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@Toastyy410 5 ай бұрын

Just finished Book of the New Sun which led me to your channel. Love your reviews!! Great list. Reading The First Law next!

@LienesLibrary 5 ай бұрын

Hope you love it!

@sumitraspov 4 ай бұрын

Bingeing your videos, I really enjoy your longer videos tbh! And I liked your pitch(?) for the dandelion dynasty! I'm excited to pick it up. I loved ken liu's translation work too ❤️

@mhatt9773 5 ай бұрын

I'm guessing the Mary Gentle who supplied that blurb is the British fantasy author. Not well known but wrote the quite good 'Ash: A Secret History.'

@jersy6406 5 ай бұрын

I have Golden Witchbreed of hers on my TBR and am quite excited to read it

@hedronreviews8241 5 ай бұрын

Good to see you're still reviewing. 2024 needs Liene's Library!

@carolinec9292 5 ай бұрын

Happy New Year!

@LienesLibrary 5 ай бұрын

Same to you!

@Bathorypriest 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for the recommendation on The Five Warrior Angels 👍

@bentheoverlord 5 ай бұрын

I 100% agree about Fool's Assassin, while really enjoying the final trilogy, book 1 was utterly fantastic and I was a little let down by the next two (especially 3, and its use of a trope i really dislike multiple times.) Will need to get to Lud in The Mist, it sounds fantastic. Starling House is one Im hoping to love, and Im happy to see you really enjoy it. Especially since The Raven Cycle is one of my all time fav series. I kinda am looking forward to Immortal Longings because im expecting some solid gold crap, that is just a mess but fun to talk to friends about.

@LienesLibrary 5 ай бұрын

If you love Raven Cycle I’d be quite surprised if you disliked Starling House, hope you enjoy it! And Lud is fab too!

@ducky6750 3 ай бұрын

I just recently read the Watchmaker of Filigree Street, so I am looking forward to hearing your take on that book!

@PantheraOnca60 5 ай бұрын

I just watched your "Let's Laugh at The Wheel of Time" videos, which led me to subscribe. I laughed my %$&!ing a$$ off. Keep making these videos; I'll keep watching. And happy New Year!

@LienesLibrary 5 ай бұрын

Happy New Year!

@Catcupid 5 ай бұрын

I think the default reccomendation for you is "You're probably going to hate it." Then it's really exciting if you actually do like them. But until then, everyone will just hedge their bets. Interesting priority TBR. I feel like a lot of those will go one way or the other. Looking forward to it. Happy New Year. 💥

@Mmm-xi7fx 5 ай бұрын

Loving the Persian throw peeking out on the corner of the sofa behind you. 😁😁

@ronniegraham1 5 ай бұрын

My TBR only has 3 must reads, The Book That Broke The World by Mark Lawrence, The Navigator's Children by Tad Williams, and Stormlight 5.

@LiteratureScienceAlliance 5 ай бұрын

Because even in her series Butler writes standalone entries where only setting and themes are consistent, I felt like the parable “duology” was satisfying even without the last entry. And I totally see why she was challenged and never really finished where the third book was probably going.

@LienesLibrary 5 ай бұрын

Interesting…consider my curiosity piqued

@monee8623 5 ай бұрын

I’ve not finished The Winter Spirits yet. Working through it though! Which story was your favorite? Ive liked Stuart Turtons story so far! (Reading it out of order though) I think I’ve read all of Natasha Pulleys published works. I enjoy them all to a varying degree but some are more confusing to me. My favorite is probably The Kingdoms. Also one with a gorgeous cover.

@LienesLibrary 5 ай бұрын

I’m not sure I could say I have a favorite, maybe Catriona Ward’s? Because hers felt thematically most cohesive, but I loved almost all of them

@andrewf7732 5 ай бұрын

I don’t mind your long videos because your opinions are entertaining even if I don’t always agree. I can’t wait to hear what you think about Illborn. So many booktubers praise this book but I found it unreadable because of the prose. Great prologue and I guess the plot is good (didn’t get far enough to find out) but I couldn’t get past the writing. Also characters are generic fantasy tropes 101. And one female character almost SA in her first chapter. I hope it works better for you, but also secretly wishing for my opinion to be validated 😂

@LienesLibrary 5 ай бұрын

Oh dear well, I guess we’ll see but that does not bode well 🫠

@kaywebbharrison3373 5 ай бұрын

I have read Silvia Moreno García's Gods of Jade and Shadow. So far, that is the only book by her that I have read, but I do plan to read more by her. This book was good, the story set in 1920s Mexico and involves family relationships among humans and among gods.

@mattkean1128 5 ай бұрын

That's a great best of list! 🎉

@LienesLibrary 5 ай бұрын

Why thank you 😋

@MeMyshelfAndI 5 ай бұрын

Have you seen either the Owlcrate or Illumicrate editions of Starling House? They're very different but very pretty and you might be interested in picking one up secondhand since you loved the book.

@LienesLibrary 5 ай бұрын

I’ve seen the Illumicrate one and it’s stunning, haven’t seen Owlcrate 👀

@MilMAUKee 5 ай бұрын

Heroes Die should be an interesting one for you to tackle. I look forward to your review on it.

@LienesLibrary 5 ай бұрын

ominous haha

@SilentObserver3981 5 ай бұрын

I also had a year of re reads. It was enjoyable but Im hoping to make progress this year. I would definitely recommend The Saxon stories by Cornwell. The first book was excellent, with interesting characters. The series suffers slightly from feeling episodic. Still fun though.

@LienesLibrary 5 ай бұрын

I did start reading the first one and would like to read those before watching the show which I hear is great

@dapearl1463 5 ай бұрын

Oooh can't wait to see what you think about Heroes Die ... just reread it last month and going down the rest of the series

@LienesLibrary 5 ай бұрын

I'm looking forward to it!

@mattf.3365 5 ай бұрын

I also just started Lightbringer. I'm not sure why it sat on my shelf unread for six months. Loving it so far. I feel like Pierce Brown has his mojo back after Dark Age, which I thought was good but sort of so-so compared to the others.

@LienesLibrary 5 ай бұрын

I think Dark Age is the best thing he’s written (not having read Light Bringer) so idk what that means for how I’ll like Light Bringer 🥲

@crysgray4163 5 ай бұрын

Loved Starling House and hated Splendid for your top tens lists! You must read Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries. I really enjoyed it. The next book comes out this month. Also, Ink Blood Sister Scribe is great. I gave you my extra botm copy 😂. Your other copies are much nicer. I'll take it back and put it in my Little Free Library if you don't want it.

@surpriseitsus9622 5 ай бұрын

I finished Emily Wilde last night. It was a big let down for me, but ultimately gave it 3 🌟

@CLFmoto87 5 ай бұрын

128?! There aren’t that many books in the whole world!

@nihad-m 5 ай бұрын

Encyclopaedia of faeries is like book Sophie and Howl's dynamic set in small village + winter setting +fae. I enjoyed it. Can't say the same for gods of jade and shadow though.

@LienesLibrary 5 ай бұрын

Uh oh lol

@surpriseitsus9622 5 ай бұрын

I just finished Emily Wilde and it was ok, 3 🌟 barely

@JoshMc420 5 ай бұрын

Can you please do the fight club book vs movie or mor movie or TV vs the source material? Hope your doing well and thanks for the entertainment. I showed my sister who just started college your channel and coraline video.

@jills9758 5 ай бұрын

I really enjoyed Lud-in-the-Mist and only liked Stardust too (JS&MN is on my TBR). The language in Lud is kind of darkly playful, and there were several places I had to read over again and again because they were so insightful. Also enjoyed Parable of the Sower. I have Talents but haven't read yet. I love Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries and the sequel is even better imo--hope you like it 😊

@LienesLibrary 5 ай бұрын

I love the language in Lud too

@maggythestray6869 5 ай бұрын

I wanted to tead Bernhard cornwells winter king book, but after hesring your thoughts I'm glad that i didnt.

@LienesLibrary 5 ай бұрын

Dodged a bullet there lol

@timothyhill5140 5 ай бұрын

128 books? Do you count books in tape?

@justjuanreader 5 ай бұрын

I love your comments on Philip Pullman’s nonfiction, especially in terms of celebrating reading people’s opinions regardless of whether one agrees with them or not. We’ve sadly forgotten about critical thinking, separating author from work, agreement from appreciation. By the way you made me realize I haven’t read The Secret Commonwealth!! I can’t wait to reread La Belle Sauvage and then dive into it.

@LienesLibrary 5 ай бұрын

Hope you enjoy them!

@lapwunlee228 5 ай бұрын

I've got a copy of Heroes Die but the rest of the series seems impossible to find

@LienesLibrary 5 ай бұрын

yeah, it was kinda hard to get the copy of HD I have

@jdickson1234 5 ай бұрын

Lol! I read zero but you make me want to try again.

@danguillou713 4 ай бұрын

Hey, I hope you’ll take the time to mock Rings of Power S2 when it comes out. Unless, y’know, it turns out to be good, in which case you’d have to talk about that. But it won’t be good.

@jdickson1234 5 ай бұрын

So adore you. Smart

@aldan7812 5 ай бұрын

You just used be-twixt unironically and this is why refer to previous comment :-) Happy new year dude, hope yours is a cracker.

@LienesLibrary 5 ай бұрын

lol same to you!

@Gillian.Ashcroft.66 5 ай бұрын

Hari tau hou 2024❤

@YaFeya13 5 ай бұрын

To start the Lightbringer and not finish it….HOW? The book is incredible, my life went on hold while I was reading it 😳

@RachelSpirk 5 ай бұрын

If you like Lud in the Mist, I think you might enjoy Phantastes by George MacDonald

@readbykyle3082 5 ай бұрын

Cant wait for your illborn rant 😂 also curious about the Alex Marshall series because I always see it at my used book store. I will also be starting the Bone Ships soonish!

@LienesLibrary 5 ай бұрын

I can’t wait to shock everyone with Illborn being my favorite read of the year 🤪

@aldan7812 5 ай бұрын

Liene is the best, chuck out the rest

@matthewdeancole 4 ай бұрын

Heroes Die is awesome.

@MeMyshelfAndI 5 ай бұрын

I'm curious if you'll like Ink Blood Sister Scribe. I actually really disliked it because the POV characters all acted young and never seemed to make a decision for themselves, just did whatever the adults told them.

@MeMyshelfAndI 5 ай бұрын

Also hope you love Emily Wilde. I weirdly fell so in love with that book that I ended up reading it 6x in 2023. Her autistic nature that comes across cold and distant but hides a really compassionate heart, the sometimes adorable sometimes lethal fae, his grump/sunshine dynamic that makes every scene more fun, and all their snark and banter... idk, it just really ended up working for me.

@MeMyshelfAndI 5 ай бұрын

Immortal Longings also made my worst of year list! I didn't have a single nice thing to say about it; and they might as well have been playing GTA but hopping in bodies instead of cars for all the weight and impact it had on the world. 🙄

@LienesLibrary 5 ай бұрын

OMG yes so true

@LiteratureScienceAlliance 5 ай бұрын

I already have guesses for which of these priorities won’t land for you 😅

@LienesLibrary 5 ай бұрын

Is your first guess…Light Bringer 😬

@LiteratureScienceAlliance 5 ай бұрын

@@LienesLibrary i don’t have strong hopes for gods of jade and shadow, ink blood sister scribe, bone shard war, or encyclopedia of faeries 😅 I really hope you like Lightbringer!

@parkercrystal1 5 ай бұрын

100%@@LiteratureScienceAlliance