Here's a lovely quote about forgetting books: "I cannot remember all the books I’ve read any more than all the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me. "
I like physical books when I'm reading on the couch, but ebooks on the Kindle in bed. It hurts less when you get sleepy and the Kindle hits you in the face 😂
i love rereading my favourite books/book series every few years because that is the amount of time it takes me to almost fully forget the details and plots 📖 it's the closest i'm able to get to the feelings i had when i experienced my favourite books for the very first time! i've been doing this for years and it's magical to dive back into old worlds with a genuine curiosity! thank you for this lovely tea (in my case coffee) time 💞
Same. I'm now rereading the Folk of Air trilogy after like 2 years. I have forgotten almost everything from it and it annoys me that I don't even remember some major details, but at the same time I'm glad because it feels more like I'm reading it for the first time.
Another thing about e-books is that as a non-native English speaker, it is so easy to find the meanings of words you don't understand in a book! I use the Kindle app to read my e-books, and there we have an option to just click on the word, and it gives us the meaning and usage in a sentence if we have the dictionary pre-loaded. That's a huge plus for me, as it saves a lot of time. Also, we can adjust the brightness and colour of text, which again is such a plus if you love reading late into the night and don't want to disturb the other family members by keeping the room lights on! :) I recently switched to e-books, and though I miss the feeling of holding a physical book, its smell and everything, e-books win for me!
I have never heard anyone else say they forget plot lines after they finish a book, I didn’t know that was a thing I thought it was just me. That is incredibly comforting to know 😂
i just literally started punching the air and yelling YESSSSS at my laptop screen when you showed what you had written for the darkling vs mal question lmao you couldnt have given a better answer, one of my favourite fictional characters ever. light of my life, seriously ❤
your answer to the question "Would you have picked the Darkling or Mal?" is perfect. like, yes, same, obviously! he was my favorite part of those books and i didn't even like them all that much (imo, the Six of Crows duology is just waaay better overall, but i know this isn't an unpopular opinion).
Wow, can’t imagining not listening to anything while reading. My friends think I‘m weird because I get so into reading that I can even have the TV on in the background without distracting me from reading 😅 I feel absolutely the same about book size! I know my kindle will show me the length in comparison on the home screen and give me the page count as well as how far along I am in % bit it‘s just way easier for my brain to understand how big a book is if I‘m holding it in my hands 🙈 Now, word count though! Since I‘ve been an avid fanfiction reader for most of my life, which always show their word count, I have a better grasp on that 😃
i also hated the idea of fanfiction about real people....... until i became a bts fan and someone recommended me the still point (of the turning world) and i dont want you to go (but i want you so) and now im changed ! not even a big bts fan anymore but i think about those stories pretty much every week also it really helped that all of the stuff i read is alternative universe so i just think that the names and the faces are just some type of fancast and ignore all the canon fics! yay
I think it's so interesting how you find ebooks less intimidating because you can't see the length of them--that makes them more intimidating to me! I find that when I can't physically see how long the book I'm reading is, I'm less motivated to read because I don't know how much I have left. how strange, I've never thought about people feeling the opposite but I loved hearing about your perspective!!! (edit: 1000% Nikolai for me too. the Darkling and Mal have nothing on him heheheh)
What you said about the ebooks kind of hiding the real length of a book, 100% agreed. I was thinking about that a couple of days ago, it tricks you into either thinking a boring book isn't /that/ long and it'll be okay soon or into finishing a short book you're enjoying way too quickly. I wish I had word count instead of page count, that helps me a Lot. I wish word counts were printed somewhere in physical copies as well as ebooks, maybe audiobooks too. I don't know if it's an adhd thing, but having the.. smallest unit.. helps the most.
i prefer to just not know the length! except for the end of six of crows when there was a super long excerpt from the next book at the end, so I thought I had 100 pages left of six of crows and then it just ENDED hahah i was gutted
i feel SO seen and comforted by the fact you forget plots and things!! I also really feel bad about forgetting plots and things, always makes me feel like I just haven't paid enough attention to the plot or something, but it's such a relief to hear you're the same and others do it too!! Plus - the whole part about being able to re-read mysteries and be surprised - legit my FAVE part !! ahahaha
Used to be that person who needed to finish a book even if I didn't like it. Now though, I'm more open to DNF'ing it because there are so many books that I want to read and I don't want to waste my time if I'm not enjoying it.
I’ll just speed read through the rest of the book and slow down at the interesting parts. I still can’t manage to not finish a book that I’ve started. It’s a curse.
@@Alittlegnome I'm with you there. I have to finish, or I'll go crazy with guilt. There are exactly 2 books I've ever dnf'd, decades ago, and they still bother me.
Cari: "It's impossible for me to get through a book without a crush on one of the fictional guys or gals. Even the bad guys..." Me: "Especially the bad guys..." 😈😈😈
PLEASEEEE if anyone chooses anyone other than Nikolai then I question their sanity. I've seen so many reviews where people are head over heels for the Darkling, and I'm like ... did we read the same book??? And her relationship with Mal was so toxic. Nikolai FOR THE WIN
My mother always used to say "You don't have to like every book you read but you have to finish all of them." when I didn't want to finish a book. So it stayed with me and I always finish the book I start unless it's a total waste of time.😂
Just wanted to say thank you for the chill book content. I've been motivated to read more and find those moments of calm thanks to your videos so I'm super grateful :)
Hi, Cari, sorry. This time I was really sleeping when you posted. I love all of your videos, including the ones that you just talk. They are also helpful for my english. And I must say, I would *love* to have a library, that's like an ultimate dream. And I'm a high school student and I talked about this before but still, I go to scouting, I write and make designs in a magazine, I go to a course about technology and I join to the tournaments, I do projects. And I also try to learn/ not forget english. And help my mother which takes 3-4 hours of my day. And now, they added lessons for Saturday too in my school. So I am pretty busy, but I love reading books, and reading books in my native language. So let me tell you, there is no way that I can make a schedule for everything and live happily. I have to sacrifice somethings to read. I choose sleep. I don't sleep. I also looovee my chemical romance!! Also I don't have social media accounts, so sorry for not aaking questions. Also, I'm uploading discord now.
Oof crushes on fiction characters 😂 I think my crush on Leo Valdez was a _formative_ moment in my life 🤦♀️🤦♀️ (and by moment I may or may not mean years 😬😂)
Omg Leo was practically my son/little bro while I was reading Heroes of Olympus. Though when I was reading Percy Jackson and the Olympians I had a crush on Nico 🙃
I haven't had much chance to read in the past 4 years while doing my post-grad, and have felt a bit intimidated to jump back in even though I've really wanted to (which feels so silly to write). Your channel has been so helpful in encouraging me to just dive in and do it. This week I joined the library, and yesterday I finished a book for the first time in years (Convenience Store Woman after I think you mentioned it in a video?), and it felt amazing!! So long story short, although I'm sure you hear it all the time, thanks very much for helping me re-connect with some joy, Cari :)
I currently really struggle to finish books. I relate to the whole "being busy makes it harder to give certain books a chance." I am quite stressed at the moment and when I have time to read, or watch Netflix, then those moments are few and far between. I need those moments to be amazingly distracting and entertaining😅. So, when I feel like I am not enjoying a book, or it is not going anywhere, or it is too predictable.... I shelve it, for now. On another note - I feel like I remember plots of books extremely well. To such an extent that I couldnt EVER reread a book. I could reread chapters... or passages, but not the whole book. Its strange, but I dont have the same issue with movies. I rewatched Titanic 7 times, WHILE it was still in theatres. But clearly this behavior must be motivated by some other factor, than the plot, cause I absolutely know I didnt forget the boat would always sink in the end 🤣🤣🤣
@@caricanread 🤣🤣🤣🤣blushing .... I am so naive... yeah, so true, that was probably the thing on the forefront of the mind of the 13 year old me, back then 😂😂😁😁🙈🙈
i totally forget the plot of most of the books I read, but what always stays are the feelings I felt while reading a book, and overall how the book made me feel...crzay stuff.
Ahh.....i should go to sleep, but will watch your vlog before :) I just cannot wait until tomorrow. I mean bookish content from you? This is something I cannot skip.
I completely agree with your answer to the shadow and bone question. That character is the main reason I continued the series, other characters in the book don't come close to him.
I'd love to be blessed with forgetting plots! For the life of me, I could not remember the plot if it is a book I've read say a couple years ago but if I start reading it again I'll remember it at the second, damn it. I cannot re-read books even my favorite ones, I get bored because I already know what happens. And the worst is with new books I read that have similar plots to books I've read, I cannot help but feel that I already know what is going to happen and I heavily struggle to finish them. So yeah enjoy your blessed mind hahaha Isabel Allende has amazing books, I love La casa de los espiritus. I'm a Spanish speaker and I struggled understanding it hahaha it has so many hidden messages but in that case it helps to read about the author's life and the time period they had have to live through. Same with Gabriel Garcia Marquez, beautiful writing.
Love physical books!!! My compromise is that I keep college research-related materials, and collect first editions of favorite authors. I buy and sell other books through an area independent bookseller's used book program, unless I plan on re-reading them. Books+me=voracious reader!
I also wonder does this happen to you too where you hate a character so much in a book that it literally makes you close the book, have like a little tantrum about how horrible they are or is it just me?
Yesss. I definitely do this 😂 or if they’re being immature and i want to slap some sense into them sometimes I get genuinely angry and have to put the book down for a minute,
Huh you're not the only one. I recently read a trilogy and absolutely despised the MC, I had to stop reading several times because I was legit ready to push her off a cliff. (The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer) Please don't read that book if you want to keep your sanity. I regret wasting my time on it.
I've been dreaming of opening a book cafe since I was little 😍 I've always wanted to make one that makes people want to chill and read there, super cozy, can sit and read for hours at odd hours of the day, and of course having pastries as well 😅
I don't necessarily forget the plot but I read soooo many books that they can get all jumbled. I do have a horrible time telling people what a book is about but the second I try to reread a book (unless it's been a decade) it all comes back. Which is why I don't like buying books because I won't reread them. :(
I love reading with lofi music! I feel the same about ebooks I almost feel like I read them faster 😂 NIKOLAI !! Sameeeee ! I didn’t really click with shadow and bone but nikolai 😍 Have you read king of scars ? I can’t wait for the 2nd book . Hahah I have short-term plot memory loss too (am I the only obsessed with nemo and dori?🥺)
I relate to forgetting the plot so much haha it was a nightmare in high school because I had a teacher who would quiz us on the tiniest details (even questions as what color sth was -even if it wasn't significant nor symbolic...) anyways thanks for the nicest videos ♡
I also can't remember plots, characters etc after reading a book and this is so validating lol! one of my favorite quotes of all time is by Ralph Waldo Emerson, "I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me"
Omg I always forget the plots! I was thinking about doing a little essay each time I read a book but that was putting me off reading and I kinda like being able to re read something and not know what's gonna happen. I'm so glad I'm not the only one!
I actually got back into reading a few years ago by watching the first divergent movie and i loved it so much and just had to know what was going to happen so that book series holds a very special place in my heart😊😊💛
Omg same. Divergent series was the one who got me into reading. I went to a bookstore with my mom because she needed something for her job and I spotted Divergent trilogy on one of the shelves and decided to buy it because I loved the movies. The best decision ever. After that, I went to the bookstore again and bought like 10 books. The Mortal Instruments series being one of them, and so that's how I'm here after 3 years lol.
11:00 i felt the same exact way when I finished Marie Lu's The Midnight Star. The first book was so good in its worldbuilding it still is amazing to me. But at midnight star, it was the only book I ever really want to throw mid-reading to the end. I still have ptsd rage over it 🤣🤣
the thing u said about ebooks and physical books is literally me😂 i read better in ebooks like i could finish a book so much faster but i enjoy reading from physical books so much more honestly it’s a struggle
▪I can relate to being shocked by the length of the books I've read when I finally see them in physical form. Its why I'm glad I mainly read via ebook format because there's so many amazing books I've read that I would've probably been put off by if I'd seen them physically. A majority of them are favorites too so it makes me sad to imagine the only reason I read them was because my brain can't compute ebook pages 😅 ▪ The editing for all the library shots, I'm-- 💀💀💀 mood tho ▪ Omg Thief Lord is totally the little brother to Six of Crows! No wonder I felt oddly nostalgic reading it but couldn't place why. Ooh, video idea if you ever need it: fave childhood books and their "older brother/sister" books 💖 Also, a big brother rec for Six of Crows: Lies of Locke Lamora. I don't remember if you've read it, I feel like you mentioned it before but I'm not sure. Its an adult fantasy. ▪ YES! When people ask me Mal or Darkling. I'm just like 'nikolai is right there tho.' 💖
I normally cannot listen to people talk without any action, but your voice is just so calming and nice. I am quite young and trying to get more into reading, but my teachers are forcing me to do reading logs where you are required to read certain books and said books don't interest me. Did you have to go through this, and if you did, how did you not keel over from boredom?
thank you so much! and yes definitely! I didnt like soooo many of the books we had to read in school. The way I combatted that is I would read other books for fun at other times (I used to have to get to school really really early so I would be in the library for an hour just reading before classes^^) But also, you just have to be strong :') good luck!
i love buying books with pretty covers and download books im not sure i‘ll like on my kindle. i like the handiness of the kindle and being on the train, i very often ruin the edges of my books. i‘d love the idea of buying a physical book and getting the kindle version in addition. Kinda like you get the mp3‘s if you by vinyl.
I forget the plot in books too, sometimes immediately after i finish it, but most of the time it happens after a while. From books that i really loved reading i remember a few details and the ending, but there are just a few books or series like that 😅
The moment you said that you loved The thief lord as a kid and that’s why you enjoyed Six of crows sm, I just went *shocked pikachu face*. ‘Cuz as a kid I was obsessed with The Thief lord and now ( as a teen) i can say the same thing for Six of Crows
13:09 - Same! love your answer, it is really a blessing sometimes, I can read any Sherlock Holmes story whenever I want and enjoy it all the same 👌 15:44 - Sounds unreliable... When I go to read a book I look forward to find new crushes in the characters, this is a basic requirement from the writers 😂
Hi Cari. This was so much fun to watch. 👍The way I've made it thru this pandemic is because I'm a book hoarder. A house full of books, yep. But my husband reads them too so it doesn't count 🤣❤️Happy Thanksgiving,.!!
Came back after a loooooong hiatus from watching your videos and your counter has so much stuff now, I kinda need to catch up. This is a very cozy vid 💕
I'm currently a English lit student at University so I'm constantly reading something but I still feel like I'm not really reading. Its hard to find time to properly read something of my own choice with all the uni reading, so I totally understand the feeling of not having enough time to read and appreciate books.
I used to be such a snob when it comes to physical books vs ebooks 🙈 and while I now enjoy ebooks quite a lot I rarely ever actually pick up my Kindle to read 😭😭
If I didn't like a book, like the starting few chapters, I couldn't get myself to finish it. So I would just read the last chapter before continuing so that I would have something to look forward to. Should I be ashamed of myself?😅lol But omg Cornelia Funke brings back sooo many memories.
i’m also terrible to remember plots after finishing books but i’m always surprised with my ability to remember the murderer of a crime book i’ve read 3 years ago lol someone can say the name of a mistery/crime book i’ve already read and i remember the details of how the murder went 😭 creepy? maybe
Cari!! Have you read The song of Achilles or Circe? They feels like the kind of books you might like. Ignore this question if you've already answered this somewhere else
Ooh I'm pretty much the opposite when it comes to remembering plots which is why I can't reread books (unless they're absolute favorites and I don't mind reading the same story again) 😅 my problem is remembering names, either from one book in a series to the next or even in one book when I've put it down for a while. Just recently I read a sequel and I literally sat there asking myself "who are all these people" 😂
Merry early Christmas! You should give my new gothic romance novel '40,000 Words' a read! it follows Adelaide Parabellum as the arrival of poems from beyond the grave causes her to recollect how she had met an austere, quiet, stranger at a pond eight years prior. '40,000 Words' is on Amazon and Kindle in eBook and paperback formats :0 it's so much deeper and wicked meaningful than what I've mentioned in this weeee tiny synopsis.
I like reading books while listening to music I don't listen to that much cause if its my fave songs I get distracted so much and just starts singing along or dancing lolll😂✌
I would love to know your thoughts on 'Before Her Eyes' by Jack Jordan. Its a psychological thriller with murder and mystery. The protagonist is a blind woman who is a "witness" to the serial killers murders. The ending had me shookth. Please add to your list Cari!
Here's a lovely quote about forgetting books: "I cannot remember all the books I’ve read any more than all the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.
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Holy sht, that is so poetic.
the editing for all the libraries tho 😂
when people say library that montage runs through my head every time i swear hahaha
If people do not have crushes over fictional characters of the book they read, do they even read the book ?!? 😂😂 i thought everybody does that
exactly 😂😂😂
Yeah what's the point then 😂😂
lol i can't think of a single crush i've ever had on a book character
I don't get crushes on characters I just get extremely protective feelings and want to adopt them all because they're my BABIES
I like physical books when I'm reading on the couch, but ebooks on the Kindle in bed. It hurts less when you get sleepy and the Kindle hits you in the face 😂
LOL priorities!!!
reading before going to sleep is the perfect time to read for me. i can finish a whole 400 pages book when i just want to finish a chapter jsjsjsjswj
exactly and then its 1am and you're like...where was i?! hahhaha
i love rereading my favourite books/book series every few years because that is the amount of time it takes me to almost fully forget the details and plots 📖 it's the closest i'm able to get to the feelings i had when i experienced my favourite books for the very first time! i've been doing this for years and it's magical to dive back into old worlds with a genuine curiosity! thank you for this lovely tea (in my case coffee) time 💞
yes!!! i have certain books that i love to reread and others that i put away for a long time so i dont dilute their magic hehe
Same. I'm now rereading the Folk of Air trilogy after like 2 years. I have forgotten almost everything from it and it annoys me that I don't even remember some major details, but at the same time I'm glad because it feels more like I'm reading it for the first time.
Another thing about e-books is that as a non-native English speaker, it is so easy to find the meanings of words you don't understand in a book! I use the Kindle app to read my e-books, and there we have an option to just click on the word, and it gives us the meaning and usage in a sentence if we have the dictionary pre-loaded. That's a huge plus for me, as it saves a lot of time. Also, we can adjust the brightness and colour of text, which again is such a plus if you love reading late into the night and don't want to disturb the other family members by keeping the room lights on! :)
I recently switched to e-books, and though I miss the feeling of holding a physical book, its smell and everything, e-books win for me!
yessss thats so true!!
I think we can all collectively agree that the right choice was Nikolai.
yes we can hahahahha
yessssssssssssssess
I have never heard anyone else say they forget plot lines after they finish a book, I didn’t know that was a thing I thought it was just me. That is incredibly comforting to know 😂
us forgetful folks are not alone!!!
There are many of us who wish we could forget books a bit easier. Don't think of it as a flaw, but a benefit.
Such a little thing but I really appreciate the low background music. (I hope there is actually background music and that I'm not losing my marbles.)
LOL there was ;) and im glad you liked it!!
That shrimp meme really called readers out 😂😭
we are the best shrimp :'(
@@caricanread educated shrimps 😂
It's incredible how every video like this always makes me feel like I'm chatting with a friend and feel refreshed at the end!
:''') thank you!!!
I laughed so hard for the "annyeongha🦐" 😂😂
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i just literally started punching the air and yelling YESSSSS at my laptop screen when you showed what you had written for the darkling vs mal question lmao you couldnt have given a better answer, one of my favourite fictional characters ever. light of my life, seriously ❤
We’re truly blessed to have him 😭🙏
I needed this sooo much Cari you don't even know. I've had such a bad Thanksgiving :(
Nooooo i hope tomorrow is better! Sending you lots of love and cozy book chats 🥺🙏
your answer to the question "Would you have picked the Darkling or Mal?" is perfect. like, yes, same, obviously! he was my favorite part of those books and i didn't even like them all that much (imo, the Six of Crows duology is just waaay better overall, but i know this isn't an unpopular opinion).
Exactly and yessss six of crows reigns supreme
Wow, can’t imagining not listening to anything while reading. My friends think I‘m weird because I get so into reading that I can even have the TV on in the background without distracting me from reading 😅 I feel absolutely the same about book size! I know my kindle will show me the length in comparison on the home screen and give me the page count as well as how far along I am in % bit it‘s just way easier for my brain to understand how big a book is if I‘m holding it in my hands 🙈 Now, word count though! Since I‘ve been an avid fanfiction reader for most of my life, which always show their word count, I have a better grasp on that 😃
The answer to that Shadow and Bone question.... chef's kisses
Omg I’m the same with plots - I do it w books and tv/movies. Glad I’m not the only one hahaha
hahah i close the book and the plot is just GONE
i also hated the idea of fanfiction about real people....... until i became a bts fan and someone recommended me the still point (of the turning world) and i dont want you to go (but i want you so) and now im changed ! not even a big bts fan anymore but i think about those stories pretty much every week
also it really helped that all of the stuff i read is alternative universe so i just think that the names and the faces are just some type of fancast and ignore all the canon fics! yay
The invisible life of books Cari reads! I laughed out SO loud!!!
out of sight, and its like they were never there hahahhhaa
Video idea: read a few fanfictions for Harry Potter or something else and tell us what you think about them 🥺
I think it's so interesting how you find ebooks less intimidating because you can't see the length of them--that makes them more intimidating to me! I find that when I can't physically see how long the book I'm reading is, I'm less motivated to read because I don't know how much I have left. how strange, I've never thought about people feeling the opposite but I loved hearing about your perspective!!!
(edit: 1000% Nikolai for me too. the Darkling and Mal have nothing on him heheheh)
What you said about the ebooks kind of hiding the real length of a book, 100% agreed. I was thinking about that a couple of days ago, it tricks you into either thinking a boring book isn't /that/ long and it'll be okay soon or into finishing a short book you're enjoying way too quickly. I wish I had word count instead of page count, that helps me a Lot. I wish word counts were printed somewhere in physical copies as well as ebooks, maybe audiobooks too. I don't know if it's an adhd thing, but having the.. smallest unit.. helps the most.
i prefer to just not know the length! except for the end of six of crows when there was a super long excerpt from the next book at the end, so I thought I had 100 pages left of six of crows and then it just ENDED hahah i was gutted
i feel SO seen and comforted by the fact you forget plots and things!! I also really feel bad about forgetting plots and things, always makes me feel like I just haven't paid enough attention to the plot or something, but it's such a relief to hear you're the same and others do it too!! Plus - the whole part about being able to re-read mysteries and be surprised - legit my FAVE part !! ahahaha
Used to be that person who needed to finish a book even if I didn't like it. Now though, I'm more open to DNF'ing it because there are so many books that I want to read and I don't want to waste my time if I'm not enjoying it.
100%!!
I’ll just speed read through the rest of the book and slow down at the interesting parts. I still can’t manage to not finish a book that I’ve started. It’s a curse.
@@Alittlegnome I'm with you there. I have to finish, or I'll go crazy with guilt. There are exactly 2 books I've ever dnf'd, decades ago, and they still bother me.
Cari: "It's impossible for me to get through a book without a crush on one of the fictional guys or gals. Even the bad guys..."
Me: "Especially the bad guys..." 😈😈😈
Same 🤭
hahaha I love the Library part !!! I do like your idea of having a community book café a lot . I'll keep an eye out for your next Q&A
thank you so much!!
you’re answer to the darkling or mal is elite 😌
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PLEASEEEE if anyone chooses anyone other than Nikolai then I question their sanity. I've seen so many reviews where people are head over heels for the Darkling, and I'm like ... did we read the same book??? And her relationship with Mal was so toxic. Nikolai FOR THE WIN
SAY IT LOUDER FOR THOSE IN THE BACK!
The montage with all of the libraries....I FELT that 😂ME TOO GIRL
My mother always used to say "You don't have to like every book you read but you have to finish all of them." when I didn't want to finish a book. So it stayed with me and I always finish the book I start unless it's a total waste of time.😂
this channel has helped me so much to fall in love with reading again. i read an entire book today and it felt so good 😊
I swear this channel is my main serotonine intake
gah! thank you!
Just wanted to say thank you for the chill book content. I've been motivated to read more and find those moments of calm thanks to your videos so I'm super grateful :)
Hi, Cari, sorry. This time I was really sleeping when you posted.
I love all of your videos, including the ones that you just talk. They are also helpful for my english.
And I must say, I would *love* to have a library, that's like an ultimate dream.
And I'm a high school student and I talked about this before but still, I go to scouting, I write and make designs in a magazine, I go to a course about technology and I join to the tournaments, I do projects. And I also try to learn/ not forget english. And help my mother which takes 3-4 hours of my day. And now, they added lessons for Saturday too in my school. So I am pretty busy, but I love reading books, and reading books in my native language. So let me tell you, there is no way that I can make a schedule for everything and live happily. I have to sacrifice somethings to read.
I choose sleep. I don't sleep.
I also looovee my chemical romance!!
Also I don't have social media accounts, so sorry for not aaking questions. Also, I'm uploading discord now.
being this early to your feels so nice yet again it's very late here but it's fine although I have a class at 8 am and its 2 am
go to sleep!! have fun tomorrow!
omg I just realised that I forgot to write 'video' in the sentence please excuse my brain not properly working brain
Oof crushes on fiction characters 😂 I think my crush on Leo Valdez was a _formative_ moment in my life 🤦♀️🤦♀️ (and by moment I may or may not mean years 😬😂)
LOL😂😂😂
Omg Leo was practically my son/little bro while I was reading Heroes of Olympus. Though when I was reading Percy Jackson and the Olympians I had a crush on Nico 🙃
NIKOLAI is life. And I 100% agree.
I haven't had much chance to read in the past 4 years while doing my post-grad, and have felt a bit intimidated to jump back in even though I've really wanted to (which feels so silly to write). Your channel has been so helpful in encouraging me to just dive in and do it. This week I joined the library, and yesterday I finished a book for the first time in years (Convenience Store Woman after I think you mentioned it in a video?), and it felt amazing!! So long story short, although I'm sure you hear it all the time, thanks very much for helping me re-connect with some joy, Cari :)
your videos LITERALLY feel like a warm hug 📚✨💖
I currently really struggle to finish books. I relate to the whole "being busy makes it harder to give certain books a chance." I am quite stressed at the moment and when I have time to read, or watch Netflix, then those moments are few and far between. I need those moments to be amazingly distracting and entertaining😅. So, when I feel like I am not enjoying a book, or it is not going anywhere, or it is too predictable.... I shelve it, for now. On another note - I feel like I remember plots of books extremely well. To such an extent that I couldnt EVER reread a book. I could reread chapters... or passages, but not the whole book. Its strange, but I dont have the same issue with movies. I rewatched Titanic 7 times, WHILE it was still in theatres. But clearly this behavior must be motivated by some other factor, than the plot, cause I absolutely know I didnt forget the boat would always sink in the end 🤣🤣🤣
i cant imagine what would bring you to watch a 90s leo dicaprio film 7 times in theatres ;)))
@@caricanread 🤣🤣🤣🤣blushing .... I am so naive... yeah, so true, that was probably the thing on the forefront of the mind of the 13 year old me, back then 😂😂😁😁🙈🙈
i totally forget the plot of most of the books I read, but what always stays are the feelings I felt while reading a book, and overall how the book made me feel...crzay stuff.
Ahh.....i should go to sleep, but will watch your vlog before :) I just cannot wait until tomorrow. I mean bookish content from you? This is something I cannot skip.
bahahaha then after this straight to bed!!!
I completely agree with your answer to the shadow and bone question. That character is the main reason I continued the series, other characters in the book don't come close to him.
i hate to say it but if i'm not simping over a character in a book then it never ends up being a five star read
amen
I feel the same way about e-books and how it feels less intimidating to just go through it. But I still love the feeling of holding a physical book :)
9:36 the answer to every question
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love your dog cup btw I have a pretty big cup collection myself and can't lie I'm kinda jealous
hehe thank you, its my favorite!
This was honestly so relatable 😂 thank you for making me feel better
I'd love to be blessed with forgetting plots! For the life of me, I could not remember the plot if it is a book I've read say a couple years ago but if I start reading it again I'll remember it at the second, damn it. I cannot re-read books even my favorite ones, I get bored because I already know what happens. And the worst is with new books I read that have similar plots to books I've read, I cannot help but feel that I already know what is going to happen and I heavily struggle to finish them.
So yeah enjoy your blessed mind hahaha
Isabel Allende has amazing books, I love La casa de los espiritus. I'm a Spanish speaker and I struggled understanding it hahaha it has so many hidden messages but in that case it helps to read about the author's life and the time period they had have to live through. Same with Gabriel Garcia Marquez, beautiful writing.
Love physical books!!! My compromise is that I keep college research-related materials, and collect first editions of favorite authors. I buy and sell other books through an area independent bookseller's used book program, unless I plan on re-reading them. Books+me=voracious reader!
I also wonder does this happen to you too where you hate a character so much in a book that it literally makes you close the book, have like a little tantrum about how horrible they are or is it just me?
Literally reading Red Queen hahhaha could NOT understand why one love interest was a love interest when he was so 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
Yesss. I definitely do this 😂 or if they’re being immature and i want to slap some sense into them sometimes I get genuinely angry and have to put the book down for a minute,
Huh you're not the only one. I recently read a trilogy and absolutely despised the MC, I had to stop reading several times because I was legit ready to push her off a cliff. (The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer)
Please don't read that book if you want to keep your sanity. I regret wasting my time on it.
I've been dreaming of opening a book cafe since I was little 😍 I've always wanted to make one that makes people want to chill and read there, super cozy, can sit and read for hours at odd hours of the day, and of course having pastries as well 😅
What a coincidence! I want this to be a reality!!😁😃
I think I’m finally going to start reading properly again thanks to your videos ❤️
yay!!!!! hope you find a story you can get lost in^^
Omg the early 2000s pillow chairs I’m laying on one right now 😭😭😭
I AM VERY JEALOUS
cari is too underrated 😳🤚🏼
I don't necessarily forget the plot but I read soooo many books that they can get all jumbled. I do have a horrible time telling people what a book is about but the second I try to reread a book (unless it's been a decade) it all comes back. Which is why I don't like buying books because I won't reread them. :(
I totally feel this!! Especially when the books are by the same author, I often forget which characters were in which book 😂😭
I love reading with lofi music! I feel the same about ebooks I almost feel like I read them faster 😂 NIKOLAI !! Sameeeee ! I didn’t really click with shadow and bone but nikolai 😍 Have you read king of scars ? I can’t wait for the 2nd book . Hahah I have short-term plot memory loss too (am I the only obsessed with nemo and dori?🥺)
i am SO READY for the next book in king of scars you have no idea hahahahha
I relate to forgetting the plot so much haha it was a nightmare in high school because I had a teacher who would quiz us on the tiniest details (even questions as what color sth was -even if it wasn't significant nor symbolic...) anyways thanks for the nicest videos ♡
I also can't remember plots, characters etc after reading a book and this is so validating lol! one of my favorite quotes of all time is by Ralph Waldo Emerson, "I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me"
The arm chair pillow!! I still use the one I bought back in college.
I loved this Q&A! It was so cozy and chill! Lots of love from Greece!
Omg I always forget the plots! I was thinking about doing a little essay each time I read a book but that was putting me off reading and I kinda like being able to re read something and not know what's gonna happen. I'm so glad I'm not the only one!
Walmart actually sells those pillow chairs still! If I had the room I would get one, it'd probably save my neck 😅
I actually got back into reading a few years ago by watching the first divergent movie and i loved it so much and just had to know what was going to happen so that book series holds a very special place in my heart😊😊💛
Omg same. Divergent series was the one who got me into reading. I went to a bookstore with my mom because she needed something for her job and I spotted Divergent trilogy on one of the shelves and decided to buy it because I loved the movies. The best decision ever. After that, I went to the bookstore again and bought like 10 books. The Mortal Instruments series being one of them, and so that's how I'm here after 3 years lol.
Love your videos! You have such a soothing voice, you'd make such an awesome ASMR video!!
thank you so much :')
11:00 i felt the same exact way when I finished Marie Lu's The Midnight Star. The first book was so good in its worldbuilding it still is amazing to me. But at midnight star, it was the only book I ever really want to throw mid-reading to the end. I still have ptsd rage over it 🤣🤣
LOL!!!!
THE SHRIMP MEME MADE MY DAY
the thing u said about ebooks and physical books is literally me😂 i read better in ebooks like i could finish a book so much faster but i enjoy reading from physical books so much more honestly it’s a struggle
▪I can relate to being shocked by the length of the books I've read when I finally see them in physical form. Its why I'm glad I mainly read via ebook format because there's so many amazing books I've read that I would've probably been put off by if I'd seen them physically. A majority of them are favorites too so it makes me sad to imagine the only reason I read them was because my brain can't compute ebook pages 😅
▪ The editing for all the library shots, I'm-- 💀💀💀 mood tho
▪ Omg Thief Lord is totally the little brother to Six of Crows! No wonder I felt oddly nostalgic reading it but couldn't place why. Ooh, video idea if you ever need it: fave childhood books and their "older brother/sister" books 💖 Also, a big brother rec for Six of Crows: Lies of Locke Lamora. I don't remember if you've read it, I feel like you mentioned it before but I'm not sure. Its an adult fantasy.
▪ YES! When people ask me Mal or Darkling. I'm just like 'nikolai is right there tho.' 💖
looking forward to the writing q&a! love how we have similar hobbies lol
I normally cannot listen to people talk without any action, but your voice is just so calming and nice. I am quite young and trying to get more into reading, but my teachers are forcing me to do reading logs where you are required to read certain books and said books don't interest me. Did you have to go through this, and if you did, how did you not keel over from boredom?
thank you so much! and yes definitely! I didnt like soooo many of the books we had to read in school. The way I combatted that is I would read other books for fun at other times (I used to have to get to school really really early so I would be in the library for an hour just reading before classes^^) But also, you just have to be strong :') good luck!
Nikolai is the best of the best!!!
9:36 YES! I love nikolai omg
Also mal was the WORST i hated him by the end of the series
110%!!!!
man, Mal has even less flavor than a stale piece of white bread 🥴
@@sabrina.lnd95 this one took me out😂
i love buying books with pretty covers and download books im not sure i‘ll like on my kindle. i like the handiness of the kindle and being on the train, i very often ruin the edges of my books.
i‘d love the idea of buying a physical book and getting the kindle version in addition. Kinda like you get the mp3‘s if you by vinyl.
You should do a video about big/little sister books!
I forget the plot in books too, sometimes immediately after i finish it, but most of the time it happens after a while. From books that i really loved reading i remember a few details and the ending, but there are just a few books or series like that 😅
The moment you said that you loved The thief lord as a kid and that’s why you enjoyed Six of crows sm, I just went *shocked pikachu face*. ‘Cuz as a kid I was obsessed with The Thief lord and now ( as a teen) i can say the same thing for Six of Crows
This made me feel so understood 😅 bless you cari
13:09 - Same! love your answer, it is really a blessing sometimes, I can read any Sherlock Holmes story whenever I want and enjoy it all the same 👌
15:44 - Sounds unreliable...
When I go to read a book I look forward to find new crushes in the characters, this is a basic requirement from the writers 😂
re-watching this because i feel u so much cari HAHA
Hi Cari. This was so much fun to watch. 👍The way I've made it thru this pandemic is because I'm a book hoarder. A house full of books, yep. But my husband reads them too so it doesn't count 🤣❤️Happy Thanksgiving,.!!
i wouldn't know what i would have done without digital libraries this year!!
Yay for the new video! 🙌🏽
🎉!!! thank you!
Came back after a loooooong hiatus from watching your videos and your counter has so much stuff now, I kinda need to catch up. This is a very cozy vid 💕
welcome back^^~
@@caricanread happy to be back💓
how long have you and Kurt been married? I think this is the first time I’ve heard you call him husband. So cute!
Since Oct 2018! It doesnt seem that long though 😂😂😂
I'm currently a English lit student at University so I'm constantly reading something but I still feel like I'm not really reading. Its hard to find time to properly read something of my own choice with all the uni reading, so I totally understand the feeling of not having enough time to read and appreciate books.
*queue fabulous library edit* like literally every reader's mood
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Love this kind of videos cari!!
I just finished the book (Addie LaRue). I think you'll like it. I'm looking forward for the reading vlog!
I used to be such a snob when it comes to physical books vs ebooks 🙈 and while I now enjoy ebooks quite a lot I rarely ever actually pick up my Kindle to read 😭😭
If I didn't like a book, like the starting few chapters, I couldn't get myself to finish it. So I would just read the last chapter before continuing so that I would have something to look forward to.
Should I be ashamed of myself?😅lol
But omg Cornelia Funke brings back sooo many memories.
LOL omg noooooo!!!
Lol I do that, I spoil the ending for myself to see if it's worth reading the book to get to said ending 😂
i’m also terrible to remember plots after finishing books but i’m always surprised with my ability to remember the murderer of a crime book i’ve read 3 years ago lol someone can say the name of a mistery/crime book i’ve already read and i remember the details of how the murder went 😭 creepy? maybe
omg hahaha thats a curse!!
Omg you like Isabel Allende. I love her books ( and she), she’s also Chilean like me lol ❤️
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Cari!! Have you read The song of Achilles or Circe? They feels like the kind of books you might like. Ignore this question if you've already answered this somewhere else
same for me with the fantasy - historical fiction - murde- MYSTERY *shoves agatha christie book behind me*
Ooh I'm pretty much the opposite when it comes to remembering plots which is why I can't reread books (unless they're absolute favorites and I don't mind reading the same story again) 😅 my problem is remembering names, either from one book in a series to the next or even in one book when I've put it down for a while. Just recently I read a sequel and I literally sat there asking myself "who are all these people" 😂
Merry early Christmas! You should give my new gothic romance novel '40,000 Words' a read! it follows Adelaide Parabellum as the arrival of poems from beyond the grave causes her to recollect how she had met an austere, quiet, stranger at a pond eight years prior. '40,000 Words' is on Amazon and Kindle in eBook and paperback formats :0 it's so much deeper and wicked meaningful than what I've mentioned in this weeee tiny synopsis.
I like reading books while listening to music I don't listen to that much cause if its my fave songs I get distracted so much and just starts singing along or dancing lolll😂✌
exactly LOL! im always singing along or paying attention to the words!
I would love to know your thoughts on 'Before Her Eyes' by Jack Jordan. Its a psychological thriller with murder and mystery. The protagonist is a blind woman who is a "witness" to the serial killers murders. The ending had me shookth. Please add to your list Cari!