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  • @christy-anne-jones
    @christy-anne-jones  Рік тому +48

    Thank you all so much for watching!! I hope you enjoy the video 📖😊💛
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    • @thursoberwick1948
      @thursoberwick1948 Рік тому

      I love Anne of Green Gables. I first read it in early 2020. I'm middle aged now and I avoided it as a little boy, because I thought it wouldn't be for me. I found it by turns hilarious and very moving, and I was very sympathetic to the main character's plight. None of the adaptations do it justice as far as I can tell.

    • @thursoberwick1948
      @thursoberwick1948 Рік тому

      p.s. I'm about to reread Dorian Grey after thirty years for my monthly book club!

    • @Amy_Stanmore
      @Amy_Stanmore Рік тому +1

      @@thursoberwick1948 yes! I just commented this and that no one talks about it recently. I heard it on audiobook by the notebook actor Rachel McAdams. It was great.

    • @BookOwl60
      @BookOwl60 7 місяців тому

      You have a nice channel . Congratulations ❤

  • @beatrizdossantos8660
    @beatrizdossantos8660 Рік тому +212

    Frankenstein is essentially a story about the humanity of a monster and the monstrosity of a human.

    • @riyamishra280
      @riyamishra280 Рік тому +5

      That's such a great description

    • @starklingspars8956
      @starklingspars8956 9 місяців тому

      What RiyaMishra said. Great description of Frankenstein

    • @datta4062
      @datta4062 8 місяців тому

      thats actually very well put

  • @zohalarbabzada9654
    @zohalarbabzada9654 Рік тому +60

    Frankenstein is my all time fave classic! I had chills at the scene where Frankenstein's creation opens his eyes

  • @elizabethboccabello5119
    @elizabethboccabello5119 Рік тому +84

    The audiobook for The Song of Achilles is AMAZING because you can really feel the passion and emotions through the voice actor, Frazer Douglas.

    • @BereniceWeber
      @BereniceWeber Рік тому +5

      So true! The narrator was wonderful on The Song of Achilles ❤

    • @BougieBlue
      @BougieBlue 2 місяці тому

      He was absolutely wonderful.

  • @serenity8910
    @serenity8910 Рік тому +115

    This really makes me want to reread Piranesi. It was such a good book. I went into it completely blind, thinking I might not love it. But I was so wrong, it's now one of my favs too!

    • @keithcuarteros9844
      @keithcuarteros9844 Рік тому

      Now you’re making me want to read it. It’s on my shelf, guess it needs to move up my TBR🤓📚

    • @joychalaby
      @joychalaby Рік тому

      Same!!!

    • @smellydonut5088
      @smellydonut5088 Рік тому +3

      same here! I was so confused in the first 10-20 pages but I fell in love as the book went on! :))

    • @nothanks1239
      @nothanks1239 Рік тому +1

      I bought it because so many people were recommending it in their vlogs, but I honestly wasn't blown away. I saw the twist coming from a mile off. It is definitely an interesting concept, but I personally don't get the hype. I gave it a 3*.

  • @arielho458
    @arielho458 Рік тому +3

    Your videos spark so much joy! I always look forward to your uploads and helped me get back into reading and writing 🤍

  • @raakialm1507
    @raakialm1507 Рік тому +24

    It's not a Christy favorite books video without howl's moving castle and I understand your feelings towards that book cause I watched the movie and immediately felt at peace and when I knew there's a book of it from your video I exploded in happiness 🤯

  • @_samaa
    @_samaa Рік тому +5

    OMG I love this type of video! Always leaves me with great recommendations🌟

  • @freshtomatoes2455
    @freshtomatoes2455 Рік тому +13

    this video makes me so excited because Christy gives book recs that are NOT just TikTok books and she also has beautiful video editing. so rare, thank you :')

  • @agdamesquita
    @agdamesquita Рік тому +1

    omg this is the first video I've whatch from you and you just made me want to read books I honestly would never pick up myself. thank you!

  • @deerinthewoods
    @deerinthewoods Рік тому +3

    so many of your favourite books are my favourite books as well (Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, The Picture of Dorian Gray, etc) or the books I haven't read yet but expect to fall in love with - such a wonderful list!

  • @JustAFangirl1
    @JustAFangirl1 Рік тому +13

    As usual I love to start my Sundays with your videos Christy (I'm from latinamerica) and I'm so happy it's about your favorite books, I've found so many gems thanks to you 💕

  • @Telluride92
    @Telluride92 Рік тому +2

    Absolutely love your book recommendations!

  • @toliyeptho3313
    @toliyeptho3313 Рік тому +3

    One hundred years of solitude, and Educated being in your favourite list,sold me into subscribing your channel. Im so happy.☺️

  • @sabrycarb26
    @sabrycarb26 Рік тому +1

    Absolutely loved this!! Will be picking up some of these books!!

  • @Amy_Stanmore
    @Amy_Stanmore Рік тому +50

    I love a book that i just read that no one ever talks about and it's a classic. Anne of Green Gables by L M Montgomery. I heard it on audiobook and the actor Rachel McAdams (the notebook) did the voice. It was good.

    • @gailjackson8941
      @gailjackson8941 Рік тому +6

      Wonderful books. Also watch the video Megan Fellows stars in as Anne.

    • @godiskind7716
      @godiskind7716 Рік тому

      Same, all time favourite as of this day :)

    • @junainahrahman4156
      @junainahrahman4156 Рік тому

      I wish McAdams would narrate more books. Her voice is so comforting❤

  • @dulcepires
    @dulcepires Рік тому +1

    Thank you, what a delight, love the books and descriptions!

  • @triptig8768
    @triptig8768 Рік тому +2

    Pachinko is also my favorite. Hey christy i am really greatful for you. you always motivates me to read more books.

  • @ayantikasen3490
    @ayantikasen3490 Рік тому +1

    It's a wonderful time to have Christy post on your birthday 😄

  • @jpn71012
    @jpn71012 Рік тому +3

    Always waiting for your uploads. One of the things that completes my Sunday.
    💜🙂

  • @NicoleGillianHopkins
    @NicoleGillianHopkins Рік тому +1

    You’re hair is so pretty! And I love your sweater!

  • @amandakalinoski5013
    @amandakalinoski5013 Рік тому

    You started the video talking about one of my favorite books of all time and then I just had do jot down each title you talked about during the video hahaha now I have a huge reading list

  • @LifeLessonsFromBooks
    @LifeLessonsFromBooks Рік тому +1

    Piranesi was brilliant! I was so surprised that it just swept me in to this world. Thank you for your video so now looking into these books to read for myself. Thank you.

  • @bpuryea
    @bpuryea Рік тому +5

    Some of my favorites, a few overlaps, will definitely have to delve into some of your titles. Moving Frankenstein to the top of my TBR list.
    Donna Tartt - The Secret History, The Little Friend, The Goldfinch
    Mary Doria Russell - The Sparrow
    Michael Bishop - Brittle Innings
    Robert McCammon - Swan Song, Boy's Life
    Dan Simmons - Hyperion, The Terror, Carrion Comfort
    Robert A, Heinlein - Starship Troopers, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, Stranger in a Strange Land
    John Steinbeck - The Grapes of Wrath, East of Eden
    Robertson Davies - The Deptford Trilogy
    Robert Silverberg - Dying Inside, Lord Valentine's Castle
    Joe Haldeman - The Forever War
    Cormac McCarthy - Blood Meridian, The Road, No Country for Old Men
    Brandon Sanderson - The Mistborn Trilogy
    JRR Tolkien - The Lord of the Rings
    David Wroblewski - The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
    Stephen King - The Stand, The Dead Zone

  • @kellyflynn4775
    @kellyflynn4775 Рік тому +3

    Thank you for the recommendation of the Traveling Cat Chronicles, I LOVED this wonderful book.

  • @user-iw2md2gl4q
    @user-iw2md2gl4q 4 місяці тому +1

    That's a beautiful cover of One Hundred Years of Solitude! I've never seen it in the US before. We have many of the same favorites, so I'll def be looking at some of the new ones that you've suggested. Thank you! 💛

  • @abrilvonbunny6205
    @abrilvonbunny6205 Рік тому +6

    omg Christy, our tastes are so alike, I really need to start reading the other faves that I havent read yet but I recognize so many of mine in this list aaaaa

    • @abrilvonbunny6205
      @abrilvonbunny6205 Рік тому

      on another note: you would love Jorge Luis Borges, he writes, studies and plays with literature in such a way ... I think you would really really appreciate his short stories

  • @Mauricio21ish
    @Mauricio21ish 9 місяців тому

    Great list! Reading Frankenstein for the first time, I already know I’m going to enjoy it so much

  • @enquantoissoleio
    @enquantoissoleio Рік тому +10

    Pachinko is amazing! One of the best books I have ever read. Mrs Dalloway is my favourite of all times

  • @YourTrueShelf
    @YourTrueShelf Рік тому +1

    I wrote down all of the ones I haven't read as I want to read them all, I love your recommendations!!

  • @carolhoulton
    @carolhoulton Рік тому +1

    Love your recommendations ❤

  • @lamya_____
    @lamya_____ Рік тому

    I'm just discovering your channel yesterday and I am so happy to see this kind of UA-cam channel
    Really appreciate
    Good luck and thanks 😊

  • @princeapoopoo5787
    @princeapoopoo5787 Рік тому +1

    idk why i was surprised to see howl's make it when there's a big totoro plush sitting behind you. definitely one of my favourites too. i read it just before the film came out and i have read most of jones' work since. my copy is so worn that the cover is starting to peel a little.
    i love a lot of the other books on the list too, especially frankenstein and the works of neil gaiman!

  • @andreaandi4815
    @andreaandi4815 Рік тому +1

    Now I need a printable version of this! I haven’t read but 1or 2 on this list!😮

  • @joychalaby
    @joychalaby Рік тому +1

    Christy, you're one of my favourite youtubers. So wonderful - I love the way you talk about your favourite books! 🥰❤️
    Ooh Piranesi is so good! I really want to read Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrel, even though it's so long!!!!!!!

  • @J0VIN
    @J0VIN Рік тому +1

    LOVE THE RECS!
    NOW TO ADD LIKE 10 MORE BOOKS TO MY TBR ...

  • @romalibra_books
    @romalibra_books Рік тому

    I bought The Magic Toyshop because of you previous Favorites video, I’m planing on reading it this month, I think so far all your favorites have become my favorites too so if you loved a book I buy 😂

  • @tonydeluna8095
    @tonydeluna8095 Рік тому +10

    Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is one of my favorites. I thought the films version with Robert De Niro was good, Kenneth Branagh is such a great director. I like your Minnie Mouse coffee mug 🙂

  • @paperbacksgalore
    @paperbacksgalore Рік тому +24

    I bought Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrel after watching this video, it sounds like a perfect book honestly and I’m excited to read it (one day)

  • @Kpopheaven
    @Kpopheaven Рік тому

    This video was really interesting! I read Piranesi couple of months ago and I didn't love it but as the time passes, the reading experience is growing on me and I still think about Piranesi sometimes. It was a very unic story.

    • @HollyGoLightly01
      @HollyGoLightly01 Рік тому

      Piranesi is a lovely, enigmatic tale that felt like it needed a more (pun approaching) concrete ending.

  • @PristineWhens
    @PristineWhens Рік тому +32

    My personal favorite books (at the moment):
    Little women
    Hello Universe (Erin Entrada Kelly)
    Flipped (wendelin)
    Alice in wonderland
    Life of Pi

  • @Chase-pl6kz
    @Chase-pl6kz Рік тому

    Thank you for giving a short summary. A lot of youtubers just say the book names and move on, but it really helps when you give a summary because I can tell if I might be interested in it.

  • @trevorreads
    @trevorreads Рік тому

    I haven’t read a single one of these! Gonna have to add them to my list!
    Enjoyed the video and subscribed!

  • @thedrunkenelf
    @thedrunkenelf Рік тому +48

    I LOVED Piranesi SO MUCH and I can’t find anyone who loved it like I did. We read it for our book club and everyone was like “it was okay but a bit weird” and I just…no…I cried reading it because it was so beautiful and that never happens.

    • @louiselangton
      @louiselangton Рік тому +1

      Just finished and I will never be the same again 💛

    • @elsitacacahuete427
      @elsitacacahuete427 Рік тому +4

      Glad you found something that moved you so much; it’s a special occasion!
      I didn’t find it very good or surprising but a good read, nonetheless. All the best for you🙂

    • @pixie-bo6wi
      @pixie-bo6wi Рік тому +1

      I couldn't finish piranesi

    • @keithhealing1115
      @keithhealing1115 Рік тому +2

      I adored Piranesi - to the point where I have held off reading it again just in case it disappoints. Have you read Titus Groan by Mervyn Peake? It has a similar feel (or, rather, Piranesi has a similar feel to Titus groan) - dark, gothic and beautifully written. And it will take you 20 pages or so to get into it!

    • @Morfeusm
      @Morfeusm Рік тому

      Me too! You might loved it more than I did but I would say it’s easily in my top 20.

  • @Elvispersoon
    @Elvispersoon Рік тому +6

    A lot of these books are either on my wishlist or loved and read to pieces. Read The Travelling Cat Chronicles during my holidays, and as a self-certified cat lover, this book actually tore me to shreds emotionally. Such a wonderfully sad and heartwarming book. :) Will be adding alot of these books to my cart on my next book shopping spree. :)

    • @stormeyedselkie
      @stormeyedselkie 9 місяців тому

      I loved that book and it took 1 LINE to turn me from feeling ok to a sobbing mess. It was so heartwarming and I want to re-read it soon! I'm tempted to watch the movie but I don't want to get turned into a sobbing wreck again!

  • @agustina0110
    @agustina0110 Рік тому +1

    Love this videos! Thanks 🥰

  • @maryvandehei
    @maryvandehei Рік тому +2

    Whenever you’re wearing red lipstick I always want to know what it is!!
    Also lovely video as always! Piranesi is also one of my favorites

  • @zhainaa6675
    @zhainaa6675 Рік тому +6

    to be honest it's hard to choose favorite one when all you read ones become your favorites ♡ The list I would start with "Angela's ashes "

  • @debbie303
    @debbie303 Рік тому +1

    I too absolutely loved Pachinko. Also.watched.on Apple Tv. Can't waiT FOR .the next season. JUST DISCOVERED your channel. Thank you!☺

  • @insidethecover7674
    @insidethecover7674 Рік тому +1

    Cat chronicles is one of my favs too……pachinko is also amazing, you may also like The woman is the white kimono. Take care! Enjoy

  • @jksgameshelf3378
    @jksgameshelf3378 Рік тому

    So, I stumbled upon you and this video and thought I wo ups see if any of my fav books were mentioned (only one but I’m sadly extremely lacking in my reading), but then I noticed the card game Sorcerer over to turn side. And then I noticed Gloomhaven, what I think is Clank!, and Through the Ages back behind you. So, even though I couldn’t share most of your book list, I always have to give a shout out to someone with great board games on display (full disclosure-I haven’t played anything but Clank! even though I did back Sorcerer on Kickstarter).

  • @janeturner9064
    @janeturner9064 Місяць тому

    So many books 📚 in common! Looking forward to your next video.

  • @koooler
    @koooler Рік тому

    Thanks, definitely will check them out

  • @thetheatrezoo3603
    @thetheatrezoo3603 Рік тому +1

    I've read so many books surrounding the fall of Troy, but I still haven't gotten Song of Achilles though I've wanted to since it first came out. I've got to remedy that soon. Pat Barker's books The Silence of the Girls and The Women of Troy are from the perspective of Briseis, and they are wonderful. Frankenstein is one of my all-time favorites as well.

  • @July4ik
    @July4ik Рік тому

    There are so many books in this list, that I also love, and the ones I was going to read. I love that we have similar taste

  • @Purzius
    @Purzius Рік тому +1

    This inspired me to read more

  • @0210fnunez
    @0210fnunez Рік тому

    Gracias I'm putting on my list Wind-Up Bird Chronicles from Murakami, I just discovered Norwegian Wood and loved it.

  • @spaceacekaitlin333
    @spaceacekaitlin333 Рік тому +2

    I’m 180 pages into The House in the Cerulean Sea and I’ve already cried once. It’s such a wholesome book! 💙

  • @lauraheller2366
    @lauraheller2366 Рік тому +2

    Great taste! In case you haven’t read them, may I suggest; Possession by A S Byatt and The Shadow of The Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon.

    • @nunyabiz1266
      @nunyabiz1266 9 місяців тому

      I haven’t read the first one but I loved A SHADOW IN THE WIND. ❤

  • @ianwild66
    @ianwild66 Рік тому

    Wow great list. I have read a number them but I will try to read some of your other suggestions.

  • @aleidadiaz2261
    @aleidadiaz2261 Рік тому +16

    If you loved 100 years of Solitude and Pachinko, you may really like House of the Spirits by Allende.

  • @MahouMou
    @MahouMou Рік тому +5

    Lovely video! I’ve actually discovered a passion for reading around two years ago, and one for writing a couple months back. I want to go study literature in college next year, which can only be done quite far from where I live. I am excited, but also very anxious that it might not amount to anything at all, but I’ve found your channel a few weeks ago, and since then watching your videos has brought me a lot of comfort and reassurance, so thank you!

    • @christy-anne-jones
      @christy-anne-jones  Рік тому +3

      Good for you!! That's a very brave thing to do. I hope it goes well for you, and I wish you all the best with your studies and your writing 😊💛💛

    • @Amy_Stanmore
      @Amy_Stanmore Рік тому +1

      Good luck. I do wonder where books have been your fave so far?

    • @MahouMou
      @MahouMou Рік тому +1

      @@Amy_Stanmore Thank you! I really enjoyed V.E. Schwab’s "Shades of Magic" trilogy, and "The Dictionary of Lost Words" by Pip Williams, but there are so many more!! What are yours?

  • @HollyGoLightly01
    @HollyGoLightly01 Рік тому +1

    So I had a horror story of a Christmas Day and lolled my way over here to find this video. Is there anything more uplifting that watching another person muse about their favorite books and why you should read them? Thank you so much. Lovely. Perfect. I am warmed and feel hugged. I love all the choices. (My recommendation: As Meat Loves Salt)

  • @afiatasnim9952
    @afiatasnim9952 8 місяців тому +1

    Frankenstein Is my favorite too. A really good book❤

  • @rinoaheartily3228
    @rinoaheartily3228 Рік тому +1

    Same. I've read HP about 20x including audiobook runs. 🥰

  • @0210fnunez
    @0210fnunez Рік тому

    I also will read Anne of Green Gable, loved the show Anne.

  • @TwoOnlyChildrenxoxox
    @TwoOnlyChildrenxoxox Рік тому +4

    Have you read A Tree Grows in Brooklyn? My all-time fave.

  • @hannahbjr
    @hannahbjr Рік тому

    I LOVED educated. It made me cry because it was so inspiring.

  • @nnbk_fornow
    @nnbk_fornow 10 місяців тому

    Really good picks here

  • @lesliewells-ig5dl
    @lesliewells-ig5dl 9 місяців тому

    I love your videos! On your videos like this when you recommend books, could you have a picture of the coveron the screen the whole time you are talking about it or a list in the description please? I watch you on my tablet with Amazon open on my desktop and add any books I want to investigate further to my cart. Sometimes I have to go back twice just to catch the title and author, because you only say it once and I can't read the cover when you putting it back and forth between your hands and moving it around. I would really appreciate that. Thank you!! I'm so happy for you that you finished your novel!!

  • @Rachel-6016
    @Rachel-6016 Рік тому +7

    I keep forgetting our taste is so similar!! I have overlapping favourites: the goldfinch, Piranesi, his dark materials, murakami and Neil gaiman are fav authors of mine. I love it!! 🥰🥰

    • @Rachel-6016
      @Rachel-6016 Рік тому

      Oh and Anne of Green Gables + Virginia Woolf !!

  • @romalibra_books
    @romalibra_books Рік тому +1

    Oh you should check out The Bass Rock! It has amazing imagery and has both very realistic characters and an almost magical feeling

  • @rebeccalee2634
    @rebeccalee2634 Рік тому

    I really enjoy your recommendations and have added many to my TBR list.
    But what I really need to know is what lipstick are you wearing? You wear this beautiful cranberry color that I NEED! thanks!

  • @stephaniejohnson229
    @stephaniejohnson229 10 місяців тому

    The Song of Achilles holds such a dear and special place in my heart

  • @moder_nord2475
    @moder_nord2475 Рік тому

    Sooo many amazing books here!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻❤️ .. Oscar Wilde have a special place in my heart. Also, I need to read Angela Carter this fall. Bought a few of her books because of you, but they are STILL on my TBR 🤭… Btw, I think it’s ePIstolary, not epiSTOLary… 🧐☺️). Thank you for this! Your videos are just lovely! ❤️🍁

  • @prerza
    @prerza Рік тому

    omg i really loved these~! we share many faves :p

  • @osonhodeleon
    @osonhodeleon Рік тому +2

    Amazing list. So good to see adult booktubers here on UA-cam.

  • @clarejean3309
    @clarejean3309 Рік тому

    Yay! two things.
    1.New Video!
    2. Second to be here to comment!
    Love your videos! They actually help me as I write my book. I listen to you as I write or type. It relaxes me for some reason. So thank you for uploading a new video.

    • @christy-anne-jones
      @christy-anne-jones  Рік тому +1

      awwh that's so lovely. I'm so glad I can help in any way. Best of luck with your writing 💛💛💛💛

    • @clarejean3309
      @clarejean3309 Рік тому

      @@christy-anne-jones Thank you so much. That means a lot to me. I am hoping to publish the story one day that isn't wattpad, but to publish it into a book that sells in stores and stuff. I've been researching it but I've got a long way to go with the second draft! But thank you for your kind words.

    • @clarejean3309
      @clarejean3309 Рік тому

      @@christy-anne-jones I also done a small video about my progess so far and I'll probably do another one sometime this month.

  • @cami_le
    @cami_le Рік тому +5

    We share a lot of our favourites! I love Murakami too and I feel conflicted by what people say about him online, as I still absolutely love reading his books.
    Also about 100 years of Solitude, people might say the "gun violence" part is particularly disturbing because it really happened. It's called the "Banana Massacre" and there was between 47 and 2000 deaths (??? the government was in it too, which explains the crazy estimation).

    • @v.d.2738
      @v.d.2738 Рік тому

      What do they say about him if you don't mind?

    • @Amy_Stanmore
      @Amy_Stanmore Рік тому

      Yes. About banana Republic I heard about it from bailey sarian. 😲

  • @Bananaisme04
    @Bananaisme04 Рік тому +43

    I want to like 100 years of solitude. I really really did. I read it in Spanish (mind and the authors native language) and it was beautiful, don’t get me wrong. I just can’t enjoy a book where such disturbing things happen. Call me weak but I want someone to root for, good moments through the darkness, but 100 years of solitude just feels like never ending misery (which I understand is kind of the point I just don’t enjoy it). Spoiler alert….a dude literally bangs a 9ish year old girl. I hated that. I can’t get over it. Love the writing, hate the story.

    • @simonedreyer7540
      @simonedreyer7540 Рік тому +12

      Thank you for mentioning this. That means it's a no for me. I have taken to looking up trigger warnings for books before investing in them (time and money). I am sensitive and must be very discerning about the content of the books i read. Sadly so many acclaimed and popular novels contain content that is really quite traumatizing. Not bashing them at all, i have just learnt I do not have the capacity to read them.

    • @pinkman17_
      @pinkman17_ Рік тому +7

      @@simonedreyer7540 american at its fullest

    • @iynur
      @iynur Рік тому +1

      It’s not even that for me. Its about the bad decisions everybody makes in the novel that makes no sense at all. All are insane except the grandma…?who at least remains calm and rational. Plus they just have to carry the SAME names each generation. I so want to love the novel but I just, I just can’t😅

    • @MYMOTHERISAFISH006
      @MYMOTHERISAFISH006 Рік тому +3

      @@iynur the grandma is only calm and rational because it is trying to show how she is only the sane person in the family, which also ends up isolating her. The name "one hundred years of solitude" is trying to portray her solitude in life

  • @__rishikasingh
    @__rishikasingh Рік тому +1

    Loved it 😘

  • @17caria
    @17caria Рік тому

    very soothing video! This is probably a silly question, but I assume you have read Matilda? I feel like you would really like it.

  • @nishthagupta1357
    @nishthagupta1357 9 місяців тому +1

    I absolutely love Coraline for its bravery too omg❤

  • @I-am-a-unicornnn
    @I-am-a-unicornnn 9 місяців тому +1

    You need to read these books:
    1) The Home Duet Series by Nikki Lamers
    2) A Fisherman's Promise by Olivia Snow
    3) No Proof and Beyond the Widow's Peak by Ashley McConnel (I don't know if I butchered her name)
    4) Blackout Trail by Linda Naughton
    5) Beneath The Maize by Stephen Goldhahn
    6) AFTER TWILIGHT by M. KNIGHT ROZE
    7) Conjuring the Witch by Jessica Leonard
    8) A Sorrow Called Sarah by Charlotte Roddy
    9) Keep Your Friends Close by Niki Keith
    10) Enter the Darkness by Sarah Budd
    I believe you haven't heard of any of those but I swear, you will enjoy them all.
    4 & 5 are long books.
    1 is 2 books in the series.
    Please give these books a chance! :D

  • @saraackerman8019
    @saraackerman8019 Рік тому

    My first video of yours and it seems as though we are very book-compatible! I agree with almost every suggestion of yours, while the rest are high up on my TBR. Will be checking out your other videos pronto!

  • @lenaflermoen6799
    @lenaflermoen6799 Рік тому

    Love your videos

  • @amandamehaffey7973
    @amandamehaffey7973 Рік тому

    Is that a Ginko tree in the back? I didn't know you could grow them inside? WOW~!

  • @dsaashley
    @dsaashley Рік тому

    Hi Christy, Great list and really like your blog…..fantastic quality, content and production. Just one question.. how are you enjoying Gloomhaven.:)……

  • @leticiatoraci9855
    @leticiatoraci9855 Рік тому +1

    I would recommend Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez.

  • @lesliewells-ig5dl
    @lesliewells-ig5dl 9 місяців тому

    I love Haruki Murakami and Neil Gamen too!

  • @womenwotreads
    @womenwotreads Рік тому

    A bit late so I hope you still see this. I love ALL these books and some are my favourites too. I just have to subscribe 😊

  • @Delightful_Aggression
    @Delightful_Aggression Рік тому +3

    Hi- you might want to check out Ursula K. Le Guin, if you haven't already. She is a wonderful writer who creates enchanting and engaging worlds while provoking thoughts on complex issues.

  • @user-ru6cq4xv2w
    @user-ru6cq4xv2w Рік тому

    I would love to hear your thoughts on a 2 book story called Shanghai Girls (then Dreams of Joy) by Lisa See- it was also a time skipping story starting the front of Japan's invasion of China. Then later the cautionary tale against communism in Dreams of Joy. For recommendation, Shanghai Girls was the book that made me love reading

  • @tonyirenn2560
    @tonyirenn2560 Рік тому +1

    can you recommend a book that has Cornerstone by Artic Monkeys vibes? you know, dating similar persons or dating both brothers/sisters

  • @rosemarydaly8098
    @rosemarydaly8098 Рік тому +4

    Wish there was a printed list of the books you've noted.

  • @AndikaRPutra-hl7ix
    @AndikaRPutra-hl7ix Рік тому

    I love Pachinko too! Do u watch the TV series as well?

  • @KimberlyIrena
    @KimberlyIrena Рік тому +1

    Where did you get the beautiful cover for Harry Potter, please tell!

  • @ReadingNymph
    @ReadingNymph Рік тому +1

    Book made me cry?? 5 stars, all the stars 🌟 🤣

  • @susantownsend8397
    @susantownsend8397 8 місяців тому

    I have tried for years to get my book club to read Frankenstein but can’t forget them to forget the movies. It is a deeply philosophical study of what it means to be human.

  • @simob7862
    @simob7862 Рік тому

    Interesting, when I looked at my goto list I realised most of my material is self help based. I like Chris Ryan and I had a huge collection of R A Salvatore but not sure where they ended up. Far and away by Niel Peart, Mark Manson Subtle art of series and a few others.