Mike's Book Reviews

Mike's Book Reviews

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Book Haul | April 2024

Book Haul | April 2024

Book Haul | March 2024

Book Haul | March 2024

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  • @Fakespy
    @FakespyСағат бұрын

    Hey Mike, Mass Effect had its own book series. But I’d recommend the Revelation Space series if you’re interested in a Mass Effect-like universe and story since Mass Effect itself was heavily inspired by Revelation Space.

  • @stevenstewart782
    @stevenstewart7822 сағат бұрын

    I'm currently reading The Shattered Sea trilogy By Joe Abercrombie.I'm on book 2 And I'm enjoying it. This is my 1st experience with Joe Abercrombie and It's similar to reading some old Forgotten Realms novels in regards to the pacing and the banter of the characters

  • @warrengilson1835
    @warrengilson18352 сағат бұрын

    Have a great holiday Mike and fam!!!! This week on ‘my’ beach 🏖️ Tiamat’s Wrath / James S A Corey This week from the Time Machine 🕰️ ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore / John Ford (1633)

  • @marcusmusings
    @marcusmusings3 сағат бұрын

    Love the new graphics Mike. Hope you have a great time on your vacation. You certainly deserve it. Dude, you've got to come back to Doctor Who. You're missing out on some solid stuff. Also, check out the new Jim Henson doc

  • @weregretohio7728
    @weregretohio77283 сағат бұрын

    Looking forward to the Vanishing Birds discussion - got the book and it will be the first time I can keep up with one of these Booktube events.

  • @Paul_van_Doleweerd
    @Paul_van_Doleweerd3 сағат бұрын

    Enjoy the trip!

  • @WordsinTime
    @WordsinTime4 сағат бұрын

    I’m 2 episodes into Dark Matter and I think they’ve done a good job with it so far.

  • @skywalker80316
    @skywalker803164 сағат бұрын

    Great video! I just finished The Drawing of The Three and I absolutely loved it! King totally subverted my expectations in the best way possible. One of the best reading experiences I’ve ever had! I can’t wait to continue the series. I agree with you that Eddie Dean is a great character. Also, the Jack Mort storyline blew me away.

  • @johnpolidan3892
    @johnpolidan38924 сағат бұрын

    With the luck you’ve been having lately, please wear a life vest on the cruise. Have a great time. Enjoy.

  • @arabellawillow9248
    @arabellawillow92485 сағат бұрын

    I've been so excited to hear what you think of House of Assassins. Thanks for the honest opinion! Also, I'd love to hear about Blake Crouches' experience with adaptation! I love that he wrote everything for it 👏🏼

  • @jenniferm.2142
    @jenniferm.21425 сағат бұрын

    I can’t do audio for fantasy books. There’s too many characters. Even a series I’m relatively comfortable with like Game of Thrones… can’t do it on audio. I do like audio for mysteries or celebrity memoirs or even sci fi sometimes. Single POV books are probably the better ones to try on audio. I do mostly read with my eyes, but if I reach for an audiobook it’s usually one of these genres.

  • @binglamb2176
    @binglamb21765 сағат бұрын

    I just finished The Silverblood Promise last night and really enjoyed it. Great adventure fantasy and I am looking forward to book 2.

  • @holdenpop12
    @holdenpop125 сағат бұрын

    I’m currently doing a rewatch of Stranger Things, and the writing is just awesome. Seems like we have the same opinion on it! Peek binge TV/streaming era and it matches the hype

  • @standardartsent
    @standardartsent5 сағат бұрын

    Glad to hear some thoughts on Assassins. Just picked it up, along with Black Sword, and looking forward to starting the series.

  • @Golneth_
    @Golneth_5 сағат бұрын

    This book is so much more than just the scary clown. The losers are so much more than a group of kids.

  • @jimfusco6023
    @jimfusco60235 сағат бұрын

    You’re not supposed to like Holden Caulfield in Catcher in the Rye, he rails against all of the adult “phonies” living a lie, but the point is he is ALSO a phony. I get not liking the novel because of that, but don’t misconstrue the main thesis of the novel. He’s supposed to be correctly perceived as a narcissistic, immature, phony. He’s a walking contradiction, trying to save children from turning into phonies as they mature, but he’s clearly already starting to turn into one as the book progresses. I also have my own personal interpretation on the book which is that it’s healthy as you mature to question things and be skeptical at times, but don’t let skepticism turn into cynicism. That’s something Holden clearly hasn’t figured out yet or guarded against. That’s when you’ve lost the plot of life.

  • @mvprindle
    @mvprindle6 сағат бұрын

    The Leftovers is a masterpiece. Im glad you pushed through to the end.

  • @fearghalburke6104
    @fearghalburke61046 сағат бұрын

    Just started Grace of Kings. Quite impressive so far

  • @AngieReviews
    @AngieReviews7 сағат бұрын

    I hope you’re having a wonderful trip.

  • @ThatHiddenTreasure
    @ThatHiddenTreasure7 сағат бұрын

    Nora lied, but for a good purpose. And Kevin was just trying to act dumb so they could have a fresh start.

  • @CufflinksAndChuckles
    @CufflinksAndChuckles7 сағат бұрын

    The shirt is appropriately chosen.

  • @sarabeans6913
    @sarabeans69137 сағат бұрын

    Hope you enjoy your vacation. I can't wait for this monthly update 😂

  • @Geeky_Dad
    @Geeky_Dad8 сағат бұрын

    Yes people still collect baseball cards. My son collects and the local HS coach says he has a whole closet filled with the cards. So yeah people still collect. It's not any of the good cards the Coach brings them to his private lessons with the kids. My son uses them to place bets on sporting games. Im' going to try and read Demon Awaken this month so can join in on the talk of the book.

  • @bethbaskett3
    @bethbaskett38 сағат бұрын

    The Fireman by Joe Hill is excellent, Mike!

  • @Netguard1
    @Netguard18 сағат бұрын

    Reading shogun part 1

  • @JosephSaltal
    @JosephSaltal8 сағат бұрын

    I'm going to read a Ronald Malfi book but a different one, "Snow."

  • @PhilipChaseTheBestofFantasy
    @PhilipChaseTheBestofFantasy8 сағат бұрын

    I’m so glad you were able to participate in our discussion of The Fall and Of Blood and Fire, Mike! I’ll be releasing it in about a week. I look forward to chatting about The Vanished Birds, and I hope you and your family are having a wonderful time on your trip!

  • @arabellawillow9248
    @arabellawillow92485 сағат бұрын

    Can't wait to watch The Bound And The Broken video! I just finished Of Darkness And Light yesterday 📚

  • @dougatkinson9014
    @dougatkinson90149 сағат бұрын

    Anyone read 70s & 80s series The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, The Unbeliever? First 2 trilogies fabulous, the much later 3rd set less so IMO. Stephen R. Donaldson. Start with Lord Foul's Bane. Main characters has no idea if world is real or in his dreams. So innovative starting 2nd trilogy, the publisher was furious and wouldn't print a hardcover, thought he had ruined the world ppl lived

  • @chrisp14
    @chrisp149 сағат бұрын

    Yep, you got me started on Battlestar Galactica. Truly Righteous. A show as cool as its name. (And you were right about the Patrick Rothfuss book "...Wind". Nada)

  • @paulwilliams6913
    @paulwilliams69139 сағат бұрын

    Just finished Declare by Tim Powers. It’s a secret history/fantasy that may be up your alley. It’s got spycraft, faith, djinn, fallen angels, Noah’s Ark, non-linear storytelling, all kinds of stuff, and it comes together so bloody well in the end. It’s like watching a Christopher Nolan film, where you’re just barely holding on but you keep your grip well enough that by the end you’ve got the general picture and you’re eager to go back for more.

  • @Paul_van_Doleweerd
    @Paul_van_Doleweerd3 сағат бұрын

    Powers is awesome. Check out the work by his pal James Blaylock for similar stuff if you haven't already.

  • @bethbaskett3
    @bethbaskett39 сағат бұрын

    I loved You Like It Darker!

  • @andrewfernandez268
    @andrewfernandez2689 сағат бұрын

    I still collect baseball cards

  • @samm8190
    @samm81909 сағат бұрын

    6:36 anytime we get to see daddy mikes legs is a good day!

  • @briteskin
    @briteskin10 сағат бұрын

    There is still a market for sports cards. My understanding it is all about getting select limited edition cards. Outside my own card collecting. I currently collect Disney Lorcana as I try to get my young nieces and nephews into cards and as Magic the Gathering has moved more into the sports card gimmicks. Read: 'Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers' by J.R.R. Tolkien Reading: 'Money Shot' by Christa Faust, 'You Like it Darker' by Stephen King Watched: Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, The Iron Claw Listened: Pallbearer and bunch of random stuff as checked my old radio email account Played: Still deciding on next 100 hour plus game while battling the courses of 2K23 Golf

  • @rachelapalmieri
    @rachelapalmieri10 сағат бұрын

    I’m also currently rewatching Stranger Things & it’s still magical the third time around. Enjoy your vacation!

  • @mmurphy3608
    @mmurphy360810 сағат бұрын

    This was awesome. And Wind Through The Keyhole is fantastic. You gotta read it, Mike!

  • @weregretohio7728
    @weregretohio772811 сағат бұрын

    Idc if it's Walmart fiction if it's enjoyable.

  • @neondemon5137
    @neondemon513711 сағат бұрын

    She definitely lied, she never went over. The odds are non zero, technically but nah, she definitely lied.

  • @holydissolution85
    @holydissolution8511 сағат бұрын

    Bon voyage !!

  • @KalleVilenius
    @KalleVilenius11 сағат бұрын

    The Leftovers is an example of a series where they adapt the book during S1 and just made up S2 and S3. Not saying it'll work out for Shogun, but there you go.

  • @superspaceape3447
    @superspaceape344711 сағат бұрын

    Yo! Just discovered your channel. Love the content. Also re-discovering reading as an adult. All spurred by my non-stop reading of children’s books for my toddler and her absolutely loving it. Currently reading IT and Blood Meridian for the first time loving every minute of it (these are for me not my toddler obvi 😉)

  • @RiddlesOfSteel
    @RiddlesOfSteel9 сағат бұрын

    Enjoy IT! I cried at the end lol

  • @superspaceape3447
    @superspaceape34476 сағат бұрын

    @@RiddlesOfSteel Yea it’s awesome! Just finished Salem’s Lot not too long ago which was my first King book - at the time I thought “how do you top that”. Then came IT, now my new fav. At about 50% now.

  • @RiddlesOfSteel
    @RiddlesOfSteel6 сағат бұрын

    @@superspaceape3447 Salem's Lot is a classic. The way King incorporated faith and how you really can't fake it against his vampires had me hooked. I left the book thinking "How would I really deal with a supernatural threat that required absolute conviction to defeat" lol I've thought about it ever since.

  • @BaldBookTuber
    @BaldBookTuber11 сағат бұрын

    Can’t wait for House of the Dragon S2 - only 2 weeks away! Also can’t wait for For All Mankind S5 and the Star City spinoff show, but haven’t seen when they release. Have a great trip!

  • @neondemon5137
    @neondemon513711 сағат бұрын

    I feel like you're in the Caribbean every couple months.

  • @philippburnett6045
    @philippburnett60459 сағат бұрын

    That’s what I noticed too

  • @Day1PC
    @Day1PC6 сағат бұрын

    For real

  • @heidi6281
    @heidi628111 сағат бұрын

    So glad you finished the Leftovers, I watched it on your recommend and loved it. The acting and ending was top notch!

  • @jasonjaffeux866
    @jasonjaffeux86611 сағат бұрын

    I just finished Fairy Tale this morning. Really enjoyed it but I had a problem with the way it's told. The whole book is told in the past tense, from Charlie, which means that Charlie is going to be fine. I prefer it when the story is told as it's happening if that makes sense. Nit pick, but otherwise, I really enjoyed this book.

  • @peterdeluca
    @peterdeluca11 сағат бұрын

    This comment may be a spoiler for some so please look away… but if someone can clarify it for me, why do people seem to think Willie is now “grampa?” Just cause he made the gesture that grampa does? Why can’t it be perceived that grampa was a “weirdo” too, made up all those stories,, and now Willie is just replicating a man that he was able to relate and see himself in?

  • @michaelkibble740
    @michaelkibble74011 сағат бұрын

    Happy vacation my friend and where should I start reading Robin Hobb books

  • @momo_genX
    @momo_genX11 сағат бұрын

    I am glad you can laugh about your Bitcoin fiasco, Mike. I admit I laughed that first morning when I woke up and saw the Bitcoin live stream, but I knew everything would be ok.

  • @JonDoe-xl1ov
    @JonDoe-xl1ov11 сағат бұрын

    0:07 Sure they are 😄

  • @HellBoy-id6ss
    @HellBoy-id6ss11 сағат бұрын

    I envy you..😠...have a wonderful, safe trip..