I also really liked the Invisible Life of Addie Larue and The Midnight Library! Also, thank you for sharing your vulnerability when talking about Loveless, I really appreciate your truth and honesty. I love your videos!!
It is because of Gabby I got into reading. It is because of Gabby I became passionate about books. Will be forever grateful to ya !! And tysm for this upload...been waiting for this !!💓💓💓💓
I haven't read any of those books but do own 4 of them on my TBR list. Will have to move them up. 2020 was my worst reading year. I keep going down and down each year. My goal for 2021 is to read more. I'm trying to read every day now and I did start reading your January pick for the book club since I did have it on my shelf from BOTM club. Happy reading.
You are an amazing reader and I love your enthusiasm. I was a reading disaster in 2020 but all set to get my mojo back this year, yey. I’m Irish and we would pronounce the Irish surname Foley as “foal-ee”. I wish I could do reviews as well as you. Keep it up. Love your Mom too 👍
Watching your videos feels like I’m sitting down with a good friend and listen to her rave about her favorite books! So much fun! You’ve built such an amazing booktube family here with your channel and I love being able to participate in it! So thank you! ❤️
I so agree too!!! She literally inspired me to find my inner passion for books. I definitely love the recommendations she refers us too.... she seems like a down to earth very chill good vibes kinda chick, I love us being apart of her book tube family
@@MsAnna0615 Totally agree! Such good vibes!! I’ve read a few of her suggestions this year (The Troop, Silent Patient, etc) and they were so good! Can’t wait for the book club - are you going to join? 😊
The guest list and the troop yasssss!!!! I ENJOYED those two for sureeeee.... I haven’t read silent patient yet but I do have my copy!!!! And will read that over the holidays, And yes I absolutely can’t wait for the book club.....Happy Holidays to you!!!
Bunny and Get a Life, Chloe Brown were in my top books of 2020 too! And so many of the other books are either on my TBR or being added after watching this video!
Loveless and The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue were both also on my favourites list of the year - both absolutely incredible novels that will stick with me for years to come. i'm glad you also enjoyed them! i've now also ordered The Nesting as it sounds AMAZING
Gabby, YOU are a rockstar! I look forward to every vlog you post but these are my favorites! I have my Goodreads app and library app open and toggle back and forth with your recommendations. Merry Christmas to you and your family🎄🎁. Can’t wait to see what 2021 brings for you❤️
Hi Gabby! I discovered your channel because I saw on Goodreads we both didn't like "Never Have I Ever" for the same reason, the story is about blackmail. This year my two favorite reads were Lock Every Door and The Patient. I learned about The Patient from you and I LOVED it! Some of my other favorite reads this year were Home Before Dark, The Sun Down Motel, The Hollow Places, The Turn of the Key, The Safe Place, and Monday's Not Coming - this one was a rec from you. I'm currently reading Behind Her Eyes on Audible which was your rec too, and I've been meaning to read the Troop for awhile now, I just need to decide which format (Kindle? Paperback? Audible?) I love your channel and I've been meaning to ask you since you read and liked Lock Ever Door, have you ever read Rosemary's Baby? It's a classic horror and Lock Every Door definitely had some Rosemary's Baby vibes! Merry Christmas!
Just watched two videos of yours for the first time and this has given me the want to read again like I used to. Your love and passion for books is contagious! This video was great! I’m excited to see your videos now.
Hey Gabby, I noticed that your favorite book ‘Long Bright River’ was mentioned in the Obama’s list of favorite books too. I am excited to read that book!
Gabby, I was new to Booktube this year, at the beginning of the pandemic, and you were the first Booktuber I started to follow. I also became a Book of the Month member because of you, and then discovered one if my top two reads of the year: Beach Read by Emily Henry (sorry, I know you didn't like it). Your videos and book recommendations have been a staple in my life since March. I highly value your opinion and will go out and buy a book based on your recommendation alone.. I just want to reach out and say thank you. Thank you for your hard work and dedication to your channel, and thank you for helping to reignite my love of reading. I'm looking forward to being a Book Trooper in 2021 and am excited to follow you along on this journey of reading and life. I hope you have a wonderful holiday season, surrounded by the ones whom you love. Take care.
I also enjoyed The Guest List and Home Before Dark, and I loved The Troop and Bunny! I'm currently reading The Midnight Library and Kill Creek and enjoying them as well :) I can't wait to read They Never Learn, The Bright Lands, The Invisible Life of Addie Larue, 11/22/63 and The Dream Daughter!
Seriously i am currently reading loveless because you are the most relatable booktuber to me and you said the main character was soo relatable to you and so i thought maybe georgia might be relatable to me and she seems pretty relatable! Your recommendations are the best🖤
I agree with you on Invisible Life of Addie LaRue. My other favorites were Long Bright River, Magic Lessons, The Vanishing Half, Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying a Vampire, and this is not a popular opinion but I loved Valentine. I also like Notes on A silencing. I seriously read some great books this year including many of the ones in your video.
For me 2020 is the best reading year of my life so far with 43 books and eight 5 stars !! Your channel is my favorite of this year 🙌🏻💕✨ I wish you and your family a happy new year ❤️❤️❤️
I own quite a few of these books and haven’t read them yet. You definitely pushed some closer to the top of my list, thank you!😘 I’m reading Addie Larue right now!
I have been ANTICIPATING THIS video... even though I'm pretty sure I knew most of these were gonna be included hahahha ❤️ You've been my fav youtuber this year!!! I can't wait for Shipped! I read a lot on my kindle and borrow from the library so it's harder to remember all the books I've read. That's a pro of having physical copies and making youtube videos/journaling lol
One of my favorite books of 2020 was the Book of Dreams by Nina George, and it is one of the few books that has ever made me cry. I also really enjoyed The Circle by Dave Eggars. Finally, I read Parable of the Sower by Olivia Butler this year, and I loved it. I have read a bunch more, but those are the ones I could remember off the top of my head.
I just read They Never Learn & it was sooo good! I loved that plot twist!!! I have been trying to read Long Bright River alll year & just haven’t got to it. But after I saw it on Obama’s list, I told myself that I really need to really get to that! I’m glad you had such a great reading year! I hope 2021 is super amazing as well! Love you! 🖤🖤🖤 Happy Reading! 🤓📚✨
🖤🖤🖤 BUNNY, LOVELESS, ADDIE?!?! 🖤🖤🖤 I’m so with you on the whole ‘so many 5 star books’ this year. Maybe it’s because we needed escapism so much. Either way, I’m grateful.
@@gabbyreads 😂😂😂 oh it IS!!! I met Jan, a booktuber today and I told her that there is only like three videos I have saved on my watch later that I’ve watched like a dozen times and one of them is the video where you read Loveless. And she was like “yeah, you talk about that one a lot” and I’m like 🥺it’s🥺literally🥺everything🥺
@@KatieColson omg hahah that’s amazing!! That video is so weird for me to rewatch because seeing myself cry and break down over that book just makes me want to cry again hahaha ahhh that book is everything 🥺
@@gabbyreads YES! I love it because it is so relatable. It’s comforting to watch someone else feel the same way. That way I don’t feel like a duntz for reacting so strongly. I think that book is for a very specific group of people and you and I just happen to fall into that category. So it was KISMET that I already loved your channel and saw your video.
First of all...It’s my first time on your channel and I already love you because I automatically like anyone who gives The Haunting of Hill House the respect it deserves. I’m definitely going to check out Bunny and the other book you mentioned that gives off hill house vibes. ♥️
A Man Called Ove, The Only Good Indians, and I'm Thinking of Ending Things are some of my most memorable reads of 2020. Also thoroughly enjoyed Kill Creek (love all the author characters!), but right before it I just read another novel with a similar twist ending, so the overall experience was a little less effective for me. Can't wait to check out The Nesting and The Midnight Library!
Your top 2 is in my top 5 hahaha together with The Midnight library, Written in the Stars, Beach read, Anxious People. I don't know how I'm going to pick a fave yet. I might stick to a Top 10 and that's it.
Good - hope 2021 is even better. As for me, I'm most proud of my French module. I was able to read seven novels in the original. For next year, I expect I'll return to religion and philosophy, but I've really enjoyed your videos, as well as video from other in the BT community. Thx a bunch, and ofc I expect your sister will make a full recovery. HNY
The smile on your face literally brightened my entire day. So glad to see you happy ❤️❤️❤️ And honestly, I'm clapping the top books of this year and while it guts me to see 4 romance novels, romance this year sucked cheese.
The only "problem" with these videos is my TBR gets bigger 🤣
so true 😂
I feel that so much😂
Mine too. I can see myself reading all of these.
Same!!
I feel you 😅😅
Yesssss I love how there’s so many thrillers 💀
Matt Heig’s books seriously changed my life
SAME
Amazing short descriptions of books
I also really liked the Invisible Life of Addie Larue and The Midnight Library! Also, thank you for sharing your vulnerability when talking about Loveless, I really appreciate your truth and honesty. I love your videos!!
Gabby, you're videos have been giving me liiiife! Top tier booktuber ❤️
thank you 🥺🥰
You just added some more thrillers to my TBR... and the Brown sisters will be read this year. Soooo excited!
It is because of Gabby I got into reading. It is because of Gabby I became passionate about books. Will be forever grateful to ya !! And tysm for this upload...been waiting for this !!💓💓💓💓
Same
Same
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These are amazing recs! Adding all to cart rn...
Your channel is probably solely responsible for getting me into reading thrillers/horror, and I LOVE IT. I have so many more books on my TBR now.
Love your enthusiasm!
I haven't read any of those books but do own 4 of them on my TBR list. Will have to move them up. 2020 was my worst reading year. I keep going down and down each year. My goal for 2021 is to read more. I'm trying to read every day now and I did start reading your January pick for the book club since I did have it on my shelf from BOTM club. Happy reading.
The Troop is by far my favorite of the year as well. And I'm super stoked cause IT'S GETTING ADAPTED!!!
I know omg!!! I hope they can do it justice 👀
@@gabbyreads it's James Wan producing it so that definitely gives me hope
That smile on your face makes me so happy ❤️ love you Gabby!!! Stay happy!!!!
Wow I added SO MANY books to my wishlist watching this video! Loved it
Omg I just finished homw before dark! What a twist! Absolutly loved it!
I read The Troop because of your rec, and I LOVED it... so thanks again. 🖤😬
You are an amazing reader and I love your enthusiasm. I was a reading disaster in 2020 but all set to get my mojo back this year, yey. I’m Irish and we would pronounce the Irish surname Foley as “foal-ee”. I wish I could do reviews as well as you. Keep it up. Love your Mom too 👍
Watching your videos feels like I’m sitting down with a good friend and listen to her rave about her favorite books! So much fun!
You’ve built such an amazing booktube family here with your channel and I love being able to participate in it! So thank you! ❤️
I so agree too!!! She literally inspired me to find my inner passion for books. I definitely love the recommendations she refers us too.... she seems like a down to earth very chill good vibes kinda chick, I love us being apart of her book tube family
@@MsAnna0615 Totally agree! Such good vibes!!
I’ve read a few of her suggestions this year (The Troop, Silent Patient, etc) and they were so good! Can’t wait for the book club - are you going to join? 😊
The guest list and the troop yasssss!!!! I ENJOYED those two for sureeeee.... I haven’t read silent patient yet but I do have my copy!!!! And will read that over the holidays, And yes I absolutely can’t wait for the book club.....Happy Holidays to you!!!
@@MsAnna0615 Hooray! See you in the book club! 😊 And happy holidays as well! I’m sure you’ll enjoy the Silent Patient!
I love this background setup and the lipstick choice! So cozy 🤍
The best thing that happened for me in 2020 is YOUR channel ...I’m exited to check these books out.
The Midnight Library is definetly a book that will stick with me for a long time.
I bought this book after reading your comment before even watching the video and finished it in one day and damn it will stick with me for a long time
@@satanwithoutskeletonhats7867 So glad you liked it!
@@rebekahmackenzie if you know of similar books please tell me a list
@@satanwithoutskeletonhats7867 Maybe in Another Life by Taylor Jenkins Reid
In Five Years by Rebecca Serle
@@rebekahmackenzie Thank you!
Bunny and Get a Life, Chloe Brown were in my top books of 2020 too! And so many of the other books are either on my TBR or being added after watching this video!
Loveless and The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue were both also on my favourites list of the year - both absolutely incredible novels that will stick with me for years to come. i'm glad you also enjoyed them! i've now also ordered The Nesting as it sounds AMAZING
2020 has been a really hard year but some of the best parts are finding amazing booktube channels like gabby’s❤️
MyMessyNotebook aww that’s so sweet 💗
Gabby, YOU are a rockstar! I look forward to every vlog you post but these are my favorites! I have my Goodreads app and library app open and toggle back and forth with your recommendations. Merry Christmas to you and your family🎄🎁. Can’t wait to see what 2021 brings for you❤️
You are a "God tier" booktuber. These are the recs I needed ❤
Hi Gabby! I discovered your channel because I saw on Goodreads we both didn't like "Never Have I Ever" for the same reason, the story is about blackmail. This year my two favorite reads were Lock Every Door and The Patient. I learned about The Patient from you and I LOVED it! Some of my other favorite reads this year were Home Before Dark, The Sun Down Motel, The Hollow Places, The Turn of the Key, The Safe Place, and Monday's Not Coming - this one was a rec from you. I'm currently reading Behind Her Eyes on Audible which was your rec too, and I've been meaning to read the Troop for awhile now, I just need to decide which format (Kindle? Paperback? Audible?) I love your channel and I've been meaning to ask you since you read and liked Lock Ever Door, have you ever read Rosemary's Baby? It's a classic horror and Lock Every Door definitely had some Rosemary's Baby vibes! Merry Christmas!
I'm finishing up Addie LaRue today, and I understand all your points. SO GOOD!! The writing is just stunning.
I am reading The Midnight Library right now and I am 100% sure that it will also make my favs of the year 😭🥰
hey!! how was it? would you recommend the book?
@@flowertheone I gave it 4 stars, it was quite enjoyable and I think that it speaks to a lot of people so I'd definitely recommend it :)
im definitely starting 2021 with some books you’ve recommended. amazing list👌🏼🔥
Gabby, you need to watch the 1961 movie adaptation of Turn of the Screw called "The Innocents". It's a classic and so creepy.
Just watched two videos of yours for the first time and this has given me the want to read again like I used to. Your love and passion for books is contagious! This video was great! I’m excited to see your videos now.
Love that I was able to guess your top two 💕 thanks for all the great recommendations throughout 2020!
Hey Gabby, I noticed that your favorite book ‘Long Bright River’ was mentioned in the Obama’s list of favorite books too. I am excited to read that book!
Gabby,
I was new to Booktube this year, at the beginning of the pandemic, and you were the first Booktuber I started to follow. I also became a Book of the Month member because of you, and then discovered one if my top two reads of the year: Beach Read by Emily Henry (sorry, I know you didn't like it). Your videos and book recommendations have been a staple in my life since March. I highly value your opinion and will go out and buy a book based on your recommendation alone.. I just want to reach out and say thank you. Thank you for your hard work and dedication to your channel, and thank you for helping to reignite my love of reading. I'm looking forward to being a Book Trooper in 2021 and am excited to follow you along on this journey of reading and life. I hope you have a wonderful holiday season, surrounded by the ones whom you love. Take care.
That’s so sweet, thank you so much! I really appreciate that!! Happy holidays 🥰❤️
Loved all the thrillers you recommended throughout this year.. I am a life-long fan of yours, Gabby
I also enjoyed The Guest List and Home Before Dark, and I loved The Troop and Bunny! I'm currently reading The Midnight Library and Kill Creek and enjoying them as well :) I can't wait to read They Never Learn, The Bright Lands, The Invisible Life of Addie Larue, 11/22/63 and The Dream Daughter!
Another fab video. You channel has kept me sane through 2020, cannot thank you enough and I'm back into reading because of you 👌
Merry Christmas Gabby! I’m so happy I just found your channel! And I’m just now getting into reading hard core!
the way gabby never runs out of praises... so passionate ✨😌
I totally agree about Home Before Dark and The Guest List!! Five star reads for me!! Thanks for the other suggestions!
Please do the best thrillers of the 2020 video.
Seriously i am currently reading loveless because you are the most relatable booktuber to me and you said the main character was soo relatable to you and so i thought maybe georgia might be relatable to me and she seems pretty relatable!
Your recommendations are the best🖤
I agree with you on Invisible Life of Addie LaRue. My other favorites were Long Bright River, Magic Lessons, The Vanishing Half, Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying a Vampire, and this is not a popular opinion but I loved Valentine. I also like Notes on A silencing. I seriously read some great books this year including many of the ones in your video.
I cheered when I saw The Patient!! Such a fun buddy read 🤩
okay so seeing evelyn hugo and a little life in your intro was life changing, cause those are two of my all time faves.
Hahahah right?? Ahh I can’t listen to that song and not think of Jude and Willem 🥺😭
I like that you are a rereader!
An ace here!
I just finished The Dream Daughter very recently and I absolutely loved it. A new book on my recommendations list.
I look forward to this video every year! 🥰
The book troupe? Will there be badges? Cause that’d be fun
I’m currently read The Last Flight by Lisa Clark and I think you’d love it.
For me 2020 is the best reading year of my life so far with 43 books and eight 5 stars !!
Your channel is my favorite of this year 🙌🏻💕✨ I wish you and your family a happy new year ❤️❤️❤️
I want to pick up The Bright Lands.
Most anticipated video of the year❤❤❤❤
This setup is such a vibe gabby. Love the decor. Hope you had a good holiday!! 🎄
I’ve read 5 of these and all the ones that I haven’t are on my TBR bc I trust your opinion so much!
I own quite a few of these books and haven’t read them yet. You definitely pushed some closer to the top of my list, thank you!😘
I’m reading Addie Larue right now!
I have been ANTICIPATING THIS video... even though I'm pretty sure I knew most of these were gonna be included hahahha ❤️ You've been my fav youtuber this year!!! I can't wait for Shipped! I read a lot on my kindle and borrow from the library so it's harder to remember all the books I've read. That's a pro of having physical copies and making youtube videos/journaling lol
Home Before Dark and The Guest List were in my faves this year too 💛 Immediately moving The Troop, Kill Creek, and Addie LaRue to the top of my TBR.
Love your energy!
I can’t wait to read Loveless!!! 💕
The Midnight Library YAAASSS😤🤍
Everytime I see you talk about The Bright Lands it makes me so happy🧡🥰
One of my favorite books of 2020 was the Book of Dreams by Nina George, and it is one of the few books that has ever made me cry. I also really enjoyed The Circle by Dave Eggars. Finally, I read Parable of the Sower by Olivia Butler this year, and I loved it. I have read a bunch more, but those are the ones I could remember off the top of my head.
I’m going to be reading Kill Creek and The Bright Lands for Winterween and I can’t wait!
I really loved The Dream Daughter by Diane Chamberlain. Glad you had a great reading year.
top tier list for sure!! I need to pick up The Nesting and Long Bright River ASAP
I just want to be so excited as you are about the books that I love as well!!!
Thank you for your video!!
Well my next read has to be Addie LaRue. Starting this tonight! Thanks Gabby for the recs as always 💚💚
Hey gabby I just want to thank you because I read my best books based on your recommendation specially “kill creek and they never learn “ ❤️
I just read They Never Learn & it was sooo good! I loved that plot twist!!! I have been trying to read Long Bright River alll year & just haven’t got to it. But after I saw it on Obama’s list, I told myself that I really need to really get to that! I’m glad you had such a great reading year! I hope 2021 is super amazing as well! Love you! 🖤🖤🖤 Happy Reading! 🤓📚✨
Love from Bangladesh! 🇧🇩
The Midnight Library is on my best of the year list-- and I read it because of your recommendation, so thanks!
🖤🖤🖤 BUNNY, LOVELESS, ADDIE?!?! 🖤🖤🖤 I’m so with you on the whole ‘so many 5 star books’ this year. Maybe it’s because we needed escapism so much. Either way, I’m grateful.
Yaaassss ❤️❤️❤️ Loveless is basically like our brand at this point...? 😅
@@gabbyreads 😂😂😂 oh it IS!!! I met Jan, a booktuber today and I told her that there is only like three videos I have saved on my watch later that I’ve watched like a dozen times and one of them is the video where you read Loveless. And she was like “yeah, you talk about that one a lot” and I’m like 🥺it’s🥺literally🥺everything🥺
@@KatieColson omg hahah that’s amazing!! That video is so weird for me to rewatch because seeing myself cry and break down over that book just makes me want to cry again hahaha ahhh that book is everything 🥺
@@gabbyreads YES! I love it because it is so relatable. It’s comforting to watch someone else feel the same way. That way I don’t feel like a duntz for reacting so strongly. I think that book is for a very specific group of people and you and I just happen to fall into that category. So it was KISMET that I already loved your channel and saw your video.
Gabby gracing my day with another great video
URE SO PASSIONATE AB THESE BOOKS ILY
Hi, I love you and your videos a lot. I am a beginner at reading so I wanna ask you a question that at which times do you like to read mostly ??
First of all...It’s my first time on your channel and I already love you because I automatically like anyone who gives The Haunting of Hill House the respect it deserves. I’m definitely going to check out Bunny and the other book you mentioned that gives off hill house vibes. ♥️
Yessss omg haunting of hill house is one of my favorite shows ever!!! 😍
As a Philadelphian, I am so intrigued by Long Bright River!
I read Long Bright River because of you and it is one of my favorite book of the year ❤
i found you yesterday, and i am addicted now..
Your wrap-ups are the best
Totally agree about The Guest List. It was so.much.fun. 😍One of my favorites of the year!
Ahhh!! Some great recommendations ! Still need to read some of these ❤️
A Man Called Ove, The Only Good Indians, and I'm Thinking of Ending Things are some of my most memorable reads of 2020.
Also thoroughly enjoyed Kill Creek (love all the author characters!), but right before it I just read another novel with a similar twist ending, so the overall experience was a little less effective for me.
Can't wait to check out The Nesting and The Midnight Library!
Justin Chen The Only Good Indians was incredible.
Your top 2 is in my top 5 hahaha together with The Midnight library, Written in the Stars, Beach read, Anxious People. I don't know how I'm going to pick a fave yet. I might stick to a Top 10 and that's it.
My library hold finally came through for Addie LaRue!
Addie LaRue is definitely my #1 book of 2020...
Everyone is talking about The Midnight Library! I should read this. Thank you Gabby for your book reviews!
Good - hope 2021 is even better. As for me, I'm most proud of my French module. I was able to read seven novels in the original. For next year, I expect I'll return to religion and philosophy, but I've really enjoyed your videos, as well as video from other in the BT community. Thx a bunch, and ofc I expect your sister will make a full recovery. HNY
The smile on your face literally brightened my entire day. So glad to see you happy ❤️❤️❤️
And honestly, I'm clapping the top books of this year and while it guts me to see 4 romance novels, romance this year sucked cheese.
The Invisible Life of Addie Rue sounds really good, Happy Christmas 🎄
Love your new intro artwork
Would you do the Anti-TBR book tag?
I’m aiming to read The Nesting for Winterween (book with blue on the cover, UK version all blue and silver)
Love the new intro!! So cute!!
We all knew you were gonna put Addie Larue & Loveless on the top 😍
I immediately borrowed Bunny on audio after this enthusiastic review
I live for your videos! Now my TBR list just got longer lol Hope you have a Merry Christmas 🎅