Talk About Nothing | Featuring Merphy Napier

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Жыл бұрын

Mike is joined by Merphy to talk about nothing.
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@B.LEE.DbrianleedurfeeREVIEWS Жыл бұрын

I still and forever am just gonna use the s#!!ty camera on my phone. You pros, you

@mikesbookreviews Жыл бұрын

Never change, my friend. We love you just as you are.

@MokurenDojo Жыл бұрын

Production Value?! I don’t need no stinkin’ Production Value!😅😅

@billyalarie929 Жыл бұрын

HOLD UP Okay you just inspired me to make a goddang channel, I have been wanting to interact with you cool cats for a long time anyway, THIS IS MY CHANCE!!!! MUAHAHAHAHAAAAAA!!!!

@Bazscoobz 10 ай бұрын

@B.Lee.DbrianleedurfeeREVIEWS "we will edit that out" ❤

@Wingedmagician Жыл бұрын

Dude! This is like a book tube celeb to me

@andreamiller3578 Жыл бұрын

The book reviews are how I found you guys. Maybe I'm an outlier, but that's how I find new books and enjoy what others think about those books.

@mikesbookreviews Жыл бұрын

Yeah, they used to be almost all I did.

@channelnamepending8329 Жыл бұрын

Same

@christopherjoynt2446 Жыл бұрын

You both read WoT around the same time as me, and you were both instrumental in me enjoying the series so much. Lit a fire for me to read fantasy/sci-fi for the last few years.

@simonedwards9450 Жыл бұрын

I was the same. These two made the experience even greater

@readbykyle3082 Жыл бұрын

This was an excellent discussion haha you guys are both very laid back and curious, makes for great conversation

@MattBramer Жыл бұрын

oh Mike and Merphy, this was so good! Thank you both for talking so long and talking so much. We love your content and are so thankful for you both!

@deniseanne12 Жыл бұрын

I was just thinking this would be the "collab" I would want to see on Booktube - didn't realize it already happened! So happy to see this!

@mikesbookreviews Жыл бұрын

Hope you enjoy it!

@crelgen1588 Жыл бұрын

OMG WORLDS COLLIDE

@JARHuygebaert Жыл бұрын

Another fantastic livestream, Mike! Can't express how much I love your channel, I have been watching every video since 2020 :) You made my TBR a "bit" longer

@eavanodonoghue Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this! What a really enjoyable and genuine conversation. The two of you just seem like cool people to hang out with.

@dustintyson354 Жыл бұрын

This was awesome. You two are the first channels I discovered and got me back into reading. You both have given me some great recommendations. Keep up the good work 😊

@TheGreatestHeroEver Жыл бұрын

Amazing collab! Thanks for making this guys!

@WhytheBookWins Жыл бұрын

This is such a great conversation!

@rhubahb Жыл бұрын

Yea! This stream made my weekend! Two of my top 5 KZfaqrs! AND Phillip in chat? Holy crap! 🙂

@D-Wells0203 11 ай бұрын

I’m quite late to this video but loved hearing you chat w Merphy. Keep up the great work Mike! Love the channel!

@seanmurphy1198 Жыл бұрын

Enjoyed the replay of the stream. Merphy was a really engaging and charismatic guest.

@socialbianca Жыл бұрын

I like the sips of coffee in the videos. It makes it feel more like a real conversation.

@Tralala001 Жыл бұрын

Reviews are my favorite types of videos. It's like a book club to me, seeing if I feel the same about a book as someone else.

@clementmatheny7985 Жыл бұрын

This is awesome, you too are my favorite Booktubers

@tylerblack301 Жыл бұрын

This was awesome! Thanks for entertaining me while I did yard work!

@mikesbookreviews Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@Gruso57 Жыл бұрын

Mike, you have really good communication skills. Your interviews are always top notch

@mikesbookreviews Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@kikoxchavo7765 Жыл бұрын

Subscribed, looking forward to seeing more videos from you Mike!!

@mikesbookreviews Жыл бұрын

Welcome!

@joronah8650 Жыл бұрын

BookTubers are my fave content creators and you two are my faves!!

@thejosh2099 Жыл бұрын

WHAAAAAT This is so cool!

@timmeyer9191 Жыл бұрын

Such a great discussion. Sorry I wasn't there live with you. I had an idea once to become a voice actor. I thought about moving to Houston to try to get on at ADV when they were doing all those anime dubs.

@britneynicolewrites Жыл бұрын

This is awesome!

@mikesbookreviews Жыл бұрын

I enjoyed it!

@socialbianca Жыл бұрын

Mike, your kindle/oasis video (the first one) was how I found your channel.

@pillarmusic1641 Жыл бұрын

Awesome! Love how you have such different opinions, made a great chat 1:53:37

@1stCMcook Жыл бұрын

Mike, I think you’re worrying too much about the numbers. I feel it’s more important to have a strong community of real followers rather than “large” community spread thin. I enjoy your content and just realized I haven’t subscribed yet, I just fixed that. Bless you and make the type of content you enjoy and are proud of.

@hhoi8225 Жыл бұрын

He's always been numbers-focused, he enjoys having and analyzing those metrics. 🤪

@mikesbookreviews Жыл бұрын

I work in analytics. Sorry these things bother some of you. Of course I was going to ask someone who has had as much success on KZfaq as Merphy about these things.

@stephentheshywarrior2759 Жыл бұрын

Such a great stream.❤

@mikesbookreviews Жыл бұрын

Appreciate it!

@noahmcclellan4372 Жыл бұрын

This was awesome.

@mikesbookreviews Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@AGrassy29 Жыл бұрын

“Why do you add a K” 😂🤣🤣🔥 loved this chat from you both. Two GOATS!

@mikesbookreviews Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@iwannawatchDavid Жыл бұрын

Gutted I didn't catch this live! Congratz Mike on getting Merph on, I enjoy both your channels. 100% prefer the long form stuff. @MerphyNapier I love your jumpers don't listen to the clothes haters!

@Necessary_Chemical Жыл бұрын

Two of my favourite booktubers

@astinus4 Жыл бұрын

Wheel of Time is my favourite fantasy series of all time, but avoided re-reading it for years (spot read specific favourite scenes only), because of the “life is short, too many other things to read” mindset. However I began a full reread in the last year following the release of the tv show, and am thoroughly enjoying it. It’s such a long series that there are so many great things that I’d just forgotten, and it was fascinating retracing the journey of the characters knowing where they would end up at the finale

@samm8190 Жыл бұрын

Merphy gives off such mom vibes. I love it.

@adoniscreed4031 Жыл бұрын

I probably don't notice the mum vibes as much as we're always the same age but Merphy really is super wholesome 🤣

@ShadowBook Жыл бұрын

This was a great conversation, but Mike - it's disheartening when you harp too much on channel growth. Your subs aren't going down, and you have nearly 90k people who enjoy your content. Don't get in the habit of linking your happiness to sub numbers, because you'll end up chasing down fads and getting viewers who don't like the stuff you actually enjoy reading, then it won't be fun for YOU anymore. Keep up the great work, Mike!

@mikesbookreviews Жыл бұрын

Well like I said I work in finance and it’s impossible for me not to study data trends and think you’re doing something wrong. I never once say I’m unhappy doing this. I wouldn’t do it if I was unhappy. I’m just goal oriented and a data nerd. Thanks for watching.

@TheDarkchum1 Жыл бұрын

Oh you guys got me so jealous with all the books you are reading that I’m now reading more than ever before in my life at 43. I’ve read 7k pages since November! Thanks booktubers!

@mikesbookreviews Жыл бұрын

Better late than never!

@JoePogi2 Жыл бұрын

2 of my favorites.

@sleepyyoshi Жыл бұрын

This one was a lot of fun.

@mikesbookreviews Жыл бұрын

Thanks for hangin'!

@koleary1798 Жыл бұрын

Nice discussion Mike and Merphy.

@mikesbookreviews Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@listenwithprecious 11 ай бұрын

Fun video 😍

@EverythingToEverybody Жыл бұрын

Spring and summer reading maybe why. I want to try newer stuff then for vacation or camping. So will get ideas staring in late March to April.

@ducky36F Жыл бұрын

Funny you bring up that the two of you have differing opinions on books, You are the two channels I watched if you both have reviews on a book for the differt perspectives 😂 Worked well for me I've found books I love from both your channels.

@jparish1987 Жыл бұрын

Loved this talk. When you brought up YA and middle grade I thought of Here There Be Dragons, there's a fantastic twist at the end of the book. Murphy DNF'd the book before getting there. I know she's a Peter Pan fan and the second book has a cool tie in.

@mikesbookreviews Жыл бұрын

I've yet to try it but I've heard good things.

@catherinemckeown2746 Жыл бұрын

I loved Janny Wurtz Empire Trilogy when I was younger. They are companion books to Raymond E Feist Midkemia books.

@walkingwriter4325 Жыл бұрын

You mentioned not liking some nautical books at around 28:38. You may enjoy the non-fiction book "Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Journey" by Alfred Lansing first published in 1959. I read it in February after hearing about it on another channel and loved it! About Ernest Shackleton's 1915 voyage to the Antarctic and all that went wrong. A fast read, and I couldn't wait to get back to the book every time I put it down. His ship was named Endurance, but it's an amazing story of human endurance as well.

@JamesI88 Жыл бұрын

Endurance is amazing

@joceanna3461 Жыл бұрын

Loved it!

@ZacharyMekis 28 күн бұрын

“Eh It’s time to wear real pants” LMAO

@marcweber8509 Жыл бұрын

I also don't usually read YA anymore. One middle grade trilogy I read when I got back into fantasy that was really, really good was Bartimäus by Jonathan Stroud. He took a risk with a antihero main character that had an incredible arc. It's really funny, sometimes in a twisted way. I think it could be something to read with your kid when you want to go shade darker and morally grey than Harry Potter. Would like to reread that one sometime. Another that's on my list that I'm really excited for is Abhorsen by Garth nix.

@TheJoker-bz3ms 9 ай бұрын

Mike really does have the voice for storytelling.

@socialbianca Жыл бұрын

I looooooooove video essays

@campk2732 Жыл бұрын

2:10:17 Now that's a cliffhanger, well played

@israaahmed7168 Жыл бұрын

Preach!!!! I’m really interested in his thoughts for One Piece because I want to start reading it as well but it’s too long and intimidating 😅😅😅

@socialbianca Жыл бұрын

My favorites are the book reviews.

@Crochet.Awhile.and.Listen Жыл бұрын

I have been watching Mike for a couple years now I think. I found Merph first, it was her and Daniel Greens talking about levels of fantasy books. I was hooked and found a lot of others like minded.

@mikesbookreviews Жыл бұрын

It's a pretty big rabbit hole.

@jackiesliterarycorner Жыл бұрын

Love both your channels and your reviews especially. You should check out Bartimaeus by Jonathan Stroud for your kids Mike. The positive comments surprise me and I'm surprised by what videos do well. Sadly, I obsess over the negative comments, but I've only gotten a handful of them. The most recent said I have nothing to say and like a lot of people I supposedly like attention. I'm not motivated enough to write a book, but I wanted to. I still want to sometimes. I think writing fanfiction threw me off, because I didn't have to create world or characters. It made me lazy.

@Williamtolduso Жыл бұрын

2 of my favorite booktubers 😍

@31LaschG Жыл бұрын

If you like stories about vikings try Brian Wood’s Northlanders series published by Vertigo!

@adriancojocaru7096 Жыл бұрын

My 2 cents on the topic or reviews: reading a book is a time investment. Not everybody has the time to read many books so we do rely on reviews to help us choose. If all reviews are positive, then the viewers will stop watching them all together because they already know what you'll say (that it's nice, you should read it, etc). That's why "top 10 books" work so well, because they show you some type of "real" reading suggestions. Now I don't support "hate" videos - but there is space there for giving negative reviews without being dismissive or offensive.

@jessemunoz6150 Жыл бұрын

Murakami’s 1Q84 is extraordinary

@jellevanbreugel325 Жыл бұрын

Reason that Mike gets more aggresive comments is that Merphy has better hair than Mike....

@FTUD734 Жыл бұрын

Mike, U R not the only KZfaqr who has noticed a recent negative change in the algorithm. I have seen multiple creators with videos on the subject. KZfaq changed something. Wish I could remember who had the best vid explaining it. Try a search?

@parsnipmaster1874 Жыл бұрын

To help make sense of the Cowboy Bebop name its Bebop as in the style of Jazz. Jazz is a big motif throughout the whole show and I do think you'd really like it Mike its even pretty short at only 26 episodes and a movie

@jamesalexander958 Жыл бұрын

Everyone loves Sanderson. I'm struggling to get into it. I'm two books into the mistborn trilogy, and I don't know if I can pick up the next book. It feels like work because I don't get into that book hipnoses where you forget you're reading. I picked up Abercrombie now, am two books in and can't wait for the next one.

@Yesica1993 Жыл бұрын

Mistborn didn't do it for me either. (I was also distracted at that time due to Real Life stuff, so I may be willing to give it another shot at some point.) The Way of Kings did have that immersive/movie-like feel to it. But that's as far as I've gotten in the series. I had no idea when I first read it that it was going to be so long. I'm going to have to wait until it's done. I'm not taking the chance on getting attached to a long series and then have it never be finished for whatever reason!

@Dunybrook Жыл бұрын

Fantastic live stream. I'm so glad people are still doing this kind of thing in the age of TikTok. I'd never heard of Janny Wurts before but evidently she's teamed up with the legendary Raymond E. Feist to write a trilogy. Probably my favorite fantasy writers these days who doesn't seem to get the attention she deserves is on KZfaq is N.K. Jemisin.

@Jesse-ut3xr 9 ай бұрын

THANK YOU MERPHY! I totally agree about Cradle, it's just not for me. I've read the first ten, and still can't see the hype.

@noeditbookreviews Жыл бұрын

Hello everybody.

@DingDong-fq2mo 10 ай бұрын

Surprised that Merphy's viewership is 80% male. Thanks both, I enjoyed your conversation.

@MrBoJangles 10 ай бұрын

Well she is very attractive. That will always bring the men

@0Arman0 Жыл бұрын

Would love to see you collaborate with Conor Reads! :) Small booktuber who is doing wheel of time right now!

@tysmith1742 Жыл бұрын

You might dig Jujutsu Kaisen or Naruto. 2 Manga series I read and enjoyed a lot . Might be your style

@tiananesbitt7156 Жыл бұрын

This is amusing! I introduce Movie Reactors! 🤸‍♀️

@TheDarkchum1 Жыл бұрын

People will complain about EVRYTHING. You can’t win.

@goldenspiral6008 Жыл бұрын

I'm sure Cowboy Bebop would be for you Mike. If you ever do it, the anime is the way to go though, since the manga is adapted from the anime in that specific case. I totally get why you wouldn't want to read One Piece though. It's a great series, but I agree it might not be for you. Shingeki no Kyojin, Fullmetal Alchemist and Claymore are definitely the way to go for you to check out shonen manga, so I'm glad those are in your radar.

@InBetweenSound 8 ай бұрын

Any spoilers in this vid before I jump in?

@chasehowells8803 Жыл бұрын

Cant quit on your 100 000 man

@mikesbookreviews Жыл бұрын

I don't plan to. The algorithm is just frustrating.

@chasehowells8803 Жыл бұрын

@@mikesbookreviews haha thought not. you're a machine man, love the effort and quality you put into your videos!

@BubbaStaines Жыл бұрын

"Mike will LOVE that book, because I hate it!"

@MystiqWisdom Жыл бұрын

Damn, I'm surprised to hear that Merphy didn't like the Green Bone novels. They're pretty much universally praised by booktube.

@mikesbookreviews Жыл бұрын

I was surprised, too

@philippburnett6045 Жыл бұрын

Shame my question doesn’t get answered but oh well

@turtleanton6539 5 ай бұрын

Yeeeah😊

@yogitapandya368 Жыл бұрын

Can we get one piece reviews please 🥺🥺🥺

@newturn77 Жыл бұрын

Hi Mike I think why Onepiece/ manga fans can be a bit intense is because it has a higher demographic of younger audiences which may contribute to audience’s who are unable to understand and accept difference in opinions and perspectives.

@berserker8884 Жыл бұрын

I get your reasoning, but I don't think that is it specifically. If you were part of the fandom since early 2010s, you would understand that OP was a huge underdog in the west for the LONGEST time. Those of us who enjoyed it usually had it as one of our favorite stories, but it was always lumped together with other Shounen in a pejorative way. So the fandom has always been abnormally passionate and intense for those reasons. It has only been the last 5 years that the series has completely exploded in the west! And because it is one of the best fantasy stories ever written, people still get very frustrated and feel like it gets overlooked, just because it is a manga and because it has "silly" art style.

@austinmoore1113 Жыл бұрын

I don’t think you’d like Murakami, Mike.

@ArtSnob101 Жыл бұрын

Read / watch some one punch man guys. Sooo good!!!

@carlosbranca8080 Жыл бұрын

Merphy is not liking Hyperion?? Heresy!!!

@monkeyboy275bobo8 Жыл бұрын

Cant watch the stream right now but did she manage to talk him into one piece? 😅

@Morfeusm Жыл бұрын

Actually they end the video with that so 😜

@davidhumphries9323 Жыл бұрын

I was glad I read Malazan, but it wasn't my favorite. I'm enjoying Wheel of Time much better

@JamesI88 Жыл бұрын

Wheel of time🍻

@cathsaigh2197 Жыл бұрын

52:40 You don't need to be good at games to stream them. Being able to interact with chat and be entertaining at it is a different matter. If you're at like the top 0,01% of a big multiplayer game skill-wise you can get by with just that and mostly ignore chat.

@rayallen0 Жыл бұрын

I actually think their have been a lot of fantastic American comics in the last few years. The Dreaming: Waking Hours by G. Willow Wilson Donny Cates Thor run Future State: The Next Batman by John Ridley Haha by W. Maxwell Prince I Breathed a Body by Zac Thompson I just think the culture wars surrounding comics has kind of overshadowed the good stuff.

@mikesbookreviews Жыл бұрын

I was talking about the legacy characters. Justice League, Avengers, X-Men, Spider-Man, etc.

@rayallen0 Жыл бұрын

@@mikesbookreviews That's very fair. Especially Marvel (outside of the current Moon Knight run)

@sarugard9115 11 ай бұрын

i agree with merphy on Fitz i gave up on half of a Assassins aprentice boring characters, difficul to read through prose, zero action, not very interesting set up

@juanmorales9738 Жыл бұрын

Don’t take it personally, Mike. I dislike Shorts no matter whose face shows up.

@Parlom101 Жыл бұрын

I’m sorry if this is brought you but I’m 15 mins in, Mike have you read anything by Junji Ito?

@mikesbookreviews Жыл бұрын

Uzumaki

@LFNZE 10 ай бұрын

1:53:00 trueeeee, i hate flashbacks in my books. I mean, i don't hate them like insanely, one or 2 flashbacks are fine, but if there's a flashback almost in the entirety of the book? o hell nah. That's why i didn't gave The way of kings by Sanderson a 10/10 because the flashbacks annoyed me, even tho one or 2 were good. But i don't want to see them....

@TheDarkchum1 Жыл бұрын

It was horror that brought me to discover mikes channel and booktube. The KZfaq algorithm is soul sucking awful.

@Morfeusm Жыл бұрын

I actually like your shorts #minority

@kikoxchavo7765 Жыл бұрын

mike you should read hunter x hunter, merphy read it and she liked it as much as one piece...I think.

@niclaslindman Жыл бұрын

Try read som Graphic Literature Fantasy are some grat books like MONSTRESS BOOK 1 AND 2 are Great Fantasy 👍

@socialbianca Жыл бұрын

I mean this in the nicest way, I don't notice y'alls clothes 🤷‍♀️

@AbnerG787 Жыл бұрын

Brandon Sanderson is hellbent into live action series and live action movies, so we will NEVER see an animated Cosmere novel. I agree when we see spren on a live action people are gonna laugh their asses of and it will fail, sorry I love the cosmere but we have to be realistic here. The Cosmere movie/series franchise will never make it with only the core Brandon Sanderson fans.

@TheDarkchum1 Жыл бұрын

Avatar is 🥱

@richardhood1868 Жыл бұрын

Mike, I cannot believe you talked to Merphy for 2 hours and didn't talk about The Dresden Files!

@mikesbookreviews Жыл бұрын

I guess you guys will just have to convince her to come on again.

@channelnamepending8329 Жыл бұрын

1:05:30 people suck, she's gorgeous.

@Yesica1993 Жыл бұрын

I had to skip to that point. Wow, people are ridiculous! She's adorable! But even if she wasn't, who cares?! I don't watch Booktube for how people look. If you think someone's so bad looking, either listen to it without watching, or turn it off! Ugh, people are so stupid.

@dangerass1982 10 ай бұрын

@@Yesica1993People who comment on others' looks often are ugly and insecure. Online, they can hide behind private and anonymous accounts.