🍂 40+ very specific autumn fantasy book recommendations to read alone in the forest 🍂

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  • Опубликовано: 21 окт 2024

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  • @rowen.m
    @rowen.m Год назад +185

    To the person who asked about a Carmilla-esque book, please read “The Wicked and the Willing” by Lianyu Tan. It’s set in 1927/1928 Singapore. Very atmospheric and spooky. Lesbians, need I say more! I’m only 90 pages into it, but I’m enjoying it so far. ❤

    • @caricanread
      @caricanread  Год назад +20

      Wait whaaaat looking this up RIGHT NOW

    • @saramm3765
      @saramm3765 Год назад +3

      Not the original person but Oooh thank you! Adding to my list.

    • @rowen.m
      @rowen.m Год назад +2

      @@saramm3765 Of course! Hope you enjoy, but please check the trigger warnings! This book does not mess around.

    • @rowen.m
      @rowen.m Год назад +1

      @@caricanread I hope you'll agree with me in saying the book cover is a 10/10. I'll post an update with my final thoughts once I finish reading it. :)

    • @sophiehancock7421
      @sophiehancock7421 Год назад

      @@caricanreadaunt😢da😮😢😢 a a😮wrouuhm

  • @erinl898
    @erinl898 Год назад +85

    when i saw the title of this video i literally said "oh thank god" loud enough for my mom to ask what happened 😭 i've been needing some fall vibes and you always have the best recs, thank you cari!!

    • @caricanread
      @caricanread  Год назад +10

      😂😂😂 omg hahah hope you enjoyed

    • @erinl898
      @erinl898 Год назад +4

      @@caricanreadomg LOVED IT as always! i put a bunch of these on hold at the library and just got ahold of blood debts, can't wait to start 😄😄

  • @Merve77772
    @Merve77772 Год назад +77

    I recently read the perfect autumn book that feels so much like a Ghibli movie. It's called Unraveller by Frances Hardinge and it takes place in a world where spider like creatures give other humans the ability to curse each other and the main character can break them. It has spooky vibes but is actually really cozy and super atmospheric.

    • @mariemadlenek
      @mariemadlenek Год назад +4

      I actually hate spiders but this sounds interesting so I will look it up !

    • @coral54hgmb
      @coral54hgmb Год назад +4

      I’m going to comment here so I can hopefully remember to look this book up later!

  • @lolaevergreen9077
    @lolaevergreen9077 Год назад +53

    We wouldn't mind an hour+ long book recommendations video! :D

    • @welephantsoup
      @welephantsoup Год назад +1

      no literally i would kill for more longer cari content

  • @bookbrain1557
    @bookbrain1557 Год назад +60

    Just what i needed for my favorite season of the year!!

  • @scarlettteacup1676
    @scarlettteacup1676 Год назад +18

    Another cute fantasy romance with autumn vibes is An Enchantment of Ravens by Margaret Rogerson. It's not my favourite of her books but it's still really good and definitely very autumn-y

  • @9ol4
    @9ol4 Год назад +71

    Also, mushrooms + romance + gothic = Mexican gothic. It’s not everyone’s cup of tea and it’s a lot of not plot just vibes kind of thing, but definitely loads of mushrooms, romance and gothic 😂

    • @rachelcruz2404
      @rachelcruz2404 Год назад +2

      YES this is exactly what I was thinking!!! one of my FAVORITE books

    • @Lara_Ameen
      @Lara_Ameen Год назад +2

      OMG! YES! Great choice!

  • @pancieran
    @pancieran Год назад +19

    I can't believe you're giving us a video on the raven cycle (my fav book) this close to my birthday THANK YOU 😭😍

    • @caricanread
      @caricanread  Год назад +3

      Yesss see you next week 🐦‍⬛

  • @carolynndunn5316
    @carolynndunn5316 Год назад +10

    This title had me DYING. I was literally hoping you would upload because I'm going backpacking (alone, in the woods) next week and I've been needing some new books to bring. I might avoid the really, really spooky ones tho haha

  • @anon9067
    @anon9067 Год назад +5

    i'm so glad you read the raven cycle! those books were my entire personality when i was 17 😅

  • @kingdomkeeper17
    @kingdomkeeper17 Год назад +7

    Ah! I love this! I will also need a Winter vibes list eventually 😅🩵

  • @Eve.003y
    @Eve.003y Год назад +13

    Another very autumnal book to read in the woods is house of hollow. It is one of my favourites. The author creates lots of vibes with smells and descriptions, we have a great mysterious plot, an eerie atmosphere with a dark folklore feeling, an interesting main character, little hints of romance, it has small town vibes at the beginning and it involves a forest.

  • @megandcochrane
    @megandcochrane Год назад +12

    I just finished Anatomy : A Love Story and it was so amazing. Not smutty, not too lovey dovey…just the yearning and then the surgical stuff. So good, so gothic, and I need everyone to read it. Also! The audiobook narrator is Scottish.

    • @caricanread
      @caricanread  Год назад +5

      I actually was really bummed by the story- especially the ending! Im glad you liked it tho!!

  • @delaneyheil9575
    @delaneyheil9575 Год назад +26

    So I just finished the book Little Thieves by Margaret Owen and I have been clamoring to recommend it to you! It's got fantastic humor, really great world building with a Germanic twinge to everything, solid stakes with a ticking clock, it's my favorite book I've read this year! If you can get around to it, I'd love to see what you think! 🥰

    • @scarlettteacup1676
      @scarlettteacup1676 Год назад +2

      oooh yes I read that last year - one of my favourite books of the year!

  • @rixanoz
    @rixanoz Год назад +27

    I’m getting my tea and clearing out my tbr for this one.

  • @sappho4828
    @sappho4828 Год назад +5

    the binding is my favourite book !! just of all of them. i feel a little jealous/possessive seeing it recommended but it is absolutely breathtaking !! definitely recommend checking trigger warnings first though, this one doesn't pull any punches

  • @NellyVilla09
    @NellyVilla09 Год назад +3

    27:49 omg my request made it to your thumbnail AAHHHHH 💃🏻🕺💃🏻🕺

  • @AnimeLover36902
    @AnimeLover36902 Год назад +3

    Thank you for mentioning life as we knew it. I had the exact same reaction as you. I wanted to go to the store and start hoarding, canned foods and medical supplies. It was an amazing yet terrifiying book! I recommend it to anyone who’s in a good mind space.

  • @mollygross9594
    @mollygross9594 Год назад +2

    omg you just unlocked a deep memory with life as we knew it!!! completely forgot about that book but i was obsessed when i was younger. i remember staying up all night to finish it and using the light from my nintendo DS to sneakily read it lol.

  • @barbarakratc7441
    @barbarakratc7441 Год назад +1

    I've been meaning to come back to tell you that YOUR recommendations are the ONLY ones I fully trust. Idk how you do it, but every book you have recommended that I've read have always been bangers. So, THANK YOU for reading and curating these amazing lists. You are the best!

  • @kristinblack7457
    @kristinblack7457 Год назад +1

    What good timing this video has! I was in such a reading slump - hadn't finished a book in months - and now I have like 10 books on hold and have read two since you posted this. Thanks Cari!

  • @rfayed4283
    @rfayed4283 Год назад +4

    The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein is really good Frankenstein retelling! It definitely gives dark-spooky-fall-ish vibes

  • @who-is-eva
    @who-is-eva Год назад +2

    Here in southern germany we are in that same beautiful period between summer and autumn as you are in Seoul and I just got up, made myself some tea and am ready to take notes for my fall tbr, yay!
    Also! Finished Lonely Castle in the Mirror two weeks ago and it hasn't let me go yet, it's my favourite book of the whole year, maybe my new all time fave!

  • @spacemari7498
    @spacemari7498 Год назад +3

    now i must survive this next week to finally witness you breaking down over the raven cycle!!!!!

  • @mariluuu17
    @mariluuu17 Год назад +19

    Yaaas!!! I've been waiting for this video, and I'm soooo ready to add all your recs to my TBR. Thank you so much, Cari ❤

  • @miirriam
    @miirriam Год назад +2

    I liked the Coven a lot. It has autumn vibes, magic feels alive, great MC and interesting romance💔

  • @missalicia
    @missalicia Год назад +5

    Cari with another video to toss around my tbr for the rest of the year 🥺 🍂 i was waiting for that one! 🫰🏻

  • @viktoriavladimirova4008
    @viktoriavladimirova4008 Год назад +1

    I love it when your videos are long because of how good of a time I am having.🧡🧡

  • @vesper180
    @vesper180 Год назад +3

    A series I really loved that has a lot of the kind of vibes mentioned and also leaning into winter vibes is The Farseer Trilogy (and subsequent ones) by Robin Hobb. (Also, the first series where I actually cried hard at a character's death.) Also, if you can get a hold of a copy, Red as Blood by Tanith Lee which is a great short story compilation of her twist on many traditional types of fairy tales.

  • @sarawiser
    @sarawiser Год назад +8

    please tell Kurt that I got all my friends using Mirror and we are OBSESSED it makes my little ADHD brain so happy :)

  • @MsLrenee937
    @MsLrenee937 Год назад +5

    This poison heart should have been on this list. It definitely feels like autumn to me. Lots of forest scenes.

  • @meghanb9270
    @meghanb9270 Год назад +2

    Highly recommend The Lighthouse Witches if you want spooky magic Scottish folklore vibes!! Love love loved it and everyone who I've recommended it to has also loved it.

  • @watashiwamosura
    @watashiwamosura Год назад +2

    I literally watched a video essay about Kowloon yesterday evening and now you mention it this morning, I guess I have to read that book!

  • @ehmjey7567
    @ehmjey7567 Год назад +6

    I am so in love with Emily Wildes Encyclopedia of Fearies and was wondering if you enjoyed it!! I'm not the biggest Romance reader but i love it when it’s incorporated and i loved the academic vibes. It was also just so fun without not having an actual thought out plot besides the romance-banter

  • @Stoney1413
    @Stoney1413 Год назад +10

    new writer goal: write a novel that cari would recommend and gush about.

  • @sarap6862
    @sarap6862 Год назад +3

    I loved the girl who beneath the sea!! Thanks for recommending it. ❤I picked up a few more of your recommendations to read in the next few weeks. I’m looking forward to cooler weather (70’s instead of 100 degrees) so I can curl up in front of the fake fireplace on my tv and read. 😊
    P.S. I just made myself a cup of coffee with pumpkin spice creamer when you said to drink water. Lol I promise to drink more water after I finish my coffee.

  • @carolineblueskies
    @carolineblueskies Год назад +1

    Always love your very specific recs! Currently reading A Far Wilder Magic and loving the vibes!

  • @sweetmalissa
    @sweetmalissa Год назад +2

    Lonely castle in the mirror did get made into an anime movie!!!! I saw it in theaters this summer. So amazing. ❤

  • @sarasgonzalezg
    @sarasgonzalezg Год назад +2

    I've been devouring your content since I found your channel about a week ago. Love your book recommendations!!!

  • @kaleighk1775
    @kaleighk1775 Год назад +7

    I would recommend A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness if you haven’t read it. It’s got fall vibes with fantasy academia.

    • @benjaminbrelje2289
      @benjaminbrelje2289 Год назад +2

      Discovery of witches is a great book The whole series I thought was pretty good Deborah harkness is talented

    • @caricanread
      @caricanread  Год назад +3

      For some reason i really didnt enjoy it - i think I read the first two books 🤔

  • @IL-nl9jn
    @IL-nl9jn Год назад +1

    for spooky girl gets spooked i would also recommend Gallant by V E Schwabb

  • @alyssabarroga6518
    @alyssabarroga6518 Год назад +1

    Really love your recs! Especially Thornhedge because I was really intending to read it in between revision sessions for my exams 😂

  • @annalachelt7441
    @annalachelt7441 Год назад +16

    How did we get through a whole video about autumn books with no mention of "The Night Circus?" This book is just 100% autumn vibes to me, truly a beauty of a novel, go read it! But thanks for all the recs, Cari!

    • @caricanread
      @caricanread  Год назад +20

      I really didnt like the night circus 😂😂😂

    • @welephantsoup
      @welephantsoup Год назад +1

      @@caricanreadthis might be the very first take of yours that I disagree with and I’ve been here for lover a year now 😮 justice for the night circus! 😢

  • @bhsprinkle
    @bhsprinkle Год назад +1

    Autumn is here.
    Thank you for talking about some books that you read. Added some to my tbr.

  • @justbreathe857
    @justbreathe857 Год назад

    I LOVE life as we knew it, the entire series is beautiful. I’ve never heard anyone else mention it, thank you!!! I’m irrationally excited about hearing it recommended lol

  • @Lara_Ameen
    @Lara_Ameen Год назад

    I picked up EMILY WILDE because of your recommendation a few videos ago! It seems cozy. I’m excited to read it! But I love some of these other recs, too! 😍
    Also, I read GHOST MUSIC a few months ago per your recommendation and that definitely has mushrooms! I loved that book!

  • @lbtea7
    @lbtea7 Год назад +1

    Perfect going-into-October video! And oh yes Silent Companions was very well done with the subtle-not-so-subtle unsettling #chills

  • @naoweik1296
    @naoweik1296 Год назад +3

    Just saying, love hearing you talk about books, so if you want to do hours long videos I'm all for it 😂

  • @michellecgb
    @michellecgb Год назад +1

    Sooo ready to add some books ro my tbr. Thank you, I already love this video

  • @janettebabcock7115
    @janettebabcock7115 Год назад +1

    Ughhh I’ve been waiting for a cozy fall video from Cari ❤️ needed this so bad work has been terrible.

  • @blargedymcgee2653
    @blargedymcgee2653 Год назад

    I have been trying to remember the green knowe books for like 30 plus years off and on. Thank you so much

    • @caricanread
      @caricanread  Год назад

      idk what it is about those books that makes them stick with you!!

  • @neko_stardust4127
    @neko_stardust4127 Год назад +2

    They finished lonely castle in the mirror the adaptation already, its so good!

  • @codysmovingcastle
    @codysmovingcastle Год назад +3

    Recommending Summer Sons for what is essentially Adam/Ronan fanfic with a unique plot, yearning, and a Southern Gothic academia setting!

  • @nele8282
    @nele8282 Год назад +1

    Cari!! I was looking on your channel for your thoughts on Circe after recently rereading it and I couldn't find you talking about either that or Song of Achilles. If you haven't read these yet you have to!! I know for a fact you would like them especially Circe is such a good book :)

  • @kellyschaos
    @kellyschaos Год назад

    im currently experiencing my 23rd california autumn and i JUMPED when that prompt came up and you recommended life as we knew it!! i remember reading that when i was younger as well and enjoying it,, maybe i should revisit it lol

  • @rynrose81
    @rynrose81 Год назад

    The standing outside your house waiting to see if you have to evacuate while you watch the flames draw nearer vibe is so real. I’m from Colorado though so apparently our fire season is late December 🙃

  • @bmoforever5562
    @bmoforever5562 Год назад +1

    I love Language of Thorns (the audiobook version of The Witch Of Duva is also excellent company for cooking anything autumnal ❤)

  • @nickicannon144
    @nickicannon144 Год назад +1

    Wow The Children of GREEN Knowe ! I remember the BBC made a childrens tv mini series back in the 80s which was really creepy… will have to revisit the books such a blast from the past.

  • @c_e_mcgill
    @c_e_mcgill Год назад

    Finally catching up on my RUclips watch list & was so pleasantly surprised to hear you shout out Our Hideous Progeny again!! Thank you so much, Cari! 😊🖤 (P.S. A Dowry of Blood was SO good, one of my faves this year!)

  • @benjaminbrelje2289
    @benjaminbrelje2289 Год назад +5

    I don't know if you've ever heard of this one it's pretty old it's called sabrial not sure if I'm spelling that right it's by Garth nix and it's definitely like kind of science fictiony but also has a lot of like necromancy and there's a talking cat that's like possessed I believe not exactly sure how to describe it but it was a really really good time I read the book while I was listening to it on audio and Tim Curry does an amazing job

  • @thepoetesskhansaa
    @thepoetesskhansaa Год назад +1

    Creepy Forest: The Devouring Gray by Christine Lynn Herman, and also For the Wolf by Hannah Whitten
    Gloomy Gothic Church vibes: Vespertine by Margaret Rogerson

  • @lianajay04
    @lianajay04 Год назад

    i'm from the southern hemisphere and the vibes were definitely received!

  • @gigigigigigigigi
    @gigigigigigigigi Год назад

    now definitely autumn came in korea!!! i already miss summer😅
    thank you for recommending i’ll study english with these book

  • @cheeyahmay8705
    @cheeyahmay8705 Год назад +1

    Yay! I’ve never been this early and it’s my favorite season.

  • @meliscobanozcikmak7588
    @meliscobanozcikmak7588 Год назад

    the outro.. sooo sweet of you hahah :) I actually got up to get some water

  • @thornalexanderstyle
    @thornalexanderstyle Год назад +1

    I live on Vancouver Island and love seeing Emily St. John Mandel on your channel! Highly recommend Astra by Cedar Bowers and Greenwood by Michael Christie, fellow islanders with dystopian/cult undertones

    • @caricanread
      @caricanread  Год назад

      Yes! Just read greenwood and will talk about it in my wrap up!!

  • @romywolfofficial
    @romywolfofficial Год назад +1

    Raven Cycle video next? Oh my. I'm not sure I am ready to relive the feels 😅

  • @sameenmehdi2671
    @sameenmehdi2671 Год назад +1

    The BEST book for revenge best served cold AND feminine rage is Slewfoot by Brom. It’s so so so good!!

  • @banaa9463
    @banaa9463 Год назад +1

    "some guy with a manor" 😆😂 great recs btw

  • @czernyyyy
    @czernyyyy Год назад

    aaahhhhhhhhh omg you finally read the raven cycle?????? eeeeeeeee can't wait for the video!!

  • @pez.3117
    @pez.3117 Год назад

    My personal favorite autumn book is The Dreadful Tale of Prosper Redding! It’s middle grade, which I think is part of its charm-spooky family drama, wonderfully funny and fleshed-out characters, demons!!! And many many pumpkins. The vibes are a combination of chilly, magic-filled nights and the comfort of an unfamiliar home. Wonderfully cozy and there is a sequel!

  • @caitlin1008
    @caitlin1008 Год назад +1

    My recommendation for the 'a book for the melancholy of endings' would be Before the coffee gets cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

  • @bubbleblower5907
    @bubbleblower5907 Год назад +17

    the raven cycle is my roman empire

  • @vsmo_6
    @vsmo_6 Год назад +1

    I've been waiting for this one!! Thank you for the video🥰

  • @mommybird4768
    @mommybird4768 Год назад +1

    I read Life As We Knew It when i was 14 and even at 27 still haven't recovered from the anxiety of it lol and I definitely read Green Knowe as a kid and completely forgot so I'm gonna have to go back and reread them. If you want a good creepy apocalyptic series I recommend The Forest of Hands and Teeth.

    • @caricanread
      @caricanread  Год назад +2

      Omg looking that one up rn just for the title havhaa

  • @tree_hugger6921
    @tree_hugger6921 Год назад

    Half a soul was so fun. The fairies are the funniest thing. They might just be my fav fae rep?

  • @insulaarachnid
    @insulaarachnid Год назад +2

    As a child I read a creepy doll horror story ' A Candle in Her Room" by Ruth M. Arthur. I was fascinated and quite terrified by it! I wonder if I read it now whether it would have any effect on me?

  • @sweetmalissa
    @sweetmalissa Год назад +2

    I ADORED Dowry of Blood!!! 🥰🥰💖💖💖💖😈

  • @tinagarcia3571
    @tinagarcia3571 Год назад +1

    I can't believe how many of those I've read in the last month, like 5 or 6 now I'm reading Witch Marked which won fantasy awards but I've never heard of it ,saw it on Blackwell's.

  • @alexhornsey9414
    @alexhornsey9414 Год назад

    "Omgod this is going to be so long ugh"
    I literally don't see the problem Cari. I love your videos, short or long

    • @caricanread
      @caricanread  Год назад

      Bahahha thank you! As i was filming i was like “oh no this is going to be hours long hahah”

    • @alexhornsey9414
      @alexhornsey9414 Год назад

      And hours long is okay. I will consume the content lol

  • @bmvanloo
    @bmvanloo Год назад +1

    Mushrooms + gothic - The Ghost Woods by C.J. Cooke! Perfect creepy fall book!

  • @ImogenReeves
    @ImogenReeves Год назад +1

    Love all the book recommendations

  • @sualipa
    @sualipa Год назад

    thank you so much for the recs!!!

  • @nissasbookcorner
    @nissasbookcorner Год назад

    this video is so cozy :)) i feel like i’m never gonna get through all the fall books i wanna read this season but watching all these fall videos counts right?

  • @artaemisia
    @artaemisia Год назад

    the New Jersey charm !! love it

  • @parisgellerLUVER
    @parisgellerLUVER Год назад +1

    Early! I love her videos they are so amazing!

  • @marigoldandlilies
    @marigoldandlilies Год назад

    For the person who asked for books about tea, you got to read The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane!!!!

  • @okaywhatev4
    @okaywhatev4 Год назад +1

    Would you consider leaving the cover image on the screen the whole time you discuss a book?

  • @tattooedkittykat
    @tattooedkittykat Год назад +2

    My recommendation for "a fantasy book that has romance that makes you feel giddy" is Omen of Ice by Jus Accardo! Definitely flying under the radar at the moment.
    Also...Cari Kendare Blake has a new book out called Champion of Fate. I'm wondering if you would like it better than Three Dark Crowns 🙈

    • @caricanread
      @caricanread  Год назад +1

      Omg ill look both up!!

    • @tattooedkittykat
      @tattooedkittykat Год назад

      @caricanread I just finished the audiobook for Champion of Fate tonight! I actually quite enjoyed it. Fair warning both will have sequel books. Always try to give you the heads up.

  • @izaaaaaarah1270
    @izaaaaaarah1270 Год назад

    I need that edition of Frankenstein!!! 😭😭

  • @sarahd.3247
    @sarahd.3247 Год назад

    On a gloomy day you guys should read „the good son“ by Jeong Yu-Jeong. You will not dare step outside the next three days, it’s so good and so creepy! Perfect autumn read!

  • @morganinwanderland
    @morganinwanderland Год назад +1

    I have also been ready for autumn since July 🥵 I’m looking forward to Silent Companions. I had never known about the existence of those creepy cutouts. Did you see any on your UK travels? Also, per your recommendation, I read My Best Friend’s Exorcism and loved it! Very nostalgic. And, if you like Frankenstein inspired books, I recommend The Memoirs of Elizabeth Frankenstein.

    • @caricanread
      @caricanread  Год назад +2

      I am ALWAYS freaked out by cutouts in museums - they get me every time ahah cant imagine people willingly having them in their house

  • @lennonmotta4869
    @lennonmotta4869 Год назад +4

    girl i was randomly watching one of your How much a spend in a week videos on your main channel, and then I thought it would be super cool if you made a How much I read in a week video. it would be interesting to know more. of course booktubers read more than average since its their job, but it would be super cool to hear more details about your reading habits in a week. i would also like to see this coming from other booktubers, but you are my favorite in the universe so yours is more important anyway.

  • @TG-df6uy
    @TG-df6uy Год назад

    my unrequested fall/halloween recommendations:
    The Dreamblood Duology by NK Jemison. We Have Always Lived in a Castle by Shirley Jackson. Once and Future Witches by Alix Harrow. Build Your House Around My Body: A Novel by Violet Kupersmith. The Witness for the Dead by Katherine Addison. Into This River I Drown by TJ Klune. Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune. Endless Night by Agatha Christie

  • @9ol4
    @9ol4 Год назад +1

    My rec for an eerie studio ghibli book: The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Nail Gaiman. It reminded me a lot of Sporited Away but English countryside 😍 and creepy AF

  • @mikaylaleighann
    @mikaylaleighann Год назад

    Divine rivals😭😭😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️ I loved ittt

  • @springsbloom
    @springsbloom Год назад

    i have been waiting for this!!!!

  • @UsorThem07
    @UsorThem07 7 месяцев назад +1

    More creepy forests if someone is so obliged: uprooted and for the wolf. Both have creepy forests hell yeah

  • @jordyngaudet45
    @jordyngaudet45 Год назад

    to the person who wanted a gothic mushroom romance absolutely PLEASE read the ghost woods by c. j. cooke. oh my god it is the epitome of all of those things and it belongs in this video!

  • @racheldarby8173
    @racheldarby8173 Год назад +1

    LONGER VIDEOS ARE THE BEST!😊