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Chocolate Covered Pages
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Hey Book Lovers! My name is Keyona and I am a 30-something born and raised in Brooklyn. Sipping whiskey while reading until the words blur is the perfect end to my night. I like my romance steamy, my thrillers heart-pounding, my fantasy epic and my horror hair-raising.
Vlog: Spend Some Time With Me! Unhauling Books, Queens of R&B Concert, Meeting SWV
In this video I am doing vlog style tour of some of my book stacks while also doing a book unhaul. I also head off to the Queens of R&B concert where I see Mya, Xscape, and SWV perform. And in the greatest turn of events, I end up getting a meet and greet with SWV.
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Contact me for Collaborations, book reviews, etc..: ChocolateCoveredPages@gmail.com
Want to send me something (hopefully a book)?
Chocolate Covered Pages
P.O. Box 37078
Elmont NY 11003
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Summer Book Recommendations!!
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In this video I am taking ya'll with me to check out some bookstores in Chiang Mai and Bangkok Thailand plus a Book-Themed bar called The Library. Connect with me Everywhere! Join my broadcast channel Keeping up with Key ig.me/j/AbYk9bEMFnKaulQi/ Instagram: Chocolatecoveredpages Twitter: Chocolatpages Goodreads: www.Goodreads.com/Keyona Amazon Wishlist: www.amazon.com/...
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The actuall hell just saw this vid, ive not finished the book got upto 16 chapters, loved it, but this is bs from her, derek may be a child but he still did what he did, full stop. Like mamm you cant have written the same part where miriam tells her abusive husband to get fucked because he abused her, basically not fogiving her abuser. Which i loved too see in a book that discusses trauma and abuse. But ber responses is so vile. I rekom ghost writter cause how in the filp is this the same person. So dissappinted in ber thought she was gonna be my fave author for this book but now shes the same as jk rowling for me. Love your response to this, very civil but didnt put up qith anything, def gonna continue watching your vids.
Yes to all of this. So glad you’ve decided to stick around! 💜💜
I know that floor needed a Tylenol!!! I am loving unhauling videos lately. More motivation to DNF books for me! Maybe books that are maybes you add to Libby with a tag. That way it’s still a reminder but opens up space. ✌🏽✌🏽✌🏽✌🏽✌🏽✌🏽
The floor and ME because my booty was killin me sitting there. Oh I like that idea! I do use the Libby tag feature but just for books that are available that I’m not ready to read. Thanks!
@@ChocolateCoveredPages girl! I hope you at least put a cushion down or something. The hardwood and booties do NOT mix. Yes, tags are everything! I use them to remember book ratings, my TBR, DNFs. Absolutely love that app!
I hear that about YA. I make a beeline for YA fantasy whenever I'm in the bookstore. Thanks for all these recommendations. Can't wait to learn more about your interests.
Yes YA fantasy seems to always be a lot easier to digest but can still be good. So glad you’re here 💜💜
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"Dis book be OLD y'all!" 1997?
I most definitely don’t talk like that. Furthermore, it’s unfortunate that in a 30 minute video filled with book recommendations that’s the part that stuck out to you 🙄
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I need to see SWV and Xscape 😍😍
Girl we had a TIME. You should definitely try to get tickets when they come to your town.
@@ChocolateCoveredPages I definitely will look into it to see if they will be near.
The books 😮 *flys to where you are to get them* that is a massive unhaul!!!
😂😂 you trying to take my babies! I seem to have done more keeping than getting rid of in this video because I started with my new babies.
@@ChocolateCoveredPages you did! Which is so good. lol
I will pay for mailing for all of those books!!
Are you in my broadcast channel on Instagram? I’m going to be offering the doubles on there as giveaways in a couple weeks
Maame is gooooooooooooood. It's sad and complex but such a touching story about family duty and being an eldest daughter. It will make you scream from the entitlement and how people rely soooo heavy on daughters ( esp eldest daughters) and the guilt. So well written. read it!!!!
girl Make your library trip so you can visit in peace lol
Thank you
Glad to hear you loved Maame! I seem to be getting mixed reviews. Half the people I talk to loved it and the other half are saying it’s mid. Either way…it makes me want to read it for myself.
Ha! Yes I’m definitely going. I just need to find all the books….its been 4 years 🤦🏾♀️
2 I would love a part 2 of this video!
Heard you girl 🙌🏾🙌🏾💜
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If you don't read Persepolos, imma drop my address cuz I want it
😂 I’m definitely going to read it! Honestly before this video I forgot I had it 🤦🏾♀️
I spot a book that is in your save pile that you SHOULD unhaul.
👀👀 let’s hear it girl
2, I’ve definitely been meaning to ask if you could do an unhaul, bookshelf organization, or bookshelf tour.
Oh wow! Yes, I’m starting at the stacks because I want them off my floor 😩 then we’re going to move to the shelves
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Commenting for the algorithm but will be my background vid at work tomorrow lol 😊
Out here doing the Lord’s work. Thank you girl 😂
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I read Dark Matter last year. Really enjoyed it. There's an Apple TV show on it now that just ended.
Did James get you to read it?? That’s dope that you read it! Yes, we have like 1 more episode to go
I feel like it makes me look at life so differently.
@@ChocolateCoveredPages nope. Didn’t even know he read it
Which video is this from? Xx
Sorry! I just added it. It’s called “Some of the best books I’ve read so far in 2023.”
Can we get a bookshelf tour?
Eventually! Tomorrow I have a Book Stack tour dropping which is pretty much the same thing so be sure to check it out 💜
@@ChocolateCoveredPagesgreat ❤
Thank you sooo much for your channel ❤ This is my first time here and I immediately hit the subscribe button once you started speaking. Thank you for sharing your love 💕 of reading with us. I appreciate you 😊
Oh it’s such a pleasure. I’m so happy you’re here! 💜💜
@@ChocolateCoveredPages ☺️ Thank you
I listened to The Book of Night some years ago. After a couple of days of listening I was talking to somebody and slipped into patois ... I'm from KY, never heard it spoken consistently anywhere else, never been to the islands no connection to carribean community. Robin Miles did her thing.
Omg that is HILARIOUS 😂🤣🤣 thanks for sharing that laugh with me. Yea nobody slips into various accents as effortlessly as Robin
Have you ever made a list of all the books you've read?? If sooo where is it?? I'd love to see your reading journey from the beginning up to the present day🎉🎉
Oh I love this question! I don’t have a record of every single book BUT I have something pretty close to it. If you go to my Goodreads you can see as far back to 2008 and I also tried to note as many childhood books i could remember. HTTPS://goodreads.com/keyona
@@ChocolateCoveredPages THANK YOU!!!! I WILL GO BACK AND LOOK IT UP
a few book recommendations: (1) One Pale Summer (2) Things I Never Told (3) The High Price Of A Good Man (4) Bitter With The Sweet........ by debra phillips
Thank you for the recs!! 💜💜
I saw Elmont in your bio, and had to subscribe cus thats my side of town lol
In bio?? Or just my P.O. Box? It should say bk 🤔 But yes, heyyy neighbor! Elmont has become my home even though at first I hated it because it was too quiet 😩
@@ChocolateCoveredPages yes, your po box, sorry! But I literally never seen anyone even mention it before lmao. And compared to bk, definitely lol, but I lived close to the linden Blvd side, so close to bus lines and everything
I'm glad I've found your channel. I never heard of the book "The Secret Lives of Church Ladies" and I reserved a copy from my local library. Thank you for taking the time to do this-much appreciated. I've subscribed so I won't miss out on any book gems you suggest in the future. 📚
I’m so glad you found it too! 💜💜 Part 2 is definitely coming soon
I could listen to you talk about books whether good or bad all day long. Great video and thanks for your honest thoughts. So refreshing!!
Awww I appreciate that so much 💜💜🙏🏾
girl same! I have been obsessed with the Tudors since elementary. I thought it was hilarious how he was ending all his wives and that one of them was the bloody Mary myth . As an adult I realize that is privilege and narcissism but young me was consuming every book on the Tudors that Scholastic could print lol
😂😂😂 There’s so much drama that it feels very much like fiction and when you realize it’s real it’s like 🤯 They were WILD
@@ChocolateCoveredPages EXACTLY!
Did you not absolutely hate the husband in Stay With Me? He let her lose her entire mind due to pride. When I think about that man, he is the only book character I ABHOR!
lol oh for sure! That was sooo wrong
Hi there Turning Pages with Paul and Lesley here to say thanks so much for this video! We look forward to grabbing some of these books!📖 Keep turning those pages and making great content!! We have subscribed to this amazing channel! 📖
Happy to have you guys! 💜💜
Happy to have you guys! 💜💜💜
Rosewater trilogy recommend big time. all of Nnedi Okorafor books. missed off the G Ms Octavia Butler come on now. Thanks for the rage of dragons recommendation
This of course is in no way an exhaustive list lol. I didn’t include Octavia Butler because the book of hers that I love is science fiction. I haven’t found a Nnedi that I liked personally. I’m looking forward to picking up Rosewater as I’ve heard great things.
Girl you reading Mr. Curtis Jackson. 😢 Say it ain’t sooooooooooooo. That sir is so unkind. You still a fav tho.
Lol I do love me some 50
Avid Reader Press went in “The Ministry of Time”. Did you ever read it?
They sure did. No I haven’t 🤦🏾♀️ At the time when I got this I didn’t know anything about it but NOW? I’m very interested in it
I was mad at everybody but Step in Bad Influence. The MMC was delulu and gullible. And if Scarlett’s mama said “boo” or “honey” one more time 😵💫 This was my first Brandon Massey book and I definitely agree with the writing style. It was definitely dated and I was wondering if all of his books were like this?!
The constant boo’s is what sent meeee. Steph is me because I’m laying hands! The MMC..that fool. I wanted him to get in so much trouble. I read the Other Brother and it was a similar plain writing style as well but it was published a while back so I gave him a pass.
“Girl just go to bed” has me cracking up 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
😂😂😂 she was pissing me awfff
Not “Where Sleeping Girls Lie” is similar to Ace of Spades 🥹 I’ll read this one later down the line. Because I just read Ace of Spades earlier this year.
Awww man. You’re ruined now 😩 Maybe if you wait long enough you’ll forget the details of Ace of spades and this will feel fresh lol
@@ChocolateCoveredPages right!!! I’m gonna have to! 😂
Not “Where Sleeping Girls Lie” is similar to Ace of Spades 🥹 I’ll read this one later down the line. Because I just read Ace of Spades earlier this year.
Little Rot kept me in shock. I wanted to put it down but I couldn't, I wanted to know where the writer was going with the story. It was definitely an interesting read.
Yep all of this. It was like watching a car accident.
I love your videos!!! Thanks so much for the awesome reviews
Thank you! Appreciate you watching 🥰
I feel you on backlist being better quality than the new releases etc. I find that contempory is my least favorite genre…. Everyone just writing 😂
WORD. We’re reading it and just feeling dead inside 😩
Her saying "This book was written in the 90s it is OLLD" makes me think of kids going all wide-eyed/mouth open when you tell them you're an age above 30. LOL
👍🏽ou always have the great book recs… I don’t know how you get the book early and giveus the scoop on them but Niiiiice, thank you! Do you think you can get Sista Soulja’s new one? I pre-ordered it but, can you get us the scoop early? 😂📚💯
Publishers typically send me advance copies of books. Re: Sista Souljah new book…normally I’d be happy to but the WAY sista souljah last book upset me and my homegirls?! The TORTURE? I’m sorry I can’t lol
@@ChocolateCoveredPages 😂😂😂 true… that last book was a bit much… I understood what she was trying to convey but “we wasn’t ready…’ 🥴😂😂 I get it tho.. 📚💚your videos and recomendations!!! You be 🎯 on!!!🫡
Sis switched genres on us mid series!! I was not prepared 😂
@@ChocolateCoveredPages Okaaaaay! 😂
For the readers who out here reading 700 page books? I am impressed ✨ but also are yall okay. Do it really be needed because the fastest way to make sure i wont read a book is to make it more than 350-400 pages. I gotta read 3-4 books to confirm you can hold my interest before you get that commitment from me. But them COVERS 😍
lol oh man you missing out babes! There’s some long books I never wanted to END. I think the long book has to be a genre you enjoy AND it has to have enough plot to keep you in tuned. And not just filler pages. Like I know a 700 page romance will just piss me off 😂
Love your reviews! Great video!
Thank you Natalie! 🙏🏾
43 minutes?! let me grab a beverage 🍹🥰
Do what Godmother Says, as soon as homeboy hit the page I knew 😅 It was extremely predictable. I’ve been on the fence about reading little rot and I can now say with my whole chest it’s a no for me 😅. Your review was perfect. I love how you’re able to let people know what they will walk into without spoiling anything.
Right!! The “mystery” elements were very much giving Scooby Doo 🤦🏾♀️ And I totally get it re:little rot! And I can tell you that based on your taste I don’t think you’ll like it 😂 I try my best because I hate spoilers myself
Thank you for this! I always love your thoughts and commentary. It’s very helpful!
💜 happy to hear this