I once recommended Outlander to a woman in a bookstore and just some weeks later, in the same bookstore, she came to me, somehow recognised me, and thanked me for that recommendation 😂 She bought book 2 and 3 immediately.
I adored the first one as well and I am content with the ending. I can understand why people wouldn't like it. It's essentially 850 pages of a developing relationship/romance.
Love the anti heroes! But I think I'm the only person who gets so stressed when i see a map in a book. I feel like I now have to keep flipping back to find a city that's referred to!
+Bre Faucheux My friend was moving, and said that I could take a go at whatever we wanted from their bookshelf, and I was tramatized when I learned that she threw away dust jackets right when she got the book. I have several jacketless books now.
Idk if I can do 25 but I can do a few 1. I will spend the extra money on Hardbacks. THEY'RE SO NICE 2. I used to read really fast and it worked for me but teachers would always tell me I was skipping things and so I slowed down and now I Reread every line like 3 or 4 times 3. I just love the smell of old books 4. There is just something really nice about being near books, whether it be in my house, a library or a bookstore, it just soothes me. 5. I know I should be more careful, but I'm constantly eating while I read and as a result like 2 or 3 of my books have Pomegranate stains. 6. I accost people (in a friendly way) who I see reading a book I loved. 7. I actually really enjoyed Insurgent and Allegiant. I know most people didn't, but I did. 8. If a story is based off a fairy tale, I'm about 20x more likely to read it. 9. I used to read every night growing up. Now I don't have as much time, and I usually read while walking my dog (it's difficult)
10. Besides music classes, Language Arts is always my favorite class. 11. I know it's really stereotypical, but my favorite books always were and always will be Harry Potter. Always. 12. A lot of my books were bargain books, and they all work really well 13. I've only ever listened to 1 audiobook. 14. Bookcases are my aesthetic. Like idk I just love the organization and it makes me super happy. I love looking at other peoples bookshelves and shelfies and stuff. 15. Whenever I go to someone's house, I always spend a significant amount of time looking at their books. 16. I get along with librarians really well 17. Sometimes if I'm bored or sad or something, I take all the sleeves off my books, stack the books up, and put all the sleeves back on. Or I'll rearrange my bookshelf, or just take them all of and stack them. 18. My two favorite genres are Fantasy and Sci-Fy, specifically Supernatural/Fairy t and Dyst 19. I don't know why I never get tired of dystopia, but I jus don't.
I see what you did here with Always And I relate to you so much! I eat while I'm reading all the time, my absolute favourite genre is fantasy (not a big fan of dystopia nad sci-fi though), I really like LA and my teacher this year was awesome (I usually like the required reads either), and when I go to someone's house I ALWAYS look at their books. There were times when I reorganized their bookshelves, too. And I love reorganizing my bookshelves. It's really pleasing to me and I can't wait to buy new bookshelves, because I have no space on the ones I currently have...
I'm so with you on mass market paperbacks! Not only is the type to small but the pages even have a different feel to them, more like a construction paper texture, and it drives me nuts!
i feel you so much when it comes to eating/drinking while reading! i am so easily distracted anyway, and i don't need any more props to keep my attention away from the book!
These type of videos are always so interesting and unique to the person; it's great to hear different opinions on things. Also, kudos the comment regarding the fault in our stars! Nothing is as refreshing as someone who has an opinion about something and doesnt even care that people will oppose it.
I AGREE if you so much about cooking/baking. It was one of the reasons I enjoyed twilight when I was younger, Stephanie Meyer writes a lot of sensory details! ALSO YESSS magical schools over anything >>
BOOKISH FACTS: 1)High fantasy and NA contemporary are my favorite genres but it takes me ALOT longer to get into the fantasy/world building/system. 2) reading books without their dust jackets (clothes) aka nude, is a MUST. 3) Hardcover over paperbacks but paperbacks are easier to read....and ruin. 4) Everytime i DNF a book i feel so guilty i skim through the whole thing and read the ending :/
Totally agree about liking the look of hardbacks better but like reading from paper backs more. Hardbacks are beautiful to admire and touch. Paper backs are lively to read, because they feel bookish and alive in your hands.
I can't stand dust jackets when I'm reading either. They drive me insane. And I go back and forth between wanting all my dust jackets to look pretty on my shelf and loving the look of naked hardbacks on my shelves. It's a serious dilemma.
I live in the uk, and I agree with the stiff pages- I hate cracked spines and seeing a book with floppy pages excites me to no end. But I feel sad because most of the time I like the US covers more! For example they've changed the covers for the magisterium series by cassandra clare and Holly black and had to go out of my way for the matching, nicer US version of the book, and A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E Schwab because our covers r okay but omg the US version is so gorgeous. I guess it's human nature to always see the other side of the rainbow before we notice our own.
I like the bright red glasses! Very cute. Vampire Academy has a setting in Russia. It's in a later book in the series. I buy most of my books online. You can find better prices online then in bookstores, period. Ha, I give random people book recommendations too! Once I got a librarian to buy a book for the library (that very day) that I liked. She put the order in while I was there. ;)
Fun video! I am missing... about a dozen dust jackets? Maybe more! I took them off when I moved once because I didnt want them to get bent at the edges, ya know? And I never found them after I moved. I still have some naked hardbacks. Breaks my heart.
Someone write this for Reagan! We need a book set in Russia about this witch girl who goes to a magic school to train to kill monsters but her passion is cooking. The book would have the UK cover the the American paperback feeling. Noted.
If you're looking to get into audiobooks, I highly recommend Thirteen Reasons Why on audiobook! One of the best ones I've ever listened too. Also, it's fun to listen to books you've read before on paper--makes it easier to pay attention I think because you already know the story!
I have the same thing with eBooks. While reading the ToG series, I read Crown of Midnight on ebook in a day and a half but it takes me up to about a week or more with the other books in the series. Hahaha I'm glad it's not just me !!
Same about eating while reading, imagery with food, and taking dust jackets off! Hahah. I always feel kinda weird when I see IG/Tumblr pictures from people with books and like tea or whatever, I feel like if you're really that into what you're reading you can't even be bothered to take sips from your drink/ eat
The reading ebooks faster than physical ones is my problem, I don't know why it's like that lol. I rarely read ebooks also but I have noticed I get through it quicker. Nice to know in not the only one
if you are interested in listening to audio books, I'd check out the Hannah Swenson series by Joanna Fluke or the Goldie Schultz series. They are "cozy mysteries" which basically means that they are cutesy but they have fantastic recipes in the books.
I also haven't read The Fault in Our Stars...nor do I care to. And I completely agree that paperbacks are a better "user experience", though not as aesthetically pleasing on the shelf.
i do the same thing with my dust jackets. if i ever lend books out (which is rarely) they will never have their jacket on. and i usually do most of my reading after breakfast/before lunch.
If you are a fan of *Veronica Mars*, I suggest listening to the audio book of those spinoff books, particularly the first which is narrated by Kristen Bell and is AMAZING. Or *Inkheart* by Cornelia Funke and *Harry Potter*/ *The Night Circus* which are both narrated by Jim Dale and are beyond life.. I'm pretty sure he even won a Grammy for his narration. Happy Reading!
I do the same thing with my dust jackets! And I always get so nervous that they are going to be thrown away by an accident! I can say I've hidden them a few times to avoid that
Get into audiobooks! The Lies of Locke Lamora is a great fantasy con-man story with a great narrator. I love UK covers too! The UK Way Of Kings and Words of Radiance covers are awesome.
I go through periods of slumps where I'll read a book a week, but when I'm in the zone I'll read up to four a week. I go through this cycle nearly every month :)
Audiobook recommendation: The Aeronaut's Windlass by Jim Butcher! I know you loved his Codex Alera series and this book is so good as well! I have been listening to the audiobook and the narrator is probably one of the best I've heard + one of the viewpoint in the book is a cat's (his name is Rowl and he is perfection) and when the narrator does the cat's voice and his expressions I simply die. Yep.
Hey Reagan, love the video one of the most annoying things that someone can do when you let them borrow book is to get it back with fold pages its one of my biggest pet peeve's .😖😖
I'm late to the party for this video, but two bookish facts about me are direct opposites to your bookish facts yourself. 😁 1) I LOVE mass market paperbacks. I will read hardcovers thanks mostly to my library (it's the rare book I buy in hardcover), and when a hardcover book I adore and want to buy is released in *trade* paperback format, I sometimes will buy that edition, but I ALWAYS wish it had been released as a mass market paperback. 😊 2) I also LOVE Urban Fantasy books! I don't think I've read many that are true fantasy, though the ones that I know I've read are ones I've enjoyed. But *Urban* Fantasy is definitely in my wheelhouse. I was introduced to this genre before it was a genre when I read the first few books in the Anita Blake series by Laurell K. Hamilton in 2004, give or take a year. And I've been reading Urban Fantasy books ever since. LOVE them. 😊❤ Some of my *most* favorite Urban Fantasy series include. . . A) the Anita Blake series by Laurell K. Hamilton; B) the Kate Daniels series by Ilona Andrews; and C) the Nightside series by Simon R. Green. 😍❤ Honorable mention goes to A) the October Daye series by Seanan McGuire; B) the Jane Yellowrock series by Faith Hunter; and C) the Mercy Thompson series by Patricia Briggs. 😊❤
I am an extremely fast reader. I read insurgent and allegiant (back to back) in about 7 hours. that's about 150 pages per hour. although when I read fast I tend to miss parts or I don't remember much about it after I read it.
if you like food in books, I recommend a middle grade book called Listen, Slowly. There isn't a lot of cooking but the one of the feelings I had immediately after reading the book is I NEED some Vietnamese food right now. (the book is set in Vietnam)
Have you read the Redwall series by Brian Jacques? It's middle grade fantay and there's SO MUCH focus on all the lovely things theu eat and cook. I love them!
I have to finish any book or series that I start, even if I hate it! I just read through the whole thing, looking forward to the end where it's over, I don't have to read it again, and I can move onto something I actually enjoy
Speaking of food-filled books, have you read Relish by Lucy Knisley? Such an amazing and wonderfully drawn graphic novel about food and her life surrounding it. Pretty sure it's one of my favorite things I read last year. I think you'd love her work!
I love mass market paperbacks because they are so cute and chubby and fit nicely into my bags, but sometimes with fantasy novels they get almost as wide as they are tall and reading them in basically impossible (I'm looking at you, Brandon Sanderson books!!)
I don't eat or drink while reading either! That would be too big of a distraction haha! I have too much to worry about while reading (dealing with pushing my cats off of me so they don't attack my book) to worry about a cup of tea/coffee.
Instead of The Fault In Our Stars, you should really read Will Grayson Will Grayson by John Green AND David Levithan. It's my all time favorite book John Green has written.
LOVE videos like this! So fun! I honestly related to half of these myself! XD Fun fact- in Australia, hardcovers are like mythical creatures. Most books are only available in those annoyingly stiff paperbacks.
Due to my eyesight I usually look for large print books, otherwise I have to use a magnifying glass when I read. Also, I'm not sure about other libraries, but in the Montgomery County MD libraries you can have Large Print books out for longer than regular book. I tend to go for cozy mysteries, kid's books and fantasy. What is high fantasy anyway?
I do the same with hard cover books I always take dust jacket off the book when I'm reading the book but I always put back on when I'm done with each reading session because I'm worried something will happen to it
#24 was the best. I read ebooks faster as well, but I think that I read them worse somehow because I'm scanning the pages the way I would an online article, so I try to avoid the ebooks. Also, I like your shirt!
There are so many booktubers who are writing books. I am happy for them and excited to read what they come up with (except autobiographies which I have little interest in), but I have just never had any desire to write a book. I have no creativity to speak of and am perfectly content just to be a reader.
A Fault in Our Stars is set in a magical school, honest!.. :P I read it before I even knew who John Green was, before I even knew what Booktube was. It really is a great read, and I wouldn't not read it because of all the love and hype about it. I agree about mass market paperback, grrrr. I had to laugh when I got 'Old Man's War' and 'Words of Radiance' in the same package. The first is in mass market, and the second in hardcover (all 1074 pages). It was so funny seeing the mass market sitting on top of the beast that is Words of Radiance. It was like Words of Radiance gave birth during the travels from Amazon to me.
I still think you should try reading The Fault in Our Stars. Lol I read it last year (I didn't think I would like it but gave it a shot) and ended up really enjoying it. I am with you on being sad about not getting my letter to Hogwarts. :( Btw I really love your channel!
In middle school, my friends and I wrote a Harry Potter fanfiction featuring ourselves. It was before Deathly Hallows and Snape was Potions professor again. Hermione was the Transfiguration professor, Ron was the DADA professor, and Harry was the headmaster. He was ridiculous enough to make our airheaded characters his apprentices. I read ebooks WAAAAY faster. I prefer reading ebooks now, but it's difficult to fight off the desire to have ALL the physical books!
I have purchased 4 wooden Hogwarts House bookmarks (of which I have given away Gryffindor to my sister and Hufflepuff to a friend.) Now whenever I start a new book and plan on using one of them I try to figure out if it's more of a Slytherin or Ravenclaw kind of book or main character and I will then use the bookmark.
I definitely judge a book by its cover, I don't pick up plain books! A book has to catch me visually - I have been like this forever not going to change now. P.S. I love your channel! Thank you for sharing!
No. 17 was a surprise - I fancied you an aspiring writer. Nos. 18 and 24 were hilarious :D With you on No. 25 - we don't need no stinking dust jacket. Have An Amazing Weekend!
You should check out Cinnamon and Gunpowder by Eli Brown. It's about pirates and cooking, which might sound weird, but it totally works. Also, the pirate captain is a woman which is also pretty cool.
Here are some facts that we have in common: I don't finish series much either! Sometimes books just do NOT need to be continued. They're fine on their own! I also cannot stand the tiny little paperbacks. It gives me a headache to even attempt to read those books. I also ONLY read e-books when traveling. But only because I'm too horrified by the idea that physical books might be damaged during travel. I also have not listened to an audio book but in all honestly, I have no interest. I give everyone, everywhere, stranger or no, advice on what they should read. And I've never got the "don't judge a book by its cover" mantra. How else would a book grab your attention? I always pick out books by first looking at the covers. I used to throw the dust covers away when I was a child; but now I keep them on because I realize they're better on them. At least when I'm not reading them. I agree with you; they cannot be on the book while I'm reading. Some facts of my own: I don't really pay attention to or care about book genres. You could ask my favorite genre all day long and I'd have no idea what to tell you. I have read 'The Book Thief' by Markus Zusak a total of 47 times. The first time I read the Harry Potter series it took me about 3 1/4 days to read; during finals week. I didn't study at all; I just read and read and read. I read the first 3 in one day, the next 2 on the second day, and the final 2 on the third day.
I also really enjoy Russian novels and loved The Bronze Horseman series. I just recently picked up a new release set in Russia called The Big Green Tent which you may be interested in.
i usually do most of my reading when im in bed as well its just so peacful with nobody bugging me like my brothers or sisters and i can just relax and not worry if somone is going to jump on me and break my back:p
Hi!! I've been watching your videos for the last two/three days and they are GREAT!!! And right now I just wanted to recommend you a book after you mentioned Russia - Russka by Edward Rutherfurd - I haven't read it, but the author writes his books normally in the same style (I've read New York, and I'm going to read London after I finish the book I'm currently reading), and it's really interesting because it shows you the history of the place (1800 years of Russian history), through the eyes of different families, so you also get to follow the way the families change. I believe it's a really good read especially if you love books about Russia :D Have a great day, and thank you for these AMAZING videos!!!
I haven't read the fault in our stars and i don't care PREACH. Great Video Regan. --- A Few Bookish Facts I really like it when books in a series can double as standalone's. Contempery isn't my fave genre, i prefer fantasy or historical fiction. While i don't want to write my own book i do write short scenes or stories.
100 pages an hour??? WHAAAT! Teach me!!
Me too, please. :))
***** same!
I would be happy to read 50 pages per hour. I top out around 30-35 pages per hour.
I can....
Natcat I'm very jealous!
I once recommended Outlander to a woman in a bookstore and just some weeks later, in the same bookstore, she came to me, somehow recognised me, and thanked me for that recommendation 😂 She bought book 2 and 3 immediately.
😂😂😂😂👌
Are the other books worth the read? I just finished Outlander and am very hesitant to start to next one.
+The Astonishing Ashley I'm in the middle of Outlander right now and it's kinda boring and the writing is very '90s bad.. if that makes sense.
I only read the first to but LOVED them
I adored the first one as well and I am content with the ending. I can understand why people wouldn't like it. It's essentially 850 pages of a developing relationship/romance.
Bookish facts:
• I am a sucker for anti-heroes. GIMME MY SCEWED UP CHARACTERS
+FluffyUnicorn If you like books with maps check out The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet, you might found it interesting.
I am the same way with maps!!! I love having that added visual to build the world
+FluffyUnicorn I love anti-heroes too. In books, tv shows, and movies I absolutely adore them.
Love the anti heroes! But I think I'm the only person who gets so stressed when i see a map in a book. I feel like I now have to keep flipping back to find a city that's referred to!
Carolina Gonzalez thank you for the recommendation!
My bookish fact is I bring books everywhere when I go out even though I know I probably will never read them unless I'm at home.
I do exactly the same thing! I even carry them in school sometimes
I do the same thing. I just feel empty if I don't carry a book with me.
Social event I know I'll never need a book at? I will bring a bigger bag to bring a book I know I will not read
If anyone threw away my dust jackets I would F.R.E.A.K.!!!!!!!!!!
+Bre Faucheux Same!!!
+Bre Faucheux I'd force them to buy me a new book
my friend throws away her own and i just don't understand how she can be that insane
+Bre Faucheux My friend was moving, and said that I could take a go at whatever we wanted from their bookshelf, and I was tramatized when I learned that she threw away dust jackets right when she got the book. I have several jacketless books now.
I would too. I would probably buy the dust jackets off of eBay
You totalllyyy left us hanging with that Patrick Ness fact. How'd you embarrass yourself?
It's on her BEA vlog
Oh, I'll have to check it out. Thanks!
Idk if I can do 25 but I can do a few
1. I will spend the extra money on Hardbacks. THEY'RE SO NICE
2. I used to read really fast and it worked for me but teachers would always tell me I was skipping things and so I slowed down and now I Reread every line like 3 or 4 times
3. I just love the smell of old books
4. There is just something really nice about being near books, whether it be in my house, a library or a bookstore, it just soothes me.
5. I know I should be more careful, but I'm constantly eating while I read and as a result like 2 or 3 of my books have Pomegranate stains.
6. I accost people (in a friendly way) who I see reading a book I loved.
7. I actually really enjoyed Insurgent and Allegiant. I know most people didn't, but I did.
8. If a story is based off a fairy tale, I'm about 20x more likely to read it.
9. I used to read every night growing up. Now I don't have as much time, and I usually read while walking my dog (it's difficult)
10. Besides music classes, Language Arts is always my favorite class.
11. I know it's really stereotypical, but my favorite books always were and always will be Harry Potter. Always.
12. A lot of my books were bargain books, and they all work really well
13. I've only ever listened to 1 audiobook.
14. Bookcases are my aesthetic. Like idk I just love the organization and it makes me super happy. I love looking at other peoples bookshelves and shelfies and stuff.
15. Whenever I go to someone's house, I always spend a significant amount of time looking at their books.
16. I get along with librarians really well
17. Sometimes if I'm bored or sad or something, I take all the sleeves off my books, stack the books up, and put all the sleeves back on. Or I'll rearrange my bookshelf, or just take them all of and stack them.
18. My two favorite genres are Fantasy and Sci-Fy, specifically Supernatural/Fairy t and Dyst
19. I don't know why I never get tired of dystopia, but I jus don't.
I see what you did here with Always
And I relate to you so much! I eat while I'm reading all the time, my absolute favourite genre is fantasy (not a big fan of dystopia nad sci-fi though), I really like LA and my teacher this year was awesome (I usually like the required reads either), and when I go to someone's house I ALWAYS look at their books. There were times when I reorganized their bookshelves, too. And I love reorganizing my bookshelves. It's really pleasing to me and I can't wait to buy new bookshelves, because I have no space on the ones I currently have...
I'm so with you on mass market paperbacks! Not only is the type to small but the pages even have a different feel to them, more like a construction paper texture, and it drives me nuts!
I agree with the I love reading paper backs but love the look of hardcovers and I've also never gone thru the experience of an audio book.
I agree with you on so many of these. Especially on lending books to friends.
I completely agree with you! I love the look of a hard back but reading from a paperback is so much better!!
I love when food is described in a book too! It makes me so happy :)
i feel you so much when it comes to eating/drinking while reading! i am so easily distracted anyway, and i don't need any more props to keep my attention away from the book!
These type of videos are always so interesting and unique to the person; it's great to hear different opinions on things. Also, kudos the comment regarding the fault in our stars! Nothing is as refreshing as someone who has an opinion about something and doesnt even care that people will oppose it.
I AGREE if you so much about cooking/baking. It was one of the reasons I enjoyed twilight when I was younger, Stephanie Meyer writes a lot of sensory details! ALSO YESSS magical schools over anything >>
BOOKISH FACTS:
1)High fantasy and NA contemporary are my favorite genres but it takes me ALOT longer to get into the fantasy/world building/system.
2) reading books without their dust jackets (clothes) aka nude, is a MUST.
3) Hardcover over paperbacks but paperbacks are easier to read....and ruin.
4) Everytime i DNF a book i feel so guilty i skim through the whole thing and read the ending :/
Totally agree about liking the look of hardbacks better but like reading from paper backs more. Hardbacks are beautiful to admire and touch. Paper backs are lively to read, because they feel bookish and alive in your hands.
I can't stand dust jackets when I'm reading either. They drive me insane. And I go back and forth between wanting all my dust jackets to look pretty on my shelf and loving the look of naked hardbacks on my shelves. It's a serious dilemma.
Totally agree with the conditions for borrowing books, I do the same! You are a great reader, by the way! :)
I live in the uk, and I agree with the stiff pages- I hate cracked spines and seeing a book with floppy pages excites me to no end.
But I feel sad because most of the time I like the US covers more! For example they've changed the covers for the magisterium series by cassandra clare and Holly black and had to go out of my way for the matching, nicer US version of the book, and A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E Schwab because our covers r okay but omg the US version is so gorgeous. I guess it's human nature to always see the other side of the rainbow before we notice our own.
Dude, I love when they cook/bake in books! It started with Like Water for Chocolate and now I can't get enough of it. Awesome video by the way :)
I'm a deal hunter too! The used book store near me is usually pretty good at deals, so I get most of my books there.
Lol I love your videos!! Same i wrote a story when I was little, with the plot from one of the Goosebumps books.
listened to my first audiobook this year (night circus!) and I enjoyed the experience more than I thought I would!
Same for ALL of these except the mass market paperbacks. I actually kinda prefer them because they fit in all of my small purses!
I like the bright red glasses! Very cute. Vampire Academy has a setting in Russia. It's in a later book in the series. I buy most of my books online. You can find better prices online then in bookstores, period. Ha, I give random people book recommendations too! Once I got a librarian to buy a book for the library (that very day) that I liked. She put the order in while I was there. ;)
Fun video! I am missing... about a dozen dust jackets? Maybe more! I took them off when I moved once because I didnt want them to get bent at the edges, ya know? And I never found them after I moved. I still have some naked hardbacks. Breaks my heart.
same on the hardback look/paperback read thing! I'm rough on my books
Someone write this for Reagan!
We need a book set in Russia about this witch girl who goes to a magic school to train to kill monsters but her passion is cooking. The book would have the UK cover the the American paperback feeling. Noted.
I' m a deal hunter too! Pretty much all my books were bought online.
Great video!
Yes! Me too I always take the jacket off when I'm reading too. It's sooo annoying. Tnx Reagan for this video because most your facts are mine too!
I agree with you about the dust jackets!
If you're looking to get into audiobooks, I highly recommend Thirteen Reasons Why on audiobook! One of the best ones I've ever listened too. Also, it's fun to listen to books you've read before on paper--makes it easier to pay attention I think because you already know the story!
I do the exact same thing with the dust jackets and not eating or drinking while I'm reading. Nice to know I'm not the only one! 👍
Thanks for all your reviews, seriously, I depend on recommendations to make future decisions concerning reading.
I buy books based on covers too. And cooking books are my jam. Barbara Samuels has some nice books like that (how to bake a perfect life is one).
I have the same thing with eBooks. While reading the ToG series, I read Crown of Midnight on ebook in a day and a half but it takes me up to about a week or more with the other books in the series. Hahaha I'm glad it's not just me !!
Just wanted to say that I love most of your book recommendations and think you're actually hilarious! Great channel!
Same about eating while reading, imagery with food, and taking dust jackets off! Hahah. I always feel kinda weird when I see IG/Tumblr pictures from people with books and like tea or whatever, I feel like if you're really that into what you're reading you can't even be bothered to take sips from your drink/ eat
The reading ebooks faster than physical ones is my problem, I don't know why it's like that lol. I rarely read ebooks also but I have noticed I get through it quicker. Nice to know in not the only one
if you are interested in listening to audio books, I'd check out the Hannah Swenson series by Joanna Fluke or the Goldie Schultz series. They are "cozy mysteries" which basically means that they are cutesy but they have fantastic recipes in the books.
24. YES!!!!! I'm not sure if this is an official tag, but this is my favorite video with this title. Seriously this was so much fun to watch!
I take the dust jacket off too! However I've lost quite many dust jackets that way
I also haven't read The Fault in Our Stars...nor do I care to. And I completely agree that paperbacks are a better "user experience", though not as aesthetically pleasing on the shelf.
i do the same thing with my dust jackets. if i ever lend books out (which is rarely) they will never have their jacket on. and i usually do most of my reading after breakfast/before lunch.
If you are a fan of *Veronica Mars*, I suggest listening to the audio book of those spinoff books, particularly the first which is narrated by Kristen Bell and is AMAZING. Or *Inkheart* by Cornelia Funke and *Harry Potter*/ *The Night Circus* which are both narrated by Jim Dale and are beyond life.. I'm pretty sure he even won a Grammy for his narration. Happy Reading!
I do the same thing with my dust jackets! And I always get so nervous that they are going to be thrown away by an accident! I can say I've hidden them a few times to avoid that
Get into audiobooks! The Lies of Locke Lamora is a great fantasy con-man story with a great narrator.
I love UK covers too! The UK Way Of Kings and Words of Radiance covers are awesome.
I go through periods of slumps where I'll read a book a week, but when I'm in the zone I'll read up to four a week. I go through this cycle nearly every month :)
I ALWAYS take off the dust jacket of hard covers when I read them too!
Audiobook recommendation: The Aeronaut's Windlass by Jim Butcher! I know you loved his Codex Alera series and this book is so good as well! I have been listening to the audiobook and the narrator is probably one of the best I've heard + one of the viewpoint in the book is a cat's (his name is Rowl and he is perfection) and when the narrator does the cat's voice and his expressions I simply die. Yep.
I also always take off the dust jackets when reading hardcover. I'm so afraid of ruining them!
Fact 16 (at 2.43): So true!
Hey Reagan, love the video one of the most annoying things that someone can do when you let them borrow book is to get it back with fold pages its one of my biggest pet peeve's .😖😖
I'm late to the party for this video, but two bookish facts about me are direct opposites to your bookish facts yourself. 😁
1) I LOVE mass market paperbacks. I will read hardcovers thanks mostly to my library (it's the rare book I buy in hardcover), and when a hardcover book I adore and want to buy is released in *trade* paperback format, I sometimes will buy that edition, but I ALWAYS wish it had been released as a mass market paperback. 😊
2) I also LOVE Urban Fantasy books! I don't think I've read many that are true fantasy, though the ones that I know I've read are ones I've enjoyed. But *Urban* Fantasy is definitely in my wheelhouse. I was introduced to this genre before it was a genre when I read the first few books in the Anita Blake series by Laurell K. Hamilton in 2004, give or take a year. And I've been reading Urban Fantasy books ever since. LOVE them. 😊❤
Some of my *most* favorite Urban Fantasy series include. . . A) the Anita Blake series by Laurell K. Hamilton; B) the Kate Daniels series by Ilona Andrews; and C) the Nightside series by Simon R. Green. 😍❤ Honorable mention goes to A) the October Daye series by Seanan McGuire; B) the Jane Yellowrock series by Faith Hunter; and C) the Mercy Thompson series by Patricia Briggs. 😊❤
I am an extremely fast reader. I read insurgent and allegiant (back to back) in about 7 hours. that's about 150 pages per hour. although when I read fast I tend to miss parts or I don't remember much about it after I read it.
I like the looks of a hardcover book but I prefer reading from a paperback too! I'm definitely a deal hunter as well haha.
I give book recommendations in public ALL THE TIME!!! I totally do the book jacket thing, too! haha
if you like food in books, I recommend a middle grade book called Listen, Slowly. There isn't a lot of cooking but the one of the feelings I had immediately after reading the book is I NEED some Vietnamese food right now. (the book is set in Vietnam)
Audiobooks are great! It is so nice to do things that you hate while listening. It makes it so much more enjoyable
Have you read the Redwall series by Brian Jacques? It's middle grade fantay and there's SO MUCH focus on all the lovely things theu eat and cook. I love them!
I was just thinking this!
+Michael Smith Yay! I always feel like I'm the only one who've read them.
Josefin S same! They aren't my fave series but I always think other readers should pick them up! They are wonderful
That series totally made to mind! The Abbey Life scenes were always my most favorite :')
+Josefin S I'm late to this party, but I just bought Redwall (book one) in August 2017! You have me *very* interested in reading it now. 😀❤
Fact number 21 is absolutely me & I have no shame. An interesting book cover will always draw me to read.
I have to finish any book or series that I start, even if I hate it! I just read through the whole thing, looking forward to the end where it's over, I don't have to read it again, and I can move onto something I actually enjoy
Speaking of food-filled books, have you read Relish by Lucy Knisley? Such an amazing and wonderfully drawn graphic novel about food and her life surrounding it. Pretty sure it's one of my favorite things I read last year. I think you'd love her work!
I love mass market paperbacks because they are so cute and chubby and fit nicely into my bags, but sometimes with fantasy novels they get almost as wide as they are tall and reading them in basically impossible (I'm looking at you, Brandon Sanderson books!!)
I don't eat or drink while reading either! That would be too big of a distraction haha! I have too much to worry about while reading (dealing with pushing my cats off of me so they don't attack my book) to worry about a cup of tea/coffee.
Instead of The Fault In Our Stars, you should really read Will Grayson Will Grayson by John Green AND David Levithan. It's my all time favorite book John Green has written.
I remember the first time I got a flabby book! AND I FELL IN LOVE! Why do Uk/Europe not have those kinds of paperbacks? They're so much nicer!?
LOVE videos like this! So fun! I honestly related to half of these myself! XD
Fun fact- in Australia, hardcovers are like mythical creatures. Most books are only available in those annoyingly stiff paperbacks.
Due to my eyesight I usually look for large print books, otherwise I have to use a magnifying glass when I read. Also, I'm not sure about other libraries, but in the Montgomery County MD libraries you can have Large Print books out for longer than regular book.
I tend to go for cozy mysteries, kid's books and fantasy. What is high fantasy anyway?
I'm the same for fact 21 It has to have a great cover for me to read it. I love the ones with fantasy art of them, the best.
I tend to organize my read \ unread books in different directions for easy tracking.
I do the same with hard cover books I always take dust jacket off the book when I'm reading the book but I always put back on when I'm done with each reading session because I'm worried something will happen to it
#24 was the best. I read ebooks faster as well, but I think that I read them worse somehow because I'm scanning the pages the way I would an online article, so I try to avoid the ebooks. Also, I like your shirt!
There are so many booktubers who are writing books. I am happy for them and excited to read what they come up with (except autobiographies which I have little interest in), but I have just never had any desire to write a book. I have no creativity to speak of and am perfectly content just to be a reader.
love your shirt/glasses combo!
If you haven't yet, I recommend listening to Illuminae on audible. It is such a great experience!
You should read Lucy Knisley's "Relish" since you like reading about food so much! It's fab!!! :)
Omg can you make a video on the time you embarrassed yourself infront of Patrick Ness 👀
A Fault in Our Stars is set in a magical school, honest!.. :P
I read it before I even knew who John Green was, before I even knew what Booktube was. It really is a great read, and I wouldn't not read it because of all the love and hype about it. I agree about mass market paperback, grrrr. I had to laugh when I got 'Old Man's War' and 'Words of Radiance' in the same package. The first is in mass market, and the second in hardcover (all 1074 pages). It was so funny seeing the mass market sitting on top of the beast that is Words of Radiance. It was like Words of Radiance gave birth during the travels from Amazon to me.
I still think you should try reading The Fault in Our Stars. Lol I read it last year (I didn't think I would like it but gave it a shot) and ended up really enjoying it.
I am with you on being sad about not getting my letter to Hogwarts. :(
Btw I really love your channel!
In middle school, my friends and I wrote a Harry Potter fanfiction featuring ourselves. It was before Deathly Hallows and Snape was Potions professor again. Hermione was the Transfiguration professor, Ron was the DADA professor, and Harry was the headmaster. He was ridiculous enough to make our airheaded characters his apprentices.
I read ebooks WAAAAY faster. I prefer reading ebooks now, but it's difficult to fight off the desire to have ALL the physical books!
"I'm all about dem deals" sameeee
I also love food mentions in books!
I feel your pain about book dust jackets! I lost the dust jackets for Order of the Phoenix and Half Blood Prince, cause I like to take them off too :(
I have purchased 4 wooden Hogwarts House bookmarks (of which I have given away Gryffindor to my sister and Hufflepuff to a friend.) Now whenever I start a new book and plan on using one of them I try to figure out if it's more of a Slytherin or Ravenclaw kind of book or main character and I will then use the bookmark.
I always take off the dust jackets when I'm reading hardcovers too. I'm terrified they'll get messed up.
I definitely judge a book by its cover, I don't pick up plain books! A book has to catch me visually - I have been like this forever not going to change now. P.S. I love your channel! Thank you for sharing!
this was sooo fun to watch and 100 pages? damnn that's amazing. i also take the dustjacket of my hardcovers (well if they have one)
No. 17 was a surprise - I fancied you an aspiring writer.
Nos. 18 and 24 were hilarious :D
With you on No. 25 - we don't need no stinking dust jacket.
Have An Amazing Weekend!
You should check out Cinnamon and Gunpowder by Eli Brown. It's about pirates and cooking, which might sound weird, but it totally works. Also, the pirate captain is a woman which is also pretty cool.
Here are some facts that we have in common:
I don't finish series much either! Sometimes books just do NOT need to be continued. They're fine on their own!
I also cannot stand the tiny little paperbacks. It gives me a headache to even attempt to read those books.
I also ONLY read e-books when traveling. But only because I'm too horrified by the idea that physical books might be damaged during travel.
I also have not listened to an audio book but in all honestly, I have no interest.
I give everyone, everywhere, stranger or no, advice on what they should read.
And I've never got the "don't judge a book by its cover" mantra. How else would a book grab your attention? I always pick out books by first looking at the covers.
I used to throw the dust covers away when I was a child; but now I keep them on because I realize they're better on them. At least when I'm not reading them. I agree with you; they cannot be on the book while I'm reading.
Some facts of my own:
I don't really pay attention to or care about book genres. You could ask my favorite genre all day long and I'd have no idea what to tell you.
I have read 'The Book Thief' by Markus Zusak a total of 47 times.
The first time I read the Harry Potter series it took me about 3 1/4 days to read; during finals week. I didn't study at all; I just read and read and read. I read the first 3 in one day, the next 2 on the second day, and the final 2 on the third day.
I recommend reading " like water for chocolate " by Laura esquivel it has cooking procedures....
I also really enjoy Russian novels and loved The Bronze Horseman series. I just recently picked up a new release set in Russia called The Big Green Tent which you may be interested in.
i usually do most of my reading when im in bed as well its just so peacful with nobody bugging me like my brothers or sisters and i can just relax and not worry if somone is going to jump on me and break my back:p
in love with you glasses 😻
Hi!! I've been watching your videos for the last two/three days and they are GREAT!!! And right now I just wanted to recommend you a book after you mentioned Russia - Russka by Edward Rutherfurd - I haven't read it, but the author writes his books normally in the same style (I've read New York, and I'm going to read London after I finish the book I'm currently reading), and it's really interesting because it shows you the history of the place (1800 years of Russian history), through the eyes of different families, so you also get to follow the way the families change. I believe it's a really good read especially if you love books about Russia :D
Have a great day, and thank you for these AMAZING videos!!!
I haven't read the fault in our stars and i don't care PREACH.
Great Video Regan.
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A Few Bookish Facts
I really like it when books in a series can double as standalone's.
Contempery isn't my fave genre, i prefer fantasy or historical fiction.
While i don't want to write my own book i do write short scenes or stories.
If you love books about food you should give 'the devils larder' by Jim crace a try! It's a collection of short stories all about food!
you say you like books with cooking in it? I recommend Cinnamon and Gunpowder by Eli Brown! one of my favorites !