i so can relate about the romance thing... i used to enjoy romance novels sometimes but i can't do it anymore, so many of them are cringey or just messed up. at least horror books know they are being creepy and weird 😩
Kenya, you should make a storygraph account- it’s a book app that shows all your stats in the year & you can go through them monthly too. It would be so fun to see your stats at the end of the year! It’s so organized.
Yesss mood reading 2025. So many of my reading slumps come from trying to plow through as many books on my TBR as possible. I'm having so much more fun picking things up on a whim and letting my libraries availability choose my fate.
i love the cardigan. also you're so real about wanting to read dark books about people struggling cause those are usually my favorite types of stories, book or film 🫣
I’m loving your goals this year and the reflection you did to get there. Regarding romance, if it’s your style, I always encourage people to read queer romance. It just hits different. The character arcs, the emotions, the exploration of love and development of emotional literacy, the angst, uuuuuuugh!!!! All. The. Feels. Romance is my primary genre and I’ve found queer romance and romance written by BAME/BIPOC/POC authors hit so different than other books do. Yes there are exceptions to the rule but when I think about some of my favourite romances, they fit those categories.
My only reading goal in 2025 is - well it's really more like a guideline than a goal - to only read books written by female authors. After 2024 I'm just sick and tired of male bullsh!t hahah 😅
I'm trying to get through my physical tbr cuz it's getting crazy, but i've been reading them based on mood which has def helped, so i hope your reading experience improves this year!! Loove the idea of reading books like they're the last you'll ever read, i'm going to have to try that as well!
You should try Jean Christophe grangé (crimson rivers) if you like dark murder mysteries. Mike Omer and Donnato carrisi are good thriller authors too. And if you want it dark and painful, a little life is an interesting reading experience as long as you know what you’re getting yourself into.
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MOOD READING is life. I've only ever made one TBR in my life and never stuck with it - I love the CHAOS of the unknown of what my next book will be 🤣
"you gotta stay curious around your joy" oh that got me
i so can relate about the romance thing... i used to enjoy romance novels sometimes but i can't do it anymore, so many of them are cringey or just messed up. at least horror books know they are being creepy and weird 😩
✨ choosing happiness ✨
Kenya, you should make a storygraph account- it’s a book app that shows all your stats in the year & you can go through them monthly too. It would be so fun to see your stats at the end of the year! It’s so organized.
Quick note. You need to read The Glass Hotel before Sea of Tranquility as they are loosely connected.
ur so right about romance like i gotta put me first.
Little Rot by Akwaeke Emezi is a fantastic dark and twisted lit fic
So excited for you to read Very Cold People!!!!! I loved it
I also am mood reading this year
Recently read Grown Women by Sarai Johnson and I believe you will love this book!
So excited for your reviews on these books!
LET IT 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 I watch you for you but I love the grime books! So excited!
Thank you for another banger Kenya!🎉
Yesss mood reading 2025. So many of my reading slumps come from trying to plow through as many books on my TBR as possible. I'm having so much more fun picking things up on a whim and letting my libraries availability choose my fate.
i love the cardigan. also you're so real about wanting to read dark books about people struggling cause those are usually my favorite types of stories, book or film 🫣
I’m loving your goals this year and the reflection you did to get there.
Regarding romance, if it’s your style, I always encourage people to read queer romance. It just hits different. The character arcs, the emotions, the exploration of love and development of emotional literacy, the angst, uuuuuuugh!!!! All. The. Feels.
Romance is my primary genre and I’ve found queer romance and romance written by BAME/BIPOC/POC authors hit so different than other books do.
Yes there are exceptions to the rule but when I think about some of my favourite romances, they fit those categories.
A dark book (that shook me a little), “Little Rot” by Akwaeke Emezi
My only reading goal in 2025 is - well it's really more like a guideline than a goal - to only read books written by female authors. After 2024 I'm just sick and tired of male bullsh!t hahah 😅
I'm trying to get through my physical tbr cuz it's getting crazy, but i've been reading them based on mood which has def helped, so i hope your reading experience improves this year!! Loove the idea of reading books like they're the last you'll ever read, i'm going to have to try that as well!
if you enjoy post traumatic maybe that will be the sign i need to finally circle back to that and give it a shot
so excited to hear ur thoughts about sea of tranquility its so beautiful
You should try Jean Christophe grangé (crimson rivers) if you like dark murder mysteries. Mike Omer and Donnato carrisi are good thriller authors too. And if you want it dark and painful, a little life is an interesting reading experience as long as you know what you’re getting yourself into.
Great video! I subbed 😊
Girlie you're Scorpio of course you will enjoy dark, grim and emotional deep books.
You hating the books that you bought before is so funny to me
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if you want to read darker books look no further than Karin Slaughter!!
I know you like families in despair when you loved Memphis cause I HATED it