If you want literary fiction, read "what you are looking for is in the library" by Michiko Aoyama! It is basically 5 short stories that are all interconnected and have these little life lessons. It is really wholesome ♡ Edit: Oh and the hardcover is bright pink
@@deisyc6756 sure I have two recommendations for you the first is the hex by jenni fagan Hex is a visceral depiction of what happens when a society is consumed by fear and superstition, exploring how the terrible force of a king's violent crusade against ordinary women can still be felt, right up to the present day. And it’s fast paced only 107 pages number 2 is In memoriam by Alice Winn A haunting, virtuosic debut novel about two young men who fall in love during a time of war. It's 1914, and World War I is ceaselessly churning through thousands of young men on both sides of the fight. It’s heart wrenching and is a must read and it’s on par with becoming a classic!!
my sister recommended the push to me last summer and i read it in literally one day which is insane for me because i can only ever concentrate on reading like 30 mins at a time but its so fast paced and genuinely so good!!
hi destiny! i would love to see you do a thrifting, library, or free little library challenge. i feel like it would be so fun to see if you can find anything on your TBR or something so random. or even go off librarian requests 🩷
Book recs: (btw I read these books cuz jack Edwards recommended it.) • The women destroyed by Simon de Beauvoir. • Emma by Jane Austen • The island of missing trees by Elif shafak • Panenka by ronan hession • The bread The devil knead by Lisa Allen agostini • The housemaids tale by Margaret Atwood • Nightcrawling by leila mottley • Sula by Toni Morrison I love these books! Hope you like them too!✨🫶🏻
@@Lanaiicbbttiwbsmw yeah .. they are mostly classics, non fiction and fiction. I’m a fantasy and romance girly but I still enjoyed them as beginner to these genres!
"The Push" is actually a good book, but I rated it pretty low when I read it because it was falsely avdertsied. People were going around saying that it was a thriller so I read it as one. Had no idea it was a literary fiction piece or I would've rated it differently. There is a thriller called "The Perfect Child" by lucinda berry and it's basically the thriller version of "The Push". Very good, too!
Remarkably Bright Creatures is a literary fiction that had me hooked reading it. The storyline was so beautiful and it’s ended in such a way where everything that was mentioned in the book had tied together. Highly recommend
my guess for this super secret interesting video is about possibly motherhood/girlhood and its effects on society and if so OMG super excited but if not I'll still be excited cause its a video from des
So happy for you to start reading classics, they are so underestimated now but they are so good. It’s also cool to see how some topics were treated years and years ago.
I’m so excited to see your reads for the year. I read fantasy in 2023 because of the book girlies. I always go to your reviews first! happy reading!!!✨📚
best way to start the new year !!! i’m currently reading throne of glass! ps i’m so happy to see some literary fiction recommendations bc i am very anti romance. love you bestie!
Destiny, this video is such a happy fun fresh vibe. I'm loving it + your blush looks gorgeous on u. Also YES finally someone said it "Romance books are starting to feel the same" fr.
Shark Heart was my first book of the year and I absolutely loved it! i was sobbing my little heart out. Its very strange and not exactly a 'romance' novel but it is very romantic in parts. I got it from the library but now I need to buy my own copy so I can tab it haha! Very quick to get through as well because of how its set out. I'd love to see what you think of that one in a vlog! Happy New Year!x
HIGHLY recommend The Push and also HIGHLY recommend everyone read it BEFORE they are a. mom. I read it when it first came out and I remember thinking if I was a mom I would be scared of my child after reading it lol.
I’m feeling the same with romance!! My tbr is getting through Stephen King’s list , nonfiction, classics, and sci-fi and literally anything that isn’t romance based
For your classic series read Anne of Green Gables! Because it is a middle-grade classic it's really easy to read and it is one of my all time favourite books!
Hey girlie, just want to set an expectation that Happiness Falls is an average 3 star. It's not as high stakes as you think and really centers around the study of communication. I majored in COMS so I enjoyed it but I just want to give you a heads up! So excited to follow another year of reading with you 😊❤
Oh girl. I read the push last summer and let me tell you NOBODY can be mentally prepared for that one 😅 but it stuck with me I still think about it!! Also I highly recommend the whispers by the same author
The push was one of the first books I read when I started my reading journey and I haven’t found another book like it. I highly recommend but look at the trigger warnings (especially if you are a new or becoming mama)
I loved Yellowface! I’ve seen people have differing opinions on how deep Kuang’s commentary is or if it’s more surface-level, but regardless of that I think it’s a super fast-paced, engaging and addicting story. Excited to see what you think of The Push and Cultish as those are on my TBR as well.
I so recommend starting with Northanger Abbey to get into Austen! It's the one that has the most intrigue the whole way through rather than half the book of build up and then half the book of oh, that's why that happened! Pride and prejudice and Jane are still my favourites but Northanger Abbey was easiest to read.
please do the book buying video every month!!!! i feel like im buying books when your buying books so it stops me from actually going and buying books🫠🫠🫠
I have my whole tbr planned for the year separated by months & then separated by weeks in the month. Im challenging myself to read 7+ books a month and ONLY read my physical tbr. Also limiting myself to buy 2 books a month. 2024 is my reading year with reading challenges 😂😭😭
Happy New Year, dear Destiny! It is such a joy to see your videos, and this one with your lovely mom is particularly wonderful. As for the book buying, I'm trying to curb my spending and since books are the major expense for me, I'm gonna try and avoid shopping for books, focusing on the ones I already have in abundance. But I know that for you buying books is a part of your job, so getting 5 books a month sounds like a good solution to the problem!
oh i'm so excited for you to read Shark Heart and Happiness Falls! Those were two of the more impactful books I read in 2023. Shark Heart is such a unique book but the metaphors running throughout it are heartbreaking. Happiness Falls is just... so so good.
your mom fixing your hair for the pics is so wholesome. i love how supportive she is of everything you do
The notification popped up and I audibly said “uh oh”
Lol yes
i was like i thought she was gonna hold off on buying new books😅
this is so real
I love how she’s basically changed her own book buying rules to get more books, like actually so relatable 😂
If you want literary fiction, read "what you are looking for is in the library" by Michiko Aoyama! It is basically 5 short stories that are all interconnected and have these little life lessons. It is really wholesome ♡
Edit: Oh and the hardcover is bright pink
as a literary fiction reader i’m so excited for whats coming
same!! so glad she’s exploring new genres and can’t wait for her reviews
Sameee
literallyyyyy !!,
recommend me some!!
@@deisyc6756 sure I have two recommendations for you the first is the hex by jenni fagan Hex is a visceral depiction of what happens when a society is consumed by fear and superstition, exploring how the terrible force of a king's violent crusade against ordinary women can still be felt, right up to the present day. And it’s fast paced only 107 pages number 2 is In memoriam by Alice Winn A haunting, virtuosic debut novel about two young men who fall in love during a time of war. It's 1914, and World War I is ceaselessly churning through thousands of young men on both sides of the fight. It’s heart wrenching and is a must read and it’s on par with becoming a classic!!
You can go to the library for books for your videos. You can save money and support your library
Nothing makes me more happy than seeing a new book shopping video from Destiny☺️💗📚
my sister recommended the push to me last summer and i read it in literally one day which is insane for me because i can only ever concentrate on reading like 30 mins at a time but its so fast paced and genuinely so good!!
Des, your positive energy in this video is just immaculate. You’re glowingggg!!
I love that you always bring your mom with you
Yasss, I’m here for the Literary Fiction era Des 😍😍😍 Excited to see what you end up reading this year!
hi destiny! i would love to see you do a thrifting, library, or free little library challenge. i feel like it would be so fun to see if you can find anything on your TBR or something so random. or even go off librarian requests 🩷
Book recs:
(btw I read these books cuz jack Edwards recommended it.)
• The women destroyed by Simon de Beauvoir.
• Emma by Jane Austen
• The island of missing trees by Elif shafak
• Panenka by ronan hession
• The bread The devil knead by Lisa Allen agostini
• The housemaids tale by Margaret Atwood
• Nightcrawling by leila mottley
• Sula by Toni Morrison
I love these books!
Hope you like them too!✨🫶🏻
realll he gives the best recs
Do u know the genre of these books?
is Emma a good book? I've read pride and prejudice by the same author and it was extremely boring
@@jesscscca agreed !!
@@Lanaiicbbttiwbsmw yeah .. they are mostly classics, non fiction and fiction. I’m a fantasy and romance girly but I still enjoyed them as beginner to these genres!
i think u should utilize ur public library more! it’ll help with ur physical tbr
Shark Heart was AMAZING!! One of my favs of the year - so beautiful and had me weeping at the end
I wonder if “intriguing” is des’s new “genuinely.” New year new word!
Yellowface was so good! I listened to it as an audiobook, and I think that was the perfect way to get the most out of the story.
I devoured it in one day and that is NOT normal for me at all. Loved it. LOVED!
Huh I can’t relate lol. I wanted to love this book but I just didnt. It was a solid 3 stars in my opinion. It just felt dragger out.
Dragged
Des’ secret video: books I find intriguing
i absolutely loooved yellowface, it was so intriguing and smart and i just ate it up. rf kuang’s writing is just soso good!!
I love how happy destiny seems in this video and i adore listening to her talk about books she's excited to read
"The Push" is actually a good book, but I rated it pretty low when I read it because it was falsely avdertsied. People were going around saying that it was a thriller so I read it as one. Had no idea it was a literary fiction piece or I would've rated it differently. There is a thriller called "The Perfect Child" by lucinda berry and it's basically the thriller version of "The Push". Very good, too!
The push feels like the story that happens after the rom com epilogue, such a good read!
I like that you're exploring new genre this year✨ Looking forward to hearing your thoughts♡✧❀
Shark Heart was a great really well done Novel. I loved the way it was structured.
It would be amazing to watch your make an UNHAUL of books to start the 2024❤
Just love how you leave in clips of your momma helping you! So sweet that y’all get to do these things together 😊
Remarkably Bright Creatures is a literary fiction that had me hooked reading it. The storyline was so beautiful and it’s ended in such a way where everything that was mentioned in the book had tied together. Highly recommend
I loved it too! xoxo
Yess! I read it for a book club a few months ago and absolutely loved it! In my top 5 for sure!
It was such a beautiful story- unexpected but a quiet, lovely book! @@jacquelynrovene
I love how you diversify your reads.
omg The Push is one of my favourite books, so excited for you to read and to hear your thoughts
I love that you’re trying to get into more classics this year. I like seeing a balance in reading multiple genres.
Destiny 🤝🏻 the word “intriguing”
Yessss a new des video!!! Hope we get more of the book trio in 2024 ❤
i’m OBSESSED with your hair, so beautiful, love your vidoes
my guess for this super secret interesting video is about possibly motherhood/girlhood and its effects on society and if so OMG super excited but if not I'll still be excited cause its a video from des
can we just talk about how pretty destiny looks? She always looks pretty but this hairstyle suits her so well! 💗💗
Lots of these books on my TBR, we love to see it 📚
I can’t wait for you to read Little Women!! I love it so much! I’m so glad your getting into classics this year!
take a shot every time she says intrigue. Just playing, love u Des
So happy for you to start reading classics, they are so underestimated now but they are so good. It’s also cool to see how some topics were treated years and years ago.
Little Woman is my fav classic book! I can not wait to see you read it Des 😍
I’m so excited to see you venture into more literary fiction! I’m going to try to do more literary and self-help type books this year as well.
The push was a five star read for me!! And her new one too😍
The whispers I think right? That one was great! I read it early in the year and reread it this year as well (for a book club) and still loved it!
I've read the push it was good but the ending was annoying a lot of unanswered questions were left
i’m so here for des’ lit fic era 🙌🏻
came here to say I love your mom. she’s so sweet 🥹
I love that you go book shopping with your mom
You give me life. I have been binging and catching up on all of your videos for the past 5 days I can’t get enough.
currently reading iron flame😫
Good luck girlie 😅😫😫😫😫😫
Shark heart, happiness falls and yellowface all made my top books for the year for 2023, I hope you enjoy them too❤️
Shark Heart literally broke me. I think you'll love it and learn a lot about mourning the loss of a relationship.
I love your content so much!! Please never stop being you
I’m so excited to see your reads for the year. I read fantasy in 2023 because of the book girlies. I always go to your reviews first! happy reading!!!✨📚
omg I’ve been eyeing the berry pickers for a bit now I’m so excited to see if u like it🤭
best way to start the new year !!! i’m currently reading throne of glass!
ps i’m so happy to see some literary fiction recommendations bc i am very anti romance. love you bestie!
Omg me too
I love this rundown of your haul! I would love to see a book haul video with a rundown like this every month 😊
I actually have read a ton of the books you picked up - I loved Yellowface at The Heave & Earth Grocery Store.
that little women cover is gorgeous i’ve never seen it before!
Destiny has the sweetest soul. You take me out of my reading slump
best way to start the new year is with new books! 🥳🥳
yes please let’s make this a monthly thing
I’m so excited about the literary fiction era!!!!
Destiny, this video is such a happy fun fresh vibe. I'm loving it + your blush looks gorgeous on u. Also YES finally someone said it "Romance books are starting to feel the same" fr.
Shark Heart was my first book of the year and I absolutely loved it! i was sobbing my little heart out. Its very strange and not exactly a 'romance' novel but it is very romantic in parts. I got it from the library but now I need to buy my own copy so I can tab it haha! Very quick to get through as well because of how its set out. I'd love to see what you think of that one in a vlog! Happy New Year!x
HIGHLY recommend The Push and also HIGHLY recommend everyone read it BEFORE they are a. mom. I read it when it first came out and I remember thinking if I was a mom I would be scared of my child after reading it lol.
The first book shopping trip is so exciting & therapeutic 😮💨💕
omg i’ve been so excited for your first video of the year
I’m feeling the same with romance!! My tbr is getting through Stephen King’s list , nonfiction, classics, and sci-fi and literally anything that isn’t romance based
Happy new year, Des!❤️ book shopping vids are sm fun and it was just what I needed, tysm for posting at the perfect time🥰
Cultish was one of my top ten books of last year! And The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store is up high on my tbr this year
For your classic series read Anne of Green Gables! Because it is a middle-grade classic it's really easy to read and it is one of my all time favourite books!
So happy to see so many literary books on here!!! Cant wait
Little Woman is one of my favourite books! It’s just so wholesome, I hope you love it too!
Yess I recently added first lie wins as well and it sounds super interesting
I love a good book haul video, it lets me live vicariously through you so I don’t spend too much ;)
Des this would be such a fun and cute monthly video series!!🫶🏻💌
My mom just got The Heaven And Earth Grocery Store for Christmas so I am excited to read it. ❤
Hey girlie, just want to set an expectation that Happiness Falls is an average 3 star. It's not as high stakes as you think and really centers around the study of communication. I majored in COMS so I enjoyed it but I just want to give you a heads up! So excited to follow another year of reading with you 😊❤
I would love to see a what you got for Christmas video!
it’s at the end of my christmas vlog on my channel !
Oh girl. I read the push last summer and let me tell you NOBODY can be mentally prepared for that one 😅 but it stuck with me I still think about it!! Also I highly recommend the whispers by the same author
favourite time of the day is when destiny uploads 🙃
Yes give us all the book hauls we love watching it!!
The push was one of the first books I read when I started my reading journey and I haven’t found another book like it. I highly recommend but look at the trigger warnings (especially if you are a new or becoming mama)
First Lie Wins is so good. Very different tropes from what I’ve read so far in other thrillers. I hope you enjoy it 🫶🏻
its a good day when des posts!! 💗
I would love to have a bookhaul per month 😍😍
So excited to watch a new book shopping video at the beginning of this year❤
I have bought Yellowface abd I'm so excited for it. I also am now intrigued by all these other books, all added to my tbr....
im loving this literary fiction era! cant wait to see what you think of those books!
Yay Des! I’m so glad you bought Shark Heart!!! Five star read for me.
I loved Yellowface! I’ve seen people have differing opinions on how deep Kuang’s commentary is or if it’s more surface-level, but regardless of that I think it’s a super fast-paced, engaging and addicting story. Excited to see what you think of The Push and Cultish as those are on my TBR as well.
I am in love with that scarf!!! 🥹
I so recommend starting with Northanger Abbey to get into Austen!
It's the one that has the most intrigue the whole way through rather than half the book of build up and then half the book of oh, that's why that happened!
Pride and prejudice and Jane are still my favourites but Northanger Abbey was easiest to read.
please do the book buying video every month!!!! i feel like im buying books when your buying books so it stops me from actually going and buying books🫠🫠🫠
Yellow face was my favorite in 2023!
girl atomic habits is SO GOOD!! it has helped me so much😌
I have my whole tbr planned for the year separated by months & then separated by weeks in the month. Im challenging myself to read 7+ books a month and ONLY read my physical tbr. Also limiting myself to buy 2 books a month. 2024 is my reading year with reading challenges 😂😭😭
I just read Friends like these, which I think you would rlly love if you are wanting a book set in New York that focuses on friendship!!
YES GIRL!!! I guess I HAVE to do this cuz.... u know... why not?!? Love u girlie!! Happy readinggg!!
Happy New Year, dear Destiny! It is such a joy to see your videos, and this one with your lovely mom is particularly wonderful. As for the book buying, I'm trying to curb my spending and since books are the major expense for me, I'm gonna try and avoid shopping for books, focusing on the ones I already have in abundance. But I know that for you buying books is a part of your job, so getting 5 books a month sounds like a good solution to the problem!
oh i'm so excited for you to read Shark Heart and Happiness Falls! Those were two of the more impactful books I read in 2023. Shark Heart is such a unique book but the metaphors running throughout it are heartbreaking. Happiness Falls is just... so so good.
I loved Berry Pickers. I hope you enjoy it!
Would love to see some physical tbr shrinking videos, maybe se how much you get it down every month❤
Yes make this a monthly thing! I loved it!