FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR ~ fantasy, science fiction, middle grade, and more ~ Quarter 1

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  • Опубликовано: 22 апр 2024
  • FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR ~ fantasy, science fiction, middle grade, and more ~ Quarter 1
    📕 You can find reviews below, as well as all the books on Bookshop here, or in the links before: bookshop.org/lists/books-pick...
    Long Walk to Freedom
    Wrap Up: • DIVING INTO DISCWORLD,...
    Amazon US: amzn.to/3QC616n
    Amazon UK: amzn.to/4aIJD35
    Kiki's Delivery Service
    Discussion (for the movie and book): ruclips.net/user/liveMtdfbDRrm6Q?...
    Amazon US: amzn.to/3w3gtMW
    Amazon UK: amzn.to/3UuU17R
    The Girl in the Tower
    Wrap Up: • DIVING INTO DISCWORLD,...
    Amazon US: amzn.to/4aLa5cq
    Amazon UK: amzn.to/3WtgR2j
    The Last Cuentista
    no video for this one
    Amazon US: amzn.to/4d6ivMZ
    Amazon UK: amzn.to/3QaPHsX
    A Little Hatred
    Abercrombie video: • ABERCROMBIE BOOKS ~ le...
    Amazon US: amzn.to/3WeziHF
    Amazon UK: amzn.to/3UuvlgT
    A Study in Drowning
    You can find a dedicated reading vlog on my Patreon: www.patreon.com/user?u=15204080
    Wrap Up: • DIVING INTO DISCWORLD,...
    Amazon US: amzn.to/49Nv4da
    Amazon UK: amzn.to/3UqVT2u
    Addie Larue
    Wrap Up: • DIVING INTO DISCWORLD,...
    Spoiler Discussion: ruclips.net/user/live1m3tMHMIZMs?...
    Amazon US: amzn.to/3Usu21L
    Amazon UK: amzn.to/44dbmXc
    🎞 Videos mentioned
    Top 5 New Fantasy ~ Quarter 1: • TOP 5 BEST NEW FANTASY...
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    #favoritebooks #bestbooks #topbooks
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  • @SuperPuddingcat
    @SuperPuddingcat Месяц назад +13

    Gideon was my most surprising read of the year. I listened to the audiobook and after I finished I was like, “ what did I just listen too?!” The audio narration was just brilliant, loved every minute of it! 🎉

  • @NonAnonD
    @NonAnonD Месяц назад +27

    Finally she read Gideon!

    • @ebnovels
      @ebnovels  Месяц назад +3

      Haha, I talked about it in a video about genre-bending books! I feel bad now that it took so long to hear about it 🙈

  • @lorifrederick2367
    @lorifrederick2367 Месяц назад +4

    M'kay, so i just ordered Gideon. I love the books that you recommend. I was new to fantasy about a year ago. Had no idea about any books in that genre. Well i am HOOKED, and i so appreciate your reviews! And I am deliriously happy with my TBR pile!! 😊

  • @anyolivna163
    @anyolivna163 Месяц назад +9

    i read gideon last april and it quite literally changed my life😭at this point i've reread it 3 times

  • @melissaawesome2512
    @melissaawesome2512 Месяц назад

    I can’t follow videos all the time, and you make my TBR list way longer, but I really love your reviews and the stories you choose! Thank you for doing these videos, love you girlie!

  • @MeAsTeee
    @MeAsTeee Месяц назад +11

    I just love to hear you talking about books💞

    • @ebnovels
      @ebnovels  Месяц назад +2

      Oh, well thank you! 😄

  • @mrsduncanthetall
    @mrsduncanthetall Месяц назад +7

    Good morning Ms Elle. ❤just wanted to tell you that my son and I still listen every morning. He's 15 but such an old soul he absolutely loved it when you talked about Kiki and studio Gibbli we are now following your other channel❤

    • @ebnovels
      @ebnovels  Месяц назад +4

      Ohh, that’s so nice! And wow, 15??? I feel like I remember you mentioning listening while driving him to school, and I swear he was a lot younger. Time flies!

    • @mrsduncanthetall
      @mrsduncanthetall Месяц назад +2

      @ebnovels it sure does. We are long time listeners, absolutely love your channel. Happy international book day

  • @MarzMusings
    @MarzMusings Месяц назад

    Loved this video! Thanks for making it long too! Also super inspiring content for people that want to write and do things differently ❤

  • @riva7rau
    @riva7rau Месяц назад +1

    I've read the first three books in the Locked Tomb series, and I agree with your thoughts of "going alone for the ride". I actually love it because I have no clue what's going on a fair amount of the time :) I love the writing, the sense of mystery, the chaos and the unpredictability. I've actually listened to the audiobooks, and narrator does such a great job that I'll always hear her voice for the characters any time I think about the story or physically read a part of it. As for Addie LaRue - there were times that I thought that the story moved along too slowly but the exploration of our need to have our lives mean something - to be remembered after we're gone and given the emotional impact on me (wreckage?) by the end of the book it is one of my all-time favorites.

  • @OnlyTheBestFantasyNovels
    @OnlyTheBestFantasyNovels Месяц назад +2

    Solid picks! Katherine Arden will blow you away when you get to the 3rd Winternight book, Girl in the Tower was all setup.

  • @marsmorg
    @marsmorg Месяц назад

    everyone says gideon feels like a side character in her own story (in book one) and i could not agree more. i read all 3 of the locked tomb in march and they're easily a new favorite of all time, i hope you enjoy harrow and nona!

  • @laurenschenck5355
    @laurenschenck5355 Месяц назад +1

    A Study of Drowning and love the characters and it is beautiful written and one of my favorite books 🌈📙📚📖📖📖📙🌈🪷🩷❣️❣️❣️🩷🩷🌺💗🌺💚💚🫶🏻🌷🌷🥀💘🌸🌼🌼🌈🌈🌈📙📚📖🌈🪷💖📚📚📚📚📙🩷💙🌸🌻🌻🌻💕💚🧡💘🩵🩵🩵

  • @livechangechallenge
    @livechangechallenge Месяц назад +1

    I’m in the middle of Gideon 9th, I’m loving it 😊

  • @MusicGirl6300
    @MusicGirl6300 Месяц назад +2

    Gideon 😭😭😭💜💜

  • @shegoesnorth9143
    @shegoesnorth9143 Месяц назад +1

    I've been contemplating Gideon the Ninth, so this video came at the right time. Trust your thoughts so now I'm definitely more likely to pick it up :) SO far my favourites this year have been The Wicked King (from the Folk of the Air) and The Serpent and the WIngs of night. Now getting some classic scifi in with The Player of Games

  • @KristinKravesBooks
    @KristinKravesBooks Месяц назад +7

    I also finally read The Girl in the Tower in the firdt quarter. It's probably my favourite in the series but they were all five stars for me!

  • @ReadingNymph
    @ReadingNymph Месяц назад

    I recently read Gideon and loved it!

  • @mischarowe
    @mischarowe Месяц назад +4

    These are great books. I say as someone who hasn't read any of them, lol. They just sound good. None added to my TBR today but I did just finish Fog & Fireflies by T.H. Lehnen and it's definitely a fav of this year so far. Thanks for the great video, as always. :)
    [edit: Gideon is already on my TBR, though. :)]

    • @ebnovels
      @ebnovels  Месяц назад +2

      Ahh, that’s good to hear about that book! I don’t know if my library has it, so I might have to take a chance and buy it 🤔

    • @mischarowe
      @mischarowe Месяц назад

      @@ebnovels I read the ebook so fast. I love it. Hope you can find it. I think you'll adore it.❤️

  • @whaleison5045
    @whaleison5045 Месяц назад +2

    Love from South Africa! Glad you got to learn something about our beautiful unique country 🤍

  • @JJGrimes2
    @JJGrimes2 Месяц назад +3

    I recently finished "A Study in Drowning" as well and I really enjoyed it. I feel the author really nailed the gothic atmosphere. Gave me similar feelings to when I watched the movie "Crimson Peak"

  • @sheenaproffitt-taber630
    @sheenaproffitt-taber630 Месяц назад +2

    Can you please tell me what lipstick you are wearing and is it what you usually wear?

  • @sanitycalamity
    @sanitycalamity Месяц назад

    My favourites from Q1 were the Tyranny of Faith, Jackalope Wives and both Emily Wilde books.
    I have a Study in Drowning on my shelf and would like to get to that sometime this year. I loved Catherine Arden's Winter of the Witch series when I read that a couple of years ago. Addie La Rue was 3 stars for me. It found it frustrating that the most interesting parts of her story were skipped over in favour of more chapters of moping around.

  • @thewitchyreader6131
    @thewitchyreader6131 Месяц назад

    Great Video!

  • @personmcpersonperson2893
    @personmcpersonperson2893 Месяц назад

    i love your videos ❤️

  • @bri02600
    @bri02600 Месяц назад

    The Last Cuentista is an all time fave for me ❤

  • @natasagajic1061
    @natasagajic1061 Месяц назад

    My favorite books of Q1 are The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (which I absolutely loved and flew through) and The Chosen and The Beautiful, which was super atmospheric 💖
    I am looking forward to picking up The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue sometime this year. But it sound like it would be a good audiobook experience - I wonder whether the audiobook is good? 🤔

  • @JayGTheAwkwardBookworm
    @JayGTheAwkwardBookworm Месяц назад +3

    I still need to read Gideon 😤

    • @ebnovels
      @ebnovels  Месяц назад

      Haha, well it was a lot of fun! I hope you like it when you eventually pick it up 😊

  • @laurenschenck5355
    @laurenschenck5355 Месяц назад

    Long walk to freedom I love this book so much and Nelson Mandela madd me feel so emotional deep connection with him 💖🫶🏻🫶🏻🌼🪻💚🩵🩵❤️🌻🌻🌞💙💙🌺💗🌸🌸💕💐🧡🌸💙🌼🌼🪻💖🩷🩷🪻🌈🩵❣️🪷❤️💙💙🌺💐❣️❣️🪷🌞🌼🌼💖❣️🌈🌈🌈🌈📚📚📙📙📚📙📙📙📚📚📖📖📖📖📖📖

  • @gayanegasparyan4137
    @gayanegasparyan4137 Месяц назад +1

    When are you planning to read Trouble with peace btw ?

    • @ebnovels
      @ebnovels  Месяц назад +2

      Hopefully there’ll be a video up soon talking about the whole series!

    • @gayanegasparyan4137
      @gayanegasparyan4137 Месяц назад +1

      @@ebnovels oh can’t wait!

  • @robertawalsh2995
    @robertawalsh2995 Месяц назад

    4:38 Too late 😋

  • @iheartwalle
    @iheartwalle Месяц назад

    I really liked A Study in Drowning except the author used too many similes

  • @phoenyxashes2064
    @phoenyxashes2064 29 дней назад

    *Honorable mentions* *
    0:57 Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela
    *Goodreads Rating:* 4.35 ⭐ out of 5 ⭐
    *Genres:* Biography, Nonfiction, History, Africa, Memoir, Autobiography, Politics
    *Page Count:* 656 pages
    *HONORABLE MENTIONS*
    2:42 Kiki’s Delivery Service by Eiko Kadono
    *Goodreads Rating:* 4.15 out of 5 ⭐
    *Genres:* Fantasy, Middle Grade, Fiction, Children’s, Witches, Classics, Japan
    *Page Count:* 193 pages
    4:48 The Girl in the Tower by Katherine Arden
    *Goodreads Rating:* 4.36 ⭐ out of 5 ⭐
    *Genres:* Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Young Adult, Historical, Mythology, Fairy Tales
    *Page Count:* 360 pages
    *TOP 5 FAVES*
    6:51 The Last Cuentista” by Donna Barba Higuera
    *Goodreads Rating:* 4.08 ⭐ out of 5 ⭐
    *Genres:* Middle Grade, Science Fiction, Young Adult, Fantasy, Fiction, Dystopia
    *Page Count:* 336 pages
    9:20 A Little Hatred by Joe Abercrombie
    *Goodreads Rating:* 4.45 ⭐ out of 5 ⭐
    *Genres:* Fantasy, Fiction, Epic Fantasy, High Fantasy, Audiobook, Dark Fantasy, Adult
    *Page Count:* 480 pages
    11:47 Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
    *Goodreads Rating:* 4.21 ⭐ out of 5 ⭐
    *Genres:* Fantasy, Science Fiction, Fiction, LGBT, Queer, Horror,
    *Page Count:* 448 pages
    14:26 A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid
    *Goodreads Rating:* 3.82 out of 5 ⭐
    *Genres:* Fantasy, Young Adult, Gothic, Mystery, Fiction, Young Adult Fantasy, Fae
    *Page Count:* 378 pages
    15:48 The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
    *Goodreads Rating:* 4.19 out of 5 ⭐
    *Genres:* Fantasy, Fiction, Romance, Historical Fiction, Adult, Historical, Magical Realism
    *Page Count:* 448 pages