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I agree on so many levels :D

Carinaaa :D hi. Nice to see you here :)!

Phil and Eulili - GERMAN BOOKTUBE UNITED!!

That life you live when you have so many books you have no idea what you want to read and when. Its even worse when you have ADHD; thank God for concentration meds~!

Sasha is the reason I'm obsessed with those books/tv show

LOL I feel the same way but I just don't want to pick them up!

lol we all feel the shame of not reading Outlander from the -asha's

+Kindra Vinet I get what you mean. I was reading the book and I enjoyed it but it's a heavy book to read (well it takes me a long time to read it) & i'm never in the mood for it but when I do read a bit of it I really enjoy that and the shoe is just great C:

Irish Reader same lol

I haven't read it😅

I read the first one this year... I think I'm done with the series...

That and a song of ice and fire. Epic man just epic.

I got to the 5th one but there was just stuff that i wanted to read more and I just never picked it up again tbh

I totally agree

Also the Gone series? Fun? No no no my dear, it isn't fun, it is a journey threw a portion of hell Satan is to afraid to venture into. That's what makes it one of my favourite book series ever!

+Rammy the logophile that took an unexpected turn😂

+Rammy the logophile I know whatcha mean cause after the 3rd book shit goes down like ughhn

go check out her Vlog channel, she's been posting a video there everyday!

YES YES YESSS

Omg yes omg I can't even take the excitement.

WHAT!?!? How did I not know this? Omg

Get ready for all the emotions,because Maggie might kill us.

Definitely not me. I have come to hate that authors feel the need to write Spin-off series ALL OF THE FREAKING time. Never thought that Maggie Stiefvater would join that bangwagon, but here we are... Also a trilogy... I barely felt like the Raven Boys series had enough plot for four books. Don't get me wrong, I do love these books, because of the great atmosphere and the even greater characters, but they do have REALLY slow parts in there. Oh and in general: Orson Scott Card really does seem to be a little homophobic. I also would never read something by Pittacus Lore/James Frey.

Have you read acomaf yet?? Yep... I feel ya... ;)

I havent read at all this year i done even know why... IT SUCKS

Jenn 01 nope. I read the first chapter and gave up. Because I'm in a slump I don't wanna tarnish my experience with it by not being in the right state of mind to read and appreciate it. I just need more Celaena in my life! 😭😭😭

Narkotics it will be a year since I've read anything when I finally get my hands on Empire of Storms. Lol. So I guess it could be worse?

I haven't read ToG yet much Maas is the reason for my slump at the moment too. ACOMAF just completely tore out my soul and stomped on it then locked it in a box and buried it in the ground to wait for the third book. Because of this I'm kind of scared to start the ToG series since my soul is already gone so what else can SJM take from me?!

and by 'agree with Orson Scott Card', I mean I agree with the points you made in regards to him

What did he say?

+sarah thomassen He's very vocal about his homophobia. He has encouraged violence against the LGBT community and donates money to organizations that are anti-gay. I was very disappointed when I found out and threw my copy away in the recycling bin. It's sucks since I really liked the first book but I just don't want my money to be used to support organizations that try to strip someone else's rights away and much less encourage violence to said individuals.

He's very open about his aversion to the LGBT+ community. Although I think its fine to have your own opinion, I don't think openly endorsing violence against ANY group of people is okay. He has also stated several times that he thinks men are superior to women, and that women were made purely for the sexual and entertainment benefit of men. My chain of thinking is why in the heck should I read a book written by someone who don't value my existence?

+HahmChinBaby really? He sucks!😂

Same here! I just hope the third book come out in the next year. I need to know what happens after that ending.

I hope so too, the release is set for 2017 but you never know.

check his website! Book 3 is about 70% written!

I go there off and on to check the progress. It is only the first draft right now though and I'm hoping the revising stage goes quickly. It would be fantastic if this book is completed sooner than expected!

I'm not a huge fan of Brandon Sanderson, but I've heard he improves a lot in The Way of Kings! I do plan on reading it. :)

Interesting comment, thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts! I actually agree with a lot of this, and my perspective is far more complex than the brief mention in this video (which was intentional, as I didn't particularly feel like delving into it, but your comment has inspired me to discuss, so here I am.) I completely agree that experiencing art with a different perspective is important and can be educational and enlightening. Potentially being exposed to ideas I may disagree with is actually a very very small part of why I'm conflicted on reading OSC. I'm sure that even if I found aspects of the material to be problematic, I could still find some value in the work. My conflict stems more with supporting him. First, there's the monetary level, which could be avoided by pirating the book (though I'm very against that practice) or borrowing the book from a library or a friend. I could even possibly request the book from the publisher and get it for free at their cost. However, even if I personally am not supporting OSC with my money, if I read the book, I will want to discuss it here on my channel, and that could potentially influence others to support OSC with their money. And I suppose I could read it and just not tell people I did or talk about it, but that's not a very appealing idea to me. And it's not that I'm especially passionate about not supporting OSC--I'm not going to boycott his work, or discourage others from reading his work, or downplay the value and entertainment his work has. I'm not even going to say that I would NEVER read his stuff--I might someday! I've heard enough about his work from authors and readers whose opinions I trust to believe that he's an excellent storyteller. It's just that I personally don't feel good about supporting him, and while it is possible to go about reading his books without supporting him, it feels unnecessarily complicated when there are SO MANY other books I want to read and authors I want to support that don't raise this conflict for me. I'm sure I could learn things reading OSC, his books could enrich my life--but I don't feel that's exclusive to OSC's books. There are tons of other books I could learn from that could enrich my life, possibly even more so as I'm not that big on sci-fi. Ender's Game was on my radar long before I knew anything about the author, but I didn't pick it up then because it just didn't really sound like my thing. Anyways, again, I appreciate you leaving that comment! It gave me an excuse/forced me to delve a little deeper into my reasoning. The whole "art vs artist" debate and the "artist as a public figure" topic are really complex and interesting and I could probably do a whole video about this (hell this comment is long enough that it could practically be the script). I'll add it to my list of discussion videos and revisit it sometime in the future!

***** Thank you for your reply, I completely understand. :)

If you want to buy it, I'd suggest keeping an eye out for it at second-hand book stores, or on ThriftBooks, where the authors don't get any of the money from the sale (and sometimes there are new copies), and you can still own the book. I did that with the Golden Compass series, because Phillip Pullman is one of the atheists to give us all a terrible name, despite writing amazing books.

+Asterismos what has Philip Pullman done? I mean I know that the his dark materials series has some aspects that would be a bit iffy to religious readers, is that what you're talking about or is there something more than that?

OK, it's not anywhere near as bad as Orson Scott Card, but basically he wrote the series as a middle grade series so that younger people would read it and convert to atheism, and the series attacks the church pretty explicitly, though this quote justifies it somewhat “In my view, belief in God seems to be a very good excuse, on the part of those who claim to believe, for doing many wicked things that they wouldn’t feel justified in doing without such a belief," as he isn't challenging the religion. So I guess while he's trying to convert children, he doesn't do it particularly well, as it just makes you think of the issues with followers of a religion rather than the faults of the religion itself (which in the books is portrayed in a good light).

Sophie the Jedi Knight same here. And I have the whole Mortal Instruments series. Oops.

I knowwwww! SOON.

Morning Star is my favorite ending to a trilogy that I've read so far.

YES!

I'm posting here every Monday! And I might do 2 or 3 times per week once I'm done with VEDA on my vlog channel this month :)

+Katytastic yay!! Ur my favourite

+Katytastic woohooooo!!

Oh hey there Eliza Pancakes :') But yeah, it seems to be a big thing this year a lot of booktubers seem to have gone through it this year!

Eliza Pancakes yes lol everyone either is in or has a reading slump this year so 2016 is so famous for them thats the name The year of the great reading slumps

Hope fully she will post more!

The Casual Vacancy was a really difficult book for me to read. It deals with some very tough themes and I found it very hard to finish. Not because I didn't like it but it was a very tough one to swallow. But I'm really glad I read it, not everything we read has to be pleasant.

Ikr?! I've only read the first book, but I definitely want to see a movie based on them!

Same, I think there is great potential... And (No spoilers, don't worry) with the "bad things" happening in those books it wouldn't just be for "teenagers".. On the contrary!

she read the first 3 books but not the 4th and 5th

That series is awesome

I totally agree! Though she has read the first 3, I personally think the last book is the best. Book four wasn't that good, but I reread The Crown at least 3 times right after I finished it.

MY FAVE SERIES💜💜

I REALLY LOVE IT

+BookLovin i haven't read any but i own them all

+BookLovin are you obsessed yet?XD

+BookLovin haha!Welcome to Hogwarts!

+I Inhale Books Yes! Me too! Since about a year now :0 they're just laying on my bookshelf judging me that I still haven't read them. 😂

Are you going to eventually?

it's pretty old but here it is - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/lbCUa6SWr6ybYac.html

+Katytastic thanks so much for replying!

You are not alone. I haven't read them either :(

its okay, im only on the third one...

I haven't read any of them either!! I really need to!

I literally just started reading the series a week ago 😂 I feel so behind

same, I read the first one and didn't like it

I read it when it first came out! I didn't do a booktalk, but I've definitely mentioned it in a Wrap-Up and a few tags

Kat read it, she thought it was really overhyped.

+Alyssa Thomas It was but the second book was not bad.

She did but didn't like it

OMG I LOVE IT. I'm waiting for the library to bring in the second book.

unicorn girl I have only read the first one 😥

Actually how Cass acted toward reviewers is a factor in why I won't read the rest of the Selection series, I don't want to support that. However I do feel there's a difference between being rude to reviewers and using your money and influence to restrict the rights of others. I don't condone either behavior, but in my opinion, one is more reprehensible.

What happened??

+MissBelle127 Yeah what died Kiera Cass do???

:-) glad to here your opinion and thanks for responding (sorry it's taken so long life got in the way)

the best way is to do a search on Wendy darling and Keira Cass.

Why did you think it was awful? The writing? I read all the books, and would call it one of the best plotted series I've ever read. I'd like to hear your thoughts. :)

Annika Clark So, I actually picked the book up in my senior year of high school, and I just remember it feeling dragged on and being a super slow read for me, I don't remember liking any of the characters. I don't know how I would feel about it now tbh, if I tried to reread it. But chances are that I won't.