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Oh yes Jade does that the 30 books in 30 days challenge, might try that as well again this year. I've not completed that goal before.😄

“Feeling rushed because of all the books that you still have on your TBR that you want to get to.” Zing! 🤣 I am *still* trying to clear my October/November TBRs so the sooner I get to mood-read monthly TBRs the better 😰😮‍💨 I need to trim down the obligations in 2025.

I feel like readathons etc can really take over reading sometimes, always reading to prompts. Love the "room for spontaneity" goal for this year ❤

Spontaneity sounds like a good change of pace compared to the previous year's long challenges :- ) Yay for Spanish books! Good luck :- )

Very fitting sweater! :D Fingers crossed you'll get to those spanish books. I always remember struggling through Don Quijote in school. :D

Good job, I'm going into 2025 with way too many books on my TBR haha.

I also really want to read We'll prescribe you a cat! I saw Jade talking about it, and from the title alone it sounds great.❤

Just finished this series and enjoyed it. Great to hear your overview on this. It is very refreshing to hear a review of a book where it is apparent that the reviewer actually READ the book and did so closely and with great attention to detail, which this series certainly required.

You better like Grace of Kings. :D I saw quite a few similarities between Dandelion Dynasty and the Radiant Emperor books. So maybe some things will feel familiar to you, too. I really need to start reading Elif Shafak, too. Definitely favorite author potential. I hope to hold A Spear Cuts Through Water in my hands in two weeks. :D

😂 “God help me, I need it, I need it now!” 🤣 re. those gorgeous purple tomes. Oh, hello, I have two Jimenez books, including, of course, “The Spear Cuts Through Water”. The other that I have is “The Vanished Birds” IIRC. I’ve read neither, to the surprise of nobody that knows even the slightest if my problems 😘

The Wish List sounds fun :- )

Ooh, a new release b Nnedi Okorafor. I really need to read more from her. I only read Remote Control and i should probably reread it at some point because i think 20-year-old me will be able to appreciate it more than 17-year-old me

😯 I definitely raised an eyebrow when you held up that Wurts, because I remember you DNF-ing it before! Glad it’s working better this time around though. 🤴 “I hope [having my feelings crushed] will also happen to me.” ➡️ Five stars 😂 🃏 Oooo, “Fool’s Errand”! Much jelly here, as I would like to catch up with you on my own reading - I still need to read Liveships 3 - so that I may better enjoy your reading commentary of it. Defo punt this one if you get overwhelmed as it gives me a vague chance to catch up 😜😆😁

Haha, the way I filmed the first clip for the Tawny Men vlog this morning and had that same discussion reversed with myself, how I like the Farseer characters more, but Liveship was also great. xD Huh, the Grace of Kings reread is soooooo tempting. I want to...... but I don't have the time. :D

now time for Season 2 of EBAAO? 🙂 Or maybe just reading goals and activities chosen by your Discord 🙂

🐈‍⬛ I can’t stop giggling at Faith making herself heard! I keep meaning to see how The Guest Cat reacts to your friend on-screen. I need to remember the specific episode when I get a visit, but this one is prime! 😆 FOMO is tough with the tidal wave of hardback, limited special editions. I am fortunately fairly immune, but it’s tough even for myself at times 🫣

haha, I can already see Dandelion Dynasty sneak into view in that last clip! Congrats for finishing this project. It was so much fun, and I hope you'll still do reading vlogs in 2025!

Faith: this is late! why is this late? make it not be late! Haha, still glad to have caused this DNF crisis! Faith: now I am in the video, people won't care it's late!

I can't believe this series is done. Congratulations on finishing all of the books

Congrats again on finishing! I had so much fun watching this journey ❤

When you were first sat there with your final finished book and an ‘empty’ TBR Cart did you get a kind of ‘heck yeah/TFFT!’ feeling of accomplishment. What did you immediately do next?! Cliffhanger ending! Wat! 😃

Those dragon lights are so beautiful!!😍

I really need to get to The Battle Drum this year, so I can also read it.👀

Love the Jurassic Park xmas sweather and xmas tree♥

This is such a great breakdown, I loved the book but was also super lost on the motivations of the other venerate Caedan was fighting

Ok, I am still insulted on Faith's behalf that you called her an idiot, but also I have to say Busi did a much better job with the treats. :D Only one vlog left now, what a journey!

Haha, we love delulu past Clio. :D April. :D As I say with all of these unboxing videos - I just don't understand the book box hype. :)

As you were discussing continuing on with “The God Eater Saga” I got to thinking that your set is a TBB SE. Presumably RJH and TBB will continue with this production to the end, which means they probably have a whole bunch of things to coordinate - artwork, printing, shipping, etc - for some future release. Quite a job, one imagines, combined with writing them in the first place 🤔

yay, slot unlocked. that was such a fun way to do it 🤩😍

I love the "not in a christmas sweater, but i have a christmas tree to compensate". That made me laugh so hard Weekend Clio was on fire!!!!!!! I really wanna read The Final Strife at some point. Just waiting for the library to get their act together and get the second and third book in that series

🛌 This week’s theme seemed to be falling asleep in bed with few pages turned! 😁 Looks like you’re closing in on finishing Hayes’ “The God Eater Saga”. Any thoughts of doing a summary episode talking about reading this trilogy simultaneously? That’s a fascinating approach to a reading order. Chatty 🐈‍⬛ this time 😍 Yours sincerely, Reply Guy McTavish! (Ref a thing from the socials 😆)

Go Go Weekend Clio!!!

Some of these books sound so good! Adding to my TBR now! :D But only 7 books left! You've got this!

great reading week. your december storygraph wrap up will show some epic peaks 🙃 and also great christmas sweaters!! i don’t own a single one but now I kind of wanna get one 😍

Weekend Clio really pulled her weight in this week! Congrats on crushing these goals. And poor Faith, dying from hunger in the final clip, then being called idiot only hours later. xD

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🦖 Jurassic Park jumper! 😆 Très Awesome 🦕

When you see the video is only 9 mins long, you know it's bad 😂 But you're allowed to have a bit of a break to rest after travelling. This week will be better

Clio before her vacation "I want a finish-goal!!!!" Clio after her vacation: "this is bad" xD So the punishment is accountability on Discord. Actually works quite well. Also: pretty treeeee! So festive. 🎄

pizza is my favorite fruit too 😂🙃 and yes for the dnfs!! no need to pressure ourselves into reading books we don’t enjoy when there‘s so many more out there! I‘d rather watch you talk about a book you enjoyed than seeing you push through only to give a review 😊

33:30 Yeah. good decision.

You are allowed to DNF. And if you don't like a book just stop it. Saying in a review: I did not like this. I could not even reach the end is more then enough.

The warm fruit comment made me think of the Bakbanaan scene from Nonkels

How do I find the link to the discord?

I watched while having dinner, half an hour after it went live, and can confirm you had 500+ subscribers - 504 to be precise 🥳 Some great Q’s - apart from the plonker asking about cooked fruit 🤦‍♂️😂 - which allowed an in-depth answer rather than the superficial. Whoa, cool, some live decisions being made at the end there, awesome. I love hearing the thought process and getting to see it happen is even better 🥹

This was a really interesting video, thanks for answering our questions! So as you said, I wanna reach zero TBR next year, and for me, I think I also wanna do 5 books on the TBR. I really don't have a strong urge to buy new books luckily. So, the general idea is: getting lots of books for Christmas and my birthday in January, then read those down, then keep it around 5 for the rest of the year. We can all laugh at me when that plans falls apart quickly next year. :D Concerning the question whether you will ever reach the "happy spot" with the TBR, I found that for audiobooks I already have that because there is no backlist at all. I can pick up whatever I feel like in the moment. That is my happy place. :D Love the existential crisis at the end. :D So happy you got rid of the books that don't spark joy. And congrats again for 500 subs!

"I have a very small TBR right now".... oh you innocent Clio of the past. :D I would probably feel very similarly about the book. That's why I don't really get the hype with book boxes to be honest. xD

Yay, 13 is a good number. Hope you are having the best time during your travels!

You know, you sell the “Kushiel” series every time you talk about it, though I know from your warnings that it’s not for me. The kinky activities you mention this time also very much not for me, but still, you sell it!

Faith is like: why am I not choosing your books? Why spin??? :D I really hope you will not combust if you don't finish by the 1st of January. Have a wonderful holiday! And thanks for all the time you invested into prerecording and editing for us!