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Yes! I hoped you would include more crafts next year 😄 I got significantly better with my book buying this year and now I contemplate blowing it off for the post-Christmas / birthday discount sales, because the last week of the year doesn't count, right? It will also make it easier to stay on track in January. The general issue with the book buying habits I have is that you have to buy in bulk to reach the free shipping. Then of course not everything can be read immediately.

Lightsaber penis is pretty common for censorship reasons. 😂

Great goals! I’m going to check out the Bingo Board from Hell because making one of my own sounds really fun. My reading goals for 2025 are to read 1 classic novel per month and to start/read/finish more sff series! I also want to cut back on my book buying so I will be reading what I already own & using the library more

I didn't enjoy Dracula so much but a Dowry of Blood is one of my favourite books and the writing is so beautiful. I also wish we could read more of Constanta before meeting Dracula but I still found myself caring about her a lot and rooting for her to be happy. I read Eclipse for spooky season and the real scary thing was Bella kissing Jacob. Maybe the true meaning of spooky season is the toxic friendships we made along the way.

This was such a bad reading year for me :/ my two worst books were Bajar es lo peor by Mariana Enriquez, which sucks because she's one of my all time favourite writers, and House of Hunger by Alexis Henderson. I had such high expectations for that one and it just felt all over the place, like 2 separate books smashed together. You described the AFTG series perfectly, it's an absolute shitshow, but it's so much fun to read anyway

I’m still gonna read Priory of the Orange Tree (slowly because I can’t get the audiobook at my library) even tho you didn’t enjoy it. Hopefully I do 🤞🏽🤞🏽 Gothikana sounds especially awful 😬 but also I don’t think I’d enjoy a dark romance even if it was written well

I'm hoping to finish the "A Case For Frey & McGray" series next year. I'm currently on book four of, I think there are seven?

Love this so much! Just because one person dislikes the book doesn’t mean another person will.

You brain is so smart and quick 😦😍 loved watching your reactions, almost perfect predictions

This is impressive. Well done! I don't even know why I have so much fun watching these Goodreads awards videos, given that I don't live in an English speaking country so I never see these books around in the bookstores and know nothing about them. It is more about what is going to come in 1-2 years when they get translated.

Well done on clearing some of the books off the list. You added less books than you eliminated and that is a win.

Hi! Your video just popped up on my feed, I totally agree with your book choices and with the need for more complex stories that make you heal ❤ the least you can do is to use your time the way you feel like it 😊 Also, what I instantly thought was: gurl, you've put yourself out there posting on UA-cam a lot of videos week by week, you're more strong willed and courageous that the majority of us (me included!) we haven't even had the courage to try. I love this. Big hugs and trust your strength ❤

*squishy hugs* to you, Hope. Stay safe, even though I'm not in America, I was deeply saddened to see the results of the election and keep wondering what it means for the rest of the world. It can be very scary. On a much brighter note: My husband went to see "Guards! Guards!" as a play once, many many years ago (before we met), and the couple in front of him left at the intermission after commenting that it was such a strange way to finish a play. (Potential spoiler: The "million to one" arrow shot).

Hugs!

Take care of yourself. We all need a bit of respite to prepare for the fight ahead.

I read The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury, The novelisation of Disney's Hocus Pocus and I've just started a new (to me) vampire book called "How to bite your neighbor & win a wager". The dramatisation of Dracula sounds like a good way to read the book (I've only ever read it physically & the abridged audiobook read by Christopher Lee, which was amazing as he did all the voices for the different characters), I'll need to give that one a try. Especially if it has Tim Curry in it.

Pretty Girls is dark but I read that book in a day because I could not out it down!

The quarterly book theme sounds like a good idea. Words are indeed hard, especially when tired.🥱 lol

Yay Blood Over Bright Haven! I've been reading Jasmine Throne so I want to get to the sequels this year. I also want to read Alien Clay by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Makes you wonder how some of these things got published in the first place.

I used thesis and dissertation interchangeably for my PhD 😅

I love the idea of a vampire themed blog! Lately I’ve been getting more into comics and Marvel has a series of 5 comic issues (+spinoffs) called “Blood Hunt” that center vampires. Blade, Blade’s daughter Bloodline, and Dracula are characters in that series. Would recommend!

I think the conclusion to the Jasmine Throne trilogy comes out in November too

I think the prison break one that you're thinking of is The Shawshank Redemption, it was a novella published in Different Seasons by Stephen King.

I tend to mostly lean towards the cosy side of things on days with miserable weather. My go-to series is "The No. 2 Feline Detective Agency" by Mandy Morton. 😆

Great video, Hope. I'm glad that you enjoyed the second book. It does sound a lot more fun than the first one.

Congratulations on the new job, Hope. I hope you're settling into the role well.

Congrats on your new job! So happy for you.

Currently reading The Goblin Emperor, and my next books will be the new releases from James SA Corey and P Djeli Clark.

Wow . Thanks for the recommendations 😊 . Subscribed ❤

🤣 I was not expecting that for the last book 🤣

I have Dark Archives in my TBR, I hope it's as good as it sounds.

congratulations on your new job 🎉

This is a good idea, I have so much weird and random stuff on my Kindle as well, it's over due a clear out.

Cool TBR. Keep it up.

I'll be interested to hear what you think of Murder in the Family. I read it a few months ago. I hope you enjoy your reads!

From Bacigalupi, you should try The Windup Girl, sci-fi, eco catastrophe, artificial people, and more

I hope you like A Strange and SE, low magic, very political fantasy. Please read the content warnings or skip the rest of chapter two when you feel the creeps It's a nice depiction of resilience and second chances in life

Just wanted to say I love the curtains 😀I recently watched you at my work laptop where I am not allowed to comment, so saying it at least now, a bit late 🤣

I just wanted to say that your handwriting is so pretty 🥰

I feel what you mean with the slumpiness. I am on my 2nd book of the month (May). I liked what you did with the d6 & d20. It seems like a fun way to choose your TBR.

Sending you positive thoughts on your job hunt!

For me, ankle bug bites are usually from chiggers! They are little bugs that live in grass (usually taller grass, but they can sometimes be found in residential lawns). You can spray a little bug repellent on your ankles to deter them if you know you're going to be walking on grass.

I’m going to be reading Grace of Kings as the first book in a series prompt and I’m really pumped about it (also slightly intimidated because of the length).

Yeah. Love T. Kingfisher!

Nice list! I’ve read half these authors and really enjoyed them.

I think my auto-buy authors are Naomi Novik, Rebecca Roanhorse, P Djeli Clark, Ann Leckie, and SA Corey. I'm nervous about reading Stephen Graham Jones. I like supernatural and folk horror, but I've seen his books more compared to slashers.

Now I want to read Untethered Sky. It sounds like a story I'd like 😊

Adding red scholars wake to my tbr right now.

Wow three readathon! Ambitious! So glad you are participating in Galactic-thon! ❤❤❤