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So glad I'm not the only one who has written numerous first drafts but never fully edited one 😅 So glad you were able to print out your manuscript too. I hope you're November writing goes well! I really want to get back to my writing. I started up a couple months ago and then got overwhelmed with all the books I was reading 😔

Working on my own 40 before 40 list right now too.

SAME. I'm so glad you've reached an editing stage!! Congrats! Me previously? What's editing -- just straight publish it (fanfiction) 😂😂 EDITING WHO? WHERE? WHAT? I didn't know anything about NaNoWriMo. I'm going to look up about it after your video. But when you said SMART goals, I had a visible cringe because that was what my old work used a lot 💀It's definitely GOOD but... I'm a little bit traumatized. When you have a final draft, check out Barnes & Noble prints -- make your own hard copy before "officially" printing it too!! But I'm so happy for you. That's such a good amount and great progress 🥰 You having a full plan of action is AWESOME. I love seeing this background progress as a viewer to see what writers go through 😍 I'm a huge fan of aliexpress's color tabs. They're so much cheaper than the ones on Amazon (and genuinely, so much cheaper!) in case you want more for the future. My only opinion is that a lot of writers don't know what kind of books they want to write! A good surprise is how much random genres Ali Hazelwood write. So in general, whatever you decide to do, I know it'll all work out!!

Making an editing plan sounds like most of the hard work of the process. Now the editing will be relatively easy since you made such a good plan!

I totally get what you mean, but the only one who got you back into writing was you. You might have found a helpful tool, but you had the drive and determination and you made the decision to do it and you did it. All you. It’s perfectly fine to feel thankful to the catalyst, but don’t give it to much credit. Not everyone with a hammer can build a house. I’ve seen plenty of people posting videos about replacements for writing community too, I’m sure you can find some! Love your smart goals! And the hickups ordering! 😂 Making it work! I’m so excited for your printed manuscript!!! 😭 That’s such a milestone, you wrote that! And the fear: you don’t have to have all the answers! Giving yourself time to write is just like giving yourself time to solve the printing. Just because it didn’t work out perfectly from the start doesn’t mean you couldn’t solve it and get it done. You just need to make space and time for the hickups to unfold. Same for romance or middle grade. You’re multi faceted, no need to box yourself in before you have explored, or even ever. Plenty of authors write in different genres. Just keep going! You’ll do great! Whatever that looks like for you!

Really enjoyed seeing what you did with this tag, I enjoyed this one as well, a novel & fun concept to generate conversation. Yes, be bold, & take on the classics, it's the only way of keeping great books relevant.

Oh wow, you have me so Dickens curious, I've only read a couple, & enjoyed them, so must get to more. Thanks for the aspirational prod. In Australia, there's a folk singer called Paul Kelly who has made stunning acoustic musical versions of many of Shakespeare's sonnets, reading along to Kelly's performance is an incredible experience - a magical introduction to the sonnets. Suzanna Clarke is a marvel - enjoy. I also love the adventure & delight of 'Watership Down', it's wonderful. I'm about to read my first Stephen King, have been inspired by BookTube to try horror, & I'm enjoying Shirley Jackson, so King is next on my list. 'The Bell Jar' is quite profound. What an exciting list you have set yourself - a great adventure!

Happy birthday!!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! 😍 🎉🎉 I agree! As we get older, I definitely feel like I'm a lot less stressed about things in life 😂 I really can't wait to hear what you think about all the classics too -- I don't read many classics, but I do want to dabble into it! Maybe if you want, we can buddy read the Book Thief with each other. I'd love to hear more about what you think about it while I'm reading it too 🧡 You never reading an Ali Hazelwood!! I'm so surprised 👀👀 It's not the strongest book for me, but I think it might be for you because of how the book is (because you know how I like my spicier reads 😂😂). I didn't know 13 reasons why is a banned book! I'll have to reread and see, for sure. I'm also planning to read it as well since I read it as a teen. You have such a solid set of choices. It's a great list for sure. I'm so excited to hear everything you think about it!!! This video also is giving me something to think about for my 40 before 40 too! 🥰

I’m partial to Hamlet for Shakespeare. I did read The Twelfth Night with my two oldest and they thought it was funny.

Happy birthday!!!! 🥳🥳🥳 What a fun video to make for the occasion ^^ I haven't read Carrie, so can't really share any warnings, but I think it'd be totally fine to DNF books from your list - if it doesn't work for you, you don't have time for it, you already have 39 other books to get to XD For a graphic novel, I've found biographies great for getting into the genre (I read one about Johnny Cash, Marilyn Monroe, Richard Feynman... I want to read the one about Phoolan Devi as well). I guess they're not technically novels, but there is soooo much fantastic nonfiction in graphic format. You could even pair it with your book about Amelia Earhart - I quickly googled it and found a graphic book about her (Who Was a Daring Pioneer of the Skies?)

Happy birthday! Looking forward to your thoughts on Plath.

I just turned 40! This is such a cool idea! I can’t wait to follow this journey and see your thoughts on all of these books!

Happy birthday! 🥳 I love this goal! I'm thinking about doing the same thing, though I have a few years less to get them all read 😅Les Mis is such a good book, and I really enjoyed Moby Dick, though I feel like I'm in the minority on that one. I need to get to The Count of Monte Cristo too. I've read The Three Musketeers and Twenty Years After and really enjoyed both by him, so I'm assuming I'll enjoy Monte Cristo too. A couple graphic novels I would recommend are Lunar New Year Love Story by Gene Luen Yang and Squire by Nadia Shammas and Sara Alfageeh. Both are standalones, so you wouldn't be starting new series, and Lunar is magical realism while Squire takes place in a fictional world. Good luck with all of your reading!

Fantastic video, brilliant idea which I plan to shamelessly take inspiration from i.e. steal (although I’m going to have to do 50 before 50) and some amazing choices. At least 3 or 4 of these would be on my list and the ones you’ve chosen that I have read are great choices. Catch 22 is my favourite book of all time. Some suggestions: Read Catcher in the Rye before The Bell Jar, the first section of The Bell Jar really echoes Catcher. Carrie is fairly intense, but if you’re going to do Ronald Dahl, pick Matilda and read it straight after because it’s like a wholesome version of Carrie. For Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth and A Midsummers Night Dream are pretty accessible. For a graphic novel Maus by Art Spegelman is pretty great. It is heavy though. It’s the account of his father surviving the Holocaust, and the art style draws the Jews as mice and the Nazi’s as cats. If you want something a little lighter then Death: The High Cost of Living is great. It’s part of the Sandman series but you don’t need any prior knowledge going in, it’s the story of the personification of Death spending the day as a living person. Only problem is that it’s by Neil Gaiman who, due to recent allegations is very problematic. Bravo

A great list! You have to read things my son needs to know about the world! It’s seriously so sweet and wonderful. I also have count of MC on my list but feel intimidated by the size haha which makes no sense because I read Sanderson and all his books are hefty lol

Great concept and such an ambitious goal! I'm sure it was a blast planning out what books you'd like to get around to reading in the next five years. Happy birthday week!

This is such a good list! I think Nicky @MyMessyBookshelf read and loved the Pickwick Papers, I think it was that one, it sounded very funny :) I can't wait for you to read The Da Vinci Code! I loved it and would like to read it again, page turner if I ever read one. I never thought of it as controversial, but I guess it would be! A lot of references to religion. Not in a bad way though, as I understood it. But yay! I love so much that you're reading books for 14 year old you. We probably all should. I think 13 reasons why was a series on Netflix. Don't know how accurate it is to the book, but I really enjoyed it. I've also seen the Carrie movie, and I'm so easily scared but that was fine, so I think you're fine! I have never read a graphic novel either! The only one that comes to mind is The Handmaid's Tale, which isn't originally a graphic novel, but I'm assuming the story is the same. I hear Heartstopper is also good. Other than that, I'm not help at all! Also can't wait for you to read Piranesi of course! And finally, THE VERY HAPPIEST OF BIRTHDAYS! BIRTHDAY WEEKS!!! 🥳✨💜 I hope you will love the next five years and all of the amazing books you'll read (and write)! 💐

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Les Mis is epic, and wordy! Monte Cristo was mostly ghost written! The Pickwick Papers is very historical with how it shows society, but as you say: not all the characters resonate. I have just bought Moby Dick and am currently reading Frankenstein. I certainly recommend Shakespeare! Some very interesting choices!

The Pokémon posters in the background are so cute 🥹 I watched the spoilers for party of two and I agree that ending would have let it down, max sounds like he needed some more work 😅

I hope your kid is feeling better! Ahahah, that moment when you're looking for the phone you're filming with... SO relatable! 🤣 That happens to me all the time! Well, technically, the random number generator picked 1 hour first, so *technically*, you did accomplish the challenge ^^'

Really enjoyed this! Four hours is a great goal, especially when you have kids and other life happenings. Someone just hosted a 24-hour reading challenge over the weekend (Fri.-Sun.), and I maybe read 3 hours 😂 So you did better than me!

Where’s my phone? 😂 What’s his name? Same! 😅 You did so great with this challenge! And it’s really refreshing to see a realistic challenge with actual life going on at the same time. These challenges tend to get so extreme so I think 4 hours or 8 tops is a much more sane amount to aim for! I appreciate your discussion on love bombing as well, and I think the fact that you’re questioning if it was that is pretty accurate to real life as well. I imagine it’s very hard to tell when it’s actually happening. Interesting to see that in a book like that, although I would have expected it to be discussed more as well!

I LOVE this reading challenge. Also, no tripod needed because it looks so chill 🤩 4 hours is such a solid amount -- I love that you skipped over the 1 hour 😂 The kid's pokemon ball drawings are amazing in the background too. Hope your youngest feel better! 🧡 Honestly, I love that you jump around the books but it goes to show that you're busy with a lot of things happening in your life 🥰 "What's the dude name?" - actually me when I do my book reviews. LOL, I have to really make a note in my scripts so I don't just end up saying FL/ML and then tangling my tongue all over the place. Audiobooks are really a game changer for me, especially now I feel like I can get SO much reading done while doing my chores because chores take so much time 😂 You were definitely super close to the amount!! I can't wait to see how you do in the future challenges too because it's just life! I think the challenge also keeps the idea in the forefront of your mind -- so when you have down time you'll remember to read it.

Your mention of plagiarism for prompt two makes me think of how I'd react if I found out, after purchasing, that a book was written by AI. That would probably color my experience quite substantially. That seems like a web of controversy we're bound to get trapped within often in the coming years. Your kind words at the end are so gratifying-Thank you! 🙏

Great video and thank you so much for the tag!!

I'm glad you did this tag - it was really nice to hear your views and I related to a lot :)

I think I may tag myself in this one! 🤣 Great video!!

Yesss! I'm so GLAD you did this tag anyways because I'm here for all the honest moments 😂Because I definitely was planning to do this tag too (without a tag) HAHA. I love your mentality of trying to find the best positivity in the book because I'm sure we can definitely get something from most books! I agree with how you feel about classics/banned books too. It's intimidating, and I don't want to say something that might be incorrect or show that I'm ignorant 😅 But I think with my most recent read with Diary of a Young Girl, I think I owned up to it pretty well and learning about these things is part of the reason why we read 🧡 LOL, I do think the question about whether or not intention of reading should be rephrased because we all want to read books we buy. It's whether or not it's a high priority or we have time for it is another thing 🤣 I also really love your answer for about the views as well 💕Really, I love how random the youtube algorithm is... I genuinely think it's the first hour that propels it 🫠 So if it gets picked up more than average within the first hour... it'll get push out more afterwards. Thank you so much for the kind comments my channel & the editings 🥹 Honestly, I really love your editing because it's so calm. I do a lot of jump cuts in mine, so it might be what you're thinking of. If I want a part to have emphasis.... I just "zoom" in my face without actually 😂And any effects are generally already premade from the software I use (it's free!) Davinci Resolve 🥰 I will warn this application does need a decently fast computer because it eats up memory and want to have a good graphics card!

I love this tag, and thank you for tagging me! I actually have my honest booktuber video coming out tomorrow because I was tagged a couple other times to do it, so unfortunately you won't be shouted out in the video but I will be sure to mention you in the description. And I agree, I always want to post videos that are authentic to me, not just because I know the topic will make people click on the video.

I'm so glad you did this tag! 😄 And I have to say I love both the editing and the audio! Thank you for your kind words, that means a lot, and I would love to get a coffee and chat about books. I get that vibe from you too! And we could keep an eye on Dickens in the meantime 😂 I think you're spot on with the views and the authenticity! As long as we're true to ourselves, it's just packaging things in a way that we hope will make someone else enjoy it. I don't think it's really any different than dressing nice or being nice to people. Not fake nice, but just nice because that's who we want to be. I know for me, watching other people's videos can be such a comfort and company and distracion and so if I can do that for someone else, why wouldn't I want to do that for as many people as possible. As long as I'm true to me. Ok, I'll stop, this question just gets me going haha! 😄 It's the same with honest opinions about books as well, even if they are classics. They are not going to be for everyone, and so even if some people have a problem with you not enjoying it as much as they did (which is weird...) there will also be people who didn't enjoy it either and find relief in you voicing that opinion. I love your top btw, the colors and pattern suit you really well!

What a fun tag!

So cool, great answers and thanks a million for the tag, it might be a little while before I get to it (I’m way behind in my tags) but I’m really going to enjoy this one. Oh and never feel self conscious about classics, they’re just books and you’ll either enjoy them or not. 😁

Awwww why are quizzes so fun 😂 I can’t believe you’ve never seen the hunger games!

New book to me but it sounds really interesting and I really like your book club concept too, great for a community feel. Liked and subbed. Ollie *hug*

I have never heard of this book before, but it sounds really interesting. Loved hearing your thoughts on it too!

13:07 YES🎉 i am totally team finish that draft!!! Ive been loving a good question session. I feel like questions are such a great tool to keep chugging along

OKAY I LOVE THIS IDEA 03:07 idk what it is about this moment and you using a thesaurus to get inspired but I am so into this and trying to find a good book to refer to if I'm feeling uninspired! You are AMAZING for sending your work out to a contest and receiving feedback! That is such a huge step! Congratulations!

I was so happy that you decided you're doing the whole book review because when Ellen said she wasn't going to finish it... I was definitely curious as to why 👀 Your synopsis definitely gave a lot more information than what I read on Goodreads. This definitely sounds like a really thought provoking book through emotion and character interactions. Especially wanting to read how the book is open ended... I agree with what you said about the Pastor. I do have to say I'm interested in reading it now but it does seem like it is going to require a good headspace to get through! 🧡

When I read The Mystery of the Blue Train 15 or so years ago, it was my favorite Agatha Christie at the time. I want to reread to see if I still like it.

this book sounds so interesting, I’m adding it to my TBR 🙏🏻☺️

Such a great review! Thank you for sharing your thoughts!

Great review, thank you for answering some of my questions. You definitely liked this book more than I did! All the ingredients were there; based on a historical event, atmospheric time and place and a sense of foreboding but it just lacked something, for me. It was incredibly slow but descended into quite a disturbing end. This book was very well written. My favourite character was Ursa and I loved the relationship she had with her sister. I don't think I would seek out another book by this author.

Awwww the book club sounds like such a lovely idea!

I LOVE this so much! Thank you for doing this video! I really loved hearing your thoughts and answers to the questions. From what I can tell, this book was pretty much everything I had hoped for it to be, except I wasn't prepared for the witch hunt part. But the relationships between women, and the small mercies, and the believed mercies of the pastor/commissioner man, I think you're spot on with that. I could imagine it's both, and that contrast is very powerful to me. The self-righteousness vs the actual kindness and emotional value. I also think that Dina was Sámi, I didn't get very far as you know, but I think she was. So that's the indigenous people of Scandinavia, which adds yet another layer to the story, as they have been mistreated through history, like most other indigenous peoples. And their connection to nature and spirituality being seen as witch craft and something dangerous. (Which is so stupid, because if you don't believe in it, why are you so afraid of it?) I wish I could have finished the book as well, but hearing your discussion of it almost makes it feel like I did! I'm so glad you enjoyed it and that you got so much out of it!

Mmm I was thinking of maybe picking up the audiobook for it this month for Ellen's book club, but given the trigger warnings, I'm not so sure anymore... Glad I watched your video beforehand!

Happy birthday month!

YAY! Happy Birthday Month -- LIBRAS UNITEEEE BECAUSE ME TOO 🎉🎉 I'm loving the graphics and all the data. OBSESSED 😍 I didn't know Beartown has a 2nd book! I know that Ellen has it as a pick for October as well so I was thinking of choosing it for October TBR. BUT the way you said that you want to do what you want for October since it's your birthday month?? that's me too 😂 I'm not doing any requirement for this coming month as well. I'm not a fall specific person so no specific books coming up. Just all vibes as well

Yay for your birthday month!! It's so funny how sometimes books we DNF actually end up being pretty good - I've definitely been there before. Excited to see what October brings for you!