i read booktuber's scariest books and I'll never sleep again 🔪 horror reading vlog
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- Опубліковано 2 лип 2024
- You've seen reading booktuber's favourite books, I raise you booktuber's scariest books. I read 9 scary books that were universally agreed upon to scare the crap out of me and boy did it ruin my life for a good month and a half. Let's ask the age-old question: can we trust booktubers to scare us just in time for Halloween and spooky season? Watch and find out.
THANK YOU to all the amazing booktubers, those that I referenced and those I didn't. Without such a thriving community, the ideas and books and editing styles and excitement for videos like this wouldn't be possible.
BOOKTUBERS MENTIONED
@BooksandLala
@PlantBasedBride
@gabbyreads
@WillowTalksBooks
@RileyMarie_
@CaileysBooks
@georgianic
@ashleyslittlelibrary
@allisonpaiges
@ErinMegan
@JordalineReads
@ReadingWithMeg
@megwithbooks
@aspensarchive
@_bookber
VIDEOS MENTIONED
Gabby's Fav Horror Books: • All Time Favorite Horr...
Gabby's Fav Short Horror: • Short Horror Book Reco...
Cailey's Fav Horror: • TOP TEN FAVORITE HORRO...
Kayla's Fav Horror: • All My Favourite Horro...
Georgia's Fav Horror: • horror books you need ...
Riley's Fav Horror: • My Favorite Horror Boo...
Jordaline's Fav Horror 2022: • best horror books of 2...
Allison's Summerween Vlog: • reading SCARY BOOKS fo...
Aspen's Horror Recs: • Video
Elizabeth's Spooky Season Recs: • 30+ Spooky Season Book...
Ashley's 2022 Horror Recs: • HORROR Book Recommenda...
Ashley's Short Horror Recs: • 15+ Best Short THRILLE...
Erin's Fav Haunted House Books: • My Favorite Haunted Ho...
Amber's Fav Horror: • my favourite horror books
READ ALONG WITH ME 📚
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Goodreads: / bellsc
🕰️ TimeStamps
0:00 intro
0:37 the tbr
16:49 book 1
23:26 book 2
26:30 book 3
32:51 book 4
37:41 book 5
42:28 book 6
52:25 book 7
57:24 book 8
1:05:55 book 9
1:09:41 final wrap-up
🎵 MUSIC USED
Music by Aropi - Something Feels Wrong - thmatc.co/?l=8DAB7A43
Music by Amelie Leclerc - Nostalgic Strings - thmatc.co/?l=3D6FBE4B
Music by Kortofertos - Sun Sacrifice - thmatc.co/?l=203679A0
Music by Kortofertos - Night Oasis - thmatc.co/?l=391C7FE1
Music by Aropi - Eerie Music (Forest Theme Loop) - thmatc.co/?l=82125C86
Music by Music Goreng - Summer Battle - thmatc.co/?l=F3ED298F
I love this!!!!!
OMG THANKS
“Because I’m actually a middle aged woman in a 20 yr olds body”
RELATE TO THAT with passion. lol
I love Stolen Tongues! It has so many super creepy moments but the ending is just so lacklustre. The trouble is it began life as a reddit post on like creepypasta or something. So the author turned his real life fiances night terrors into a creepy story and wrote it from his own perspective, so that's why it's written from an outsider rather than from the person it's actually happening to. I would still reread it in a heartbeat and I still think it's the book that's genuinely creeped me out the most, but it's not perfect and I think it's origins are why.
ohhhhh I did not know that! That's so interesting! That makes a lot more sense then lol
Ahhh what a fun video I love this!! I loved seeing your reactions to When the Reckoning Comes and Stolen Tongues!! 👏 thanks for including me in this!
Omg you’re so welcome!!
This reading vlog was so well done I thought you were one of those super popular booktubers - no questions asked, so every time you mention "booktubers" i think, but she's a booktuber too? How do you only have 2k subscribers!!!! You deserve moooooore!
Stolen tongues freaked me out, especially the prologue, but I truly do not remember most of the story but it was effective and the emotions have stuck with me.
definitely one of the scariest books (if not absolutely the scariest book) I've ever read
oh my gosh you did your HOMEWORK for this video look at all of this reading and editing braVO
thank you for including me and i'm so honoured to hear you say my video inspired this absolute CREATION
yesss that's what i loved so much about tinfoil butterfly - such strong themes and characters. the spooky setting is unsettling at times but it was just so much more than a spooky book - SO GOOD!
OMG THANK YOU THATS SO SWEET 🥺🖤 and yes Tinfoil Butterfly was completely unlike anything I’ve read before, absolutely a top tier book
Really enjoying this video :) I think it's important to point out for Moon of the Crusted Snow is that, even though the town itself is fictional, the historical context of why that town exists is not fictional (ie the Canadian government actually did force indigenous people all over Canada into Reserve land and does not provide them with the resources to sustain these towns). I also enjoyed Moon of The Crusted Snow so it's good to see other people talking about it :)
Ahhh I remember reading the OG post on NoSleep of Stolen Tongues - I had no idea it was made into a whole novel!
the og stolen tongues had me so scared at 2am that i had to call my fiancé over and over until he woke up so that he could escort me to the restroom and then to bed 😭 i tried the novel audiobook version and the additional fluff kinda took me out of the atmosphere :/ i’ll try again reading it on my own
I absolutely loved Stolen Tongues! Ending wasn’t my favorite, but the scares are perfect
Thank you for all the effort you put in to tracking down these worthwhile reads.
Best of luck with your channel. Youre doing a great job- you are a natural in front of the camera and i really enjoy that you refer to so many books in one single video. These are the greatest kinds of vlogs/ book reviews etc.
I cant wait to dig into these.
Cheers.
Omg that’s so sweet thank you 🖤
OMG SUCH A FUN CONCEPT!! And that first red top look so good on you btw
omg you're so sweet
this is so fun!! I'm trying to get into horror more not just during spooky season but all seasons, so this is a great help in choosing what I want to read next :)
Ahhhh yes more horror all year round ! I’m glad you found the video helpful ☺️
I just found your channel and I LOVED the concept of this video!
Absolutely loved this video and added a few of the mentioned books to my kindle
This was so freaking good, this is such a fun concept and I can tell that this was fun for you
I do alllll audio books! Stolen tongues was the last book that scared the hell out of me! The Exorcist house is also great if you havent tried it yet
I am so in love with audiobooks tbh I wouldn’t have read half as many books last year without them
And the Exorcist House has been on my TBR for awhile but I kind of forgot about it! I’ll have to bump it up 👀
I’m really intrigued by the patient
You are so articulate and confident that when you said you are 20 years of age, I nearly fell off my chair! Really enjoyed this, Bells.👌
Hahaha that’s kind of a lie tbh I’m 25 but I’ll take the compliment 😉 I’m glad you enjoyed the video! 🖤
I absolutely loved "Stolen Tongues" and "The Hollow Places" and after your video I'm excited to check out "When the Reckoning comes"
I hope you love it!!
Absolutely loved this. Excellent job! Stolen Tongues is one of my favourites. If you want a horror manga, may I recommend PTSD Radio. My all time favourite.
Thank you!! You know I’ve never read a horror manga but I feel it’s something that needs to happen, thank you for your rec 🖤
This was a really detailed video, great work! 👏 Listened whilst sanding a room 😂
Im looking forward to trying out "stolen tongues" first for the pure fear factor, love the premise of the story
Omg I’m loving your intro 😍 just found your channel and I recently read the shining and loved it, we have similar horror tastes.
Thank you! Love having similar horror tastes 💁🏻♀️
tinfoil butterfly !!!!! that book BROKE me, so fantastic
Thanks for the rec for The Silent Companions that you reference at the beginning. I checked it out as an ebook after watching your gothic reads vid and it was the spooky book I’ve been looking for this season! Much more my vibe since I am not a horror reader in general and I could not put it down! Have already recommended it to a friend and returned it to the library so she can check it out 😊
Definitely picking up some of these to try, When The Reckoning Comes has been on my TBR since Kayla talked about it and now it’s moved to the top of my list. Do more of these, maybe different genres if you want to venture out, who knows?
I’m so glad you loved Silent Companions!! That book is so much fun - And I love the idea of doing different genres with this video 🖤
aaah thank you for featuring me in this video! i’ve only just discovered the mentions tab on youtube so i’m sorry that it’s so late 🫣
i also disliked night of mannequins, i hated the direction it went in and i just wanted scary mannequins goddammit!!!
so glad that you found stolen tongues as creepy as me!! i agree that i didn’t love the story itself but the scariness was sooooo effective.
loved this whole video and you’ve convinced me to check out when the reckoning comes and i’ve subscribed 🥰
omg I’m glad you enjoyed it!! I hope you love where the reckoning comes, it wound up being in my top 10 of last year 😍
(and that’s ok on the lateness clearly I don’t respond to comments for 3+ weeks lol)
So goodnight stolen tongues freaked me OUT but also The Patient DID start off as a creepy pasta Reddit story so it’s funny you mentioned that lol.
Oh interesting I had no idea about The Patient actually starting that way!
I totally ADORED this video of yours. New subscriber. A lot of those were already on my tbr but found a few new ones :)
Ahh thank you! I’m so glad you found a couple new ones to try ☺️
I would love another video like this!!
🖤🖤 i love the multiple comments as you watched the video btw absolutely made my day
Wow you put a lot of effort into this video! Nice! Loved it.
Haha omg thank you
Just found your amazing channel and looking forward to seeing what horror books 📚 you love to read as I am a horror fan so prayers and blessings to you and your family love your Aussie family friend John 🖤💜💙🖤💜💙
Quality content! Would love to see more videos like this. 😊
Thank you! I’ve got some ideas in the works 😉
Very happy for you that this Video got you so many new viewers 😊 I'm definetly picking up Tinfoil Butterfly!
If you're up for something scary again I'd recommend The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling and Echo by Thomas Olde Heuvelt (both some of my all time faves). The Luminous Dead is a scifi horror blend with an incredible tense athmosphere and Echo is kinda similar to Stolen Tongues premise where this guy is in a terrible mountain climbing accident and his boyfriend is trying to help him through the trauma but quickly realises there's something very wrong with his partner.
Both reads are not for everyone but they're absolutly worth a try!
You’re so sweet thank you!! I hope you like Tinfoil Butterfly it was sooo good
Funnily enough The Luminous Dead popped up while I was going through booktubers for this video and it sounded so interesting! Thank you for the recommendations I’ll definitely check them out 🖤
This video got me to subscribe!!! Love how you talk about books and how they make you feel. Not just say it was good 5 stars go read it lol like some others do☺️
thank you for including me!! stolen tongues had me up for days 😬 loved seeing how you felt about it! such a fun vid 🫶 x
You’re so welcome!! Dude that book was SO SCARY lmao
The way I was creeped out by the intro music lol, the way I could never be a horror reader 🤣🤣🤣 I love the video compilation of booktubers explaining the books!!! When The Reckoning Comes is the one horror book that has always peaked my interest but I think I'm too much of a scaredy cat to read 😅 GRAVITY FALLS FOR ADULTS WHY A I ABOUT TO SPRINT TO THE BOOKSTORE???? Nope never mind I need to sleep lol. I was hoping for a spoiler review for The Patient because now I want to know 😅 I'm a sleeptalker too so that's creepy to think about 😅
I haven't read The Patient (as a book) so I don't know if I'm right, but I'm pretty sure it started like as a Reddit post, which is why it feels like someone posted about it on the internet.
All I know is that I read an r/nosleep post called The Patient years ago and the plot sounded exactly the same.
thank you so much ❤
Glad to discover your channel and hear your take on these books. I cannot handle Tender is the Flesh..respect to anyone who can!
The best horror book I’ve read this year is Suffer the Children by Craig DiLouie. You mentioned messed up children, it’s got those. The author managed to create a world where he thought of so much in 350 pages and every chapter felt important. I just love the perspectives he chose, even one character is a trash collector and that gave us access to this world that helped show so much.
I’ve seen some reviews that they wouldn’t do what the parents did. As a parent I can say yes you would, you absolutely would. People take away different things from books, but that desperation might be the ultimate horror in the book to me.
As you can tell I just wish everyone would read and enjoy this book. 😊
I loved When the Reckoning Comes…I’ve already decided it’s required reading for my son when he gets a bit older (because of the gruesome scenes). But the thoughts through the main characters eyes about the plantation, horrific.
You definitely sold the book to me!! Added to my TBR ☺️ honestly Tender is the Flesh was a lot idk if I’d pick it up again even though it is so thought-provoking
My 'spoopy' October had all horror books too! Baby Teeth - Zoje Stage. Stolen Tongues (felt same). I Found Puppets - Ben Farthing (fav one!!!). Her Little Flowers, Head Full of Ghosts, E13, Meddling Kids, We Sold Our Souls, Pearl (another fav!), Nothing but blackened teeth, Motherthing
Ooh so many good ones here! Meddling Kids was a lot of fun. I’ll have to look into some of these ☺️
Actually The Castle of Otranto is considered the first horror novel (1765), where as The Monk is 1796
honestly, I'd read the original No Sleep reddit story ages ago that ended up being expanded on to become Stolen Tongues and your review is reminding me why I should just leave it at the reddit story and not give the longer version a shot. good for felix for getting a book deal from his very popular r/NoSleep entry, but im good lol
great video!
I’m always happy to see indie authors have their books get popular, but yeah I’m curious how the original Reddit story holds up to the novel
OOOOhHH this is going to be great!
Oh my goodness, I LOVE your vibe! Definitely got a new subbie right here. I, too, do book content on my channel! I'm deffo going on a watching binge 😌 thank you for this video. Now I have got even MORE books to add to my tbr... 😅🤩
omg you're the sweetest 🖤 i checked out your channel and i see a gothics video 👀👀 *adds to watch later list*
I love horror books!!!!
Hi, I absolutely loved this video. I have Tender Is The Flesh on my TBR but not read it yet. I picked it up because of What Victoria Read. She is a U.K. book tuber and rates the book as one of the best she has ever read. Thank you x
You’re so sweet 🖤 I hope you like Tender is the Flesh! It’s certainly an experience lol
Stolen tongues is super terrifying.
I had the same feelings about night of the mannequins
Such a great video . 👍🏽
Thank you!
I just finished The Hollow Places. One of my all time favourite horror books is "The Willows" by Algernon Blackwood (No not."woody" morewood as per the hollow places lol), so it was a suprise to start reading this and see its essentially an unofficial sequel 😂
Seriously though, The Willows is the OG version of this book and so so much better. It's pretty short as well. Please add it to your ever growing TBR list!
(Worth mentioning Kingfisher's style seems like it's not for me personally - the modern slightly cheesy/comedic way of presenting the story - I read the whole way through though.)
I felt the exact same way about night of the mannequin
So glad it wasn’t just me 😅
Wana read all of those, I’ve read Neville in the past and didn’t really enjoy but will give it a shot
Yeah it was a weird one but I’m definitely open to trying some of his other books
I think you’d love North American lake monsters by Nathan Ballingrud
I read Tender is the Flesh over a year ago, and I STILL think about it every now and then. Definitely more disturbing than scary, but such a good read. That author just released an English translation of a short story collection as well called Nineteen Claws and a Blackbird, which is SO good.
Edit: I'm at your review of this currently and part of me almost wonders if the disconnect may have something to do with the fact that it is a translation. I've noticed with a lot of translated works, the tone does come across as slightly disconnected.
Also I feel the same about Night of the Mannequins. I was pretty disappointed, however I LOVED SGJ's books The Only Good Indians, Mongrels, and My Heart is a Chainsaw. I haven't read his sequel to Chainsaw yet, but the other three are so good and fun to read.
You're probably right about the translation aspect! That is something I notice with other translated books too and I genuinely just didn't think about that - i agree it's a book I really enjoy thinking and talking about.
And dude I LOVED My Heart is a Chainsaw, and The Only Good Indians is at the top of my TBR, so I was very sad about Night of the Mannequins
I didn’t have my phone in my hand when you said potential spoilers and I was about 2 seconds too slow to skip ahead - pain lmao
Agh I’m so sorry - the true horror is booktubers spoiling books you’re interested in 😬
@@itsbells hahhaa it’s okay I probably wouldn’t have ever read any of the ones here that I haven’t already picked up anyways
Incidents ARound The House by Josh Malerman is the first book that legit scared me in a looooong time (since House of Leaves)
Random fact: The Netflix movie No One Gets Out Alive used the book for its source material and in the movie they make a reference to The Ritual which is also a Netflix movie that used an Adam Nevill book as the source material.
I didn't know they did a movie for No One Gets Out Alive! I kind of loved the Ritual movie, I haven't read the book though - love myself a good random bookish fact
Love this, thanks!
What blush do you use? It's so nice! Loved the video thank you! Sending love from Ireland ❤
I use the Benefit coralista blush! It’s been my go-to since I was like 14 lol
@@itsbells thank you! ❤️
Not horror, but the last book that literally terrified me was I'll be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara. I highly suggest you give it a whirl!! And I LOVED Gravity Falls and LOVE T. Kingfisher.
Dude that McNamara book sounds actually terrifying * adds to TBR *
I haven’t had a miss with Kingfisher’s books yet and I’m definitely getting up there in how many I’ve read - super excited for the one that just came out!
Ok I’m going to be the person late to the party. What are Booktubers and how do I see their videos. I downloaded an app called Booktube but I can’t seem to watch any videos.
@00:42:42
Arent the 9 days a nod to the circles of hell?
42:
" number.... given by a supercomputer to 'the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything.' "
… you’re absolutely right I can’t believe I didn’t think of that 🙃
Do you mean third person? Second person would be: "You walk to the fridge."
Sorry if you’ve mentioned this before and I missed it, but is there a reason you have never read American Psycho?
I definitely don’t mention it in the video so you didn’t miss it! I have always been interested in the story since it’s such a popular reference and decided to watch the movie first, and the visuals actually upset me so much for some reason that I’m scared of the book and just took it off my TBR and never thought about it again 😂
I strongly disliked the silent companions. It bored me. Check out the Village by Camilla Stein. Also check out the novella part 1 of The Forgotten and the Damned.
Tender is the flesh made me a vegetarian for two weeks and honestly I can never eat meat now without feeling mildly disgusted
Dude I FEEL THAT deeply
It seems that I should avoid The Twisted Ones. I read The Hollow Places, and it personally wasn't for me. That being said I think it was good in the horror element, and had good worldbuilding. But that was also all I really like. If the twisted ones is like this then I am probably not going to enjoy it. Did you read the author's note or acknowledgements at the back. Because it speaks about how the idea came to her and why she felt compelled to write it. I, in general, tries to avoid food horror, so Tender is the Flesh is on the no pile for me. I also saw a negative review for it a while back and it doesn't look like something I would enjoy. I read Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke, and I straight up gagged every time I saw meat for like three months after finishing it. Moon of the Crusted Snow sounds amazing though and very up my alleyway. I think I will be picking that one up.
I had NO IDEA Things Have Gotten Worse has food stuff in it that makes me even less excited to read it 😅 I would say Twisted Ones and Hollow Places feel like they could be in the same world, Twisted Ones is more folk horror than cosmic horror though but if it’s the tone you don’t like I totally get that
I did read the authors notes! I’m really enjoying updated retellings of classic novels, not just horror, although I definitely prefer updated Lovecraft vs reading Lovecraft myself lmao
I was suuuper underwhelmed by Tender is The Flesh. Maybe i need to reread it but i got major vegan preachy vibes and then when i looked up the author, i was correct. Even the slaughterhouse scene didn't do much for me but maybe I was having trouble in general picturing things. The character also felt so flat and grey, but that was probably the point...it was just a big miss
SAME. I felt like I had to work to care about it and that just isn’t how I like to engage in books. I didn’t know that about the author but honestly *unsurprising* lol
*Promosm* 🤭
You said "chai tea" to specifically trigger the indians didnt you 🥲🥲
I’m a little disappointed with this video solely for the fact you spoiled one of the books I actually added to my list to read. I’m sure you could just left with “I didn’t like certain things about the book” without spoiling it. And it’s honestly because of that reason I really didn’t want to continue watching the video.
I was disappointed. When you drop a spoiler bomb you said first and warned after. I love your energy and appreciate your opinions and recommendations however I'm more scared to finish watching you than I am to read the books. A book I wanted to read plus a movie I wanted to watch.... I won't be now. I feel like I'm back when I was young and a guy ruined the sixth sense for me. Sorry. But you seen very cool and fun