Eeeee so many exciting books and many of them are on my shelves! I've loved every Liane Moriarty book I've read so far (the same ones as you). So good! Cheers to another fabulous reading year, my dear friend!
I just read the wonder by Emma donoghue after your recommendation and came back to your video once again. I loved the book. Thank you for recommending it. 💕
I know it is 3 years late, but I am working my way through all of your 2017 favorites lol! East of Eden was a wonder. It is so difficult to think that these characters were not real... surely they were real! Thou mayest. Blue Castle! Ugh! How I have I not read this until now!? Thank you! My very favorite part was the day Valancy just stayed in her bathing suit for an entire island day. And they drank from birch bark cups just like in Anne! Halfway through Middlemarch! Can i read Ship of Magic before the Farseer ?
Oh my goodness, you’re reading through all of my 2017 favorites!? You QUEEN! You don’t *have* to read Farseer first, but I’d highly recommend it! They’re not as good as the mad ship trilogy, but they set the stage for the rest of the books in the world! And YES BLUE CASTLE!! So so good!!
I just found your channel... Thank you for reading books that are not YA and sharing them with us. I have been a little disappointed always seeing the same books shown on every other booktube channel, but this is wonderful to hear about many different books! I am trying to read many different books and styles so these videos are so helpful! I am also trying my hand at a channel because I want to share a variety if books so this is an inspiration. :)
Jenny Bowman the number of booktubers who read books other than the most popular YA is growing! But that is definitely still the largest demographic. I’d be happy to point you in some other directions if you’d like. I’m so glad you’ve decided to put your voice in there as well! I’ll go check out your channel. :)
So many awesome books! I can't wait to get to The Blue Castle. So thrilled I received that for Christmas this year. East of Eden is one that has been on my radar for a while now. It is quite intimidating because it's a chunky classic, but I've heard more and more people saying they really love it. I should just take the plunge.
OMG, the trilogy by Robin Hobb was also one my favorite readings of the year. I got super attached to Altea and Kennit (even is he's trash) Good video :)
I love The Blue Castle! I'll probably re-read this book each year. It definitely made me think more deeply about the decisions I make in my own life and why I make those decisions. The other books on your list sound fantastic. You talk with such passion about these books that I want to read them all.
Yes!! I hope to reread it as well. It was so charming and delightful, and yes, made me think a little bit also about what decisions we make and how that shapes the direction our life takes.
I've never heard of The Blue Castle... whaaat? An L.M. Montgomery book for adults?? I'm in. I'm also hoping to try Louise Penny this year - it's a goal of mine!
SO many books on this list are on my TBR right now and I am so excited watching you talk about them! Added "Ship of Magic" to my TBR. I don't read super long books very often, but a women focused series sounds awesome! lol also loved your description of Lianne Moriarty- maybe she is like a margarita that tastes so awesome, but that you think has like no alcohol, but then you finish reading and stand up and you're like woahhh lol the alcohol was in it!
YES!! That's a way better description. She's like a margarita that you think is virgin and then you get finished and you can't quite walk straight! hahahahah! I love it.
Big Little Lies made my favorites list too! You’ve really made me want to try the Louise Penny books. I also have East of Eden on my shelves and I’m hoping to make it a 2018 read 😄
OOOOh I just love Louise Penny so much!! I keep hearing they just get better and better and better. A lot of people's favorites are later in the series. Which, I love them all, but makes me SO excited to keep going!
I love Robin Hobb and Liane Moriarty. I plan on reading more of these authors in 2018. I haven't filmed my favorites of 2017 yet. Hopefully I will get to it this weekend. Thanks for making me want a pina colada now haha
YES! SO happy to see East of Eden on this list and happy because Kate and I are going to tackle Middlemarch this year, and I'm stoked about that. So much variety here and I LOVE IT
I can’t wait to read Robin Hobb this year! I picked up Assassin’s Apprentice last year but was waiting til I got through some of the Brandon Sanderson books before I jumped into another huge series. The Hero of Ages was my fav book I read last year! So good! :)
Completely agree with you about East of Eden! It really was a masterpiece and structured so well. Loved hearing your thoughts on Middlemarch, that’s one of those classics that I need to get to sooner rather than later, but the list is so long! 😩
Always love hearing you describe books and the ways in which they make you feel. I have discovered so many new books and authors as a result of your channel and your recommendations, so Thank you! Some of my 2017 favorites are also some of your past favorites, with a few additions: "The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society" was wow!, I also loved The Winter Solstice by Rosamunde Pilcher, as well as The Lavender Garden by Lucinda Riley. And this year was a big rereading year for me as well- Harry Potter (read books 1-4 last year), Song of Erin by BJ Hoff, The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton, as well as Voice in the Wind by Francine Rivers. And I think I loved all of those books more the 2nd time around than the first!
YES!!! SO SO many of those are favorites of mine!!! I'm SO glad you loved them, too. It makes me so happy to hear that you've taken my book recommendations to heart!!
I loved Eleanor Oliphant, The Enchanted, Everything I Never Told You, The Unseen World. I couldn't get into Home Going. I dnf'd it. And I REALLY tried to get into it bc everyone loved it, but it just didn't work for me.
I had quite a few favorites this year: The Little Friend, Magpie Murders, The Other Typist and my Louise Penny’s are just a few. I’m very excited for this year’s reading too. All books, all the time!
I'm so glad you loved Middlemarch! You might like Rebecca Mead's "My Life in Middlemarch" which might give you that feeling of discussing it with other people in a class. You learn a lot about George Eliot in it too.
I know exactly what you mean by the Louise Penny series. Reading the series is a 5 star experience. I”m in total love with The Blue Castle - going to put the rest of your list on my TBR! Think I might try City of the Bells for Elizabeth Goudge. Great review!!
Great video! I love the Inspector Gamache series and am spacing them out between other books, so the series can last longer! LOL! I read and liked The Husbands Secret and will read more of hers. I did buy The Blue Castle and May read that next. Also bought The Assassin’s Apprentice to start the series. YAY!
The Wonder was also one of my favourite books of 2017. I read Big Little Lies a couple of years ago and loved that one too. Child of the Sea sounds really interesting. I'll have to check my library for that one.
Great wrap! I'm so glad to see your excitement in the reading year to come! I know there were some slumps last year. My TBR list has definitely grown over the last year since discovering your channel and Booktube! Thank you so much for the wonderful recommendations and newfound friendship! Happy reading Katie!!
I love love love A Blue Castle by LM Montgomery! And it’s because of you , Kate Howe, and Emma! I probably already told you this. A Tangled Web by Montgomery is good too. I feel like it is an adult novel too.
wonderful picks!! I love the fact that you read what you really want to read...instead of newest releases/hyped books....I am so excited to read blue castle,pillars of the earth,big little lies and robin hobb this summer....I have stacked them already...
I hardly every end up picking up the most hyped books. I'll buy them, but then they'll sit on my shelf until they're no longer new and hyped. I don't do it intentionally...it's just the way it turns out!
Thankyou so much, that was so beautiful of a review now I'm wanting to read all of them. I have been reading Northampton , his dark materials trilogy, I'm on the second book, also I read half yellow sun my chimamanda adichie . Just loved your passion for your books!
I loved Peruasion which has become my favourite Jane Austen so far and read it in 2017 but there were also other great books like Simpel btw I love the way you talk about books and reading in general and those book sound amazing I so want to read the blue castle now
You should DEFINITELY read The Blue Castle! It's so delightful. I think Persuasion is also my favorite book by Jane - but then I can usually be persuaded to say that any of her books are my favorite. I love them all!!
Katie! I was waiting for your favourites video haha! So happy you uploaded it :D I was so impressed with Homegoing too, but I completely forgot it's a debut. So impressive, right? I'm getting so so excited for Liveship Traders! I'm currently only on the second one of The Farseer though. I'm also noticing I'm a bit out of it for some reason, maybe I just need to stop reading other books at the same time for a bit and really focus on it. And omg, Assassin's Quest arrive yesterday and it is SUCH a chunker... Terrifies me slightly, but I know I will love it! Big Little Lies is not something I would go for usually I think, but is seems super cool! Especially the part about the relationship between the women developing within the story. Aah and The Blue Castle too! Now stop it, stop making me want to read all these, because I'm already buying way too much lately! You gave me an idea btw, in saying that you wished you had read Middlemarch in more of an academic setting! Why not create something like that for ourselves with a small group, for books that might be even more enjoyable in that way? We could read do a buddy read and than look for academic essays on the novel and try going more in depth in the discussions that way! Just an idea, I don't know if it would work. I do know that I agree with you that an academic setting can do a lot for a book and how I experience it.
Have you read The Brutal Telling or Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny yet? I LOVED them. I’m going to try to read Middlemarch, East of Eden, and War and Peace this year. And Bleak House. Those are my massive books for the year. Some of my favorite books of the year were: The Tidal Zone by Sarah Moss, Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz, The Leavenworth Case by Anna Katherine Green, Tales from Outer Suburbia by Shaun Tan, and Uncle Dynamite by P. G. Wodehouse.
I'm currently busy reading Homegoing and loving it. The style of storytelling reminds me of Chimamanda Ngosi Adichie's Half of a yellow sun which is a favourite of mine. I Read East of Eden a few years back and it's also a favorite. The Blue Caste is on my reading list.
I watched the first season of the show before I knew it was a book! It's been on my tbr ever since, but I haven't gotten around to reading them yet!! I'm glad they get your stamp of approval - I don't know many people who've read them.
Life Between Words the show is almost exactly like the books but with some extra details. I don't know anyone who has read them, including my genius English professor.
Life Between Words I must have it it’s gorgeous. And it’s on my list to read this year!! I was going to buy it recently but I don’t like the paperback cover so I need to hunt down a hardback haha
I am hoping I can get to a couple of her other books this year as well! I own The Hypnotist's Love Story. I think I've read all her "best" ones. But I still want to read her others.
Well, I am about half way through Three Wishes (listening on audio) and even though it is not quite as page turning as her popular books, that woman just knows how to write emotions! She has a way with words and relationships that make it feel so believable, like I know these situations or I know these exact people. I'm a big fan.
Eeeee so many exciting books and many of them are on my shelves! I've loved every Liane Moriarty book I've read so far (the same ones as you). So good! Cheers to another fabulous reading year, my dear friend!
Getting Hygge With It and to you April!! So much love to you! ❤️❤️❤️
East of Eden ❤️ I’m so happy you loved it!
Helene Jeppesen it was SO great. Definitely a book I’ll reread.
I just read the wonder by Emma donoghue after your recommendation and came back to your video once again. I loved the book. Thank you for recommending it. 💕
I know it is 3 years late, but I am working my way through all of your 2017 favorites lol!
East of Eden was a wonder. It is so difficult to think that these characters were not real... surely they were real! Thou mayest.
Blue Castle! Ugh! How I have I not read this until now!? Thank you! My very favorite part was the day Valancy just stayed in her bathing suit for an entire island day. And they drank from birch bark cups just like in Anne!
Halfway through Middlemarch!
Can i read Ship of Magic before the Farseer ?
Oh my goodness, you’re reading through all of my 2017 favorites!? You QUEEN!
You don’t *have* to read Farseer first, but I’d highly recommend it! They’re not as good as the mad ship trilogy, but they set the stage for the rest of the books in the world!
And YES BLUE CASTLE!! So so good!!
I just found your channel... Thank you for reading books that are not YA and sharing them with us. I have been a little disappointed always seeing the same books shown on every other booktube channel, but this is wonderful to hear about many different books! I am trying to read many different books and styles so these videos are so helpful! I am also trying my hand at a channel because I want to share a variety if books so this is an inspiration. :)
Jenny Bowman the number of booktubers who read books other than the most popular YA is growing! But that is definitely still the largest demographic. I’d be happy to point you in some other directions if you’d like. I’m so glad you’ve decided to put your voice in there as well! I’ll go check out your channel. :)
Life Between Words I would love to know some more booktubers who review uncommon books!
Who’s making all that noise in the background? Lol :)
Sharon Devlin probably one of my crazy boys. Or both! 🤣
So many awesome books! I can't wait to get to The Blue Castle. So thrilled I received that for Christmas this year. East of Eden is one that has been on my radar for a while now. It is quite intimidating because it's a chunky classic, but I've heard more and more people saying they really love it. I should just take the plunge.
Ohhhh Krista. You are going to love The Blue Castle. I hope you read it soon!! And yes, East of Eden is really good. You should read it!
OMG, the trilogy by Robin Hobb was also one my favorite readings of the year. I got super attached to Altea and Kennit (even is he's trash)
Good video :)
I need to check out The Wonder. I think it’s important for everyone to recognize that their is both good and bad in religion, even Christianity.
all D books yes I absolutely agree!
I love The Blue Castle! I'll probably re-read this book each year. It definitely made me think more deeply about the decisions I make in my own life and why I make those decisions. The other books on your list sound fantastic. You talk with such passion about these books that I want to read them all.
Yes!! I hope to reread it as well. It was so charming and delightful, and yes, made me think a little bit also about what decisions we make and how that shapes the direction our life takes.
I've never heard of The Blue Castle... whaaat? An L.M. Montgomery book for adults?? I'm in. I'm also hoping to try Louise Penny this year - it's a goal of mine!
I hope you enjoy the Inspector Gamache series!! It brings me a lot of joy to read. As did The Blue Castle. :)
SO many books on this list are on my TBR right now and I am so excited watching you talk about them! Added "Ship of Magic" to my TBR. I don't read super long books very often, but a women focused series sounds awesome! lol also loved your description of Lianne Moriarty- maybe she is like a margarita that tastes so awesome, but that you think has like no alcohol, but then you finish reading and stand up and you're like woahhh lol the alcohol was in it!
YES!! That's a way better description. She's like a margarita that you think is virgin and then you get finished and you can't quite walk straight! hahahahah! I love it.
Big Little Lies made my favorites list too! You’ve really made me want to try the Louise Penny books. I also have East of Eden on my shelves and I’m hoping to make it a 2018 read 😄
OOOOh I just love Louise Penny so much!! I keep hearing they just get better and better and better. A lot of people's favorites are later in the series. Which, I love them all, but makes me SO excited to keep going!
I love Robin Hobb and Liane Moriarty. I plan on reading more of these authors in 2018.
I haven't filmed my favorites of 2017 yet. Hopefully I will get to it this weekend.
Thanks for making me want a pina colada now haha
YES. I want a Pina Colada too. Or a Margarita. Either one. But I want to be on a beach with drink in hand.
YES! SO happy to see East of Eden on this list and happy because Kate and I are going to tackle Middlemarch this year, and I'm stoked about that. So much variety here and I LOVE IT
I'm very eager to hear what you think about Middlemarch! It's definitely a beast to tackle. But I found it worthwhile.
I can’t wait to read Robin Hobb this year! I picked up Assassin’s Apprentice last year but was waiting til I got through some of the Brandon Sanderson books before I jumped into another huge series. The Hero of Ages was my fav book I read last year! So good! :)
You've GOTTA read Robin Hobb!! She's so good! I'm definitely going to read Mistborn this year.
The way you talk about the books makes me want to read all of them x)
THAT is high praise indeed. Thanks :)
Completely agree with you about East of Eden! It really was a masterpiece and structured so well. Loved hearing your thoughts on Middlemarch, that’s one of those classics that I need to get to sooner rather than later, but the list is so long! 😩
I know!! I like reading classics but they take time and mental energy so I get to them and through them more slowly.
Lots of amazing sounding books in this list! Homegoing was one of my absolute favourites last year so I'm glad you enjoyed it so much too. :)
It was so good!!!
Some interesting recommendations. Well done, really enjoyed it!
East of eden and middlemarch are my favourate books
Always love hearing you describe books and the ways in which they make you feel. I have discovered so many new books and authors as a result of your channel and your recommendations, so Thank you! Some of my 2017 favorites are also some of your past favorites, with a few additions: "The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society" was wow!, I also loved The Winter Solstice by Rosamunde Pilcher, as well as The Lavender Garden by Lucinda Riley. And this year was a big rereading year for me as well- Harry Potter (read books 1-4 last year), Song of Erin by BJ Hoff, The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton, as well as Voice in the Wind by Francine Rivers. And I think I loved all of those books more the 2nd time around than the first!
YES!!! SO SO many of those are favorites of mine!!! I'm SO glad you loved them, too. It makes me so happy to hear that you've taken my book recommendations to heart!!
I loved Eleanor Oliphant, The Enchanted, Everything I Never Told You, The Unseen World. I couldn't get into Home Going. I dnf'd it. And I REALLY tried to get into it bc everyone loved it, but it just didn't work for me.
The synopsis of Eleanor Oliphant didn't capture me but I keep hearing wonderful things! I guess I'm going to have to give it a try!
I had quite a few favorites this year: The Little Friend, Magpie Murders, The Other Typist and my Louise Penny’s are just a few. I’m very excited for this year’s reading too. All books, all the time!
Yes! More books!
I'm so glad you loved Middlemarch! You might like Rebecca Mead's "My Life in Middlemarch" which might give you that feeling of discussing it with other people in a class. You learn a lot about George Eliot in it too.
I'd like to read it! It's been on my list for some time, but I wanted to read Middlemarch first (obviously). :)
I know exactly what you mean by the Louise Penny series. Reading the series is a 5 star experience. I”m in total love with The Blue Castle - going to put the rest of your list on my TBR! Think I might try City of the Bells for Elizabeth Goudge. Great review!!
I have heard GREAT things about City of Bells. It's one I'd like to read as well!
Great video! I love the Inspector Gamache series and am spacing them out between other books, so the series can last longer! LOL! I read and liked The Husbands Secret and will read more of hers. I did buy The Blue Castle and May read that next. Also bought The Assassin’s Apprentice to start the series. YAY!
READ THE BLUE CASTLE NEXT!! ;)
The Wonder was also one of my favourite books of 2017. I read Big Little Lies a couple of years ago and loved that one too. Child of the Sea sounds really interesting. I'll have to check my library for that one.
I haven't heard many people talk about The Wonder! I'm so glad you loved it, too!
Great wrap! I'm so glad to see your excitement in the reading year to come! I know there were some slumps last year. My TBR list has definitely grown over the last year since discovering your channel and Booktube! Thank you so much for the wonderful recommendations and newfound friendship! Happy reading Katie!!
Likewise Krissy!! :)
I love love love A Blue Castle by LM Montgomery! And it’s because of you , Kate Howe, and Emma! I probably already told you this. A Tangled Web by Montgomery is good too. I feel like it is an adult novel too.
Yes! I'd like to read A Tangled Web!! There are so many LM Montgomery books that I still need to get to!
LOVED reading that with you, Katie! Such a powerful book and I feel that our conversations made it even more memorable.
Jocelyn Kelley I agree Jocelyn! I loved reading it with you and Brittany,
Elizabeth Goudge’s books that I have read and loved (so far): The Bird in the Tree, Pilgrim’s Inn, and The White Witch.
Ooooh thanks! The White Witch and The Bird in the Tree are both ones on my list!
wonderful picks!! I love the fact that you read what you really want to read...instead of newest releases/hyped books....I am so excited to read blue castle,pillars of the earth,big little lies and robin hobb this summer....I have stacked them already...
I hardly every end up picking up the most hyped books. I'll buy them, but then they'll sit on my shelf until they're no longer new and hyped. I don't do it intentionally...it's just the way it turns out!
Thankyou so much, that was so beautiful of a review now I'm wanting to read all of them. I have been reading Northampton , his dark materials trilogy, I'm on the second book, also I read half yellow sun my chimamanda adichie . Just loved your passion for your books!
Did you enjoy Half of a Yellow Sun? I've been hearing a lot about that one recently.
I loved Peruasion which has become my favourite Jane Austen so far and read it in 2017 but there were also other great books like Simpel
btw I love the way you talk about books and reading in general and those book sound amazing I so want to read the blue castle now
You should DEFINITELY read The Blue Castle! It's so delightful. I think Persuasion is also my favorite book by Jane - but then I can usually be persuaded to say that any of her books are my favorite. I love them all!!
Katie! I was waiting for your favourites video haha! So happy you uploaded it :D
I was so impressed with Homegoing too, but I completely forgot it's a debut. So impressive, right? I'm getting so so excited for Liveship Traders! I'm currently only on the second one of The Farseer though. I'm also noticing I'm a bit out of it for some reason, maybe I just need to stop reading other books at the same time for a bit and really focus on it. And omg, Assassin's Quest arrive yesterday and it is SUCH a chunker... Terrifies me slightly, but I know I will love it!
Big Little Lies is not something I would go for usually I think, but is seems super cool! Especially the part about the relationship between the women developing within the story.
Aah and The Blue Castle too! Now stop it, stop making me want to read all these, because I'm already buying way too much lately!
You gave me an idea btw, in saying that you wished you had read Middlemarch in more of an academic setting! Why not create something like that for ourselves with a small group, for books that might be even more enjoyable in that way? We could read do a buddy read and than look for academic essays on the novel and try going more in depth in the discussions that way! Just an idea, I don't know if it would work. I do know that I agree with you that an academic setting can do a lot for a book and how I experience it.
You are just going to LOVE Liveship!! It blows the Farseer trilogy out of the water. Not to hype it up or anything...haha!
Oh and YES! I would LOVE to do that with you. A book club for intimidating books!
I absolutely loved Margaret the First by Danielle Dutton. Great list!
Margaret the First sounds SO GOOD!
I had Homegoing in my top books of 2017 too! Can't wait to read more from Yaa Gyasi.
It's going to be fun to follow her career! :)
Have you read The Brutal Telling or Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny yet? I LOVED them. I’m going to try to read Middlemarch, East of Eden, and War and Peace this year. And Bleak House. Those are my massive books for the year. Some of my favorite books of the year were: The Tidal Zone by Sarah Moss, Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz, The Leavenworth Case by Anna Katherine Green, Tales from Outer Suburbia by Shaun Tan, and Uncle Dynamite by P. G. Wodehouse.
Tinahgirl83 I am reading The Brutal Telling right now and it’s VERY good!!
Life Between Words I hope you continue to enjoy it!
I'm currently busy reading Homegoing and loving it. The style of storytelling reminds me of Chimamanda Ngosi Adichie's Half of a yellow sun which is a favourite of mine. I Read East of Eden a few years back and it's also a favorite. The Blue Caste is on my reading list.
I have only read Americanah by Adichie, but I'd love to read Half of a Yellow Sun! I've heard it's better! Definitely read The Blue Castle!
Wonderful characterization in Half of a Yellow Sun. I love Ugwu.
You got me excited to read Homegoing - it's sitting on my TBR shelf staring at me!
The Nomad you must!! It’s wonderful.
If you like character driven and if you've never read it, check out Poldark by Winston Graham. I promise you won't be disappointed.
I watched the first season of the show before I knew it was a book! It's been on my tbr ever since, but I haven't gotten around to reading them yet!! I'm glad they get your stamp of approval - I don't know many people who've read them.
Life Between Words the show is almost exactly like the books but with some extra details. I don't know anyone who has read them, including my genius English professor.
(Pst... what lipstick are you wearing in this video?! 😍)
jordyn, discombobulated. MAC Twig!! It was my first high end lipstick purchase EVER.
Also, I am very excited to read The Wonder now!
Life Between Words I must have it it’s gorgeous. And it’s on my list to read this year!! I was going to buy it recently but I don’t like the paperback cover so I need to hunt down a hardback haha
I also love Liane Moriarty! I have Three Wishes on my TBR for this month. It’s one of her older books and I’m looking forward to it.
I am hoping I can get to a couple of her other books this year as well! I own The Hypnotist's Love Story. I think I've read all her "best" ones. But I still want to read her others.
Well, I am about half way through Three Wishes (listening on audio) and even though it is not quite as page turning as her popular books, that woman just knows how to write emotions! She has a way with words and relationships that make it feel so believable, like I know these situations or I know these exact people. I'm a big fan.
Just got the blue castle on my kindle. It was only 99 cents!
YES!! I hope you love it!
Homegoing sounds like an incredible book!
It was wonderful, Cherrie!!
"Delightful treasure in a book" love!
Yah!! It really was.
Town is called MiddleMarch?!
Yep!
I can't stop with Liane Moriarty either. Her weaving of characters is phenomenal.
I know. I love her.