Highest- top 5 is the women, the nightingale, redeeming 6, some kind of perfect & KINGDOM OF ASH Lowest- top 5 is fracture me, never never, secretly yours, never & BLOODSTREAM
TBR: The Fairy Tale Girl - Susan Branch (4.44) / Hazel Fine Sings Along - Katie Wicks (3.29) Owned & Read: Camp Hope - Sara L. Foust (4.8...off 35 ratings) / Creepers - Joanne Dahme (2.9 but I loved it!)
@alldolledupinstraps That's true but society in general needs to unlearn the whole "cartoons=kids" thing. There's hundreds of adult cartoons out there. One thing I will say is that there should always be an age rating of some sort on the spine or back of the book. On the back of a LOT of books there's an age thing saying "Age 14 and up" or whatever. People need to pay more attention to that and parents should have some idea of what their kids are reading. Publishers do need to up their age advisory game though. Make it more obvious for people who don't pay attention.
The Book Thief is such a good winter read, you need to read it soon! You might need to keep a tissue box close, because man, will that kiss make you cry
Great video, Ali!! I have The Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom as well. I haven't read them yet, but since you really liked them, I'm going to read them next month. Anyhoo, I hope that you're having a great day so far and enjoy your readings. Take care, sweetie ❤❤❤.
Gurll...I love six of crows so much and recommend it to everyone who wants some recommendations and seeing my one of the favourite booktubers read it made my day💖💖....love your videos alott
girliiieee I need ur answer so I’ve never read a fantasy book right and I’ve loved the premise of six of crows it felt unique so I bought it and this past week I have been trying to read it but I feel more confused I’m only like 16 pages in and I picked up another book and I don’t know if I should go back to it cuz I’m so interested plus I never read any Leigh Bardugo book so yh thank u in advance
@@ikramsdigitaldiary it can get pretty confusing at the start but it's so worth it, trust me!! it's one of my favourite books :) I'd say read until page 100 and then if you're still not enjoying it maybe it's just not for you
I am so glad you have the same mentality about thrillers/mysteries as I do: the end has to be satisfying. I always feel like I rate that genre so low because of that. But this is validating so thank you.
LOVE Six of Crows. The main reason why there's only five POV's in Six of Crows and yet there's six in Crooked Kingdom, is that in the beginning of the duology, Wylan is supposed to be an outsider. He's supposed to be someone for the reader to relate to in a way. He's the character who we don't get to see in the mind of at first and instead both we and him are being pulled into this world of mystery and criminality and at first being apalled by it, but slowly learning why these characters are the way they are. By the time we reach book two, Wylan has been caught up in this as well and so have we, therefore we learn more about him and we finally get to see inside his head. We get to bond with this guy who up until Crooked Kingdom starts has been a little overshadowed by the other crows. It's a masterclass in writing and making you fall in love with these characters. I will always treasure what these two books do and how wonderfully written they are. An absolute treasure in our bookish world.
I also think that, if his pov were to be included, it would spoil his secret and why he ran away. And if we knew why he ran away, we’d know his father was actually evil earlier. And then it wouldn’t be a plot twist when he screws them over.
Love the video, as always! For me, looking at ratings depends on why I’m reading a book. I usually look at them when I’m looking for what to read next and I’m slumping and then I only read it if it’s at least around 4 stars. But on the other hand if my purpose is to read a specific book, either it’s hyped on social media or like a classic, I will avoid all reviews and especially ratings, because both bad and good ones can put me off 😅. It’s complicated out here.
I read books without music , I’m reading the boyfriend rn by Freida Macfaden then none shall sleep next up I’m in a thriller book mood because of Halloween coming up so fast .
I love Six of Crows duology, especially Crooked Kindom! I really love the whole Grishaverse! If you want, you can also read King of Scars duology, which is back in Ravka after CK timeline & follows Nikolai (my fave), Zoya, and Nina. There's some royal court found family, and Rules of Wolves (book 2) has a fun cameo of the Crows. The banter in the series is awesome!
LMAO I WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT THE BLANKET BEFORE SHE STARTED TALKING ABOUT IT 😭😭😭 I WAS LIKE TELLING MY SISTER HOW I LOVE HER BLANKET I EVEN TOOK A SCREENSHOT
Nina my waffle queen 🙏💅 Super stoked you finally read six of crows!! Crooked Kingdom is defos my fave of the 2 tho! Very excited to hear what your thoughts on the Netflix series are!
i filmed this video too last month!! i was shocked that six of crows was not the highest rated book on my physical tbr, but was pleased it was the nightingale by kristin hannah! so happy you enjoyed six of crows - i def need to pick it up finally!
I actually listen to that specific playlist too!!! I found a few songs that I really prefer and started building my own personal playlist with the songs that I find don’t distract me 😅
The fact that the only 1⭐️ rating I’ve ever given is also for maybe someday makes me love you EVEN MORE because so many people love that book and I can’t understand why 🫣😩
It’s actually pronounced like Keh-Beck. Glad you enjoyed your time in that province of Canada. I’m curious about Six of Crows and the whole Grisha-verse.
woah! you were in Montreal and Quebec!! hapy you saw the Fall colors glad you liked Six of crows , I still need to read Crooked kingdom I always ready with a instrumental playlist that fits the book im reading :)
After six of crows there is a duology about both the characters from six of crows and the shadow and bone series if you want to read that. They are called King of Scars and Rule of wolves in that order. They are great as well!
Great vlog💕. I completely agree with about ratings and reviews. Reading is so subjective. How you felt about the first book that you read is how I felt about Just one damned thing for another by Jodi Taylor. I hated the narrator of that story and things kept happening out of nowhere so I gave it 1 star. I sometimes get disappointed with really popular books as well such as the Crowns of Nyaxia duology by Carissa Broadbent. I still enjoyed those books but definitely not as much as I thought I was going to because of the hype around them.
This was a fun video 😊 I don’t look at ratings before reading because then I also end up looking at the goodreads reviews and lately there’s just been too many spoilery quotes that people put at the beginning of the review :/ I would rather go into the book not knowing much but I do love hearing booktubers thoughts
15:24 I personally like to read watching everyone’s booktube videos I have adhd and so for me I like body doubling. So I tend to read with other booktubers also reading so I don’t feel so lonely. Or I will listen to the appropriate matching playlist on spotify with like ambient background sounds
I'm so glad you waited to watch the Shadow and Bone show because my friend watched it before reading Six of Crows and I was sooo upset since it has so many spoilers!! I feel like it will discount the SOC reading experience. I'd be curious to hear your thoughts about the show since you read the books first
so sometimes i like to read with docues on TV or the foodnetwork for backround noise, or I´ll listen to my heavy rock music, like AFI or 1000 foot crutch, or Fall out Boy (i guess thatś not rock anymore?) Sometimes I´ll listen to classical music to read too, I´ll also read along with you while im watching your videos...(not the same books but i did give a higher rating for the end of Icebreakers...but Im obsessed with hockey so....i wish they kept going with the characters dont you? I also color so when i color, I like to listen to audio books now....(i never liked them because i have learning disabilities--they were forced on me when i was a kid, but now i love them, I finished L&L ik you didn´t like it, but you should listen to the audio book because he (the author) gives all his characters voices...! Im obsessed I do not tend to read the reviews because alot of them are not accurate. Some people review them (The books) on the covers alone, because a book I really am itching for to come out doesn´t even have a cover yet, and everyone is reviewing it, LIKE WHAT!?
I just read Six of Crows and loved it! Slow to start but got really good and I’m excited to read Crooked Kingdom. I did read The Shadow and Bone trilogy first and I really enjoyed them too.
I like to read in silence😹 and I don't look up ratings of books before reading them definitly don't read the reviews. I do that afterwards and it's so fun to read people enjoy the same bits that I enjoyed or see them dislike the parts I hated😹
I can’t listen to music with lyrics in it so I will have to try the instrumental music! But I like reading the reviews after because I feel like sometimes people have way more eloquent ways of saying what I wanted to say in my review
I typically only give 1 stars to books that offend me and I obviously have to hate the book itself too, so pretty similar to your system. And I think there's only been 3 books I’ve rated a 1 star, which was Stalking Jack the Ripper by Kerri Maniscalco, Lovely Dark and Deep by Justina Chen, and The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne.
About the how do you read your book. I read my book with music with lyrics(don't ask me how sometimes I don"t even know. I get distracted sometimes tho). Most of the time I also search the book on spotify and find the playlist with the most songs that I know. I also discovered some new songs to just listen to while I am not reading.
Would you recommend finishing the shadow and bone trilogy before six of crows? I did not like shadow and bone that much but six of crows seems so worth reading!!
In my opinion, six of crows is a lot better. Like the growth of the author’s writing from S&B to SoC is insane. (S&B was maybe a 3 star series for me, but SoC was easily 5)
the lake was pretty bad i loved preston’s silence series in middle school so i got a bunch of her mysteries when i got into reading as an adult and they’ve all been a disappointment except for the cellar
I should’ve mentioned it in the video bc that is confusing but the book is a hardcover and I took the dust jacket off at some point. So it’s black with the dust jacket and red with no dust jacket on it
What are the highest and lowest rated books you own?
Highest- top 5 is the women, the nightingale, redeeming 6, some kind of perfect & KINGDOM OF ASH
Lowest- top 5 is fracture me, never never, secretly yours, never & BLOODSTREAM
Golden Son at 4,47 and Pigeons on the Grass at 3,2
A Court of Mist and Fury (4.65⭐) and She's Never Coming Back (3.36⭐)
Top highest number 1 Six of crows
2 Lucy undryjng
3 Dracula
🤎🧡👻👻🤎🤎🤎🖤❤️❤️🍃🍃🍃🎃👻👻
TBR: The Fairy Tale Girl - Susan Branch (4.44) / Hazel Fine Sings Along - Katie Wicks (3.29)
Owned & Read: Camp Hope - Sara L. Foust (4.8...off 35 ratings) / Creepers - Joanne Dahme (2.9 but I loved it!)
I loved that her special edition of Six of Crows has illustrations because we should normalise illustrations in adult books
Meanwhile people are complaining about illustrated covers on adult romances...crazy😭
its young adult
@@1989stan3 I think they are just called special editions.
@@katgreer6113 most of the reason people complain about it is because kids pick them up and they shouldn't be reading that.
@alldolledupinstraps
That's true but society in general needs to unlearn the whole "cartoons=kids" thing. There's hundreds of adult cartoons out there.
One thing I will say is that there should always be an age rating of some sort on the spine or back of the book.
On the back of a LOT of books there's an age thing saying "Age 14 and up" or whatever. People need to pay more attention to that and parents should have some idea of what their kids are reading.
Publishers do need to up their age advisory game though. Make it more obvious for people who don't pay attention.
The Book Thief is such a good winter read, you need to read it soon! You might need to keep a tissue box close, because man, will that kiss make you cry
I read it in Feb and honestly think about it so much. Such a powerful book!
SHE READ SIX OF CROWS SHE READ ALI READ, I’m so happy bcs it’s one of my favsvsvs
Yessss finally!!!
MY FAV BOOK
I really love that you don’t spoil the book but give us enough to be excited to read the book.❤
Omg your special editions are so pretty!!! I have a few of those books on my list, so your ratings are making me very eager to read them!
WHERE DIDY OU GET THOSE SPECIAL EDITIONS??
Great video, Ali!! I have The Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom as well. I haven't read them yet, but since you really liked them, I'm going to read them next month. Anyhoo, I hope that you're having a great day so far and enjoy your readings. Take care, sweetie ❤❤❤.
Gurll...I love six of crows so much and recommend it to everyone who wants some recommendations and seeing my one of the favourite booktubers read it made my day💖💖....love your videos alott
girliiieee I need ur answer so I’ve never read a fantasy book right and I’ve loved the premise of six of crows it felt unique so I bought it and this past week I have been trying to read it but I feel more confused I’m only like 16 pages in and I picked up another book and I don’t know if I should go back to it cuz I’m so interested plus I never read any Leigh Bardugo book so yh thank u in advance
@@ikramsdigitaldiarysame with me lol
@@katgreer6113literally I’m so hooked but I’m confused if a book girlie can explain more to me pls I’d love that
@@ikramsdigitaldiary it can get pretty confusing at the start but it's so worth it, trust me!! it's one of my favourite books :) I'd say read until page 100 and then if you're still not enjoying it maybe it's just not for you
@@wolfstarzz99 yes I can definitely see my self loving this duology,I’ll trust u on this and thank you so much 💕
I am so glad you have the same mentality about thrillers/mysteries as I do: the end has to be satisfying. I always feel like I rate that genre so low because of that. But this is validating so thank you.
Omg so happy to see my city in the video! Hope you enjoyed Québec City (and all the construction hahaha)!! 🫶
As a French Canadian, I'm glad you enjoyed Quebec City and Montreal. Your blanket looks so comfy by the way. Thank you for your great videos Ali!
the “acotar ambience” playlist on spotify is my fave playlist to listen to when reading!
LOVE Six of Crows. The main reason why there's only five POV's in Six of Crows and yet there's six in Crooked Kingdom, is that in the beginning of the duology, Wylan is supposed to be an outsider. He's supposed to be someone for the reader to relate to in a way. He's the character who we don't get to see in the mind of at first and instead both we and him are being pulled into this world of mystery and criminality and at first being apalled by it, but slowly learning why these characters are the way they are. By the time we reach book two, Wylan has been caught up in this as well and so have we, therefore we learn more about him and we finally get to see inside his head. We get to bond with this guy who up until Crooked Kingdom starts has been a little overshadowed by the other crows.
It's a masterclass in writing and making you fall in love with these characters. I will always treasure what these two books do and how wonderfully written they are. An absolute treasure in our bookish world.
I also feel like it's to keep Wylan's father a secret until the end of the book.
@@AllisonJones1875 Yep that too! XD
I also think that, if his pov were to be included, it would spoil his secret and why he ran away. And if we knew why he ran away, we’d know his father was actually evil earlier. And then it wouldn’t be a plot twist when he screws them over.
I loveeee that you visit part of Quebec! Im a french canadian and feel like Americans never come here, it’s more European tourist! Great vid ❤
Yesss it was so beautiful and amazing food!! One of my favorite vacations
Yay! Im so happy you finally read six of crows💖💖
I either listen to instrumental music, rain sounds, or the audiobook while I read. All helps me feel immersed in the story.
Love your cozy videos!
your blanket looks so cozy 😭❤️
That edition of six of crows is so beautifu 😍
One thing i really appreciate about six of crows is how she writes the pov name in the chapter
Love the video, as always! For me, looking at ratings depends on why I’m reading a book. I usually look at them when I’m looking for what to read next and I’m slumping and then I only read it if it’s at least around 4 stars. But on the other hand if my purpose is to read a specific book, either it’s hyped on social media or like a classic, I will avoid all reviews and especially ratings, because both bad and good ones can put me off 😅. It’s complicated out here.
I love Six of Crows so much! It’s one of my all time favorite books! I’m so glad you read it!
That comforter looks SO COMFY COZY omg
I read books without music , I’m reading the boyfriend rn by Freida Macfaden then none shall sleep next up I’m in a thriller book mood because of Halloween coming up so fast .
Ali I love that you just say in the floor to film bc Luca was asleep in your chair 😂
As soon as you said Canada I was wondering where you were going! So odd to see you in places I know! When people visit Canada it’s never in Quebec 😂😂
Your six of crows special edition is sooo pretty!! Also Ali I feel like your hair is always so gorgeous ❤
I love Six of Crows duology, especially Crooked Kindom! I really love the whole Grishaverse! If you want, you can also read King of Scars duology, which is back in Ravka after CK timeline & follows Nikolai (my fave), Zoya, and Nina. There's some royal court found family, and Rules of Wolves (book 2) has a fun cameo of the Crows. The banter in the series is awesome!
No way! You were in hometown, wow I hope you enjoyed your stay here!
I love listening to music while reading !! I switch between my music score playlist and playlists specific to books that have vocals
LMAO I WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT THE BLANKET BEFORE SHE STARTED TALKING ABOUT IT 😭😭😭 I WAS LIKE TELLING MY SISTER HOW I LOVE HER BLANKET I EVEN TOOK A SCREENSHOT
Nina my waffle queen 🙏💅 Super stoked you finally read six of crows!! Crooked Kingdom is defos my fave of the 2 tho! Very excited to hear what your thoughts on the Netflix series are!
As someone who lives in Montreal, my reaction was “OMG ALI WAS IN MONTREAL!!”
i filmed this video too last month!! i was shocked that six of crows was not the highest rated book on my physical tbr, but was pleased it was the nightingale by kristin hannah!
so happy you enjoyed six of crows - i def need to pick it up finally!
It really just depends on my mood, but I will read usually in silence, sometimes with white noise or music.
I actually listen to that specific playlist too!!! I found a few songs that I really prefer and started building my own personal playlist with the songs that I find don’t distract me 😅
The fact that the only 1⭐️ rating I’ve ever given is also for maybe someday makes me love you EVEN MORE because so many people love that book and I can’t understand why 🫣😩
YAASSSSS im so excited for you to read six of crows and crooked kingdom!!!!!!!
It’s actually pronounced like Keh-Beck. Glad you enjoyed your time in that province of Canada. I’m curious about Six of Crows and the whole Grisha-verse.
Ah! Welcome to Canada! (Hello from Toronto, Canada!!)
woah! you were in Montreal and Quebec!! hapy you saw the Fall colors
glad you liked Six of crows , I still need to read Crooked kingdom
I always ready with a instrumental playlist that fits the book im reading :)
such a cute video idea!!! also im in looove with the hearts sweater! so cozy
So fun! I now need to dig through my books to see what the highest and lowest rated books are 💜
I think the highest rated book I own is either 'It' or 'The Shining' and the lowest rated is either 'Rage' or 'Dreamcatcher'.
After six of crows there is a duology about both the characters from six of crows and the shadow and bone series if you want to read that. They are called King of Scars and Rule of wolves in that order. They are great as well!
GOD OF FURY WAS A SIX STAR READ FOR ME❤❤
was waiting for your video after your Goodreads update about six of Crows
Love those bubble throws! I ordered 2 through your link!! ❤❤❤
I can’t wait to get off work and cozy up at home with my book!✨❤️📖
Great vlog💕. I completely agree with about ratings and reviews. Reading is so subjective. How you felt about the first book that you read is how I felt about Just one damned thing for another by Jodi Taylor. I hated the narrator of that story and things kept happening out of nowhere so I gave it 1 star. I sometimes get disappointed with really popular books as well such as the Crowns of Nyaxia duology by Carissa Broadbent. I still enjoyed those books but definitely not as much as I thought I was going to because of the hype around them.
This was a fun video 😊 I don’t look at ratings before reading because then I also end up looking at the goodreads reviews and lately there’s just been too many spoilery quotes that people put at the beginning of the review :/ I would rather go into the book not knowing much but I do love hearing booktubers thoughts
Welp, looks like I need to read the Shadow & Bone series before I touch my copy of Six of Crows. I’m trusting you.
YOU NEED TO READ CATCH THE SUN ASAP!!! Such an easy 5 star for me 🥹💕🫶
15:24 I personally like to read watching everyone’s booktube videos I have adhd and so for me I like body doubling. So I tend to read with other booktubers also reading so I don’t feel so lonely. Or I will listen to the appropriate matching playlist on spotify with like ambient background sounds
You should do a version of this series where you read the books with the most and least amount of ratings.
I'm so glad you waited to watch the Shadow and Bone show because my friend watched it before reading Six of Crows and I was sooo upset since it has so many spoilers!! I feel like it will discount the SOC reading experience. I'd be curious to hear your thoughts about the show since you read the books first
I like to listen to final fantasy soundtracks while reading!
SHE FINALLY READ SIX OF CROWS!! LETS GOOOOO
so sometimes i like to read with docues on TV or the foodnetwork for backround noise, or I´ll listen to my heavy rock music, like AFI or 1000 foot crutch, or Fall out Boy (i guess thatś not rock anymore?) Sometimes I´ll listen to classical music to read too, I´ll also read along with you while im watching your videos...(not the same books but i did give a higher rating for the end of Icebreakers...but Im obsessed with hockey so....i wish they kept going with the characters dont you? I also color so when i color, I like to listen to audio books now....(i never liked them because i have learning disabilities--they were forced on me when i was a kid, but now i love them, I finished L&L ik you didn´t like it, but you should listen to the audio book because he (the author) gives all his characters voices...! Im obsessed
I do not tend to read the reviews because alot of them are not accurate. Some people review them (The books) on the covers alone, because a book I really am itching for to come out doesn´t even have a cover yet, and everyone is reviewing it, LIKE WHAT!?
Omg Quebec mentionned!
I just read Six of Crows and loved it! Slow to start but got really good and I’m excited to read Crooked Kingdom. I did read The Shadow and Bone trilogy first and I really enjoyed them too.
Omg u look so pretty in the thumbnail i love your hair💘🤩
The Lake is my favorite of Natashia Preston's books. The endings of her books always piss me off but i still end up picking another one up 😭😭
18:35 oh no🥲
Time to read King of Scars/Rule of Wolves 👀
When I listen to instrumental music I feel way more immersed in the book
AHH YOU’VE FINALLY READ SIX OF CROWS ❤
My city 😍😍 Omg hope you enjoyed your trip in Quebec 🤭✨
Knowing the ending of Crooked Kingdom, I was suffering watching this 😭
I never look at reviews. I just alwayz forget
I like to read in silence😹 and I don't look up ratings of books before reading them definitly don't read the reviews. I do that afterwards and it's so fun to read people enjoy the same bits that I enjoyed or see them dislike the parts I hated😹
Whenever you get to Down the Drain, you MUST listen to the audiobook!!!
I can’t listen to music with lyrics in it so I will have to try the instrumental music! But I like reading the reviews after because I feel like sometimes people have way more eloquent ways of saying what I wanted to say in my review
I read the Six of Crows duology for the first time this year and I gave the books the same ratings as you did - 4.5 and 5 😂
THE WAY I SCREAMED WHEN I SAW SIX OF CROWS IN THE THUMBNAIL AHHH
Chapter 39 and 40 of Crooked of Kingdom are my enemeies
I listen to grey noise while reading.. Helps me focus more with what's happening with the plot/story
Girl where did you get those edditions of Six of Crows!!
My favourite books😭😭😭😭😭
I love Ali, she is awesome! 😎
I've heard so much of fantasy books, but I can never finish them. It's just to much. I love crime, mystery and thrillers.
Where did you get the green sweater in this video?! I love it
If you read the books, the Shadow and Bones first season is great! Season 2 was clearly rushed which was disappointing. 😢
I typically only give 1 stars to books that offend me and I obviously have to hate the book itself too, so pretty similar to your system. And I think there's only been 3 books I’ve rated a 1 star, which was Stalking Jack the Ripper by Kerri Maniscalco, Lovely Dark and Deep by Justina Chen, and The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne.
Can you do a video on YA books
About the how do you read your book. I read my book with music with lyrics(don't ask me how sometimes I don"t even know. I get distracted sometimes tho). Most of the time I also search the book on spotify and find the playlist with the most songs that I know. I also discovered some new songs to just listen to while I am not reading.
Where is your chair from it is so cute. ❤
Just wondering what app do you use to listen to your audiobooks on? Thanks ☺️
I didn’t like crooked kingdom as much as six of crows, cause idk why but I just got SO confused reading it
where do you get the edition of six of crows that you have?
I tried to read Six of Crows but I was so bored for some reason! That being said i only got up to page 47 lol
Would you recommend finishing the shadow and bone trilogy before six of crows? I did not like shadow and bone that much but six of crows seems so worth reading!!
In my opinion, six of crows is a lot better. Like the growth of the author’s writing from S&B to SoC is insane. (S&B was maybe a 3 star series for me, but SoC was easily 5)
I absolutely love Christmas Everything, but I wish I had never ever ever read Wreck The Halls. I should have DNF'd what a book. 😂
Oh nooo 😭😭😂
ALI !!! your end screen got moved and its popping up at 20:39 instead of the end of your video
the lake was pretty bad i loved preston’s silence series in middle school so i got a bunch of her mysteries when i got into reading as an adult and they’ve all been a disappointment except for the cellar
God of fury such a high rate 💀
wait i am confused the six of crows book changes colour or do you have one red and one black?
I should’ve mentioned it in the video bc that is confusing but the book is a hardcover and I took the dust jacket off at some point. So it’s black with the dust jacket and red with no dust jacket on it
NEW ALI VID NEW ALI VID!! 🤩
All this and more was sure a book I read. Not sure if I’d recommend
I think ratings are a feeling and not definitive. It’s subjective to an extent and entirely based on the individual.
Hi Ali, what ever happened to your publishing career? Just wondering ❤