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I put Solito (far too long on my TBR list), Root Magic, and The House on Mango Street on hold at the library today. Also renewed Firekeeper's Daughter in hopes of buddy reading it with you after my upcoming trip. Sure do love your ever-present smile!

Didn’t finish any books in August. The book I’m reading now (Pride and Prejudice) kinda killed my mood to read but I’m almost finished now.

yesss! You read Amari! I love that book so much that I get excited when others read it. I loved Poet X as well. Root Magic looks great by that cover alone. Thanks for putting that on my radar! Hope you have a great reading month!

The House on Mango Street is on my list this month too for Hispanic Heritage Month. If you liked Carrie, you may also like “The Weight of Blood” by Tiffany D. Jackson! I loved her version of Carrie with Black characters! Enjoy your challenges and Happy Reading this month! 📚

💛💛💛 Good luck on your ReadYourLibraryAthon & Magical Readathon TBRs!

fire keeper's daughter is sweet. Root Magic too. We have Read Your Library and Magical Readathon too.

Finally a TBR video.. you know I love me a TBR video

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Glad to see you have Salem's Lot with you, absolute classic in the horror genre, interested to see what you think of it!

I am currently finishing up the 2nd book in the Expanse series. It's really good and moves quickly. It's not hard scifi so you don't feel like you're drowning in technical talk. It think it's a great place to start in the genre. You should definitely pick it up. "A Long Way to a Small Angry Planet" was great too.

the Watchmen TV show is so so so so so so so GOOD

I just read You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty a few months ago and LOVED it! My jaw was on the floor! It will be on my best books of the year. Also Honey & Spice was amazing! Even though I feel like I’m out of college age romances, this was super cute! I enjoyed The Kiss Quotient a few years ago and really enjoyed it as well.

Sorry ….totally distracted by the absolutely adorable kitty in the background 🐾❤️

Absolutely yes on Honey and Spice! Colson Whitehead has been hit or miss for me, but I hope you enjoy both of those.

You’re so pretty! ❤

I love Emily Henry and Abby Jimenez!! Beach Read, Funny Story, and Just For the Summer are my favorites of theirs 😊 And I love Kristin Hannah! The Nightingale was so good, as well as The Great Alone and The Women. Backman is another favorite of mine, haha, especially Beartown. I’m planning to read Dracula this fall for the first time and can’t wait! And umm, you need to read Price and Prejudice/Jane Austen in general 😳😂 I listened to the Duke Classics audiobook for P&P and it was quite entertaining and funny!

A few morning thoughts: One book that isn't worth the hype, in my humble opinion, is Beach Read. I share your mediocre thoughts for romance, though I pick them up for a quick, engaging read from time to time. Beach Read was a DNF for me - just couldn't get into it. Unbroken, by Laura Hillenbrand is a MUST read in the WWII historical fiction realm. I haven't read 1984 or Animal Farm since high school, but I remember them as very thought provoking books. Papa J reread 1984 this past spring, so he could advise you better than me.

I liked The Kiss Quotient (mostly). Both of the Coulson Whitehead books are great. Pride and Prejudice is great. Jane Eyre is great but it’s not very Horror-ish.

Frederick Backman and Kristen Hannah are two authors where I read a single book and just had to read all of their books bc I was so moved. The first Backman book I read (and loved) was My Grandmother Asked me to Tell You She's Sorry. I also loved A Man Called Ove, but not quite as much as the first one. Still a banger though. Those are the two I've liked best of his so far. With Kristen Hannah, the amazing book was The Great Alone. Since then I've read 4-5 other books by her and my other favorite was The Women, a historical fiction about combat nurses in Vietnam. I haven't read The Nightingale yet--like you, I own it but haven't picked it up yet--I suspect I will enjoy it but get books are more hit or miss for me. The two I mentioned are amazing but others like Magic Hour and Between Sisters are pretty meh. I'm still reading everything of hers though bc the ones that are great are so great it's worth reading a few slightly above average reads to find them.

Solid TBR, and I haven't heard about Kevin Devine and the GDB in like 10 years, wow that takes me back to when I used to listen to them collaborate with Andy Hull from Manchester Orchestra. Anyways, for a Historical Fiction read you should start with the best of the best (since Historical Fiction is my 2nd favorite genre behind fantasy) which is either Pillars of the Earth OR The Warlord Chronicles. Good luck with your reading journey!

Historical fiction is my favorite genre, as you know. :) I have read Yellow Wife (hard-hitting, and so sad) and The House of Eve and loved them both. I really like Sadeqa Johnson, and I will definitely read her next book, whatever and whenever that might be. I read the Nightingale quite some time ago, but I did rate it a 5. But I agree with an earlier commenter - All the Light We Cannot See is an excellent WWII read. A Man Called Ove is a heartwarming read, and the movie adaptation is very well done. I am curious to check out Americanah.

If you like WW2 books, I’d recommend All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr over The Nightingale. I didn’t dislike The Nightingale but Hannah’s writing is inferior compared to Doerr and some of the situations didn’t seem realistic. I also have Americanah on my shelf to read! And my channel name is inspired by Pride and Prejudice, it’s my favorite book! I promise it’s not dull 😊

I picked up Kindred by Octavia Butler as a graphic novel and 10/10 recommend! It was easier to consume the subject matter in graphic novel form.

Also, Animal Farm, along with Parable of the Sower, feel so prescient for today's current political climate smh. Great pick at Orwell! I think Jane Austen is kind of overrated :-(

"You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty" is perfect for folks not really into romance (raises hand! lol). I loved it! The story shocked me but was a gem of a read! I really enjoyed "My Year of Rest and Relaxation" - although it made me big mad lol smh. Americanah was better than I thought it was going to be!

A “Try a Chapter” challenge might help you get a feel for the writing, and what most gels with you.

Also I love the kiss quotient we barley get neurodivergent relationships

I am so curious what your shirt is about

You are going to love Circe.

I was a different reader when I read it, but still think of it very fondly: Circe. Read that! Most of those fantasy books I also have yet to read. I remember really enjoying the Night Circus at first....then feeling like it didn't go anywhere. Misery and Pet Semetary are must reads. I thought Salem's Lot was boriiiing. Oh! and Doctor Sleep was a fave. (though you do need to read the Shining first) I hated the Deep, but enjoyed the Troop. It is body-horror heavy, and more disgusting than scary. Just depends if you are into that. I loved Dowry of blood, but you don't need to read Camilla or Dracula to appreciate it. I attempted house of leaves....and got bored and gave up 50 pages in. I may re-attempt it at some point. Those are just my thoughts!

You have so many of my favorites in this video! You're in for a treat <3

Eu tenho 5 gatinhos e 1 deles sempre passa muito mal com esse mesmo chupe chupe que o seu gato come, ela sempre vomita. Só uma ponto que talvez, seja ou não uma questão para o Kvothe. Bjs❤

Way of Kings!!! I’m finishing up Oathbringer today and am absolutely loving this series 😍 I just read The Song of Achilles and really enjoyed it! Circe was just okay for me. I’ve never read any sort of Greek mythology and both made sense to me! I really want to read Robin Hobb, I’ve been seeing so many people talking about her books lately and am feeling a “tickle” too, haha. Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom were both 5 stars for me this year!! Also loved The Housemaid, not great literature but a fast paced, bingeable thriller for sure. So many others here on my TBR as well! 😊

No Exit was just okay for me. You can kinda figure out pretty early on who the “villain” is. Darby also frustrated me way too much.

I know I'm late but I'm finally watching this vlog and relaxing for the night!!!

I started writing down the books I own and haven’t read yet either. The Night Circus (forgot I owned this), Six of Crows/Crooked Kingdom, No Exit, The Housemaid Series (I’ve read Freida McFadden’s Never Lie for my work bookclub and enjoyed it), The Secret History, The Troop, and many Stephen King books. So many books, so little time! 🤷🏽‍♀️

Love the shirt ❤

You can't go wrong with Laini Taylor

Read Circe!!!!! Dont need to read before hand

I definitely recommend All Systems Red.

I too haven't read many of these. I am taking forever to get to The Way of Kings, need to read era 2 of Mistborn. Have read Jade City or Robin Hobb. I have read most of the Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare. I think it is a series that gets better book by book and you might enjoy it if you like paranormal stories. I loved the Night Circus, but it just drew me in. I would say try a chapter. The Lord of the Rings might be enjoyable on audiobook. I read the series over the course of three years without audiobook. I found i did enjoy the writing. I feel like it has the Bible reading kind of vibe to it, like it has songs, poetry. ❤

Circe is 100% worth it, and I went into it with very little knowledge of Greek mythology

You have a shocking number of books physically that you've never read, I'm jealous! As far as the list goes, you've got some bangers on there that differ wildly in prose style and era, I have no idea what your tastes are but I'd recommend as starters for each genre: Fantasy: Sanderson - his prose is clear as glass and his books are like blockbuster movies with no frills YA Fantasy: I have absolutely no idea, I'm not even close to the target audience for that. SCI FI: Project Hail Mary is well regarded as the best of his books, worth a shot. Mystery/Thriller: You can't go wrong with Agatha Christie's ATTWK, older book but always a thrilling read. Horror: You said any Stephen King, so I'll always recommend Salem's Lot as a shorter intro to his writing. Its a classic and a great horror book. Hope this helped, good luck with all the reading!

This is making me want to dive more into fantasy! I'm a horror/thriller/literary/memoir girlie lol. I have had Circe on my list for years. I say give it go without reading the Odyssey and Iliad!

I started listening to The Troop and got just barely into the part where the boys are starting out on their own. It started feeling Lord of the Flies, so I picked up a different audiobook I have waiting. I didn’t realize it was a modern day Lord of the Flies when I checked it out. Thanks for the heads up. I don’t mind skipping it. I think I am only like 15% into it or something. So don’t take this as a vote for you. I just didn’t want a Lord of the Flies retelling right now. House of Leaves was a fun mental experiment read. I didn’t find anything horrific in it. It did remind me of some of the books I read for grad school, which for me is why I call it a fun mental experiment kind of book.

Enthusiatic ‘Read Now’: Robin Hobb (worth the pages and then some), Becky Chambers (read anything by her-I think the series starting with Long Way to an Angry Planet is genius), Martha Wells (great on audio!), Libba Bray, Station Eleven, Lord of the rings, Jade city, This is how you lose the time war. Enthusiatic ‘Don’t Read These’: Madeline Miller (dry for me, I don’t know greek myths that well), Cassandra Claire (not worth it), Sarah J mass (worth it, but she’s a bully and I can’t read her anymore), Night Circus (fun but forgettable), Leviathan wakes (watch the TV show, book 1 is good, but my ‘can’t remember details brain’ would have needed to go right into book 2), Agatha Christie, Secret history (not the masterpiece people claim it to be), No exit (I gave it 1 star - sexist, misogynistic crap - it enraged me)

I'm actually doing the opposite with the Madeleine Miller books and reading them first THEN going back and rereading the Iliad and the Odyssey. Since I already read them a million years ago, I'm thinking that reading these books will change the way I reread the ancient ones and give me a new perspective on some of the stories they tell.

The Stephen kings books look soooo good !!!! ❤

Dune is an absolute banger and a classic, you gotta push through those first 60-90 pages (which are notorious for their slowness) and then you're set! Nice video

Some recent reads: The Dead Cat Tail Assassins and The Black God’s Drum, both by P. Djèlí Clark. He’s a great author when it comes to worldbuilding and action. Definitely worth checking out.