Really glad you promote the library. I get most of my books there and it's good to remind people they don't have to spend tons of money to enjoy books!
@@BookswithEmilyFox love this type of video. I just finished reading a great book. Part of a series by William Kent Krueger. Highly recommend for mysteries
During my last year of undergrad, I did a Canadian Literature course and our topic was residential schools. I don't think I stopped crying that entire semester. Some of the books we read that I would recommend are: Stoney Creek Woman, They Called Me Number One, Indian Horse, and The Outside Circle.
The serpent and the wings of night is an amazing fantasy romance series. I would only read it if you like fantasy, romance, Vampires, and the main character facing hunger games like trials. It is also not YA it is New Adult.
Oh Harrow the ninth is my fave book ever, it´s crazy confusing but pays off so hard and after reading Nona and then re-reading Harrow... AMZING! Hope you enjoy them!
hi i loved Defiant (and i really HATED book 3) and you don't need to read the novella inbetween but it was the best one (but im biased because Jorgen is my favorite character😘)
What Moves the Dead was interesting, especially some of the side characters, and is a retelling of The Fall of the House of Usher. If you liked her Nettle and Bone, she just came out with a novel-length fantasy like it called A Sorceress Comes to Call. The Last Unicorn is definitely not a children’s book, but it’s definitely beautiful and whimsical. There’s an animated movie from the 80s if you enjoy the book.
I loved Defiant. I was so relieved after book 3. Because, what was that? I didn't read any of the novellas because I heard they sucked as well, and I didn't feel lost reading the series at all, thankfully. It's definitely worth reading book 4.
I would recommend anything by Frances Hardinge, her books tend to be mg/ya but absolutely worth it for older readers too, very complex and nuanced fantasy with a focus on character development, platonic relationships & worldbuilding! I've just finished Unraveller and loved it. Human Acts by Han Kang is another new favourite for me, but it's definitely a difficult read: harsh, visceral, and raw, but also necessary.
I'm just going to make a wild suggestion for a challenge for yourself next year: reading fantasy and sci-fi with bright and fun colors/spines. A couple I'd suggest: Axiom's End by Lindsay Ellis (red cover and spine, second book is blue, third is green), Shards of Earth by Adrian Tchaikovsky (bright yellow spine), and The Wolf in the Whale by Jordanna Max Brodsky (red spine).
@BookswithEmilyFox ugh, that's so unfortunate! It's like one of the only bright spines in a sea of darkness on my SFF shelves; maybe it's only the American editions that are yellow?
Here are some mystery thrillers I think you might like and should defiantly try this year. Let me know if any of them interest you. The books are: Contagion by Erin Bowman (mystery thriller with sci-fi), Just the Nicest Couple by Mary Kubica, Ghost Station by S. A. Barnes (mystery thriller with sci-fi), Dead Silence by S. A. Barnes (mystery thriller with sci-fi), Necrotek by Johnathan Maberry (mystery thriller with sci-fi), Murder Your Employer by Rupert Holmes, Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak, The Third wife of Faraday house by B. R. Meyers, How to solve your own murder by Kristen Perrin, and A House with Good bones by T. Kingfisher. I hope you like some of these.
I haven’t read Defiant yet but you do have to read the last novella (which is the best one!) because there are some major plot points that definitely will affect the whole story for the final book
Serpent & the wings felt very adult or new adult, it’s extremely violent and gorey. I enjoyed the book until the ending unfortunately 😭 I also really want to read The Seven Year Slip!
The Color Purple is such a good book! Hope you enjoy ☺️ Also Nona is a good book but man, the journey you have to get through in Harrow- it was so hard to read for me. The author changes their writing style for each book and man Harrow was so tough until about halfway through
What Moves the Dead is a fun retelling of the Fall of the House of Usher. Really good duology. I just started The Sword of Kaigen and the Phoenix Keeper today and both are really fun so far!
I'm reading the sequel to Serpent right now. Flew through that first book and for being YA was absolutely pleasantly surprised in all the best ways! Book 2 is not lacking book 2 syndrome either which is also a huge surprise!
T. Kingfisher is my favorite author!! Her best series imo is The Saint of Steel (Paladins series), which is an excellent adult fantasy series with super lovable characters.
I’ve read Nettle and Bone (at Emily’s recommendation) and really liked it so I also read The Hollow Places and enjoyed it. Good to know a fan’s next rec from this author, thank you
Can see why Cytonic didn't really do it for most people (including me), but Defiant IS better. It makes Cytonic better in retrospect (if just for a bit). Hope you do enjoy it :)
Braiding Sweetgrass is sooooooooo good. I highly recommend it. It's lovely and the author narrates it herself. I think that we are obliged to educate ourselves about the people who are indigenous to this land and were murdered/genocided (especially because we live on their stolen land). I have not read this yet, but I always get An Inconvenient Indian recommended to me and it's on my TBR. I also have Starlight Tour on my TRB. A Mind Spread Out On The Ground is also really good - especially the audiobook.
I'd be very interested to see your opinion on the Veronica Speedwell series. It's historical fiction, Victorian, and it low key improved my hope for a good hetero romance in books 🤣
You need to read The Seven Year Slip and excellent book! It drags you in as soon as you start reading! You’ll enjoy it! I loved it! Would give it a 10 out of 10
I read Red Dragon last October and it is a lot of fun. I've never read a book where an author has stuck the landing so good and then decided "I'm going to muck this perfect ending up for no reason" though.
Red Dragon is part of the Hannibal series and it's one of the best one. For me Silence of the Lambs is just beautifull and the best one in the series but red dragon is a close second.
Braiding Sweetgrass is soooo good. I loved the audiobook. Moving and beautifully written too. I believe The Serpent... is adult fantasy. But perhaps reads like a new adult? I heard mixed things about that series but heard better reviews on her other series (The War of Lost Hearts).
I have heard Defiant is good. I, like you, was done with the series after the horrible book 3 (worst book Sanderson has ever written tbh) but Defiant had great reviews so I’m tempted to finish it
nooo Emily, The Serpent and the Wings of Night is not YA (if you read it you'll know what I mean... not a spoiler but a spice warning? 😂: *** *** *** *** *** ***the cave scene lol) but the story is amazing! It has trials, and Oraya is not a dumb main female character waiting for love to save her. I think you may like it, except for the cave scene lol
I loved The Color Purple! It was a very impactful book! If you like it, I would also recommend the book Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zara Neal Hurston if you haven’t read it yet
I enjoyed What Moves the Dead :) It has a sequel too, if you end up liking it! I also saw How to Date Men When You Hate Men at the bookshop the other day, and was intrigued, so I'm curious to hear what you think of it :)
What Moves The Dead is a re-telling of Edgar Allen Poe’s book The Fall Of The House Of Usher. Very unique take on the story. I enjoyed it except I found it slow to get going. Will be interested to hear your thoughts. 😊
I heard the color purple is really good, I found myself a copy this month too in a free book shelf. And I also only need to read defiant, after finally finishing the last novella. I find the novellas not so bad actually, I really loved the slugs and in the last novella there are also a lot of kitsen the mouse like aliens so that was sweet, too.
The best way to read Harrow the Ninth and Nona the Ninth is just to accept that you are going to be completely and utterly confused for the vast majority of the book, until the author chooses to let you in on the truth -or part of it. I also enjoyed Gideon but was confused, and I still absolutely loved Harrow and Nona. I'm a new fan of Ashley Poston, and The Seven Year Slip is probably my least favorite -but it's also one that's closer to the author's heart. I recommend reading the note at the end of the book to get an explanation of the author's headspace. The last book I bought (yesterday XD ) was "Howl's Moving Castle," "You, Again," "Young Gothic," "The Shadow Cabinet," and "The Once and Future Witches."
I finally read The Hundred-Year House by Rebecca Makkai, and all of the connections in the book just made my brain go brrrr ❤️ Outstanding...so I then bought The Great Believers.
Hey Emily I've been watching you since before you had bangs lol. I think your channel is fun and we should be book friends keep up the good work and continue being a good car mom!,,🎉
If you’re looking for romance with a sci-fi element, I HIGHLY recommend The Husbands by Holly Gramazio. I’m not a romance reader myself, so it takes a really special book in this genre to get 5⭐️ from me. Since you liked Wrong Place Wrong Time, I think you’ll like this too!
The last book I purchased was Hard by a Great Forest by Leo Vardiashvili. He is a Georgian author and I honestly never see any English books from there (I’m from Tbilisi, Georgia 😊) so I just had to get it. Plus it was signed!
I read Red Dragon after watching TV series Hannibal (which i highly recommend if you like mindf*ck stuff) and i really enjoyed the novel! There are some elements that didn't age well, but it's more reflective of the world the book is set in, rather than horrible views of author - i thought it approached its subjects with complexity and thoughtfulness they deserved.
I loved the 7th year slip and her other book the dead romantics from that author. I did not like her latest book but maybe just me. She has contemporary romances that have 1 fantasy element and different ones in each. I have fun with them and she writes grief I think very well. 2/3 for me so far and the 7 year slip was a yes.
You should also try The do over by lynn painter. It's a feel-good, and funny romance book and there's a time loop. It's a good book when you need a break from chunky books😅
Red Dragon is a prequel to Silence of the Lambs. They actually made it into a movie starring Ralph Fiennes. I thought the book was pretty good, but I read it like more than 15 years ago (probably closer to 25) so my memory of it should really be taken with the time that I read it during.
The Color Purple was so good. Completely agreeing with you on the Skyward series. I really enjoyed the first two, thought the novellas were terrible and Cytonic was so boring and overpowered. Still waiting for my library to get Defiant too so I don’t have to buy it myself lol
The serpent and the wings of night was ok, not sure you'll like it. BUT daughter of no worlds by the same author was really good and maybe you'd like it better
I read a few of Thomas Harris' books years ago and enjoyed them. Hope you do as well. Last book I read: Chronicle of a death foretold by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (110 pages ish). Last books I bought: One hundred years of solitude (Garcia Marquez) and Sleeping beauties (Stephen and Owen King). All books preloved. ❤📚
I remember really enjoying Red Dragon and Silence of the Lambs books. The movies are good, and of course the TV series Hannibal is one of my all time favourite series. Just a warning, the other books in the Hannibal Lecter series are various levels of not good. There’s a theory that Thomas Harris was harassed into writing more of the series due to the popularity of the Silence of the Lambs movie.
I think The Serpent and the Wings of Night might be New Adult so I don't know that you will like it. You might maybe like To Shape a Dragon's Breath which is adult book, the narrator is an adult in her culture, but has a prominent boarding school setting so it has a lot of crossover to young adult readers (so maybe you won't like it???) the audiobook is great though. The other fantasy book my friends are into this year that's definitely adult is Witch King by Martha Wells but for some reason I'm thinking you've already tried that one? 🤔
I recently bought The monsters we defy by Leslye Penelope, Where the dark stands still by A. B. Poranek, A potion to die for by Heather Blake, Everyone on this train is a suspect by Benjamin Stevenson and Love at first book by Jenny McKinlay. I have no an idea which a book I will read first 😅
I remember liking Red Dragon a lot but idk how it’s aged. I recommend Sea of Rust by Robert G Cargill (i think). It was really good and the cover is gorgeous 😍
The Last Unicorn is not a kids book imo. It’s one of my favorite books and I absolutely recommend it! I think it’s one of the victims of people assuming it’s for kids just because it’s fantasy. Granted, it’s not like there’s anything inappropriate for kids in it that I can think of, so in theory a kid could read it. But the writing style would be a little too difficult for most kids imo.
Defiant was good but I could not forget cytonic which I really struggled to finish🙈🙈. I have the novellas but haven’t read any yet. I didn’t feel like I missed them reading Defiant. But overall because Cytonic was so bad I couldn’t bring myself to really care anymore 😭
I am curious to know your opinion of the seven year slip. I read the dead romantics which was OK, now I am reading a novel story by the same author, which I am struggling to finish.
I really liked The Seven Year Slip, thought The Dead Romantics, and sadly didn’t care for A Novel Love Story - hopefully you’ll enjoy The Seven Year Slip too if you decide to pick it up 🤞
If you want to learn more about Indigenous struggles (past and present) in Canada, I can recommend „Indigenous Writes“ by Chelsea Vowel. A great overview and focuses on Canada :) Also, it is on Spotify as an audiobook 😊
I want to read the first, it was recommended to me a lot. This week I break my book buying ban because I found books that I was looking since a long ago on the web of my second hand library. I don't like the cover of What moves the dead, I prefer the Spanish version (Qué mueve a los muertos in Spanish and Què mou els morts in Catalan), I like this author. I specially like The seventh bride. The color purple is a hard book. One of my friends always said I HAVE to read Gideon, but I'm waiting to the announcement of the last book.
One of my other book clubs just readWhat Moves the Dead, we all gave it 3☆ish. I just finished The Beauty by Aliya Whitley which was a much better fungal horror book! I LO♡ED the Seven Year Slip! I read the Hannibal books when I was like 15, I don't know how they've aged back then I thought they were OK but not great. What Moves the Dead is based on The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allen poe, I'd read the origonal after (it's super short and free audiobooks on YT)
I'm currently reading Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus, it's on track to become my new best of the year! It barely qualifies as a romance but is a great feminist historical fiction (late 1950s-early60s)
I really liked the color purple but it didn't made me cry and i think you won't too. The movie based in the book with Whoopi Goldberg is very good (deviates a chunk but i still loved it). About the Hannibal Lecter books, from what i know (and i didn't read none of them) the only that are good to read are Red Dragon and The Silence of the Lambs. The others the author was pressured to write so that they could make movies out of them. Now i don't know how they stand those two regarding mysogeny and other stuff. The movie SIlence of the Lambs is one of my favourites, and never saw the others (don't want to).
Really glad you promote the library. I get most of my books there and it's good to remind people they don't have to spend tons of money to enjoy books!
Absolutely! I use my libraries a lot and buy most of my books used which I think is more realistic lol
@@BookswithEmilyFox love this type of video. I just finished reading a great book. Part of a series by William Kent Krueger. Highly recommend for mysteries
I loved Braiding Sweetgrass! One of my favorite books I’ve ever read. It was beautiful.
I did too. It is on my list of rereads for this year, once the cooler weather comes.
That gradient lip is giving
During my last year of undergrad, I did a Canadian Literature course and our topic was residential schools. I don't think I stopped crying that entire semester. Some of the books we read that I would recommend are: Stoney Creek Woman, They Called Me Number One, Indian Horse, and The Outside Circle.
braiding sweet grass the audiobook her voice is so peaceful
The serpent and the wings of night is an amazing fantasy romance series. I would only read it if you like fantasy, romance, Vampires, and the main character facing hunger games like trials. It is also not YA it is New Adult.
Agreed! I don’t usually like vampire stories but this one was very readable…
wait this sounds interesting!
@@sarahsho9799 it is really good! You should read it!
I have the first book waiting for me to read it.. Can’t wait
@@ericapoe that’s great! I hope you really like it!
Oh my god I didn’t know you had a book channel now!!! I used to watch you AGES ago for beauty stuff. I’m so happy I get to watch you again for books 💕
Oh Harrow the ninth is my fave book ever, it´s crazy confusing but pays off so hard and after reading Nona and then re-reading Harrow... AMZING! Hope you enjoy them!
hi i loved Defiant (and i really HATED book 3) and you don't need to read the novella inbetween but it was the best one (but im biased because Jorgen is my favorite character😘)
What Moves the Dead is great! It's a retelling of the Fall of the House of Usher, which is a story by Edgar Allan Poe originally.
I love the last unicorn I actually found it first as the movie and then found out it was the book yes it’s definitely worth the read
The Color Purple is phenomenal.
What Moves the Dead was interesting, especially some of the side characters, and is a retelling of The Fall of the House of Usher. If you liked her Nettle and Bone, she just came out with a novel-length fantasy like it called A Sorceress Comes to Call. The Last Unicorn is definitely not a children’s book, but it’s definitely beautiful and whimsical. There’s an animated movie from the 80s if you enjoy the book.
The Color Purple is an incredible experience! I would say that it's best to be prepared before going into reading it, but it's worth the journey.💜
I loved Defiant. I was so relieved after book 3. Because, what was that? I didn't read any of the novellas because I heard they sucked as well, and I didn't feel lost reading the series at all, thankfully. It's definitely worth reading book 4.
I read Red Dragon and Silence of the Lambs as a teen/early 20’s. I loved them!
Hell yes to Braiding Sweetgrass! It’s a good one to spread out a read a chapter at a time.
I would recommend anything by Frances Hardinge, her books tend to be mg/ya but absolutely worth it for older readers too, very complex and nuanced fantasy with a focus on character development, platonic relationships & worldbuilding! I've just finished Unraveller and loved it. Human Acts by Han Kang is another new favourite for me, but it's definitely a difficult read: harsh, visceral, and raw, but also necessary.
I'm just going to make a wild suggestion for a challenge for yourself next year: reading fantasy and sci-fi with bright and fun colors/spines. A couple I'd suggest: Axiom's End by Lindsay Ellis (red cover and spine, second book is blue, third is green), Shards of Earth by Adrian Tchaikovsky (bright yellow spine), and The Wolf in the Whale by Jordanna Max Brodsky (red spine).
My edition of SoE's spine is black :/
@BookswithEmilyFox ugh, that's so unfortunate! It's like one of the only bright spines in a sea of darkness on my SFF shelves; maybe it's only the American editions that are yellow?
Braiding Sweetgrass is fantastic!! One of my favorite books ever. I think it's the kind of book that you would enjoy
I just read The Seven Year Slip on the weekend and loved it! great mix of sci fi and contemporary.
What Moves the Dead is one of my favorite books. It's a re-telling of "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe.
Here are some mystery thrillers I think you might like and should defiantly try this year. Let me know if any of them interest you. The books are: Contagion by Erin Bowman (mystery thriller with sci-fi), Just the Nicest Couple by Mary Kubica, Ghost Station by S. A. Barnes (mystery thriller with sci-fi), Dead Silence by S. A. Barnes (mystery thriller with sci-fi), Necrotek by Johnathan Maberry (mystery thriller with sci-fi), Murder Your Employer by Rupert Holmes, Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak, The Third wife of Faraday house by B. R. Meyers, How to solve your own murder by Kristen Perrin, and A House with Good bones by T. Kingfisher. I hope you like some of these.
I haven’t read Defiant yet but you do have to read the last novella (which is the best one!) because there are some major plot points that definitely will affect the whole story for the final book
Fun and varied haul Emily- I've been curious about Red Dragon as well.
The last unicorn is my favorite book, im so happy you picked it up!! 💜
Just picked up Braiding Sweetgrass! The Color Purple is amazing, I think you'll enjoy it since you like the Neopolitan series
Serpent & the wings felt very adult or new adult, it’s extremely violent and gorey. I enjoyed the book until the ending unfortunately 😭 I also really want to read The Seven Year Slip!
Currently reading and loving the 7 year slip!
I really enjoyed Embassytown by China Mieville and Semiosis by Sue Burke. Very memorable SciFi reads, I was blown away ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Color Purple is such a good book! Hope you enjoy ☺️
Also Nona is a good book but man, the journey you have to get through in Harrow- it was so hard to read for me. The author changes their writing style for each book and man Harrow was so tough until about halfway through
What Moves the Dead is a fun retelling of the Fall of the House of Usher. Really good duology.
I just started The Sword of Kaigen and the Phoenix Keeper today and both are really fun so far!
I'm reading the sequel to Serpent right now. Flew through that first book and for being YA was absolutely pleasantly surprised in all the best ways! Book 2 is not lacking book 2 syndrome either which is also a huge surprise!
T. Kingfisher is my favorite author!! Her best series imo is The Saint of Steel (Paladins series), which is an excellent adult fantasy series with super lovable characters.
I’ve read Nettle and Bone (at Emily’s recommendation) and really liked it so I also read The Hollow Places and enjoyed it. Good to know a fan’s next rec from this author, thank you
Can see why Cytonic didn't really do it for most people (including me), but Defiant IS better. It makes Cytonic better in retrospect (if just for a bit). Hope you do enjoy it :)
Just wondering if you still keep your new buys throughout the year on a separate shelf?
Looking forward to hear your thoughts on the nonfiction books!
Braiding Sweetgrass is sooooooooo good. I highly recommend it. It's lovely and the author narrates it herself.
I think that we are obliged to educate ourselves about the people who are indigenous to this land and were murdered/genocided (especially because we live on their stolen land). I have not read this yet, but I always get An Inconvenient Indian recommended to me and it's on my TBR. I also have Starlight Tour on my TRB. A Mind Spread Out On The Ground is also really good - especially the audiobook.
Serpent is adult fantasy! :)
I'd be very interested to see your opinion on the Veronica Speedwell series. It's historical fiction, Victorian, and it low key improved my hope for a good hetero romance in books 🤣
You need to read The Seven Year Slip and excellent book! It drags you in as soon as you start reading! You’ll enjoy it! I loved it! Would give it a 10 out of 10
Prediction.....you will love The Color Purple ❤
I read Red Dragon last October and it is a lot of fun. I've never read a book where an author has stuck the landing so good and then decided "I'm going to muck this perfect ending up for no reason" though.
Red Dragon is part of the Hannibal series and it's one of the best one. For me Silence of the Lambs is just beautifull and the best one in the series but red dragon is a close second.
Braiding Sweetgrass is soooo good. I loved the audiobook. Moving and beautifully written too. I believe The Serpent... is adult fantasy. But perhaps reads like a new adult? I heard mixed things about that series but heard better reviews on her other series (The War of Lost Hearts).
I have heard Defiant is good. I, like you, was done with the series after the horrible book 3 (worst book Sanderson has ever written tbh) but Defiant had great reviews so I’m tempted to finish it
I’ve heard it’s much better than book 3 but the bar is low lol
nooo Emily, The Serpent and the Wings of Night is not YA (if you read it you'll know what I mean... not a spoiler but a spice warning? 😂:
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***the cave scene lol) but the story is amazing! It has trials, and Oraya is not a dumb main female character waiting for love to save her. I think you may like it, except for the cave scene lol
I loved The Color Purple! It was a very impactful book! If you like it, I would also recommend the book Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zara Neal Hurston if you haven’t read it yet
I enjoyed What Moves the Dead :) It has a sequel too, if you end up liking it! I also saw How to Date Men When You Hate Men at the bookshop the other day, and was intrigued, so I'm curious to hear what you think of it :)
What Moves The Dead is a re-telling of Edgar Allen Poe’s book The Fall Of The House Of Usher. Very unique take on the story. I enjoyed it except I found it slow to get going. Will be interested to hear your thoughts. 😊
I heard the color purple is really good, I found myself a copy this month too in a free book shelf. And I also only need to read defiant, after finally finishing the last novella. I find the novellas not so bad actually, I really loved the slugs and in the last novella there are also a lot of kitsen the mouse like aliens so that was sweet, too.
The best way to read Harrow the Ninth and Nona the Ninth is just to accept that you are going to be completely and utterly confused for the vast majority of the book, until the author chooses to let you in on the truth -or part of it. I also enjoyed Gideon but was confused, and I still absolutely loved Harrow and Nona. I'm a new fan of Ashley Poston, and The Seven Year Slip is probably my least favorite -but it's also one that's closer to the author's heart. I recommend reading the note at the end of the book to get an explanation of the author's headspace.
The last book I bought (yesterday XD ) was "Howl's Moving Castle," "You, Again," "Young Gothic," "The Shadow Cabinet," and "The Once and Future Witches."
I finally read The Hundred-Year House by Rebecca Makkai, and all of the connections in the book just made my brain go brrrr ❤️ Outstanding...so I then bought The Great Believers.
I loved what moves the dead! There’s a sequel out now I’m excited to read
I did know there was a second one! If I like the first, I'll have to check it out!
Hey Emily I've been watching you since before you had bangs lol. I think your channel is fun and we should be book friends keep up the good work and continue being a good car mom!,,🎉
Out of books topic your season is defiantly winter and you have a cold undertone 😂 I just noticed from your clothes, makeup and hair & eye color 😊
The first ones sound fun 😂
I liked the 7 year slip!
The Color Purple is a regular novel in first half and then there’s the second part told in letters.
If you’re looking for romance with a sci-fi element, I HIGHLY recommend The Husbands by Holly Gramazio. I’m not a romance reader myself, so it takes a really special book in this genre to get 5⭐️ from me. Since you liked Wrong Place Wrong Time, I think you’ll like this too!
I really loved what moves the dead
The last book I purchased was Hard by a Great Forest by Leo Vardiashvili. He is a Georgian author and I honestly never see any English books from there (I’m from Tbilisi, Georgia 😊) so I just had to get it. Plus it was signed!
I read Red Dragon after watching TV series Hannibal (which i highly recommend if you like mindf*ck stuff) and i really enjoyed the novel! There are some elements that didn't age well, but it's more reflective of the world the book is set in, rather than horrible views of author - i thought it approached its subjects with complexity and thoughtfulness they deserved.
What moves the dead loved it so much I read it last October so good hope you enjoy it 📙📖📖📖📚📚📚📖📖📙📚📚📖📚📙📖📖📙📚📙🩵🌊🌺🌊🌊🌺🌊🌊🌞🌞🌞🌞🩵🌞🌞🌺🌊🌞🌞🌊🩵🩵🩵🌊🌞🌞🌺🩵
Red Dragon is creepy and good, I liked that whole series
I loved the 7th year slip and her other book the dead romantics from that author. I did not like her latest book but maybe just me. She has contemporary romances that have 1 fantasy element and different ones in each. I have fun with them and she writes grief I think very well. 2/3 for me so far and the 7 year slip was a yes.
You should also try The do over by lynn painter. It's a feel-good, and funny romance book and there's a time loop. It's a good book when you need a break from chunky books😅
Red Dragon is a prequel to Silence of the Lambs. They actually made it into a movie starring Ralph Fiennes. I thought the book was pretty good, but I read it like more than 15 years ago (probably closer to 25) so my memory of it should really be taken with the time that I read it during.
The serpent is certainly not YA it has spice in it.
New adult?
@@BookswithEmilyFox yeah sounds about right.
It's in the adult fantasy section at Indigo! 😊
Madonna in a Fur Coat by Sabahattin Ali. I don’t know if you’ll love it as much as I do but I truly cannot recommend it enough.
The Color Purple was so good.
Completely agreeing with you on the Skyward series. I really enjoyed the first two, thought the novellas were terrible and Cytonic was so boring and overpowered. Still waiting for my library to get Defiant too so I don’t have to buy it myself lol
Can you request it? My library is pretty good at getting new books but only recent ones
The serpent and the wings of night was ok, not sure you'll like it. BUT daughter of no worlds by the same author was really good and maybe you'd like it better
love anything by t. kingfisher and what moves the dead was the first I picked up. normally not a horror girl but this was my speed
I read a few of Thomas Harris' books years ago and enjoyed them. Hope you do as well.
Last book I read: Chronicle of a death foretold by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (110 pages ish).
Last books I bought: One hundred years of solitude (Garcia Marquez) and Sleeping beauties (Stephen and Owen King). All books preloved. ❤📚
I remember really enjoying Red Dragon and Silence of the Lambs books. The movies are good, and of course the TV series Hannibal is one of my all time favourite series. Just a warning, the other books in the Hannibal Lecter series are various levels of not good. There’s a theory that Thomas Harris was harassed into writing more of the series due to the popularity of the Silence of the Lambs movie.
I think The Serpent and the Wings of Night might be New Adult so I don't know that you will like it.
You might maybe like To Shape a Dragon's Breath which is adult book, the narrator is an adult in her culture, but has a prominent boarding school setting so it has a lot of crossover to young adult readers (so maybe you won't like it???) the audiobook is great though.
The other fantasy book my friends are into this year that's definitely adult is Witch King by Martha Wells but for some reason I'm thinking you've already tried that one? 🤔
I also love to use my library for thrillers because every time I do get them, its meh, terrible or just not for me.😅
I recently bought The monsters we defy by Leslye Penelope, Where the dark stands still by A. B. Poranek, A potion to die for by Heather Blake, Everyone on this train is a suspect by Benjamin Stevenson and Love at first book by Jenny McKinlay. I have no an idea which a book I will read first 😅
I remember liking Red Dragon a lot but idk how it’s aged.
I recommend Sea of Rust by Robert G Cargill (i think). It was really good and the cover is gorgeous 😍
The Last Unicorn is not a kids book imo. It’s one of my favorite books and I absolutely recommend it! I think it’s one of the victims of people assuming it’s for kids just because it’s fantasy. Granted, it’s not like there’s anything inappropriate for kids in it that I can think of, so in theory a kid could read it. But the writing style would be a little too difficult for most kids imo.
Red Dragon is good. I read that a long time ago.
I would also recommend having a look at The inconvenient Indian by Thomas King 😊
Defiant was good but I could not forget cytonic which I really struggled to finish🙈🙈. I have the novellas but haven’t read any yet. I didn’t feel like I missed them reading Defiant. But overall because Cytonic was so bad I couldn’t bring myself to really care anymore 😭
I think you might like, You'd Look Better as a Ghost by Joanna Wallace. It is dark but oh so funny at times! 5 star read for me.
I actually bought "Women, race & class" because of you 🙌🏻💜
Oh that’s a good one 💜
I am curious to know your opinion of the seven year slip. I read the dead romantics which was OK, now I am reading a novel story by the same author, which I am struggling to finish.
I really liked The Seven Year Slip, thought The Dead Romantics, and sadly didn’t care for A Novel Love Story - hopefully you’ll enjoy The Seven Year Slip too if you decide to pick it up 🤞
Giedon the Ninth series is the best!
If you want to learn more about Indigenous struggles (past and present) in Canada, I can recommend „Indigenous Writes“ by Chelsea Vowel. A great overview and focuses on Canada :) Also, it is on Spotify as an audiobook 😊
I want to read the first, it was recommended to me a lot.
This week I break my book buying ban because I found books that I was looking since a long ago on the web of my second hand library.
I don't like the cover of What moves the dead, I prefer the Spanish version (Qué mueve a los muertos in Spanish and Què mou els morts in Catalan), I like this author. I specially like The seventh bride.
The color purple is a hard book.
One of my friends always said I HAVE to read Gideon, but I'm waiting to the announcement of the last book.
I heard the Defiant is good again 🤞 and I have a feeling you might not like The Serpent blah blah. But I might be wrong :D
Defiant is okay better then part 3 but 🤷♀️
One of my other book clubs just readWhat Moves the Dead, we all gave it 3☆ish.
I just finished The Beauty by Aliya Whitley which was a much better fungal horror book!
I LO♡ED the Seven Year Slip!
I read the Hannibal books when I was like 15, I don't know how they've aged back then I thought they were OK but not great.
What Moves the Dead is based on The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allen poe, I'd read the origonal after (it's super short and free audiobooks on YT)
I'm currently reading Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus, it's on track to become my new best of the year! It barely qualifies as a romance but is a great feminist historical fiction (late 1950s-early60s)
The Lost Village by Camilla Sten is my best mystery thriller of the year
Defiant is closer to the feel of Skyward. Better than the departure that Cytonic took. You do need to read Evershore..
Fine... I'll read the last ebook lol
I really liked the color purple but it didn't made me cry and i think you won't too. The movie based in the book with Whoopi Goldberg is very good (deviates a chunk but i still loved it). About the Hannibal Lecter books, from what i know (and i didn't read none of them) the only that are good to read are Red Dragon and The Silence of the Lambs. The others the author was pressured to write so that they could make movies out of them. Now i don't know how they stand those two regarding mysogeny and other stuff. The movie SIlence of the Lambs is one of my favourites, and never saw the others (don't want to).
Check out the Black Queen 😮by Jumata Emill… you will speed through it.😊
I would love to hear your thoughts on The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston. I loved The Dead Romantics.
I recommend The Justice of Kings by Richard Swan if you haven't read it already. Good fantasy read.
I’ve gotten that a lot! I just checked and it’s 80% off on Amazon so I might have to!
To learn about slavery in the Canadian context I would recommend Policing Black Lives by Robyn Maynard
I still haven’t read Gideon 😩
omg i hated the seven year slip
Oh no lol