i long to be a lily pad. this is why i can never get myself to pick up a rupi kaur collection. my eyes would roll so far into the back of my head, they wouldn't return
I love how you can be self-deprecating and be aware that you’re a strong, independent, intelligent woman. It’s a great quality. I’m trying to raise my daughter the same way.
aww! it def took a lot of years of depression and low self-worth and then a lot of effort for self-care and independence. it's a work in progress for everybody, but especially women
love the new hair!!! aw im sorry you didn't LOVE renegades but i'm happy it was still enjoyable to you! i do agree there are certain tropes that can be found in a lot of ya, and for that reason i think it can definitely be a good comfort read :) i always feel you do a great job at discussing positives and negatives! ive been interested in furyborn but i feel similar to the way you felt about starting renegades; im not sure if i want to commit to something so big when im not sure ill love it! "dope squad" omggggg im not a big fan of poetry but i totally understand why so many people are drawn to rupi kapur. oh god i hate poetry that just feels like a statement ITS THE WORSTTTT (pls read your bad poetry)
i wish i enjoyed renegades as much as you! i think i'm still willing to read archenemies, maybe the next time i get on a long plane ride. totally agree about poems that are just statements. i think they're difficult to pull off because if your poem is going to be only one line or one sentence, it needs to be TRULY impactful, but the impact is lessened if every other poem is also similar statements. haha yes i will definitely read my bad poetry for a video at some point!!
“she never sleeps and she can put others to sleep with her touch. um, honestly, same” 😂 I have read Snotgirl and the art is what made me love it. I didn’t like the main character, either. she is everything I don’t like in a person (personality wise) I read the second volume and I guess people are right...? Idk. but for someone who now doesn’t like it as much, I still have two copies of the 1st volume.... yikes. I’m going to read Renegades (well, listen to) because Emma from Emmmabooks talks about it ALLL the time. & I’m going to take your word for Furyborn. I was fighting with myself if I wanted to read it or not. guess it’s a not. glad to have you back, purple yam! 💜
yea i wish i could like renegades as much as emma does! i do like fun adventure stories with ensemble casts but this one didn't resonate with me as much. i still might read the sequel the next time im on a long plane ride tho!
LOVE hearing your thoughts on the Sun and Her Flowers I adored Milk and Honey and that one just didn't compare- however, like you I found the section reflecting on her mother ridiculously beautiful and I think that is where she really shines. But omg there were so many more random almost non poems (like that lily pad one LOL) spread-out that it really took away from the collection. Anywho, another great video :)
i am what i yam. yea i heard milk and honey is better so i might try that one out next time i wanna pick up poetry again. wtf was that lily pad one tho?! the rooting section was the best bc there's so much material you can write about immigration and family history; if she devoted a whole book to it i think it would've been stronger.
"it was whelming" that's literally a perfect description of Renegades and also of me I love it Listen maybe the real dope squad is the mistakes we made along the way.
haha i dont force them to read my faves UNLESS i know they'll actually enjoy them! i got that same friend to read "they both die at the end" bc i knew he would enjoy it even tho i didnt like it
I was ducking and covering for your review of Renegades, because I like it so much. You were so fair, your critique was valid and I adore your non-yam'ish face.
I'm answering this after two years, but why not... Maybe "lily pad" in Hindi has some poetic meaning. In Portuguese (my native language), it's called "vitória régia", which in English would be "royal victory". I think she writes in English, but maybe this one was inspired by Hindi concepts.
omg you and your friend listening to an audiobook together is the cutest thing I've heard.... every time i try to get my friends to read they just steal my books for months and then give it back half ruined and unread
the thing about Renegades is that i had the same opinion of it at first, i enjoyed it but i thought it was kind of predictable and the tropes were often used (but i am a basic bitch and love cliches but whatever) and i was kind of in the same boat for the second one but the third book is what really made the series for me. the third had me blown away because i just wasn’t expecting so much stuff and it was more unpredictable than the last books. it was amazing and what made me really end up loving the series
You are a breath of fresh air in this community. I have a smaller booktube channel (like under 50 subs, and I don’t post regularly. It is Book Dragons) but you are so real! I love how you are able to express what you are feeling with your words. And the editing of you vids is amazing! I am so glad to have found you.
HEY QUEEN!! Haha, purple suits you tho. OMG YESS, you missed all the drama!! Don't worry, everyone took care of it. Booktube snapped, lmao. Love that 2007 iMovie background music. It fits the mood perfectly 👌😂 I want to read Snot Girl so bad but I'd like to get it from a library. At the bookstore, I can never ever find the first volume. Sorry Renegades was not amazing. It's great to hear your perspective on Furyborn, I was waiting for your wrap up to hear your thoughts. Right now, the people who've read it are very divided. You either LOVE or HATE it. I'm excited about the timelines, but I don't know how I'll end up feeling. I agree about The Sun and Her Flowers. Modern Poetry is usually not for me. I GET YOU.
I looooove the purple hair. And I totally agree that Rupi’s poetry is hit or miss. Sometimes her poems make me feel like 😱 and sometimes they make me feel like 🤔. I totally want to hear your angsty poems, btw.
@@withcindy i hit comment the moment you mentioned a nonfiction book in this video 😂 anyway, please consider creating and uploading a self-help books recommendations video 😊❤💚💜💙💛
i love that the whole video kept a purple theme, we love a consistent queen 👏🏽 FINALLY SOMEONE WHO FEELS THE SAME AS I DO ABOUT SNOTGIRL. at least on booktube. my bf brought me his copy to see if i’d like it, i told him i thought it was all over the place and i didnt rly enjoy it apart from the art, he said “same”, and now i can’t get him to take it back. it’s sitting under my desk, haunting me alongside a book of poems i wrote in high school which are all very cringey. bless your whole soul for validating mine LOL “i long to be a lily pad” is so oddly placed when it’s beside other beautiful poems, but it’s also such a 4am mood. like damn, yeah, ur right, take me away from this flesh prison, i wanna be a lily pad
im glad im not the only one who felt this way about snotgirl! i just cant enjoy a book even if it has really good art or a good writing style, if the story does not resonate with me. LOL so true about the lily pad mood
IM HERE FOR THE YAM HAIR YASSSS 😍😍😍 i bask in your energy, cindy, i also love that you're forcing your friends to read evelyn hugo, keep doin the lords work, babe
😂😂😂. When you were reading the synopsis for Snotgirl, my mind went with it and filled in the blanks. “A graphic novel about a fashion lover but she has a secret...” and I completed it “she’s a lesbian who releases a shit ton of snot every time she meets a gorgeous girl on shoot which is practically all the time because of her job and so she becomes snotgirl and she has to find the fortitude to fight through the snot and the grossed out reactions of potential lovers to find her one true love, a girl who is known as sneezester” (and that folks is the plot of the second book) 😏😏. I know. I know. My mind!!! 🤣🤣🤣. I’m a mess!
I love the new hair colour! Ms. Evelyn Hugo is gorgeous, I’m glad you liked the audiobook.👌🏻 Renegades intrigues me, I feel like I could love or hate it. Hope you’re well! 🙂
Omfg your humor is everything.. It is impossible to NOT like your video after watching it.. I fucking love your 'zero fucks given' mentality... You are my inspiration
The audio book for evelyn Hugo was so well done! I loved it. Also, I feel like listening to an audio book with a friend has the potential to just be a great experience all around. I'll have to try it some time.
The things you said about the booktube drama - me everytime something happens and I've missed it. I love your videos, I'm so happy I've stumbled over your channel! Lots of love
I want to re-live Evelyn Hugo and force my friends to read it too. That whole experience sounds magical. I feel the same way about graphic novels - if the story isn’t good in each volume then what’s the point? I shouldn’t have to read more volumes to “get’ the story. I felt like that way about The Wicked + the Divine. Great wrap up!
"The second reason... this is just what my face looks like." GUUUURL feels like when somebody asked if I got enough sleep, but I have no excuse so I just say yeah 😭😭😭😭🔫
found your video for the rupi kaur review. agree with everything you said. reading your old poetry is such a dope idea! great way for you to self-reflect and your viewers to see + relate to! ^_^
found your videos today. girl, you're the best thing i've watched the past months. go you. give me more. honestly, i hated strange the dreamer and they both die in the end. mostly don't like all the popular stuff on booktube and always felt like... why is everyone raving... can't trust their reviews anymore. but now i've found you. all is good.
I remember reading the first couple of issues of _Snotgirl_ on a recc and I was so baffled and disappointed lol It was nice to hear you talk about it, because I ain't here for the hype 👏🏼
Yeah, I was really excited about Furyborn when it was about to be released but no one I know and trust has enjoyed it very much so I'm good. 🤷🏻♀️ Also I would freaking love a video of your reading poetry. 😂
I'm glad you enjoyed your trip! That audiobook experience sounds amazing -- it's so rewarding to see someone who isn't much of a reader find a book they love, and getting to listen to the book right along side them sounds so fun! I really enjoyed Renegades, but I totally agree with you about it being kind of generic! Just a right book right time situation I think. It really is a shameless comfort read -- it's not that deep lol but I had a fun time reading it. It mostly just gave me some hard-core Sky High vibes, and I was trash for that movie so I was all about the cheese and superhero tropes in Renegades haha. I've heard a lot of conflicting thoughts about Furyborn! I always worry about books with so much hype, especially fantasies, because they so often miss the mark and fall way short of the hype. And LOL girl we've all gone through our cringey poetry phases, I feel you XD
yea i loved listening to the audiobook with my friend so i could see all his reactions live!! yea renegades is a comfort read which is OK, i've LOVED plenty of books that weren't deep or special. totally get what u mean that it gives sky high vibes. it's very cheesy but it can be enjoyable the way that christmas special movies are.
I love the purple hair! Hearing you talk about Evelyn Hugo again makes me want to reread it! I agree that Furyborn was pretty slow at times. I usually love books with dual POVs and alternating timelines but I didn't like how it was executed in the book. It made the story feel underwhelming to me.
totally agree about furyborn! it seemed like it would have everything i want with the dual POVs of two strong female characters and the different timelines. hopefully there will be another book out there that does it better to our tastes haha
Ah, Comic Sans- the true font for the trashy soul. Also, we stan the hair, girl. We stan it forever. All jokes aside though, I totally get what you mean about fantasy characters usually not being self-made as such. What you said reminded me of this book I read a while ago called Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson. The novel is about a boy who wants to be a magician (they're chalk-wielding magicians who use math and geometry to defeat evil, and honestly, my engineer soul died of happiness at that) but he isn't. He's still so interested that he keeps studying it theoretically and he becomes better than most of his peers who ARE powerful. I think you might really enjoy the book (and the upcoming series)! Give it a try if you haven't already! Great video as always! :)
It was such a long time since I've watched one of your video and OMG I missed you haha interesting point of views! I think you're the first person saying that Renegates and Furyborn were just not that great. Cannot wait to hear your poems haha Hope you're good!
Furyborn is infamous within my friend for... *Chapter 41...* Let's just say things got steamy. Coincidentally, there was another steamy scene, also at you guessed it-- Chapter 41.
I feel like your taste in books is very similar to mine (like cough, we're Six of Crows trash), so I hope you end up reading the Bartimaeus trilogy someday. It's similarly action-packed but seriously so hilarious that I think it'll end up really appealing to your sense of humor. Not to mention, it's got one of the best YA finales I've read in my entire life (I'll fight tooth and nail anyone who says otherwise), and I can personally guarantee it'll make you cry. Btw, YES to your purple hair! It matches your skin tone, and it looks very nice on you. :)
Tooootally agree about Furyborn. The only character I even gave two shits about was Simon but even so his attitude to the MC (can't even remember her name or any other characters) seems to shift so suddenly it's hard to stay on board.
readwithcindy oh really? Who told you that? Do they have a review? I’m curious what they have to say, I myself enjoyed it but I have not heard anything about it on BookTube from the perspective of someone in the LBGTQ+ community.
I think her opinion is in the minority but she reads books very critically (she couldn't finish six of crows which i LOVE lol) - her channel is Anna Reads if u wanna check her out! she made a rant review about the gentleman's guide
i know i'm super late but like you should definitely try the rest of the renegades series! i felt the same you did at the first book, but it takes such a turn that it makes it worthwhile at the end. just a suggestion, sending much love! love your channel!
Girl I love your channel but honestly how do you get through so many books? I love to read but it takes me so long to find the perfect book I want to read and then a million and one years to finish it.
Love the purple hair 💜 Sorry your reading month didn’t really have anything outstanding for you :/ Your travels looked amazing though!!! I love the story about you and your friend listening to the audiobook, especially since reading is sometimes such a solitary thing 💕
And here I thought I was the only one who wrote bad angsty poetry back in high school and college I still have the old composition books to prove it lol. I think you are the only person I've heard who did not like snotgirl. Furyborn has been on my list to read since it came out someone in the comments mention that book is just like a queen of the tearling just with elements side note I actually like Queen of the tearling so I'm still going to give this book read. Still on the fence about Renegades I don't see myself reading it no time soon especially since I didn't like heartless. I think purple looks great on you but then again I always think you look fabulous! So glad that you had a safe and fun trip and we're glad to see you back on booktube! 💜💜💜
thank you! i also did not enjoy heartless. it's a shame that marissa meyer hasn't written other books that i've LOVED yet after lunar chronicles. i say give furyborn a shot and see if you like it! omg i would love to read your poetry lol it's always fun to look back on that stuff
I have "The Sun and Her Flowers" on my TBR for this month. I can see where you are coming from and I think that the cool thing about poetry is that much of what we get out of when we read it is what we bring to it in the first place. That is what makes art in general so personal. I still plan on reading it, but now I am really curious what I will get out of since I was never a young girl.
i'd love to hear ur POV once u read it! i def think the main audience is for young girls but i do think many other people could relate to it. it's just for me i no longer relate to it because my life has changed a lot compared to where i was 5 years ago.
I absolutely agree with you about Furyborn. I was hoping it would be one of the knockouts based on the concept. I was very underwhelmed and I believe the two main characters were "Strong Female Characters," in all the wrong ways. I could compare mountain climbing with a steep drop off, to trying to finish it. I kept going and going no matter how hard it was to read. Then when I got to the climax, it fell BAD. Also love the sass and the satire ❤
HAHAHA i love ur analogy about mountain climbing to finishing this book. i was on a plane ride so i had no choice but to finish it. otherwise it would have been very very slow for me to get through it
Honestly I agree with your comments on Snotgirl. I’m still finishing it. Renegades was on my TBR but idk when I’ll actually get to it. I honestly just don’t have time to read mediocre or underwhelming stories. However the story sounds interesting so I will read it eventually Claire is a genius in my opinion and I love her concepts. Plus you’re right like she writes suuuuuch great sex scenes. I heard that Sawkill Girls was much better than Furyborn. Multiple ppl have said that!
well this video has made my mind up [renegades]...... i'm going to wait for the audio book [from the library] to be available and not waste money on the book. you have saved me four quid, cheers for that
16 minutes time to grab a snackkkkk and nod and agree to everything you say like you can hear me lmaoooo Cindy you're an absolute community treasure "quality content" x2 HAHA SAME. your videos literally make me laugh every time
honestly what a fucking legend, only discovered your channel today thanks to the youtube's algorithm that did something good for the first time, love it, you go!
if u keep this hair til next halloween u can go as taro bubble tea!! ofc i havent read any of these what else is new. can't wait to read furyborn even tho reviews seem mixed
i wanna continue dressing up as pop culture characters bc theyre the easiest!! taro bubble tea is a good idea tho! and lemme know ur thoughts on furyborn
“The fact that she posted this while I was away was a hate crime” 😂😂😂 I’m dead
people need to WAIT til im HERE before starting drama please
I just really appreciate how even when you dislike a book, you’re still able to verbally express your criticisms. Let me get like you, Cindy.
aww thank u
“It was whelming” a mood
me every time i read a 3 star book
“It pretty much lived up to my expectations.”
Me: Oh, that’s good!
“Which were low.”
Me: Well damn
i long to be a lily pad. this is why i can never get myself to pick up a rupi kaur collection. my eyes would roll so far into the back of my head, they wouldn't return
lily pads long to be as vicious as this comment
"It was whelming"
Now that you say it, there are so many times I should've/could've used that line.
i feel like most of my 3 star reads are very whelming lol
"Im bored of racism, let it die"
Will be tattooed on my forehead.
I love how you can be self-deprecating and be aware that you’re a strong, independent, intelligent woman. It’s a great quality. I’m trying to raise my daughter the same way.
aww! it def took a lot of years of depression and low self-worth and then a lot of effort for self-care and independence. it's a work in progress for everybody, but especially women
love the new hair!!!
aw im sorry you didn't LOVE renegades but i'm happy it was still enjoyable to you! i do agree there are certain tropes that can be found in a lot of ya, and for that reason i think it can definitely be a good comfort read :) i always feel you do a great job at discussing positives and negatives!
ive been interested in furyborn but i feel similar to the way you felt about starting renegades; im not sure if i want to commit to something so big when im not sure ill love it!
"dope squad" omggggg
im not a big fan of poetry but i totally understand why so many people are drawn to rupi kapur.
oh god i hate poetry that just feels like a statement ITS THE WORSTTTT
(pls read your bad poetry)
i wish i enjoyed renegades as much as you! i think i'm still willing to read archenemies, maybe the next time i get on a long plane ride. totally agree about poems that are just statements. i think they're difficult to pull off because if your poem is going to be only one line or one sentence, it needs to be TRULY impactful, but the impact is lessened if every other poem is also similar statements. haha yes i will definitely read my bad poetry for a video at some point!!
“she never sleeps and she can put others to sleep with her touch.
um, honestly, same”
😂
I have read Snotgirl and the art is what made me love it. I didn’t like the main character, either. she is everything I don’t like in a person (personality wise) I read the second volume and I guess people are right...? Idk. but for someone who now doesn’t like it as much, I still have two copies of the 1st volume.... yikes.
I’m going to read Renegades (well, listen to) because Emma from Emmmabooks talks about it ALLL the time.
& I’m going to take your word for Furyborn. I was fighting with myself if I wanted to read it or not. guess it’s a not.
glad to have you back, purple yam! 💜
yea i wish i could like renegades as much as emma does! i do like fun adventure stories with ensemble casts but this one didn't resonate with me as much. i still might read the sequel the next time im on a long plane ride tho!
The Renegades trilogy is my favorite rn because it makes me squeal because cuteness
"I long to be a lily pad" 😂😂😂
I mean if you're gonna make a wild statement like that Rupi, at least tell me why 😂
did you really say you look like a yam
girl
well- 1) yams are awesome 2) purple is the best color, no arguments can be made
LOVE hearing your thoughts on the Sun and Her Flowers
I adored Milk and Honey and that one just didn't compare- however, like you I found the section reflecting on her mother ridiculously beautiful and I think that is where she really shines. But omg there were so many more random almost non poems (like that lily pad one LOL) spread-out that it really took away from the collection. Anywho, another great video :)
i am what i yam. yea i heard milk and honey is better so i might try that one out next time i wanna pick up poetry again. wtf was that lily pad one tho?! the rooting section was the best bc there's so much material you can write about immigration and family history; if she devoted a whole book to it i think it would've been stronger.
"The main girl comes from the villain's side..."
And just from that I can see the whole cliche plot unfolding before my eyes.
Cindy you and your non-reader friend listening to that audiobook going to sleep is friendship goals 😭
I always miss these drama things before they get deleted. Not sure if that's good or not.
i'm kinda glad i missed out on the racism one lol that seemed way too tiring to get involved in
"it was whelming" that's literally a perfect description of Renegades and also of me I love it
Listen maybe the real dope squad is the mistakes we made along the way.
how dare you
Forcing your friends to read your favourites is such a me thing honestly
haha i dont force them to read my faves UNLESS i know they'll actually enjoy them! i got that same friend to read "they both die at the end" bc i knew he would enjoy it even tho i didnt like it
Finally a booktuber that’s completely honest and able to give actual reasons of why they don’t like a book !
"this is a hate crime" I'M DEAD. I totally agree with you on the sun and her flowers! Can't wait for cringy poetry!!
i might premiere it so we can all cringe together live lol
I was ducking and covering for your review of Renegades, because I like it so much. You were so fair, your critique was valid and I adore your non-yam'ish face.
I also got one of my friends to read Evelyn Hugo. She loved it !
thank u for being a good friend
"I long to be a lily pad" I have soooo many questions! I need followup. I NEED CONTEXT RUPI! Why a lily pad?
sometimes being a human is hard
I'm answering this after two years, but why not...
Maybe "lily pad" in Hindi has some poetic meaning. In Portuguese (my native language), it's called "vitória régia", which in English would be "royal victory".
I think she writes in English, but maybe this one was inspired by Hindi concepts.
That intro though 😂
“I long to be a lily pad”... what?? 😂🤦🏻♀️
That's is. Our fandom name! Purple yams! Or just yams! THE YAM FAM. also thanks for the ♥!
I am loving the purple hair!!!
thank you!!
omg you and your friend listening to an audiobook together is the cutest thing I've heard.... every time i try to get my friends to read they just steal my books for months and then give it back half ruined and unread
HORRIBLE FRIENDS
the thing about Renegades is that i had the same opinion of it at first, i enjoyed it but i thought it was kind of predictable and the tropes were often used (but i am a basic bitch and love cliches but whatever) and i was kind of in the same boat for the second one but the third book is what really made the series for me. the third had me blown away because i just wasn’t expecting so much stuff and it was more unpredictable than the last books. it was amazing and what made me really end up loving the series
You are a breath of fresh air in this community. I have a smaller booktube channel (like under 50 subs, and I don’t post regularly. It is Book Dragons) but you are so real! I love how you are able to express what you are feeling with your words. And the editing of you vids is amazing! I am so glad to have found you.
HEY QUEEN!! Haha, purple suits you tho. OMG YESS, you missed all the drama!! Don't worry, everyone took care of it. Booktube snapped, lmao.
Love that 2007 iMovie background music. It fits the mood perfectly 👌😂
I want to read Snot Girl so bad but I'd like to get it from a library. At the bookstore, I can never ever find the first volume. Sorry Renegades was not amazing. It's great to hear your perspective on Furyborn, I was waiting for your wrap up to hear your thoughts. Right now, the people who've read it are very divided. You either LOVE or HATE it. I'm excited about the timelines, but I don't know how I'll end up feeling. I agree about The Sun and Her Flowers. Modern Poetry is usually not for me. I GET YOU.
i wanna hear ur thoughts on furyborn!!
"It was *whelming* " I'm DEAD
I looooove the purple hair. And I totally agree that Rupi’s poetry is hit or miss. Sometimes her poems make me feel like 😱 and sometimes they make me feel like 🤔. I totally want to hear your angsty poems, btw.
i loved hearing you read your poems on your channel and it gives me courage to read mine!!
Yes! Your criticism was fantastically perfect around Snotgirl.
The purple hair is actually so dope
"It was whelming."
Quote of the Year 2018.
Anyway, do you read non-fiction books too?
i do! they're either self-help books or design/advertising books tho
@@withcindy i hit comment the moment you mentioned a nonfiction book in this video 😂 anyway, please consider creating and uploading a self-help books recommendations video 😊❤💚💜💙💛
"It was totally his choice too" haha I just picture you holding him hostage like YOU WILL LISTEN TO THIS BOOK IT IS AMAZING!
YOU ARE LITERALLY my favorite booktuber
"I also don't care enough to fact check this." Baha! So much the same.
i love that the whole video kept a purple theme, we love a consistent queen 👏🏽
FINALLY SOMEONE WHO FEELS THE SAME AS I DO ABOUT SNOTGIRL. at least on booktube. my bf brought me his copy to see if i’d like it, i told him i thought it was all over the place and i didnt rly enjoy it apart from the art, he said “same”, and now i can’t get him to take it back. it’s sitting under my desk, haunting me alongside a book of poems i wrote in high school which are all very cringey. bless your whole soul for validating mine LOL
“i long to be a lily pad” is so oddly placed when it’s beside other beautiful poems, but it’s also such a 4am mood. like damn, yeah, ur right, take me away from this flesh prison, i wanna be a lily pad
im glad im not the only one who felt this way about snotgirl! i just cant enjoy a book even if it has really good art or a good writing style, if the story does not resonate with me. LOL so true about the lily pad mood
IM HERE FOR THE YAM HAIR YASSSS 😍😍😍 i bask in your energy, cindy, i also love that you're forcing your friends to read evelyn hugo, keep doin the lords work, babe
i do it to help guide them to the light that is evelyn hugo
😂😂😂. When you were reading the synopsis for Snotgirl, my mind went with it and filled in the blanks. “A graphic novel about a fashion lover but she has a secret...” and I completed it “she’s a lesbian who releases a shit ton of snot every time she meets a gorgeous girl on shoot which is practically all the time because of her job and so she becomes snotgirl and she has to find the fortitude to fight through the snot and the grossed out reactions of potential lovers to find her one true love, a girl who is known as sneezester” (and that folks is the plot of the second book) 😏😏. I know. I know. My mind!!! 🤣🤣🤣. I’m a mess!
i would definitely rather read that version more
1:28 lmfaooo cindy you kill me
how dare they tbh!
Yes! I’m here for your poems because god knows I hope all my poems of my youth have been lost to time.
im glad i didnt delete them if only for the sake of having content on this channel
readwithcindy girl, the things you do for the booktube community 👌👌👌
I love the new hair colour! Ms. Evelyn Hugo is gorgeous, I’m glad you liked the audiobook.👌🏻
Renegades intrigues me, I feel like I could love or hate it.
Hope you’re well! 🙂
lmk what u think if u read renegades!
I will do!
I had to sub within the first five minutes. *Finally a booktuber I can relate to*
I’m obsessed with you.
"And [listening together] was totally his choice, too!"
... Getting a little bit of Reysand PTSD 😖
YASS the queen of booktube is back.
Omfg your humor is everything.. It is impossible to NOT like your video after watching it.. I fucking love your 'zero fucks given' mentality... You are my inspiration
thank u
The audio book for evelyn Hugo was so well done! I loved it. Also, I feel like listening to an audio book with a friend has the potential to just be a great experience all around. I'll have to try it some time.
it's great!! it's like a very slow version of watching a movie with a friend lol
The things you said about the booktube drama
- me everytime something happens and I've missed it.
I love your videos, I'm so happy I've stumbled over your channel!
Lots of love
I love your hair purple is my favourite color!!!
thank you kela!
Furyborn is legit The queen of Tearling with elements. I was very disappointed as well because I wanted to love it so much!
me too! i want to read books with two strong female characters, but just couldn't care for these two
I want to re-live Evelyn Hugo and force my friends to read it too. That whole experience sounds magical. I feel the same way about graphic novels - if the story isn’t good in each volume then what’s the point? I shouldn’t have to read more volumes to “get’ the story. I felt like that way about The Wicked + the Divine. Great wrap up!
thank you! good art can only get you so far.
"The second reason... this is just what my face looks like." GUUUURL feels like when somebody asked if I got enough sleep, but I have no excuse so I just say yeah 😭😭😭😭🔫
this bishh hates everything lol I love it
found your video for the rupi kaur review. agree with everything you said. reading your old poetry is such a dope idea! great way for you to self-reflect and your viewers to see + relate to! ^_^
YES JOIN ME IN THE PURPLE HAIR CLUB I LOVE IT YES
TWINSIES YES
Yess, looking forward to your angsty poetry :- )) And I love the hair color :- )
thank you daniela!
found your videos today. girl, you're the best thing i've watched the past months. go you. give me more. honestly, i hated strange the dreamer and they both die in the end. mostly don't like all the popular stuff on booktube and always felt like... why is everyone raving... can't trust their reviews anymore. but now i've found you. all is good.
I love the purple hair....and yams. 💜
mmm i love yams too 💜
I remember reading the first couple of issues of _Snotgirl_ on a recc and I was so baffled and disappointed lol It was nice to hear you talk about it, because I ain't here for the hype 👏🏼
i honestly dont see the appeal other than the art tbh lol
YAAS Cindy poetry I am so excited!!
omg ur so great, i actually adore u and ur content
aww thanks i felt like this video was too unenthusiastic but im glad u still enjoyed!
YES i love the yam look
thank you!!
Honestly so glad I found your channel. Im always laughing cause of you
Cindy, you're a breath of fresh air
Yeah, I was really excited about Furyborn when it was about to be released but no one I know and trust has enjoyed it very much so I'm good. 🤷🏻♀️ Also I would freaking love a video of your reading poetry. 😂
I'm glad you enjoyed your trip! That audiobook experience sounds amazing -- it's so rewarding to see someone who isn't much of a reader find a book they love, and getting to listen to the book right along side them sounds so fun!
I really enjoyed Renegades, but I totally agree with you about it being kind of generic! Just a right book right time situation I think. It really is a shameless comfort read -- it's not that deep lol but I had a fun time reading it. It mostly just gave me some hard-core Sky High vibes, and I was trash for that movie so I was all about the cheese and superhero tropes in Renegades haha. I've heard a lot of conflicting thoughts about Furyborn! I always worry about books with so much hype, especially fantasies, because they so often miss the mark and fall way short of the hype. And LOL girl we've all gone through our cringey poetry phases, I feel you XD
yea i loved listening to the audiobook with my friend so i could see all his reactions live!! yea renegades is a comfort read which is OK, i've LOVED plenty of books that weren't deep or special. totally get what u mean that it gives sky high vibes. it's very cheesy but it can be enjoyable the way that christmas special movies are.
I love the purple hair!
Hearing you talk about Evelyn Hugo again makes me want to reread it!
I agree that Furyborn was pretty slow at times. I usually love books with dual POVs and alternating timelines but I didn't like how it was executed in the book. It made the story feel underwhelming to me.
totally agree about furyborn! it seemed like it would have everything i want with the dual POVs of two strong female characters and the different timelines. hopefully there will be another book out there that does it better to our tastes haha
Ah, Comic Sans- the true font for the trashy soul. Also, we stan the hair, girl. We stan it forever.
All jokes aside though, I totally get what you mean about fantasy characters usually not being self-made as such. What you said reminded me of this book I read a while ago called Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson. The novel is about a boy who wants to be a magician (they're chalk-wielding magicians who use math and geometry to defeat evil, and honestly, my engineer soul died of happiness at that) but he isn't. He's still so interested that he keeps studying it theoretically and he becomes better than most of his peers who ARE powerful. I think you might really enjoy the book (and the upcoming series)! Give it a try if you haven't already! Great video as always! :)
thanks for the rec anandi! that concept sounds interesting! i totally agree that self-made strength is better than inherited strength
"some people got naked" 😂 loving your hair 💜
I hope you're enjoying more books this month! x
im in the middle of reading vengeful right now and enjoying it!
Yay!! Cant wait to see next weeks video.
Sitting here waiting for the tea.
i'll make it a premiere! it'll be fun
It was such a long time since I've watched one of your video and OMG I missed you haha interesting point of views! I think you're the first person saying that Renegates and Furyborn were just not that great. Cannot wait to hear your poems haha Hope you're good!
thank you sasha!!
Furyborn is infamous within my friend for...
*Chapter 41...*
Let's just say things got steamy. Coincidentally, there was another steamy scene, also at you guessed it-- Chapter 41.
I feel like your taste in books is very similar to mine (like cough, we're Six of Crows trash), so I hope you end up reading the Bartimaeus trilogy someday. It's similarly action-packed but seriously so hilarious that I think it'll end up really appealing to your sense of humor. Not to mention, it's got one of the best YA finales I've read in my entire life (I'll fight tooth and nail anyone who says otherwise), and I can personally guarantee it'll make you cry.
Btw, YES to your purple hair! It matches your skin tone, and it looks very nice on you. :)
thank u for the kind words! omg i love books that make me cry lmao thank u for the rec!! :)
Tooootally agree about Furyborn. The only character I even gave two shits about was Simon but even so his attitude to the MC (can't even remember her name or any other characters) seems to shift so suddenly it's hard to stay on board.
i totally agree about simon's attitude to the MC! it didn't feel natural
Have you read the Gentleman’s Guide To Vice & Virtue?
i have not! i've heard from a queer booktuber that it is problematic so i've avoided it
readwithcindy oh really? Who told you that? Do they have a review? I’m curious what they have to say, I myself enjoyed it but I have not heard anything about it on BookTube from the perspective of someone in the LBGTQ+ community.
I think her opinion is in the minority but she reads books very critically (she couldn't finish six of crows which i LOVE lol) - her channel is Anna Reads if u wanna check her out! she made a rant review about the gentleman's guide
i know i'm super late but like you should definitely try the rest of the renegades series! i felt the same you did at the first book, but it takes such a turn that it makes it worthwhile at the end. just a suggestion, sending much love! love your channel!
Girl I love your channel but honestly how do you get through so many books? I love to read but it takes me so long to find the perfect book I want to read and then a million and one years to finish it.
Love the purple hair 💜
Sorry your reading month didn’t really have anything outstanding for you :/ Your travels looked amazing though!!! I love the story about you and your friend listening to the audiobook, especially since reading is sometimes such a solitary thing 💕
yes totally! listening to audiobooks with friends felt like watching a movie with friends where we could both consume a story together
Lol the best looking purple yam.
Dying to listen to Evelyn Hugo 😭
listen to audible!!
Oh man. I’m going to have to. 😭
_"So... Quality Content!"_ You damned straight! ;^P
thanks yapdog
I keep going back and forth between wanting to read Renegades... also purple looks so good on you!
u can still try it out! i heard the audiobook is good
Cindy you're killing me, I love you.
And here I thought I was the only one who wrote bad angsty poetry back in high school and college I still have the old composition books to prove it lol. I think you are the only person I've heard who did not like snotgirl. Furyborn has been on my list to read since it came out someone in the comments mention that book is just like a queen of the tearling just with elements side note I actually like Queen of the tearling so I'm still going to give this book read. Still on the fence about Renegades I don't see myself reading it no time soon especially since I didn't like heartless. I think purple looks great on you but then again I always think you look fabulous! So glad that you had a safe and fun trip and we're glad to see you back on booktube! 💜💜💜
thank you! i also did not enjoy heartless. it's a shame that marissa meyer hasn't written other books that i've LOVED yet after lunar chronicles. i say give furyborn a shot and see if you like it! omg i would love to read your poetry lol it's always fun to look back on that stuff
I have "The Sun and Her Flowers" on my TBR for this month. I can see where you are coming from and I think that the cool thing about poetry is that much of what we get out of when we read it is what we bring to it in the first place. That is what makes art in general so personal. I still plan on reading it, but now I am really curious what I will get out of since I was never a young girl.
i'd love to hear ur POV once u read it! i def think the main audience is for young girls but i do think many other people could relate to it. it's just for me i no longer relate to it because my life has changed a lot compared to where i was 5 years ago.
GIRL YOUR HAIR 💜
thank you!!
I absolutely agree with you about Furyborn. I was hoping it would be one of the knockouts based on the concept. I was very underwhelmed and I believe the two main characters were "Strong Female Characters," in all the wrong ways.
I could compare mountain climbing with a steep drop off, to trying to finish it. I kept going and going no matter how hard it was to read. Then when I got to the climax, it fell BAD.
Also love the sass and the satire ❤
HAHAHA i love ur analogy about mountain climbing to finishing this book. i was on a plane ride so i had no choice but to finish it. otherwise it would have been very very slow for me to get through it
The second book sounds exactly like the plot line of that Disney movie Decedents
Omg I love your hair so much ❤️❤️❤️
thank u nora
NETFLIX GEN WAS MY FAVORITE MOVIE THIS YEAR.
that movie was talked about so much at my workplace because many of the characters were similar to the employees here, including me lol!
i think i need to read renegades bc i've been in such a bad reading slump omggg
also, your hair looks gorgeous!
I love how you review books, you are going to save me so much money.
I am so going to follow you on goodreads.
Thank you so much for being you.👍🏻👊🏻😀
Rupi is great when you are going through something.
Honestly I agree with your comments on Snotgirl. I’m still finishing it. Renegades was on my TBR but idk when I’ll actually get to it. I honestly just don’t have time to read mediocre or underwhelming stories. However the story sounds interesting so I will read it eventually
Claire is a genius in my opinion and I love her concepts. Plus you’re right like she writes suuuuuch great sex scenes. I heard that Sawkill Girls was much better than Furyborn. Multiple ppl have said that!
sawkill girls is on my TBR so i will give her another try!!
well this video has made my mind up [renegades]...... i'm going to wait for the audio book [from the library] to be available and not waste money on the book. you have saved me four quid, cheers for that
16 minutes time to grab a snackkkkk and nod and agree to everything you say like you can hear me lmaoooo
Cindy you're an absolute community treasure "quality content" x2 HAHA SAME. your videos literally make me laugh every time
honestly what a fucking legend, only discovered your channel today thanks to the youtube's algorithm that did something good for the first time, love it, you go!
idk what i did to deserve the algorithm helping me out like this
if u keep this hair til next halloween u can go as taro bubble tea!! ofc i havent read any of these what else is new. can't wait to read furyborn even tho reviews seem mixed
i wanna continue dressing up as pop culture characters bc theyre the easiest!! taro bubble tea is a good idea tho! and lemme know ur thoughts on furyborn