books i've read, loved, and still need to read 📖 a mid year reading check in

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  • @AClockworkReader
    @AClockworkReader  10 місяців тому +34

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    • @choieun-ha
      @choieun-ha 10 місяців тому

      Can you please read A THOUSAND BOY KISSES please please i love you so much i really want you to read it and give honest replies you are the only booktube person i usually follow and love ur recommendations as well can you pls read it 💜💜

  • @Maggie-hx7ru
    @Maggie-hx7ru 10 місяців тому +153

    As Long As The Lemon Trees Grow made me cry 4 times before I reached the middle of the book. So yeah, many tears were spilled

    • @sanjabozic411
      @sanjabozic411 10 місяців тому +4

      I'm reading it right now❤. Such a nice, heartbreaking story. Bloody war and brave people...💥💞

    • @Sofia-wr6nh
      @Sofia-wr6nh 9 місяців тому

      SAME I loved it SO MUCHHH

  • @SpinesAndSpoilers
    @SpinesAndSpoilers 10 місяців тому +22

    I'm coming back from a multi-month booktube hiatus and one of the perks is that I can kind of binge watch the videos from my favorite creators that I missed. So glad to be back ❤️

  • @thevintageplaylist7191
    @thevintageplaylist7191 10 місяців тому +88

    I CLICKED SO FAST

  • @sriyaraj1627
    @sriyaraj1627 10 місяців тому +26

    I read Turtles All the Way Down after watching your video and I am so grateful that I read that book. It explained a lot of things that was happening to me and as you rightly said in your video, I felt as if someone actually understood. Thank you, for just reading and letting us all know about it.

  • @catherinebruno1689
    @catherinebruno1689 10 місяців тому +9

    I'm excited that Ruthless Vows comes out in December of this year instead of April of next year cause the ending of Divine Rivals had me screaming.

  • @irene2958
    @irene2958 10 місяців тому +131

    If you've not read Jane Eyre, do yourself a favor and read it. It's so great 😃

    • @Morfeusm
      @Morfeusm 10 місяців тому +3

      I was actually really surprised how good that book is

    • @romalibra_books
      @romalibra_books 10 місяців тому +13

      Highly recommend The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by her sister Anne, it’s even better 🤩🤩🤩

    • @Morfeusm
      @Morfeusm 10 місяців тому +8

      @@romalibra_books that one was great too! Totally different! And Wuthering Heights were also incredible!

    • @junainahrahman4156
      @junainahrahman4156 10 місяців тому +9

      Wuthering Heights is my fav Bronte book but Jane Eyre is also amazing ❤

    • @Beautiful_un1verse
      @Beautiful_un1verse 10 місяців тому +3

      It is a beautiful book✨
      It was the first ever English novel I read,when I was in 5 th standard.Till then I only have read novels in my regional language, Malayalam.From then on I started reading English books and have come a long way😊

  • @macieleann1990
    @macieleann1990 10 місяців тому +30

    I was so scared you were gonna drag Divine Rivals, but I’m happy you really enjoyed it!

  • @janemahiya
    @janemahiya 10 місяців тому

    I waited so long for a new video from you and rewatched videos so many times that I can hardly believe there is new content 😢I can’t wrap my head around it , I admire you so much ❤

  • @ag20085
    @ag20085 10 місяців тому +21

    The last tale of the flower bride is the best book I've ever read!!! 😍 I'm so glad you loved it!

  • @wickerlibrary
    @wickerlibrary 10 місяців тому +7

    i listened to the last tale of the flower bride because of you (the narrators were so good) and it was so stunning, one of my favorite endings i've read in a long time and it reminded me so so much of my own youth and obsession with the unreal and girlhood. i don't think i'll stop thinking about it for a while, thank you for being the recommendation that got me to pick it up!

  • @mandymahoney9993
    @mandymahoney9993 10 місяців тому +7

    The Last Tale of the Flower Bride is definitely in my top 2 books of the year. I think about it ALL the time and already want to reread it.

  • @17caria
    @17caria 10 місяців тому +12

    Hope things are getting better for you and your loved ones!!

  • @ginarosanova
    @ginarosanova 10 місяців тому +7

    I read the Last Tale of the Flower Bride after you mentioned it in an earlier video this year. So good. Definitely a favorite for the year.

  • @chocolateoreo6489
    @chocolateoreo6489 10 місяців тому +9

    I hope you are taking care of yourself and enjoying fabulous books❤

  • @trishalahansdah2976
    @trishalahansdah2976 10 місяців тому +10

    Hi Hannah, I read Divine Rivals after I saw it on your IG stories and I loved it. Definitely deserves the hype and I'm so glad I read it. I'm also currently reading A River Enchanted and I'm so relieved you liked the second part of it! 😌

  • @shoshanaloomer
    @shoshanaloomer 10 місяців тому +10

    I recently read Yellowface and IT WAS SO GOOD! It was the first 5 star I've given in a while

  • @MoJordanReads
    @MoJordanReads 10 місяців тому +18

    I loved The Last Tale and I think Roshani Chokshi is such an incredibly unique writer. Her work is just so beautiful and indescribable. I actually read from her the first time because of you mentioning her YA series quite a while back, so it feels kind of special to hear you talking about your love for this book since it's a favorite for me, as well!

    • @vichakshananaruto1423
      @vichakshananaruto1423 9 місяців тому

      I just finished the last tale of flower bride and i didn't get two things 1.what tati found that and indigo poisoned her
      2 what indigos sketches in her book all this time

  • @IL-nl9jn
    @IL-nl9jn 10 місяців тому

    hannah i would loooove a video where you go through all the series youre reading and say which ones you want to finish and which ones you want, i think it could be fun !!

  • @lizibeff
    @lizibeff 10 місяців тому +2

    I picked up Juniper + Thorn randomly last year and it was also a favourite! I've just pre-ordered A Study in Drowning as well, the UK hardcover is divine 😩

  • @UnicornHunterbooks
    @UnicornHunterbooks 10 місяців тому +2

    I loved A Fire Endless. It’s one of my favorite reads of the year so far.

  • @debbiegreen6706
    @debbiegreen6706 10 місяців тому +5

    As soon as you said book that made you cry, I thought of As Long As The Lemon Trees Grow. Such a good book ❤

  • @lex7176
    @lex7176 10 місяців тому +2

    mexican gothic is such a good book!! definitely one of my favs that i read last year. velvet was the night is another good book by her :)

  • @JustBR4YD3N
    @JustBR4YD3N 10 місяців тому

    Hannah i have been watching you since you started and i am always happy when you post, love your videos!♥️💜(I’ve never clicked so fast to watch one of your videos)

  • @daniellewilliams1459
    @daniellewilliams1459 10 місяців тому +1

    Girl I’m so happy you uploaded a video and I’m gonna get your journal for movies and tv shows ❤ I’m so excited to read As Long As The Lemon Trees Grows . The best book I’ve read this year definitely would have to I’m Glad My Died by Jennette McCurdy and a book that made me tear up was The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks . The book that was disappointing for me was This Is How You Lose Time War . As far as books that I’m looking forward to getting at the second half of the year are Book Lovers by Emily Henry, As Long As The Lemon Tree Grows, and whatever else comes my way

  • @prerza
    @prerza 10 місяців тому

    omgggg ive waited sm for this video, love youuu Hannah!! 💗

  • @mahad0251
    @mahad0251 10 місяців тому +1

    It's a good day when you post ❤

  • @BookwormAdventureGirl
    @BookwormAdventureGirl 10 місяців тому +4

    High praise for your favourite book of the year. Yellowface is getting a lot of hype so I'm sure I will get to it at some point. As Long As The Lemon Trees Grow is going on my TBR ASAP! 😊💙

  • @raheli.the.reader
    @raheli.the.reader 9 місяців тому +4

    THE FACT YOU LOVED THE LAST TALE OF THE FLOWER BRIDE MAKES ME SO HAPPY. It's one of my all time favourites and the amount of bad reviews it gets makes me so sad

  • @caitlyn.m.t9618
    @caitlyn.m.t9618 10 місяців тому

    I agree with you about the last tale of the flower bride. I myself have not read it yet, but I was surprised by how quickly people stopped talking about this book. I mean that it becoming more commonplace now, for books to stop getting hype when they're actually out except for a select few, but I was really anticipating this one. I want to love this author's work, but the gilded wolves really didn't work for me but I adore her writing style and this book, at least from the premise, feels like it would really work. I am expecting to love this one, and I was shocked to not see it in bookstores near me. I am though getting it as a birthday present.

  • @misasa460
    @misasa460 9 місяців тому +1

    I love your jewelry matching to the Starless Sea theme! So cute haha

  • @trizzle3190
    @trizzle3190 10 місяців тому

    I felt the exact same way about Flower Bride! ♥️♥️ like immediately had to order a signed copy

  • @mansoor3159
    @mansoor3159 10 місяців тому

    Hannah my sister truly truly love to read books so so much and she loves your earings so so much you are my inspiration and I will support you till end 💖🙂💫

  • @Patricia-xw3ns
    @Patricia-xw3ns 10 місяців тому

    I sadly have to study first before I can watch this but it's always nice to see you 😊 you're the only youtuber I watch regularly

  • @imnotobsessedwiththat4162
    @imnotobsessedwiththat4162 10 місяців тому

    hannah has blessed us once again

  • @bonnieleary1197
    @bonnieleary1197 10 місяців тому +1

    Your book’s recommendations are freaking amazing! Except Daisy Jones, but Seriously all the others are books I never would have known about if it were not from you ❤

  • @catherinelapointe8024
    @catherinelapointe8024 10 місяців тому +2

    Suddenly my day just got brighter 🌻 📕

  • @kailisamantha
    @kailisamantha 10 місяців тому

    THE QUEEN HAS UPLOADED

  • @rafaela00002
    @rafaela00002 10 місяців тому

    So good to see you again ❤

  • @amalk1986ify
    @amalk1986ify 10 місяців тому +2

    I really need to read divine rivals! Thanks for your suggestions!

  • @sierradenae579
    @sierradenae579 10 місяців тому

    can't wait to read whatever wonderful books you publish in the future!

  • @ellias
    @ellias 10 місяців тому +15

    DIVINE RIVALS SUPREMACY!!!!

  • @jjnewbold
    @jjnewbold 10 місяців тому

    Omg, she's back! ❤️

  • @rxpunzi
    @rxpunzi 10 місяців тому

    Oh my goshhh i LOVE yotd. It’s truly underrated

  • @deletedacctc
    @deletedacctc 10 місяців тому +1

    We have the same tastes, your recommendations go to the top of my wishlist. ( my favorite book of this year is also the most beautiful i have. just see the french edition of A Far Wilder Magic!)

  • @lucillem7706
    @lucillem7706 10 місяців тому +1

    I totally get what you mean about Chain of Thorns, it sucks to be let down by the final book in a series you've otherwise loved. Blood of Olympus felt like that to me, it's almost like betrayal haha hopefully you're still able to enjoy the previous books regardless!

  • @AlessandroReads347
    @AlessandroReads347 10 місяців тому

    Great to see another video from you, Hannah😊I'm looking forward to hearing your thoughts on Yellowface; it's still on my TBR for this year as well and I hope to get to it soon.
    Speaking of R.F. Kuang, I 100% also need to read The Poppy War before the end of the year. I'm really curious now about Divine Rivals, too, since literally all of the booktubers I follow have been reading and loving it.
    My favorites this year so far have been Daisy Jones and The Six(listened to it on audio and loved it) and the entire Green Bone Saga by Fonda Lee.
    Hope you are doing well and had a good time at the Taylor Swift show : )

  • @yashikacarstairs
    @yashikacarstairs 10 місяців тому

    Yes the queen has posted

  • @katiesantamaria6695
    @katiesantamaria6695 10 місяців тому +2

    Oh my GOD hannah posted on my birthday!!!!!! Greatest gift ever 😭😭😭😭😭❤️

  • @yashikacarstairs
    @yashikacarstairs 10 місяців тому +4

    The chain of thorns disappointment is real. Jordelia isnt the same to me anymore😭

  • @catherinelapointe8024
    @catherinelapointe8024 10 місяців тому

    I barely ever cry reading books but so far this year TWO have made me sob : Sorcery of Thorns, and Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow. 😢

  • @nurkhadeeja7761
    @nurkhadeeja7761 10 місяців тому +3

    you don't know how much i want that cover of divine rivals it's so pretty but limited edition kill me already

  • @badfaith4u
    @badfaith4u 10 місяців тому +1

    Yellowface waa my favourite too. I have The Last Tale of the Flower Bride as an eBook.
    I hope you enjoy the Taylor Swift Eras concert.

  • @procaffeinate_withbooks
    @procaffeinate_withbooks 10 місяців тому

    I read A Study in drowning as an ARC and it was really good. Another one that I read had similar dark Academia vibes is All That Consumes Us

  • @madsisreading
    @madsisreading 10 місяців тому

    So many of these I need to read!!

  • @leahberg2950
    @leahberg2950 10 місяців тому

    Divine rivals pub date was moved up to December 26th!!!!

  • @petiterose9766
    @petiterose9766 10 місяців тому +5

    Hi Hannah, I know you loved The Charm Offensive and if you want another queer book with the reality dating show setting, I read a book last winter called Cupid Calling by Viano Oniomoh, and I really loved it. I really wanted to read another book with this setting and this one was great !

  • @ellias
    @ellias 10 місяців тому

    omg we have the same most anticipated with a study in drowning later this year

  • @malloreygarrett892
    @malloreygarrett892 10 місяців тому +1

    Legit choked on my water whenever you said Kendall Roy because I was not expecting to be SO SEEN

  • @sakshitawari2020
    @sakshitawari2020 10 місяців тому

    I beg you to reread the clockwork princess trilogy. Like girl you got me in the universe now I want you to get back in.
    All my love❤

  • @BigRedCatBanjo
    @BigRedCatBanjo 10 місяців тому

    Your hair is so beautiful, you are a real princes

  • @krishnakantmandal7548
    @krishnakantmandal7548 10 місяців тому

    Pleas sometimes provide weekly reads I lover your recommendation ❤

  • @Theycallhersofia
    @Theycallhersofia 9 місяців тому

    Just read They Call Her Sofia by Doris Ladino and LOVED it! 😊

  • @marianamauricio
    @marianamauricio 10 місяців тому +3

    Divine Rivals was sooooo much fun!

  • @heatherheatherandpeggy9134
    @heatherheatherandpeggy9134 10 місяців тому

    it always makes my day whenever you post ❤️

  • @raqueld9122
    @raqueld9122 10 місяців тому +1

    Mexican Gothic is fantastic!! I’m about to read The Beautiful Ones!

  • @forrest_reads
    @forrest_reads 10 місяців тому +1

    I can’t wait to read House of Roots and Ruin!

  • @yazminh5232
    @yazminh5232 9 місяців тому

    Love your videos!!!

  • @caitlyn.m.t9618
    @caitlyn.m.t9618 10 місяців тому +4

    My two best reads so far this year were The Oleander Sword by Tasha Suri and Evil Roots: Killer Tales of the Botanical Gothic edited by Daisy Butcher. The Oleander Sword is also the best and one of the few sequels I read this year. Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo is new release that I have not read yet but want to. An anticipated release for the second half of the year is something I had to google because I blanked on this question but I decided to go with House of Roots and Ruin because I enjoy gothic reads and I liked House of Salt and Sorrows enough. This I believe more of a companion novel to the first. My biggest disappointment is The Expert System's Brother which I expected to become a new favourite. It did not. My biggest surprise was Ariadne. I thought that this was a poor purchase and an example of me actually buying something because of the hype (and the type of book it is of course) but I ended up loving it. I don't think I have a new favourite author, partly because I don't have favourite authors full stop. I am tempted the Weird British Tales Series simply because of how much I loved Evil Roots and how I want to read the others in this series, but I also only read one so far. I have ordered in two more and we'll see how it goes. I don't get fictional crushes and I cannot think of any. As for favourite fictional character I believe I will have to go with Ren from The Keeper of Night, even though I am not continuing on with the sequel. I had to go down my reads of the year to work out which one to say, and this is the only one that jumped out to me on that list that is new to me and a character that I loved. I don't think I have cried this year in relation to a book and I haven't come close either, but I did find Lost in the Moment and Found by Seanan McGuire chilling. I don't read happy books so I guess I will say A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan because the main characters passion for dragons was simply nice and charming in a sense. I brought the hardback edition of Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth and that is a beautiful edition. I love this book so much and I originally had the paperback but I regretted not getting it in the hardback and now I have both (the illustrations look better on the paper they chose for the paperback though). There are quite a few books I want to get to by the end year, some of them being nonfiction in general because that was a goal of mine, but I do want to read All's Well by Mona Awad because that was an anticipated read and a suspected new favourite and I still have not sat down to read it.

  • @PaintedxDark
    @PaintedxDark 10 місяців тому

    How do you look up which edition of a book you want? Or how to find editions to match the ones you have? Is there a good resource for that or is it just good googling skills?

  • @xxzcfdxc
    @xxzcfdxc 10 місяців тому +2

    She's back ❤

  • @natsukicc
    @natsukicc 10 місяців тому +2

    Hi, just a heads up, you still have a Bookdepository link in your description, even though Bookdepo closed down a little while ago.

  • @abcsefs
    @abcsefs 10 місяців тому

    Welcome back

  • @georgiefarr1094
    @georgiefarr1094 10 місяців тому +1

    I read so many amazing books this year so far but there's been two books that were both disappointing 😞 but overall, it's been a great year for reading 📚 😊

    • @Morfeusm
      @Morfeusm 10 місяців тому +1

      What were those two?

    • @georgiefarr1094
      @georgiefarr1094 10 місяців тому +1

      @@Morfeusm Cop Town by Karin Slaughter and Stay Home by Ava Pierce (lockdown inspired, fiction)

  • @reaganelise13
    @reaganelise13 10 місяців тому

    omg yess i didn't know you were a swiftie!! i went to cincy n1!

  • @reneliz
    @reneliz 10 місяців тому

    i read last tale of the flower bride and as long as the lemon trees grow because of your other videos and both of them are faves from this year!!! also if you see this, where did you get your bee necklace from? i love it🥺

  • @alexandravolkov
    @alexandravolkov 10 місяців тому

    HAVE FUN (during the concert omg)

  • @tehelea
    @tehelea 10 місяців тому

    yess hannah you were at the eras tour 😭💜 which surprise songs did you get?

  • @gabby_1256
    @gabby_1256 10 місяців тому

    WE LOVE KENDALL ROYYYY

  • @mellow_fellow4965
    @mellow_fellow4965 10 місяців тому

    Wooo! More books for my tbr 😈

  • @bluecheeseenthusiast
    @bluecheeseenthusiast 10 місяців тому

    the second she posts im sprinting to my phone

  • @reneer7069
    @reneer7069 10 місяців тому

    I went to the Denver Eras show too!! I was N1!

  • @luvmeday
    @luvmeday 10 місяців тому +7

    gonna put my list here!
    1. best book you've read
    - red white and royal blue
    2. the best sequel you've read
    - crooked kingdom
    3. a new release you want to read
    - divine rivals
    4. most anticipated release for 2nd half of the year
    - ??
    5. biggest disappointment
    - king of scars
    6. your biggest surprise
    - book lovers
    7. favorite new author
    - ??
    8. new fictional crush
    - howl jenkins
    9. new favorite character
    - inej
    10. a book that made you cry
    - the seven husbands of evelyn hugo
    11. a book that made you happy
    - heartstopper
    12. the most beautiful book you bought
    - the house in the cerulean sea
    13. a book you need to read by the end of the year
    circe

  • @Rose-lt6wu
    @Rose-lt6wu 10 місяців тому +1

    I love this dress🪴

  • @strawberrylime33
    @strawberrylime33 10 місяців тому

    Does divine rivals read more as YA or adult? It was in a YA book box but sometimes YA books are more NA and have older or more confident characters.

  • @gabriellabatel
    @gabriellabatel 10 місяців тому

    I love A Little Prince too!

  • @emmas3937
    @emmas3937 10 місяців тому +3

    we need a volg of the taylor swift concert hannah

  • @anyae8965
    @anyae8965 10 місяців тому +2

    OMG I HOPE THE CONCERT WAS FUN! I’ve been trying to get tickets for London

  • @amormorex3418
    @amormorex3418 10 місяців тому

    would love to request a reading vlog for yellowface if you want/are able to! ☺

  • @kma0925_
    @kma0925_ 10 місяців тому

    When are you going to post your review of Fourth Wing?

  • @esam5849
    @esam5849 10 місяців тому

    Love your videos. Have you ever read Chimamanda?

  • @EllyjahPadilla
    @EllyjahPadilla 9 місяців тому +1

    You should definitely read Ishmael by Daniel Quinn! I've just finished it and it is honestly life changing. Although no explanation of mine will do it justice, the book is essentially about a guy (the 'protagonist') who is looking for a spiritual teacher who can enlighten him and he finds an ad in a newspaper about a teacher who is looking for a pupil, very coincidentally... or is it??? This 'teacher' though is unlike any that you would have probably ever read about in any book, and teaches the 'protagonist' about the world through an animal's perception and provides insight on so many important themes of harmony, balance and the way of life, most specifically how the human condition and our perception of life on earth is, at its core, so so so distorted and warped. One of the most profound and deeply life altering perspective that it has ingrained in me is through its take on the original story of Adam and Eve, the garden of Eden, Cain and Abel and how the author illuminates the slightly radical yet impossibly unmistakable truth within these stories that we are all too familiar with, and yet completely misunderstand. At this point, it has become my bible. My whole thinking has shifted and honestly just thinking about the book makes me wanna cry because it's just so beautiful

  • @BOTT-ip3nt
    @BOTT-ip3nt 10 місяців тому

    I LOVE YOU❤

  • @Artbyhurricanyounot
    @Artbyhurricanyounot 10 місяців тому +1

    This is a great excuse to suggest to everyone that sees this to read “Heart’s Blood” by Juliet Marillier. Irish magic, loose beauty and the beast retelling, disabled major character (with no magic cure tropes), beautiful prose, deeply romantic. And it’s a standalone!

    • @judycarrasco74
      @judycarrasco74 8 місяців тому

      Thank you for this rec. I love books with disability rep.

  • @marciaalbaum2597
    @marciaalbaum2597 9 місяців тому +1

    my best is in memoriam

  • @Read2escape
    @Read2escape 10 місяців тому

    Would you PLEASE read and review the An Unbelievable Truth series by Joshua Ryan Erwin? I've never heard anyone review these books, and they're fantastic! There are currently 3 books out.
    Book I- An Unbelievable Truth *Author's Edition by Joshua Ryan Erwin
    Book II- A New Beginning *Author's Edition by Joshua Ryan Erwin
    Book III- Elijah the Great by Joshua Ryan Erwin

  • @stoneheart9331
    @stoneheart9331 10 місяців тому

    Can you please read "The time's traveler wife"? 🥺

  • @evaantoniia
    @evaantoniia 10 місяців тому

    I am so glad I am not the only one who is a bit disappointed in chain of thorns

  • @SaidaMiladi-ju7is
    @SaidaMiladi-ju7is 10 місяців тому

    Lovely ❤

  • @JayGTheAwkwardBookworm
    @JayGTheAwkwardBookworm 10 місяців тому

    I freaking love Rebecca ross 😤