Hearing you gush about Veronica and Stoker makes me so freaking happy. For real, I never get to hear other people talk about them. Ugh, they are my heart
@@katieisreading I am reading my way through Veronica Speedwell as well! It's going to be a great year! 15 series for now and I'll add more as I go through them. Another big one is The Throne of Glass!
i read the prequel directly after i read into the drowning deep and i really enjoyed that one as well!! but i’m so excited to read more sci-fi horror!!
your first honorable mention being the invocations made my heart so happy! you were the one that convinced me to read this one and enjoyed it so much 🥹
Aside from rereads that I did this year, my favorite books are: The starless sea, System collapse, The spear cuts through water, Pack of lies, The sunshine court, The bones beneath my skin
my favorite books of the year were mexican gothic, the scarlet veil and the curse of sins. i also really want to read the emily wilde and veronica speedwell series, they're on my 2025 tbr!
Sword of Kaigen was my favorite fantasy of 2024! So amazing! Also, loved India Holtons book. It was so cute and cozy! Can’t wait for the second book too!
i read A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon this year and that book just eclipsed everything else. so much better than priory of the orange tree, god it was amazing and i already want to reread it
Thank you for this year Katie, for your hard work & for bringing us all such joy and entertainment with your videos 💕💕 Some of my favorite reads this year was A Dowry of Blood & The Invisible Life of Addie Larue!!
Loved this list and got so many recs ❤ I hope 2025 is a much better reading year for you. Just know that the sword of kaigen is epic and one of the best books ever written but it's not a standalone. The author isn't writing the next one for reasons but it wasn't written to stand alone, and honestly still worth it even if it never continues. I HOPE IT DOES THOUGH 😢
I read...way too many books this year, but I'd say my top 5 (from highest to lowest rated) is: "Middlegame" by Seanan McGuire, "The Murderbot Diaries" by Martha Wells (at least books 1-4), "The Gravekeeper" series by Darcy Coates, "Parable of the Sower" by Octavia E. Butler, and "Harrow the Ninth" by Tamsyn Muir. The best thing about Emily and Wendell being opposites: they are LITERALLY opposites. Emily may be socially awkward, but she does create genuinely meaningful connections with people when she manages to interact with them. Wendell, on the other hand, is very much shallow and surface level; he creates connections easily, but they're, well, shallow and easily forgotten or broken because he just doesn't (or can't) care that much. It's SO well done!
ah so many good reads on your list! i read the first murderbor book a few weeks ago and loved it so seeing it on your list makes me very excited to continue it!! and yess to your point about emily and wendell!! they’re dynamic is just so well written❤️
You're amazing Katie ❤ I have so many books that are my favorite because you loved or liked them and I had to read them and so because of you I am loving reading more and more so thank you ❤😊
two of my faves from 2024 were Where the Dark Stands Still by A.B. Poranek and This Fatal Kiss by Alicia Jasinska!! both are full of polish folklore and magic and give studio ghibli vibes!
I’m planning to get into the Mistborn original trilogy this year and now I’m excited to potentially continue into era 2!! Also really want to read Yumi. Very excited to read The Ornithologist’s Field Guide to Love this year too 😍 And I loved your top favorite book as well, so so good and can’t wait for book 3 in the series!! My top books of last year were Six of Crows, Beartown, Words of Radiance, The Things We Cannot Say, Piranesi, Seven Days in June, and The God of the Woods!
I also have mistborn era 2 and Emily Wilde on my top 10 list of last year! I haven’t checked out Veronica Speedwell yet so maybe I need to look into that… Yumi is on my list to read this year, I’m really looking to it
I love these videos so much. I have a few on my list to read for next year and I am currently reading Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands. My top reads of 2024 were A Court of Wings and Ruin, The House In the Cerulean Sea, Witch Hat Atelier series, Yona of the Dawn series, Funny Story, and Divine Rivals. Hope you have a great holiday and a Happy New Year!!
My top books of the year were definitely the agggtm series omg I just loved it ❤ and also I read the first book in the Emily Wilde series and just bought the second one so can’t wait to read it!!! I love your videos katieee🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼
With the exception of the entire Throne Of Glass series, my favorites these year were Childhood's End (Arthur C. Clarke/sci-fi), There There (Tommy Orange/literary fiction), A Little Devil In America (Hanif Abdurraqib/non-fic essay collection), and Wellness (Nathan Hill/literary fiction)
My top books of 2024 were The Women by Kristin Hannah, Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid, and the Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston.
if you haven’t read it yet, i’d really recommend a far wilder magic by allison saft! it’s so good and i’d say it’s similar in concept to ornithologists field guide and emily wilde
Reading a Brandon Sanderson book is on my 2025 TBR! I started Tress and was liking it but didn’t get to finish! Yumi sounds so interesting too!! And of course all of his series are so intriguing… What do you recommend I start with?! 📚 🌟 My favorite reads of the year were Yona of the Dawn (the whole thing lol), The Wicked King, and Anne of Green Gables!! 💗 💜 💚
My introduction to Sanderson that was recommended to me was Warbreaker! A standalone Cosmere novel. Absolutely brilliant! Highly recommend. Can't wait to read Mistborn next! Xx
ah so excited for your brandon sanderson reading journey!!! i think the first mistborn book, the final empire, is the best place to start in my opinion! it’s pretty fast paced and introduces you to great characters right off the bat! also so happy to see yona gracing your list🤧💗
We share Emily Wilde's Map of the otherlands. I am reading that now with a friend of mine and I am hoping to finish it before the end of the year. SpellShop is on my list for my top books of 2024. I gave that one a 5 stars. Also I love your crochet blankets they are lovely..
ah a buddy read of emily wilde sounds so fun, i hope you’re having the best time!! also the spellshop was so cute, definitely see why it’s on your list!!❤️💗
I get high n watch Katie is reading 😂..btw if you like sci-fi horror you should read annihilation! My top 2 favorite bookz from this year. You can read it in a day if you’re committed.
oh no it’s like you’re making me choose between my children😩 probably emily wilde honestly?? but it’s so close😭 but i just love the fantastical aspects of emily wilde so much!
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The way you describe books makes me interested in every book
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Hearing you gush about Veronica and Stoker makes me so freaking happy. For real, I never get to hear other people talk about them. Ugh, they are my heart
you and i are truly doing gods work by pushing the veronica speedwell series constantly🤧
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One of my goals for next year is to read Brandon Sanderson books - so seeing all your positive reviews is making me even more excited!
Same. I've been gathering the books on Audible and Libby so I can start soon.
ah yay! i hope you love them as much as i do!!! diving into the cosmere is such a fun time☺️
@@katieisreading I am reading my way through Veronica Speedwell as well! It's going to be a great year! 15 series for now and I'll add more as I go through them. Another big one is The Throne of Glass!
I've added the sword of kaigen in my 2025 tbr and I can't wait to read it! Thank you for a year of beautiful videos Katie, see u in 2025 💌
oh i hope you love the sword of kaigen!! see you in 2025🥹❤️❤️
KATIE I AM SO EXCITED FOR YOUR SCI-FI HORROR ERA OMG!! The prequel novella to Into the Drowning Deep is my most favorite all-time novella.
i read the prequel directly after i read into the drowning deep and i really enjoyed that one as well!! but i’m so excited to read more sci-fi horror!!
Map of the Otherlands made my top ten as well - looking forward to reading the sequel
yay, i’m so glad you loved it as much as i did!! literally can’t wait for the last book😫
your first honorable mention being the invocations made my heart so happy! you were the one that convinced me to read this one and enjoyed it so much 🥹
map of the otherlands was one of my favourite books this year too! it made me cry with how sweet it was i cannot wait for the third book ❤
ah it was just so good😭❤️ i need the third book asap!!
You make me remember why i love reading and the feeling and beauty of books❤
stop i’m going to cry🥹❤️🤧
Aside from rereads that I did this year, my favorite books are: The starless sea, System collapse, The spear cuts through water, Pack of lies, The sunshine court, The bones beneath my skin
oh i love to see the starless sea on your list! sounds like a great reading year!❤️
my top books of the year were the folk of the air series, the invocations, empire of storms, house of hollow and powerless! (and fourth wing)
ooh so many good books!!❤️❤️
This was an amazing best books list! I NEED to continue with Veronica Speedwell. It's such a good series
yes omg!! i can’t wait to hear what you think of the rest of the books in the series!!
Map of the Otherlands was my favourite book of 2024 too! 🧚🏻 love your videos, can’t wait to see what you are reading next year x
my favorite books of the year were mexican gothic, the scarlet veil and the curse of sins. i also really want to read the emily wilde and veronica speedwell series, they're on my 2025 tbr!
Sword of Kaigen was my favorite fantasy of 2024! So amazing! Also, loved India Holtons book. It was so cute and cozy! Can’t wait for the second book too!
Girl, I'm adding all of these to my TBR! You have excellent taste! I already have Yumi & The Nightmare Painter so can't wait to read that 😁
My favourites of the year were Curious Tides and the second part Stranger Skies, as well as Yumi, Blood over Bright Haven, and A far wilder Magic
sounds like a great year of reading!❤️ i’m really hoping to read blood over bright haven soon myself!
i read A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon this year and that book just eclipsed everything else. so much better than priory of the orange tree, god it was amazing and i already want to reread it
The invocations and Emily Wild’s encyclopedia are so gorgeous! Could not love more! My top 2 books in 2024❤
ah i’m so glad you loved them as well!!❤️❤️
Thank-you for taking your time out for this video.
Thank you for this year Katie, for your hard work & for bringing us all such joy and entertainment with your videos 💕💕
Some of my favorite reads this year was A Dowry of Blood & The Invisible Life of Addie Larue!!
ah you’re so sweet, thank you🥹💗
One of my favorites this year was The Carrow Haunt by Darcy Coates 😊 definitely a fun spooky ride
i want to read that one so bad!!! so glad you enjoyed it, i hope i can pick it up next spooky season
Thank you, Katie. Your descriptions are too good. I've added every one of these to my list for 2025. 🎉
yay! i hope you love them🥹
Loved this list and got so many recs ❤ I hope 2025 is a much better reading year for you. Just know that the sword of kaigen is epic and one of the best books ever written but it's not a standalone. The author isn't writing the next one for reasons but it wasn't written to stand alone, and honestly still worth it even if it never continues. I HOPE IT DOES THOUGH 😢
taking a moment to appreciate your beauty!!
I can’t wait to hear your thoughts on Wind and Truth next year 😊
I read...way too many books this year, but I'd say my top 5 (from highest to lowest rated) is: "Middlegame" by Seanan McGuire, "The Murderbot Diaries" by Martha Wells (at least books 1-4), "The Gravekeeper" series by Darcy Coates, "Parable of the Sower" by Octavia E. Butler, and "Harrow the Ninth" by Tamsyn Muir.
The best thing about Emily and Wendell being opposites: they are LITERALLY opposites. Emily may be socially awkward, but she does create genuinely meaningful connections with people when she manages to interact with them. Wendell, on the other hand, is very much shallow and surface level; he creates connections easily, but they're, well, shallow and easily forgotten or broken because he just doesn't (or can't) care that much. It's SO well done!
ah so many good reads on your list! i read the first murderbor book a few weeks ago and loved it so seeing it on your list makes me very excited to continue it!! and yess to your point about emily and wendell!! they’re dynamic is just so well written❤️
You're amazing Katie ❤ I have so many books that are my favorite because you loved or liked them and I had to read them and so because of you I am loving reading more and more so thank you ❤😊
ah that makes me so happy to hear!😭😭💗
I love you girl and love your goals- you can do it
Love all of your videos, Katie! It's so fun and relaxing, and your videos just got me out of a reading slump;)
I just got the first book Encyclopedia of Fairies at the library and I’m so excited to start it! 😊
i hope you adore it!!❤️❤️
two of my faves from 2024 were Where the Dark Stands Still by A.B. Poranek and This Fatal Kiss by Alicia Jasinska!! both are full of polish folklore and magic and give studio ghibli vibes!
I’m planning to get into the Mistborn original trilogy this year and now I’m excited to potentially continue into era 2!! Also really want to read Yumi. Very excited to read The Ornithologist’s Field Guide to Love this year too 😍 And I loved your top favorite book as well, so so good and can’t wait for book 3 in the series!! My top books of last year were Six of Crows, Beartown, Words of Radiance, The Things We Cannot Say, Piranesi, Seven Days in June, and The God of the Woods!
My top books of the year are Babel, The murmur of the bees, Yumi and the Nightmare Painter, Tress of the Emerald Sea and The Final Empire :)
so many good picks!! sounds like a really great year of reading!!💙
Loved your list. Two of your choices are on my top reads of 2024 as well.😊
I also have mistborn era 2 and Emily Wilde on my top 10 list of last year! I haven’t checked out Veronica Speedwell yet so maybe I need to look into that… Yumi is on my list to read this year, I’m really looking to it
I love these videos so much. I have a few on my list to read for next year and I am currently reading Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands. My top reads of 2024 were A Court of Wings and Ruin, The House In the Cerulean Sea, Witch Hat Atelier series, Yona of the Dawn series, Funny Story, and Divine Rivals. Hope you have a great holiday and a Happy New Year!!
Can't wait to read Into The Drowning Deep and The Sword of Kaigen -- both have been on my tbr for years!
I've been waiting for this one. I kept checking if u uploaded a video yet for daaaays.
My top books of the year were definitely the agggtm series omg I just loved it ❤ and also I read the first book in the Emily Wilde series and just bought the second one so can’t wait to read it!!! I love your videos katieee🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼
yes agggtm was so fun, i’m so glad you enjoyed it as well!!! also hope you love the second emily wilde book!❤️❤️
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With the exception of the entire Throne Of Glass series, my favorites these year were Childhood's End (Arthur C. Clarke/sci-fi), There There (Tommy Orange/literary fiction), A Little Devil In America (Hanif Abdurraqib/non-fic essay collection), and Wellness (Nathan Hill/literary fiction)
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Nice and great selection for this year.
I really want to read Sword of Kaigan - I've heard many people mention it now - perhaps one for my bday list!
yes! highly recommend!!💙
Book 4, purple book, I couldn't hear what you said, (talking so fast) and the book held up was in constant motion 😂
Ornithologists Field Guide to Love
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My top books of 2024 were The Women by Kristin Hannah, Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid, and the Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston.
There is a prequel to Into the Drowning Deep too. It's called Rolling in the Deep.
i actually read it directly after reading into the drowning deep and really enjoyed it!!❤️
if you haven’t read it yet, i’d really recommend a far wilder magic by allison saft! it’s so good and i’d say it’s similar in concept to ornithologists field guide and emily wilde
LOVE Krystal Sutherland! If you haven’t, check out House of Hollow by her!
Reading a Brandon Sanderson book is on my 2025 TBR! I started Tress and was liking it but didn’t get to finish! Yumi sounds so interesting too!! And of course all of his series are so intriguing… What do you recommend I start with?! 📚 🌟
My favorite reads of the year were Yona of the Dawn (the whole thing lol), The Wicked King, and Anne of Green Gables!! 💗 💜 💚
My introduction to Sanderson that was recommended to me was Warbreaker! A standalone Cosmere novel. Absolutely brilliant! Highly recommend. Can't wait to read Mistborn next! Xx
ah so excited for your brandon sanderson reading journey!!! i think the first mistborn book, the final empire, is the best place to start in my opinion! it’s pretty fast paced and introduces you to great characters right off the bat! also so happy to see yona gracing your list🤧💗
Yayyyyyyyy!!!!! Into the drowning deep!!!! My recommendation 😂😂😂😂
Love the way you shoot your videos! what kind of camera do you use?
Have you read The Witchwood Knot by Olivia Atwater? Map of the Otherlands and Witchwood Knot were my 2 favorites of the year!
We share Emily Wilde's Map of the otherlands. I am reading that now with a friend of mine and I am hoping to finish it before the end of the year. SpellShop is on my list for my top books of 2024. I gave that one a 5 stars.
Also I love your crochet blankets they are lovely..
ah a buddy read of emily wilde sounds so fun, i hope you’re having the best time!! also the spellshop was so cute, definitely see why it’s on your list!!❤️💗
@katieisreading thanks, i am having the best time. I'm hoping to finish it before 2024 is over.
Hope you had a good Xmas 🎄 I wasn’t a fan of the Invocations but I loved House of Hollow 🖤
Why is Rio the only thing I could imagine while you were discussing The Orinthologist book!! 😅 Have you seen that movie?!!
If you like sci fi horror you should try Peter F Hamilton The Reality Dysfunction
I get high n watch Katie is reading 😂..btw if you like sci-fi horror you should read annihilation! My top 2 favorite bookz from this year. You can read it in a day if you’re committed.
Good times.
Have my fingers crossed that you read Sword Catcher by Cassandra Clare, i would really love to know what how you feel about that.
Okay but what series do you love more Veronica speedwell or Emily Wilde 👀
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oh no it’s like you’re making me choose between my children😩 probably emily wilde honestly?? but it’s so close😭 but i just love the fantastical aspects of emily wilde so much!
You are my idol for real 🫶🏻
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Did you read The green bone saga by Fonda Lee? If not, I think you might enjoy it ❤
i haven’t but i’ve been very intrigued by it!!
2024 was the worst reading year for me😂
oh no😭😭 manifesting that 2025 is a better reading year for us all🔮
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