I would say Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands is among my top 4 books (It was difficult to choose as I have 19 books! ) But from my comics list my top favourite was the manga "Saint? No! I'm Just a Passing Beast Tamer!" -- it's a cozy adventure about a girl who just wants to gather fluffy creatures.
My Favorite was The Keeper Origins trilogy by JA Andrews. Such amazing characters in a wonderfully detailed world. It is such a well rounded fantasy series that pulls you in from the first chapter. One of my all time favorites, right now.
YESSSS to Irregular Witches! So good! Caraval and Stalking Jack the Ripper are some of my all-time faves! I’ve been hearing such good things about The Thirteenth Child, so I gotta give it a try. And Just for the Summer was in my top 10 for 2024 as well!
You had some phenomenal reads Liv! This was the year that I discovered Abby Jimenez & Sarah Adams. Some of my top faves: Divine Rivals, Emma, & Emily of New Moon. Happy new year!!
I got my hands on Amy Tan’s memoir and could not put it down - I then immediately went & read The Kitchen God’s Wife which I’ve been meaning to read forever. Well worth it! By the way, in Egypt it’s crocodiles not alligators lol
The way I just squealed when I saw Heartless Hunter was your number one too!! I cannot stop thinking about it! Not even surprised we had so many in common! Also this sweater?!? LOVE! 😍😍
Thank you for the video. The Abby Jimenez is in my top ten books of the year too. My favorite book of the year is hands down The Pumpkin Princess and the Forever Night. It's the perfect fall read and without spoiling anything there is a character that just melts my heart.
I can’t wait to see you read the Iskari series by Kristen Cicarelli. I loved Heartless Hunter but the Iskari series is some of the best YA fiction I’ve ever read. Truly top notch, with masterful storytelling. 💛💛💛
I'm so happy to hear you enjoyed Caraval, and I've noticed I need to read Abby Jimenez as so many people love her books and I'm just late to the train 😅🙈 Heartless Hunter and We Used to Live Here were also on my favourites list for this year. I also really enjoyed Play Along by Liz Tomforde, That's Not My Name by Megan Lally, Bride by Ali Hazelwood and Human Acts by Han Kang💕 I think 2025 will be a year for me where I read most of my backlist too as I have so many series to finish or start
❤ I also found Abby Jimenez this year (I’m late to her) and have only read Part of Your World and loved it! So, now I’m going to read all of hers before her new one comes out. And, I’m a thriller reader!😂. That said, my favorite of the year was probably Nightwatching by Tracy Sierra.
I haven't figured out my top favorites of the year but Heartless Hunter and Ruthless Vows are up there. I'm using these best of the year videos to make my 25 in 25 list. If one is mentioned that I own it's automatically getting added to the list. I'll be adding The Reappearance of Rachel Price, The Thirteenth Child and What The River Knows to my list! Maybe some others from your honerable mentions list as well. 😆
Soooo many good books on your list 🤩💛 Here are my top ten!!!! 10: From Blood and Ash 9:All the Colors of the Dark 8: Kiss of Deception 7:Little Women 6: Kingdom of Ash 5: Yours Truly 4: Divine Rivals 3..2..1… In NO order because I also can’t decide 😭 Flight by R.V. Wilbur, City of Gods and Monsters by Kayla Edwards, The Women by Kristin Hannah. All three are so perfect ❤️😭
My favorite book this year I just finished the other day, North is the Night by Emily Rath! Folk fantasy at its best, highly recommend! Heartless Hunter is a close second!! 😊
My top books were: The Frozen River Yours Truly Night Road Heartless Hunter Funny Story The Teacher Finlay Donovan Is Killing It ( read all 4 in the series back to back)
Some of my 5* in 2024: Circe, I who have never known men, The African Samuri, Wild-Cheryl Strayed, Lady Tans circle of women, Gallant, The Road, and Carmilla the OG vampire book! My taste is clearly all over the map! 🤣
I know you said name one, but…..Top 3: Tress of the emerald sea, house of salt & sorrow, what moves the dead, current read: small favors, fav (only) holiday read the Christmas tree farm…2025 goal read more Brandon Sanderson books…thx for another cozy fun book rec video…..🤓🫶🏻🕯️☕️📖
✨Tell me one of your top 3 favorites you read this year!
One of my top 3 favorites this year was Tress of the Emerald Sea!
The Last Letter is one of my top 3 reads of the year.
I would say Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands is among my top 4 books (It was difficult to choose as I have 19 books! ) But from my comics list my top favourite was the manga "Saint? No! I'm Just a Passing Beast Tamer!" -- it's a cozy adventure about a girl who just wants to gather fluffy creatures.
The whole Bear Town series
My Favorite was The Keeper Origins trilogy by JA Andrews. Such amazing characters in a wonderfully detailed world. It is such a well rounded fantasy series that pulls you in from the first chapter. One of my all time favorites, right now.
First of all… that sweater!! Gorgeous. My fave this year was The Unmaking of June Farrow.
Thank you! 🤗 That made my favorites list of 2023!
YESSSS to Irregular Witches! So good! Caraval and Stalking Jack the Ripper are some of my all-time faves! I’ve been hearing such good things about The Thirteenth Child, so I gotta give it a try. And Just for the Summer was in my top 10 for 2024 as well!
Love your content and your sweaters 😊. Where do you shop??
Thank you! This one is from MOD Boutique. 🤗
I’m getting back into book RUclipsrs after a few years and will definitely be subscribing! Got quite a few recs here. ALSO. Your hair is gorgeous! lol
Awww yay, well I’m so glad you found me! 🤗 And thank you so much!
Ooooo I have so many new books on my TBR now! Also, love that sweater!!
YAY! That’s the goal! 😉
Bright Young Women, Words of Radiance, The Tainted Cup, and We Used to Live Here were among some of my personal favorites!!
You had some phenomenal reads Liv! This was the year that I discovered Abby Jimenez & Sarah Adams. Some of my top faves: Divine Rivals, Emma, & Emily of New Moon. Happy new year!!
Thank you for making this video, Liv! My tbr for 2025 is set🤩
Happy New Year🎉🥂
Thank you for the lovely video! I had so many unfinished reads this year so I'm hoping 2025 is better. Cheers 🥂
Best of luck to you in the new year, my friend! 🥂✨
Happy to see Bring Me Your Midnights on your honorable mentions! It’s on my TBR, and I’m excited.
I hope you love it! 🙌🏻
ready to add a ton of books to my tbr lets gooo
Yay!!! 🤗
I got my hands on Amy Tan’s memoir and could not put it down - I then immediately went & read The Kitchen God’s Wife which I’ve been meaning to read forever. Well worth it!
By the way, in Egypt it’s crocodiles not alligators lol
The way I just squealed when I saw Heartless Hunter was your number one too!! I cannot stop thinking about it!
Not even surprised we had so many in common! Also this sweater?!? LOVE! 😍😍
It made me cry & I heard the next one is sad too! I can’t wait. 🤭
Ahhhh thank you! I love a small boutique find. 🫶🏻
I LOVED Assistant to the Villain too! I can’t believe I waited so long to read it. It was impossible for me to put down!
I also loved Heartless Hunter! so excited for the next book!
Me too! I can’t wait to see what happens next. 🤭
I love this list Liv! 💙Your hair looks beautiful!
Awww thank you Amy! You’re the best! 🥹🫶🏻
so many awesome recs! i also loved just for the summer - definitely made me want to read more romance
for my top books, i really loved a psalm for the wild-built by becky chambers! it was a sentimental, quick read about a human learning from a robot!
I'm so glad you loved it too! It's such a sweet story. 🥹
Caraval was also one of my favorite series that I read in 2023😍
Ruthless vows was my absolute number one😍✨
Thank you for the video. The Abby Jimenez is in my top ten books of the year too. My favorite book of the year is hands down The Pumpkin Princess and the Forever Night. It's the perfect fall read and without spoiling anything there is a character that just melts my heart.
Ooooh that sounds fantastic! Thank you so much for being here another year Rebekah! 🫶🏻
Heartless Hunter is in my top 10 favorite reads of the year as well!
Love your videos ❤❤❤🎉🎉
I can’t wait to see you read the Iskari series by Kristen Cicarelli. I loved Heartless Hunter but the Iskari series is some of the best YA fiction I’ve ever read. Truly top notch, with masterful storytelling. 💛💛💛
It’s on my list for sure!
I'm so happy to hear you enjoyed Caraval, and I've noticed I need to read Abby Jimenez as so many people love her books and I'm just late to the train 😅🙈
Heartless Hunter and We Used to Live Here were also on my favourites list for this year. I also really enjoyed Play Along by Liz Tomforde, That's Not My Name by Megan Lally, Bride by Ali Hazelwood and Human Acts by Han Kang💕
I think 2025 will be a year for me where I read most of my backlist too as I have so many series to finish or start
Thank you for watching & your sweet comment! 🫶🏻 I love that we had some of the same favorites! I hope you have an amazing start to your reading year!
@@livslibrary thank you and I wish the same for you 💕
Such a fun video!!! 🩷
Thank you friend! 🫶🏻
❤ I also found Abby Jimenez this year (I’m late to her) and have only read Part of Your World and loved it! So, now I’m going to read all of hers before her new one comes out. And, I’m a thriller reader!😂. That said, my favorite of the year was probably Nightwatching by Tracy Sierra.
My top were Bookshops & Bonedust, Tress of the Emerald Sea, and Soara and the House of Monsters 😊
Okay but this line up is actual perfection! 🙌🏻
Recursion by Blake Crouch
All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker
The book of doors by Gareth Brown
The way I just know that your clips are gonna eat all the other girls up in my yearly video
Hahaha, I’M DEAD. I’m so sorry in advanced. 😂😂😂
I haven't figured out my top favorites of the year but Heartless Hunter and Ruthless Vows are up there. I'm using these best of the year videos to make my 25 in 25 list. If one is mentioned that I own it's automatically getting added to the list. I'll be adding The Reappearance of Rachel Price, The Thirteenth Child and What The River Knows to my list! Maybe some others from your honerable mentions list as well. 😆
I LOVE THIS IDEA! Hopefully that means you’ll have an amazing line up for 2025! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
Soooo many good books on your list 🤩💛 Here are my top ten!!!!
10: From Blood and Ash
9:All the Colors of the Dark
8: Kiss of Deception
7:Little Women
6: Kingdom of Ash
5: Yours Truly
4: Divine Rivals
3..2..1… In NO order because I also can’t decide 😭 Flight by R.V. Wilbur, City of Gods and Monsters by Kayla Edwards, The Women by Kristin Hannah. All three are so perfect ❤️😭
My favorite book this year I just finished the other day, North is the Night by Emily Rath! Folk fantasy at its best, highly recommend! Heartless Hunter is a close second!! 😊
The Measure and the gentleman in Moscow (even though i havent finished it yet) are my top 2.
My top books were:
The Frozen River
Yours Truly
Night Road
Heartless Hunter
Funny Story
The Teacher
Finlay Donovan Is Killing It ( read all 4 in the series back to back)
Some of my 5* in 2024: Circe, I who have never known men, The African Samuri, Wild-Cheryl Strayed, Lady Tans circle of women, Gallant, The Road, and Carmilla the OG vampire book! My taste is clearly all over the map! 🤣
I who have never known men ❤️
I got a copy of half a soul but I haven’t read it yet! I had no idea it was a series 😱
Yessss! I’m so excited to continue on!
11/22/63 and Tomorrow, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow and The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year are all great ones!!
I really enjoyed A Bond of Briars by Erin Phillips
Oh man, Where the Library Hides is going to take you on a crazy roller coaster. I hope you manage to read it soon :)
I’m itching to pick it up!!! 🤭
@@livslibrary I finished it last night, actually. I was not prepared, but its amazing!
Also I just finished what the river knows. It was only a 3 star for me 😅
A lot of people thought it was slow, so I get it! The audio just made it really come to life for me! 👏🏻
Have you read Once Upon a Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber? Absolutely magical! It’s my favorite!
Not yet, since I just finished the Caraval series! I do own them & plan to read to them soon though. 🤗
@ Aw yay! I read Caraval first too and I’m glad that I did 👍🏻
THERE IS NO WAY YOU PUT SILVER FLAMES THAT HIGH. that shocked me 😂
Sarah J. Maas wins every time for me. What can I say! 🤷🏼♀️
Olivia I think I have to officially say… we have different reading tastes 😂😂
Oh FOR SURE! I’ve always known but it’s become more apparent recently. 🤭
I released my top 10 too early! Everybody is releasing theirs today! 😂😂
I didn’t want to put mine up too early in case I read a REALLY good book that could make the list! 😅
what happened to your mic Liv?
It sounds perfectly fine on my end?
@@livslibrary really? I thought you did not use one in this video. sound is a bit raw.
@ I’ve been using the same mic for years so I have no idea! 🤷🏼♀️
@@livslibrary maybe just me !🤣 loved the books and those covers are sooo charming ! will definitely get What The River Knows 😍🤩
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I know you said name one, but…..Top 3: Tress of the emerald sea, house of salt & sorrow, what moves the dead, current read: small favors, fav (only) holiday read the Christmas tree farm…2025 goal read more Brandon Sanderson books…thx for another cozy fun book rec video…..🤓🫶🏻🕯️☕️📖
HOUSE OF SALT & SORROWS! We love! 😍