Host of Mike's Book Reviews. Houston sports guy. Aiming to bring a little positivity to this app. Dad of 2 boys, married to a redhead. You can’t scare me.
I don’t do this often, but if we could send some positive vibes to
@brianleedurfee
who is battling right now. Let’s hope he can kick out on two. Prayers up.
Thank you to everyone who made this possible. I literally couldn’t have done it without you, the viewers. And thank you to
@YouTube
&
@YouTubeCreators
for providing the outlet for me to establish such a wonderful community.
#YouTube
#CreatorAwards
I have several game reviewers I trust on YouTube but even they seem to have hate boners for anything
@Xbox
does & cannot be objective. So I wanted to recommend
@G27Status
. He’s an unapologetic fan of the console, but he’s always fair & doesn’t let them skate when things are bad.
5 years ago today I uploaded my very first video for Mike's Book Reviews on a whim. Never could have predicted what it would become. Thanks for taking this trip with me! I'm going to try and do a live stream later to celebrate.
Per
@RapSheet
DeMeco let the Broncos know he was out. If the
#Texans
have a brain at all they won’t let him leave the premises without ink to contract during that 2nd meeting.
#Demeco
Yes, I’m aware my YouTube channel has been hacked and taken over. They’ve deleted all my content and are live steaming about bitcoin right now.
I’m still hoping
@TeamYouTube
can get it fixed.
Almost exactly 3 years to the day that I began Assassins Apprentice…I have officially completed The Realm of the Elderlings by
@robinhobb
. Hell of a journey.
My first video released in 2024 to cross 100k views. Very cool! Thanks to everyone who cared enough about my favorite sci-fi books ever to watch. You rock!
I had been told of the kindness of legendary fantasy author Janny Wurts & I was fortunate enough to experience that today with a care package. Wow! Thank you so much
@JannyWurts
!
I got my first person recommending I try Sun Eater this weekend. It's from this "unknown author Daniel Greene told him about" and he thinks I'd like it.
I love the internet.
Something I’m getting tired of hearing in my video comments the past week is the blanket statement that “all the Dune sequels suck.” No, they do not. And I’m going to tell you why. Tomorrow.
Link will be in the thread below once it is done.
Without going too much into details, someone very close to me passed away yesterday unexpectedly. I made it about 24 hours before turning into a weeping mess & I'm thinking no one wants videos with my eyes looking the way they currently do so I'll see you on the live stream Tues.
Just got a random 6% raise/promotion at work. So that's neat. I have my gripes, as all do with their employers, but it's nice working for a company that does notice hard work with increased compensation instead of a pizza day.
Finished season 1 of
#From
and it’s the best first season of a “mystery box” show since LOST. So many questions and theories and I haven’t had since they first found the hatch in LOST. High high recommend.
@FROMonMGM
When you hear casuals at work talking about Dune Part Two & you’re happy. But then you overhear them saying it “stole too much from Star Wars” and you want to flip a table 😒
Got almost everything cleaned up except changing the channel name back. It shows changed in Studio but won’t populate on the channel page. Then it’s just cleanup duty before I can hopefully start posting again. Thanks for all the help today
@TeamYouTube
& everyone else!
Looks like it’s all the way back. Now I gotta figure out how to get out new content without using my PC (I’m too terrified it’s totally compromised and this would just happen again). Maybe I’ll go all
@PhilipChase90
and be a mobile only BookTuber.
No interest in signal boosting that Wired article on Brandon Sanderson. I’ll just continue to say that being kind costs nothing. As someone who originally wanted to go to school for journalism I’m very happy now that I didn’t since we see mostly shitty columns like that now.
I’ll never stop being amazed at seeing my name and blurb on the back of a successful author’s book. Thanks for the opportunity
@RCahillAuthor
& to
@binding_broken
for sending me one!
For those not interested in my ongoing thread; you were right about Avatar: The Last Airbender. The writing is almost too good for what is referred to as “a kids show.” Really great character arcs, lore, and dialogue. I’ll finish Book (season) 1 tomorrow.
#AvatarTheLastAirbender
Yeah. Reading fantasy books, buying more sneakers than I could ever actually wear, and obsessing about NFL football made me a real chick magnet let me tell ya.
Something a lot of men don't like to admit:
All of your hobbies and ambitions are to attract women.
Nature doesn't care how much personal fulfillment you get from them. Those things are cool, but they're a coincidental positive externality to the prime objective:
To keep the
Okay.
@YouTubeCreators
has confirmed that they acknowledge my email & channel have been compromised. Outside of that I’m not sure what the next steps are since the hijackers are still live streaming Bitcoin info on my YouTube page right now.
Please help
@YouTube
@TeamYouTube
!
George R.R. Martin calls out producers and screenwriters who change things from the books
"Everywhere you look, there are more screenwriters and producers eager to take great stories and “make them their own.” It does not seem to matter whether the source material was written
Not sure what is happening with
@DanielBGreene
but I hope he takes the time off he needs to get right. Always take care of yourself. Your audience will support you and be waiting.
Godspeed & happy health!
Had a great time. Incredible movie, even with major gripes as a book fan. If you aren’t married to the book I think you’ll find it amazing. See it in IMAX if you have that option.
#DunePartTwo
Crossed 15 Million views this week. Combined with the 100k subs I hit both my internal channel goals in 2023. So even while on the annual holiday swoon in growth & engagement right now, always satisfying to hit those yearly goals you set for yourself.
#BookTube
#YouTube
Seeing something I’ve worshipped for 30+ years hitting pop culture with memes & mentions in other popular media is too cool. Reminds me when ASOIAF first below up with casual audiences. So happy to see more getting interested in the world Frank Herbert created.
#Dune
#DunePartTwo
Mike’s Book Reviews will hit 92k subscribers soon. I cannot say thank you enough for giving me the best thing I could hope for; your time.
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Happy to say that I helped get the wheels in motion for a special edition set of Sun Eater from
@thebrokennbinding
with the help of Christopher Ruocchio &
@PetrikReads
. Always happy to see this story getting in new hands!
#SunEater
Will be finishing up War For the Rose Throne (RECOMMEND!) this morning and I received enough encouragement from viewers to break my TBR and begin The Silverblood Promise by
@SpecHorizons
this weekend. Hope some of you will join me!
Just to update, I think September 2023 will be the month Mike’s Book Reviews hits Silver Play Button status (barring another purge). Could have never imagined this in 2019 when I said “maybe I should talk about what I’m reading in my spare time.”
Life is always an adventure.
I know it's controversial on these Twitter Streets but I decided to give Premium a try & see if it really does help expand reach for content creators. I'll write it off as a business expense so no big deal in the end. I plan to be fully transparent w/ the results & any benefits.
Share a book that changed your life.
I was 15 years old with zero confidence nor self esteem and zero world view. Frank Herbert opened my eyes about many a thing that is still part of my life philosophy 30 years later. Prophet.
#Dune
#FrankHerbert
Share a book that changed your life.
I have to go with my gateway into fantasy, right? The reason I fell in love with dragons. It opened my eyes to the vastness that is epic and high fantasy. It gave me a place to go when reality sucked. So thank you,
@paolini
.
Warner Bros. to release first new ‘Lord of the Rings’ film in 2026.
Script is currently in development, Peter Jackson producing and is involved "every step of the way".
➡️