was younger I read a translated book called “the book jumper” which I adored. It’s about a girl who can jump into her favourite story’s ( including Sherlock Holmes and Peter Pan) I thought you might like it. It’s half way between middle grade and ya

my mum loves Rebecca but never fully released that the main character wasn't named until i pointed it out to her, but she hadn't read the book in a while. She has a beautiful edition of the book where the cover has an illustration of the cliff and it had a few other illustrations littered throughout the book She loves the book and the 1940 film, she actually named my older sister after the book. Also, I love your book recommendation videos because i feel like i get exposed to books i've never heard of or would think i'd be interested in because of how you describe the plot of the book. 😁🥰

I recommend the Saga of Darren Shan. It’s one of the first books I’ve ever picked up on my own accord and made me actually wanna read books

@octaviablackthorn9

4 жыл бұрын

I second this. Darren Shan were some of the first books I ever read.

@enrichment9899

4 жыл бұрын

You're making me so nostalgic! Awesome book series, one of the series that really made me a bookworm

I haven’t watched yet (obviously) it’s been three minutes but you should read Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard. I reckon your take would be interesting and I’ve never seen it mentioned on your channel before. Also I’m relatively new to your channel and ‘booktube’ and I think you’re amazing beyond words!

This is the best ASMR channel on KZread

Jim Butcher said that he was going to alternate between writing The Dresden Files and The Aeronauts Windlass series. Since 2 Dresden books are coming out this year, he said he would focus on AW. Both are so good! I highly recommend both Strange the Dreamer and Meddling Kids. Strange is a beautiful fantasy with fantastic prose and compelling characters. MK is one of the most fun books I have read in a bit (it helps that it is full of nostalgia with the heavy Scooby Doo influence.)

I really hope someone on booktube picks up the red rising series. While the first entry is quite a bit like the hunger games, it evolves so so much from there and has some of the best characters, worldbuilding and realistic depiction of war in it I know.

Hey when do u reckon u will do the spoiler review of ballad of songbirds and snakes? No pressure

Since you mentioned Jim Butcher I'd recommend you check out Codex Alera. Jim was challenged go write a fantasy book about Pokemon and the lost Roman legion. And what a series he came up with. Each book progressively gets better.