What a coincidence! I just got Elantris in the mail a couple of days ago! There's always a lot of hype around Sanderson, and I ran into an article about getting into his writing, and decided to dip my toe in. It's so cool that you got your degree in biology. I actually wanted to be a evolutionary biologist, but got derailed when I took my mandatory language classes. I still love the subject though. So much so that a big hobby of mine, besides books, is landscaping with native plants. If I see an unfamiliar butterfly in my yard, I look it up and find out what its host plant(s) are and try to get some planted somewhere. The relationship between the plants and animals is always amazing. You also get a landscape that transforms with the seasons because of the shorter bloom times of a large variety of flowers. I need to pull the horse reigns back here before geeking out completely. I had an electrician come to my house and he made the mistake of asking me about some oak saplings I had in containers and got a foamy mouth rant about how amazing oaks are. His regret was very visible. Poor guy. 😅 By the way, yes, this type of video will, by it's very nature, have a pattern of "I'm so excited about this book! I'm so excited about this book!" But you do a good job of keeping it fresh by reading the synapses, talking about why you are excited, and adding in personal anecdotes about your copies of the books (when they exist.) As long as you keep conscious of it, I think you will do fine with it. Also, you need to not stop with English version of LotR. Do the right thing and collect every release in every language. If you are going to do something, might as well go all the way in. You will probably have enough books to use as bricks to build an estate house... 🤣 Thanks for the fun video! Good luck with your reading!🚣🏽‍♂

Thank you so much! Your comments are always so wonderful to read! 😊 My favorite biological subject is zoology (with a side of a&p & genetics). I love animals so much and find it so fascinating to learn about how they live and operate and about their anatomical and physiological structures and processes. I will admit that I don't know a lot about plants - such as how to identify or care for them - besides how they function on a cellular level, but I am trying to learn some! And I agree, having a diverse yard and garden is so beautiful, not to mention environmentally friendly. (Also, I think it's nice when people get excited about their interests and talk about what they love!) I tend to only buy editions of books in English, since that's currently the only language that I'm fluent in, but I have made some exceptions with Mandarin because I am attempting to learn it. Let me tell you, though, the different cover illustrations are very tempting!! 😅 Maybe one day!