In Memoriam was such a beautiful book, one of my best from last year! I also loved Open Water, the decision to write in the second person was so unique and it worked so, so well. I just read Orbital and I understand that the responses have been mixed. I loved it. Claudia Pinero is truly a genius! Loved your video, the categories made me laugh, they are so relatable.
First off, I’ll overlook your Gators sweatshirt, Jon, otherwise I respect you as a person 😉 Loved hearing both of your thoughts on your top favorite books though, such an interesting conversation/video!! I need to read The Secret History but I’m intimidated haha. Evelyn Hugo was a 4.5 for me, really enjoyed it but it felt like something was missing for it to be a 5 star. I’m Glad My Mom Died and Finding Me were both such good memoirs! I agree with Jon, I liked A Psalm For the Wild Built slightly more but both were great. Tomorrow x3, The Book Thief, and Piranesi were all definitely 5 stars for me! Also, I’m dying laughing at “I simply don’t DNF, I always F” and Sierra’s face after 😳😂😂
Ohhh Martyr! was such a good and (deeply necessary) read for me this year. It has so much heart and warmth for something so heavy and I really liked the writing! Open Water is on the tbr for the next couple of months. Also lovedd Piranesi
Added both Open Water and Transcedent Kingdom to my TBR since they are deeply necessary to both of you! Orbital I really enjoyed but not 5 stars (much like Sierra described why she doesn’t give some books 5), I feel like it’s a book that will give you more and something new on the re-read. To me it was a love letter to Earth.
I bought Piranesi as a blind read, which usually isn't a good thing for me, but loved it. I think I gave it a 4.75. Put it in my neighborhood's Little Free Library for someone else to read because I thought I wouldn't reread it. The thing is I still think about the book and will probably end up rereading it some day. 😛
I enjoyed learning more about your favourite books! Five of your 5☆ books are also my favourites, not 5☆ but close. I only gave 5☆ to 6 fiction books ever😂 (One hundred years of solitude, The waves, A thousand splendid suns, Burial Rites by Hannah Kent, Caribou Island by David Vann and The Butcher Boy by Patrick McCabe). To me it's all about emotional connection and standing the test of a reread and I find none of these books perfect.
I didn’t enjoy ‘Piranesi’ because of the character’s extreme naivety, that I felt was a threat to his survival at times, but that’s just a personal bugbear of mine.
In Memoriam was such a beautiful book, one of my best from last year! I also loved Open Water, the decision to write in the second person was so unique and it worked so, so well. I just read Orbital and I understand that the responses have been mixed. I loved it. Claudia Pinero is truly a genius! Loved your video, the categories made me laugh, they are so relatable.
First off, I’ll overlook your Gators sweatshirt, Jon, otherwise I respect you as a person 😉 Loved hearing both of your thoughts on your top favorite books though, such an interesting conversation/video!! I need to read The Secret History but I’m intimidated haha. Evelyn Hugo was a 4.5 for me, really enjoyed it but it felt like something was missing for it to be a 5 star. I’m Glad My Mom Died and Finding Me were both such good memoirs! I agree with Jon, I liked A Psalm For the Wild Built slightly more but both were great. Tomorrow x3, The Book Thief, and Piranesi were all definitely 5 stars for me! Also, I’m dying laughing at “I simply don’t DNF, I always F” and Sierra’s face after 😳😂😂
wishing y'all the MOST five stars next year !!
Ohhh Martyr! was such a good and (deeply necessary) read for me this year. It has so much heart and warmth for something so heavy and I really liked the writing! Open Water is on the tbr for the next couple of months. Also lovedd Piranesi
Added both Open Water and Transcedent Kingdom to my TBR since they are deeply necessary to both of you! Orbital I really enjoyed but not 5 stars (much like Sierra described why she doesn’t give some books 5), I feel like it’s a book that will give you more and something new on the re-read. To me it was a love letter to Earth.
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I absolutely agree with Sierra’s comment on Tomorrow, I stayed with the book after the first third because of the hype and I’m so glad I did ❤
Some good books here. I loved Seven Husbands… would still put it in the 5 star category. 😊💙
I bought Piranesi as a blind read, which usually isn't a good thing for me, but loved it. I think I gave it a 4.75. Put it in my neighborhood's Little Free Library for someone else to read because I thought I wouldn't reread it. The thing is I still think about the book and will probably end up rereading it some day. 😛
Read Foster because of y’all and it was stunning!!!
I enjoyed learning more about your favourite books!
Five of your 5☆ books are also my favourites, not 5☆ but close.
I only gave 5☆ to 6 fiction books ever😂 (One hundred years of solitude, The waves, A thousand splendid suns, Burial Rites by Hannah Kent, Caribou Island by David Vann and The Butcher Boy by Patrick McCabe). To me it's all about emotional connection and standing the test of a reread and I find none of these books perfect.
I definitely feel like I’m too free with my 5 stars cause there’s been quite a few this year where I’m looking back on I’m just ??? How??
I didn’t enjoy ‘Piranesi’ because of the character’s extreme naivety, that I felt was a threat to his survival at times, but that’s just a personal bugbear of mine.
Did either of you read Addie LaRue?
Maybe a real quickblurb of what books about....
Tomorrow 3x is a book i should have dnf'd. It was not for me.
Would wear “deeply necessary” merch, just sayin 😗