I just want to let you know that I was watching this with my cat. Then I paused it, but she looked at me weird and I resumed it and she started making biscuits. So basically this is the highest of compliments.
hahaha. I just read this last week for the first time and I was SO confused as to why it had such a high rating. I don't think my standards are THAT high for books, like I can enjoy something even if it's not top tier literature but I DID NOT like this book at all. I kept waiting for it to get better lol. I can say a few moments in it were nice but overall I did not like it and felt weird giving it 2/5 when most reviews were 4 and 5 haha
I will justify mine which is- At the time of reading I was at school camp with a mild concussion, sleep deprivation, I had drank 2 espressos, 5 mochas, 3 hot chocolattes and 2 green teas in 2.5 days and it was my introduction to contemporary western romance so uhm. Yea.
I sometimes think of Shadow and Bone as Leigh Bardugo being told to write the most easily marketable ya series and once that blew up she was allowed to write whatever she wanted. I do love Nikolai though. What an icon. I am not immune.
Honestly yeah, but I loved that series so much, it got me into fantasy and I rated it 5 stars, looking back it’s not amazing but it’s burrowed it’s way into my heart and I just can’t hate it😭
with all the ass reviews on the shadow and bone trilogy i just can’t get myself to read it😭 honestly just want to finish it so i can start king of scars
@@panicfvx i have the same experience. plus, im glad i read it for getting me into ya fantasy but also because i love nikolai and he became my favorite male character for a while. and his duology is great lmao
@@xryuunea lot of people are harsh on Shadow & Bone because *so many* other YA fantasy books have come out since then, a lot of which are arguably better. BUT, it’s important to note how much S&B informed a lot of other YA fantasy stories. Sarah J. Maas, for instance, is quite known for the “like calls to like” theme woven throughout Throne of Glass, but she straight up lifted it from Shadow & Bone. It’s absolutely worth reading, especially if you go into it knowing that it has its flaws. The world building and lore, *if nothing else,* is worth it. Also, keep in mind that it was Bardugo’s first novel/series! She has said herself that if she were to write the trilogy now, there are a lot of things she’d do differently. But ultimately? Yeah, read it. It’s completely worth it, if for no other reason than experiencing the world building (and being able to read Nikolai’s duology lmao)
i show my mom your videos whenever you post, and she started following you on goodreads and whenever i show her a tiktok/youtube vid that's not yours she always is like "where's lexi" thank you for accidentally improving my relationship with her :) stronger than the troops fr 💪💪
@newlynova 👋 👋 Middle-aged mom here! Your legion is in its infancy, but I'm sure well on its way to fully formed. Thanking the UA-cam algorithm gods that sent you may way because your videos are so fun. Unrelated, your look reminds me of Parker Posey in You've Got Mail, the movie.
I need a discussion of the worst books that you've ever read in this style. The struggle to have to put some of them in a high tier because they're not as bad as others would be amazing and also I would hate to have to do that
I could imagine a bit where you read the first chapter of a book and create a bingo card with predictions of tropes, cliches and events to see if you can get a bingo by the end of the book And I reaaaally need to read educated 😩
Hearing you talk is like listening to my inner monologue. I’ve never been more at ease listening to someone talk and def never at that speed! I feel like someone like you who reads a lot different genres knows what’s up so I’ll be looking to you for book recs from now on!
Heartstopper would be in my I WILL NEVER SHUT UP ABOUT THIS. Because I don't. And I won't. Coincidentally, I'm re-reading all four graphic novels (for the 3rd? 4th? time) in honor of Alice Oseman's birthday. I'm 30 so your comment about reading this earlier on potentially changing the course of my life hit me HARD. I love them so much. Also, I ordered Betty immediately after you mentioned it. I'm nothing if not impulsive and easily influenced.
the song of achilles blew up on tumblr a few years before it came up on booktok and i'm so glad everyone is also going feral over it because i think about it Constantly and i cried so much during it
truly my tbr has just become a list of every single book you have ever talked about. i've never had a booktuber whose opinions/recs i care about or put as much stock into as much as i do yours. so thanks for that !!
Verity was also a fever dream read that i initially liked and the only reason being was my brain had to be cooked after it. After like 2 weeks i actually thought about it and went wait… It is probably the most insane book ive ever read so it gets that award
watching you talk about books you love just makes me immediately want to log off and read everything that's ever been written so i can attempt to find something i feel that passionately about. i love it so much pls never stop
0:52 the tiers 3:12 a man called ove 3:35 act your age 4:00 babel 4:36 bad blood 5:36 betty 5:59 book lovers 6:15 crying in H mart 6:55 displacement 7:23 educated 8:11 fire keeper's daughter 8:47 the hating game 9:58 heartstopper 10:42 her body and other parties 12:19 homegoing 13:03 I'll be gone in the dark 14:10 i am glad my mom died 14:42 in the dream house 15:30 Into thin air 16:34 know my name 17:13 last night at the telegraph club 17:50 legendborn 18:38 malibu rising 19:29 maybe You should talk to someone 20:11 My dark vanessa 21:12 not that bad 22:13 one to watch 23:21 part of your world 24:29 people we meet on vacation 25:16 golden son and morning star 25:48 Red white royal blue 26:39 seven days in june 27:42 Six of crows 28:05 crooked kingdoms 28:35 the wicked king 29:42 The Obelisk Gate and the stone sky 30:42 the heart principle 31:46 the last olympian 32:33 the midnight library 33:10 the night circus 34:50 the office of historical corrections 35:35 the poppy war triology 36:10 the seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo 37:01 the song of Achilles 37:49 tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow 38:29 the storied life of AJ fikry 39:20 this is water 40:08 verity 42:38 we should all be feminists 43:41 yellow face
I feel really good that I am not the only one who rated Verity 5-star and am now questioning every single decision I have ever done in my reading career. That book was the first thriller I ever read and I was so shocked by everything, but looking back now CH really just tried to make it as insane as possible and make the characters completely crazy and unreasonable. I am ashamed but at least I'm not alone.
I watched this video a year ago when you posted, and it just popped up again on my feed. Just wanted to say I read a ton of these books based on your recommendations, and LOVED so many of them!!! Thank you for inspiring my reading obsession!!
Hey, awesome video! And I’m not sure if anyone else has commented this already or not, but in “maybe you should talk to someone” the author explains in the beginning that in order to keep confidentiality she has massively changed details about the patients and even mixed a few patients into the same person just to make sure no one will be able to identify them. Just a fun fact which I thought you’d want to know ☺️ I loved that book too, need to read it again actually, it’s been a while!
I will pay you to read Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier if you haven't yet. A classic that could very reductively described as "Verity if it actually deserved 5 stars"
I love that every time a book came up about which I went You gave that 5 stars?? You ended up putting them in the not 5 stars category so for me, you now have immaculate taste
I really appreciate what you said about the Midnight Library because that was my same experience. Totally get the criticism but also such a special book to me personally.
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow was truly a unique reading experience and such a complex window into human relationships. I've never had tears oozing out of my eyes for so many chapters as I did reading this book.
i've watched some of your videos now and i just have to say that the speed of the way you talk is scratching something in my adhd brain and i love you for that
If you haven’t read Circe yet I highly recommend it. Anyone that has read Song of Achilles absolutely needs to read Circe. It’s a million times better than SOA and actually has great pacing and characterization. I thought SOA was deeply okay and Circe is a 6 star novel for me. I believe the next generation of AP Lit students need to read it.
haven’t read song of achilles (i have it but i kinda don’t want to start it because i didn’t like circe) but circe was just… really boring. no action whatsoever. i really disliked it which was strange because usually i love character driven books, but this book was just genuinely boring and forced
Love that you also loved "Especially Hideous" from Her Body and Other Parties; it's an S tier short story for me. Thank you for all the chaotic and fun content; you're quickly becoming a new favorite Booktuber for me.
oh my god i just found ur channel and i have been searching HIGH and low for a booktuber with my taste in books even a LITTLE and somehow we have the EXACT taste in books with memoirs and also fantasy but also contemporary literary fiction i am so pleased
Omg. We have the same taste in books. Your “I will Never Shut Up About This” is full of books that changed my life. Know My Name is truly my favorite memoir I’ve ever read, it was beautiful while honest and upsetting. I agree, The Midnight Library was so important to me and my mental health. If you like entertaining science fiction, I strongly recommend listening to Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir. It’s SO good and wholesome. So happy to have found your channel!
This is the first video of yours that I've watched, and wow, you have incredible taste. Gonna have to put all the top tier ones that I don't know yet on my tbr. Thanks for sharing!!
the absolute JUMPSCARE of seeing a colleen hoover book on this list. i did not even consider you and verity existing in the same world fjdhgdfjkhhfdj saving this vid for later for recs, i had an amazing time as always
Oh my gosh!! I rarely hear the night circus recommended! I STILL (10+ years later) think about the imagery of that book. Loved the story, but that IMAGERY.
You’re the first booktuber who I’ve felt like I could genuinely get good recommendations that I’d like. Not that others have bad recs but you consistently talk about books so well without spoiling that I can actually gauge if it’s worth my time.
This is the first video of yours I've ever watched and we have, like, 85% overlap in our reading and it's so exciting to find someone who reads a lot of the same things. I even added a few books to my TBR based on how much we have in common and your recommendations (including The Office of Historical Corrections). But then... at 34 minutes in... I could see Verity in your list of books waiting to be ranked... but you came through. Hahaha. I'm a new subscriber!
You’re soooo right about Malibu Rising!!! I enjoyed it at the time and rated it highly (4 stars), but I couldn’t for the life of me tell you what happened in that book 😭
After having watched basically all the videos on your youtube after finding your tiktok, you convinced me to start reading again and I read 400 pages in 5 hours. Really hopeful that this gets me back into reading consistently!
@@newlynova It's really good to know that that works too. With college classes and grad applications and friends etc, everything can just be so much that I feel like I don't have time to read, which is a lie bc if I can watch youtube I can read lol. I definitely will try the "a few pages a day" thing tho, hopefully I can keep it up for longer
When I read short story collections I rate each story separately and then take the average for the whole thing. Unless the vibes are immaculate and I'll just instinctively give it 5 stars like any short stories Karen Russell or Zadie Smith writes lol
Never added so many books to the top of my tbr so fast. 100% agree with all these comments I love the vibes and how quick and precise your synopsis are that makes me want to read!!!!
This randomly ended up in my reccomended but I've now thoroughly padded put my memoir to read section thanks to this video! Absolutely subscribed Ur energy is impeccable
I watched this video at the beginning of the year when I was just getting back into reading after YEARS of never reading for fun, and I've read 8 of the books in this video and added half the rest to my TBR. Saying all that to say your taste in books is elite and I always come to your page if I can't figure out what to read.
i love love love love loved my dark vanessa. the girls that get it, get it. i was so nervous waiting for you to re-rate it and now i officially love u mwahhhhhh
So glad I found you! Your reading tasted are the closest to mine that I’ve found! All of these books are either ones that I’ve read, want to read, or weren’t on my radar yet (and now are, thank you very much).
Thank you! I just got back into reading after 10years of not and I’m aggressively reading so much that I feel like I ran out of “good book” to read because the last few I’ve read have been trash but now I have sooooo many books to add to my Want To Read. Love your vibes 🎉
In relation to your Legendborn explanation: Once upon a broken heart made me realize that I shouldn't discount YA romantasy anymore. They focus more on the romance, instead of relying on the smutt to sell it. Its always more emotionally romantic instead of sexually romantic. I think NA authors need to focus more on the romance to push their couple FIRST... and add the smutt for fun.
did you also read caraval? i've heard so many good things about that series but i didn't like her original trilogy very much (though i did like jacks, who i know is the lead in OUABH)
@@newlynova nope i havent. I will read it next. Though... Im actually glad I didnt read it first, because I know as much about Jacks as Evengeline the main character... and thats what makes OUABH so interesting....
This video inspired me to finally start my own booktube. Thank you so much for being who you are and for being a shining light across my UA-cam recommended page!!
I'm here, at an small town in Honduras, listening to your comments about every book, trying to decide which book would be the best for me and figuring out if I can afford it (from Amazon). The book isn't expensive but the delivery fee to my town is.
I LOVE your “categorizing” videos! I ranked my books read this year by your mid-year update guidelines for fun and I’ll probably do the same now for my five star reads😂
I have never felt more seen after your rating of the hating game bc that's what got me into romance as well and now it's basically all I read and damn, that book doesn't hold up like I thought it would
i looove that you put jeannette mccurdys memoir in this list!! when i saw the tier i instantly thought about that book because its one of my "i will never shut up about this"
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You’ve become my “I will never shut up about this” booktuber, thanks for existing
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Same!!! I'm infinitely happy to discover her channel this early!
huge agree
Literally came to the comments to say this!! 🎉 😍❤️🔥
Never apologize for your former self loving a book. They meet us where we are when we need them. ❤
I just want to let you know that I was watching this with my cat. Then I paused it, but she looked at me weird and I resumed it and she started making biscuits. So basically this is the highest of compliments.
this is an honor thank your cat on my behalf
I’m not a cat owner so I had to look up what “making biscuits” meant and that’s absolutely adorable 😭
The Hating Game was a fever dream 5 star read for me that I WILL NOT justify to anyone at anytime. Thank you. 😅
no for real
Wait same 🤣 why is this a thing?!
Saame I just changed it on goodreads recently bc I was like umm no
hahaha. I just read this last week for the first time and I was SO confused as to why it had such a high rating. I don't think my standards are THAT high for books, like I can enjoy something even if it's not top tier literature but I DID NOT like this book at all. I kept waiting for it to get better lol. I can say a few moments in it were nice but overall I did not like it and felt weird giving it 2/5 when most reviews were 4 and 5 haha
I will justify mine which is-
At the time of reading I was at school camp with a mild concussion, sleep deprivation, I had drank 2 espressos, 5 mochas, 3 hot chocolattes and 2 green teas in 2.5 days and it was my introduction to contemporary western romance so uhm. Yea.
I sometimes think of Shadow and Bone as Leigh Bardugo being told to write the most easily marketable ya series and once that blew up she was allowed to write whatever she wanted. I do love Nikolai though. What an icon. I am not immune.
Honestly yeah, but I loved that series so much, it got me into fantasy and I rated it 5 stars, looking back it’s not amazing but it’s burrowed it’s way into my heart and I just can’t hate it😭
with all the ass reviews on the shadow and bone trilogy i just can’t get myself to read it😭 honestly just want to finish it so i can start king of scars
@@panicfvx i have the same experience. plus, im glad i read it for getting me into ya fantasy but also because i love nikolai and he became my favorite male character for a while. and his duology is great lmao
@@xryuunea lot of people are harsh on Shadow & Bone because *so many* other YA fantasy books have come out since then, a lot of which are arguably better. BUT, it’s important to note how much S&B informed a lot of other YA fantasy stories. Sarah J. Maas, for instance, is quite known for the “like calls to like” theme woven throughout Throne of Glass, but she straight up lifted it from Shadow & Bone.
It’s absolutely worth reading, especially if you go into it knowing that it has its flaws. The world building and lore, *if nothing else,* is worth it. Also, keep in mind that it was Bardugo’s first novel/series! She has said herself that if she were to write the trilogy now, there are a lot of things she’d do differently.
But ultimately? Yeah, read it. It’s completely worth it, if for no other reason than experiencing the world building (and being able to read Nikolai’s duology lmao)
@@revanhart i’ll take your word for it :)
i show my mom your videos whenever you post, and she started following you on goodreads and whenever i show her a tiktok/youtube vid that's not yours she always is like "where's lexi" thank you for accidentally improving my relationship with her :) stronger than the troops fr 💪💪
stop i'm so glad to hear this... my dream is to have a legion of middle aged women as fans this is a great start
@@newlynova I was watching your video and my mom (a middle aged woman) said she looked like you when she was younger. completly unprompted
@newlynova 👋 👋 Middle-aged mom here! Your legion is in its infancy, but I'm sure well on its way to fully formed. Thanking the UA-cam algorithm gods that sent you may way because your videos are so fun. Unrelated, your look reminds me of Parker Posey in You've Got Mail, the movie.
i did not walk to this video, I RAN.
same!😭
sameeee
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I need a discussion of the worst books that you've ever read in this style. The struggle to have to put some of them in a high tier because they're not as bad as others would be amazing and also I would hate to have to do that
I could imagine a bit where you read the first chapter of a book and create a bingo card with predictions of tropes, cliches and events to see if you can get a bingo by the end of the book
And I reaaaally need to read educated 😩
this is a great bit idea might steal one day
Hearing you talk is like listening to my inner monologue. I’ve never been more at ease listening to someone talk and def never at that speed! I feel like someone like you who reads a lot different genres knows what’s up so I’ll be looking to you for book recs from now on!
Heartstopper would be in my I WILL NEVER SHUT UP ABOUT THIS. Because I don't. And I won't. Coincidentally, I'm re-reading all four graphic novels (for the 3rd? 4th? time) in honor of Alice Oseman's birthday. I'm 30 so your comment about reading this earlier on potentially changing the course of my life hit me HARD. I love them so much. Also, I ordered Betty immediately after you mentioned it. I'm nothing if not impulsive and easily influenced.
it's so good 😭
Omg The Song of Achilles altered my brain chemistry. I had to stop reading because I couldn’t see through my tears UGH it was so GOOD
46 minutes of peak booktube 😭 thank u for such immaculate taste and content
the song of achilles blew up on tumblr a few years before it came up on booktok and i'm so glad everyone is also going feral over it because i think about it Constantly and i cried so much during it
I just finished Song Of Achilles last night and I had to call my best friend while crying about book characters
truly my tbr has just become a list of every single book you have ever talked about. i've never had a booktuber whose opinions/recs i care about or put as much stock into as much as i do yours. so thanks for that !!
Verity was also a fever dream read that i initially liked and the only reason being was my brain had to be cooked after it. After like 2 weeks i actually thought about it and went wait… It is probably the most insane book ive ever read so it gets that award
watching you talk about books you love just makes me immediately want to log off and read everything that's ever been written so i can attempt to find something i feel that passionately about. i love it so much pls never stop
0:52 the tiers
3:12 a man called ove
3:35 act your age
4:00 babel
4:36 bad blood
5:36 betty
5:59 book lovers
6:15 crying in H mart
6:55 displacement
7:23 educated
8:11 fire keeper's daughter
8:47 the hating game
9:58 heartstopper
10:42 her body and other parties
12:19 homegoing
13:03 I'll be gone in the dark
14:10 i am glad my mom died
14:42 in the dream house
15:30 Into thin air
16:34 know my name
17:13 last night at the telegraph club
17:50 legendborn
18:38 malibu rising
19:29 maybe You should talk to someone
20:11 My dark vanessa
21:12 not that bad
22:13 one to watch
23:21 part of your world
24:29 people we meet on vacation
25:16 golden son and morning star
25:48 Red white royal blue
26:39 seven days in june
27:42 Six of crows
28:05 crooked kingdoms
28:35 the wicked king
29:42 The Obelisk Gate and the stone sky
30:42 the heart principle
31:46 the last olympian
32:33 the midnight library
33:10 the night circus
34:50 the office of historical corrections
35:35 the poppy war triology
36:10 the seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo
37:01 the song of Achilles
37:49 tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow
38:29 the storied life of AJ fikry
39:20 this is water
40:08 verity
42:38 we should all be feminists
43:41 yellow face
Thank you!!
as your name suggests you are definitely a legend 🙏
I feel really good that I am not the only one who rated Verity 5-star and am now questioning every single decision I have ever done in my reading career. That book was the first thriller I ever read and I was so shocked by everything, but looking back now CH really just tried to make it as insane as possible and make the characters completely crazy and unreasonable. I am ashamed but at least I'm not alone.
This has become my favorite thing about UA-cam: people talking about things they are passionate about! Thanks for sharing
Left me in a crying puddle OR kicking/giggling are also my reasons for rating a book 5 ⭐. I feel validated 😂
i love seeing people discussing things they love so passionately ❤️
I watched this video a year ago when you posted, and it just popped up again on my feed. Just wanted to say I read a ton of these books based on your recommendations, and LOVED so many of them!!! Thank you for inspiring my reading obsession!!
five of these books were already in my TBR and you placed 4 of them in the first two tiers, great to see we are on the same page lexi!
Hey, awesome video! And I’m not sure if anyone else has commented this already or not, but in “maybe you should talk to someone” the author explains in the beginning that in order to keep confidentiality she has massively changed details about the patients and even mixed a few patients into the same person just to make sure no one will be able to identify them. Just a fun fact which I thought you’d want to know ☺️ I loved that book too, need to read it again actually, it’s been a while!
I will pay you to read Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier if you haven't yet. A classic that could very reductively described as "Verity if it actually deserved 5 stars"
colleen hoover WISHES she was daphne du maurier fr
this is definitely on my list i was actually gifted a copy by a friend recently
First of all.... BEST BOOK EVER!!!!! REBECCA IS EVERYTHING... book hangover for life. Also too relatable in my life on a very odd way.. ugh so good
I just read it like two months ago and I was shocked that it actually lived up to the classics hype
that book was so delicious but I’m a sucker for terrible people being terrible to each other😂
I read My Dark Vanessa over 3 years ago and still think about it all the time.
I watch every video on 2x because I’m impatient and your voice is so entertaining at double speed. I think I need to add some books to my tbr 😂
I love that every time a book came up about which I went You gave that 5 stars?? You ended up putting them in the not 5 stars category so for me, you now have immaculate taste
I really appreciate what you said about the Midnight Library because that was my same experience. Totally get the criticism but also such a special book to me personally.
i love how to talk about books, you’re so entertaining and passionate about it!!
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow was truly a unique reading experience and such a complex window into human relationships. I've never had tears oozing out of my eyes for so many chapters as I did reading this book.
“My modern era of being a bitch” is so relatable lol😂❤
I really love your views on books and your attitude in talking about them. Loved this video and filled up my tbr!
if you’ve never tried it before, storygraph is a really great alternative to goodreads that allows for .25/.5/.75 ratings!
I came for book recommendations and boy did u deliver! With 15 new books added to my tbr, I’m prepared to cry
i've watched some of your videos now and i just have to say that the speed of the way you talk is scratching something in my adhd brain and i love you for that
I love tier lists, i love Lexi tier lists even more
you have such excellent taste- adding all the books in the top tier i haven’t read yet to my TBR, bc we have so many similar 5 star reads!!
If you haven’t read Circe yet I highly recommend it. Anyone that has read Song of Achilles absolutely needs to read Circe. It’s a million times better than SOA and actually has great pacing and characterization. I thought SOA was deeply okay and Circe is a 6 star novel for me. I believe the next generation of AP Lit students need to read it.
i totally agree! circe was fantastic
it's on my list for this fall!!! very much looking forward to reading it i've only heard good things
haven’t read song of achilles (i have it but i kinda don’t want to start it because i didn’t like circe) but circe was just… really boring. no action whatsoever. i really disliked it which was strange because usually i love character driven books, but this book was just genuinely boring and forced
This!!! I could not stop reading Circe. Such an amazing book.
i got circe for a dollar at a preowned book sale, i am excited to read it, and i havent read song of achilles
THIS is the tier ranking I was craving. This video -- ranking your best of the best -- was perfection, no notes. Keep it up Lexi!
Love that you also loved "Especially Hideous" from Her Body and Other Parties; it's an S tier short story for me. Thank you for all the chaotic and fun content; you're quickly becoming a new favorite Booktuber for me.
I have been looking forward to watching this for several days. Perfect content. No notes.
You're my comfort booktuber, thank you for posting long videos I really enjoy your videos, the longer the better :> thanks for existing
absolutely love all your content. it brings me and many others so much joy, never stop posting lexi! truly a godsend for my reading slump brain 🫶
the way that the top tier books got added to my tbr SO quick
I absolutely loved My Dark Vanessa! Can’t wait to check out the other books you’ve mentioned in this video ❤❤
oh my god i just found ur channel and i have been searching HIGH and low for a booktuber with my taste in books even a LITTLE and somehow we have the EXACT taste in books with memoirs and also fantasy but also contemporary literary fiction i am so pleased
Omg. We have the same taste in books. Your “I will Never Shut Up About This” is full of books that changed my life. Know My Name is truly my favorite memoir I’ve ever read, it was beautiful while honest and upsetting. I agree, The Midnight Library was so important to me and my mental health. If you like entertaining science fiction, I strongly recommend listening to Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir. It’s SO good and wholesome. So happy to have found your channel!
project hail mary is actually on my list for this fall!!!! glad to have you here
I love the way you do your videos. It’s my fave and I look to you for my next reads.
This is the first video of yours that I've watched, and wow, you have incredible taste. Gonna have to put all the top tier ones that I don't know yet on my tbr. Thanks for sharing!!
the absolute JUMPSCARE of seeing a colleen hoover book on this list. i did not even consider you and verity existing in the same world fjdhgdfjkhhfdj saving this vid for later for recs, i had an amazing time as always
Oh my gosh!! I rarely hear the night circus recommended! I STILL (10+ years later) think about the imagery of that book. Loved the story, but that IMAGERY.
You’re the first booktuber who I’ve felt like I could genuinely get good recommendations that I’d like. Not that others have bad recs but you consistently talk about books so well without spoiling that I can actually gauge if it’s worth my time.
Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow has been on my list for a while and you’ve convinced me to move it up the list!
This is the first video of yours I've ever watched and we have, like, 85% overlap in our reading and it's so exciting to find someone who reads a lot of the same things. I even added a few books to my TBR based on how much we have in common and your recommendations (including The Office of Historical Corrections). But then... at 34 minutes in... I could see Verity in your list of books waiting to be ranked... but you came through. Hahaha. I'm a new subscriber!
You’re soooo right about Malibu Rising!!! I enjoyed it at the time and rated it highly (4 stars), but I couldn’t for the life of me tell you what happened in that book 😭
After having watched basically all the videos on your youtube after finding your tiktok, you convinced me to start reading again and I read 400 pages in 5 hours. Really hopeful that this gets me back into reading consistently!
@@newlynova It's really good to know that that works too. With college classes and grad applications and friends etc, everything can just be so much that I feel like I don't have time to read, which is a lie bc if I can watch youtube I can read lol. I definitely will try the "a few pages a day" thing tho, hopefully I can keep it up for longer
When I read short story collections I rate each story separately and then take the average for the whole thing. Unless the vibes are immaculate and I'll just instinctively give it 5 stars like any short stories Karen Russell or Zadie Smith writes lol
omg this is such a good idea 😭 using this
@lilacfields aw thank you! Glad you're using it! 😊❤️
Never added so many books to the top of my tbr so fast. 100% agree with all these comments I love the vibes and how quick and precise your synopsis are that makes me want to read!!!!
I NEED to see your notes about books on notion they seem so pretty and organized
just added so many of these to my want to read list like ohhhh my god i'm so excited to read these now, thank you
you're literally one of my favorite people at this point and I could just listen to you talk about books all day
I’ve never watched someone who’s taste so perfectly matches mine!! Instantly adding 40+ books to my tbr
I've started reading tomorrow x3 on your rec, thank you! This was a great video
i hope you love it!!!! what i would GIVE to read that book for the first time again
This randomly ended up in my reccomended but I've now thoroughly padded put my memoir to read section thanks to this video! Absolutely subscribed Ur energy is impeccable
I watched this video at the beginning of the year when I was just getting back into reading after YEARS of never reading for fun, and I've read 8 of the books in this video and added half the rest to my TBR. Saying all that to say your taste in books is elite and I always come to your page if I can't figure out what to read.
this is exactly what I needed today
i’m so happy that this video randomly showed up on my recos!! NOW I CANT STOP BINGING YOUR VIDEOS
im in love with your channel it is singlehandedly carrying me through my senior year + college applications thank you so much
literally same 😭 i have no idea what i’m doing and i still have to take the SAT. there’s so much to do
@@lilacfields it is so stressful !! if you need support or a friend let me know !!
i love love love love loved my dark vanessa. the girls that get it, get it. i was so nervous waiting for you to re-rate it and now i officially love u mwahhhhhh
this vid randomly popped up in my recommendations and i’m like already obsessed with your channel !!🫶🏾
here to request that you do a tier list of your LEAST favorite books!!
So glad I found you! Your reading tasted are the closest to mine that I’ve found! All of these books are either ones that I’ve read, want to read, or weren’t on my radar yet (and now are, thank you very much).
anything you ever talk about goes straight onto my tbr and I will never stop telling everyone about u ur my fav 😌
Your description of Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow is exactly how I feel about it 😫
Thank you! I just got back into reading after 10years of not and I’m aggressively reading so much that I feel like I ran out of “good book” to read because the last few I’ve read have been trash but now I have sooooo many books to add to my Want To Read. Love your vibes 🎉
In relation to your Legendborn explanation: Once upon a broken heart made me realize that I shouldn't discount YA romantasy anymore. They focus more on the romance, instead of relying on the smutt to sell it. Its always more emotionally romantic instead of sexually romantic. I think NA authors need to focus more on the romance to push their couple FIRST... and add the smutt for fun.
did you also read caraval? i've heard so many good things about that series but i didn't like her original trilogy very much (though i did like jacks, who i know is the lead in OUABH)
@@newlynova nope i havent. I will read it next. Though... Im actually glad I didnt read it first, because I know as much about Jacks as Evengeline the main character... and thats what makes OUABH so interesting....
OMG my day gets better when u posttt
you summed up my feelings on jude duarte perfectly lmaoo. her relationship with cardan too. they deserve each other (complimentary AND derogatory)
This video inspired me to finally start my own booktube. Thank you so much for being who you are and for being a shining light across my UA-cam recommended page!!
first video of yours ive seen and somehow all of your opinions are like . my exact opinions said in much better ways . scream. i love u
I'm here, at an small town in Honduras, listening to your comments about every book, trying to decide which book would be the best for me and figuring out if I can afford it (from Amazon). The book isn't expensive but the delivery fee to my town is.
Same here! I am from Argentina 🇦🇷, and books in English are very expensive. Wish I could buy them allá.
me pausing a college essay to watch this because i need more books for my too long TBR list
I LOVE your “categorizing” videos! I ranked my books read this year by your mid-year update guidelines for fun and I’ll probably do the same now for my five star reads😂
You are probably my favourite youtuber and book tuber who is at the same age as me. This somehow makes many things so much relatable
I was like “this is so good why have i never seen this booktuber” and i just found out you started 4 months ago!! congratulations!
Red Rising series mentioned let’s go!!!!! Easily my favorite series of all time, so good, its inspired my own series, god I love it so much
ive randomly become obsessed with reading again in my early 20s so thanks for the reading list girly
I have never felt more seen after your rating of the hating game bc that's what got me into romance as well and now it's basically all I read and damn, that book doesn't hold up like I thought it would
You and mike’s mic are my two favorite UA-camrs rn
Obsessively adding many of these to my to reads. Also, you pull of bangs so well and I hope you’re told that every day.
Absolutely obsessed with your content
i looove that you put jeannette mccurdys memoir in this list!! when i saw the tier i instantly thought about that book because its one of my "i will never shut up about this"
This was such a helpful list I just added so many books to my tbr- also I love your succinct and funny review style!
The eyeliner, the Micarah Tewers vibes, everything, new sub, no notes
Just finished office of historical corrections and every single story ate! Thank you so much for the rec!
I just ordered 5 of your top-tier books -- thanks a lot for the good, fun video and your rec's!!
I am amazed how we have almost exactly the exact same taste in books
I'm 5 minutes into this video and had to hit subscribe. The vibes? Immaculate. The energy? Amazing. The chaos? Addictive.