 Okay, greetings. Here is my list of my favorite reads from 2017. I am once again recording from the the pre-opening party at The Nerd Out, the New Year's Science Fixing Theater Dress Drop in Portland. Thank you, Mitch Gillum, for allowing me to do this. All right, my favorite reads of 2017. First of all, these are not necessarily new books. They're not books that are published in 2017. These are books that I read for the first time in 2017. Some of them are not new, as you'll see, and I'll read them in chronological order. First of all, Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Carr. I, as astounding as it is, I had never read this, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. It kept me interested all the way through and surprised me repeatedly, and I didn't anticipate the ending at all. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Red Wall by Brian Jakes. This was a surprise. I'd never heard of Red Wall. And I listened to this audiobook of it. Go look at my review of it. And was very surprised at how enjoyable it was. All right, Every Harder Doorway by Shannon McGuire. Just an excellent book. Very short, the novella really. I highly recommend it. And then we come to The Diabolical by S. J. Kincaid. This was, without question, my favorite book this year. I cannot recommend it more highly. If you read the introduction in the first chapter of this book, and you're not hooked, I don't know what I can do for you. Our taste would be very different if you weren't. And right after that was I Am Princess X by Sherry Priest, which comes in a very close second. I've never read a book like this before. Chapter one blew my mind. Chapter two blew my mind. Chapter three blew my mind again. It didn't have as strong an ending as it did at the beginning, but wow, I couldn't put it down. That's it. Those are my five favorite. Some Honorable Mentions. Tower of the Elephant by Robert E. Howard. Erihwan by Samuel Butler. I was surprised at how much I enjoyed that. The Fifty Minute Hour by Robert Lindner. I have read one of the stories in the book, and it was one of my favorite. And the rest of the stuff was good too. Okay, another new thing, in addition to my favorite books, I'm gonna talk about my favorite movie-going experiences of 2017. I saw a lot of good movies this year. I usually don't see movies at all. I saw a lot this year. The most fun that I had at the movies this year was seeing movies that I hadn't seen in a long time. Brazil, Nausicaä, Castle in the Sky, Star Trek II. All of these I've made review videos of. And then also, it's a wonderful life. Frank Kappers, it's a wonderful life, which I saw on Christmas Day at the Clinton Street Theater. I want to make a video especially about that one because it's such a fantastic movie. As far as new movies, I enjoyed most of the movies that I saw. Ten Cloverfield Lane, directed by Dan Trachtenberg. I liked it a lot. The new Shin Godzilla movie. I liked it. It Comes at Night, directed by Trey Edward Schulz, and Hands Down, the Best Movie I Saw This Year, Get Out by Jordan Peele. I definitely recommend you see my review of that. I was floored by that movie. Okay, goodbye. Thank you again for watching. Thank you again, Mitch, for letting me record here. Thank you for watching. Please subscribe to my channel here on YouTube, and please be sure to press that thumbs up button. That's how videos get recommended and seen. And please take a look at the link in the description below, and go to my 50th Street page where you can become a sponsor.