My June TBR 📚 The Library Of Dragons Readathon: 19 Books (and Counting) to Unlock My Kingdom 🏰

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  • @MrRorosuri
    @MrRorosuri 5 місяців тому +1

    I love a marvelous light. Robin and Edwin have my heart. *shouts this from the rooftops*

    • @LitCouture
      @LitCouture  5 місяців тому +1

      You are making me RIDICULOUSLY excited for this book- it just got bumped up the stack, not gonna lie! If YOU love them, I just KNOW I’m going to be kicking my heels and swooning…SUCH an endorsement 💕

  • @harleykramer8801
    @harleykramer8801 5 місяців тому

    I LOVE A DARK AND HOLLOW STAR!!!!

    • @LitCouture
      @LitCouture  5 місяців тому

      YAY, I’m so glad! I really haven’t heard anyone talk about it, but I’m SO glad to hear it’s good! The summary has me SUPER intrigued but I’m hoping the uh, ritualistic evidence isn’t too descriptive…and I’m also really glad teenagers aren’t in charge of saving the world in, you know, real life. “Hey, I FOUND THAT BODY FIRST! Why am I the one doing all the work? No, YOU climb into the dark smelly sewer first! Hey, I think solved it…also, do you like me, or, you know LIKE me?” Good thing book teenagers are built a little differently…but I wouldn’t mind seeing just one true to real life and laughing my way through it, now that I think about it…and I maybe got some vibes that the author is going to give us a little messiness of some kind from the description. (If I’m super off, laugh away, but compared to the regency romance descriptions ANYTHING was going to feel irreverent!)

  • @MrRorosuri
    @MrRorosuri 5 місяців тому

    That dragon dress is gorgeous

    • @LitCouture
      @LitCouture  5 місяців тому +1

      Oh, thank you SO much! I got it from this INCREDIBLY intimidating website called DIsturbia, and if they saw how I styled their oh-so-gothic clothing they’d ban me from their website entirely. But it is sooooooo comfy and just the softest thing ever, my preschooler is hopelessly disappointed they don’t make it in her size; I suspect it will disappear from my closet occasionally…

  • @melissapalmer9140
    @melissapalmer9140 5 місяців тому

    I loved A Tempest of Tea!

    • @LitCouture
      @LitCouture  5 місяців тому

      I’m SO looking forward to it…tea, vampires, a heist…there’s no WAY it could be bad and I can’t wait to dive in and…steep in it 🫖? (That was SO terrible, I am SO sorry but I could NOT help myself.)

  • @BooksToAshes
    @BooksToAshes 5 місяців тому +1

    Your favourite?? Ah stop it but I’m honoured and you’re just as amazing too!! Also omg the dress, the egg, you went all out and I’m in love!
    Wow you actually did 19 books, I am indeed impressed to say the least
    I hope Dark and Hollow Star is good, it’s based in Toronto (where I was born) AND is compared to The Cruel Prince?? That book has summoned me (I may have had it on my TBR for years now…I have nothing else to say)
    When Cleaning Sucks came on the screen I burst out laughing. Why did you even have that!? Haha
    I actually love how you handled the Temple category. I’m invested in the unknown statue of the person and the ruined temples now, an unknown history in your realm is genius
    Haha listen, you can have multiple lavish homes if you want but I’m keeping those two other prompts away from you! Also thanks for taking part, I’m always honoured to have you and others join ♥️

    • @LitCouture
      @LitCouture  5 місяців тому

      Did I let that slip? What can I say, you always make me laugh, you throw in the serious reads, AND you made a READATHON (and saved my June). I’m hooked!
      A Dark and Hollow Star better not disappoint now, it sounds like it was written for you.
      And look, I am a…I call it creative chaos, but honestly? I am just a messy person. I can destroy a room in ten minutes in way that will take me a week to clean, it’s truly a special skill. I went through a self-help book phase and…the cleaning ones didn’t help. Probably because I didn’t read them. BECAUSE THEY ARE AS BORING AS THE DUST I’M MEANT TO BE CLEANING. But maybe that’s the point…reading about cleaning is so bad it gets you annoyed enough to clean. I should see if those books even HAVE real words or if it’s all a giant conspiracy!
      I need mystery in my life, I like that there are gaps for real (my one grandpa? An orphan. I COULD be royalty, and I’m clinging to it.) so my kingdom gets some too. And I HAD to get creative if I wanted all those books into eh temple category, that was FORCED and I had to do some mental scrambling to make that work.
      And it’s your readathon, I will play nice. Thanks for saving my June, I wouldn’t miss it for the world 💕

    • @LitCouture
      @LitCouture  5 місяців тому +2

      Oh, and don’t be impressed until I actually READ all 19 books and show you the REAL dragon egg!

    • @BooksToAshes
      @BooksToAshes 5 місяців тому

      @@LitCouture awww shucks ♥️
      Okay honestly I’ve heard mixed things about A Dark and Hollow Star but I’m choosing to pretend I didn’t so HOPEFULLY it’s good.
      HAHA the books about cleaning got dusty. The irony. But also I don’t even blame you for that. If you end up reading the cleaning book I’m looking forward to knowing how boring it is
      Ohhhh!! I love. The mystery, the intrigue, how perfect and fun that is.
      Thanks for playing nice but also, even if you don’t get to all of these I’ll still appreciate your ambition and I respect that at least. Happy reading as always!!

  • @cressidaclarence7420
    @cressidaclarence7420 5 місяців тому

    I'm so excited about this TBR! I somehow missed Ashs' video and will now have to go redo my June TBR to try and catch up - but so many of the books you're going to read I own and haven't read yet so I will 100% be watching your wrap up as well to try and hype myself into reading more of these. Though I wont have time for all 19 at this point - thank you for sharing!

    • @LitCouture
      @LitCouture  5 місяців тому

      Awww, thank you! My notifications have been completely off lately, don’t feel too bummed- or I’ve been extra scattered, could go either way at the end of the school year…(did they ALWAYS have rehearsals and caps and gowns for preschool graduation? Like..no, right?) So many of these have been lingering about on my shelves that it is shameful, but I’m also kind of proud that this is the first readathon I can honestly say I didn’t specifically buy anything for…now, whether that means I’ve crossed a certain threshold of book ownership or I’m just being more resourceful…no, I can finish that thought, it’s the former. My husband’s biggest fear is NOW that our second story is going to collapse under the weight of all my books.
      And uh…I’m only on book 2 so…gonna be a tight one for me too? (But I got all stupid and cocky and made a VIDEO and now I HAVE to do it so…won’t THIS be fun. Don’t tell Ash- she’s already laughing hard enough as it is.) BUT YEAH, TOTALLY looking forward to reviewing ALL NINETEEN of those books. In like…two and half weeks. (Look, there’s no Brandon Sanderson this time, I stand a fighting chance here. And at least everyone who’s commenting is saying I’ve chosen some awesome books so…let’s face it, I would do nothing but read it I could!)

  • @InfinitexLibrary
    @InfinitexLibrary 5 місяців тому

    I loved A Marvellous Light!

    • @LitCouture
      @LitCouture  5 місяців тому +1

      Um, who ELSE would I pick from??? Ash made the readathon which leaves my other favorite booktuber- YOU! You made this sound so good I knew exactly which book to go for when I heard the prompt, it was so funny.
      Ahhhhh the library…yesterday I put together a bookcase extender backwards and today I scratched the wood floors trying to make two book cases fit at the angle I wanted them (they won)…I am reaching seriously levels of library-building LOATHING. There are also no instructions for the lamp that came today. IF THERE ARE MULTIPLE WIRES (white? Red? Yellow? Blue? They make movies like this and the word “diffusing” is usually involved…) THEN I NEED DIRECTIONS!!! (Will take photos if there are flames. Uh, after they’re extinguished.)

    • @InfinitexLibrary
      @InfinitexLibrary 5 місяців тому

      @@LitCouture Awww bless you

  • @MrRorosuri
    @MrRorosuri 5 місяців тому

    Wishing you a lovely pride month. 😊

    • @LitCouture
      @LitCouture  5 місяців тому +1

      Aww, thanks, I’m wishing you a beautiful Pride month as well! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🩷

  • @szgatigress4226
    @szgatigress4226 5 місяців тому

    Omg, yes! I love the readathon too! It's my favourite ❤ I try to advertise it to anyone that just asks😂 I really want to read the Bridgerton series buuut yeaaah. I haven't gotten to them yet😂

    • @LitCouture
      @LitCouture  5 місяців тому

      I decided to be as loud as I could be about the readathon-you know, aim juuuuuuust this side of obnoxious. Throw in some popular reads and excuses for me to dress up and…well, SOMEONE new is bound to notice, right? And the Bridgerton books are fast reads but the show is veering off course and it’s really messing with my head…we’ve skipped over book three to book four while I’m reading the prequels and now books 5, 6…I have no sense of time any more. Review video on the prequels pending…but tiny spoiler: you can definitely skip a couple. Yawn. Did Julia Quinn even write them? A question for the ages, I assure you…

  • @irenetomasi4494
    @irenetomasi4494 5 місяців тому

    Both Freya Marske and Alexis Hall on a single TBR! 🎉 enjoy!

    • @LitCouture
      @LitCouture  5 місяців тому

      I think it’s going to be one of my best TBRs yet, honestly, based on these comments! And I have to say, so far so good! 💖

  • @bmvanloo
    @bmvanloo 5 місяців тому

    I read A Marvelous Light back when it first came out; it was super good and if I remember correctly, I'd rate it medium spice? Not like Fourth Wing levels but certainly more than kissing.

    • @LitCouture
      @LitCouture  5 місяців тому +1

      I’m REALLY looking forward to it and I can TOTALLY live with medium spice- not EVERY couple has to set the curtains on fire!

  • @jessicaallard9453
    @jessicaallard9453 5 місяців тому

    Okay, WHERE did you get the dragon dress you are wearing from??? It is perfect and I love it and need it in my life 😍😭 And i am so tickled pink by all your talk of Bridgerton in this video because I am FINALLY on board with the hubbub about the series and have been binging it with my mom! We just finished season 2 😆 On to Queen Charlotte before finishing up (and finally catching up with the rest of the world) with season 3. I'll tell you... It has been hard to avoid spoilers. I feel like literally everyone and their mom is talking about it 🤣 Also! Good luck with all of the books you have chosen 🙏 The "town" you are building will be most magnificent! As with your irl library once it's finished 📚 I'll bet that creating your "town" by reading a bunch of books is much more fun than creating the library with manual labor, blood, sweat, and tears 😉

    • @LitCouture
      @LitCouture  5 місяців тому +1

      You are going to laugh SOOO hard but I got the dress from this super goth-inspired website called Disturbia…if they could see the way I style their dresses they would NEVER let me purchase them!!! I just want you to picture me when you’re on that website and enjoy the lacy frilly irony.
      I MEANT to already have Bridgerton content filmed and just about ready to post but I got LARYNGITIS of all things, and it turns out in a dreadful mime…I am SO ready to spill the tea on the prequels (and talk about a mixed bag, I’m not convinced Julia Quinn even WROTE all four of them at this point) and I sound…well, I guess like a dying frog is sadly an improvement at this point…but I’m still less than thrilled. I am racing against the clock and basically considering honey a food group at this point (call me Pooh, Winnie the Pooh) to get something out before the last episodes air or I’m going to be irrelevant way too quickly!
      And I’m trying to figure out a way to make a map when I can’t draw. It’s going about as well as filming…and yet has caused far less tears than the library. I did finally get to do some fun stuff-I was buying a bunch of accessories for it and as I was paying for my sparkly mushrooms and flower teacups the cashier was like, “you know, you look like exactly the person who should be buying this stuff.” Sounds like I’ve got the theme just about right then…

    • @jessicaallard9453
      @jessicaallard9453 5 місяців тому

      🤣 The cashier has your number!!! That's hilarious! I'm definitely going to check out Disturbia and think of you shopping there as I do 😂 (the name reminds me of that Rhianna song lol). Thank you for always telling me where you get your clothes from 🙏 I see that your Bridgerton prequel video went up! Do I need to be all caught up on Bridgerton to watch it? I haven't seen season three just yet and I want to go into season three as blind as possible (though I unfortunately already did get one spoiler. It's hard to avoid them). And I totally get it about the laryngitis!! I have a career that requires me to be able to talk a lot, so I can't work either when my voice doesn't work! And unfortunately I am kinda prone to getting laryngitis. I'm glad at this point you are feeling better! Also! Good luck with the map.... Better you than me 🤣 (also also, I commented just now on some of our older threads in older videos that UA-cam never informed me you had responded to. Telling you here in case UA-cam informs you of this comment and not those 🙄)

    • @LitCouture
      @LitCouture  4 місяці тому +1

      ​@@jessicaallard9453 Okay, I LOVED that song, I VIVIDLY remember playing it while getting dressed up for Halloween multiple times--you just jogged some GREAT memories (and will I now have BUM BUM BE DUM BUMBUMBEDUM DUM DUMMM in my head for days? Definitely.). And I will ALWAYS share and be your little shopping enabler, don't you worry. If you want a preview of my Summerween wardrobe, go stalk Unique Vintage and I KNOW you'll be able to guess EXACTLY what I bought...although it sounds you like surprises, so maybe you'll wait and see!
      And speaking of surprises, my fellow Lady of the Ton-- you're totally safe. I mention Edmund and his incident with the bee (which you definitely know about now), and that you see the first Bridgerton brothers as kids but that's it. The books are mostly about another family marrying Bridgertons we never see again and I felt like I'd read...whatever the book version of clickbait is. I thought we'd at least get Violet and Edmund's story but NOPE. In terms of the prequels themselves, there aren't exactly major plot twists to be had (we kind of know the couples are going to be, well, couples), but I didn't give away anything beyond the book summaries either (aside from talking about a cute cat). And I saw one notification, but if there were more UA-cam did NOT, in fact, let me know. Again.

    • @jessicaallard9453
      @jessicaallard9453 4 місяці тому

      ​​@@LitCouture UA-cam always fails us quite robustly in the notifications department, doesn't it? 🤣 And great!! I am absolutely going to watch your Bridgerton video tomorrow morning them! (Gives me something to look forward to when I wake up ☀️)! Actually... I am going to play a game with myself and go to Unique vintage and see if I can guess what you are buying from them 🤔 I'll let you know if I get it right! LOL! Oh, and I have a very specific Halloween party memory of that Disturbia song, as well! 👻 Halloween memories unlocked 🔓 😆

  • @MrRorosuri
    @MrRorosuri 5 місяців тому

    🍦

    • @LitCouture
      @LitCouture  5 місяців тому +1

      Sir, you best be adding some rainbow sprinkles to that this month 😉

  • @szgatigress4226
    @szgatigress4226 5 місяців тому

    I attempt to read most of the prompts, plus some of the special ones we made up ourselves 😂 Will all of this be read in June? Absolutely NOT

    • @LitCouture
      @LitCouture  5 місяців тому

      …wait, who’s we? We made some ourselves??? There are MORE prompts??? I MISSED SOMETHING AND IT FEELS IMPORTANT. And…I’m sooooo behind. But I also made a video. And literally said “challenge accepted” to the creator of the readathon so…I don’t think I have a choice…? Ah sleep, I will miss you…

    • @szgatigress4226
      @szgatigress4226 5 місяців тому

      @@LitCouture There's a Google doc on the server and you can submit extra buildings you want to have and others can give you prompts. It doesn't change the readathon though