the best and worst books i've read so far this year 📖✨
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- Опубліковано 22 лип 2024
- it's that time of year friends! time to update you all on the good, the bad, and the REALLY bad books i've read in the first half of the year! and there's no better way to do that than with the mid year book freak out tag 💖
let me know the best and worst books you've read so far this year! 📖
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📚 timestamps:
- intro: 0:00
- best book you’ve read so far: 2:02
- worst book you've read so far: 6:11
- best sequel you've read so far: 9:07
- new release you haven't read yet, but want to: 9:57
- most anticipated release for the second half of the year: 10:25
- biggest disappointment: 12:15
- biggest surprise: 13:33
- favorite new author: 16:59
- newest fictional crush/newest favorite character: 17:58
- book that made you cry: 19:08
- book that made you happy: 20:00
- most beautiful book you've bought so far this year (or received): 20:18
- what books do you need to read by the end of the year: 20:45
- outro: 21:29
📚 books mentioned:
- 5 centimeters per second
- convenience store woman
- before the coffee gets cold
- yona of the dawn
- spy x family
- heartstopper
- the picture of dorian gray
- let us believe in the beginning of the cold season
- my dark vanessa
- sorcery of thorns
- slammed
- the spanish love deception
- from blood and ash
- all my rage
- carrie soto is back
- the ones we burn
- babel
- you've reached sam
- one last stop
- the idiot
- conversations with friends
- the wolf and the woodsman
- chain of iron
- alone with you in the ether
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Please do another rant video for the worst books you've ever read. The public deserves a part 3
i’ve been considering it hahah
I second this
I third this
@@AClockworkReader we'd love it!
i fifth this
I love that Hannah hated A Little Life so much that she just decided to never talk about it again
She clarified that she read it last year even though the video was posted this year! 😅
this is literally me lmao i erased that i even read it so i totally forgot to mention how much i h8 it in my mid year video, oops
@@LochsLibrary why the fuck are we censoring normal words now like "hate"?
@@the_bob_147 for 1) you can calm the fuck down?? :) why are you so angry
@@the_bob_147 she was just shortening the word omg 😭
As you were talking about the Spanish Love Deception I remembered that someone I know was reading it recently and I asked her for her thoughts. She said "I wish I hadn't thought, and I hope I never think about it again", thought you might relate to that sentiment
yes, exactly. she understands....
Books mentioned
Best books:
2:14: 5 centimeters per second by Yukiko Seiko
2:21 Convenience store woman by Sayaka Murata
2:29 Before the coffee gets cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
2:40 Yona of the dawn manga series by Mizuho Kusanagi
2:53 Spy x Family by Tatsuya Endo
3:00 Hearstopper series by Alice Oseman
3:15 Let us believe in the beginning of the cold season: selected poems by Forough Farrokhzad
3:27 The picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
3:38 My dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth
4:27 Sorcery of thorns by Margaret Rodgerson
Worst books:
6:30 Slammed by Colleen Hoover
7:07 The spanish love deception by Elena Armas
7:35 From blood and ash by Jennifer L. Armetrout
Best sequel:
9:35 The heartstopper and spy x family sequels
New releases not yet read:
10:01 All my rage by Sabaa Tahir
Most anticipated releases for the second half of the year:
10:36 Carrie Soto is back by Taylor Jenkins Reid
10:51 The ones we burn by Rebecca Mix
11:36 Babel, or the necessity of violence: an arcane history of the Oxford translators' revolution by R.F. Kuang
Biggest disappointments:
12:20 You've reached Sam by Dustin Thao
12:38 One last stop by Casey McQuiston
13:00 The idiot by Elif Batuman
Biggest surprise:
13:39 My dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth
15:12 Conversations with friends by Sally Rooney
Favorite new author:
17:11 The wolf and the woodsman by Ava Reed
Books that made you cry (and happy):
19:22 Volumes 3 & 4 of heart stopper by Alice Oseman
Most beautiful book you've bought this year:
20:23 Chain of Iron by Cassandra Clare (waterstones exclusive)
Book you need to read before the end of the year:
20:56 Alone with you in the ether by Olivie Blake
Very useful, thank you
omg finally someone on youtube put the Spanish love deception on their worst reads, that shit was so atrocious. I literally reconsidered the life choices that led me to the point of reading that book. Aside from misery, it also put me in the biggest reading slump where I was thrown off by reading as a hobby.
the fmc was so annoying 🙄 dnf after 2 chapters
Glad to hear this! So i can delete it from my Ebook TBR 😀😀thanx!
Same thing happened to me too!! I read the Spanish love deception and now I’m in a reading slump since I didn’t enjoy it
I’m reading it right now & I can’t believe I didn’t keep my Barnes & Noble receipt. Both characters are annoying AF
Update: this is the first book I’ve ever officially dnf. I made it to chapter 8 and it just wasn’t the vibe. Romance books are so predictable nowadays
I don’t think a recommendation has ever made me want to read a book as much as your rec for Sorcery of Thorns! Sounds literally perfect so i can’t wait to pick it up
exactly, went straight on my list to read!
Hannah: I don't think I've sobbed reading anything so far this year.
Me thinking about her A little life video : Yes she didn't sob !
i read that book last year even though i posted the video this year hahah
Our reading tastes are so different, but I just adore listening to you talk about books! Your videos are so soothing and eloquent. I’m glad you’ve been having a good reading year so far 💕
we are catching up on our bookish comments and videos today! We concur...very relaxing voice for bed😘
I used to have a very different taste as well but Hannah's opinions gave me such a different outlook on some books that I didn't consider before and now I can't unsee some problematic aspects in books. Also I found some really interesting books that I wouldn't otherwise read as they were not really my style...
I'm looking for new book tubers to follow using the mid year freak out tag as it's a good way to see someones interests and tastes. Delighted to have discovered you, and I just want to say I so appreciate your calm, patient energy. It's so refreshing to come across a UA-cam that takes their time and doesn't rush through their videos at a million miles an hour! Thank you!
When you said Yona of the Dawn jumpstarted your reading for the year that was literally me this year. I started reading Attack on Titan for the Anime, then I started reading more manga and then it just snowballed into reading books. Definitely got me out of my 4+ year reading slump.
starless sea was definitely the book that made me happiest this year -- the gorgeous prose, the underground library, the mystery, the cats...tysm hannah for getting me to read it!!!
i am genuinely so happy to see you in a serene and calm mood, you deserve all the happiness
It makes me so happy that you’re having a fun time reading again!!!
your taste is truly just immaculate! i ended sorcery of thorns last year but admittedly didn’t give it a fair chance, and your enjoyment of it in the last vlog led to me picking it up and now i ADORE THIS STORY!! the atmosphere is just so magical - it really does make you feel like you’ve been swept away. thank you for introducing me to a new fav!
yona is also one of my favourite series with one of my most favourite casts ever.
my dark vanessa is one of the most thought-provoking books i’ve ever read; definitely one of my favorites. i read it a year ago and think about it/revisit it often.
i’ve heard the opposite of what you said about sally rooney; that normal people is the better conversations w friends! i’ve never tried a book by her but conversations w friends sounds much more up my alley so if they really are that similar i’ll definitely take your advice.
Even in the midst of finishing my master's program and working full-time, I absolutely tore through both of the Six of Crows books this month because you recommended them so highly
same!!! im reading them slowly though i keep rereading everything so i get enough of it bc i will miss the series SO much..
OMGG THE SIX OF CROWS DUOLOGY IS SERIOUSLY SO GOOD!! I READ BOTH BOOKS REALLY QUICKLY TOO BECAUSE I REALLY WAS IMMEDIATELY SO INVESTED !!!!! ALSO WISHING YOU THE BEST WITH FINISHING YOUR MASTERS PROGRAM !! ☺️❤️
Leigh Bardugo is such an exceptional author, most of her books never disappoint
you sold me on the ones we burn so fast that i immediately went to my libraries catalogue to look for it only to realize its not even released yet
An updated "Hannah List" of books you were talking about in the beginning sounds so good 😍 I just know that if I read everything on that list, my life would never be the same again
i keep putting off making an all time favorites list because there are still so many books i wanna read that i feel like could become favorites hahah
the way you present things in your videos is so lovely, its like I'm in a call with a friend or something
I’ve been in a reading slump this year, and All My Rage saved me. I have never read her fantasy series, An Ember in the Ashes, but now I want to! The way Sabaa writes, the way she made me feel so much?! The characters were so well developed, and the whole story was so well paced. Gosh, I ADORE her now. And even though I’m not Pakistani (I’m Indian), Urdu is very similar to Hindi, and the fact that a language besides English was in the book and that I could read was a whole new experience! I miss the book so much now. 🥹🥹
i love how much heartstopper was mentioned in this video! it definitely deserves all the hype, it’s so easy & fun to read!
The multiple mentions of Heartstopper was exactly what my heart needed!!
I found your channel this year after recently getting back into reading. After working full time and being a more than full time student, I'm proud of myself for prioritizing reading for pleasure. I've read 5 books this year, including the Six of Crows duology which is how I found you. Here's to the latter half of the year!
You’re on a roll with the uploads! So proud of you!!
this is the first video i’ve seen from you but we seem to have literally the exact same opinions so i’m so glad to have found you!! 🥰🥰 looking forward to recs from you and will definitely be reading sorcery of thorns!!
I can always trust Hannah to make my tbr *infinitely* longer and I love her for that
you are easily one of my absolute favourite booktubers, can't wait for the next video
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR INCLUDING MY DARK VANESSA!!! As someone who read that book when I was thirteen, and recently reread it now that I was older, I love that book! I didn't expect much of it, I honestly expected it to be a quick summer read while out on a island with my friends, but instead, I stumbled out of my cabin, sobbing halfway through the book. Wish I could read it for the first time again :)
When you already have a tbr list of over 30 books, but everytime there is a new video on this channel you have to add more 😩
They just all sound so good!!!!
the way my tbr just magically gets longer every time you upload?? seriously my tbr's biggest menace🤨 really tho lol i love your videos and your recommendations teehee💖💖
BEST DAY OF THE WEEK = Hannah uploaded a video !!! * Added all the favs to my TBR * 🥰🥰❤️❤️❤️ WE LOVE YOU HANNAH !!
I also loved „My dark Vanessa“. The writing is so beautiful ❤️ Another favourite of mine this year has been „The seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo“. I cried so much at the end 🥺☺️
i love that you include mangas on your lists!! Mangas are always seen as lesser than novels so it's nice seeing some appreciation in booktube
I’ve had A Sorcery of Thorns sitting on my shelf for awhile now, but after hearing you talk about it I’m definitely going to pick it up sooner rather than later!
I love this method to just put one book as a "goal" on Goodreads to just simply keep track. You approach reading from a different direction and I guess it motivates you more. I'll give this a try next year! Thanks!
I’m so happy that you are reading more and enjoying a lot of books this year. Also pleaaase read “Aristotle and Dante dive into the waters of the world” if you haven’t already. I personally loved this sequel even more than I loved the first book and I think that you will definitely like it too
She said in other video that it was one book she was waiting, so i guess she had readen the book or is in process. Maybe we are going to watch a vlog about it.
@PurpleGirl2013 I hope we do get a reading vlog for it
I’ve been binge watching your videos lately and I’m so happy to watch this one in real time! Absolutely love your content, thank you for being the only person I know who reads the same books as me🥺💕
thank YOU for watching and for being so kind 💗
I was feeling very down cause today has been really tiring and I saw that you uploaded a video on Twitter and it just made me so so soooo happy. Your videos really calm me a lot and I am so excited to just hear you talk about books😍😍
P.S: I legit bought Sorcery Of Thorns the day after I watched your reading vlog on it. I am really liking it so far😍
ahhh yay!! i hope you continue to enjoy it! 💖
Thank you for all the reccs. I definitely find myself agreeing with you on almost every book review.
the fact that Blood and Ash is one of my favorite series 🥲🥲
Same…
I just got Sorcery of Thorns at the library and the audio book came through this morning so I'm set!
Thanks for spending your time helping us to find good reads.
Girl you’re literally so stunning.
I, by some weird happenstance, received the notification for this video as I was filling out what may be a potential all-time favorite in the « A Clockwork Reader » reading journal 😊❤️
ahhhh yes!! 🥹🫶🏼💖
I trust your book recommendations so much
i hope you love everything you read 💕
New Hannah video makes every day a good day
- your "hello, hi" is actually my favorite thing in the whole world (besides listening to you rant about terrible books)
I thought Tahereh Mafi wrote A Very Large Expanse of Sea
@@ellys106 you are correct
I love how you said Loid Yor and Anya on favorite couples..😊 They belong together❤️
anya might be my favorite of them!! 💗
I told myself that if they don't end up as a loving family, I am not watching anime ever again
girl i'm so happy i found your page!!
I love getting recommendations from you!!! I loved the Starless Sea and Shadow and Bone trilogy and I immediately requested Sorcery of Thorns from the library and can't wait to read it
Yesss Heartstopper devinitely deserves all the hype! I remember discovering it on tapas a few years ago when it only had maybe a couple hundred readers and I absolutely loved it, it makes me so happy to see that now almost everybody is reading it and loving it and aaahhh we even got a show! Luv your vids btw Hannah, you always make me smile❤️
I love how you always generate positivity.
Omg thank you. From Blood and Ash made my skin crawl it was so painful to read. So many people are gushing over this book and it’s awful. I instantly judge when someone says it’s their favorite.
I mean there is an audience for anything, just bc you disliked it and someone else does like it doesn’t make them a lower person than you…… but like when people say ACOTAR is the best book series ever… same I definitely judge them 🤣😂
Also I hope the sarcasm is coming through in the beginning 😂 I’m not great at it over text lmao
@@timelesstalesbeauty5394 lol! You made a good point - there’s an audience for anything!
sorcery of thorns is coming out with a sequel and i couldn’t be more excited
You talking about books you hate with the most calming voice ever is my asmr
all my rage is sooo good omg. it was the type of book that I just felt honoured to have been able to read, and I grew so attached to the characters. definitely recommend!!
It's one of my favorite books- devastating, beautiful, emotional and I cried so much. I'm so excited for her to read it!
I feel so bad that you have such an amazing reading journal and I can't afford to buy it because i'm almost alway broke 😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️❤️ but we're so proud of you Hannah !!
Finally someone who hated Normal People as much as I did! SORCERY OF THORNS MADE ME FEEL LIKE THE WORLD WAS WORTH LIVING and yona and spyxfam are literally my favorite mangas atm so much happiness from them like furuba before
I watched your vlog multiple times and was waiting for a new video!!!❤❤❤
THE WAY I SCREAMED FROM JOY WHEN YOU MENTIONED SPY × FAMILY!!!! I HAVE ADORED THAT MANGA FOR YEARS NOW. I'M SO HAPPY I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO LOVES IT AAAAAHHHH
Sorcery of thorns was what got me back to reading again during the pandemic. I LOVED IT!
I would've never imagined that u would mention YONA OF THE DAWN in this video, AND BIG YES OMG it has been my favorite manga for whole years, also yess with the picture of dorian gray ✨
Ah! I have been waiting for this one from you! Love your videos💕
Before the Coffee Gets Cold has such a hold on my heart and I am so okay with that
I have so many books coming in the mail and they’re all books you’ve recommended bc every book I’ve read that you recommend I love so much 😂
i’ve had sorcery of thorns on my shelf for a while and your review convinced me to finally pick it up especially after you said it reminds you of a studio ghibli film
My tbr has grown exponentially and you are to thank😂💗
I'm so glad I wasn't the only one disappointed by You've Reached Sam! I seriously was hoping it would be this emotional book with so much heart, but like it did for you, it fell so flat for me. Everyone else loved it so I'm surprised I found someone else who didn't 😂
hannah posting aka say made , the 838474 uni assignments can wait 😤
i just finished sorcery of thorns and IT WAS SO GOOOOD 😭 it definitely resembled the clockwork series but i actually loved the characters more. I HATE THAT ITS A STANDALONE :(
I’m late AF but I’m so glad I’m not alone in my feelings for “you’ve reached Sam”, I pre-ordered it and I was so beyond excited but it really fell flat for me!
Sorcery of thorns is one of my all time favorites so excited for the novella that is coming out soon that follows Elizabeth and Nathaniel at a dinner party I believe there’s not a lot of info yet 🥰
wait what?? theres a novella coming out do you know when I love sorcery of thorns!
Another video so soon?? Made my day!
I've been binge-reading Yona of the Dawn because of you. It's SO GOOD
yessssssss
omg me too, caught up with the manga in like a week
I'm on 12 right now, and dreading getting to 16 cause that's all the library has but I'll find more!
I started watching last night and it's so good omg 😭
OMG I saw the anime 😭🤧
i bought your book journal and it's really lovely - i think it's gonna be with me for a good while and the design is really beautiful - thought i'd let you know - have a good day!
Now I want to read Sorcery of Thorns because you enjoyed the book 📕 so much. You are my go to person for book recs .
i have been following you for a number of years now and i can quite confidently say you'll enjoy alone with you in the ether based on all your past videos! please please read it soon cause i'm dying to know what you think. it's truly some of the most vivid, raw, beautiful descriptions of falling in love and mental health by blake.
I just want you to know that I started reading Yona of the Dawn because you keep recommending it, and now I've blown through 15 volumes and I can't stop. It was definitely a way to catch up on my reading goal for the year/get me out of my reading slump! 😂😂😂
I hadn't heard of The Ones we Burn yet but girl- based on your description I have a new book to buy-
You give me Christmas vibes and I love it
In Brazil, "Sorcery of Thorns" (Feitiço dos Espinhos) it´s so expensive, but this channel made me buy it.
No regrets, just love it!
One book i read this month that i ABSOLUTELY love is Every Last Word!! I don’t want to give a summary because i feel like i’ll unintentionally spoil it but please look it up. It is so good, my heart was beating so much.
yes the ones we burn!! i just read an arc of it and it was sooo amazing! loved this video
getting notes ready to add some books to my tbr
you literally just made my day
you make mine!! 🥰
No way your last mid year tag was a year ago I swear I remember it like it was yesterday! (and not because I’ve rewatched it a lot lol)
there's so much I want to comment, but I am on the clock (don't tell HR).
but I love so many of your answers!
I'm sorry One Last Stop didnt meet your expectations.
Im currently rereading it and taking my time, crying and hugging my copy every time I'm done with a chapter.
I want to read Alone with You in the Ether, and hope to get to it this year!
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I just love your vids so much like literally I’m serious I just love your content to much ❤️
I'm actually quite surprised chain of thorns didn't make it onto your anticipated books for the rest of the year list :O
it comes out in 2023!
You are one of the very few people on booktube I trust with recommendations because our tastes are kinda similar. I'll be picking up Sorcery of thorns soon.
girl ive been waiting for this
hannah, the heartstopper yearbook comes out in october this year too!!
me enjoying listening to Hannah rant about the bad books she’s read
sorcery of thorns is one of my favs im so glad u picked it up and loved it! if anyone is looking for a delicious summer beach read “every summer after” was so good! like the summer i turned pretty but adult. i just picked up to kill a kingdom today and im excited to read that next 🌿✨☀️
Sorcery of Thorns does deserve more love. I have Conversations with Friends on my tbr, looking forward to getting to it soon
Yes! Love your rants!!! Please read more colleen though! I also hated "From Blood and Ash" ugh!
Babel is my favorite book of the year so far. I think you're going to love it!
Loved this video Hannah ❤️ for me the best book of the year so far was Crooked Kingdom and the worst was Sun Down Motel. I'm so thankful to you for recommending Six of Crows ❤️ seriously enjoyed reading both Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom ❤️
I did not expect someone recommending 5 centimeters per second at all. Glad you did :)
Just finished watching yona of the dawn since you kept recommending it and my god it is criminal that there’s no season 2. Definitely reading because I need more
omg the sequels section reminded me! have you read/plan on reading aristotle and dante dive into the waters of the world!?