I love that you’re putting yourself first this year. I also plan on reading less, I “panic” read in December and that wasn’t fun and I realised it wasn’t very important. I also would like to read more non-fiction. I do think (for selfish reasons) you should add a peak at Nigel every video because he’s adorable and his little face makes me smile. 🥰
Assassin's Fate was absolutely a top read for me too - also very much relate to your feelings on Cerulean Sea... My dark reading soul shockingly loved it
The Hating Game was up with my favourite books of the year, and definitely my favourite romance. I kinda had the same experience where it hit me at the right time when I needed a pick me up x
i love the love for the hating game, i had the exact same experience this year and totally thought i would hate it, SO shocked at how much i loved it and how often i still think about it
I have to say If We Were Villains had to be my best book. It still has a choke hold on me and I will never emotionally/mentally recover from it omg. The Shakespeare, the drama, the angst!!! *sobs* I won't give spoilers but omg some of the scenes and lines have just destroyed me and I will absolutely be rereading for pride month this year
My best book of the year was Things We Do In The Dark by Jennifer Hillier because I really loved the main character & felt her pain on a certain level. It was also just a really good & raw story to me. So, that was my top fave. My reading year last year was not the greatest. I was trying to not pressure myself to read but somewhere along the way it just got really hard to pick up a book that wasn’t audio. I’m hoping this year will be better. It’s like my brain was excited for books but then she didn’t want to actually read. 🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️ Love you, my dear! 🥰🥰🥰 Happy Reading! 🤓📚✨
My favorite book of the year was The Final Empire, followed close by Haunting Adeline and To Bleed a Crystal Bloom. I could not put either of them down. They were so exciting and I couldn't stop thinking about them. I'm looking forward to read Her Soul to Take this year.
This is the first of your videos I've watched and so far I'm vibing lol. I loved the Hush, hush series, and though I'm not completely caught up on all the Robin Hobb books I'm trying to get back to the ones I haven't finished. The soldier's son was good but I'd agree that it's not nearly as good as the The Realm of the Elderlings, lets just say the Fool broke me. I think The Amarinth Heir by Isabella Amaris was my favorite from last year.
It’s a total chok, But my favorit book(s) of 2022 were classics 😱 East of Eden and Pride and Predudice 🎉🎉 and honourable mention: Gone with Wind ❤️ But as of now I dont have any classics on my tbr for 2023. I usually dont read many. So Im excited to see for 2023.
House in the Cerulean Sea was at the top of my list for the year, Along with A Psalm for the Wild Built by Becky Chambers. Cozy sweetness is all I want right now, LOL
Here's my picks 1. Dolores Claiborne by Stephen king 2. The great peace by mena suvari her memoir 3. Billy summers by Stephen king 4. Not my father son by Alan Cumming his first memoir 5. They never learn by Layne Fargo 6. The cactus by Sarah Haywood 7. The charm offensive by allison Cochrane 8. Iron widow 9. The heart principle by helen Huang 10. A king of battle and blood by scarlett st claire
becca im planning to start the realm of the elderlings really soon and I bought the princess and the piebald prince because it's a prequel, should I read that first before I start the assassin's apprentice?
I also had a Romance as my favorite book of the year, “The Love Hypothesis”. I was equally surprised. I usually rate them some where in the middle but, I just loved it. ❤
I think that my best book was Vita Nostra. I think about it so often. It really was unique, and I wish that they would translate the sequel. Comfort Me with Apples was also toward the top of my list.
I expected to see the hating game on here! I might pick that one up for a romance reading vlog I plan to do in February (context: I do not read a lot of romance, I even actively dislike it most of the time, but there have been some exceptions in the past)
With you liking The House in the Cerulean Sea, I have to recommend Under the Whispering Door. Shit me Becca it is an absolute belter and I think it would hit you in a similar way as that glorious House did. I hope you manage to get to it at some point this year, it is a real heart squeezer and I really can’t wait to hear your thoughts on it. This isn’t a book that will disappoint at all and my goodness…hold on to your heart
Under the Whispering Door made a HUGE concession to the reader that I just…. Couldn’t be ok with. It would have gotten 5 stars for me if the one rule of the universe that we’re keep being told can’t ever be broken was just like, suddenly ok to break. I was also massively grieving while reading it so maybe I would have taken that better had I been in a better headspace? But I actually felt a tiny but manipulated. That said, I can’t wait for his next book - Something about Puppets. Klune is definitely an auto buy for me now.
@@tungstensmum1491 I have been lucky enough to get an arc of his new book but I also have it preordered too and can’t wait for it. Reading Under the Whispering Door whilst in the hard path of grieving I wouldn’t recommend and I am sorry for your loss. The many different elements to it is what I think made it a special read. So far these books have made this ice hearted person cry and for me they hit the spots x
If you haven’t read Wolfsong I highly recommend and I am waiting on the revamped books coming out so haven’t read the rest of the series yet but Wolfsong was another fabulous read by Klune x
@@cleg78 I have been holding off ordering the new Wolfsong from Book Depository because I spent waaay too much on books for myself last month, LOL. Looking forward to getting it eventually, for sure. And yeah I generally agree on UTWD - I just wish Klune hadn’t made one particular choice. Again, probably largely due to the headspace I was in. So jealous that you already have the new one! Can’t wait to get that shipping notification! Hope you love it.
My best books of 2022 were Our Wives Under the Sea (literary horror exploring grief), Royal Assassin, and Nettle and Bone (fairy tale with a stop-motion kind of feeling).
My top book of '22 was beautiful ones by silvia moreno garcia, I really shouldn't be surprised it is the 4th of her books that I have read and I have loved all of them.
My best books of the year were Kingdom of the Feared (I will keep bugging you on Patreon to read it lol), Bloodmarked, A Deadly Education, The Hating Game and king of battle and blood. Also of course you would put in a mini Team Collith rant lol
My reading year was quite disappointing, as in ratings. My favorite book was a reread of Heir of Fire because.. well.. Throne of Glass is one of my favorite series 😂
The serpent and the wings of night…what’s not to love enemies to lovers trials that could kill you and a massive plot twist which is a wtf moment can’t wait for book number 2!!!!!
My best book of 2022 was Entreat Me by Grace Draven an incredible fantasy romance fairytale retelling of beauty and the beast. The characters were incredible and it evoked such a incredible feeling from page one I knew it was gonna be 5 ⭐️ a chapter in
Your love for the hating game has legit made me so happy 🥹, I am waiting for another romance book to blow me away that way that book did and have come up short since …
I love that you’re putting yourself first this year. I also plan on reading less, I “panic” read in December and that wasn’t fun and I realised it wasn’t very important. I also would like to read more non-fiction.
I do think (for selfish reasons) you should add a peak at Nigel every video because he’s adorable and his little face makes me smile. 🥰
Assassin's Fate was absolutely a top read for me too - also very much relate to your feelings on Cerulean Sea... My dark reading soul shockingly loved it
The Hating Game was up with my favourite books of the year, and definitely my favourite romance. I kinda had the same experience where it hit me at the right time when I needed a pick me up x
I don't think I'll ever quite emotionally recover from the Realm of the Elderlings, Assassin's Fate took my No.1 spot.
I only started the Farseer Trilogy recently, I'm so afraid to get into Robin Hobbs books but I can't wait for the emotional damage
i love the love for the hating game, i had the exact same experience this year and totally thought i would hate it, SO shocked at how much i loved it and how often i still think about it
I have to say If We Were Villains had to be my best book. It still has a choke hold on me and I will never emotionally/mentally recover from it omg. The Shakespeare, the drama, the angst!!! *sobs* I won't give spoilers but omg some of the scenes and lines have just destroyed me and I will absolutely be rereading for pride month this year
aaaaa i loved the hating game so much too and hearing you talk about it is bringing all my emotions back!! 🥰
My best book of the year was Things We Do In The Dark by Jennifer Hillier because I really loved the main character & felt her pain on a certain level. It was also just a really good & raw story to me. So, that was my top fave. My reading year last year was not the greatest. I was trying to not pressure myself to read but somewhere along the way it just got really hard to pick up
a book that wasn’t audio. I’m hoping this year will be better. It’s like my brain was excited for books but then she didn’t want to actually read. 🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️ Love you, my dear! 🥰🥰🥰 Happy Reading! 🤓📚✨
I’ve had her souls to take for a while now on my tbr.
Thanks to you I can’t wait to read it!
I'm 75% in for Her Soul To Take and I totally agree about how Harley Laroux crafts the atmosphere of this book!
This is giving me old school Becca vibes with no bangs - love it. Also, excellent book recs. 🥰🥰😘
My favorite book of the year was The Final Empire, followed close by Haunting Adeline and To Bleed a Crystal Bloom. I could not put either of them down. They were so exciting and I couldn't stop thinking about them. I'm looking forward to read Her Soul to Take this year.
This is the first of your videos I've watched and so far I'm vibing lol. I loved the Hush, hush series, and though I'm not completely caught up on all the Robin Hobb books I'm trying to get back to the ones I haven't finished. The soldier's son was good but I'd agree that it's not nearly as good as the The Realm of the Elderlings, lets just say the Fool broke me. I think The Amarinth Heir by Isabella Amaris was my favorite from last year.
I'm finally going to get to the relam of the elderlings series this year! I got the first book for Christmas and I can't wait!
I hope you love it!
It’s a total chok, But my favorit book(s) of 2022 were classics 😱 East of Eden and Pride and Predudice 🎉🎉 and honourable mention: Gone with Wind ❤️ But as of now I dont have any classics on my tbr for 2023. I usually dont read many. So Im excited to see for 2023.
I read Her Soul to Take based on your recommendation, soo good 👌🏻👌🏻 House in the Cerulean Sea is so heart warming
House in the Cerulean Sea was at the top of my list for the year, Along with A Psalm for the Wild Built by Becky Chambers. Cozy sweetness is all I want right now, LOL
I read Her Soul to Take based on your recommendation and absolutely loved it! A 5 star read 🌟
My favorite book of the year was Words of Radiance followed by The Bride Test. Fantasy and romance girlies unite!
Here's my picks
1. Dolores Claiborne by Stephen king
2. The great peace by mena suvari her memoir
3. Billy summers by Stephen king
4. Not my father son by Alan Cumming his first memoir
5. They never learn by Layne Fargo
6. The cactus by Sarah Haywood
7. The charm offensive by allison Cochrane
8. Iron widow
9. The heart principle by helen Huang
10. A king of battle and blood by scarlett st claire
I love that cover of the hating game!!!
becca im planning to start the realm of the elderlings really soon and I bought the princess and the piebald prince because it's a prequel, should I read that first before I start the assassin's apprentice?
Read the Princess and the piebald Prince between the end of liveship traders and fools Errand 😊
I also had a Romance as my favorite book of the year, “The Love Hypothesis”. I was equally surprised. I usually rate them some where in the middle but, I just loved it. ❤
Lmao I'm half way through it right now and I think it might be my first 5 star of the year
I think that my best book was Vita Nostra. I think about it so often. It really was unique, and I wish that they would translate the sequel. Comfort Me with Apples was also toward the top of my list.
I absolutely love your hoodie, so sad it's sold out everywhere 😭
I expected to see the hating game on here! I might pick that one up for a romance reading vlog I plan to do in February (context: I do not read a lot of romance, I even actively dislike it most of the time, but there have been some exceptions in the past)
Please do!
Becca you absolutely must try The Rise of the Iliri by Auryn Hadley. It is an amazing Epic Fantasy series. I truly believe you will love it.
With you liking The House in the Cerulean Sea, I have to recommend Under the Whispering Door. Shit me Becca it is an absolute belter and I think it would hit you in a similar way as that glorious House did. I hope you manage to get to it at some point this year, it is a real heart squeezer and I really can’t wait to hear your thoughts on it. This isn’t a book that will disappoint at all and my goodness…hold on to your heart
Under the Whispering Door made a HUGE concession to the reader that I just…. Couldn’t be ok with. It would have gotten 5 stars for me if the one rule of the universe that we’re keep being told can’t ever be broken was just like, suddenly ok to break.
I was also massively grieving while reading it so maybe I would have taken that better had I been in a better headspace? But I actually felt a tiny but manipulated.
That said, I can’t wait for his next book - Something about Puppets. Klune is definitely an auto buy for me now.
@@tungstensmum1491 I have been lucky enough to get an arc of his new book but I also have it preordered too and can’t wait for it.
Reading Under the Whispering Door whilst in the hard path of grieving I wouldn’t recommend and I am sorry for your loss. The many different elements to it is what I think made it a special read. So far these books have made this ice hearted person cry and for me they hit the spots x
If you haven’t read Wolfsong I highly recommend and I am waiting on the revamped books coming out so haven’t read the rest of the series yet but Wolfsong was another fabulous read by Klune x
His new book coming soon though, I will post the author letter in my stories on Instagram so keep an eye out for it, so far so good, very good 😊
@@cleg78 I have been holding off ordering the new Wolfsong from Book Depository because I spent waaay too much on books for myself last month, LOL. Looking forward to getting it eventually, for sure.
And yeah I generally agree on UTWD - I just wish Klune hadn’t made one particular choice. Again, probably largely due to the headspace I was in.
So jealous that you already have the new one! Can’t wait to get that shipping notification! Hope you love it.
The way you described HOTCS is perfect. It made me believe in humanity as a fellow "not a fan of humanity" lol
My best books of 2022 were Our Wives Under the Sea (literary horror exploring grief), Royal Assassin, and Nettle and Bone (fairy tale with a stop-motion kind of feeling).
Oooh yes Royal Assassin is so good!
My top book of '22 was beautiful ones by silvia moreno garcia, I really shouldn't be surprised it is the 4th of her books that I have read and I have loved all of them.
My best books of the year were Kingdom of the Feared (I will keep bugging you on Patreon to read it lol), Bloodmarked, A Deadly Education, The Hating Game and king of battle and blood.
Also of course you would put in a mini Team Collith rant lol
I put down her soul to take because I was bored at 200 pages, might pick it up again....
My reading year was quite disappointing, as in ratings. My favorite book was a reread of Heir of Fire because.. well.. Throne of Glass is one of my favorite series 😂
I’ve never seen someone else on Booktube who loved Hush Hush! I may just have to check out your recommendation
Damn. I'd still die for Patch 😂 that boy had me in a chokehold
The serpent and the wings of night…what’s not to love enemies to lovers trials that could kill you and a massive plot twist which is a wtf moment can’t wait for book number 2!!!!!
My best book of 2022 was Entreat Me by Grace Draven an incredible fantasy romance fairytale retelling of beauty and the beast. The characters were incredible and it evoked such a incredible feeling from page one I knew it was gonna be 5 ⭐️ a chapter in
a year ago i would've never believed i'd see house in the cerulean sea here.🤭 loving the cozy becca vibes tho.
House in the cerulean sea AND the hating game in my favourites? Who'd have thought 😂
I really recommend checking out dead tempted by rm rayne if you haven't already. It's my favourite x
I also loved Hush hush as a teen 😍 though 90% of that was Patch let’s be honest!
my favorite book was TJ Klunes Arc of In the Lives of Puppets (april release). best ending he's ever written!!! 🤯 😱
I DNF'd Assassin's Fate. Too scared of the pain.
Smart move 😂
Your love for the hating game has legit made me so happy 🥹, I am waiting for another romance book to blow me away that way that book did and have come up short since …
I mean I'm 150 pages into The Love Hypothesis and I'm having a very good time 👀