The Raven Cycle is one of my favorite YA series! It's so unique and well written. UGH NIGHT FILM IS SO GOOD. It's been a minute since I read it, so I really want to reread it. Lovin the cat ears
The Raven Cycle gets such a bad rep from people who think it's slow, but I think Maggie Stiefvater's writing is absolutely enchanting. There's so much ambiance, and the plot and characters are honestly like nothing I've ever read before, which is so refreshing. Excited to hear what you think of the next three!
If you could see me now by Cecelia Ahern More Than This by Patrick Ness Truthwitch by Susan Dennard Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare Lies We Tell Ourselves by Robin Talley The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman The Chaos Walking Trilogy by Patrick Ness Papergirls Vol 1 by Brian.K.Vaughan
The cat ears brought in me all the nostalgic feels. I remember there was a time when you had trouble focusing the camera. You've come a long way. Cheers for 2017 and all the memories that will be made.
I still haven't picked up The Raven Boys (It's one of those books that gets HIGH praise on booktube, but the premise doesn't necessarily grab me) but lately I've been seeing even people who are usually really critical of YA books talking about how much they love it. Add that to the fact that Night Film was one of my favorite books last year and Lair of Dreams was one of my favorite books this year, and I'm starting to think I need to pick it up.
You honestly look undeniably incredible in this video (I mean you look great in all your videos as well). I'm super excited to read the Raven Boys and am excited to hear that you enjoyed it!
im totally digging your look in this video, also the Diviners sounds awesome but I might wait till more of the books in the series come out haha dunno if i can deal with the wait
I read both The Diviners and Lair of Dreams this year (kinda because of you) and I really really enjoyed them. I can't wait to read the next book. I wish it was out right now. I also started Night Film, but for whatever reason stopped reading it at about the halfway point. I really need to pick that one back up as soon as possible. Great video, Sara. Happy reading in 2017!
The Raven Cycle only gets better, honestly. For me, the second and third books were even better. The only fault of this series is not-so-important villians. Otherwise it's so freaking goooood (I say, the person, who almost never reads YA).
Quality over quanity for sure. I read a lot I enjoyed last year, though. Favorite books for me were Last Seen Leaving by Caleb Roehrig, Two Boys Kissing by Davod Levithan, and I really loved We Are The Ants by Shaun Davod Hutchinson. Adult M/M romance - The #Gaymers series by Annabeth Albert. . Comics and Graphic Novels - Nimona, Justice League Dark, Mrs. Marvel vol. 5, Life With Kevin, Runaways, and the biggest surprise to me was Unbeatable Squirrel Girl.
new subscriber!! i was watching Marzia's video and your video about her book "Dream House" was recommended for some reason. glad i clicked on it. you are so sassy and cool lol . btw this video was also helpful, i needed some new books to read.
THE RAVEN BOYS IS SO GOOD,YASSSS.I only read the first one as well and should continue on with the series. I need to get to the Diviners,it sounds amazing. Night Film? *gasp* never would've seen it coming,you never mention it.To your defense,it does sound hella interesting and unique
Everytime you talk about Night Film I get so excited to read it!! I am on a book buying ban till April but after that I will buy it for sure 😊! I love the Raven Cycle series soo much! My favorite is the third one! You are right, it's different than any other ya book, so original and Maggie Stiefvater`s writing is just A+!! 😍 If you liked the Raven Boys you might like The Foxhole Court! I just finished it and it was so unique and beautiful and aspects of it remind me a lot of the Raven Boys 😍
I need to read the Diviners. It's been on my TBR for a while! Maybe with the audiobook recommendation I could listen to that one and Lair of Dreams back to back :) You're doing a good job as Libba Bray's PR :)
I didn't realize you enjoyed the Raven Cycle so much! Makes me even more excited to start it this year 😍 I totally saw the other 2 coming though ahaha 😂 MAYBE JANUARY LAVOY SOLD HER SOUL TO THE DEVIL
Great video. I hope you read the rest of The Raven Cycle books, it's my favorite series. Also, once you finish it maybe you could do a series review, I'd totally watch it. :)
I had the same reading problem in 2016. I didn't read a lot and most of the books I read I didn't care for or I didn't like at all! I ended up reading a total of 18 books this past year and only 4 made it to my top book list of 2016. One type of genre that I did get into and absolutely loved this past year was YA horror/thriller! I hope 2017 will be a better reading year for the both of us! -Kaelyn
GOOOOOODNESSS I NEED TO READ THE RAVEN CYCLE That last book sounds so amazing I need to check it oUT! one of my favourites was a torch against the night but I know how you feel about that so😅
Yay cat ears! I need to remember to wear cat ears again for my next Slaythatseries TBR, since you guys wear cat ears so often. I forgot to last time. I swear, all of those books you mention are ones I either need to continue the series of or that I own and still somehow haven't read. Shame on me. Some of my favorite books of 2016 were The Big Lie (by Julie Mayhew), The Help, Kindred (Octavia Butler), The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian, and The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet. They're all so good!
I LOVE your channel because you're funny, your makeup is always on fucking point and I love the way you talk, I don't know. The Raven Cycle was my favorite series that I read in 2016 but Night Film was in my favorites because it's amazing, I feel like I read it but I don't know anything at the same time.
Your editing always cracks me up, the ariana grande bit was top notch. I loved this video, but let's be honest, I'm so ready to watch your disappointing books video because watching you talk about why you disliked books brings so much joy to my life. Is that weird?
I read The Diviners last year after listening to you gush about it so much and ended up really really enjoying it. Now I have to get my hands on Night Film. I hope you have a better reading year in 2017 and read less books you don't like haha.
I haven't read Lair of Dreams yet. I reeeeaaaalllly need to, but I'm afraid of the long wait that will inevitably be between now and book 3 :(. I really want to find a hardcover copy of Night Film; so once I do that, I will be jumping right into it.
You should read sarah Addison Allen's books. She writes magical realism and it is new adult/adult with some povs of teens. They are so good and she is one of my favorite authors.
I found Raven Boys very difficult to read since I'm Welsh and have been taught the story of Glyndŵr since I was a child. I mainly struggled to see it through an American's eyes and disengage myself from what I already knew. I wish I could have loved it more.
Every time you mention Night Film I'm like yeeeees I'm going to pick that up next .... and then I never do. WHYYYYY. It'll happen one day and it will be glorious.
Have you read S? It's another alternate format book and it was one of my favorites of the year! lostinstory.weebly.com/home/best-reads-of-2016 I'm also excited about starting Radiance soon (another alt format book)! lostinstory.weebly.com/home/christmas-book-haul
Well, now I DEFINITELY need to pick the audiobook for the Diviners. Maybe that'll help me get over its lengthiness and I would be so daunted to read it. XD So sorry that 2016 wasn't a great reading year for you, but hopefully 2017 is better! :)
My Top 5 Books of 2016 were: Lady Midnight This Savage Song Scarlet Winter Harry Potter (The Whole Series) I just currently read And I Darken By Kierstin White, I loved it so much! It's a bit slow at the beginning and is a very Character driven book but it has diversity and amazing writing!
I uploaded a video with all my favourites if you're interested but some of them were Illuminae & Gemina and Six of Crows & Crooked Kingdom - SO GOOD! I'm really hoping to read all the Raven Boys books in 2017
My favourite book of 2016 (and now all time) was Only Ever Yours by Louise O'Neil, contrary to how cheesy the title may sound, it's actually a dystopian and not a typical dystopian where 'girl sets out to defeat corrupt government' it's more the story of how everyone is so obedient to the regime that they don't see anything wrong it. And it covers so many topics that my inner (who am I kidding, outer) feminist was like 'yessss'. And I haven't even explained the story, the basic premise is that it's set in a futuristic society where a genetic error has lead to a depletion of women and so to counter this the government decide to bread girls, designed for the simple service of obeying men. They are born in schools which they stay in all their lives and once they graduate they only have three positions which they make take up which are basically a wife to a man of higher class, a prostitute and a teacher at said school and the story follows freda's time last year of school. The author is an active feminist and what I loved so much about the story is not like other dystopians where it's 'what if' the topics the book covers and the issues the girls go through are still stereotypes we have to combat and are relevant to today. I could possibly go on forever :)
Hoping for a better reading year for you in 2017! I love your videos :) if you want recommendations then this year I read a book called Monsters by Emerald Fennel. About two really REALLY creepy kids trying to solve some murders. That was very good!
The Raven Cycle is one of my favorite YA series! It's so unique and well written. UGH NIGHT FILM IS SO GOOD. It's been a minute since I read it, so I really want to reread it. Lovin the cat ears
The Raven Cycle gets such a bad rep from people who think it's slow, but I think Maggie Stiefvater's writing is absolutely enchanting. There's so much ambiance, and the plot and characters are honestly like nothing I've ever read before, which is so refreshing. Excited to hear what you think of the next three!
Just gotta buckle down and read them!
GIRL. YOUR MAKEUP. IS. SO. GOOD. Your eyeshadow is legit makeup artist quality!
aw thanks girl! you're too kind
I somehow found a signed copy of Night Film at the dollar store, and I'm still not sure how that happened.
You're actually not the first person to say that they found it at the dollar store!! So weird
The BookGods were showing you favor.
If you could see me now by Cecelia Ahern
More Than This by Patrick Ness
Truthwitch by Susan Dennard
Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare
Lies We Tell Ourselves by Robin Talley
The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman
The Chaos Walking Trilogy by Patrick Ness
Papergirls Vol 1 by Brian.K.Vaughan
The cat ears brought in me all the nostalgic feels. I remember there was a time when you had trouble focusing the camera. You've come a long way. Cheers for 2017 and all the memories that will be made.
For whatever reason I pictured Evie as Emma Roberts, but I still couldn't finish the Diviners. I'll have to give it another try in 2017.
Too busy lusting over your eyeshadow to pay attention to your book list. BEAUTIFUL!
I definitely want to continue on with The Raven Cycle too. And I really want to read Night Film it sounds spectacular
GIRL! You look so so amazing in this video! Even more amazing than you usually do!
The Raven Cycle makes me so frickin happy
Yay the Raven boys!
I still have to read the last book 🌟
I still haven't picked up The Raven Boys (It's one of those books that gets HIGH praise on booktube, but the premise doesn't necessarily grab me) but lately I've been seeing even people who are usually really critical of YA books talking about how much they love it. Add that to the fact that Night Film was one of my favorite books last year and Lair of Dreams was one of my favorite books this year, and I'm starting to think I need to pick it up.
You should definitely try it!
You honestly look undeniably incredible in this video (I mean you look great in all your videos as well). I'm super excited to read the Raven Boys and am excited to hear that you enjoyed it!
I can't wait to read Night Film! It sounds fantastic!
im totally digging your look in this video, also the Diviners sounds awesome but I might wait till more of the books in the series come out haha dunno if i can deal with the wait
I read both The Diviners and Lair of Dreams this year (kinda because of you) and I really really enjoyed them. I can't wait to read the next book. I wish it was out right now. I also started Night Film, but for whatever reason stopped reading it at about the halfway point. I really need to pick that one back up as soon as possible.
Great video, Sara. Happy reading in 2017!
Yay! Loved Lair of Dreams, The Raven Boys. I really need to read Night Film.
I read The Diviners on your recommendation. Now it's time for A Lair of Dreams. 😊
The Raven Cycle only gets better, honestly. For me, the second and third books were even better. The only fault of this series is not-so-important villians. Otherwise it's so freaking goooood (I say, the person, who almost never reads YA).
Not surprised that you mentioned Night Film and Lair of Dreams 😉 Loving your makeup and the cat ears, of course. :)
Quality over quanity for sure. I read a lot I enjoyed last year, though. Favorite books for me were Last Seen Leaving by Caleb Roehrig, Two Boys Kissing by Davod Levithan, and I really loved We Are The Ants by Shaun Davod Hutchinson. Adult M/M romance - The #Gaymers series by Annabeth Albert. . Comics and Graphic Novels - Nimona, Justice League Dark, Mrs. Marvel vol. 5, Life With Kevin, Runaways, and the biggest surprise to me was Unbeatable Squirrel Girl.
new subscriber!! i was watching Marzia's video and your video about her book "Dream House" was recommended for some reason. glad i clicked on it. you are so sassy and cool lol . btw this video was also helpful, i needed some new books to read.
I'm listening to Diviners right now. I have Raven Boys and Night Film on my long TBR list.
THE RAVEN BOYS IS SO GOOD,YASSSS.I only read the first one as well and should continue on with the series.
I need to get to the Diviners,it sounds amazing.
Night Film? *gasp* never would've seen it coming,you never mention it.To your defense,it does sound hella interesting and unique
Everytime you talk about Night Film I get so excited to read it!! I am on a book buying ban till April but after that I will buy it for sure 😊! I love the Raven Cycle series soo much! My favorite is the third one! You are right, it's different than any other ya book, so original and Maggie Stiefvater`s writing is just A+!! 😍 If you liked the Raven Boys you might like The Foxhole Court! I just finished it and it was so unique and beautiful and aspects of it remind me a lot of the Raven Boys 😍
Also read The Diviners this year (def because of you) and I LOVED it. Lol I was so obsessed while reading it.
yay!
I need to read Night Film! I've heard so many good things about it :D
I'm gonna read Night Film this year. It's gonna happen
#RileyReadsNightFilm2k17
I need to read the Diviners. It's been on my TBR for a while! Maybe with the audiobook recommendation I could listen to that one and Lair of Dreams back to back :) You're doing a good job as Libba Bray's PR :)
Night film sound very interesting, and Emmmabooks recommends it too :) I will check it out!
I didn't realize you enjoyed the Raven Cycle so much! Makes me even more excited to start it this year 😍 I totally saw the other 2 coming though ahaha 😂 MAYBE JANUARY LAVOY SOLD HER SOUL TO THE DEVIL
Yaass The Raven Boys
I hope you get to read the rest of the series this year
I'm dying to read all those books, I'm happy to hear they made your favourites! Your makeup looks great, just sayin'! :)
Added Night Film to my TBR, thanks!
Great video. I hope you read the rest of The Raven Cycle books, it's my favorite series. Also, once you finish it maybe you could do a series review, I'd totally watch it. :)
yeah i hope to do that this year! :)
I had the same reading problem in 2016. I didn't read a lot and most of the books I read I didn't care for or I didn't like at all! I ended up reading a total of 18 books this past year and only 4 made it to my top book list of 2016. One type of genre that I did get into and absolutely loved this past year was YA horror/thriller! I hope 2017 will be a better reading year for the both of us! -Kaelyn
I read Night Film because of you and LOVED it. Thank you! I did not fall in love with Diviners as much though :(
So sad :( I recommend the audiobook if you ever want to give the second book a try
GOOOOOODNESSS I NEED TO READ THE RAVEN CYCLE
That last book sounds so amazing I need to check it oUT!
one of my favourites was a torch against the night but I know how you feel about that so😅
Night Film JUST ARRIVED IN THE MAIL. But there's also this thing called sleep and I'm feeling v torn at the moment.........
Yay read itttttt
Yay cat ears! I need to remember to wear cat ears again for my next Slaythatseries TBR, since you guys wear cat ears so often. I forgot to last time.
I swear, all of those books you mention are ones I either need to continue the series of or that I own and still somehow haven't read. Shame on me.
Some of my favorite books of 2016 were The Big Lie (by Julie Mayhew), The Help, Kindred (Octavia Butler), The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian, and The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet. They're all so good!
I totally agree with you about Lair of Dreams. I love everything about the Diviners World!!!
Libba Bray is my queen
I LOVE your channel because you're funny, your makeup is always on fucking point and I love the way you talk, I don't know. The Raven Cycle was my favorite series that I read in 2016 but Night Film was in my favorites because it's amazing, I feel like I read it but I don't know anything at the same time.
That's it, I'm ordering the raven boys now.
yay!
Buddingnoise YES DO IT
Your editing always cracks me up, the ariana grande bit was top notch.
I loved this video, but let's be honest, I'm so ready to watch your disappointing books video because watching you talk about why you disliked books brings so much joy to my life. Is that weird?
Will you do a worst books of 2016? I don't know why but I love them videos lol. Great video btw, love your channel.
yes I will!
The Raven Cycle's literally my favourite series. It's so fantastic you should get to the rest soon.
I read The Diviners last year after listening to you gush about it so much and ended up really really enjoying it. Now I have to get my hands on Night Film. I hope you have a better reading year in 2017 and read less books you don't like haha.
Have you read Lair of Dreams yet? And yes plzzz read Night Film
I haven't read Lair of Dreams yet. I reeeeaaaalllly need to, but I'm afraid of the long wait that will inevitably be between now and book 3 :(. I really want to find a hardcover copy of Night Film; so once I do that, I will be jumping right into it.
I got a really nice used copy of it on Amazon for $7! (including shipping)
Thanks for the tip. I will have to check it out :)
I also loved night film! I read it in 2015 and it's definitely a book I want to reread!
I will definitely eventually re-read it!
You should read sarah Addison Allen's books. She writes magical realism and it is new adult/adult with some povs of teens. They are so good and she is one of my favorite authors.
I found Raven Boys very difficult to read since I'm Welsh and have been taught the story of Glyndŵr since I was a child. I mainly struggled to see it through an American's eyes and disengage myself from what I already knew. I wish I could have loved it more.
Yay Raven Boys
Your makeup!!!! 😍😍😍😍
The Dream Thieves was my second fave book of the year, before The Kings Men and after Princes Gambit.
Wooo!!! Night film was my #1 this year :3
Yessss
Did you read The Diabolic in 2016? It was so different but I enjoyed it...
No, I haven't read it actually. I actually haven't heard many reviews.
Every time you mention Night Film I'm like yeeeees I'm going to pick that up next .... and then I never do. WHYYYYY. It'll happen one day and it will be glorious.
Yes it will!
Have you read S? It's another alternate format book and it was one of my favorites of the year! lostinstory.weebly.com/home/best-reads-of-2016
I'm also excited about starting Radiance soon (another alt format book)! lostinstory.weebly.com/home/christmas-book-haul
I read The Lies of Locke Lamora this year and it was incredible! One of the best books I've ever read :)
that's on my TBR! :)
Read The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo
Well, now I DEFINITELY need to pick the audiobook for the Diviners. Maybe that'll help me get over its lengthiness and I would be so daunted to read it. XD So sorry that 2016 wasn't a great reading year for you, but hopefully 2017 is better! :)
My Top 5 Books of 2016 were:
Lady Midnight
This Savage Song
Scarlet
Winter
Harry Potter (The Whole Series)
I just currently read And I Darken By Kierstin White, I loved it so much! It's a bit slow at the beginning and is a very Character driven book but it has diversity and amazing writing!
I read And I Darken this year and didn't really like it, haha
I'm sorry you didn't like it. I hope you read more books you like this year!
I uploaded a video with all my favourites if you're interested but some of them were Illuminae & Gemina and Six of Crows & Crooked Kingdom - SO GOOD! I'm really hoping to read all the Raven Boys books in 2017
I need to read Six of Crows!
yeeeeeeees I'm sure you are goign to loooove it!
is that drag me down by one direction in the background but like a gameboy remix??
Yep, it's an 8-bit remix version :)
Just restarted a channel and found you after a year, haha I only remember the cat ears.
sara u always look so goooood
Aw thank you 💕
My favourite book of 2016 (and now all time) was Only Ever Yours by Louise O'Neil, contrary to how cheesy the title may sound, it's actually a dystopian and not a typical dystopian where 'girl sets out to defeat corrupt government' it's more the story of how everyone is so obedient to the regime that they don't see anything wrong it. And it covers so many topics that my inner (who am I kidding, outer) feminist was like 'yessss'. And I haven't even explained the story, the basic premise is that it's set in a futuristic society where a genetic error has lead to a depletion of women and so to counter this the government decide to bread girls, designed for the simple service of obeying men. They are born in schools which they stay in all their lives and once they graduate they only have three positions which they make take up which are basically a wife to a man of higher class, a prostitute and a teacher at said school and the story follows freda's time last year of school. The author is an active feminist and what I loved so much about the story is not like other dystopians where it's 'what if' the topics the book covers and the issues the girls go through are still stereotypes we have to combat and are relevant to today. I could possibly go on forever :)
I know it's clishe to say that, but I LOOOOVE your style and sense of fashion!!! :)
aw thank you!
make up on FLEEK do people still say fleek
I read Night Film bc of you, I owe you my happiness.
Aw yay!
Hoping for a better reading year for you in 2017! I love your videos :) if you want recommendations then this year I read a book called Monsters by Emerald Fennel. About two really REALLY creepy kids trying to solve some murders. That was very good!
read shatter me in 2017
no
unsubsribed
blocked and reported
NOBODY CAN DRAG ME DOWWWWNN
The Lunar Chronicles was a good one.
I need to finish that series!
+sarawithoutanH You will not regret it. She wraps up Winter so well. The ending is so satisfying.
me and you love the same books tbh
My fav book of 2016 was We Are The Ants and I think everyone should read it :)
someone else recommended that as well! I'll look it up
binginggggg
My fave was probz More Happy Than Not, may 2017 be a great reading year for you!
I need to read that!!
I couldn't get through the raven boys.. gah
it's definitely very different. i can see how the writing style might put someone off. maybe try the audiobook? i've heard they're really good
YAS I LOVE THE RAVEN CYCLE SO FUCKING MUCH
can't wait to finish the series !!! ~
yOU hAVe tO
You should do 'Worst books of 2016' if you didn't enjoy many books this year.
I have one coming soon!
sarawithoutanH Can't wait for it!
awesome video! loved your suggestions. new sub here :)