Can I pick just one favorite? No, no I cannot. Here's a few: Favorite non fiction: Know My Name by Chanel Miller. This book changed me fundamentally as a human being. As a survivor of SA who works with child survivors of SA, this meant more to me than I can even put into words. This book gave me renewed vision for my work and for my personal healing. Chanel calls out the cruelties of the legal system while still emphasizing the importance of individual kindnesses from professionals and friends and family. Truly, this book made me a better person and helped me let go of so much pain that I couldn't put into words but Chanel could. Favorite middle grade: The Last Mapmaker by Christina Henry. Such an enchanting read, really gave me the same feelings from when I first fell in love with reading (and who doesn't want that). I was almost mad at myself for reading this all in one sitting because it was just so charming and adventurous and full of heart. Favorite thriller: The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave. A mystery thriller where a parent-child relationship is front and center and remains the priority for the entire book. I love to see it. If any book in this genre would earn a "chef's kiss" from me, it's this little nugget. I can't emphasize enough that if you are tired of thrillers no character development or emotional depth, this one is for you. Favorite historical fiction: I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys. Such an interesting slice of history to inspect through this story. I've never really heard of any other fiction books focusing on the Red Scare from the side of those under Soviet occupation. This book is heartbreaking and eye opening. Stories build empathy and this story gave me new considerations looking back through history at "the bad guys" (according to my US public school education), which is a journey I'm constantly on. Favorite lit fic: Beartown by Fredrik Backman. This little motherf***er. My heart is just torn to shreds by every book. This was again very impactful for me as a SA survivor/advocate in evaluating how communities react to disclosures of SA. The best way I can describe this book is "absolutely human". Raw, infuriating, uplifting, soul shattering and life changing.
Half a soul was one of my favorite books this year too!! It was so good! Very unexpected too, I usually read darker fantasy books but I’ve been loving the cozy fantasy trend! ❤❤
I read Anne of Green Gable back in 2016 I think and absolutely loved it. But I never gave the sequels a chance. But hearing that you also gave the next 2 books 5 stars makes me wanna check them out. Thanks for the video!
Yes I've loved all the books! There were two I gave 4 stars but they still were sweet reads and I look forward to reading the last two books this year!
Picking a favourite is hard this year because I've read all of RF Kuang's books this year and started reading Brandon Sanderson. It's been a good reading year for me😂
@@sarawithoutanH You should be. 95 books in a year while working and maintaining a life in this modern world is very difficult. Always look forward to your recommendations.
Thank you for making these videos :) you have such great energy. I put on your videos whenever I get anxious throughout the day. I’m so glad I found your channel, I hope you are doing well
My favorite read this year was Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir! Super cool worldbuilding, plot that kept me on the edge of my seat, and I loved the characters
This video was iconic. I read the christmas wish based on your recommendation and it was so good! Though, I think my favourite favourite is either the last housewife or portrait of a thief.
💃🏻 My favorites this year were The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson, Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner, and Piranesi by Susanna Clarke! I would love love love to see you read and review these 💜 Happy New Year 🎉
i read Crying in Hmart last year - i talked about it in depth in my Koreadathon vlog if you wanna go back and watch that! I'm a little nervous to read Piranesi but I have a vague vlog idea for it
I'm definitely interested in Half a Soul! My favorite books of 2022 were She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan (adult fantasy), Peter Darling by Austin Chant (adult Peter Pan trans retelling), The Duchess War by Courtney Milan (historic romance), and A Lady for a Duke by Alexis Hall (historic romance)
Some favourites are Violeta, The Maid, Nevermoor and sequels, Lady Sunshine, Friends Like These, The Flanders Panel, 56 Days, The Confession, In My Dreams I Hold A Knife, Daisy Darker, Carrie Soto Is Back and Wrong Place Wrong Time
💃🏾 Thank you for your selection. I want to read Half a Soul really badly but my copy hasn’t arrived yet. And I added almost half of your list to my TBR 😅 My favourite book was Heartstopper Vol. 3 (but obviously book 3 in a series 😅) Amari and the Great Game (but another sequel) 😂 Well it seems my favourite standalone was a play, Reasons You Should(n‘t) Love Me by Amy Trigg. 😊
Omg I LOVED the patient, I read it a few years ago as an eARC & it gave me the creeps for dayssss after I finished it 😂 Girl NOOOOO I thought we'd be SJM haters together forever 😭 Pachinko isn't my type of book at all but you raved about it so highly I *have* to give it a go. Ahhh I read Persuasion this year as well & loved it! P+P will always be my fave tho 🙊
Blame the vlog that made me read Crescent City!! It's high key kinda good 😭✋🏻 but I will not be partaking in the rest of her backlist. Please read Pachinko! It's so special
Omg, Half a Soul was my #1 of the year. I loved it so so much. I expected to like it but I didn't expect for it to be so emotional and relatable. Dora and Elias make my heart swell, I LOVE THEM! SO ICONIC! 💚 My #2 was The Witch's Heart by Genevieve Gornichec 💙 I feel like you would really like the Wraith King series by Grace Draven. Book 1 is called Radiance and I would say it's a fairly low stakes story but the series progresses into a deeper and darker plot, which I think is good for someone who doesn't read a lot of adult fantasy. The plot is really interesting and the characters are so, so amazing. Book 1 was my fave then book 3 ended up beating it out a little bit for me and was def in my top 10 🖤 💃💃💃
Radiance was actually on my 2020 favorites list! I read Radiance and also Entreat Me that year and loved them. I haven't read another Grace Draven book since then but I really should! I still need to read the sequels in the Wraith King series.
It's hard to say an exact number one but, not including books that are a part of series, my favorite book that I read in 2022 was probably Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder 💃🏼
💃 I loved this video. I can't decide if my favorite book that I read last year was Pretty Dead Queens by Alexa Donne or The Naturalist by Andrew Mayne. They were both very fun.
I’m hoping to read pachinko and theft of swords soon. I got the physical book for TOS from my library but im kinda scared to read all that with my eyes but I didn’t love that narrator
You have to look into the dramatized version of Theft of Swords!! It's so good. It's available on scribd - it's done by Graphic Audio. Full cast of narrators and music and sound effects! Truly feels like listening to a movie
i recently read acotar and book2 and yesterday night i finished book3 and omfg i loved it!! book 3 definitly ended in a good way that seems like feyre story is over ig i think book4 is a novella and book5 is nesta spin off so im guessin a new story.. book 6 and 7 we dont even know whats the release date so i think im not gonna read book 4 and 5 so soon. even tho i want to but at same time book3 ended so well i dont want bad stuff to start happenin again xD next im gonna read chain of iron. i read tog series too long time ago and loved it too. i dont think ill read cc tho
@@sarawithoutanH it’s horror, it’s sci-fi, it’s literary fiction, idk I just wanna punch a dude in the nose hard, like I’ll punch him and you’ll never see me again, I just wanna hit him
@sarawithoutanH good idea What I didn't like was they tried to make it sound too 21st century. I get it they tried to make it more relatable or funny, but no just no.
Do you know you're an extraordinary person? There would be more such people, and this world would not be so gloomy. Thank you for the wonderful video. My comment may be so gloomy because I am writing from Russia, and you know what my country is doing now.;)
@@sarawithoutanH Ok, sorry, it drives me crazy that you say it in every sentence. of course you have the right to do it Who am I? Just a suggestion. I watch a lot of book tubers and you have a lot of followers, so I guess you won't miss me. Try watching Lala or Nicole Gallagher.
ughhhhhhhhhhh yes. persuasion is my favourite austen too
😂 it'll be an epic hug!!
Ugh I’m adding so many books to my tbr. You’re validating me to buy books that had been lingering in my cart
Ooh can't wait to see which ones you read this year 😍
Can I pick just one favorite? No, no I cannot. Here's a few:
Favorite non fiction: Know My Name by Chanel Miller. This book changed me fundamentally as a human being. As a survivor of SA who works with child survivors of SA, this meant more to me than I can even put into words. This book gave me renewed vision for my work and for my personal healing. Chanel calls out the cruelties of the legal system while still emphasizing the importance of individual kindnesses from professionals and friends and family. Truly, this book made me a better person and helped me let go of so much pain that I couldn't put into words but Chanel could.
Favorite middle grade: The Last Mapmaker by Christina Henry. Such an enchanting read, really gave me the same feelings from when I first fell in love with reading (and who doesn't want that). I was almost mad at myself for reading this all in one sitting because it was just so charming and adventurous and full of heart.
Favorite thriller: The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave. A mystery thriller where a parent-child relationship is front and center and remains the priority for the entire book. I love to see it. If any book in this genre would earn a "chef's kiss" from me, it's this little nugget. I can't emphasize enough that if you are tired of thrillers no character development or emotional depth, this one is for you.
Favorite historical fiction: I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys. Such an interesting slice of history to inspect through this story. I've never really heard of any other fiction books focusing on the Red Scare from the side of those under Soviet occupation. This book is heartbreaking and eye opening. Stories build empathy and this story gave me new considerations looking back through history at "the bad guys" (according to my US public school education), which is a journey I'm constantly on.
Favorite lit fic: Beartown by Fredrik Backman. This little motherf***er. My heart is just torn to shreds by every book. This was again very impactful for me as a SA survivor/advocate in evaluating how communities react to disclosures of SA. The best way I can describe this book is "absolutely human". Raw, infuriating, uplifting, soul shattering and life changing.
Thank you for giving my book so much love!!! I'm so happy you liked it. I hadn't checked out your channel til recently-- love your taste! ❤️❤️❤️
Can't wait to read whatever you come out with next!!!
Wentworth’s letter is definitely iconic!!
Half a soul was one of my favorite books this year too!! It was so good! Very unexpected too, I usually read darker fantasy books but I’ve been loving the cozy fantasy trend! ❤❤
I had no expectations when I picked up Half a Soul and was so pleasantly surprised!!
@@sarawithoutanH I immediately ordered the second book, Ten Thousand Stitches and read it, it was good too! Happy reading in the new year!
I read Anne of Green Gable back in 2016 I think and absolutely loved it. But I never gave the sequels a chance. But hearing that you also gave the next 2 books 5 stars makes me wanna check them out. Thanks for the video!
Yes I've loved all the books! There were two I gave 4 stars but they still were sweet reads and I look forward to reading the last two books this year!
Your dress/blouse is gorgeous!
Picking a favourite is hard this year because I've read all of RF Kuang's books this year and started reading Brandon Sanderson. It's been a good reading year for me😂
Congratulations! 95 books is quite an accomplishment!
Thank you!! I was pretty impressed with myself
@@sarawithoutanH You should be. 95 books in a year while working and maintaining a life in this modern world is very difficult. Always look forward to your recommendations.
Picking a favorite book of the year was never as easy as in 2022: All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir 💜
The red dress you're wearing? Iconic. 💃
Thank you for making these videos :) you have such great energy. I put on your videos whenever I get anxious throughout the day. I’m so glad I found your channel, I hope you are doing well
Your energy is iconic. 💃💙
My favorite read this year was Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir! Super cool worldbuilding, plot that kept me on the edge of my seat, and I loved the characters
i've heard this is good so many times! i need to read more scifi, especially since my number one book was scifi
Def putting the world gives way on my tbr! I’m so glad you talked about it again because I forgot to write it down last time! Sounds so good!💃🏻
Yay!! I hope you love it!!
We have five books in common that were out favs. Love your videos!
Ooh which ones!?
This video was iconic. I read the christmas wish based on your recommendation and it was so good! Though, I think my favourite favourite is either the last housewife or portrait of a thief.
I really enjoyed the last housewife! It wasn't a favorite but it was really good
💃🏻 My favorites this year were The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson, Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner, and Piranesi by Susanna Clarke! I would love love love to see you read and review these 💜 Happy New Year 🎉
i read Crying in Hmart last year - i talked about it in depth in my Koreadathon vlog if you wanna go back and watch that! I'm a little nervous to read Piranesi but I have a vague vlog idea for it
My favorite book this year was Nettle & Bone! Truly...iconic 😉 💃🏻
omg i need to read more t kingfisher!!
I'm definitely interested in Half a Soul!
My favorite books of 2022 were She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan (adult fantasy), Peter Darling by Austin Chant (adult Peter Pan trans retelling), The Duchess War by Courtney Milan (historic romance), and A Lady for a Duke by Alexis Hall (historic romance)
I've been wanting to read A Lady for a Duke!!
13:26 the whisper😂you are hilarious! Thanks for the recommendations, I will definitely check out some of these books!💃🏼
yay! i hope you like them 💖
Anne of Green Gables and Half a Soul are both so cozy and heartwarming
Yes they are! I realized I love cozy books this year
💃🏻 Listen.... sometimes the only way to describe a book is by saying it's iconic!! Definitely picking up the books on your list I haven't ready yet!
Please do! Tell me if you like them!!
Some favourites are Violeta, The Maid, Nevermoor and sequels, Lady Sunshine, Friends Like These, The Flanders Panel, 56 Days, The Confession, In My Dreams I Hold A Knife, Daisy Darker, Carrie Soto Is Back and Wrong Place Wrong Time
I'm reading 56 Days right now! Literally listening to the audiobook at this very moment lol. So glad to hear you liked it!!
My favorite read of the year, I think, was Jane Eyre. The writing was just so good.
I'm planning on doing a Brontë sisters reading vlog some time this year! So hopefully I will like jane eyre too!!
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Thank you for your selection. I want to read Half a Soul really badly but my copy hasn’t arrived yet. And I added almost half of your list to my TBR 😅
My favourite book was Heartstopper Vol. 3 (but obviously book 3 in a series 😅) Amari and the Great Game (but another sequel) 😂 Well it seems my favourite standalone was a play, Reasons You Should(n‘t) Love Me by Amy Trigg. 😊
i hope you love half a soul!!
A similar series you might love like theft swords is Arrows of the Queen by Mercedes Lackey ❤
Half a soul sounds so good 🥹
You’re so funny! loved this video so much 💃🏼
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I felt the same way when I read pachinko!
That red dress is 💃iconic💃
I know you said it's underrated but it will soon have another reader because I recently bought The World Gives Way because of you lolol
Yay!! I'm so glad!
Happy New Year! 💃🏼
Mmmmh... I've been playing with the idea of reading Pachinko in January... Might start it right after I've finished the book I'm currently reading !!!
ooh i think this video might be your sign if you were already planning on it!
@@sarawithoutanH Yeah that's what they call Destiny, I guess :D
I read Christmas Wish on your rec and loved it! So funny & cute!
Aw I'm so glad you liked it!!
Omg I LOVED the patient, I read it a few years ago as an eARC & it gave me the creeps for dayssss after I finished it 😂 Girl NOOOOO I thought we'd be SJM haters together forever 😭 Pachinko isn't my type of book at all but you raved about it so highly I *have* to give it a go. Ahhh I read Persuasion this year as well & loved it! P+P will always be my fave tho 🙊
Blame the vlog that made me read Crescent City!! It's high key kinda good 😭✋🏻 but I will not be partaking in the rest of her backlist. Please read Pachinko! It's so special
Omg, Half a Soul was my #1 of the year. I loved it so so much. I expected to like it but I didn't expect for it to be so emotional and relatable. Dora and Elias make my heart swell, I LOVE THEM! SO ICONIC! 💚
My #2 was The Witch's Heart by Genevieve Gornichec 💙
I feel like you would really like the Wraith King series by Grace Draven. Book 1 is called Radiance and I would say it's a fairly low stakes story but the series progresses into a deeper and darker plot, which I think is good for someone who doesn't read a lot of adult fantasy. The plot is really interesting and the characters are so, so amazing. Book 1 was my fave then book 3 ended up beating it out a little bit for me and was def in my top 10 🖤
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Radiance was actually on my 2020 favorites list! I read Radiance and also Entreat Me that year and loved them. I haven't read another Grace Draven book since then but I really should! I still need to read the sequels in the Wraith King series.
@sarawithoutanH ohhh yay I thought it'd be up your alley! Definitely recommend the rest of the series!
May I say this video is ✨iconic✨ ?
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It's hard to say an exact number one but, not including books that are a part of series, my favorite book that I read in 2022 was probably Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder 💃🏼
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I loved this video. I can't decide if my favorite book that I read last year was Pretty Dead Queens by Alexa Donne or The Naturalist by Andrew Mayne.
They were both very fun.
💃🏼 - Last Hour of Gann by R. Lee Smith was by far my #1. Every 5 star I’ve ever read is now a 4 star bc nothing compares to LHoG to me 😭😭
ooh i've never heard of this!
My favorite was Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr. 💃
I’m hoping to read pachinko and theft of swords soon. I got the physical book for TOS from my library but im kinda scared to read all that with my eyes but I didn’t love that narrator
You have to look into the dramatized version of Theft of Swords!! It's so good. It's available on scribd - it's done by Graphic Audio. Full cast of narrators and music and sound effects! Truly feels like listening to a movie
@@sarawithoutanH omg that sounds incredible!!
i recently read acotar and book2 and yesterday night i finished book3 and omfg i loved it!! book 3 definitly ended in a good way that seems like feyre story is over ig i think book4 is a novella and book5 is nesta spin off so im guessin a new story.. book 6 and 7 we dont even know whats the release date so i think im not gonna read book 4 and 5 so soon. even tho i want to but at same time book3 ended so well i dont want bad stuff to start happenin again xD next im gonna read chain of iron. i read tog series too long time ago and loved it too. i dont think ill read cc tho
But Crescent City is so good 🥹
If you're interested in more about the Japanese occupation of Korea, White Chrysanthemum is really good and incredibly sad
Ooh I'll look into it!
Anne of Greene Gables is my favorite book of all time. 💃
anne is truly the best!!
15:05 im hOLLERING
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Favorite book was Sundial by Catriona Ward, but I haven’t seen a single person who loved it as much as I did 😂 💃🏻💃🏻
I have it on my TBR. Genuinely don't know what it's about but I like cover and I think it might be horror? Lol
@@sarawithoutanH it’s horror, it’s sci-fi, it’s literary fiction, idk I just wanna punch a dude in the nose hard, like I’ll punch him and you’ll never see me again, I just wanna hit him
Lit-fic, sci-fi, vibes
I was the 100th like and that made me happy haha 😅
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Justice for Persuasion aka best Austen novel!
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I tried watching persuasion Netflix movie. I got 10 minutes in and turned it off. 🙄
I'm not even going to attempt 🫣
@sarawithoutanH good idea
What I didn't like was they tried to make it sound too 21st century.
I get it they tried to make it more relatable or funny, but no just no.
💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽wow
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Do you know you're an extraordinary person? There would be more such people, and this world would not be so gloomy. Thank you for the wonderful video. My comment may be so gloomy because I am writing from Russia, and you know what my country is doing now.;)
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178th like!!!
Please stop saying "so, so, much"
No thank you 💗 I like saying it so so much 😌
@@sarawithoutanH Ok, sorry, it drives me crazy that you say it in every sentence. of course you have the right to do it Who am I? Just a suggestion. I watch a lot of book tubers and you have a lot of followers, so I guess you won't miss me. Try watching Lala or Nicole Gallagher.
@@lesap8889 good luck! hope they never repeat a phrase. if they do, i'm sure you'll leave some constructive feedback 💖
@@sarawithoutanH Or Jack in the Books. No, they don't obsessively All love!💗
don’t be so hard on yourself about saying iconic or that you’re going to kiss people! it’s funny and your enthusiasm is super addictive 🩷💃🏼
This video is Iconic
🦸♀Brava, wonderful enthusiasm and you added a couple to my wish lists. Interesting choices all 'round. Dare one say ... nah, I shan't say it.
Wonderful! Hope you enjoy some of the books!!
Also also, your dress is actually iconic. I'm so sorry for leaving three comments, I'm... Awkward.
No I love it!! 💗💗💗
Also! You gave me inspiration to make a "reading Booktuber's favourites" video. May I use you as one of them?
Of course!
@@sarawithoutanH yay, thank you ❤️