 I'm gonna drop this deck again. Like I can't, I literally cannot even read this. I didn't hate care about more than apology really. February is upon us or about to be. I don't know when this is going up. I have a lot of books to read in February and they are not short books so I'm kind of nervous about it but we'll make it happen even though it's a short month. I'm gonna drop this deck again. So I have 12 books that I'm reading in February and this is my second time trying to film this video because my camera was all wonky the first time. And in the first time I filmed this video I realized that the book that my patrons have chosen for me to read and vlog for them. This is my second time ordering the book and I didn't notice this until I started filming the TBR video the first time. So the first copy they sent me like the dust or the the cover was like ripped and so I was like I need a replacement and they sent me a replacement. I didn't even look at this replacement. I was like well the cover's not ripped so we're good to go um but the pages aren't cut on it. So it's just like like I can't I literally cannot even read this which doesn't bode well because a bunch of my patrons were like don't pick that don't vote for that she's gonna hate it uh and then it won the poll so I think they just like want to see me suffer. Anyway the book in question um is The Historian by Elizabeth Custova. So these are all ill omens I'm afraid but I am reading this and I will send this back and get a copy that I can freaking read. This is just such absolute bullshit. After all this getting your copies I hope I like it plus it's pretty long um but I have a feeling that the vlog for my patrons in February will be a ranting one. Maybe maybe I'll love it and we'll all be surprised together. Next up I have the uh first book and that fits in the Fool series. Fool's Assassin by Robin Hobb. Mara and I have made it to the last series of series in the realm of the elderlings and we're going to read it back to back no skipping months. Um if you missed it we did have a live chat talking about rain well and chronicles as well as the realm of the elderlings road so far. That was like about a week ago depending on when this is going home. I'll leave that link down below if you missed it it is spoilery for the series up to that point and I'm very excited to read this last series that everyone says is such a like omg wow I have to reread the whole series now that I know this ending kind of thing so like I'm trying not to go in over hyped but I mean I'm pretty hyped plus these are the most stunning covers in all of the realm of the elderlings at least in like this this series of editions they're all so like oiled and shiny. I'm excited. Next I have the next game and book in my year of game and if you missed it in my plans for 2023 video I said I was going to do a year of gaming where I'm going to read 12 game and books in 12 months reading them in publication order so in February I have Stardust which is among my least favorite game and books that being said I've only read it the one time my expectations for it were high slash wrong because I'd seen the movie already and I'd watched the movie many times and loved it the book is quite different from the movie so going in now I'm hoping this is going to be kind of like Feast for Crows where the first time I read that I had like incorrect and overly high expectations for it so rereading it last year or two years ago whenever I reread Feast for Crows I was like actually I really love this is the second time so I'm hoping now that my expectations will be better adjusted for this book that I'll do better the second time through with Stardust at least it's short so if I hate it again at least it's not a long book I didn't hate it but I don't love it next I have the Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman this is the second book in his dark materials my patrons and I are doing a read-along for his dark materials rereads all for me um so we're on to the second book of the Subtle Knife I'm very much looking forward to rereading this little book next up I have a non-fiction book and that is The Wolf Age by Tor the Vikings the Anglo-Saxons and the battle for the North Sea Empire as you may or may not know I'm pretty into Vikings but I'm into Vikings not Norse mythology which I think gets conflated a lot people always assume that means I like Norse mythology I don't I don't hate Norse mythology I just don't like mythology of any kind very much at all Norse mythology interests me in so far as it like informs how we understand Vikings and like what like made them tick like why what they believed and how that affected how they functioned so in that sense I like Norse mythology but not like reading the stories like I don't care about Norse mythology really I like Neil Gaiman's retelling Norse mythology all right Vikings Viking history oh yeah that's totally my jam and I've had this on my wish list for a long time and then one of my patrons bought a copy for himself and I shamelessly was like that's been on my wish list for forever and he actually sent me a coffee which is very very kind made me feel bad about seeing that so we're gonna buddy read it as well as the or along with a couple of my other patrons and I'm very much looking forward to reading Viking history next up I have another read along going on on my patreon as I said in my plans video we're doing book of the new sun read along for that so in January we read shadow of the torch room and this is a bind up so it's the same book physical book again but in February we are reading claw of the conciliator and gonna do a live chat for it so I'm very much looking forward to rereading these these are all rereads so far they will be new to me when we get to Citadel of the Autar then this is I think on my TBR in February Fellowship of the Ring by J.R. Tolkien which I have read before but my friend Heather who you may know from such projects as hating for the killing of kings and loving Shakespeare she wants to read Lord of the Rings and asked me to read it with her there rereads for me she did just finish Hobbit so I think she wants to start fellowship in February I think there is another reason that we're reading these together that may or may not become known to you shortly but yeah I'm probably most likely reading this in February next up is a book that is replacing a book that you might have expected to see so if you're hoping to see enemy of god by burning cornwall on this TBR you'll be disappointed I am not reading the rest of the warlord chronicles at least not right now me as well as several of my patrons did not really care for the winter king which is the first book in the warlord chronicles so I was like well I'm not going to continue I read along for a series that neither I nor most of you seem to like so I put in a poll asking people wanted to continue with warlord chronicles because we're also reading his dark materials so I was like do you want to just like get rid of warlord chronicles and like just do his dark materials instead of doing both but also around the same time I was talking about how I with my patrons about how I've been having a hankering it's kind of craving to reread the golden wolf saga by lenea heartsaker and there was some interest in reading it so then another option on the poll I was like option one we could continue warlord if y'all want to option two no warlord just his dark materials option three no warlord and replace warlord with golden wolf saga and by a hair this beat out just doing his dark materials so we're still doing his dark materials but instead of reading the rest of warlord we're reading golden wolf saga which I have read before and so I know I love it I hope they like it too if not at least I'll be happy reading them this is historical fiction just like warlord chronicles so it's it's a good swapping out this is Viking historical fiction and I really really enjoyed this the first time I read it so I've just been craving reading it again and I really hope that my patrons like it too no pressure next up is another read along and that is red rising and I do have some news but not all news for you so I mentioned in my 2023 plans and goals that this was happening and then I'm co-hosting it with Angela from Literature Science Alliance well now we are being joined also by Alex from Alex Nieves so the three of us are hosting this read along and I did mention giveaways and so we've almost squared away all the details for that right now it's looking like giveaways every month for a red rising pin and then two giveaways one at the end of each kind of trilogy even though Lightbringer is not the end of the new trilogy doing mugs for the at those points and how it will work for entering is the details are still we're kind of working out but it will be some form of like answering a prompt or a question or something during the live shows for this possibly also on our discords maybe and then Lee from creatively crafts who is providing the materials for this giveaway the pins and the mugs that she designs she'll also post on instagram about the giveaways and there will be some form some way of entering there as well like commenting or sharing or something like that so I will post on my community tab once we have squared away all the details for it so you will know where the first live show will be we haven't decided that yet either so once we have all the details completely ironed out I will post on my community tab so you'll know but in February for sure we are reading red rising chatting about it somewhere and giving a thing away in in some way so yeah get hype next up is another read along and that is the witcher read along on chapter three broadcast as of the filming of this video we have not yet had our live chat for the last wish so I'm sure if this video is going up after that I'm sure it went well and if this video is going up before it then go show up for it so that it does go well I really enjoyed rereading last wish and I'm looking forward to rereading sort of destiny which we'll be chatting about on the last Tuesday of February these are all rereads for me this will be Bethany's first time reading sort of destiny I am not like in any way being asked or paid to promote this but these hardcover editions like this illustrated edition of sort of destiny like is legit so awesome it is really awesome if you've been eyeing them I do recommend they quality is really great just like the paper quality and the like binding of it is really good but there's beautiful illustrations and it's like that buttery kind of ah these really are worth it so um if you are a fan of witcher and you're looking at these like I recommend next up is another read along and that is the five warrior angels trilogy which is being the read along board is being hosted by Erin from Booked and Busy as of the filming of this video we have not yet had our chat about the first book The Forgetting Moon well in February we are reading the second book The Blackest Heart and it is because even longer than the first one this is like a lousy page in February it's a short month so I'm looking forward to chatting about both books with Erin and reading the second one somehow I will find the time to do this and last and possibly least is my book of the month club book from January and that is Age of Vice by Dipty Kapoor um I picked this because maybe justifiably maybe unjustifiably when I looked at the blurb the thing that it most made me think of was the green bone saga I don't know if it will be at all like that in tone I mean this is not fantasy but it is about a crime family I believe in India it just gave me that like the same as like pee blinders that vibe but like a family and the like politics of family politics of crime kind of thing with like a lot of action and intrigue I'm hoping this will be a hit with me we shall see book of the month is like very hit or miss mostly missed so here's hoping 2023 will be different those are all the books that I'm reading for sure in February I'm working on some blog projects and other stuff so whatever let me know in the comments down below your thoughts and feelings about the books I'll be reading if you're joining us for any of these readalongs oh also The Spider by Leo Kuru we will have a live for that probably in February that readalong is not dead it is just limping along at its own pace so we will most likely be chatting all the spider at some time in February so stay tuned for that I may reread the spider again because why not but anyway okay those are all the books that I'm reading in February let me know your thoughts if you're joining us if you're looking forward to these if you hate all the books I'm gonna read whatever you want to let me know I post videos on 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