EVERY Book I Read in December 2024 (and which was best...)

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CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Intro
01:19 - What Jakob Read
02:36 - What John Read
02:42 - Book 1
08:58 - Book 2
13:20 - Book 3
16:09 - Book 4
23:51 - Book 5
28:39 - Book 6
35:50 - Book 7
41:32 - Book 8
45:22 - Book of the Month

[JohnfromNY]

Another great deadpan delivery by the best producer on booktube

[arabellawillow]

I feel the same way about Wind and Truth. It's such an interpersonal story and the fact that we've gotten to know the characters for SO LONG makes everything in this book land so well for me.

[iSamwise]

I gotta say, I don’t know what Jakob is working, but I’m assuming it’s related to the book and I’m getting more hyped for it!!!

[plstuartthedrownedkingdomsaga]

Great video peeps! Loving to hear your year ended in awesome fashion! So looking forward to how your WARS OF LIGHT AND SHADOW read-along turns out! Be ready to be amazed!!! My favourite SFF series of ALL-TIME!!! Happy reading!

[TheNerdyNarrative]

I am HERE for the Kingfisher love! Love that you read it in the same month as Wind and Truth to see that a great story with a wide scope can be told in so few pages. I'm STILL slogging through Wind and Truth, lol

[PhilipChaseTheBestofFantasy]

I'm glad to hear that One Piece is working so far, John. Keep looking for those themes, and keep having fun! The Last Kingdom was a blast, especially discussing it with you, Mike, and Brian. Long live the Quilluminati!

[evanpeppel]

Great episode John and Jacob! Sounds like I need to join the read along!

[someokiedude]

It sounds like you had a productive December. I...had a December. The year ended off on a whimper unfortunately. There were some good reads in there, but mostly some meh ones.

January has started out a lot better, I blew through Sledge vs The Labyrinth, which was awesome. Then I read Spear, which was also very good. I hope that January is also starting out well for you too uncle.

Keep up the good work!

[AndrewsWizardlyReads]

Every time I see Jakobs name on a wall I get a bookish tingle

[SpacedOutReads]

I love the way you describe the immersive experience of reading one of Jannys books, I’m in the middle of The Gallant now and it’s so interesting seeing Athera before the events of the main novels

[NevsBookChannel]

Loved hearing your thoughts on Wind and Truth when there’s so much mixed feelings on it from others

[heathergoldsmith]

Another great month. My stand out for December was finally getting to The Warrior Bards trilogy by Juliet Marillier. It's a follow on trilogy many years later in her Blackthorn and Grim trilogy. She's a local (Perth, Western Australia) writer and I really like to support her work. ❤

[KFoxtheGreat]

Yeeessss I'm so happy with your book of the month! It's one of my favorites for sure

[Dennis_M_Myers]

I am so glad you get what I was aiming for. Yes, some of that is going to come back and bite them personally, but more importantly, in the future beyond this first series. I have a 4, 000 year timeline I want to flesh out. I just know you are going to love the next book, Precipice. Also, now that you know her, look at the cover of Books 3 and 4. You know who she is, now.

[BooksWithBenghisKahn]

Sorry John I’m a bit more hyped for Jakob loving Empire of Silence than anything you read 😅

But I did indeed love the Wind and Truth journey like you did, even if the writing could’ve been tightened up a bit for maximum impact. Truly memorable character arcs over so many thousands of pages, it’s quite the unique experience.

Would you recommend that Wurts novella as a starting point for that series?

[thedragonsbookden]

I started reading the way of kings yesterday, so my Stormlight journey has begun! I read Dungeon Crawler Carl in December but made it last into the new year as i enjoyed it so much, that was a choice based on your recommendation, I'm looking forward to the rest! So glad I found your channel and getting to find so many more reads, watching you, Jacob and the Mrs! Happy New Year!
Jen

[thuff]

What a jam packed month! Hit after hit! Great way to end the year

[Broon]

Great month to round off the year. Looking forward to all of the 2025 reads! On chapter 3 of CoTM and really enjoying it.

[calenrobb]

Nettle and Bone is such a gorgeous and incredible story. So glad you loved it too!

[Chance.Dillon]

Oceans 11 while referencing nettle and bone? That I was not expecting😂

I am looking forward to reading the mountain crown—I think that’s one I’m going to get to sooner rather than later after both you and Tom Orange have gushed about it.

Also Dennis’ book looks and sounds incredible.

Cheers to a good reading week!