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Reviewing New Books (What Should You Read?)
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- Опубликовано: 31 июл 2024
- Delve into the heart-pounding pages of "Kill for Me, Kill for You" by Steve Cavanagh, a highly-rated thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Dive into a collection of spine-chilling horror stories featuring young black women who not only survive but thrive in "The Black Girl Survives in This One" anthology! Join us for a thrilling ride as we dive into the world of murder mysteries with "Murder Road" by Simone St. James! Embark on a heart-pounding journey into the wilderness with "This Wretched Valley" by Jenny Kiefer! And More!!!
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‣ Check out Jenny Kiefer's indie book store, Butcher Cabin Books: www.horrorbookstore.com/
‣ Check out my Goodreads review of "The Black Girl Survives in This One" for individual ratings and reviews of each short story: / 6305328038
‣ Check out my friend @mynameisemilygood channel to see her thoughts on "The Warm Hands of Ghosts" by Katherine Arden
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Oooo okay the urban legend element of murder road is a new comment I’ve heard but it makes me so much more excited!
It watches in the dark sounds like something I would be into. Why is middle grade horror so good? I also almost bought Piglet for the same reasons. I love that you are focusing on ENJOYING what you read and DNFing when you don't.
YESSS omg I can see you really loving It Watches in the Dark!!! I really hope more people get to check it out because I thought it was fantastic! 👏♥️
Piglet had really great cover design and marketing FOR SURE! I don't read much lit fic but that one GOT me!!! 😅
YES thank you so much this is definitely the year of loving what you read!!! 🙌💯
There are so many books I'll be adding to my endless tbr, and that's why I enjoy watching your videos! That's cool you're continuing to reinvent your channel by doing grouped book videos instead of wrap ups. I'm thinking of going back to individual review videos because wrap ups can be so brief! ❤
AW Thank you Jess,😭 that is so kind of you💗!!! I also would LOVE to see more individual review videos, there can sometimes be too much to say about a book than will fit in just one video!!! 😭🙌
You’re always great for a thriller recommendation when I’m feeling drawn to reading one. I’m going to try to get Murder Road and That’s Not My Name from my library. Thanks Mikala! ☺️💜
Thank YOU for watching Aisling!!! I appreciate you so much! I honestly think you can't go wrong with either of these two picks when you are in the mood for a thriller! They will do the trick! ♥️🙌💯
So many great books!! Glad to see you enjoyed them all. Always getting the best recs from you! 🌟
I love supernatural elements so I will def check out Murder Road 👀 also This Wretched Valley! I’m from Louisville so I’m SHOCKED I haven’t heard of that bookstore before. I’ll have to give it a visit next time I’m home. Very excited about Piglet as well!
I would love to see a fever dream/surrealism book recs video! That’s one of my fav subgenres as well
I am literally so happy that you enjoyed these recs!!!
YESSS I would love to hear your thoughts on Murder Road!!!!
Ughhh I LOVE that I'm not the only one who loves "fever dream" esque recs!!!!! Why do these kind of books just feel so magical? ♥️💯🤌🙌📚
Thanks for the intro to that middle grade novel. I can't wait to give it a go!
YES absolutely! 🙌 I hope more people will check it out I think it's fantastic!!!
Excellent reviews!! I'm still very interested in This Wretched Valley, despite the mixed reviews. I'm extra curious about it now!
Yesss, I think especially if you can try to borrow a copy from your library than I would highly recommend giving it a try! Especially if you really like survival thriller/horror stories!
I really liked This wretched valley despite the mixed reviews, it’s very similar to The ruins, which is my favorite survival horror. If you still haven’t read it, I highly recommend. 🥰
OKAY RIGHT?!!! thank you Maya I'm glad I was not the only one who really liked This Wretched Valley!!! I think Jenny Keifer has such a bright future in this genre!!
I swear to you the ruins is on my BUCKET LIST to read before I die!!!!! I will read it asap!
I think you've sold me on This Wretched Valley.
That makes me SO glad! I would love to hear your thoughts on it if you get the chance to read it! I think this author has a really bright future in this genre!!!
I love Jeff Strand. His writing is often witty and funny, but still manages to be quite creepy.
RIGHT?!! Okay Im so happy to hear you enjoy this author too, I am so excited to read more!
I'm interested in This Wretched Valley, and that cover 😯😯looove it
Yay for more DNF-ing!! There are too many good books out there to read a book you aren't enjoying.
I would love to hear your thoughts on This Wretched Valley if you check it out! AND YESSS I am SO about the DNF! 😅🙌💯
i notice its easier to find 4 to 5 star fantasy and romance books then 4 to 5 star thrillers on goodreads.Also i like supernatural elements in thrillers its like that extra element like in 10 Cloverfield lane
YESSSSSSS okay RIGHT?!!!! I also really enjoy supernatural elements in thrillers, something about that speculative aspect always gets me! ALSO I LOVED 10 Cloverfield lane!
I found This Wretched Valley in a little free library! So excited to read it now!
I love that cover of Piglet, have you seen the UK one? It has donuts!
NO WAY REALLY?!!!!!!!! AHHHH That is SUCH a great find, especially since it is such a new release, what a SCORE! YES I was deciding which cover of Piglet to use in this video, either the hamburger or the donut 😆...but the copy I read had the hamburger which is what initially really caught my eye to read it so I had to go with that one LOL!
I am officially adding the Steve Cavanagh book to my wish list!
I have This Wretched Valley and lookong forward to it!
I’d love to see a wrap up of books you’ve read where an animal is either a character or a key role in the book.
OMG - Thank you for the suggestion! This is an ingenious idea that hadn't even crossed my mind! And now that you say it I have like 5 books popping up in my mind that would be PERFECT for this!!! you got my gears in my brain spinning!!! (Also I hope you enjoy both Steve Cavanagh AND especially This Wretched Valley!!!)
@@mikalareads love this! Can’t wait to see what you come up with 🥰
I really want to read wretched valley and that’s not my name lol the song was totally in my head 😂. I purchased murder road and warm hands ghost. Another I enjoyed from Simone st James is the sun down hotel which I really loved . I also read the book of cold cases. I finally finish reading the god of endings which I loved being in that world. I really can’t wait for Jacqueline holland to write another book. I really loved her writing 😊☕️📚 as far for videos I will watch anything you post. I do enjoy magical realism and haunted house 🏚️🎃👻
I hope you get to read both of these, and let me know what your thoughts are! Okay I will DEFINITELY read The sundown hotel asap! Thank you for the recommendation!!!
ALSO OMG I am so happy to hear you also enjoyed The God of Endings!!!!! I'm really excited to see what Jacqueline Holland will do next too!!!! 👏👏👏👏 I feel like her writing style is so unique!
Also I appreciate your support so much!!!!! 💯♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ (magical realism and haunted houses is like my #1 FAVE YESSSSSSS)
I love Simone St James, Sun Down Motel got me back into reading. My favorite of hers is The Broken Girls though. I think with your taste, wanting stronger girls/women it might be up your alley. It’s two timelines, and yes there are women victims for the mystery, but so much of it is about what these girls/women go through and their strength. You get a peek into history after WWII and the nuances of being a girl then, which gave me a lot to think about, but I just rooted for so many characters. There’s also a present day timeline with a strong female lead. I also thought it was different, as in not predictable. All her books have that supernatural edge. I hardly ever read supernatural but I love how this author does it.
Lol..you go on to mention you don’t like books about WWII. This book is set after, it’s not heavy about the war, it’s just kindof like how we are effected by 2020 panini..in the past timeline some of the character development is about how these girls were effected by how the world was and how people in their lives were effected and thus effected them. Maybe that’s too much info, but since you mentioned it thought I would add. 🤦♀️
Okay thank you so much for the recommendation it is much appreciated!!!! 👏 I will 100% check out The Broken Girls! I'm putting a hold on it now it sounds phenomenal!!!
Honestly Simone st James sounds like the kind of author I have been missing out on!!! The broken girls sounds so good I am requesting it from my library now!
In the same vein as your love for lost in the wilderness stories, have you ever seen the movie Ravenous? I think it might be something you could dig.
Ugh totally feel you about the beginning of the book being the most difficult. Like I want to read, I don't want to start a book tf I'm convinced they're different things
It watches in the dark sounds soooo good, gotta add that to my tbr
I'm glad you've enjoyed so many of these!!! :)
YES wilderness, survival horror is so interesting to me, and also terrifying! 😅 Ohhh I have not seen that one, but I have a list saved of movie recs so I am adding this one to it!
Im glad to its not just me that feels that way about starting a new book!!!
@@mikalareads yesssss, let me know if you ever end up watching it and what you think !!
I loved This Wretched Valley! I'm glad you enjoyed it. Did we read all the same books? LOL! It Watches in the Dark is so good. Jeff Strand is one of my auto-buy authors now. I also read Piglet. It was well written and kept me interested but it made me very angry. I donated my copy to my public library. 🤷♀️ 18:13
OHH I am so glad to hear that you loved This Wretched Valley too! Honestly I am thinking I may want to even reread it this year just to see if I might raise my rating to a full five! OKAY I am SO glad to have recently discovered Jeff Strand!!! I cant wait to read more from his backlist!
OHHHH okay I would love to hear more of your review on Piglet!!!! I was so frustrated reading about the main characters decisions in Piglet, I don't blame you for unhauling your copy!!!
also have you heard or watched the Netflix miniseries thriller baby reindeer its a great stalker based off true events show
OMG I was JUSt hearing about Baby Reindeer!!! Someone on a live stream was recommending it! Now this is a sign for me to watch it haahha!!!
Your book shelves look so nice 💯. I keep reorganizing my shelves. 😅 I have a wooden one, and a very big one in my closet. Dont ask 😂.... Its a very deep shelf wich can be a convenient and an annoying thing at the Same time 😊mmm.... So ya.... Cool 😎 Video ❤. Hugs 🫂
Thank you so much for the compliment on my bookshelves! I think that's so cool you have two and also I can see how it may be inconvenient having the one in your closet!!! But also I've considered turning my closet into a reading nook or mini library room so I actually think that's so cool!!!
Thank you so much! ♥️😍📚
@@mikalareads ya it was there when we moved in 3 years ago. Or so. One day I'll get it organized the way I want it.
Unfortunately, Warm Hands of the Ghost was a dnf for me. Something about the writing style just didnt click with me 😅
That is TOTALLY understandable!!! 🙌 Honestly I had to ask myself if I would have even read it myself if I didn't already really love the authors books I had read, normally this is the kind of book that wouldn't really pique my interest!
Its very interesting, to hear 🙉 that so many thrillers aren't rated as high..... Hmmm 🤔. I wonder why???.😮 I mean i keep hear nad reviews on some thrillers saying hiw bad they are. I need to pick up more thrillers then..❤ Nothing too violent or too vory either. Ok bye. Hug 🫂
YES, I wonder if it's just something I've noticed for some reason but I always tend to notice thrillers on goodreads struggle to Crack that 4 star rating barrier! 😅 I think it could be that thrillers seem to be very hit or miss for people, so the ratings can be wildly all over the place!
@@mikalareads Ya that totally makes sense 🙂 actually. It just may not be everyone's cup of tea ☕.... Which is ok!!!! I'm not even sure I've read any thrillers. It's hard to tell. Would you recommend any that you've enjoyed?
@YW2324 One of my favorite thrillers from last year was "How Can I Help You" by Laura Sims (...this one has a VERY unhinged main character that was facinating! 😅)
Also I personally think you can't go wrong with Samantha Downings books!!! (With the ONE exception if her newest release A Twisted Love Story which I was not a fan of)
@@mikalareads Alright thanks 👍🏻 a lot!!!! I appreciate it ☺️.... I'll have to check them out. Id recommend Robert b parkers books. I've actually only read ones from his series by other authors because he passed away. Also tiny hillerman