November 2023 Reading Wrap Up

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  • Опубликовано: 29 окт 2024

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  • @lesap8889
    @lesap8889 11 месяцев назад +3

    I love how you held the candle out to the screen like we could smell it too!

  • @KatieColson
    @KatieColson 11 месяцев назад +14

    MARA! Yes! I gave 3 1/2 stars to Thursday Murder Club when I first read it. Then gave the second book 5 stars when listening to the audiobook. It is so good. And book 4 is FANTASTIC!

    • @bookslikewhoa
      @bookslikewhoa  11 месяцев назад +2

      I just started and I’m already bracing myself for the amazingness/devastation 😭

  • @asdfghjklasdfghjkl321
    @asdfghjklasdfghjkl321 11 месяцев назад +3

    By the way, if you love Tor novellas I highly recommend The Lies of the Ajungo by Moses Ose Utomi! It's an African inspired fantasy that's extremely short 😃

  • @janinetrimble2034
    @janinetrimble2034 11 месяцев назад +2

    "Bogden can get it" is such a mood and i am hereeeeeeeeee for it. He has some sort of unknown charisma

  • @TheBeeesKnees
    @TheBeeesKnees 11 месяцев назад +3

    i'm always so impressed with how much you read and how well you are able to articulate your thoughts about the books! Definitely going to get some stuff from novel wicks they look so good 🥰 and as always the makeup is a slay 💅🏼💅🏼

  • @Novelwicks
    @Novelwicks 11 месяцев назад +2

    Thanks for sharing my candles!! I Appreciate it!

  • @sweeteliz
    @sweeteliz 11 месяцев назад +3

    I definitely think the Thursday Murder Club improves/matures with each installment. The Last Devil to Die was 5 stars for me-- and I rarely give cozies more than 3.5 stars and I've *never* given one over 4 stars. It is such an intelligent and tender book. It has changed me-- and that is my criteria for a 5 star rating!

  • @scotthacker2265
    @scotthacker2265 11 месяцев назад

    Loved All The Sinners Bleed. Loved The Man Who Died Twice.

  • @knottyneedle
    @knottyneedle 11 месяцев назад

    Yes, the 4th book in the Thursday Murder Club will make you cry a bit. 'The Letter' part will do you in and you will have to take a break.

  • @meljstephan
    @meljstephan 10 месяцев назад

    Congrats on all the project progress! My goals for next year include reading more international settings, being willing to dnf series, and reading at least 200 books.

  • @jennifereiffel405
    @jennifereiffel405 10 месяцев назад

    I think your cat is adorable! I don't light candles at all as my cat would find a way to get them, He is too smart for being a cat!
    Merry Christmas to you and your cats!

  • @dobetterwithchristian4472
    @dobetterwithchristian4472 11 месяцев назад

    December is going to be a cluster at work, but I'm excited for all the cozy holiday content. 😊

  • @EvieM1
    @EvieM1 11 месяцев назад +1

    Love those editions of the Anthony Trollope you have.

    • @bookslikewhoa
      @bookslikewhoa  11 месяцев назад +2

      Me too! Seeing them all together on my read shelf is a reward in itself

  • @claire890
    @claire890 10 месяцев назад

    Enjoyed this a lot -- thank you. I'm so glad you enjoyed the second and third Osman books more. I love that series -- loved it from the first book (but I am a Brit!) I have not read The Last Devil to Die yet -- although I bought it on the day it came out -- I am not in a place to be emotionally wrecked right now. Thank you for recommending Written In the Stars -- that sounds like something I need to read right now -- I had not heard of it.

  • @verucasalt4535
    @verucasalt4535 11 месяцев назад

    Lol I just let my kitty investigate my candle, granted it's not on a shelf where he can knock it over. He's singed a few whiskers but I think he's learned his lesson.z

  • @laurasalo6160
    @laurasalo6160 10 месяцев назад

    Kitties and candles? NO THANK YOU!
    Christmas is one of the biggest housefire seasons!
    Check your FIRE ALARMS!! 🔥
    Lots of love to y'all.

  • @fttoma
    @fttoma 11 месяцев назад

    Can't wait to watch your goodreads choice award video ❤❤ I look forward to it 😊😊

  • @susanm2128
    @susanm2128 11 месяцев назад +2

    Congratulations on finishing the Trollope series. Agree with you that the Small House at Allington was my least favorite. Lily Dale was such an irritating character. Dr. Thorne was my favorite but I loved the Last Chronicle of Barset and was pleased to see Mrs. Proudie finally get her comeuppance. Finished The Last Devil to Die this morning. I love the characters. This one is my favorite.

    • @bookslikewhoa
      @bookslikewhoa  11 месяцев назад

      Ah, Mrs Proudie- she was 20 pounds of personality in a 5 pound bag

  • @ohladysamantha
    @ohladysamantha 11 месяцев назад

    cannot wait for the end of the year listapalooza! :)

  • @PokhrajRoy.
    @PokhrajRoy. 11 месяцев назад +1

    I hope you have a great reading month ahead! 👏🏽

  • @SarahAtHeart
    @SarahAtHeart 11 месяцев назад +1

    I ended up changing my GR mystery vote to The Last Devil to Die. I loved it so much!! (not so much the plot, but the character journeys). I hope it works for you too! ❤

  • @arlissbunny
    @arlissbunny 11 месяцев назад +1

    I’m not surprised that Let All the Sinners Bleed hit you hard. SA Cosby has an incredible authorial voice.
    Meanwhile, Richard Osman just…. I can hardly think about that book without tearing up. I hope you made it through in one piece.

  • @camiimpostora7613
    @camiimpostora7613 11 месяцев назад

    The thing with Mariana Zapata to me is that, when it hits it’s amazing (Kulti is my ultimate comfort read), but then, when it doesn’t it makes me scream “WHAT IS HAPPENING?!?!”. It’s so desorienting (hopefully that’s a word)

  • @maureendeming
    @maureendeming 11 месяцев назад

    I tried the Brother Cadfael series on your recommendation and really enjoyed it!

  • @bjminton2698
    @bjminton2698 11 месяцев назад +3

    Osman's #2 was great compared to #1! Unfortunately, for me, it was also much better than #3 ☹️. I'm still in line for #4 from the library. Started at 84th - several weeks later, I am 32nd🙃 Enjoy your holidays!!

  • @anne-marie339
    @anne-marie339 11 месяцев назад

    An entertaining wrap-up as always! The candles seem delightful and I'm intrigued by Written in the Stars now!
    November was a mixed bag with some dnfs (including finally giving up on The Bear and the Nightingale after many attempts), but I did read and enjoy Bookshops & Bonedust, The Ministry of Pain (Yugoslavian author Dubravka Ugresic), and Moon of the Turning Leaves

  • @susanbissonnette681
    @susanbissonnette681 11 месяцев назад

    The Thursday murder club series is awesome!

  • @WildeBookGarden
    @WildeBookGarden 10 месяцев назад

    ok but now I'm so curious about what this 70 year old book crush is like🤣

  • @amivanzyl8876
    @amivanzyl8876 10 месяцев назад

    currently reading the man who died twice (on audio) and in the first 10% already started feeling like the quality had jumped from Book 1. Felt like Book 1 was mid and yet I've already cried in Book 2!

  • @TheGoofy1932
    @TheGoofy1932 11 месяцев назад

    Yes, you will probably 😢 in Richard Osman's 4th book. So good. I love that series, but I also do love British wit. I was raised on Monty Python's Flying Circus 🤹‍♂️ and John Cleese and Eric Idle are long time faves so all that to say the humor in his books really works for me. I've also been reading my dark romances by Neva Altaj and Jagger Cole. I slipped in the 2 clone aliens from Ruby Dixon. I caught up on my Emily Brightwell(Mrs Jeffries series) and M.C.Beaton (Hamish McBeth series) and then I reread the first Hidden Legacy trilogy.

  • @LiteratureScienceAlliance
    @LiteratureScienceAlliance 11 месяцев назад +3

    I am so close to being done with my fantasy reads, cannot wait 😂😅

  • @monica_has116lentilsand2cats
    @monica_has116lentilsand2cats 11 месяцев назад

    loved the video! and always thrilled to be granted a kitten sighting. ❤🐾🐾
    i thought there was 1 book with a 5***** rating; did i miss it when you showed/talked about it? 🤔

  • @MsJaytee1975
    @MsJaytee1975 11 месяцев назад

    Mara, do you know there’s a documentary series about Agatha Christie starting on PBS tonight. It was on the BBC last year, it’s really good.

  • @niksiever3135
    @niksiever3135 11 месяцев назад

    I love Fiona Shaw. I looked after her once on a flight from LHR to JFK and she was such a sweetheart.

    • @bookslikewhoa
      @bookslikewhoa  11 месяцев назад

      Aw good to hear she’s a sweetie

  • @melissamybubbles6139
    @melissamybubbles6139 11 месяцев назад

    I only finished one book during November but it was a 5 star read. Muppets in Moscow by Natasha Lance Rogoff is about Sesame Street making episodes in Russia just after the Soviet Union fell.

  • @mj_libros
    @mj_libros 11 месяцев назад

    I agree about MZ. I love many of her older books (Under Locke, Wait for It, Kulti) but her last couple of books, including All Rhodes Lead Here, just haven't worked for me. She's seriously in need of a good editor. She's no longer an auto-buy for me. I haven't given up on her completely, I'll just be vetting her books first on KU or through the library.

  • @sophiawoodward4838
    @sophiawoodward4838 11 месяцев назад

    Bogdan can totally get it!

  • @GothicBookLover
    @GothicBookLover 11 месяцев назад

    I've read one or two LIsa Jewell books.. and the author seems to really lean in on that element in more than one of her books. But her writing style doesn't grab me either.

  • @LorrieReads
    @LorrieReads 11 месяцев назад

    BOGDAN!!!!❤❤❤❤❤

  • @anikamercier2651
    @anikamercier2651 11 месяцев назад

    Omg, you not liking the Lisa J. makes me feel so much better! I’m trying to read it now and besides the questionable aspects you mentioned I’m finding it so incredibly boring. I’m at 50% and thinking I should just DNF it.

  • @meikusje
    @meikusje 10 месяцев назад

    I thought The Thursday Murder Club was so funny, but it's definitely VERY dry British humor. I can imagine that it doesn't read as funny if you're not used to that type of humor. I haven't read any of the others yet (but I know I'm getting 2 and 3 for Christmas), so I can't say if they are different, but yeah, I can imagine the 'problem' with The Thursday Murder Club is with just not picking up on the humor. I feel like that sounds kind of elitist, 'you just didn't get it', but I don't mean it like that. Just that type of dry and subtle humor sometimes doesn't transfer well to other cultures who then don't recognize certain things as being jokes/meant to be funny.

    • @meikusje
      @meikusje 10 месяцев назад

      Like this quote: "Chris takes a swig of Diet Coke. He sometimes worries he is addicted to it. He had read a headline about Diet Coke once, which was so worrying he had chosen not to read the article."
      That's so funny to me, and the tone and the way the character is positioned is very typical for British humor, and I can imagine people might not think it's funny if they're not used to British humor.

  • @melanieannplans2666
    @melanieannplans2666 11 месяцев назад

    I loved "None of This is True"...however, the whole "grooming" aspect made me quite uncomfortable. I was curious enough to see where Jewell was going to go with it and...Idk, I was kind of disappointed? It's my first Jewell book though and while I did enjoy it in general, I don't know that I can list her as an author to get excited about that. Just my opinion. 🙂

    • @bookslikewhoa
      @bookslikewhoa  11 месяцев назад

      I enjoyed The Family Upstairs pretty well but that’s my only other read from her to date

  • @lyndf4487
    @lyndf4487 11 месяцев назад

    I gave None Of This Is True 3 stars.I debated giving it 2 but ultimately I did enjoy it until the end where she comes across as a pedo apologist.Are we seriously supposed to believe a grown ass man couldn't say no?It also didn't do that thing that makes me give a book 1 star regardless of how well I was liking it before.
    I've got all the Thursday Mystery books and I'm excited to binge them at some point.British and Australian hiumour are very similar so that likely won't be an issue for me.

  • @JashanaC
    @JashanaC 10 месяцев назад

    Eeeek a book confused about where it (aka: author) stands on a relationship between a middle-aged man and a child? yikes on all the bikes

  • @melissal3159
    @melissal3159 11 месяцев назад

    You need to be careful even some all natural scents in candles and cleaners can make cats very sick.