every book i read in january ❄️📖 (new releases + major disappointments)
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- Опубликовано: 10 фев 2025
- another year, another january reading wrap up. lots of ups and downs in this one, but we had fun. what did you end up reading in january?
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Happy 1 year booktube anniversary! I’m new here so excited to get to know you. 🤗
omg thanks liv!! happy to have you here!
Happy anniversary 🎉 Im glad I came across your channel 🫶✨
I love that you're going through Throne of Glass right now! I'm reading it for the first time currently so I'm loving the content!!
Happy 1 year booktube anniversary! 🎉
Olive, you’ve very quickly become my favorite booktuber… I enjoy your videos so much and I’m so excited that you’re continuing this channel 😊
wow thank you so much!! that means a lot to me. :)
Happy 1 year booktube anniversary!🎉
Your videos are so calming and informative booktube is lucky to have you💕
ah thank you so much!! that's so sweet
I love your videos! Keep doing what you’re doing ❤️🙌🏻
thank you so much!
happy youtube anniversary, Olive! I'm so glad I stumbled upon your channel, your videos truly are such a joy to watch and I look forward to every single one 🥳
this is so sweet wow. thank you so much!!
Happy one year on booktube! My favorite January read was Blood Over Bright Haven!
awe thank you!! i haven't heard of that book, i need to look into it!
January Favorites:
5 Stars: Will of the Many and A Christmas Carol
4.75: Yumi and the Nightmare Painter
4.5: The Night Circus, To the Lighthouse, and The River We Remember
January Disappointments:
3.75: Normal People (This one is complicated though. Like the book you mentioned in your video where the ending kind of brought it down, I really enjoyed this book until the end.)
2.5: Becoming Mrs. Lewis
I also read a couple of non-fiction books for book clubs that didn't really impress me that much. They were okay, but nothing special.
woohoo will of the many and night circus!
Happy booktube anniversary! Love your channel and absolutely appreciate your chilled atmosphere and the whole vibe! 🥳
awe thank you so much!!
Happy Anniversary! Can’t wait for you to talk about the rest of Throne of Glass ❤️🔥
thank you!!!
Happy Anniversary! I just read Babel, highly recommend.
Definitely. I enjoyed Yellowface a lot, but Babel is fantastic. I gave them 4 and 5 stars respectively.
i'm excited to read it!!
Congrats on you 1year booktube anniversary!!🎉 I'm very happy you made that descision last year😊
thank you so much!!
Happy one year!!! (I’ve been telling myself the past week to make my first video…a January wrap up) maybe this is my sign 😅😂👏🏼
DO IT!!! you won't regret it. hard work but so fun.
@olivesbooknook I need to! I’m GOING to 👏🏼🤍
Happy anniversary!
I’m really happy you stuck to it. Honestly, Ive never ever had anyone with a book taste as similar to my own as yours is.
I feel like we’ve become book besties over the past few months and I am so grateful for the recommendations and also of the time and disappointments you save me. Really enjoy the honesty with which you keep at it. ❤
that means so much to me. thank you!! so happy to have you here for the journey.
Happy anniversary!!!
I have the same opinion of Yellowface, and after thinking about it for weeks, I think that was part of the intention of the author. The building of the characters was sublime for me.
I really loved Daisy Darker but that’s all I have read by Alice Feeney 🤷🏻♀️
Happy Booktube Anniversary Olive ! (I am currently reading the god of the woods thanks to your recommendation)
awe, thank you so much!!!
🎉🎉🎉 happy 1 year on booktube!
I’m so interested in reading Yellowface and you’ve made me even more eager for it
thank you so much!!
you should definitely try out yellowface - it was a fun experience!
As someone that just started a book tube channel I love seeing how successful you are a year later! Congrats!
awe thank you!!!
Happy BookTubeVersary! I absolutely appreciated your thoughts on Onyx Storm. I haven’t read IF nor OS, but what you are discussing makes me feel better to know that people aren’t just blindly absolutely in love with the series despite how wildly popular it is. I appreciate knowing that there’s a lot of miscommunication and unnecessary secrets in IF too, because that does make me less likely to read it, since I really can’t stand that conflict line. ❤❤❤
thanks so much!
and yeah, i think just having your expectations in place for this series is the key to enjoying it! otherwise it will disappoint lol. i can still have a lot of fun with it, but again you gotta know what you're getting into. :)
@@olivesbooknook I think I absolutely needed the expectations managed, even for book one. I'll probably eventually read the series when all the books are published. So I'll look forwards to hearing your thoughts on the rest of them too!
Happy Anniversary! Love watching your videos!
awe thank you so much!
It makes me so happy that you liked Yellowface! The Poppy War does have a lot of trigger warnings but it all felt very earned to me. It is not trauma for the sake of excitement, instead the trauma is all related to the overall themes. Definitely look into the trigger warnings but I think it is so well done!
that's good to know, thank you!
happy 1 year olive!! i love your content and how you speak so mindfully and passionately about books. beautiful ugly sounds like a carbon copy of rock paper scissors. it sounds like the same plot and same characters. dual pov. unreliable narrator. i really don’t like being tricked by a foolish plot twist. i also gave rock paper scissors 2 stars so ill be skipping beautiful ugly.
thank you so much!!! yeah, it sounds like rock paper scissors follows the same format as beautiful ugly... i'd say they are both skips haha
Happy Anniversary!
But also where are your sweaters from they are so cute! ❤
thank you!! the one i'm wearing here is from Cider :) i'm trying hard to get a liketoknowit page up so i can link all the sweaters everybody likes!
Congrats on one year on RUclips! ❤ Here was my Jan books read: The Book of Doors (thanks for the rec!), Love Theoretically, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine, My Dark Vanessa, Weyward, Annie Bot, Lula Dean’s Little Library of Banned Books and Blood Over Bright Haven. Really liked Eleanor Oliphant but My Dark Vanessa and BOBH both wrecked me.
thank you so much!
so glad you picked up book of doors! what did you think about it??
@ I liked Book of Doors! I did not expect the graphic violence but it didn’t bother me. It was a fascinating and trippy story. Sort of gave me Inception vibes and when I learned why the antagonist was the way she was, my heart broke!
I love that sweater! Great video as always 🤗🥰
Happy Anniversary!! I found your channel fairly early on and it’s been fun to be along for the ride as your content has grown! Beautiful Ugly was such a huge let down for me too. I dnf’d at 25% and was so bummed.
this is so nice. thank you for sticking around for so long. and yeah totally agree on beautiful ugly - i was morbidly curious enough to finish it but wow it was pretty bad.
No, the vibes you're getting for Alice feeny are spot on for her other books too
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I’ve read 3 Alice feeney books: rock papers scissors, his and hers, and beautiful ugly. I liked beautiful ugly but I liked rock paper scissors way more! I hated His and Hers but some people seem to really like it.
Congratulations on one year 🎊 🎉
thank you!!
GIRL i need you to read the poppy war
i trust you 🫡
Try Rock Paper Scissors or Daisy Darker
I liked both of those too! His & Hers is the other one I read by this author and while it was an ok story... there were things that put me off.
Happy anniversary!!! I'm really glad I stumbled on your channel back in June!
thank you so much kristin!! love having you along for the journey.
Alice Feeney's best book IMO is Rock, Paper, Scissors. 😊
Happy anniversary!!! 🎉👏🏼
I only read Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney and I did not like it, the writing was weird and the characters were equally as weird. The twist at the end didn’t feel like a twist at all, I was kinda just like - okay?
So I appreciate this review because I’ll probably not be reading much of her stuff again.
thank you!!
yeah that was honestly my reaction exactly to beautiful ugly. just kinda like......okay? haha
Happy BookTube anniversary! 😀 I’ve been quite intimidated by the Throne of Glass series but your reviews made me more excited to pick it up and also there were some helpful tips for what to expect, so thanks for that!! I’ve read two Alice Feeney books: Daisy Darker and Rock Paper Scissors. I enjoyed Rock Paper Scissors and Daisy Darker was just okay, but I would say her writing isn’t amazing, mostly just atmospheric, twisty, and dramatic. I loved Yellowface and hated June 😂 I’m going into Onyx Storm with pretty low expectations so hopefully that will help haha. My favorites in January were Hello Beautiful, The Wedding People, and An Ember in the Ashes!
omg i LOVE an ember in the ashes! i read the first two books in that series forever ago when they were just coming out and then unfortunately lost steam with the rest of the series (for no reason at all except just time in between reading the books). but with the new covers that just got released i really want to restart the series!
I absolutely love assassins blade 😅 I read it first. But it broke my heart.
yessss
So glad I found your channel. The only Alice Feeney book I’ve read is Rock, Paper, Scissors and while most folks love that book, I just didn’t like it. Gave it two stars and haven’t tried to read any others by her.
yeah i've heard mixed reviews on rock paper scissors! sometimes people say they love it, sometimes people say it's awful. i definitely won't be in a huge rush to pick up any other books of hers for now.
happy anniversary!!:)
Beautiful Ugly was such a disappointment for me too, I quite liked it for a while and then it really started to go downhill... I can't believe how weirdly it felt boring and repetitive and chaotic at the same time for around the final 30% :S
do you plan to read the new hunger books novel in march?
Thank you!
not sure about hunger games yet... i haven't read songbirds and don't really have a huge interest. but maybe!
RF KUANG IS AMAZINGGGG!!! auto buy author for me. I love herrrr
i'm so excited to read more of her work!
I agree with your star rating for Onyx Storm - that's pretty much where I stand between a 3.5-3.75. However, I have to say two things. Having read both Fourth Wing and Iron Flame in January back to back right before starting Onyx Storm, I do not think a re-read of Iron Flame would have helped. I was so lost in OS for the first 1/3 of the book and even throughout. You put into words what I couldn't seem to figure out but it was the start/stop up/down pacing that killed this book for me. I actually liked our main characters BETTER in Iron Flame than in Onyx Storm - their relationship annoyed me to the CORE in this 3rd book. Maybe our MMC was just a bit TOO angsty for me. I am sorely disappointed in this series and do not have high hopes going forward because I am not sure the author has been able to hash out the story as well as she "says" she has for a 5 book series. We'll see I suppose. I'm bummed because I was completely taken with Fourth Wing. Loved it. I even loved Iron Flame - I was surprised as I read it to hear how many people didn't like it. This one though...yuck. I felt so bored and it took me nearly 2 weeks to read because I had no desire to pick it back up when I was reading and felt like I couldn't read anything else until I finished it. Finally, finally I got through it, I just felt so disappointed. That ending. Good grief. I feel like the author is pulling out cliff hangers for the sake of cliff hangers. I don't think it's absolutely necessary to end on a major cliff hanger every single time in order to have people wanting to continue to read your books...anyway...haha think you for letting me vent a bit!
If it makes you feel better, I reread Iron Flame before reading Onyx Storm. There were so many new characters, and places introduced that I had no idea what was going on for about 200 pages. It got so much better around page 300, which is sort of a bummer.
that does make me feel better haha
I feel the same about Beautiful Ugly, I actually liked the writing but hated the plot twist and reveal. I don’t think it made much sense 😅
it was sooooo weird!
Also I completely agreed with not liking the ‘3 days later I woke up in my bedroom’ in Onyx Storm, I preferred when they were traveling because it seemed to focus on what they were doing every day and I prefer that way more because I can connect to the characters and scenes more too
felt so jarring lol
I stopped reading Onyx Storm around page 75 for the same reasons you stated. I was planning to reread Iron Flame hoping it will be a better read the second time around.
I think that’s really smart, I honestly wish I had done that. I think it would have allowed me to enjoy Onyx Storm more.
I read Rock, Paper, Scissors by Alice Feeny and your critiques on how the chapters end is exactly what I had an issue with with Rock Paper Scissors! I did not like that book and felt that the writing was the biggest issue.
yeaaaah i'm not in a huge rush to pick up any of her other books any time soon i think
I feel like if Rebecca Yarros had more time for edits, we’d have a much stronger series. There is so much good that is getting watered down out of haste.
totally agree - which is sad because i think that speaks more about the publishers than the author.
I loved Fourth Wing and Iron Flame, but I’m having trouble getting into Onxy Storm. I feel she could have done a better job recapping the previous events since I too found myself trying to remember former events. Hoping I’ll get into it as I read more. I almost wish I hadn’t started this series until it was complete. If I can’t get into Onyx Storm, I’ll DNF it for now and wait a couple of years to read the series once it's complete.
i totally feel that as well - i hate starting series before they're complete. now i feel trapped in it and gotta keep going to stay ahead of spoilers. but i get it!
Happy booktube anniversary! I've never read Yellowface, but from what you said about it, it reminds me a lot about a show I watched last year on Netflix called Ripley. If you watch it, you should ask your husband to watch it with you. Ripley is absolutely thrilling and gorgeously cinematic. Just like Yellowface, Ripley employs the fraudulent main character story line, with plenty of crimes committed along the way.
thank you!! ooh that show sounds super fun, thanks for the recommendation!
Trust me, rereading Iron Flame wouldn’t have helped your confusion 😅 I finished it right before Onyx Storm came out and was still confused many times. I actually really liked Iron Flame despite being nervous about it from what everyone said but Onyx Storm was my massive disappointment. Totally agree the pacing was so weird
yeah pacing was definitely weird. i am holding out some hope though, cause i feel like pacing in a lot of MIDDLE books is weird if it's a longer series. so i'm really hoping books 4 and 5 tighten up a bit. (could be unwarranted hope though lol)
@ I’m hopeful for the same reasons also! Like you, I also just enjoy being the world so I’m excited for whatever is next.
Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney was fun. Rock Paper Scissors and Sometime I Lie were very meh. I did really enjoy Good Bad Girl. It was ridiculous and convoluted but something about it worked for me.
I reread Iron Flame and I enjoyed it so much more the second time so I went into Onyx Storm expecting to really enjoy it. I have been disappointed because I think the first half was just ok and I didn’t start to really enjoy it until the halfway point and onwards. I’m almost done with it but I wish I had lowered my expectations before reading it too 😂
i think i'd probably enjoy everyone on the second re-read more than i did the first time! easier to just slow down and get all the details in instead of trying to binge it.
For what it's worth I read Fourth Wing, Iron Flame and Onyx Storm back to back and I couldn't finish Onyx Storm even knowing everything that happens in the Iron Flame. In fact I think reading Onyx Storm so close to Iron Flame made it worse because I hated Iron Flame and I literally groaned when my library hold for Onyx Storm came in. I'm giving up on the whole series now, but I didn't love Fourth Wing (I gave it 3/5 stars) so I don't really care overall.
yeah i can see how that would make it hard to get through onyx storm for sure!
Fourth Wing, Iron Flame and Onyx Storm were all ⭐️⭐️⭐️ books for me. I like many of the story lines and I love the dragons, but the characters are so angsty and act like they’re in high school, instead of in their twenties. Also, the spice level was too high for me and it got so repetitive. I know the author first envisioned a trilogy for these books and I am going to stick with her original intent. I have read three books and I am done.
sooo angsty. and i totally agree about the spice.
Alice Feeney definitely uses the same reveals and first person unreliable narrator in all her books. I’d say if you don’t like the writing style I’d stay away from all of them because she uses the same formula for most all of them. I feel like you either love it or hate it :/ I read rock paper scissors and rated it highly because of the depth of the characters and the real life connections and emotions it portrayed but the twists left much to be desired in the same style as Beautiful Ugly..
I read Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney a few years ago. One book and done with that author.......hated the story and the writing. Touch stove. Stove hot. Don't touch stove no more.
haha this killed me
I read rock paper scissors by Alice feeney because people rave about that one but I hated it so much… the plot sounds interesting but the execution and twists were just not enjoyable or believable and I was so disappointed 😔
i've heard rock paper scissors is pretty rough... i am definitely not in a rush to pick up any of her other books any time soon.
Happy anniversary!!!
I have the same opinion of Yellowface, and after thinking about it for weeks, I think that was part of the intention of the author. The building of the characters was sublime for me.
yeah totally makes sense! i think it was executed so well!