Must-Read Horror Books and What I Read in November
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- Опубликовано: 1 авг 2024
- I had a month filled with the BEST mystery books Ive read all year!...as well as a few TERRIFYING horror books!
00:00 - Intro
00:16 - Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot, #18) by Agatha Christie
01:24 - The Troop by Nick Cutter
03:00 - Mother-Daughter Murder Night by Nina Simon
04:05 - The Adirondack Witch by Patrick Reuman
05:44 - The Mystery of the Blue Train (Hercule Poirot, #6) by Agatha Christie
07:42 - Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10) by Agatha Christie
08:52 - The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson
09:34 - Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto
11:34 - Wrap-Up
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I am so happy to see that you had many stand out books from last month! I don’t think Agatha Christie is an author for me, but I love how much you love her 😂 I have really enjoyed the newer adaptations of her books, such as death on the Nile and murder on the Orient express. I love the snowy vibes so much! Did you see the most recent adaptation of a haunting in Venice??? Looking forward to your most disliked books of November 🤣👻
Im sorry for the late reply Lauren!!! I appreciate you so much for watching!!!
YEsss I can TOTALLY understand not vibing with Agatha Christie! I feel like I have had a mixed bag with her books but something keeps pulling me back in! (Is it bad that I find them boring but in a relaxing way? Like the perfect book to help me fall asleep, or like a good palette cleanser after a more darker read! LOL)
OMG I still havent seen the new adaptation of Haunting in Venice! I started the book in October, got super busy and never finished it, I have so many things in January I want to catch up on and I definitely cant wait to see the movie and see how good it is or not!
ahh so glad you loved Weight of Blood! That book was fantastic. I'm so intrigued on Vera Wong bc I keep only hearing positive things.
YES oh my I truly do not know WHY I waited SO long to finally read Weight of Blood!!!!!!! Everyone I watch on booktube collectively loved it and so I definitely slept on it too long hahah!!! 🙌😅💖👏
Yess! The Troop is so messed up 😂 the weight of blood is so good!! Awesome wrap-up!
YESSS the troop was just wild!!!! I just was shocked by how well written it was I wasn't expecting that 😅🥰👍
Your sweatshirt is so cute 🥰
I really want to read more Agatha Christie. I watched the A Death on the Nile movie and enjoyed it and would love to get around to reading it.
Thanks for the warning on The Troop. I really struggle with reading about animal cruelty (as if there's not enough of it in real life 🥲).
Sounds like you had such a great reading month, Mikala ❤️
AWW Thank you so much!!! I am loving the chilly weather because it is officially sweater season!! 💗🙌
YESSSS oh my gosh I would love to get your insights on Death on the Nile or other Agatha Christie books if you do get to read more of her books!
Yes yes yes Aisling I feel that SO much about struggling to read cruelty towards animals, thats exactly how I feel when I read certain subjects like theres enough of this in real life I dont want to read this in my fiction too! I would certainly skip the Troop for that reason, or if you do pick up the book still you can definitely skip those sections and you will not miss anything essential to understanding the plot (I skipped these section of the text because even for me it was too harmful to read that and I could get the gist without needing the details!).
I hope you are having a wonderful December and holiday season!!!💗💗💗
This seems like such a great reading month for you!
I know you had a bad experience with another Nick Cutter book earlier this year, so I’m glad this went well. I liked The Deep even better than The Troop, but I think that’s an unpopular opinion. I agree his writing is really evocative.
I wanted to give The Weight of Blood a try for Brooklin’s book club, but I am just not in the right place for it atm. I’m really hoping I can get to it next year.
As usual when I watch your videos, I’ve basically ended up adding all of these to my TBR now!
YES it really was I was so happy with my reading overall in November!!!
Yessss The Handyman Method - whew that one was a dooozie! But I really want to check out The Deep too even though like you said I think Ive heard some negative opinions on it it sounds like right up my alley!!!
YEssss Aww Ally I FULLY understand not being in the right headspace for The Weight of Blood at the moment and I think it is so smart to protect your mental health and obviously prioritize that! That is one thing for myself I have made a large commitment too this year is protecting my mental health when it comes to reading and certain subject matter that I may need to space out in between reading or take breaks because it can be very difficult and affecting! I hope if you do get to read The Weight of Blood in the new year you will enjoy it too, I really think it is one of the best YA books ive read in YEARS!!!!
AWWW I am so sorry for over contributing to your tbr but also thank you so much for the super kind words and support! You are so kind and I truly appreciate you!
Im so glad you loved the troop!! I only rated it 3 stars, but definitely respect nick cutter as an author because of that book
Love the mystery story kick you were on this month!
Ohhhh I don't know why I thought the troop was a fave of yours for some reason I'm surprised you only rated it a 3!!!! I agree though I can totally respect him as an author for what he did with the troop!
Yessss I totally was on a mystery kick for sure!!!
I love that you had such an amazing reading month! 🥰🥰 Adding Death on the Nile and Mother Daughter Murder Night to my TBR 🤭🤭
Thank you so much lotta!!! ❤️ 🫶 yessss those two were just fantastic and I'd love to hear your thoughts on them too!!!
Your make up is slaying, queen
It sounds like Death on the Nile is exactly what you needed to keep going with the series! 👏👏
The Adirondack Witch sounds so wild. It sounds like it would be a good movie fr. OMG the audiobook is only 5 hours?!
yaaaas you finally go to Murder on the Orient Express 🙏. I could see it not living up to the hype. It was the first Agatha Christie novel I have ever read so it hit for me. The twist was also a slay in my mind 🤣
Everything you said about The Weight of Blood 👏So may different things are covered in that book.
10:42 same! I feel like I relate to them bc I am nosy and would also try and investigate a crime in my area 🤣
AWWWWW thank you friend!!!!😭😭😭💗😍💯
YES Death on The Nile just totally refreshed me and got me so excited to keep reading the Poirot series!
YES The Adirondack Witch was such a quick and wild read! This was actually one of the ones I read for the Witchathon and it was a witch book that was genuinely scary to me! Definite Blair Witch vibes 😬😬😬
OHHH I TOTALLY see what your mean that with Murder on the Orient Express being your first AC it just hit different! Also 100% the ending is so special and different from all her other books which is so cool to see something so unique!
Also so glad to you had The Weight of Blood for your book club! I am so happy to have finally read it!!!
HAHAH I am always thinking that when I see my neighhbors out my window like what are they doing over there, like im investigating some crime hahah!
yessss for 5 stars for the troop! this book was horrifying but perfect 😍
YESSSS omg I fully agree like "horrifying but perfect" is just the best way to describe it!!!!😍 I definitely need to get a physical copy of it and reread at some point!
Okay obsessed with this lipstick color on you! Watching your face the whole video I'm so drawn to your eye makeup too lol so it's the whole look for me 😂
Death on the Nile is absolutely one I will pick up. I love that it put you back on track with Christie!
Yay, you loved The Troop!!!!!! Yess the writing is seriously so wild. I absolutely will be returning to it after i gave birth. It's too weird to read when being pregnant, lol.
Mother Daughter Murder Night sounds truly miraculous. I need to add this one too. Love anything with multiple generations of women.
Well Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers sounds delightful. I absolutely have to check this out!
AWWWW thank you so much Emily, truly your comment made my day!!!!!! I just got this lipstick too and Im just LOVING the dark brown color!
YES Death on the Nile totally convinced me to keep on my Agatha Christie reading journey! 💯💖
oh my gosh I really was so impressed with The Troop!!! I need to find myself a copy at a library book sale one of these times because I really want to reread it and annotate!!!
YESSS also Ive heard people describe Mother Daughter Murder Night as Gilmore Girls but with murder and I LOVE that description! Its cozy but has a really interesting mystery element! And my favorite aspect was the familial bonds between the three generations of women!
ALSO Vera Wong was SUCH a fun time, Vera herself was so adorable and just a HOOT!!!!!!! I need more books featuring that crone archetype because I LOVE how those women characters are always like No-nonsense and confident in themselves! It makes me SO happy reading!!!
Yesssss I LOVED the troop. It felt so classic horror. I did skip the animal parts thought but his writing was phenomenal. I had a VERY different experience with the deep by him though 😅
AGREE COMPLETELY!!! The troop was so well written i was shocked by just how descriptive it was! I could tell how much time and effort went into writing that book and thinking up those descriptions!!!
Ohhhh I havnt read the deep yet!!! I've wanted to try it though I just need my library to get the audiobook version! 😅
I’m so impressed that you’re keeping up with your Agatha Christie project! And it’s so great seeing you so happy about these books! Did you end up liking Shady Hollow? Your thoughts on Vera Wong and Mother Daughter Murder Night make me think you might end up getting into cozy mysteries.
How gross/squeamish is The Troop? Your description makes me think I’d love the writing but it’s really hard for me to overcome body horror.
Are you in Brooklin’s friend discord for lols and memes????? I hope I’ll see you there if that’s your jam! 💜👻💜🌺💀💀🌺👻💜
YES I think I am going to try to complete the Hercule Poirot series in 2024 and then start the Miss Marple series next! They are just such quick reads I feel like I could finish the Poirot novels next year if I set my mind to it!
I still need to finish Shady Hollow but I definitely plan on it because I think I will really enjoy it once I set aside the time to really pay attention!
Ohhhh YES so The Troop I would say is very gross with the body horror, I think if body horror is something that you know may bother you I think I would say to pass on this one just because it is so deeply grotesque with some of the imagery! (I do also think if you were curious about giving it a try though maybe through your library, I think there are portions that can be skimmed through that are the most gross {because really its just a lot of intense details that you done techincally need but add to that squeamishness} and not miss out on the actual story as a whole!)
HUH I dont know why I havent seen Brooklins Discord omg I am going to find it now!!!! That sounds so fun!!!!
Heads up for The Handyman Method, it's like Nick Cutter has a thing out for poor wee turtles. The cruelty was even worse than The Troop.
YES oh my goodness so I Dnf'd The Handyman Method and if I had finished it it certainly would have been included in my worst books of the year video 🙅♀️🚫😅 (I'm thinking about doing a dnf version though hahah!)....thankfully I did not get to the turtle scene before I dnfd it which is such a relief!
2:26 Nasty Poetry LOLOL
Picking up the Adirondack Witch ASAP
omg totally agree with you about Murder on the Orient express. I feel like its one of her worst stories and its the one everyone talked about !
HAHHA I really had that thought that this book is so well written its almost like poetry...horrifying, disgusting poetry 😂 🤣
Omggggg I would LOVE to hear your thoughts on the Adirondack Witch...it really impressed me!
Okay RIGHT.!!!! like murder on the orient express just really bored me and disnt have any spark to it. It just felt like a listical of poirot interviewing everyone and their mom and their dog lol
@@mikalareads The adirondack witch audiobook is on Everand so I am definitely going to pick it up soon!
I think the old movie of murder on the orient express is pretty good, it condenses the story way down and makes it a little more snappy and enjoyable.
That was a really strong reading month! Even though The Troop sounds really good, I think I will have to pass it by thanks to your warning. I usually think I can stomach pretty graphic horror content but that's not my vibe. 😬
Yes I think November may have been one of my strongest reading months 2023! It was great to go out with a bang and get ready for the new year and all the great new books to come!!!
Few of these are in my wishlist journal
Awww I love that so much!!! 🥰👍 if you do get to read these please let me know what you think! 🙏
The Troop is SO GOOD. The first time I read it I was in an extreme horror mode so I wrote it off. Then upon rereadI REALIZED. Now it's one of my gifts for my father for Christmas (he got me into Stephen King so it's a NORMAL gift I swear!! Now I just added Mother Daughter Murder Night and The Adirondack Witch to my library holds!!
AWWWW that is the sweetest gift, like to give a book you LOVED to someone you also love, I feel like that is just the most meaningful and thoughtful gift! I hope he ends up loving it too!!! I seriously think The Troop was so phenomenal I really want to find myself a physical copy to reread/annotate at some point...it is just mind boggling to me how Nick Cutter DID that with just words!!!!!!!!
OHHHH Please let me know your thoughts if you get to read Mother Daughter Murder Night and The Adirondack Witch!!!! These were such super quick reads for me I was hooked! (but warning for how weird The Adirondack Witch gets Im scared people won't like it but the setting/horror elements just worked for me! 😅)
I need to get to the Weight of blood. It has been sitting on my shelf for awhile!
I think it REALLY lives up to the hype and honestly surpassed it for me...also I know you probably have already heard others recommend this but the audiobook was phenomenal if you are able to get it from your library for a blended read! Really well crafted novel!! 💯👌❤️
I have Death on the Nile .. hope I get to read next year! I also have Murder on the Orient Express, have only watched the movie so far but hopefully I get to read that one next year too - I LOVE trains! 🚂💨
I am so excited for you to read Death on the Nile!!!! It's my fave agatha christie of the 10+ I've read so far!!! 💯
OMGGG yesss I think trains is SUCH a facinating setting!!!! I just read a Christmas mystery train book I really enjoyed!
@@mikalareads wow! that's a lot of Agatha. nice! ooh a Christmas mystery train sounds fun too 😄
Ahhh!! The Troop! I haven't read it because I'm scared. 🤣Mother Daughter Murder Night is still on my TBR. I just haven't had a chance to get to it yet. I think I'm going to pick up the Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie in early 2024. I need to pick up more of her work.
yesss oh my gosh I really avoided The Troop for the same reason, I was always thinking...nope Im not ready yet for that hahah!!! OMG Danni so I think I am going to make one of my 2024 goals completing the Hercule Poirot series from AC!! I just read them so fast I think I can fly through the series because the books are so short! And I also REALLLLLY want to start reading the Miss Marple books too!
@@mikalareads Ooo! I hope you get through the Hercule Poirot series quickly. That's a great goal! I'm going to start Tommy and Tupence next month.
@@Danni.Dabbles omggg I can't WAIT to start the Tommy & Tupence books! They look great! 😍 🙌♥️
Sleeping murder by Agatha Christie is one of my personal favorites just in case you haven’t read it yet.
Ohhhh I have not read that one yet and I thank you so much for the recommendation!!!!! I am writing this title down now and I'm going to try to get to this one in January!!!! ❤️💯💕🙏
OH I just checked and I see it's a Marple book!! So far I have only been reading through Poirots series and the standalones but one of my 2024 resolutions is to begin miss Marple!!!! 💯💯
This sounds like it was the best month for books for you l I’m actually curious what was your best reading month and worse
November was a really great reading month!!! My next video up will be my most disappointing reads of November and I have 8 of them but no one stars actually l so that's a win!!! I feel like the second half of the year has been a lot better for me since I started dnfing books! 💯💕❤️🥰🙌