Okay hear me out. I know you love Harry Potter, and Percy Jackson is like the summer version cause 4/5 of them take place in the summer and they’re so nostalgic of growing up going to summer camp and it’s so magical and cute. And they’re all pretty quick reads too.
The vlog is so nice and cozy! I may finally have some time to read and your review gave me an idea what to choose. Thanks for that! Also, the song Tomek wrote is really soothing and just perfectly fits the vlog. And the way Brian hyped up your readathon was so sweet. Hope you have an amazing summer with more great reads!
Anne of green gables is my favorite! I’m listening to Mary Kate wiles audio book version of it with Dylan as Matthew and it’s such a peaceful thing to listen too while playing stardew valley or a short hike!! ❤❤❤
Your vlogs are so wholesome and relaxing, and I love seeing what books other people have read. I've had to use a lot of self-control to not buy ‘just for the summer’, though. It sounds like something I would enjoy, but I need to get through the 20 or so books sitting on my bookshelf first 😅
yay i love the book talk! i miss being able to read books (my ADHD is kicking my butt rn and not letting me focus when i try to read), so listening to your in depth opinions is really nice. it's such a great vibe and i miss it!
This is the first non-starkid related vlog I ever watched of yours and wow your energy is so relaxing, I can see why it’s called cozy 😊 I love this vlog so much and omg your Appa sweatshirt is so cute 💚💚💚 I love books so much and it’s so nice hearing you talk about the ones your reading now. I’m reading one right now called Crier’s War which is really good so far but my favorite books besides Harry Potter are the Throne of Glass books by Sarah J. Maas. Also, I love Brian’s readathon song😂
This was so cosy/chill. I’m in the middle of my master’s degree so finding time to read for fun has been soooo hard recently, but I’ve got a break over the summer so I’m so excited to get back into reading what I want to! I’ve listened to an audio book over the last week & just downloaded another so I’m already picking back up & I love to see your recs!!
My jaw dropped when you said Luna can't stop eating cicadas. Does she usually eat bugs?? Does she eat them dead or alive or both?? I also love that you keep showing us Brian's sourdough loaves. At the beginning he said he was never going to do it again but still he keeps going and they all look amazing. I'm loving all the book recommendations, I've started listening to audiobooks again because I can listen while I work and I'm having a lot of fun. I'm planning on listening to Demon Copperhead soon but it's a 21 hour listen so I need to pick the right time to start it.
Luna has loved eating cicadas since we first got her... so I think it's just in her blood. She loves when they buzz in her mouth... 🤢 And yes Demon Copperhead is long!! Let me know what you think of the narration! I read a physical copy
Ah, this video really hit the cozy, relaxing spot! Thanks for sharing your read-a-thon day! The weather was so perfect- I could feel the breeze the video! Also, the ✈️ edit SENT me!! Glad you got a nice reset after SK Innit!
Can’t believe I didn’t know you posted a new video !! I was on FaceTime with my mother and she goes “have you seen Meredith’s new book video ? It’s so cute!” My mum is now a bigger fan than I am 😂 If you want a good queer book with layers and exploration of someone’s cultural background and queerness I highly recommend “Late Night at the Telegraph Club” I feel like you’d like the way the author describes everything
I love getting new cozy book recommendations! I have an audio suggestion that might seem a bit out there, especially since it’s a podcast and a TTRPG. Worlds Beyond Number’s main story arch of The Wizard, witch and wild one! It feels like listening to every type of Miyazaki movie. It’s cozy, breathtaking, at times deeply emotional, and a little scary. It’s also a bit more heightened with it being a D&D adjacent mechanic because sometimes the dice truly tell the story. All 4 performers are beyond amazing and gifted storytellers. Episodes are between 1-2 hours and right now there are 28 main story episodes out!
Recently I've read John Green books and although I don't like every aspect of his books, I do recommend "Will Grayson, Will Grayson" and "turtles all the way down" as a summer read. They are easy to read and deal with mental health issues kindly
I /loved/ Will Grayson, Will Grayson so much. Haven't read Turtles yet but I watched the movie. I just ordered The Athropecene Reviewed and am excited to read it!
@@cael_ajThe Anthropocene Reviewed is SUCH a treat! So many fun facts and insights on life all wrapped up in one. It’s also great if you don’t have time to read a lot of it at a time since each chapter is short and stands alone.
“Turtles all the way down” is such a well developed look into mental health and thought spirals and what it means to live. My favorite John Green fiction book for sure. And the movie version just came out this month!
if you really enjoyed a psalm of the wild-built, would definitely recommend the wayfarers series if you haven't already checked it out!! it's becky chamber's other series and it's just like fun and thoughtful slice-of-life scifi! now this vlog has gotten me in the mood to update my summer tbr list... (and was perfect to watch while weaving in ends!)
@@MerediddyS I don't remember the exact timing of when the book takes place in the year but I believe I read it in early fall and it was timed so nicely imo (Although that might just be because it takes place in northern Michigan and my brain associates that region with fall haha)
Thank you for this reading vlog!!☀🌻 I'm going to be a camp counselor again this summer and camp is always a reading era for me so I was looking for book recs. Truly perfect timing! So far I have 'Funny Story', 'Before the coffee gets cold' and 'How To Kill Men and Get Away With it' on my list but I definitely added Just for The Summer after seeing this vlog! Also still need to finish 'Normal People' because that has been on my list for so so long but I never got around to finishing it.
You’ve sold me on the Abby Jimenez book! Definitely going to check it out. I also couldn’t get into Happy Place, but I loved Book Lovers and Funny Story (haven’t read her others yet). Here are some of my favorite books I’ve listened to on audio: The Wall by Marlen Haushofer (written in the 60s, but you’d never guess it was that old. An invisible wall appears in the Austrian countryside overnight and a woman must figure out how to survive on her own. More feminist survival book than sci-fi. It’s dark, but so good). The Street by Ann Petry (another dark one, but probably the best-written book I’ve ever read. Written in 1946, this was the first book by a Black female author to sell one million copies! It’s about a mother and young son trying to get by in NY in the ‘40s. Felt like it could have been written yesterday). Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz (honestly don’t remember too many details about this one, but I really liked it and the narrator had a great, Stephen Fry-esque voice). The Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery (a memoir all about learning about octopuses. So interesting!). The Summer Before the War by Helen Simonson (very Downton Abbey!). I always have to listen to the audiobooks of David Sedaris’s books too, bc his voice is so unique. If you ever read middle grade, I also loved The Bridge Home by Padma Venkatramen. The author narrates her audiobooks and she has the most beautiful voice.
first off Merediddy is such a gorgeous and lovely song!!!!!!!!!!! Wow Tomek!!! Second, I ready Yours Truly recently and had put on my reading list because of your vlogs and LOVED IT so now I'm inspired to bump Just for the Summer to be my read this week/weekend once I finish the book I'm currently reading. This was suuuuch a cozy vlog and gosh books!!!! They're good!
@@MerediddyS okay one last add on!!! i finished Just for the Summer yesterday and came back to watch the end of this video and YES i agree to all of that!!!! I loved it soooo much and I cried in the same part in the middle of the book too!!! It was such a perfect book!
This was the perfect video. I just love books so much 😭 I’ve never been big into romance, but you’ve made me want to check out Abby Jimenez! Also, Dragonfruit was my April BOTM and I ended up not finishing it 😢 I thought it sounded super interesting, but there’s a content warning I feel like you should know about but I don’t want to spoil anything so I’m conflicted on what to do 😂
Have you read 'The House in the cerulean sea' by TJ Klune? one of my favourite books I think you would love it! It's such a nice found family book, the characters are so loveable, its sequel is also coming out soon in September. Another of my favourite books is 'piranesi' by Susanna Clarke, an extremely good easy read! ✌️✌️
I would highly recommend 'A Good Girl's Guide to Murder' by Holly Jackson. Even though it's YA I really enjoyed reading it as an adult. I'm reading it again right now before the movie comes out on the BBC in July (with Matt Baynton - he was such a big part of my childhood!). I would also recommend 'The Thursday Murder Club' by Richard Osman. He writes such gentle murder mysteries (think Agatha Christie).
I like books and I'm a nerd like you! I've read 44 so far this year. All ebook or paperback. I'm reading The Martian next. :) p.s. take 20 minutes to read The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse. I really savored the artwork. it reminded me of the 100 acre woods. :)
Love seeing your book reviews and to read list!! Last year was a bit of an off year for reading for me so I'm having fun working through my giant book list right now and picking up whatever I'm in the mood for! I would definitely love to do a readathon day next time it's a good combination of time off and nice weather so thank you for the inspiration!! I agree sweater/shorts weather is the BEST
This was a lovely video! The last book I finished was A Psalm for the Wild Built, so I was very excited to hear you loved it, I'm on the hunt for the sequel right now. I don't have quite as big a Summer TBR as you, but I know my next books will be Chain-Gang All Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah (fiction) and The Story of English in 100 Words by David Crystal (non-fiction) :D
The Secret Life of Bees is a perfect summertime historical fiction book! Also seconding there recommendations above to read the Percy Jackson series in the summer.
Omg killers of a certain age is so fun!! I watched Anne with an E and now I HAVE TO READ IT! I bought Persuasion while I was in Bath last summer - so fun.
I'm so glad you loved Anne of Green Gables! It's my favorite book of all time. I've been tempted to reread the series lately, but I have so many new books I want to read that I've been resisting the temptation. You should read them all at some point. They're all so good!
Brandon Sanderson is one of my favorite fantasy writers! Two thoughts: 1) If you loved the narrator of that book, you should also read the Stormlight Archive series by him. 2) "Tress of the Emerald Sea" reminded me so much of one of my favorite childhood books: "The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle". You should check that one out in the future!
a youtube channel who reads loads is 'hippy highland living'! her name is molly and she lives in the scottish highlands where she just lives cozy with her dog and books. there's so much nature and cozy vibes I think everyone in this corner of youtube would love her!!! just a rec :)
My recommendation: Factory Girls by Michelle Gallen. Takes place in Northern Ireland near the end of the Troubles over one eventful summer for the protagonist. It is one of my favorite books I've read this year!
Some of my favorite audiobooks of all time are the Airborn series by Kenneth Oppel. They’re narrated by a full cast and have sound effects and music! The books definitely skew toward younger YA but if you’re looking for something light and fun, it would be a great choice (the first book is especially summery). I also really like the audiobooks for Roxy and Dry, written by Neal and Jarrod Shusterman. One deals with drug addiction in teens and the other a possibly drought reality, but are still YA so nothing ever gets super gruesome-just suspenseful in the best way!
Meredith! I love the reading content so much!! Also, so sorry for the subject change but I just started my 3rd year in Stardew and I think I'm going to marry Harvey! Who did you marry in your playthrough again?
I’m rereading Lord of the Rings also. It is not going well, I started like 2 years ago and am still not even to page 100. I reread books very slow as it is and I find Lotr very hard to read. Also, I am in the middle of the mistborn books by Brandon Sanderson. I finished the first series and am waiting for the next book in the following series. They’re really good but larger books
I struggled reading Lord of the Rings until I discovered the audiobook- I feel like Tolkien stories aren’t meant to be read with eyes and instead should be read to you aloud like a bed time story. Maybe changing the format might help since they are such a fun adventure!
I love hearing your thoughts on what you've read! Have you ever thought of making a Good Reads account? I love using it to review books and to read what my friends thought! Days at the Morisaki Bookshop was one of my favourite April reads. It wasn't challenging, it was easy to relax and enjoy and I'm looking forward to the sequel! I'm planning on reading Butter next, it's meant to be really good 🥰
I too loved Funny Story and disliked Happy Place! HP was sad and toxic. I work in publishing so Book Lovers really speaks to me lol. But BL is tied for my favorite with Funny Story now. ❤️
Don't know if you've ever read anything by Charlaine Harris, but I think you'd like the Aurora Teagarden Mysteries. They're cozy and fun. Haven't watched any of the (hallmark) movies made from them, but they're apparently very popular :)
i recently listened to the raven cycle by maggie stiefvater (after having devoured the books a few years ago), and i absolutely recommend them as a summer read or listen! ngl the audiobook was a little hard to get into for me bc the narration is a bit particular at first, but it is so worth sticking with because the books are honestly my favourite series of ya fiction. no one does magical realism like maggie stiefvater. all four books are free on spotify, as well as her two stand-alones 'the scorpio races' (my absolute favourite book for late autumn re-reads, and beautifully narrated as an audiobook), and 'all the crooked saints' (which i read a few years ago, and is honestly also a really good summer read - i haven't yet listened to the audiobook though).
I have an audiobook recommendation for you :) I just finished "The Berry Pickers" by Amanda Peters and loved it. The narration was wonderful and this story is just so interesting!
Ok AMAZING I'm currently listening to "Black Cake" (so amazing btw) and "Berry Pickers" was a rec for people who like Black Cake!! Seems like similar vibes- I added it to my TBR!
Finding a book I want to read has become difficult. This summer I'm going to see if I can get back into reading by trying different genres and different authors. I'm going to start with "The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club" and go from there. I HOPE I can get back to going to my local library and start borrowing books again. Things kept happening in my life over the past few years, and reading for enjoyment just wasn't something I could spend energy on. So fingers crossed I can start again!!
I believe in your reading journey!!! We all go through seasons of heavy reading and light reading..... but the books will always be there when you're ready!
Okay hear me out. I know you love Harry Potter, and Percy Jackson is like the summer version cause 4/5 of them take place in the summer and they’re so nostalgic of growing up going to summer camp and it’s so magical and cute. And they’re all pretty quick reads too.
Oooo ok cool I'll add them to the list! I never read them!
I love all the Percy Jackson books and the spin off series as well 💚
Thank you for the video, Meredith!! So nice of Tomek to make a Merediddy!!! (and Brian to make the read-a-thon song haha)
I am so lucky for all my sweet music!!!
When you pranked us by saying Anne of Green Gables was okay you really got me lol
Lol of course it's amazing
Each vlog we get more sour dough! Yay!
I know!! I'm so glad he didn't give up!!
It is so thoughtful of you to add the trigger warning sequences with the cozy music and doodles
Hehehe you never know who might not wanna see a cicada!!
The vlog is so nice and cozy! I may finally have some time to read and your review gave me an idea what to choose. Thanks for that! Also, the song Tomek wrote is really soothing and just perfectly fits the vlog. And the way Brian hyped up your readathon was so sweet.
Hope you have an amazing summer with more great reads!
Thank you!!! Hope your summer is great and full of amazing reads as well!!
Anne of green gables is my favorite! I’m listening to Mary Kate wiles audio book version of it with Dylan as Matthew and it’s such a peaceful thing to listen too while playing stardew valley or a short hike!! ❤❤❤
Awww yay!!!
Your vlogs are so wholesome and relaxing, and I love seeing what books other people have read. I've had to use a lot of self-control to not buy ‘just for the summer’, though. It sounds like something I would enjoy, but I need to get through the 20 or so books sitting on my bookshelf first 😅
Hehehe I know what you mean!!
yay i love the book talk! i miss being able to read books (my ADHD is kicking my butt rn and not letting me focus when i try to read), so listening to your in depth opinions is really nice. it's such a great vibe and i miss it!
For sure. The books will be there waiting for you when you're ready!!
This is the first non-starkid related vlog I ever watched of yours and wow your energy is so relaxing, I can see why it’s called cozy 😊 I love this vlog so much and omg your Appa sweatshirt is so cute 💚💚💚 I love books so much and it’s so nice hearing you talk about the ones your reading now. I’m reading one right now called Crier’s War which is really good so far but my favorite books besides Harry Potter are the Throne of Glass books by Sarah J. Maas. Also, I love Brian’s readathon song😂
Hehehe yeah Brian is always available for a little theme song!! Welcome to the cozy vlogs!
You and Brian are so cute it makes me want to cry lol
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Cozy song for a cozy video!
I love it so much!
I loved Just for the Summer too! So fun and meaningful and sweet.
Such a cute book!!
This was so cosy/chill. I’m in the middle of my master’s degree so finding time to read for fun has been soooo hard recently, but I’ve got a break over the summer so I’m so excited to get back into reading what I want to! I’ve listened to an audio book over the last week & just downloaded another so I’m already picking back up & I love to see your recs!!
Yay!!! The books are always there waiting for you!
My jaw dropped when you said Luna can't stop eating cicadas. Does she usually eat bugs?? Does she eat them dead or alive or both?? I also love that you keep showing us Brian's sourdough loaves. At the beginning he said he was never going to do it again but still he keeps going and they all look amazing.
I'm loving all the book recommendations, I've started listening to audiobooks again because I can listen while I work and I'm having a lot of fun. I'm planning on listening to Demon Copperhead soon but it's a 21 hour listen so I need to pick the right time to start it.
Luna has loved eating cicadas since we first got her... so I think it's just in her blood. She loves when they buzz in her mouth... 🤢 And yes Demon Copperhead is long!! Let me know what you think of the narration! I read a physical copy
Ah, this video really hit the cozy, relaxing spot! Thanks for sharing your read-a-thon day! The weather was so perfect- I could feel the breeze the video! Also, the ✈️ edit SENT me!! Glad you got a nice reset after SK Innit!
Hehehe those airplanes were totally interrupting me!
Can’t believe I didn’t know you posted a new video !! I was on FaceTime with my mother and she goes “have you seen Meredith’s new book video ? It’s so cute!” My mum is now a bigger fan than I am 😂
If you want a good queer book with layers and exploration of someone’s cultural background and queerness I highly recommend “Late Night at the Telegraph Club” I feel like you’d like the way the author describes everything
I read Late Night at the Telegraph Club last year and loved it!!! Aww hi to your mom!
Abby Jimenez has a funny presence on tiktok, her dog stuntman mike just kills me!
Heheh yes!!! She's so funny
I love getting new cozy book recommendations! I have an audio suggestion that might seem a bit out there, especially since it’s a podcast and a TTRPG.
Worlds Beyond Number’s main story arch of The Wizard, witch and wild one! It feels like listening to every type of Miyazaki movie. It’s cozy, breathtaking, at times deeply emotional, and a little scary. It’s also a bit more heightened with it being a D&D adjacent mechanic because sometimes the dice truly tell the story. All 4 performers are beyond amazing and gifted storytellers. Episodes are between 1-2 hours and right now there are 28 main story episodes out!
That's very fun!!! It doesn't seem out there at all- sounds like a cozy fun time!!
Recently I've read John Green books and although I don't like every aspect of his books, I do recommend "Will Grayson, Will Grayson" and "turtles all the way down" as a summer read. They are easy to read and deal with mental health issues kindly
I /loved/ Will Grayson, Will Grayson so much. Haven't read Turtles yet but I watched the movie. I just ordered The Athropecene Reviewed and am excited to read it!
Yay! Brian loves John Green's books but I've never read one!
@@cael_ajThe Anthropocene Reviewed is SUCH a treat! So many fun facts and insights on life all wrapped up in one. It’s also great if you don’t have time to read a lot of it at a time since each chapter is short and stands alone.
“Turtles all the way down” is such a well developed look into mental health and thought spirals and what it means to live. My favorite John Green fiction book for sure. And the movie version just came out this month!
This might just be the coziest vlog with the coziest song?? Have also added a lot of these books to my summer reading song, thank you for sharing!!
Yay!! Keep me updated on what you read and what you think!
if you really enjoyed a psalm of the wild-built, would definitely recommend the wayfarers series if you haven't already checked it out!! it's becky chamber's other series and it's just like fun and thoughtful slice-of-life scifi! now this vlog has gotten me in the mood to update my summer tbr list... (and was perfect to watch while weaving in ends!)
Yay ok fun!! Yeah she's an incredible writer!!
Came here to say this!! Such a cozy cozy sci fi series with SUPER cool and interesting aliens, great story, great characters!
several vlogs ago you recommended "listen for the lie" and I got it for my birthday - I had a blast reading it!!! Thank you so much!!!
Yay!!! Wasn't it just so fun and fast??
Firekeeper's Daughter was one of my FAVE reads last year! I hope you enjoy when you read it this summer!!
YES!!!!! Same here!!! I just read it this year!!!!!!!!
Yay!!! Am I right in thinking it's a summer book?? Or is it more fall-timey? I was saving it for end of summer....
@@MerediddyS I don't remember the exact timing of when the book takes place in the year but I believe I read it in early fall and it was timed so nicely imo (Although that might just be because it takes place in northern Michigan and my brain associates that region with fall haha)
Thank you for this reading vlog!!☀🌻
I'm going to be a camp counselor again this summer and camp is always a reading era for me so I was looking for book recs. Truly perfect timing! So far I have 'Funny Story', 'Before the coffee gets cold' and 'How To Kill Men and Get Away With it' on my list but I definitely added Just for The Summer after seeing this vlog! Also still need to finish 'Normal People' because that has been on my list for so so long but I never got around to finishing it.
All great books!! I haven't read "How to kill men" though so keep me updated on if it's good!
Love!!!
Thank you!!
You’ve sold me on the Abby Jimenez book! Definitely going to check it out. I also couldn’t get into Happy Place, but I loved Book Lovers and Funny Story (haven’t read her others yet). Here are some of my favorite books I’ve listened to on audio: The Wall by Marlen Haushofer (written in the 60s, but you’d never guess it was that old. An invisible wall appears in the Austrian countryside overnight and a woman must figure out how to survive on her own. More feminist survival book than sci-fi. It’s dark, but so good). The Street by Ann Petry (another dark one, but probably the best-written book I’ve ever read. Written in 1946, this was the first book by a Black female author to sell one million copies! It’s about a mother and young son trying to get by in NY in the ‘40s. Felt like it could have been written yesterday). Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz (honestly don’t remember too many details about this one, but I really liked it and the narrator had a great, Stephen Fry-esque voice). The Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery (a memoir all about learning about octopuses. So interesting!). The Summer Before the War by Helen Simonson (very Downton Abbey!). I always have to listen to the audiobooks of David Sedaris’s books too, bc his voice is so unique. If you ever read middle grade, I also loved The Bridge Home by Padma Venkatramen. The author narrates her audiobooks and she has the most beautiful voice.
Amazing!! I haven't read/listened to any of these except David Seders! I'll look them up!
first off Merediddy is such a gorgeous and lovely song!!!!!!!!!!! Wow Tomek!!! Second, I ready Yours Truly recently and had put on my reading list because of your vlogs and LOVED IT so now I'm inspired to bump Just for the Summer to be my read this week/weekend once I finish the book I'm currently reading. This was suuuuch a cozy vlog and gosh books!!!! They're good!
Just For the Summer is VERY similar to Yours Truly!!! So much fun!
@@MerediddyS I started it yesterdat and I'm already about halfway through and I'm loving it. It's so cute and fun!
@@MerediddyS okay one last add on!!! i finished Just for the Summer yesterday and came back to watch the end of this video and YES i agree to all of that!!!! I loved it soooo much and I cried in the same part in the middle of the book too!!! It was such a perfect book!
This was the perfect video. I just love books so much 😭 I’ve never been big into romance, but you’ve made me want to check out Abby Jimenez! Also, Dragonfruit was my April BOTM and I ended up not finishing it 😢 I thought it sounded super interesting, but there’s a content warning I feel like you should know about but I don’t want to spoil anything so I’m conflicted on what to do 😂
omg tell me!!
@@MerediddyS There’s apparently some pretty devastating violence towards animals ☹️ I can’t handle that stuff so I noped out
It’s such a nice day out, and I’m watching this before going for a walk in a reservation with my friends. It’s what Meredith would want!!
It IS what I want!
Have you read 'The House in the cerulean sea' by TJ Klune? one of my favourite books I think you would love it! It's such a nice found family book, the characters are so loveable, its sequel is also coming out soon in September. Another of my favourite books is 'piranesi' by Susanna Clarke, an extremely good easy read! ✌️✌️
Yes we listened to HITCS when we first moved into our house and had to paint a bunch of rooms!! We loved it! I'll look into Piranesi!
@@MerediddyS Oh seconding Piranesi! That's one of those books I want to shout from the rooftops about, it's SO good and the imagery is beautiful
I love the song!
Me too!!!
one book i always love and has such fun mystery woody kinda vibes is wildwood, i just reread it and its so good!!!
Ok amazing!! I'll look it up!!
I would highly recommend 'A Good Girl's Guide to Murder' by Holly Jackson. Even though it's YA I really enjoyed reading it as an adult. I'm reading it again right now before the movie comes out on the BBC in July (with Matt Baynton - he was such a big part of my childhood!). I would also recommend 'The Thursday Murder Club' by Richard Osman. He writes such gentle murder mysteries (think Agatha Christie).
Omg I just added the Good Girl's guide to my TBR on Goodreads like last week!! A vlogger I love recommended it!
I like books and I'm a nerd like you! I've read 44 so far this year. All ebook or paperback. I'm reading The Martian next. :) p.s. take 20 minutes to read The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse. I really savored the artwork. it reminded me of the 100 acre woods. :)
I've heard that book is very cozy!!
Love seeing your book reviews and to read list!! Last year was a bit of an off year for reading for me so I'm having fun working through my giant book list right now and picking up whatever I'm in the mood for! I would definitely love to do a readathon day next time it's a good combination of time off and nice weather so thank you for the inspiration!! I agree sweater/shorts weather is the BEST
Yes!! It's the best weather!!
Luna might eat that bee 😂
She might've... 🐝
This was a lovely video! The last book I finished was A Psalm for the Wild Built, so I was very excited to hear you loved it, I'm on the hunt for the sequel right now. I don't have quite as big a Summer TBR as you, but I know my next books will be Chain-Gang All Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah (fiction) and The Story of English in 100 Words by David Crystal (non-fiction) :D
So fun!!! Happy reading!
I just finished Days at the Morisaki Bookshop and it was a really sweet story! I think Brian should record his Readathon song
Ok yay! I'm glad. I can't wait to listen to it!
The Secret Life of Bees is a perfect summertime historical fiction book! Also seconding there recommendations above to read the Percy Jackson series in the summer.
Ok amazing!! Thank you!
The Enchanted Hacienda is a great summer book!
Oooo is that different than just regular Hacienda?
@@MerediddyS Yeah! It's by J.C. Cervantes and it's basically Encanto as a cozy magical romance.
thank you, Tomek!!!
I knowwwwww
This was such a great book video. I loved it so much
Yay!! Thank you for watching!
Omg killers of a certain age is so fun!! I watched Anne with an E and now I HAVE TO READ IT! I bought Persuasion while I was in Bath last summer - so fun.
I'm almost done with Killers of a Certain Age and I'm having a blast! Def has me on the edge of my seat!
I'm so glad you loved Anne of Green Gables! It's my favorite book of all time. I've been tempted to reread the series lately, but I have so many new books I want to read that I've been resisting the temptation. You should read them all at some point. They're all so good!
I had such a blast!!!! I wanna keep going with the series for sure- I might save it for next Spring :)
"The housekeeper and the professor" by Yoko Ogawa is so wholesome! Must read! :D
Oooo I love wholesome!
Brandon Sanderson is one of my favorite fantasy writers! Two thoughts: 1) If you loved the narrator of that book, you should also read the Stormlight Archive series by him. 2) "Tress of the Emerald Sea" reminded me so much of one of my favorite childhood books: "The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle". You should check that one out in the future!
Ok yay!! Thank you for the recs!!!
a youtube channel who reads loads is 'hippy highland living'! her name is molly and she lives in the scottish highlands where she just lives cozy with her dog and books. there's so much nature and cozy vibes I think everyone in this corner of youtube would love her!!! just a rec :)
Oh sounds freakin AMAZING I'll subscribe immediately!
My recommendation: Factory Girls by Michelle Gallen. Takes place in Northern Ireland near the end of the Troubles over one eventful summer for the protagonist. It is one of my favorite books I've read this year!
Oooo ok amazing!!! Adding it now!
Some of my favorite audiobooks of all time are the Airborn series by Kenneth Oppel. They’re narrated by a full cast and have sound effects and music! The books definitely skew toward younger YA but if you’re looking for something light and fun, it would be a great choice (the first book is especially summery). I also really like the audiobooks for Roxy and Dry, written by Neal and Jarrod Shusterman. One deals with drug addiction in teens and the other a possibly drought reality, but are still YA so nothing ever gets super gruesome-just suspenseful in the best way!
Yay!! Thank you for the recs!!!
Meredith! I love the reading content so much!! Also, so sorry for the subject change but I just started my 3rd year in Stardew and I think I'm going to marry Harvey! Who did you marry in your playthrough again?
I married Elliot!!! We are in love
I’m rereading Lord of the Rings also. It is not going well, I started like 2 years ago and am still not even to page 100. I reread books very slow as it is and I find Lotr very hard to read. Also, I am in the middle of the mistborn books by Brandon Sanderson. I finished the first series and am waiting for the next book in the following series. They’re really good but larger books
LOTR is definitely hard to read!! So many scenes with long descriptions of settings that they just.. walk by... and so many songs!!!
I struggled reading Lord of the Rings until I discovered the audiobook- I feel like Tolkien stories aren’t meant to be read with eyes and instead should be read to you aloud like a bed time story. Maybe changing the format might help since they are such a fun adventure!
I love hearing your thoughts on what you've read! Have you ever thought of making a Good Reads account? I love using it to review books and to read what my friends thought! Days at the Morisaki Bookshop was one of my favourite April reads. It wasn't challenging, it was easy to relax and enjoy and I'm looking forward to the sequel! I'm planning on reading Butter next, it's meant to be really good 🥰
I have a Goodreads and am obsessed with it!!! I'm so excited to read the Morisaki Bookshop!!
I too loved Funny Story and disliked Happy Place! HP was sad and toxic. I work in publishing so Book Lovers really speaks to me lol. But BL is tied for my favorite with Funny Story now. ❤️
Yesssss agreed!!!
Don't know if you've ever read anything by Charlaine Harris, but I think you'd like the Aurora Teagarden Mysteries. They're cozy and fun. Haven't watched any of the (hallmark) movies made from them, but they're apparently very popular :)
Oooo I haven't!! I'll look them up!
i recently listened to the raven cycle by maggie stiefvater (after having devoured the books a few years ago), and i absolutely recommend them as a summer read or listen! ngl the audiobook was a little hard to get into for me bc the narration is a bit particular at first, but it is so worth sticking with because the books are honestly my favourite series of ya fiction. no one does magical realism like maggie stiefvater. all four books are free on spotify, as well as her two stand-alones 'the scorpio races' (my absolute favourite book for late autumn re-reads, and beautifully narrated as an audiobook), and 'all the crooked saints' (which i read a few years ago, and is honestly also a really good summer read - i haven't yet listened to the audiobook though).
Ok yay!! Thank you for these recs! I've never read any of Maggie S's books!
I have an audiobook recommendation for you :) I just finished "The Berry Pickers" by Amanda Peters and loved it. The narration was wonderful and this story is just so interesting!
Ok AMAZING I'm currently listening to "Black Cake" (so amazing btw) and "Berry Pickers" was a rec for people who like Black Cake!! Seems like similar vibes- I added it to my TBR!
Have you read This is How You Lose the Time War? Maybe my favorite book of the decade. I did the audiobook and remember it being great
Also thank you for all of the book reviews this is amazing
I haven't!! Thank you for the rec!
Y’all are cute 😂❤
Thank you!!
Finding a book I want to read has become difficult. This summer I'm going to see if I can get back into reading by trying different genres and different authors. I'm going to start with "The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club" and go from there. I HOPE I can get back to going to my local library and start borrowing books again. Things kept happening in my life over the past few years, and reading for enjoyment just wasn't something I could spend energy on. So fingers crossed I can start again!!
I believe in your reading journey!!! We all go through seasons of heavy reading and light reading..... but the books will always be there when you're ready!
@@MerediddyS Thank you! I'm going to try to remember that!☺