Library of a Viking | Talking Story w/ Tubers

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@libraryofaviking 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for having me on, John! It was a pleasure. I can't wait to try To Ride Hell's Chasm, and hopefully you'll enjoy Illborn!

@Talking_Story 3 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for becoming my new TBR Zen master. You are the best!

@PhilipChaseTheBestofFantasy 3 ай бұрын

Sorry I couldn't watch this discussion live -- I was at work -- but I am going to sit back and enjoy the replay with some tea. I look forward to it!

@Talking_Story 3 ай бұрын

I hope you enjoy he is such wonderful guest!

@Talking_Story 3 ай бұрын

We did have a bit of Edan talk!

@PhilipChaseTheBestofFantasy 3 ай бұрын

@@Talking_Story It’s a ton of fun! I had to chuckle at the Malazan discussion. 😂

@Talking_Story 3 ай бұрын

@@PhilipChaseTheBestofFantasy I can’t wait to try this! I find when there are 2 sides the artist really went for it and I usually end up loving it.

@PhilipChaseTheBestofFantasy 3 ай бұрын

@@Talking_Story And finished! (We went for a walk and paused the video for a while). Fantastic discussion between two great members of our community!

@heidi6281 3 ай бұрын

John I think you reading an Indie book once a month is a great way to help out your fellow artist. I hope you never feel pressure to read any 5 star book I send you, just put it on the shelf and when you want to read a sure thing it will be there. 😏

@Talking_Story 3 ай бұрын

It is a pressure in a great way. I want to share in these stories that moved you. Therein lies the magic of Art and story. Great problem to have and I am enjoying my reading now that selection is not just on my shoulders. Cmon the Belgariad took me back to my youth. What kind of alchemy is that! What a special journey this is.

@MacScarfield 2 ай бұрын

Awesome chat with Brother Johan! 😊 Will be reading «Memory, Sorrow & Thorn» this Summer, and «Dandelion Dynasty» is amazing: «Grace of King» is my favorite Fantasy Read written in the last 10 years! 😄

@Talking_Story 2 ай бұрын

Wow high praise!

@gryftkin 3 ай бұрын

Sure, the one day I had to work during work :D Catching up now :) John, you are SO lucky to have Jakob. As someone who does their own editing, I HAVE to watch myself :D

@Talking_Story 3 ай бұрын

Hope you enjoy

@esmayrosalyne 3 ай бұрын

Had a blast catching up with this replay! Loved this entire chat, the conversation just flowed sooo well. And I am curious to hear what you think of Illborn when you pick it up!! Thanks for the fun ;))

@Talking_Story 3 ай бұрын

Thanks as always for your kindness!

@thuff31 3 ай бұрын

So happy to be able to watch this on replay. Both of you have such great channels!

@Talking_Story 3 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for that my friend. He is 1 of the best of us I feel!

@calumlott 3 ай бұрын

Great episode! Always enjoyable to watch :)

@Talking_Story 3 ай бұрын

Thanks so much!

@Andrew.Downing 3 ай бұрын

Catching this on replay due to work but this is great!

@Talking_Story 3 ай бұрын

Thanks Andrew

@StephenHogger 3 ай бұрын

Great show really enjoyed listening to you both. I've only recently started watching booktubers. Through watching you both I found Brandon Sanderson and finished the Mistborn trilogy last night. He has quickly become one of my favourite writers and I can't wait to red the rest of the Cosmere. Watching people like yourselves has renewed my love for reading and I have set myself the goal of reading at least 12 books a year. Keep up the great work and thank you! :)

@Talking_Story 3 ай бұрын

This comment means everything to me! What an amazing goal! Thanks for making my week!

@calvinstarr5228 3 ай бұрын

I had a similar experience with Sanderson as Viking. I read WoK 4 years ago when I was just getting back into reading and thought it was one of the best books I’ve ever read. I read WoR only a few months ago and I wasn’t that blown away by it (expectations were very high tbf). I definitely think it has something to do with me being better read now.

@Talking_Story 3 ай бұрын

Makes perfect sense. As our reading journey takes us to new places we change and how we view the written word changes. Such an amazing journey to go on!

@jsboisvert1981 3 ай бұрын

Revival was a verry good book

@Talking_Story 3 ай бұрын

Oh yes!

@heidi6281 3 ай бұрын

Do not skip any Abercrombie stand alones and make sure you read the Sharp Ends short stories. Johan must have missed so many ironic moments skipping those books! That was just wacky. I think now that I am reading Liveship you do not have to wait as long as I did after Farseer. It is like reading a totally new series with just a few easter eggs from Farseer. I love love We are the Dead, it feels different than any other book. Also the Bound & the Broken really gets so much better after book 1. The Gael Song is similar, book 1 is pure set up and then book 2 takes off like a rocket. Only 5 star reads for the next few years for everyone who watches booktube.

@Talking_Story 3 ай бұрын

I am so good with only 5 star reads😂. Do not fear. I will have to go in order. My OCD would have it no other way.

@thatsci-firogue 3 ай бұрын

I didn't much like Bound & Broken but I'm looking forward to Gael Song. Liveship Traders is phenomenal, and loved Tawny Man even more.

@Talking_Story 3 ай бұрын

@@thatsci-firogue more praise for Hobb. I am so eager to get there

@heidi6281 3 ай бұрын

@@thatsci-firogue ⁠ Not sure if you or Shauna Lawless even heard of Erica Cane but one of the main female leads is just like her, you hate her and love her. 😘 I was just wisked away to 1000 A.D Ireland from my living room!!

@thatsci-firogue 3 ай бұрын

I think unless you don't like Gardens of the Moon, at least try Deadhouse Gates. While Memories of Ice sorta completes an arc in a way, and the themes and overarching storyline is laid bare, it's not how the series typically is. The thing to know about Malazan is, this is not the story of a singular person or group. This is the story of a world during a specific time. I read Way of Kings and Words of Radiance in 2020 and loved them but 2021 was dominated by Books 2 through 6 of Malazan and then I was bingeing chunks of Dresden, and starting Farseer and Prince of Nothing, so I didn't get near Oathbringer except for Warbreaker which left a bad taste in my mouth, so when I tried to pick up Oathbringer in early 2022 I got halfway and couldn't do it. I'd left it for too long. I'd just finished Second Apocalypse and was hungering to get back to Malazan and I'm worried i won't like Stormlight now as I've soured on Sanderson's writing. I don't see Stormlight being in a Favourite series list of mine anymore, but they're weirdly good palate cleansers since Sanderson style isn't what I typical read.

@Talking_Story 3 ай бұрын

I am hopeful about myself and Malazan. I am able to let go of having to know everything and trust the writer to lead me where they will. I am excited to start and see how it hits me for sure.

@pembie2 2 ай бұрын

Of all book tube I have nobody has convinced me to read mazlan sounds so difficult I found game of thrones the show hard to follow lol

@Talking_Story 2 ай бұрын

I am jumping in February of next year. I will let all know how it hits me.

@thatsci-firogue 3 ай бұрын

You *can* skip the FL standalones, but you shouldn't! Each of the standalones was written as a fresh jumping on point, and imo The Heroes is the least newcomer friendly book in the entirety of the First Law Universe. Yeah each subseries of RotE (so far) has its own self-contained plot, tho there are ongoing elements. Just don't judge the rest of the series off of Farseer. Hobb is indeed a slowburn, but very rarely boring. Dragonbone Chair was fabulous. A mix of GRRM, Hobb and GGK. Need to restart the trilogy.

@Talking_Story 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for all. I am definitely doing the stand alone a next!

@thatsci-firogue 3 ай бұрын

When it comes to you, I'll believe it when I see it @@Talking_Story😂

@Talking_Story 3 ай бұрын

@@thatsci-firogue doing my best to get back to them but the sidetracks 😂. I can’t help myself!!

@Why_do_I_do_this. 3 ай бұрын

I finished Revival last month and LOVED it. That first page is my top favourite page 1 of any book I have ever read. So beautifully written and discribed 🤌🏻🤌🏻🤌🏻. With no bias at all ..... Beside the fact that First Law is my top favourite series and that The Heroes is my top favourite book .... Which is irrelevant ..... I strongly recommend you continue with the series. It really just gets better and better the more in you go 😆😆😆

@Talking_Story 3 ай бұрын

That is such an amazing beginning. The boy playing with is cars in the yard. Sooooo goood! I am going forward with the stand alones no ? About it.

@Why_do_I_do_this. 3 ай бұрын

@@Talking_Story I meant more the part where he goes on discribing how our lives are like movies and then talks about what is a fifth business. It was so good I took a picture of it and saved it 😆 Yess you are going right with the standalones next. My prediction is that you will like BSC a lot, you will love The Heroes, and Im not sure on Red Country actually 😆

@Talking_Story 3 ай бұрын

@@Why_do_I_do_this. OMG yes that part was awesome as well!