 You tell me. You hear something about Roger and Dodger and you're like, I'm getting rid of that. Roger and Dodger, no way. Welcome back to my channel. Today we are starting a very exciting, well maybe it'll be a series, depends if everyone likes it or not, called Odd Book Out. Shall I put the thing in now? Go. I bought together seven fantasy books. One of them is a liar. If Tom discovers which plot is fake, he wins. If the liar survives, Megan wins. Who is the odd book out? So we have got seven fantasy books. And Tom is going to have intervals where he gets to ask me questions about any of the books. I have to tell him what the plots are. But one of these is a plot that I am completely making up and he has to try and guess which of those it is. After each round, he has to eliminate one of the books and at any point he can say, I think I've got rid of the fake one and we can stop the game. So we got this video idea, or Tom really came up with it, from the channel Jubilee does videos where it's like six vegans and one non-vegan and they have to claim that they have to all pretend that they're the vegan. And so we've basically just ripped off their idea and leaving it as our own. My approach to this is to go on with books that I haven't read yet because A, usually if I've read a book you've heard me talk about it a bit and I want to give you that leg up and B, some of these I don't have the clearest idea on plot anyway and so you may think I'm making it up because I don't know a lot about it and think that it's the fake one. We have got Six of Crows by Lee Bardugo. I don't know who that is. You do know who that is. We've got Skyward by Brandon Sanderson. We've got The Crawl Prince by Holly Black. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern. I don't know who that is. Strange the Dreamer by Lainey Taylor. A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Mass. And we've got Middle Game by Seanan McGuire. So you're allowed to look at the covers obviously but you're not allowed to look at the back or inside. So you've got to work fairly fast. I think a minute and a half will go really quickly. What's your approach for this? I've heard of Erin Morgenstern and I've heard of Lee Bardugo only because of your videos. And I get the two of them mixed up because they've both got a book that's got blue and gold on it. Erin Morgenstern I just always would have thought she was a rip off of Lee Bardugo. They're not actually very similar. Don't listen to me. That's absolutely founded on nothing. Court of Thorns. Court of Thorns and Roses. It's really shit from cover. Mate, you should see the new ones are releasing even worse. I think it's a bit... Sanderson is going to be difficult for you to lie about. Okay, why'd you think that? I was just going to ignore the fact you must have spoiled something. I wasn't really listening. You ready? The Crawl Prince. What was this set? So this is set in like a fey universe. Fairy. Court of Thorns. Where's it set? That's also fey. And what time period is it set? I don't... I get... It's a court. I think it's like a court book. Sean and Maguire Middle Game. I don't know what time this is set. That's all the period? No, I don't know. What genre is it? It's kind of like sci-fi, fantasy-ish. That's suspicious if you ask me. I found that comment to be very suspect. Stranger Dreamer. This is probably the most unique one out of all of them. This is like set in the clouds in the sky. On a village in the sky. Village in the sky? That's not interesting. Night Circus. I just know that this is set in a circus. Does it bear anything to do with her other books? Is it like in the universe or something? No, not the same universe. Is it also like fantasy type... fairy type stuff? No, not fairy. No. It's a fantasy circus. Night Circus, yeah. Just quickly... You're not 25 seconds... Now pause that though. Do you remember those books that everyone liked when we were kids? In like a circus type thing? No. Approximately 10 hours later... Sanderson, have you read anything else by this person? I haven't read any Sanderson before. Is there any of these books that you've read from them before? Besides the obvious? Megan, for God's sake... No, I haven't. No, only Leigh Bardugo and Erin Morgenstern. Oh no, and Sean McGuire I've read from before. Time is up. You've got to get rid of one. You've got to get rid of one. I don't think you've made up Erin Morgenstern, for example. Because that's going to be harder to lie about because I'm aware of that author. I wish I was just trying to get rid of a vegan. Getting rid of a vegan would be far easier. Shall we give you just that round as a free? And then we do another round. Because I don't feel like you've got to get into much deeper. No, it's tough. It's tough. Because we only had a minute and a half anyway. So it's been another minute and a half. I think we'll start doing two minute rounds. Now you have to get rid of one. Are any of these books written by vegans? I don't know if any of these authors are vegans. Well, we'll just have to wait and see. You are so inquisitive, my darling. The Cool Prince is one of the most suspicious of. Are you aware of any of the main characters in there? No. No. The two lead characters. Court of Thorns and Roses. I know anything about the main characters in there. I know her name begins with F. It's like fair, fair. She is kidnapped because it's a beat in the beast retelling. And so she's like kidnapped into this fairy court. You said that early and you went crippled. I'm trying to trick you. There you are. But you're generally speaking, Megan's a pretty bad liar. Sorry, I stopped recording. Megan said that this sounds like the characters of Roger and Dodger. Yeah. Which to me sounds like horse shit. I'm intrigued by this one. This sounds like a really interesting book set in clouds. Do you know where this author's from or where it gets motivation from? I think she's American, but I don't know. I don't know other than that. It sounds anime-like. Brandon Sanderson. I know that her dad was a pilot and she really wants to be a pilot, but he quit, like you know in military when they run away. He did that and so he's seen as like a traitor. So she's not allowed to go into the pilot school. Okay, that sounds quite interesting as well. I've got to get rid of one now. Okay, easy. Court Thorns and Roses is number one culprit at this moment in time. Success! A, because Megan was putting on a typical face when she lies, but then she could be aware of the fact that I know what that face looks like. So it's really difficult to tell. Beauty and the Beast retelling, if you're going to make up a story, it's really easy to make up a story like cover that's just a retelling of something else because then it doesn't involve like brain power. Also, it's got a shit-front cover and I just don't like the look of it, so I can't go. Should we go again? Another two minutes? I feel pretty confident, but I don't know. Okay, Six of Crows, you've got this in the Collectors Edition. I did. You've got it in the Normal Edition as well. I don't. How much does this relate to her kind of discworldly, tight universe? It's set in the same universe, but like that the Shadow and Bone trilogy is kind of set in like a fake Russia, this geology is set in like a fake Amsterdam. A fake Amsterdam? Yeah. I think somebody's trying to set me up. I believe that. A fake Amsterdam? Yeah, fake Amsterdam. Why would anyone want a fake Amsterdam? It's already got a lot of canals. So it doesn't bear any relation to the woman who beams light out of her chest? No, but it's set in the same universe. Are they aware of each other? I don't know if she's aware, but I think some of the characters in that book are aware of the characters in this book. I think they appear. Roger and Dodger? Yeah. One's good at language, one's good at math. The guy who created them wants to be gods and become a god with them. Quickly, The Crawl Prince? Yeah. This is one of the most famous books. Really? This is the most famous? Yeah, one of the most. Because it's the weakest front colour left on the table. Number one, please judge me. Number two, please hate me. Because number three, I love it. I'm getting my head in the muddled because, to me, Roger and Dodger just don't scream through this front cover. But I can kind of get the whole kind of gods thing because it's like got stuff at the top of his fingertips and like traditional art, it's like God's touching man and stuff and he's like creating life with his fingers. But at the same time, if you want to be a god, why the fuck you call it anything Roger and Dodger? It's just some sort of Dennis the Menace fan or something. So I'm going to get rid of this one for that reason. Because Roger and Dodger, and even if it is a real book, that's a crime. Calling it characters, Roger and Dodger. Sorry if you're called Dodger out there. I just can't think. I'm going to up it to two and a half minutes so we can get a bit more in depth for some of these, okay? A bit more in depth, okay. As you understand this book, how much does the front cover pertain to the actual plot? I know that there are two magicians in the circus who are kind of like falling in love, but they're also battling against one another. Of these books here, how many of them follow like your traditional story arcs in that they're like beginning, middle and end? I think The Crawl Prince is a very typical book. These are all series apart from The Night Circus. Oh, so that's a standalone. That's a standalone, the other four are all parts of series. Okay, well that looks like it was part of a series, but that's interesting. Like the culture of that sky people, is that based on any sort of culture? I think it's kind of medieval. They were like, from what I know, they're wiped out by a plague, not wiped out by a plague, but like the society has been really badly affected by a plague. That sounds weird to me because if I'm thinking of making a book about sky people, I think they'd be like technologically advanced. What it's to do with dreams. Right, it's the dreamer. So our protagonist believes that he can heal the society through dreams. So through collecting, he starts with insects and it's kind of him trying to get more power by getting the dreams of more concept. You're not lying about that. You're not lying about that. That is nailed on true. If you're lying about that, that's masterful, the whole insect thing, because it's bumped on the front. Night Circus, I don't think you're lying about either. Six of Crows, I don't think you're lying about either. Crawl Prince is a suspect. Okay, my logic is that if you've got like a really telling front cover. So Six of Crows telling front cover, at least for me anyway. Night Circus, everything Megan described related to the front cover. Sanderson, that makes loads of sense. The Strange of Dreamer, that was one of my suspicious stuff because it's a slightly more vague front cover until Megan managed to tie in the whole insect thing. The only thing, maybe it's because I've lacked questioning of it, which is like, well should I really get rid of that? But at the same time, I haven't questioned it much because I can't tell a lot from the front cover because to me, along with the Crown Thorn's book, Court of Thorns and Roses, it looks like a really generic front cover. Maybe I'm a bit of a weird one for that, but it just looks like... They're probably the most too generic YA. They're the most popular YA series, probably. So I might get rid of this because the other four seem like stories that hold water. They're water type. So for that reason, the Crown Prince is out. And I am confident in those three that I have gotten rid of the mole. Okay, is that your final answer? That's me. I'm sealing that shirt. You lost? I lost. Okay, wait. I won a contest. Wow, maybe I just didn't... I think I questioned the Six of Crows least. And maybe I was intimidated by the fact that it was by the most famous author, at least that I'm aware of. And that's when I was like, well you're not going to pick the one that is the most famous author to lie about because that's giving you a harder job because I'm more likely to be aware of the things she writes. I'm like... Yeah, you're very aware of what I've written about this. So I'm going to assume that is the one. But if it's one of the bottom three, then I'm very impressed by your capabilities. It's not Six of Crows. It didn't lie to you about that. Wow, holy... Do you want me to tell you it's my lie to you about? Yeah, go on. It was Strange to the Dreamer by Lonie Taylor. You made that one up. I made it up. You spend all that time thinking you've won. I was so certain it was the first book I got rid of. I was like, she just sent it beginning to death. She was giggling. You did really well on that. Thanks. Yeah. I mean it was a fucking weird thing you made. Did you make up the whole sky, people? Yeah. It was a basic part of the intro. No, I made it all up. And I was like, that is such a bizarre story that she wouldn't have made that up like the whole cloud people. Well, let's talk about the ones I got rid of. Because they sounded more generic, Megan is surely going to craft a story which is more generic and it's easier to lie about if that makes sense. And underestimate me. I didn't necessarily underestimate you. I think if I was going to do it, I think what I'm saying is I probably underestimated your gamble because I'm actually thoroughly impressed with what you managed to come up with here. You should be proud of yourself. Thanks. Because actually, once I got in the court of thorns, I was pretty confident that the... You'd done it. I'd done it. And not only that, I was like, oh, this video is... We're going to have to make a new one because this is going to be three minutes long. But that is actually quite cool. Maybe you could do it over like Skype or something with another booktube and try and fool them because it's pretty easy to fool me. Yeah, it's pretty easy to do. But you can pull out books that they've never heard of before. I'm interested to see if you guys would have done a better job as well. I think they would have done. Well, they probably know all the books. They know all the books. But surely. Okay. Right. You tell me. You hear something about Roger and Dodger and you're like, I'm getting rid of that. Roger and Dodger. No way. Maybe I was a bit hasty on the whole cool prints then. So which of these are you most looking forward to read? So, well, court of thorns and roses on the cool prints I only own for a video. I would not have any interest reading these necessarily otherwise. So I only own them for a video. That's maybe what came through to me. Yeah. The fact that they were suspicious. The fact that you didn't have the same sort of energy about them. Of the two that I thought sounded the most interesting. Yeah. Was The Night Circus. Yeah. And Stranger Dream and Your Lie. If I was going to read any of them, I would have read that one. And maybe that's what convinced me. Yeah. I would definitely read that. That had the most interesting premise. And this one interested me because it was a standalone. And I think personally I would always choose to read a standalone over a series. Yeah. Thank you very much for watching everyone. Let us know if you liked it and we'll do it again. Yeah. Yeah. I just can't believe you've won that. I thought they had no chance of winning. I can't believe it. I can't. 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