Love the Sierra booktube era! Congrats on getting back into reading in a big way! Some of my favorite books of the year were Lost Stars by Claudia Gray, The Deep Dark by Molly Knox Ostertag, Snapdragon by Kat Leyh, Beating Heart Baby by Lio Min, The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubraker Bradley, A River Enchanted by Rebecca Ross, and the Star Wars Doctor Aphra comics! Also reread one of my faves, The Scorpio Races by Maggie Steifvater! And some fave kids books you might like reading with the girls are Big by Vashti Harrison, Mole is Not Alone by Maya Tatsukawa, If I Was A Horse by Sophie Blackall, and Green by Laura Vaccaro Seeger.
Babel by R.F Kuang was by far one of my favorite reads of the year, and i HIGHLY recommend you read it. I think it perfectly aligns with your love of historical fiction and it has elements of fantasy as well!
I love this so much!! Last year I read 47 and this year I'm at 83!! I've really just fallen in love with reading 💗 Love seeing everyone getting back into things that we lived as kids
I think you should try the Mistborn trilogy by Brandon Sanderson! Awesome female male character, cool magic system, and the books don’t end on cliffhangers. Each one feels complete on its own.
I only started reading again halfway through this year so I feel like I don’t have a very complete wrap up. I read 20 books and my favorites were Babel by R.F. Kuang, The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston, Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin, Happy Place by Emily Henry, and Annie Bot by Sierra Greer. Can’t wait to see part 2!
I really enjoyed this video! I am a huge reader, but to be honest, I have never heard of most of these books! So you just made my TBR expand so much! 😂 I can’t wait for part two!
I love listening to you talk about all these books. I’m currently building my tiny plants lego set that I got for Christmas and I’m having the most fun listening to you.
When I listen to these videos all I want is to hear your opinions about all the books...talk MORE!! LOVED IT THANK YOU. I will definitely read some of the ones you mentioned here!❤
So far I’ve read 68. I’m trying to finish a few before the end of the year. Some of my favorites are pucking around, lights out and the things we break.
My favorite type of video is one that I can put in in the background or car while I’m driving!!! Plus I also got super into reading this year and read 77 books - so love it!!!
Tangled Up in You by Christina Lauren was one of my favorite books of the year. It's a retelling of Disney's Tangled in the modern world. Not only was the story cute but I also adored the writing. I'm glad I bought it because I will definitely be rereading it!
The House In The Cerulean Sea and Beyond The Sea BY T.J. Klune were great. Just For The Summer by Abby Jimenez, The Inheritance Gamesby Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Cinnamon Bun Bookstore by Laurie Gilmore.
interesting take on tom lake! I also listened to the audiobook but for me it felt like being told a cozy story by a cool relative, i liked it a lot! my personal favorite reads (mostly lit fic): intermezzo by sally rooney, the will of the many by james islington, i who have never known men by jacqueline harpman, james by percival everett, the wedding people by alison espach, martyr! by kaveh akbar, in memoriam by alice winn, east of eden by john steinbeck, the rachel incident by caroline o'donoghue, and the bee sting by paul murray! excited to see what your favs were in part 2
I love love love the book content! I’d like to note though, I’m also not asking you to become a booktuber - there’s so many people who do that, and I genuinely enjoy all of your other content! I just like this being an addition 😊 I’ve read 14 books this year, my favorites were Jurassic park and the lost world by Michael Crichton! Definitely has made me rewatch all the movies multiple times this year 😂 So much action and cool science, if you haven’t read these originals, I highly recommend!
i haven’t read many books this year but The Inheritance Games (currently just started the second book) was so good!! it’s a mystery book about how and why a random poor girl got the basically the whole inheritance of an old man who was a multibillionaire that died. very interesting!!
I’m at 61 books for the year right now. Your Emily Henry rankings pained me. I don’t typically like romance books but I love hers! I think my favorite of the year is going to be The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown. I also really enjoyed Strange Sally Diamond, These Silent Woods, Here One Moment, The September House, and Talking at Night.
One of my faves is "A Long Way to a Small Angry Planet" by Becky Chambers. Its sci fi but with a heavy focus on lovable characters and she created a cool possible future scenario (Or Psalm for the Wild Built by her)
I know you're not so much a Fantasy girly but the Crimson Moth (called Heartless Hunter in the US) WAS SO GOOD!!! I highly recommend it, the world-building is super easy to follow and the romance is top notch. I haven't stopped thinking about it since I read it in February!!!
I have followed you for YEARS and I feel extra justified in loving you after hearing you prefer it starts with us!! I’m such an odd one out on this opinion!
Oh I LOVE The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs and Invisible Women! I really enjoyed Steve Brusatte's treatise on dinosaurs but I prefer his book about mammal paleontology and evolution. He's great at breaking down interesting concepts into something digestible. If you want to read a similar style of book on a different scientific topic, I suggest "She Has Her Mother's Laugh" by Carl Zimmer. It's this huge tome that talks about the history of genetics, the harm that it has cause by way of it being twisted into eugenics but also all the lives we've saved because of genetic research.
I feel like you need to read the grace year. Also some of my favs this year and all time: still beating *tw, fourth wing series, best audio listen for the lie… working my way thru Freida McFadden, Lucinda Berry, and John Marrs books.
I felt the same way about All the Light We Cannot See! It just felt like it was dragging on and I had a hard time getting through. It never felt like it clicked, like you said, which was so strange considering its popularity.
I found Rebecca Ross' "Elements of Cadence" duology way better than Divine Rivals. Still sweet romance, but with slightly older and more mature characters. Wonderful world building and mysterious magic with Celtic lore. Fantastic audio book!
Read When We Were Infinite by Kelly Loy Gilbert! It's so beautiful and emotional! The story follows Beth and her friend group as they try to help their friend Jason, who is living in a very difficult situation. There's a lot about identity and mental health and it's just amazing! Definitely check the TWs before reading tho!
If you didn't like Bride but Kenzie is into shifter romance, you should absolutely try Worth His Salt by Rowan Wilder! It's by far the most creative and original shifter romance I've read, amazing world building, plus sized FMC (and none of the anatomy stuff you didn't like in Bride, haha - I know what you're talking about!). The sequel is so good too but I feel like you'd especially like this one because the main female character is such a powerhouse, and the body positivity stuff is really great.
Sierra in her booktube era!! If you’re looking for a romantic suspense for the new year, the edens series by devney perry is one of my favorite series ever ❤️
My number 1 read of the year is Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir! Other favorites this year were Misery by Stephen King, Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez, Friends we Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry and the Good Girl's Guide to Murder series by Holly Jackson ❤
Currently at 33 books, hoping to finish one last one! I tried reading more nonfiction this year, and my favorite by far was Slow Productivity by Cal Newport. I think about it a lot whenever I feel I'm not doing enough
Love this recap! I went to a talk with the author of Bad Blood and then he signed my book. This was at the LA Times Festival of Books. Highly recommend this event. It’s free, at USC, in the Spring.
Some highlights for me this year: The Echo of Old Books by Barbara Davis The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune Thirteen by Steve Cavanagh Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera Love you in your mommy/reader era - such a reflection of where I am in my own life. 💙
FYI since you mentioned Karl Marlantes' non-fiction book, you might want to check out his fiction book 'Matterhorn' about the Vietnam war. Have had that on my own shelf for a long time and finally planning to read it next month. It has great reviews on Goodreads.
I read 95 books this year! 🎉 My top rated books were DallerGut Dream Department Store by Mi-Ye Lee (a cozy book from Korea) and The Women Could Fly by Megan Giddings (a dystopian novel with Handmaid's Tale vibes but centering queer Black women).
Loved this video! ❤️ editing suggestion. Leave the pic of book cover on screen the whole time you talk about it coz I'm listening and when I need a remind about the book you talking about I look at the video but then have to go back to find the pictures. Historical fiction recommendations: Hope by lesley pearse, Gypsy by Lesley pearse & remember me by lesley pearse. Science fiction recommendations: the lunar chronicles by Marissa meyers. Classic recommendations: Heidi by Johnna Spyri ❤❤
I liked Icebreaker, but it annoyed me SO MUCH that the main character was allegedly working on a quad lutz! It’s like the author just googled “hardest figure skating jump” and threw it in there without doing literally any research. For context, no female pairs skater has EVER completed a quad jump of any kind at a competition. Even among singles/freestyle skaters, only two women over the age of 18 have ever landed a quad in competition, and they were 19 and 20 years old. (Most female skaters who do quads are prepubescent bc they’re advantaged by their smaller stature). Heck, quads are still pretty rare for the men too! If the main character was serious enough about it to actually be attempting to break two records (becoming the first pairs skater and oldest female skater to land a quad), she would not be going to college at all! Let alone hitting the club and going to parties and getting into the shenanigans that occur in the book
For any mamas with kids on the spectrum, or any teacher, therapist, SLP, OT, anyone who wants to understand autism more... PLEASE read Finding Cooper's Voice authored by Kate Swenson. It is life changing!!! She also has a new book called Autism Out Loud releasing April 1st 2025 with 2 other autism mamas and it will be the one to beat!!!! 5 stars all around with these ladies. This will STICK WITH YOU!!
I felt the same way you did about Divine Rivals and Ruthless Vows. I rated One Dark Window 4 stars and gave the second book, Twisted Crowns, 5 stars, so I’d be really curious to hear how you felt about it!
My top reads of the year were: Kafka on the Shore by Murakami The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan I had other five stars, but these were really the standouts! I think you’d really like The Memory Police and I would love if you read a Murakami to hear your thoughts! Edit: surprised All the Light We Cannot See was three stars! I gave it 5 but not earth changing think about it all the time. I found the characters compelling and liked how the story tied together! I also loved how much about radio and physics was in there!
I read over 130 books this year, and by far the best book I’ve read was Blood Over Bright Haven by Wang. It’s a fantasy but its focus truly is about race, class, and gender rights.
also read the darth plageuis book and looooved it!! however, i didn't particularly like icebreaker? anastasia just felt like so unlikeable to me. i also do read other spicy books but this one just felt like too much LOL
Top 3 of 2025 (in no order): -The Women -The Nightingale -None of This is True I feel the same way about Tom Lake. It was just kind of a story and when it was over I didn’t feel like I needed to hear it. The most redeeming part was Meryl Streep.
You seriously read a little bit of everything! Kindred spirit 😊 Here are a few of my favorites. Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-Reum Sky Falling by Mia Mckenzie The Breakaway Series by E.L. Massey Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto Just for the Cameras by Viano Oniomoh Only for the Week by Natasha Bishop The Flowered Blade by Taylor Hubbard Outdrawn by Deanna Grey Triple Sec by TJ Alexander I'll have what He's Having by Adib Khorram The Elven Days of Christmas by A.K Caggiano Most Ardently by Gabe Cole Navoa The Build Up by Tati Richardson A Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams
Throne of Glass, my all time favorite series, hands down. I read all the Maasiverse. Sparks of the Everflame, another great fantasy series, is not finished yet though. Elantris, a stand alone, my first Brandon Sanderson, great fantasy.
Those are my favorite as I'm very into fantasy, but for just romance, wild eyes by Elsie silver is amazing. And for mystery I've been reading a lot of Agatha Christie and she's got quite a few good ones. I'm just now diving into Steven king and I'll let you know how it goes.
For historical fiction, I've read some Kristin Hannah and that is perfect if I want to cry, lol, but I really enjoyed the Outlander series. Boring audio book, I enjoyed the physical copies more.
If you’re looking for more female self-reliance/solitude in the wilderness vibes, try Whale Fall by Elizabeth O’Connor!! It is such a beautiful and quiet novel, set on a remote Welsh island in the 1930s-really made my heart ache. Great video!💗💗
The Word for Women is Wilderness by Abi Andrew’s is a pretty good female self reliance book! Also LOVED invisible women. It slaps. I work in data and I recommend it to everyone.
Never apologize for how long you’re talking about books. I love it!
I would love Kenzie to do this too as she seems so into her books xx
Love the Sierra booktube era! Congrats on getting back into reading in a big way! Some of my favorite books of the year were Lost Stars by Claudia Gray, The Deep Dark by Molly Knox Ostertag, Snapdragon by Kat Leyh, Beating Heart Baby by Lio Min, The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubraker Bradley, A River Enchanted by Rebecca Ross, and the Star Wars Doctor Aphra comics! Also reread one of my faves, The Scorpio Races by Maggie Steifvater! And some fave kids books you might like reading with the girls are Big by Vashti Harrison, Mole is Not Alone by Maya Tatsukawa, If I Was A Horse by Sophie Blackall, and Green by Laura Vaccaro Seeger.
Thanks for the recommendations!
the war that saved my life is so good
Sierra: Book Lovers is an easy, happy read.
Me, with sister trauma: sobbing my way through it, rereads it every year
Babel by R.F Kuang was by far one of my favorite reads of the year, and i HIGHLY recommend you read it. I think it perfectly aligns with your love of historical fiction and it has elements of fantasy as well!
This was one of my favorites this year too!! Such a well written book with a well-paced plot and compelling characters.
Yay, I’m so excited for this video! It’s heartwarming to see you pick up a hobby you love! Plus I’ve been needing some good recommendations.
I love this so much!! Last year I read 47 and this year I'm at 83!! I've really just fallen in love with reading 💗 Love seeing everyone getting back into things that we lived as kids
I think you should try the Mistborn trilogy by Brandon Sanderson! Awesome female male character, cool magic system, and the books don’t end on cliffhangers. Each one feels complete on its own.
Love the review!
I started following you and the girlie's on GoodReads and it's been great motivation to continue reading 📖
Also I did a book for every letter of the alphabet challenge this year - I feel like you’d like that!!
I have read 4 books from your list so far. I’m going to add some to my tbr now. Love a book talk video!
Love to see this! I am at 76 books this year and just started a book club in my town!
I only started reading again halfway through this year so I feel like I don’t have a very complete wrap up. I read 20 books and my favorites were Babel by R.F. Kuang, The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston, Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin, Happy Place by Emily Henry, and Annie Bot by Sierra Greer. Can’t wait to see part 2!
65 books in a year is crazy I love it lol. I feel like I will read 3 books a week or not read a single sentence in months
I really enjoyed this video! I am a huge reader, but to be honest, I have never heard of most of these books! So you just made my TBR expand so much! 😂 I can’t wait for part two!
Always so happy to see an upload!
I love listening to you talk about all these books. I’m currently building my tiny plants lego set that I got for Christmas and I’m having the most fun listening to you.
When I listen to these videos all I want is to hear your opinions about all the books...talk MORE!! LOVED IT THANK YOU. I will definitely read some of the ones you mentioned here!❤
Love the new book content we’ve been getting this year!
So far I’ve read 68. I’m trying to finish a few before the end of the year. Some of my favorites are pucking around, lights out and the things we break.
LIVING for your bookish content! Keep it coming, pretty please!!
My favorite type of video is one that I can put in in the background or car while I’m driving!!! Plus I also got super into reading this year and read 77 books - so love it!!!
In part 2 could you have a written list in the description? I would love to be able to reference your list!
I’m LIVING for this book girlie content!
I love book reviews!! Please do this again next year!!!
Tangled Up in You by Christina Lauren was one of my favorite books of the year. It's a retelling of Disney's Tangled in the modern world. Not only was the story cute but I also adored the writing. I'm glad I bought it because I will definitely be rereading it!
Assistant to the Villian and Apprentice to the Villian were my personal favorites this year!
These are the most fun books I've read this year, Kingsley brings me so much joy. 😂
I do love these reviews, because I hate starting a book and hating it, so I love your reviews and descriptions
The House In The Cerulean Sea and Beyond The Sea BY T.J. Klune were great. Just For The Summer by Abby Jimenez, The Inheritance Gamesby Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Cinnamon Bun Bookstore by Laurie Gilmore.
interesting take on tom lake! I also listened to the audiobook but for me it felt like being told a cozy story by a cool relative, i liked it a lot! my personal favorite reads (mostly lit fic): intermezzo by sally rooney, the will of the many by james islington, i who have never known men by jacqueline harpman, james by percival everett, the wedding people by alison espach, martyr! by kaveh akbar, in memoriam by alice winn, east of eden by john steinbeck, the rachel incident by caroline o'donoghue, and the bee sting by paul murray! excited to see what your favs were in part 2
I love love love the book content! I’d like to note though, I’m also not asking you to become a booktuber - there’s so many people who do that, and I genuinely enjoy all of your other content! I just like this being an addition 😊 I’ve read 14 books this year, my favorites were Jurassic park and the lost world by Michael Crichton! Definitely has made me rewatch all the movies multiple times this year 😂 So much action and cool science, if you haven’t read these originals, I highly recommend!
I also liked No Drama Discipline. Good Inside by Dr Becky was also super helpful for me as a toddler mom myself.
i haven’t read many books this year but The Inheritance Games (currently just started the second book) was so good!! it’s a mystery book about how and why a random poor girl got the basically the whole inheritance of an old man who was a multibillionaire that died. very interesting!!
I’m at 61 books for the year right now. Your Emily Henry rankings pained me. I don’t typically like romance books but I love hers! I think my favorite of the year is going to be The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown. I also really enjoyed Strange Sally Diamond, These Silent Woods, Here One Moment, The September House, and Talking at Night.
So here for this content!! Love bookish content!
Enjoying the book reviews and REALLY looking forward to the higher rated book list!
love this kind of videos! i feel the exact same way about bride, ESPECIALLY about the spice scenes... suuuper fast read tho!
My recs!! The perfect couple, the boyfriend, the seven year slip, november 9, & the housemaid! 🥰 can’t wait to see if they’re on your pt. 2!
One of my faves is "A Long Way to a Small Angry Planet" by Becky Chambers. Its sci fi but with a heavy focus on lovable characters and she created a cool possible future scenario
(Or Psalm for the Wild Built by her)
I know you're not so much a Fantasy girly but the Crimson Moth (called Heartless Hunter in the US) WAS SO GOOD!!! I highly recommend it, the world-building is super easy to follow and the romance is top notch. I haven't stopped thinking about it since I read it in February!!!
Literally been waiting for this video for 6+ months since you first mentioned it in a vlog 😂😂
I love when you talk about books. Thank you for the video. I recommend The Right Move by Liz Tomforde, one of the best romance book I had ever read.
Sierra I think you would love The Frozen River! Very Great Alone vibes but about a midwife in the late 1700s somewhat based on a true story.
I have followed you for YEARS and I feel extra justified in loving you after hearing you prefer it starts with us!! I’m such an odd one out on this opinion!
omg can you post more book videos? LOVE it!
loving the bookish content!!!
Oh I LOVE The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs and Invisible Women! I really enjoyed Steve Brusatte's treatise on dinosaurs but I prefer his book about mammal paleontology and evolution. He's great at breaking down interesting concepts into something digestible. If you want to read a similar style of book on a different scientific topic, I suggest "She Has Her Mother's Laugh" by Carl Zimmer. It's this huge tome that talks about the history of genetics, the harm that it has cause by way of it being twisted into eugenics but also all the lives we've saved because of genetic research.
I feel like you need to read the grace year. Also some of my favs this year and all time: still beating *tw, fourth wing series, best audio listen for the lie… working my way thru Freida McFadden, Lucinda Berry, and John Marrs books.
I’ve been waiting for this video! ☺️
I felt the same way about All the Light We Cannot See! It just felt like it was dragging on and I had a hard time getting through. It never felt like it clicked, like you said, which was so strange considering its popularity.
I found Rebecca Ross' "Elements of Cadence" duology way better than Divine Rivals. Still sweet romance, but with slightly older and more mature characters. Wonderful world building and mysterious magic with Celtic lore. Fantastic audio book!
Literally the best audiobook I’ve ever heard
Read When We Were Infinite by Kelly Loy Gilbert! It's so beautiful and emotional! The story follows Beth and her friend group as they try to help their friend Jason, who is living in a very difficult situation. There's a lot about identity and mental health and it's just amazing! Definitely check the TWs before reading tho!
If you didn't like Bride but Kenzie is into shifter romance, you should absolutely try Worth His Salt by Rowan Wilder! It's by far the most creative and original shifter romance I've read, amazing world building, plus sized FMC (and none of the anatomy stuff you didn't like in Bride, haha - I know what you're talking about!). The sequel is so good too but I feel like you'd especially like this one because the main female character is such a powerhouse, and the body positivity stuff is really great.
Sierra in her booktube era!! If you’re looking for a romantic suspense for the new year, the edens series by devney perry is one of my favorite series ever ❤️
My number 1 read of the year is Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir! Other favorites this year were Misery by Stephen King, Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez, Friends we Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry and the Good Girl's Guide to Murder series by Holly Jackson ❤
Some faves for were
-Nothing like the Movies by Liz Painter
-Keeper of Lost Things Ruth Hogan
-Just Last Night by Mhairi McFarlane
Currently at 33 books, hoping to finish one last one! I tried reading more nonfiction this year, and my favorite by far was Slow Productivity by Cal Newport. I think about it a lot whenever I feel I'm not doing enough
Love this recap! I went to a talk with the author of Bad Blood and then he signed my book. This was at the LA Times Festival of Books. Highly recommend this event. It’s free, at USC, in the Spring.
Okay yes YES! On Bride, I loved the storyline but could NOT get past the "knot" because wtf was that😂👏🏼
Love love your book content! I read 40 books this year 🥰
Just got a kindle, timing could not be better for this🤪
Same ❤
Loved this!!!!
Thanks for the 📚reviews ! Way to go on 65 ‼️
This is the content I needed today!
Two of the best books I read this year were: 1) Mothers' Instinct by Barbara Abel and 2) Dead Med by Frieda McFadden
Some highlights for me this year:
The Echo of Old Books by Barbara Davis
The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
Thirteen by Steve Cavanagh
Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera
Love you in your mommy/reader era - such a reflection of where I am in my own life.
💙
Nice list. Definitely adding some of these
Yay I'm so excited!!
Love this. I haven’t read much but it’s on my in list for 2025. So these are great refs!
FYI since you mentioned Karl Marlantes' non-fiction book, you might want to check out his fiction book 'Matterhorn' about the Vietnam war. Have had that on my own shelf for a long time and finally planning to read it next month. It has great reviews on Goodreads.
Fourth wing and Circe by far my best of the year xx
I read 95 books this year! 🎉 My top rated books were DallerGut Dream Department Store by Mi-Ye Lee (a cozy book from Korea) and The Women Could Fly by Megan Giddings (a dystopian novel with Handmaid's Tale vibes but centering queer Black women).
Loved this video! ❤️ editing suggestion. Leave the pic of book cover on screen the whole time you talk about it coz I'm listening and when I need a remind about the book you talking about I look at the video but then have to go back to find the pictures.
Historical fiction recommendations: Hope by lesley pearse, Gypsy by Lesley pearse & remember me by lesley pearse.
Science fiction recommendations: the lunar chronicles by Marissa meyers.
Classic recommendations: Heidi by Johnna Spyri ❤❤
I liked Icebreaker, but it annoyed me SO MUCH that the main character was allegedly working on a quad lutz! It’s like the author just googled “hardest figure skating jump” and threw it in there without doing literally any research. For context, no female pairs skater has EVER completed a quad jump of any kind at a competition. Even among singles/freestyle skaters, only two women over the age of 18 have ever landed a quad in competition, and they were 19 and 20 years old. (Most female skaters who do quads are prepubescent bc they’re advantaged by their smaller stature). Heck, quads are still pretty rare for the men too! If the main character was serious enough about it to actually be attempting to break two records (becoming the first pairs skater and oldest female skater to land a quad), she would not be going to college at all! Let alone hitting the club and going to parties and getting into the shenanigans that occur in the book
I would watch HOURS of this.
For any mamas with kids on the spectrum, or any teacher, therapist, SLP, OT, anyone who wants to understand autism more... PLEASE read Finding Cooper's Voice authored by Kate Swenson. It is life changing!!!
She also has a new book called Autism Out Loud releasing April 1st 2025 with 2 other autism mamas and it will be the one to beat!!!! 5 stars all around with these ladies. This will STICK WITH YOU!!
Teacher here! Might have to read (well listen) to that. I have followed her Insta for years!
I felt the same way you did about Divine Rivals and Ruthless Vows. I rated One Dark Window 4 stars and gave the second book, Twisted Crowns, 5 stars, so I’d be really curious to hear how you felt about it!
My top reads of the year were:
Kafka on the Shore by Murakami
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa
Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
I had other five stars, but these were really the standouts!
I think you’d really like The Memory Police and I would love if you read a Murakami to hear your thoughts!
Edit: surprised All the Light We Cannot See was three stars! I gave it 5 but not earth changing think about it all the time. I found the characters compelling and liked how the story tied together! I also loved how much about radio and physics was in there!
I read over 130 books this year, and by far the best book I’ve read was Blood Over Bright Haven by Wang. It’s a fantasy but its focus truly is about race, class, and gender rights.
Haven't clicked so fast on a video for a while!
Definitely the Vancouver storm series
also read the darth plageuis book and looooved it!! however, i didn't particularly like icebreaker? anastasia just felt like so unlikeable to me. i also do read other spicy books but this one just felt like too much LOL
You should read Jodi Picoult books! I think you would enjoy them😊
You should read One Italian Summer by Rebecca Serle! Such a good book, it can be sad at times but it's worth the read for sure!
Monthly book recap vlog please!! Weekly would be my preference, but that’s just greedy.
If you’re ever wanting to rebrand, I would stan a booktube account from you
Late to the game but really loved Outlander. If I would suggest I would recommend that series
A really good historical fiction with themes of female resistance is called Follow the River by James Alexander Thorn.
I read the Acotar and Fourth Wing series this year definitely in my top for 2024
Top 3 of 2025 (in no order):
-The Women
-The Nightingale
-None of This is True
I feel the same way about Tom Lake. It was just kind of a story and when it was over I didn’t feel like I needed to hear it. The most redeeming part was Meryl Streep.
You seriously read a little bit of everything! Kindred spirit 😊 Here are a few of my favorites.
Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-Reum
Sky Falling by Mia Mckenzie
The Breakaway Series by E.L. Massey
Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto
Just for the Cameras by Viano Oniomoh
Only for the Week by Natasha Bishop
The Flowered Blade by Taylor Hubbard
Outdrawn by Deanna Grey
Triple Sec by TJ Alexander
I'll have what He's Having by Adib Khorram
The Elven Days of Christmas by A.K Caggiano
Most Ardently by Gabe Cole Navoa
The Build Up by Tati Richardson
A Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams
Throne of Glass, my all time favorite series, hands down. I read all the Maasiverse. Sparks of the Everflame, another great fantasy series, is not finished yet though. Elantris, a stand alone, my first Brandon Sanderson, great fantasy.
Those are my favorite as I'm very into fantasy, but for just romance, wild eyes by Elsie silver is amazing. And for mystery I've been reading a lot of Agatha Christie and she's got quite a few good ones. I'm just now diving into Steven king and I'll let you know how it goes.
For historical fiction, I've read some Kristin Hannah and that is perfect if I want to cry, lol, but I really enjoyed the Outlander series. Boring audio book, I enjoyed the physical copies more.
I just started the video and I'm so happy, love book reccomendations ❤❤
If you’re looking for more female self-reliance/solitude in the wilderness vibes, try Whale Fall by Elizabeth O’Connor!! It is such a beautiful and quiet novel, set on a remote Welsh island in the 1930s-really made my heart ache. Great video!💗💗
Can’t wait for tomorrow! I’m doing a video in January reading UA-camrs favorite books so hoping to find one on your list I can read!!
The only one left by Riley Sager is the best book I have possibly ever read but especially this year!! And I read 60 books so that says a lot
As someone with ADHD and alot of hobby hopping, I'm proud to say I read 2 books this year and currently reading the 3rd😅
The Word for Women is Wilderness by Abi Andrew’s is a pretty good female self reliance book!
Also LOVED invisible women. It slaps. I work in data and I recommend it to everyone.
Fellow toddler mom here who also read No Drama Discipline, highly recommend Good Inside by Dr Becky Kennedy.
If you love banter in books, then Rule Breaker by Lily morton is an absolute fun read! :D