The HONORABLE MENTIONS of 2023! 💥💯
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omg I LOVE The Honeys !! the cover, under the dust jacket, the end pages, the story, the characters... intoxicating writing and imagery!! 5⭐ all time favorite that I finished last month. 😄
YESSSSS, OKAY THIS THOUGH: " intoxicating writing and imagery" That is like my favorite thing in books, when it has those really intoxicating vibes and just lush imagery! The Honeys TOTALLY delivers on all fronts!!! 💯💯💯
Yes! I totally agree with everything you say about Frankenstein and totally respect you having to cut down on your list!
YESSS ahh I had such a lovely reading experience with Frankenstein! I feel like I want to maybe make it a yearly fall read! 🧟♂️💖🙌💯🦇👏🥰
I LOOOOOOVE that you made a designated video of books that had something special but weren't absolute favorites. Everyone loves different thinga and some of these could end up being ours so thank you for doing this! Added several!!!
AW Thank you so MUCH for saying this!!!!! YES and I really feel like I learned something from this video too about how I rate books and Im thinking about re-evaluating how I rate, and what exactly makes a 5 star for me!
@mikalareads yes! I really want to learn why my favorites are my favorites as well so I'm super inspired by you saying that now!
I totally agree with your thoughts on The Troop and I’m glad you mentioned the animal cruelty triggers as well! The parts with the cat literally made me cry and I was forced to skip that section because it was so upsetting. 😢🖤 but the book overall was okay I thought!
YES omg I swear I also had to skim parts of The Troop because I can't deal with really detailed on page animal cruelty like that, Im like NOPE dont need that in my mind! 😅 I agree though totally, like overall it had great positives to it!
Your makeup is ON FIRE!!! I shared your video with my daughter cause she loves to read and she’s going to love your channel!!❤❤
AHHH Thank you a million Erica💌🙏💯💘!!!!! I used the Menagerie "Indigo Ink" palette for this look, there is this AMAZING duo-chrome shade in it called "squid-pro quo" that I do not use enough because it is just gorgeous!!! (I REALLY need to try Ladybug Glow now though after watching you and Steph's videos because every look you do with those palettes is STUNNNNING!!!!!!)
ALso OMG thank you for sharing with your daughter, that is such a compliment!!!! I love meeting other people who love reading too and getting new recommendations!!!
The cover of the honeys is simply delicious. That's been on my radar before, but now I need to prioritize it for sure after hearing you talk about it 😍
I just finished it in November and omg 5⭐ all time favorite!! 🍯 🐝 🌼
YESS ohhhh goodness The Honeys is SO underrated I feel like the writing is seriously TOP TEIR!!!💗💗🙌😍
@the_eerie_faerie_tales OMG I LOVEEE that it has become an all time favorite for you! Now you are making me want to reread it soon hahah!!!!
So many here that I haven't read! Def adding the honeys to my tbr. Loving the pickle shirt!
Ohhh Absolutely I think The Honeys is a must read!!! Also Thank you so much!!!! 😋🥒💖💘💯
Your face when the doorbell rang. I'm the EXACT same when I hear ours 😅
Frankenstein is such a special book. I really thought I wouldn't like it. You have absolutely inspired me to read some more Agatha Christie in the new year 😊
YESSS hahha!!! I always panic when that doorbell rings I swear lol!!! OMG I agree I think Frankenstein is truly one of a kind! I feel so interested in reading more Mary Shelley in 2024!!!
That sweater is amazing 😂🎉 I’ve been wanting to read the Troop for years, maybe in 2024
AW thank you so so much!!! 😋🥒 I love this sweater hahah!!! I really was in AWE by The Troop! One of the most descriptive reads Ive ever found I think!!!
also a great version of frankenstein is that new movie poor things with Emma stone its kind of wild based on a book
AHHH YES oh my gosh, I JUST added this book "Poor Things" to my Libby app tbr! I had no idea it was based on Frankenstein but seen it was new and went to read the synopsis and was like YES NEED TO READ NOWW!!!! lolol!!!
01:53 omg so relatable. I was looking back on different 5 stars I gave this year and not even remotely remembering the story 😂
OMG MEEEE TOOOO!!!! I legit just went through my books I read for the year and re-evaluated my ratings (lowering some, raising some) based on my thoughts now that Ive had more time to digest and see how memorable the book was!
Glad you liked Frankenstein. Read it for the first time a few years ago and it had interesting aspects. Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas to you too!!! I hope you are having a great holiday!
YEsss, I really did enjoy reading Frankenstein! I think as well it especially impacted me because I read it in the fall time and read a bit of it out on the back porch every night so it was especially atmospheric! 💗🥰👏
I really liked Frankenstein! Thank you for all the recommendations! 🥰🥰
YES me too, I feel like Frankenstein is one of those books that I dont know why I waited so long to read it and now I wanted to reread it every year!!! I just adore Mary Shelley now!!🙌📚💗🧟♂️🙏
I have the same problem with classics! I tend to feel like I'm in over my head with the language.
LOL just @ me next time talking about Death In Her Hands 🤣
LOVE Several People Are Typing!
So fun to see you enjoy a romance, I loved that one too!
Yesss with Classics that I really struggle with the language sometimes!!!! I am always shocked when I find a classic I really vibe with the writing and I feel like it just makes me love the book even more if the writing works for me!
HAHAH truly you are not alone with your thoughts on Death in Her Hands!!!! I have actually only ever seen ONE person who also enjoyed that book, so I think I am the unpopular opinion for sure!
THE PICKLE SHIRT. BIG FAN.
It gives me the ick when someone knocks or rings the doorbell. NO THANKS 🤣
I have had my eye on My Murder for a while! I love when a book has commentary that really makes you think
The Troop sounds so good!! I heard it was similar to Wilder Girls but better and I really enjoyed that one when I read it so IDK what I'm waiting for!
9:25 🗣🗣🗣 YAAS omg I lived for the drama in this book. A romance made the list!!! I am LIVING
The Honeys is on my 24 for 24 list!!! I can't wait to read it 🙏. My expectations are HIGH 😂
12:39 HEARD 📝
13:54 Same with my faves of 2023! Some of them were 4/4.5 stars but have a space in my brain for life 😂💯
YES HAHAH!!! When I seen this sweater I HAD to get it!! 🥒💗🙌💯
RIGHT like please no one ever ring my doorbell!!!!! It makes me feel so uncomfortable for a solid 30 minutes! 😅
OMGGG YES thats such a good comparison The Troop does read a LOT like Wilder GIrls!!!! 😱💯 But grosser I think and the boys are just almost all super toxic (although they are kids and I didnt want them to die, but they def had some real issues), vs the girls in Wilder Girls I really think were easier to like!
YES the drama in "Kiss her once for me"!!!!!!! I seriously loved this one, it had me SOBBING by the end!
I HOPE you really enjoy the Honeys and also I think you will because it's actually a rec I would give if someone loves Bunny , I think the Honeys is a really good book to read! They have so many similar themes and vibes!!!!
I'm adding so many of these onto my neverending tbr! Frankenstein was such a good one that I'll have to reread it. Hearing more about The Troop make me even more curious but I'm not sure how I'll respond to the animal cruelty because I do love animals! I love your recommendation videos. 😍
AWW I am so happy you were able to add some of these to your tbr, although I am also sorry to contribute to it because I also have a never ending TBR I want to read down hahah!!!!
YESSS oh my goodness gracious Frankenstein truly blew me away so much I am thinking I may need to do a yearly fall re-read of it!
OKAY so for The Troop I think if you are curious I would say give it a try reading it and also for those more detailed sections with on-page animal violence I think it is PERFECTLY valid to just skim those pages or skip past those parts, and you truly won't miss anything or be confused for the overall plot! Like nothing essential is in those parts I noticed, just more of that really detailed writing that is trying to give the reader the ick! IF you do read The Troop I will look forward to hearing your thoughts and review of it!!!
Omg I just looked up For Your Own Good as soon as you started talking about it and LOVE that it takes place at a prestigious school! Instant add to Goodreads!!!
Ooooooh Several People are Typing sounds like a must read!!
OMGGG yessss I would LOVE to get your thoughts on For Your Own Good!!!! It is such a insane ride but the characters are just utterly fascinating which hooked me! Especially the main teacher character Teddy, he is truly something else 😅
ALSO omg I think you may really enjoy Several People are Typing!!! Honestly it is another book that is SO wacky and weird hahaha, but it's SUCH an original concept behind it I almost want everyone to give it a try because I feel like if nothing else it will be a book you've never read anything else like lol!!!
0:14 - Can I just say that (unless it's DoorDash), this reaction to the doorbell is mine.
Loving this idea, by the way. Some books don't have that same "umph" as the best of the best, but they're still SO GOOD!
For Your Own Good and What Kind of Mother are on my TBR! Glad that you had fun with the twists in FYOG.
Why don't I remember you talking about Several People are Typing because this title already draws me in. I want to read more corporate books this year because this is my life. 😂
Ryan La Sala is a new author on my radar, so I might have to pick up The Honeys first?
HAHHA YESSSS The doorbelll ugh!!! 🙉🙅♀️🚫
RIGHT I agree, like some books that werent full 5 stars I find I may remember or think of longer than some I actually DID rate a full 5! 😅 Those are ones that I feel like I go back in and re-evaluate my rating because the memorability/lasting power of the story has to count for something!
YES OMG I think you may really enjoy Several People are Typing and get out of it what I did! I work in a corporate environment too and I just felt sooo seen by this book!
HECK yessss I think The Honeys is such a phenomenal read! I would be SO curious your thoughts on Ryan La Sala's writing, especially in The Honeys!!!
Best wishes with your reading choices in 2024. Lots to choose from out there. Good luck.
Thank you so much for the happy wishes, I also wish you the best reading year in 2024!!!! Hoping we both find some new favorites!
My Murder is definitely getting read in 2024 for me. I find myself thinking about the synopsis over this past year. Strega is definitely one I'm intrigued by. I like the cover of What Kind of Mother. I think it is funny how books, even if they aren't 5 stars, can live in your brain and impact you throughout the year!
OMGGGG I totally want to reread My Murder in 2024 so maybe we can compare our thoughts when you get to it!!! I really wanted to reread it this past year to see if if would make my "best-of" but just ran out of time 😭
RIGHTTTTT such a good point that even if a book isn't a 5 star it can have a bigger impact then some books I DID actually rate a full 5 which is such an interesting concept actually that makes me want to kind of re-evaluate how I rate books now 🤔
@@mikalareads I'll let you know when I get to My Murder. We can chat!
I think I'm going to do quarter rating this year and I also think I'm going to start giving myself at least a day or two after finishing a book before I rate it. I think I have been rating higher because I'm pumped from the ending of books. I need to breath a bit and come back and really think through my thoughts.
@Danni.Dabbles omg I've had the same thought with myself lately too honestly 😅 I think that is SO smart to give it a day or two to rate. I may have to start doing this as well!!!
Ugh I def need to finally start reading some Agatha Christie! I’ve halfway mentally committed to getting into Stephen King though, and my tbr’s are piles of lies already anyway!
There’s soooooo much shame in convos about “classics.” I’m someone who theoretically should like the classics but I tried to read some Jane Austen last week and decided not to spend my limited time on it. Yes, her books are interesting examinations of society, but who decided that upper class British social mores in the 1800s was a universal interest? Sometimes I think there are Downton Abbey people and there are Boardwalk Empire people. Same era, but vastly different stories and storytelling.
I hope you’re having a good last stretch of 2023!!!! 💜🌺👻💀💀👻🌺🌺💜💜💜💜
Oh my gosh your comment made me bust out laughing with: " and my tbr’s are piles of lies already anyway! " - I have never felt SO seen hahah!!!! I really feel like Agatha Christie's works can be so hit or miss but for some reason I keep coming back! I think it may be because they are so short, it's like candy where I just want to devour them all because they are so quick!
Also for Stephen King, I have yet to read a SK book and as far as now I still dont have a huge amount of interest in him, but you may be able to convince me if you end up recommending something of his!!!
OOOooooHHhhhh YOU seriously piqued my interest hugely with "there are Downton Abbey people and there are Boardwalk Empire people" - I legitimately now want you to make a video on this concept and give me recommendations for both camps hahah!!! I think thats so interesting because you are really right that Jane Austen's books focus on a side of storytelling that can almost be "Stuffy" and also a tad maybe pretentious even!
I totally respect you for DNFing the JA that you were reading and not forcing yourself to continue with it - I feel like it can be so hard to DNF books that are almost considered "staples" in literature but I am with you that we only have a limited amount of time and no one can convince me that I have to read anything just because it was written in the 1800s and that somehow makes it better than modern literature LOL!
I seriously hope you are having a phenomenal new year and get to find so many amazing reads in 2024!!! 💌🥰📚💗💖
Great recs🎉🥂⛄❄️☕📚
Thank you so much!!!! 💯😍🙌📚💖💘
Such great recommendations!!! I’m curious if you’ve ever read any books by Mo Hayder? She’s a British author who has sadly passed away but her books are soooo good!!
OMG I am definitely going to now be reading from Mo Hayder! I just look up her books and they look right up my alley! I love mystery/thrillers and now I want to read all her books hahah!!! 🙌😅🎉👏
that book bunny was wild it was like this all female cult and it was all over the place the characters names were wild
I just read Bunny this month and loved it! I was so scared I "wasn't going to get it" but wow... what a book!
YESSSS oh my gosh Bunny is seriously one of the MOST wild books I think Ive ever read! I also feel like because it is completely a crazy fever dream that there's so many different ways to interpret it too which I love!
Who was at the front door?
My last name is Pickel so I appreciate the pickle top!
I haven't read Frankenstein or any Agatha Christie, so I'm excited to add them and some of these others to my TBR.
HAHA It was the post office dropped off a package for a Barnes n Nobles order I made! Whenever that doorbell goes off I get a mild panic attack 😭😅
HAHHA AWWW I LOVE Pickles!!!!!!! You totally need one of these sweaters it is too perfect with your name! (I got it on Temu, I couldn't resist haha!)
YES oh please you must check out Frankenstein at some point, I want everyone to read it! I think its such a phenomenal classic that I actually understand why it is a classic!
I honestly don't know if I'm into the fever dream type of book and am trying to think if I've ever read one! Just read the synopsis and it sounds like a plot I'd be into so I'm gonna have to try it!
YEssss okay I TOTALLY get this!!!! I think I remember you saying you tried Bunny and was not in love with it and I think that is one of those books that I would really consider a fever-dream book! ...or just a really crazy wild "what-did-I-even-just-read" book HAHHA!!!
@mikalareads okay yes thank you for remembering! I am one of those people who needs things spelled out for her lol so maybe fever dream is not my thing! Thanks for saying that!
Wait.... is your crewneck a bunch of different brands of pickles?? If so I am obsessed!
HAHAH It TOTALLY is!!!!! I found this sweater on Temu and I absolutely NEEDED to have it 😅👏🥒💖🙌💯
@@mikalareads it was absolutely a NEED! I love it so much