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Thank you! 💜 I am next in line at my library for Spectacular, finally, so I'll hopefully be reading it soon! Haha, yeah, boy that one really threw me for a loop. I am happy I had at least one that I found - I was panicked a bit there, hahaha. I cut so much footage of me just agonizing over Google list after Google list 😂😂😂

@ gosh I imagine hahaha hopefully it’s a good book though!

Thank *you*!! Wow, go you Cheryl!! Handwriting them all is no small task 😳 Did you manage to do them all yesterday? The best thing about writing them, though, is that you can fully customize every prompt so that they are even more perfect for you and your reading style 💜

@@RaesReads I finished them today! Now to cut them out, lol. I'll be doing a TBR video using your prompts every month on my channel, possibly starting this month, but definitely in January. (Shameless plug!) Lol.

Haha, yes, they were likely hiding in their cat hideaways or somewhere warmer now that it is sooooo cold! 😂💜 They will be back soon on a video, I am sure!

Hahaha, thank you! I agree - you definitely need a cat! 😍 Haha, I was a bit annoyed with myself, buuuut man did I love it. So I guess all is well that ends well 😂 It is definitely smut city, yeah. Very understandable *not* wanting to give it a go! I am currently almost done with book 2 and I am liking it more than the first! I love the characters so much 💜💜

@ one day 🥹 I think it’s great though to find books like that which are simply addictive and a fun time haha Ahh so glad you are loving the characters, honestly I could leave the plot behind as long as we got to hangout with Blue and her Raven Boys haha and all the women at 300 Fox Way!

Haha, love to hear from others who also struggle with being unable to DNF 😅 Oh yeah, I agree 100%. It was fun to read those two at once, but it was indeed a LOT and I did feel a bit burnt out after. I am liking reading them one at a time right now much more

Oh, I actually didn't know this! Haha. Thank you for sharing!! I can't believe I have gotten so far in life and so deep in the LOTR fandom and never really know The Hobbit was written for a younger audience... oops 😂

@ LOL! Hey, you won’t get any judgment from me. I think I prefer the movies to the books. I kind of wish they were all written like The Hobbit was. Not knocking Tolkien though, either way he’s a great writer!

Understandable as the movies are masterpieces! Haha. I am more excited to give The Hobbit a go now, though, after talking to you!! 😊 Thanks again!

@ Of course! 😁

Haha, we have two and my husband named them (of course 😂) and they are Fish and Pommes - AKA fish and chips, only with the chips bit being in German! Fish was the one going ham on the treat in the video clip I just finished The Raven Boys last night and I ended up giving it 4 stars. I took off one star for similar reasons that you mention, actually! I'm not sure why, but it just took me a while to get into it and the beginning felt a bit slow, I guess? I'm not sure what exactly it was, I just wasn't too crazy about the first half. I did start to get much more interested at the 40/50% mark, though, so if you are already almost at 50 and still not feeling it too much, then maybe the rest won't be that intriguing to you either? I might maybe suggest getting to 51% or so and seeing if it's any better, but maybe it's just not a good fit for you and that's alright too! Oh no, I'm sorry to hear this 💜 I was just reading Atomic Habits and I feel like it might be a bit encouraging in your situation right now! It was talking about how we sometimes feel like we are not making any progress in a certain aspect of life and we can get so frustrated and hopeless due to this, because a 1% difference in something each day or month, etc, is typically not noticeable. However it does add up! He compared it to an ice cube melting. You might be in a room that is 5 degrees Fahrenheit and you put an ice cube in front of yourself with the intention of melting it by warming up the room 1 degree at a time. You will get all the way to 31 F and not a single thing will have visually happened to the ice cube. It's still sitting frozen right in front of you, however alllll this work has been happening in the background the entire time. It might feel like it's been hard work for nothing or that things are even going backwards, but with just a bit more work to get to 32 F, all of a sudden the ice cube starts melting and soon after it's all gone. All the background work built up and it paid off in the end. I am hoping and praying that it is like this for you, Katherine 💜💜 I personally know how tough it can be to work through childhood trauma and it sounds like you have put in all this work inside of yourself for the past 3 years and hopefully you will soon feel better and stronger than ever before and then find so much joy in your hobbies again 💜☺️

@@RaesReads That's funny! Also, I love German. I love languages in general. It's just all so fascinating to me. I love listening to songs in other languages, after finding proper explanation's of the lyrics so I know what I'm listening to. You actually inspired me to pick up "The Rave Boys" today. I hadn't read since September, but now I am 66% in after like two hours. It still feels very draggy for me, but now hope of actually finishing it is driving me on. I'm sure God has some analogy for me there how me waiting on Him feels like this book, and if I just push onwards, I'll get through it eventually. Definitely a way to make me feel hope, as I'm really scared of feeling, for many reasons. I do know that I have grown internally in the last years, it's just that the more I go on, the less easy it seems to get. I was very naive back then, going into journey with God with almost fairytale like expectations, so now I'm afraid to have any. That makes it hard to stop clinging to old habits, or see any light. And also, it's super Fall-like in my country - lots of rain, gray, cloudy etc., - so it's quite sad and cold, and dark. Not helpful for my mood. Honestly, I didn't think you'd answer, but I'm glad you did. I haven't been commenting a lot on this channel. I had a different one with and old name before that I used more for comments, but people rarely understood me so I just stopped commenting. And when watching your video I thought I need a book buddy. I pretty much have no one, for various reason, other than my very toxic mom whom I live with, so that's not fun either. So... maybe, if you want, we could connect somehow? Though I'm not on any other social media, I could give you my email? Maybe.

Ooh, I love comments with all the thoughts like this!! 😍💜 It's nice to hear someone with the same thoughts on ACOTAR. People keep pushing me to continue with the series, but it's exactly how you said - I just want to keep it how it is in my mind with the first 3 and not ruin anything. I do really love books like that (immersive, lots of variety, etc) and another person said they think the series gets better as it goes on, so I think I will officially give The Mortal Instruments a proper go! 😁 Haha, good to know that I appear to have made a good choice in stopping Divergent now! Yeah Beautiful Creatures was perhaps a little chaotic, I think 😂 You summed up basically *all* of my thoughts about Hazel Wood!! I agree with everything you said about it. I also loved Finch and I ended up reading book 1.5 - his short story. I liked it much more than the main book, but not enough to continue with the series, I think... As for Me Before You, thank you for sharing!! I didn't know that she had this background, so I appreciate you letting me know this info 💜 Warning: this is very long, haha, sorry, but here is why I disagree so strongly with Jojo Moyes' take on this situation: I have a similar background to her (knowing and even partially taking care of multiple severely disabled people) and I find that the care *mentally* for these people is severely, severely lacking (at least in the US). My great aunt, for example, was a dancer until MS took away her ability to move anything other than half of her face. Every single time we met people or went out, people would pity her and just talk about how sad it was that she couldn't dance anymore. This is incredibly depressing to live with, on top of such a severe disability and it gives the feeling that your life doesn't matter just because you can't do your past favorite hobby. The best experience we ever had was someone saying 'Im sorry to hear you can't dance anymore, what a shame! What are your favorite hobbies now?' with a smile. That person made my aunt feel like her life after MS still was valuable, whereas even everyone in the medical field made her feel like it was over just because she couldn't dance anymore. They all only ever talked about what she could *not* do, not what she loved now. I saw a lot of my aunt in Me Before You, only the difference is that I feel the author pushed the idea that, yeah, your life *is* basically sad and useless now. You can still have fun and temporary joy, but only if you get a really special person (the FMC) to try really, really hard to make it work. It will never be easy though, and you will still be depressed and ending your life is the best choice. That's what it read like to me and I find it extremely harmful that there was little attempt to help him with his very obvious depression clinically (doing fun things is not enough to cure true, brain-altering depression like what you would suffer from in his case - you need to test lots of different medication and, ideally, attend lots of therapy) and it felt a lot like giving up to me. The book seemed to not only approve that mindset, but even push it as the best choice for the MMC. I disagree with that a lot. Of course anybody can always make their own choices and I don't think it is always giving up when this decision is made. I cannot ever imagine being in that situation, but I have just seen firsthand how hard it is to feel anything other than very depressed in this situation and I think the first step is attacking the depression and then for other people (all us non-severely disabled people) to stop treating severely disabled people as something to pity and like their lives are so sad now just because they can't do what they used to do. Jojo Moyes could have written a really inspiring book where a severely disabled man thrived (which is very uncommon in fiction), but instead she wrote this tragedy and I personally feel like that was just pushing the whole agenda the world already pushes sooooooo hard that life is just sad and pointless when you can't do the things you used to do and can't move anymore. So pointless that it should just be ended. Anywayyyyy, sorry for that LONG chunk of text, haha. Thank you again for sharing the info on Jojo Moyes' background when writing this book!! This did help me understand her POV more 💜💜💜

@@RaesReads Yeah, I would normally want more of the series, but I feel ACOTAR really is best left as is for me. Especially if the author really did not do justice to the beloved characters. And I'd definitely not try the other one for Nesta. I feel like there wasn't even enough of a reason why she even was the way she was (I might be wrong as it's been a long time since I read the books), so the whole redemption arc to me just sounds like "let's make a bunch of excuses for her behavior because redemption arc!" For that I personally think the author should have established some kind of reason in the original books for readers to actually truly care for the redemption arc. All I felt was burning rage for Nesta. The biggest "Divergent" downfall for me was the ending (which you may know, since I think you said you've seen the movies), it was like a cherry on cake... except the bad way. The cake already tasted bad, despite the nice outside layer, then the cherry spoiled it even more, if that makes sense, lol! I guess it's safe to say your response has awaken my inner writer in ways nothing had for years! I did see the Finch book yesterday on Goodreads and put it in my TBR for the future. I'm not entire sold on the full sequel yet myself, as I can't get any books anyway now. And thank you so much for sharing your experience with your great aunt! It definitely helps me notice things I'd overlooked and understand your point of view better. I'm (technically) not disabled (It's a long story, but I have a back condition called scoliosis. I was diagnosed at 11, had surgery at 13, had disability 3 times, each time 2 years long, until mom stopped taking me to the commission. I've always struggled to see myself as disabled since I can walk and do things, even if there are limits), but due to my childhood trauma I've pretty much felt like Will in the book. Just worthless, not good enough (made to feel that way by my own family), treated like this waste of space that can't do anything right, not deserving of a life of my own, so I understand why I didn't question the book as much when I read it years ago. I couldn't. I believed all that was fed to me growing up. It was way before I found God and started to learn more about what I'd been through. I didn't even know anything was wrong in my life, or with my mental health, until 2021, when I ended up finding God. So I do understand how it could have been written in a more hopeful way. In fact, there's a man of God I follow who has a ministry, and he's in a wheelchair, yet he travels to US (he lives in Africa) for ministry, he prays for people, he makes workshops, he does so much, and he's also trusting God for healing. He says he feels more in his legs than he's technically supposed to, as God is working on his healing. I suppose it's also about being more attentive with mental health care. I've heard some horrendous things about US mental health care too.

Ahhh, that makes sense! I thought I had seen what looked like an audiobook cover somewhere, haha. Thank you so much for letting me know 😊

Wow, this is such a nice compliment to hear, haha!! Thank you so much. I think my German could use quite a bit of work, but I have lived in Germany for about 8 years now and my husband is German so even though I learned it as an adult, I have *had* to learn it well. It's so fun that finally someone is able to recognize this series, though!! Everyone only ever knows all the English books, I love that you read die Edelstein Trilogie 😄 Hahah, I agree 100% that the gushing and teenage drama could be toned down a bit more, but I do also enjoy the series overall. I am just a sucker for any time travel books! As for continuing with the series, I re-read Sapphirblau not too long ago and I recently re-watched the first and second movies, so I think I am prepped for the 3rd book! I do tend to jump around in books a lot, haha, but so long as I read a recap or watch a movie adaptation, I can usually get by alright 😊

Oh no, haha, starting the second on accident! Thank you so much for sharing, though!! I think I will likely give it a go, then. So many people love it and if you confidently say it gets better, then I definitely think it is worth a chance 😊

I can absolutely believe it, haha. I definitely need to read that series very soon 😄

@@RaesReads enjoy it ;) also I'm impressed your reading that much in German,first I thought you were German but if I caught that right you're not, right? anyways as a German myself I have very fond memories of Highschool me reading the Edelstein Trilogie under my bedcovers because I couldn't put the books away. Yes they're cheesy but I ate that up back then, read them in a week and I've never really been a very fast reader.

@@gracelast5487 Haha, correct, I am not German! I have been living in Germany for about 8 years, though, and my husband is German, so I do have a background 💜 Haha, I love that. They are definitely the type of under-the-covers cheesy, fun read!

Haha, I will definitely give it a go the second I finish HP in Spanish then 😂 I feel like PJ is one of the series where *everyone* who reads it at least likes it, if not LOVES it!! I don't know if those last 2 really are a part of the main series, but it does seem so! Seems they are much less well-known, though It's nice to know there are other people with this problem! Its even more nice to know that there is someone else out there who loves LOTR *and* reading as much as I do and yet still has not read the series, haha. Maybe we can make it a goal to both finally read the series in 2025! You mentioned encouraging each other about reading it in the past and I think that would help me a lot 😅

@ I am not sure if PJ is one of those series that hit so hard because you read them as a preteen though 😅 I think part of my love for them is the nostalgia of reading them in middle school along with HP and just falling in love with fantasy and magic. But I hope you still enjoy them now! Definitely great as a way to practice learning Spanish since they are very easy to read! I might reread them in German now that I think about it 🤔 And yes let’s do a buddy read of LoTR in 2025! I think that would definitely motivate me as well haha maybe we can pick out a month to dedicate to them or something of the sort!

@@AnasBookery This very well might be the case, haha, but I don't think so, as PJ is SO beloved and popular. I feel like ones that only hit so hard when you're young tend to either be ripped into (lovingly or otherwise) as time goes on (like Twilight, haha) or just don't stay so beloved. But my goodness is PJ so popular *still* in 2024! It's crazy. I read book 1 and 2 in German and it was really great for my learning and I def recommend it! Very simple in general, but still challenging enough to be a really good learners choice, I think 🙌 And yes!! I want to read LOTR so bad, but I know myself. I will not unless I have some type of serious motivation like this 😂🙌 Any month would work for me!

@@RaesReads True true PJ might have withstand the test of time in this case haha I cant wait to hear what you think about them when you finish it!! (I am one of those people that acknowledge how awful Twilight is and still cant help but love it hahaha) Maybe we could do LOTR in January...? start off the year with a banger haha or maybe leave it for mid year incanse we need a litle pick me up hmm

@ I’m also one of those people about twilight 🤣 Yes! I think starting the year off with it is good. I will have more motivation on Jan 1st than any other time of year and I think that’s what I need 😂 You’ve read The Hobbit, right? So you’ll just be reading the main 3? I’ve read the first one before and thought about just starting at 2, but I think I need to repeat it, haha. I also have never read The Hobbit so far, but I can just read that after and on my own, if you’ve already read it!

@@AnasBookery Thank you! I got worse again, but I think I’m finally really going uphill again now 😅 Haha. Everyone in my city is sick right now, it’s like the first sign of winter 😭 And yeah, both of my classes are crazy. Luckily it’ll be over in just 4 weeks. Finally, haha I am *loving* your updates about the Raven Cycle series on Goodreads!! You seem to have really loved the second one and I am so excited to get to it soon The arm is ridiculous, but man do I love it and damn is it really cozy 🤣💜 And thank you!! It’s the prettiest Bible I’ve ever bought for sure, haha And you should have seen what I didn’t upload of him eating the treat, he’s a maniac 🤣

@ oh nooo omg hope the whole city is recovering haha And yay about the semester ending! Mine will also be over at the end of November finally haha Thank you!!💛 the kindle arm is going on my birthday wishlist for next year haha Also your cat being a maniac makes him ten times cuter haha just adds to the personality!

@@AnasBookery Haha, thank you 💜 Only a couple of weeks left for you then!! Good luck on any final exams or projects you might have 🙌 I hope you get it and love it, haha! 🤣💜

Ooh, I've never heard of Saga before, but it looks really interesting!! I think I will be adding that to my ever-growing TBR 💜 So sad to hear about Five Broken Blades, though!! I also hear about this book *all* the time - people seem to love it. It's a shame to hear that it just does not compare to Six of Crows. Thank you for sharing!! I might lower my expectations just a bit now 😅

Haha, glad it might help! I hate when the spice surprises me - one way or the other 😂 Ugh, yeah. I try not to really think about that book anymore, because it makes me reallymad, haha. I just feel like it had soooo much potential and I was so excited and then Yarros just stomped all over everything I loved and was hopeful for 😅 Haha, you're welcome!! I am all for occasionally reading things that are uncomfortable and tough to read so long as there is joy and righteousness at the end and/or its a very important topic, but really only as long I don't feel like I have to *force* myself to read it or like it is just putting me in a foul mood 🙈 Life in general is often hard enough, I don't really need even more in my hobbies, I say! 💜💜

@@Sarah-uc5ld oh my goodness, bless you!! Haha. Ive just added it to my TBR 😍 Honestly I love pirate books so much, I don’t even care how explicit it might be. I can always skip forward a bit if need be! Thank you so much for the suggestion!!

@@RaesReadsfull disclosure, the author is a friend I went to college with 😂 but I’m happy to be able to put a pirate book on your radar!

Haha, that is always fine! If you happen to see her regularly, let her know that she has a new fan who cannot wait for July 2025 👀😂

Thank you for the tip!! 😍 I have heard that once before, but wasn't sure if it was just an old wives tale or truly reality, haha. I will absolutely be using it from now on!! Thank you 💜💜

Haha, he loves to be a little brat sometimes, but I love him 😂💜 I looove learning Spanish, but I really am a bit stuck on the intermediate level. I am trying to start *really* prioritizing reading in Spanish, though, so hopefully I will improve tons in the next months and year!! (and then you can see more shots of possibly nostalgic Spanish YA books on my channel! Haha) Yes!! I found them to not be too bad in German. And fingers crossed we will get there with Japanese one day, haha. I sure hope so 🙈

@ When it comes to cats everything they do is forgiven haha they are too cute to stay mad at 😅💛 If you ever need help/want to practice/need a recommendation of a good Spanish YA book let me know! That intermediate level is so tough, I am scared to get to that point with German haha

@@AnasBookery I am SO sorry for the late reply, my goodness! I missed this and somehow managed to stumble upon it randomly right now! I hate how YT only shows new comments on the studio homepage as new *threads* and not new *replies*. I always forget to check 🙈Anywayyyy -> Haha, too true 😂😂 Thank you!! I can always use any good YA book recommendations in Spanish! I feel like it is actually really hard to find books written *in* Spanish that are highly rated / beloved. I feel like so many I manage to find on Goodreads have like 3.12 stars or so and I don't know if I want to invest as many hours as it will take me to read that book if most people weren't so crazy about it 🙈 I would love to find a couple of good ones originally in Spanish, though, even if the level is too high for me right now. But if you have any favorites originally in Spanish or not, I am always all ears! 👂

@@RaesReads I just tried wracking my brain and my sisters as well to try and recall atleast one YA Spanish book I would recommend but we didnt manage to come up with any 🥲 there definitely are! I just think we were encouraged to read only in English to improve our language, and I didnt retake spanish literature until recently sadly. However I do remember reading The Lost Years of Merlin series in spanish in middle school because we didnt have them in english and honestly I loved the translation! So maybe that could be another YA series to try! I will keep looking for ones originally written in spanish though!

@ Haha, understandable. My husband also couldn’t give me many German recommendations, as when he read he was always encouraged to read in English also 🥲 I will definitely check out the Merlin series, though, thank you!! 💜💜

Thank you so much! 💜💜 Haha, yeah they definitely get up to quite a lot while I film 😂 At least usually it's in their own spots and not on our dining room table, but he was feeling a little frisky that day, I guess, hahaha

Please steal away!! Haha. I love it and really look forward to the end of each month when I do this ☺

I get so excited every month to pull a list of potential TBRs - it really is tons of fun 😂 I *just* saw you give The Raven Boys 5 stars and write quite the little review for it on GR!! I was already so excited to read it, but now I am even more, haha. I also am quite excited to read The House in the Cerulean Sea! Under the Whispering Door is also on my TBR, but I honestly forgot it was until you just mentioned it right now, haha. I will give THITCS a go first and then maybe that one will be later this year 😄 Haha, there were soooo many good options to choose from - my TBR is liteally bursting at the seams and it was a bit overwhelming 😂 I will absolutely be reading those two books sometime (I even own Circe!!), hopefully also later this year or at _least_ early next year

@@RaesReads I am so excited to hear your thoughts on The Raven Boys! Not sure if I just picked it up at the perfect time for myself or what but I am shocked at how much I loved it and it being a YA haha I think you will really enjoy THITCS!! 💛 as well as Circe and seeing that you own it I now feel like I need to get a physical copy just to underline the beautiful writing in it haha I admire that you add every book you are interested to into your TBR! with it being nearly at 900 books haha I try to keep mine below 200 as to falsely convey a feeling of safety 🤣 trying to convince myself that I will eventually read them all

@@AnasBookery I am sure I will love it! I just got it at my library so I am hoping to start perhaps later this week or the next 😍I am sure I will love those other books too. Especially if Circe has such beautiful writing as you mention!! Haha, I tried to keep it lower in the past for the same reason, but then I just gave up last year. I am just too interested in too many books and I kept forgetting about some and that was worse to me. It's super chaotic now, but at least I know that I have everything I ever want to read (at this moment in time, at least!) on there, hahaha

Haha, yeah, I think it's better so. Yes, the recipe is sooo good! If you love harissa and beans and bread then it's like heaven. It's packed with protein and it's anti-inflammatory and just so easy and yummy 😍

@@RaesReads will definitely be trying it out!! ☺️

Yes!! As long as you know *beforehand* that it will be slow at first then I think it is a great book to give a go. I almost DNFd it because I just wasn't expecting it to be borderline a snooze fest in the first half, but it is definitely worth it, I think. Thank you, I think they are super cute too, haha!! 🥰💜

@@RaesReads Alright haha thank you! got the audiobook so will take it slowly and make sure I have some fun fantasy on the side as well to keep me going 😅

@@AnasBookery Perfect plan!! 🙌

💜💜 Ooh, I'll go subscribe to your channel too! Can never have enough booktubers 😍 Happy October as well!!

@@RaesReads yay 😀

Oh 🥹 That is so sweet!! I never would have thought I would be a good comfort / background noise YTer - that makes me so happy to hear, haha! I feel the same about your channel. *You* always have such gorgeous, magical scenery and you have a million more pets than in my videos 😂 I love it!!

It's really nice to hear from someone else who found it as rough as I did 😅 I really had to push myself to not DNF it right then and there! Haha, nor did I! I didn't even include all of the weapon walls - this was just a tiny percentage ! 😂 Thank you so much!! 💜💜

Hi Teresa, so nice to have you here!! 💜💜 Those genres are not my go-to ones, no. I do enjoy a good horror novel, but thrillers can be quite hit or miss for me. Do you have any favorites in these genres you could recommend to me? I tend to read fantasy! I am really enjoying my Oct TBR reads this month, though. I have quite a lot of other horror/thriller/dark novels on my TBR and do intend to start reading them a bit more now 😊 Thank you, I hope you have a great reading month too!

I agree 100%. It is so strict for *no* valuable reason, I feel 😅 Haha, yeah the kittens killed me, they were so stinkin' cute I am at around 70% in Lessons in Chemistry right now and I am liking it a lot less, in many ways. Some parts are really annoying and overall the book is still pretty hard to read. I don't know if I would recommend it to anyone at this point 😅 Aw, thank you so much! 💜💜 It was a fun day, despite the 148 pivots, haha

Haha, you might like her, buuut you might not 🙈 She definitely is not for everyone, as her books contain almost no romance (they are soooo slow burn, it almost is non-existent, haha), and they are 100% clean. I feel like most people nowadays love romance and smut and KD definitely wont provide that. Most bad reviews I see for her are people labeling the books as 'childish' due to the lack of smut and romance in general. So depending on your preferences, she could be a hit or a miss! 💜

@@RaesReads I am 100% adding them to my TBR then! I don’t mind a bit of smut (done well it can be fun) but it upsets me so much how now people will consider books not worthwhile or even bad if they are “clean” or lacking smut?? I don’t get it! I loooove a slow burn, a sweet romance or even just a cute friendship, I think they are under appreciated🥲💛

@@AnasBookery Oh boy, I am afraid yet again for you to read a book! Haha. This one I am more unsure about you liking. If you happen to hate it please feel free to rip into it on your channel, no worries at all😂💜 And exactly, yes!! I just cannot imagine rating a book 1 star and writing an entire novel of a review on how awful it was purely because it had no smut... people be crazy, haha

@@RaesReads Now I am even more intrigued hehe will most likely read it next month and I promise I’ll be honest!😅💛

​@@AnasBookery 😂If you happen to like Ella Enchanted then you should like this!

Thank you!! 💜 October is a *million* times better so far - I am super pumped about this month's reads, haha Exactly!! Haha. Worst and most unnecessary trope ever. I do like Emily Henry quite a bit, as well, though, even though she does use that trope a LOT. If I am in the mood to read romance, I know I can always pick up one of her books and it should be at least 3⭐, if not 4⭐! Hm, honestly that is not a bad idea, haha. If it were me, I might have read book 1 and book 2, but definitely not book 3. I 100% think having someone just tell you how it ends is better than reading the whole 3rd book. Book 1 is debatable, but I also feel like people might not enjoy the romance in book 2 if they didn't get the experience of the foundation built in book 1 🤔

Thank you so much for sharing!! I love hearing that 💜 Maybe I will start on that book right after I finish my current one 😄

Thank you so much! Best wishes with what you will read this month too 😊

Haha, you and me both 😂

Thank you again for the fun 'unhinged' book recs! Haha. It is a fun mix of books this month, I hope the ones I get to are good 🤞

That is a good term to describe it, haha. Ooh, that would be so much fun to read HP in Mandarin. I think I actually saw it on Amazon in the US a couple of years ago in pinyin! Hopefully you can still find it now for not too expensive. It's such a fun book to read in a foreign language! Haha, yes, it really was such a good review of her own book. I love it 😂

Hahaha, that makes me happy to hear that others have the same problem 😂 I had no idea it existed either until someone I follow on Goodreads said the same thing. It seems Garber kind of just snuck this novella out somehow. Sorry not sorry for encouraging you to grow your TBR 😂😂 It definitely does help me remember the books much better! I feel like it makes me pay more attention to things while reading in general, as I am already thinking about what I would rate the characters or the logic, etc. I tried to pick only the quotes that would not spoil things, but some are perhaps borderline spoilery! You definitely have to give her Folk of the Air trilogy a try, though. I love it so, so much! 💜

@@RaesReads oh never be sorry for adding to my TBR I love it! Even though I’ll never get to actually read them all in one life time haha 🥲 You are convincing me to try and give the CAWPILE method a try…maybe next year 👀 Ok adding Folk of the Air to my list!! 💛

​@@AnasBookery Haha, all the time I am like 'if I can manage to read 100 books per year, it will take be 8.5 years to finish my current TBR on Goodreads, but then I will likely have added 1000 more and I'd need 10 more years', etc, etc. It makes me sad I can't get to them all 🙃 You should!! The videos linked on my monthly recaps (from The Book Roast) have a free Google Spreadsheet that makes it soooo easy to do and then you have tons of fun stats at the end of the year without doing any extra work other than just typing in the book info. I love it! Can't wait to see what you think about it! 😍

@@RaesReads it’s the worst 😭 we’re never going to have enough time to read all the books out there. So sad. Too many books to little time 🥲 Ooooh perfect definitely going to look into it!! 👀 worried I’ll get addicted to it haha

Hahaha, yeah maybe I should just do that as it is a great method, buuuuut I am naturally extremely forgetful and so sometimes I really do forget books I love, just because life got in the way 😅😂 I tried using StoryGraph and I did love the stats, but I use a reading tracker spreadsheet and that gives me similar stats and I really like the interface and social aspect of Goodreads more. I go back and forth about potentially switching or just using both. Maybe next year I will just use both and see how I feel!

@@RaesReads that’s entirely fair, I mean hey as long as it works for you that’s the only thing that matters!!

Hahaha, yeah, I would stay (far) away from the series😅 Thank you! Yes, the cats are unbelievably cuddly. The one (Fish) is truly a proper velcro cat - he won't let me go anywhere alone, haha I loooove bullet journals! I have a general one, one for languages, *and* one for university. I barely use them nowadays, but they are so much fun to create and look back on.

Haha, yeah I kept thinking back on the things you said while reading and going 'oh yeah, Amber was absolutely right' 🤣 That is crazy, I can't believe I had never heard that before! That really does explain a lot. It seriously feels SO stuffed with tropes and drama and it is a bit rough. I feel like it had such potential, so it's so sad, but yeah... don't think I will likely continue with the series... or with anything else from Lauren Roberts 🙈

@@RaesReads yeah it’s just so sad, I want to love her stuff so much I just cannot. I will probably read the last one tho😆

That's so exciting!!! 🎉 I hope the move went really well? Haha, I started the 3rd a couple of days ago and I agree with what you said - the second is by far the best. I am not liking the 3rd book too much so far, but we shall see.... I still have like 80% to go 😅 I can't wait to hear how you like the new volume and hopefully hear some thoughts about it on your channel!! That is such a blessing to have a family that is into that growing up! A balcony is definitely way different, though, yeah, haha. I personally am a huge fan of cloth grow bags for most plants on balconies! Not only is it less plastic, but they're so easy to move around so depending on the weather you can ensure they get plenty of warmth and sun, etc., and you can even fold them up in winter if you want. One of the biggest tips that helped me on my terrace is that you can plant most all things in smaller spaces and closer together than most people say. I plant almost all of my lettuce and salad stuff in a super small patch where I should technically only have 2-4 plants maximum. I also have all my tomatoes in 10L grow bags which a lot of people say is way too small, but I've never had any issues! I even plant marigolds or basil at the bases of all the tomato plants too (to keep away bad pests) and even with all of that, it's just fine! Anyway, I could ramble on for literal hours, but I wont subject you to reading all that right now 😂😂😂 We can always chat more on IG and you can always ask me any questions!! 😄

@@RaesReads yes the move went well!! a lot of people have had issues with the third one, it’s kinda sad. Maybe you’ll end up liking it still tho! oh wow thanks for the tips!😆 indeed we can👌🏼

@@ambermashalreads Nice! 💜 I am now 85% of the way through and I actually think it's not too bad. I hope I like the ending, but Apollo just drives me up a wall, haha. Everyone is kind of annoying in this book, I think You're so welcome! (P.S - I will write you back on IG very soon, I am so sorry! I am (and always have been) *so* bad at replying to people, sorry 😭😭)

@@RaesReadsthat’s great to hear!! I honestly always hated Apollo, he only ever felt like a cardboard character and I never feel anything for him. (That’s ok! My last message was actually asking if there was a better method of chatting for you so just let me know, bc I can go anywhere if it’s easier😆)

@@ambermashalreads That is the perfect description - cardboard character. I finished the book and I rated it 3.5 (rounded up to 4) and found a good bit of it good, but Apollo was just the worst and it made the whole book so frustrating and annoying.

Yeah, haha, I think quite a lot of books from the 90's and 2000's did not age too well and would be awful for the majority of the world to read now 😅 BUT I still love the ones I managed to get to in my childhood, hahaha I would love to show off my plants!! ... but maybe in a couple of months or so, because I got thrips on ALL my indoor plants and they are looking roooough at the moment 😂 They are starting to very slowly recover and grow again, but they are still so ugly right now, haha. But I can always answer any plant questions you have!! I am a bit plant obsessed. I have probably 100+ inside 😅 I think the best beginner plants are, by far, philodendrons (specifically the heart leaf ones) or pothos! Not only do they look cool (like the Brasil or Micans philodendron varieties or the Snow Queen or Golden pothos varieties), but they are pretty easy to take care of, can survive being forgotten about, are super easy to propagate, and they tend to grow faster than most other indoor plants!

@@RaesReads Omg thank you so much for all the tips and recommendations on beginner plants!! Adding it all to a note on my phone so I won’t forget haha I have been so privileged to have beautiful plants around me when I lived in Monteverde and now in the city I miss them dearly so need to find a way to keep them alive inside my apartment haha I will be being a pothos plant next☺️ So excited to eventually see a tour of your plants! Your background always looks so green and alive do the 100+ plants 😂 hoping they recover quickly!!🤍

@@AnasBookery You are so welcome! 💜 Haha, yeah, I know the feeling of trying to bring the green inside to make it feel like home! Thank you!! My poor plants need all the good wishes they can get 😂