Thank you for doing your ACOTAR series. I work as an overnight youth mental health counselor, I marathoned all of those videos from the first to the last one you just posted. It got me through two shifts. It was awesome because i could listen to it on my airpod and still walk around the house and check on the kids. It was like a podcast/audiobook in one. I am excited to see what content you post this year!
I'm really happy this channel started in 2020, it gave me motivation to follow my passion for reading again at this time. Excited for many more videos about books in 2023 🎉📚
I just found your channel like... literally yesterday. I haven't read Any book fully in two years. I literally buy books I think I'll like and end up not reading them. So yesterday I started really reading again and read half of a book I bought a few months ago and did nothing else but read with cello music on the background. And I just wanted to say thank you for giving me the motivation to sit down and read again like I used to years ago. I'm really loving your channel and I love the way you express your opinions and your voice is so soothing. Im really enjoying your content! I can't wait to watch all your videos. And thank you again for motivating me to start reading again I was in my zone yesterday and really relaxed and have been enjoying my free days of work by reading and watching your stuff. ♥🤗
I would do absolutely anything to see you talk about the Raven Cycle Series. It is so so fantastic and so beautifully written. I just feel like you’d love it (and the best part is there isn’t a single smut scene).
i love how, even if u didnt really enjoy a book, u always give an interesting summary of the story, sometimes ppl tend to trash talk the books they didnt like and make them sound unappealing from the get-go but u never do that!! hehe i had the same thoughts on pizza girl and kiss her once for me, and lie with me is one of my favourite books of all time so im glad u liked it even though it made u sad lol
I'm so excited that you picked up Magic Bites, the first in the Kate Daniels series. It does have a wonderful, slow burn romance, but it is definitely not the focus of the books. And I love that every character has a distinct voice and personality. I hope you try to continue to the series as it is one of my all-time favorites!
I love the Kate Daniel series too. Rereading this and the hidden legacy series are the books I reread when I get into a reading slump to get me out. They are so funny. The first book of Kate Daniels was the worst in the series in my opinion. It gets better
So glad you enjoyed the sunbearer trials!! Aiden Thomas’s writing is so refreshing for me (i’m so sick of authors writing teens in a way that’s very obvious that they’re near elderly) and they always seem to sweep me up in the excitement with the lore and character development. Definitely a nice read after the monster that was Priory of The Orange Tree!! and I believe the sequel is slated for late 2023, I’ll definitely be counting down the days lol :)
Cari!!! I just wanted to say that i have been watching all of your videos lately again and again bc of how much comfort they bring me, next week i have the results from the colleges i want to enter and my anxiety has been bad, but again your videos bring me so much joy and happiness! is like i'm talking with a best friend via facetime while we talk about books and we visit new places, thank you so much! 💗
im honored :') and as someone who finished college already i can say that your college acceptances will not make or break your life! i had so many friends go to their dream schools, hate it, change schools their sophomore year and LOVE it. There are sooo many paths to take and as long as you just keep living and following your happiness, im sure everything will be great ❤ i got into the school i wanted and while i was super happy about it, my year of study abroad when i technically ~wasnt~ at my dream school was my favorite year hahahaha sending love!!!
I'm super happy you liked Magic Bites! I've never heard anybody talk about it so I assumed nobody liked it eventhough the first 3 books of the series and the 'The Edge' series have been among my favourites for a literal decade! What a nice surprise :D (those covers are horrendous though hahah, luckily the German ones are slightly better :D) Also, I'm reading Sorcery of Thorns right now as per your recommendation and I love it so much! I haven't had that much fun reading in a looong time. Nathaniel's sarcastic remarks are everything!!! And the writing as a whole is so very charming ugh 🧡:D
I ADORE the Kate Daniels series and Ilona Andrews 🥺🥺 Magic Bites, the first book, is honestly the weakest (even if it’s good too) but the series just gets better and better. Kate Daniels is my favorite character EVER and I’m so happy to see a youtuber talk about them because yes, those covers are fugly 🙈
When I homeschooled my kids, Mark Twain's Joan of arc was the one to read. Here is a quote about the book. Very few people know that Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) wrote a major work on Joan of Arc. Still fewer know that he considered it not only his most important but also his best work. He spent twelve years in research and many months in France doing archival work and then made several attempts until he felt he finally had the story he wanted to tell. He reached his conclusion about Joan's unique place in history only after studying in detail accounts written by both sides, the French and the English. Because of Mark Twain's antipathy to institutional religion, one might expect an anti-Catholic bias toward Joan or at least toward the bishops and theologians who condemned her. Instead one finds a remarkably accurate biography of the life and mission of Joan of Arc told by one of this country's greatest storytellers. The very fact that Mark Twain wrote this book and wrote it the way he did is a powerful testimony to the attractive power of the Catholic Church's saints. This is a book that really will inform and inspire.
YES- soo happy to see Saint on this list!! ❤️ It's on my January tbr, and honestly, I've been so excited to read it since Young released the announcement of the book last year. I loved Fable/Namesake AND The Last Legacy equally, so I'm expecting to love Saint just as much as those 3 books haha! 😂 I can't wait to see what Young does with the series, she's so amazing at world building and it'd be so fun to see another book that's set like, 10 years after Namesake or something...🤍
getting the discord notification from cari's discord server is what makes my day better and my notes app open to see what to read next :) (love the new discord server and LOVE THE BOOKCLUB)
I really want to re-read Sorcery of Thorns now because you've convinced me to! I read that and Enchantment of Ravens and loved that as well, so excited for the Novella
Your videos doing series break downs has helped me get through so many shifts at work. I work overnights at a morgue to help catch up on work for them and sort of security and I’ve listened to all of them. Thank you so much.
have just recently found your channel and I love your content!! The first video I watched was the Crave one, and 1. thank you for sacrifice 2. you’re very funny and 3. thanks for all you do :)
Oh my god I'm so excited for the new Aiden Thomas book!! I've read Cemetery boys in 2022 and it was one of my (many) favourites of the year. I can't wait to read their newest work! You just made my day by mentioning this😆
Haha! Yeah definitely a long wait. I didn’t know that it was a series either. I picked it up at Barnes and Noble after they praised the book on their shelf so I got curious. I enjoyed it. 😊
Two great thrillers/mystery The Overnight Guest by Heather Gudenkauf and The Broken Girls by Simone St. James (one of my favorites ever). I also did not enjoy either Alice Feeney.
Cari I am so glad I have stumbled upon both of your channels, they bring me so much joy. You seem like such a sweet and wholesome individual and I love seeing you live your life on your main channel and then hearing all about your bookish thoughts on here! My reading list is now so incredibly long but I could not be more overjoyed. I hope you remember how many people you make smile and get so excited for your next upload. Happy 2023 I hope your year is amazing!
I must say I am very excited to see you making more long-term content :) love having your videos on in the background when doing chores or relaxing and longer videos are perfect for that!
Thanks for an awesome vid Cari! I have so many thoughts but here are a couple: - Ninth House was def clunky for me when I read it last month, but once I got past 30% or so I truly started adoring the main cast and became so invested in the story despite my confusion
The daevabad trilogy by s a Chakraborty is a completed fantasy that's phenomenal!! I binged all of them between Christmas and new years and it was so incredibly phenomenal, great characters, great magic, set in 1800s golden age of Islam middle east and its literally my favorite series I read last year. Def recommend if you haven't read it yet.
She has read it!!!!!!!!!!! I also love it soooo much (Muntadhir is my fave) and the author will release a new book/series next month and I'm so excited to read it!
I just wanna say I’m so glad I found your channel. I got back into reading fantasy/romance a few weeks ago but I didn’t have anyone my age (late 20s) to really talk about it with. Then a week or so later RUclips recommend your HOEAB plot review and i had JUST finished that book so I immediately watched it and loved the video and started watching all your plot videos and then all the other videos on your channel! It’s been so nice to have your channel bc it feels like I get to enjoy all these books with someone now❤️
About the Egyptian woman... I'm a 70 year old American woman that has been living in Egypt the past 18 years. I haven't read the book but I so identify with her situation BUT in reverse 😂. I will have to read that one now; although I myself could write a book about my crazy life and how both choice and destiny guide our life journey. Thanks for the great reviews❤
It's always so interesting seeing how different people's tastes are and their experiences with books because I absolutely adore Lovelight Farms. I know the year just started and it's a fave of what I've read within the last little bit of 2022. But I function off of fluff pieces and cheesy romance.
I would recommend Don't Wake Up as a possible thriller! It's not 5 star personally, but it wasn't at all horrible either! The beginning is definitely intruiging.
I still think that you should read Five Quarters of the Orange by Joanne Harris sometime (and, honestly, the rest of her books, too), BUT also you might really enjoy Narine Abgaryan's books (I know that I do). I've been thinking about reading Fable recently, so I hope I'll have the time very soon to give it a go. Happy New Year and keep being as amazing and lovely as you are, making even more incredible videos and reading books that you fall in love with!
You always read a mix of popular books I'm curious about and books i've never heard about that I add to my tbr, thats why I always love your wrap ups 💕😊excited to follow your reading in 2023 ! 😄
Congratulations on hitting 200k! Your channel is the very first booktube channel that I subscribed to back in 2020. Thank you for all the recommendations and fun videos!!
as someone from portland, kiss her once for me is a 5 star. i cant imagine anyone not from portland or who has never been to portland rating it above 3 stars. the most magical part was the local culture and refrences, having been to all the romantic places they go myself, i so easily am swept away. BUT I AGREE WHY WAS THE BIG TRUTH REVEALED HALF WAY??? still love this book.
I’ve been in the discord since the middle of December and I absolutely love it in there! It’s so cosy and sweet, the creator section is so cute in helping us connect and support each other as creators big and small. I also have to thank you for making me pick up Sorcery of Thorns because I absolutely adored that and it’s already a new favourite, I’m soooo excited for the novella 🥹
I also read _Kiss Her Once for Me_ and was let down. I liked the idea of having demisexual and ace-spec representation but didn't feel like it was done right. As a demisexual person, I found it hard to believe the main character would be attracted to someone *that* quickly. They didn't have enough time together for their connection to feel deep or authentic. I also didn't like the ending. I won't spoil it here but it didn't feel like the right ending for the characters. I did appreciate the way it handled generalized anxiety disorder, I have it myself and it was a very accurate portrayal of it.
I’m often a little underwhelmed by thrillers but I like all of the ones I’ve read by Gillian McAllister (my favorite is called The Good Sister in the US and Anything You Do Say in the UK) and Night Film is a really good one too
I loved The Marriage Portrait too! It’s one of my five-star reads last year. Maggie O’Farrell is an angel for giving Lucrezia that ending, albeit a fictional one. I’m happy you read and enjoyed it as well. ❤
Yay, 200k 🎉🥳🏆!!! I am SO glad I found your channel a little over a year now, it has really kick-started my reading again! I just finished A Wilderness of Stars (chef's kiss good😙!), and yet again perfect timing for a little Cari counsel on what I should read next 💖. I may finally break into Sorcery Of Thorns!! Thank you, Cari!! You're THE BEST!!
yyaaay! congratulations on 200k!! Your channel is one of my favorites to watch and I'm so happy for you!! I look forward to your videos in 2023 as well!! 🥳🤩😍 I'm normally easily nervous about big chats like this, but I hope I can hype myself up because your discord sounds amazing!!
If you liked the idea of Kiss Her Once For Me, but the execution was a miss, try Make You Mine This Christmas (by Lizzie Huxley-Jones)! It also reads like a hallmark movie, but I adored it so much
Ahhhh! I just started Magic Triumphs today. I love the Kate Daniels series so much that I was putting it off because I didn't want it to end :) I highly recommend listening on audiobook when you can! Also their newsletter is really fun.
i've caved, it's turned up so much i can't help it, i've got fable on hold at my library now 😂 they've actually got all three books (shocker) so i'm looking forward to diving in!
My favourite thrillers I read last year were; In My Dreams I hold a Knife by Ashley Winstead (Dark Academia vibes) True Crime Story by Joseph Knox (Interview format/ Book within a book vibes) and The One by John Marrs (Black Mirror vibes) Hope you like them :D
I bought a hardcover of Witches Steeped In Gold when it came out because I'd heard a lot of buzz about it pre-release, but I have very little hope that I'll enjoy it haha
When you were talking about the Ilona Andrews covers, it made me think of a podcast episode. I would super recommend episode 445 of 99% Invisible called The Clinch. It's about why romance novel covers "look like that" and how we've been taught to be put off by them. 💛
my fav thriller i read last year was No Exit by Taylor Adams, i was so on the edge of my seat that i stayed up until like 2 am to finish it!! and also, Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica was one of the most insane things i’ve ever read, it was like a lifetime movie, so i recommend that one too for just a crazy ride
I would try joan of arc by herself and her witnesses, by regine pernoud, if you’d like to read some nonfiction about her! It’s considered to be one of the most complete biographies about joan 💕
For thrillers, here’s some I really enjoyed last year: - SUMMER’S EDGE by Dana Mele (YA) - IN MY DREAMS I HOLD A KNIFE by Ashley Winstead (Adult) - WHITE HORSE by Erika T. Wurth (Adult); more horror than thriller
Loved Saint He was so hard in Fable. I like seeing his soft side and how much he loved Fable's mom Her mom was so brave You see how much Fable was like Fsble. Crown of Coral and Pearl is like Fable. You should read it too
Oooo, I got One Dark Window a while ago and haven't had time to start it! Hearing your thoughts about it makes me want to read it even more, so I'm going to make more of an effort.
I was so irritated with Daisy Darker. I bought the book and tried to be outdoorsy and read it in the park and a bird immediately shat in the middle of the page and I had to cut the 2nd chapter out of the book :( I hated the twist reveal but I will admit I LOVED the setting. I thought the cottage was cute and I loved the name Seaglass and all the 80 coo-coo clocks for every year the grandma had been alive. I found myself way more interested in the dynamic of the dysfunctional family than the plot, but the mystery was so bad to me that it didn't even begin to make up for it.
If you wanna learn more about Joan of Arc I highly recommend Joan of Arc: A History by Helen Castor! It's a biography of her life and as someone who doesn't read too many historical nonfiction books I found it relatively easy to read!
I'm in the middle of reading Bridge Kingdom, and I feel so validated right now thank you, Cari. I may just google spoilers for the ending and the next book because I cant be bothered by the characters.
I truly love the way you talk about books and I'm so glad I found your channel!! I am a more recent subscriber, so I'm not sure if you've read the "A Good Girl's Guide To Murder" series, but if you like well written thrillers you should absolutely read that series! It's YA but definitely not afraid to tackle darker topics.
Aw man if you like thrillers you should read. Tear by Erica McKeen. Btw this also goes out to other people who like reading thriller and yes this is my first thriller book and I'm enjoying it so much! The book description : Frances is quiet and reclusive, so much so that her upstairs roommates sometimes forget she exists. Isolated in the basement, and on the brink of graduating from university, Frances herself starts to question the realities of her existence. She can’t remember there being a lock on the door at the top of the basement stairs-and yet, when she turns the knob, the door won’t open. She can’t tell the difference between her childhood memories, which bloom like flowers in the dark basement, and her dreams. Worse still, she can’t ignore the very real tapping sound now coming-insistently, violently-threatening to break through her bedroom wall.
We have a really similar taste and love the same authors so I use your channel to keep up to date haha like I didn’t know Hell Bent came out and now I do thanks to you!
I randomly clicked on the video and I just happen to have finished the newest book by Ilona Andrews yesterday. The covers of most of her books (except for the Innkeeper Chronicles) are horrendous and I'm really close to just get into book binding soley for the purpose of having nice versions of the books. I absolutely love their stories though! They're my favorite authors and there are only like 2 books by them I haven't read (so far). I hope your read more by them, I'd love to hear your opinion on their other books
@@falcorosso3182 read the first book on the 4th when i got back to college and than proceeded to read it in all my free time, like I was eating and it would take 2 hours because I’d forget about my food while I was reading.
No mention that the translator for Lie with Me is the actress Molly Ringwald?? I had to skip back to make sure I had read the name correctly and look it up to make sure it wasnt just someone else with the same name
Love your videos. I really wanted to love Witches Steeped in Gold (as I am of Jamaican descent) however it was sooooo hard! I DNF’d it and I have a special copy of it 😢. I was rooting for it too!
I'm with you on historic retellings, it should be clear if a book is total fiction or not before you start. I learnt a lot from philippa gregory (i even drew my friend a family tree before her history exam) but I knew going in that i was reading fiction and that if i wanted to know more i needed educative sources.
i absolutely love your videos! ive been saving up for a camera and absolutely love the quality of yours. do you have a list of your recording setup somewhere? thank you for your time!
I think One Dark Window sounds great but I am going to wait for the next one to come out based on your review I think haha. I actually really liked The Bridge Kingdom and the sequel but I would agree that I'm surprised there was so much hype. It's not one I would widely recommend. I would say book 2 was more character focused if that's something you like. I haven't read #3 yet - it's a different couple so I'm interested to see how that one goes!
The problem you had with the Joan of Arc book is the problem I had with "Booth" about John Wilkes Booths family. Like, I get that in the story format, you have to fill in things you don't know. But it still feels weird to find out that for one of the central people in the story, they basically had no idea what she was actually like.
I loved The Hidden Girl ❤In keeping with the Mexican theme of some of your reads, I just finished Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Morena-Garcia. Not sure if you've already read it, but I thought it was great. Very fairy tale-esque and I love the main relationship and the world that the author creates (not to mention there are just some beautiful lines). Highly recommend. Also, if you're after a good romantic book, please read The Other Bennett Sister. It basically gives Mary (from Pride and Prejudice) her own spotlight and just... the character arc/growth and the romance was so so good. Definitely a win for all the introverts! It's a bit long, but I did the audiobook (there's a fantastic narrator) and it was so hard to not keep listening to the next chapter.
Thrillers are always hit or miss for me too. I read Magpie by Elizabeth Day last week and really liked it. It's not super gruesome but I found it very captivating. Maybe that could be something for you, although it does deal with sensitive topics that lead to people either loving or hating it I think. But I thought it was a quick and interesting read.
Thank you for doing your ACOTAR series. I work as an overnight youth mental health counselor, I marathoned all of those videos from the first to the last one you just posted. It got me through two shifts. It was awesome because i could listen to it on my airpod and still walk around the house and check on the kids. It was like a podcast/audiobook in one. I am excited to see what content you post this year!
I'm really happy this channel started in 2020, it gave me motivation to follow my passion for reading again at this time. Excited for many more videos about books in 2023 🎉📚
yesss so glad we both got back into reading!
Ugh same!! I read so many books because of her and I’m really excited for her new recommendations ❤
Same here. We are just glad you sparked our inner motivation to read again. Stay safe and see you around, Cari!❤
Omg I read Sorcery of Thorns back in December, it was a real gem. I love that bit by bit you're increasing my tbr everytime you post
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I just found your channel like... literally yesterday. I haven't read Any book fully in two years. I literally buy books I think I'll like and end up not reading them. So yesterday I started really reading again and read half of a book I bought a few months ago and did nothing else but read with cello music on the background. And I just wanted to say thank you for giving me the motivation to sit down and read again like I used to years ago. I'm really loving your channel and I love the way you express your opinions and your voice is so soothing. Im really enjoying your content! I can't wait to watch all your videos. And thank you again for motivating me to start reading again I was in my zone yesterday and really relaxed and have been enjoying my free days of work by reading and watching your stuff. ♥🤗
omg that makes me SO SOOOO happy gah!!! 💘💘💘
I would do absolutely anything to see you talk about the Raven Cycle Series. It is so so fantastic and so beautifully written. I just feel like you’d love it (and the best part is there isn’t a single smut scene).
i love how, even if u didnt really enjoy a book, u always give an interesting summary of the story, sometimes ppl tend to trash talk the books they didnt like and make them sound unappealing from the get-go but u never do that!! hehe i had the same thoughts on pizza girl and kiss her once for me, and lie with me is one of my favourite books of all time so im glad u liked it even though it made u sad lol
I really thank cari for helping me get back into reading books. For the first time, Ive finished 45 books in a year
I'm so excited that you picked up Magic Bites, the first in the Kate Daniels series. It does have a wonderful, slow burn romance, but it is definitely not the focus of the books. And I love that every character has a distinct voice and personality. I hope you try to continue to the series as it is one of my all-time favorites!
Omg! I have read the entire Kate Daniels series and I love it soo much! The series definitely gets better as it goes along.
im excited to keep reading!!
@@caricanread Do! It is so good - best adult fantasy series I have ever read.
I love the Kate Daniel series too. Rereading this and the hidden legacy series are the books I reread when I get into a reading slump to get me out. They are so funny. The first book of Kate Daniels was the worst in the series in my opinion. It gets better
The world building in Magic Bites is so fantastically well-written!
So glad you enjoyed the sunbearer trials!! Aiden Thomas’s writing is so refreshing for me (i’m so sick of authors writing teens in a way that’s very obvious that they’re near elderly) and they always seem to sweep me up in the excitement with the lore and character development. Definitely a nice read after the monster that was Priory of The Orange Tree!! and I believe the sequel is slated for late 2023, I’ll definitely be counting down the days lol :)
Tbh your discord was probably THE BEST thing that happened to me in 2022, I’m so grateful for that 💓
omg so glad :'''''')
How can I join the discord it sounds amazing!
@@corireadsbooks links are always in the description box!
Cari!!! I just wanted to say that i have been watching all of your videos lately again and again bc of how much comfort they bring me, next week i have the results from the colleges i want to enter and my anxiety has been bad, but again your videos bring me so much joy and happiness! is like i'm talking with a best friend via facetime while we talk about books and we visit new places, thank you so much! 💗
im honored :') and as someone who finished college already i can say that your college acceptances will not make or break your life! i had so many friends go to their dream schools, hate it, change schools their sophomore year and LOVE it. There are sooo many paths to take and as long as you just keep living and following your happiness, im sure everything will be great ❤ i got into the school i wanted and while i was super happy about it, my year of study abroad when i technically ~wasnt~ at my dream school was my favorite year hahahaha sending love!!!
@@caricanread thank you so much for your words, truly!!, i will take them for this season, :') sending you so much love too! 💗
I'm super happy you liked Magic Bites! I've never heard anybody talk about it so I assumed nobody liked it eventhough the first 3 books of the series and the 'The Edge' series have been among my favourites for a literal decade! What a nice surprise :D (those covers are horrendous though hahah, luckily the German ones are slightly better :D) Also, I'm reading Sorcery of Thorns right now as per your recommendation and I love it so much! I haven't had that much fun reading in a looong time. Nathaniel's sarcastic remarks are everything!!! And the writing as a whole is so very charming ugh 🧡:D
its absolutely dark academia howls moving castle and i love it! and yess im excited to keep reading magic bites!!
I had a bad day and I’m gonna watch this while doing my skincare and getting ready for bed, love u, Cari 🫶
I ADORE the Kate Daniels series and Ilona Andrews 🥺🥺 Magic Bites, the first book, is honestly the weakest (even if it’s good too) but the series just gets better and better. Kate Daniels is my favorite character EVER and I’m so happy to see a youtuber talk about them because yes, those covers are fugly 🙈
I just love the way she talks about books and just listening to her makes me want to read more💌. Congratulations on 200k Cari 🎊
When I homeschooled my kids, Mark Twain's Joan of arc was the one to read. Here is a quote about the book. Very few people know that Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) wrote a major work on Joan of Arc. Still fewer know that he considered it not only his most important but also his best work. He spent twelve years in research and many months in France doing archival work and then made several attempts until he felt he finally had the story he wanted to tell. He reached his conclusion about Joan's unique place in history only after studying in detail accounts written by both sides, the French and the English. Because of Mark Twain's antipathy to institutional religion, one might expect an anti-Catholic bias toward Joan or at least toward the bishops and theologians who condemned her. Instead one finds a remarkably accurate biography of the life and mission of Joan of Arc told by one of this country's greatest storytellers. The very fact that Mark Twain wrote this book and wrote it the way he did is a powerful testimony to the attractive power of the Catholic Church's saints. This is a book that really will inform and inspire.
Just in time for me to take all this on board, pop to the bookstore, (spend all my savings) and fill my suitcase with books for my next travels ❤
omg ahhahah sorry not sorry! safe travels tho!!!
@@caricanread no regrets if I have to take out a pair of shoes for some books 🤷♀️😂
YES- soo happy to see Saint on this list!! ❤️ It's on my January tbr, and honestly, I've been so excited to read it since Young released the announcement of the book last year. I loved Fable/Namesake AND The Last Legacy equally, so I'm expecting to love Saint just as much as those 3 books haha! 😂 I can't wait to see what Young does with the series, she's so amazing at world building and it'd be so fun to see another book that's set like, 10 years after Namesake or something...🤍
im so excited to hear what you think about omg and YES i was future content not past content hahaha
getting the discord notification from cari's discord server is what makes my day better and my notes app open to see what to read next :) (love the new discord server and LOVE THE BOOKCLUB)
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I love your monthly wrap ups. I always look forward to them
thank you^^
I was sooooo hooked on one dark window!! The ending! Ughhhh I just need more
omg i'm so happy that if an egyptian can't speak english is on this list!
In Cari we trust, you’re the only person who’s reviews I trust😭🤚🏾now I can read One Dark window peacefully
Yess I’m so happy you liked One Dark Window! I’m currently reading it now and already like it so much 😊❤
yay! hope you keep enjoying it :)
I really want to re-read Sorcery of Thorns now because you've convinced me to! I read that and Enchantment of Ravens and loved that as well, so excited for the Novella
Your videos doing series break downs has helped me get through so many shifts at work. I work overnights at a morgue to help catch up on work for them and sort of security and I’ve listened to all of them. Thank you so much.
have just recently found your channel and I love your content!! The first video I watched was the Crave one, and 1. thank you for sacrifice 2. you’re very funny and 3. thanks for all you do :)
lol!! thank you!!
Oh my god I'm so excited for the new Aiden Thomas book!! I've read Cemetery boys in 2022 and it was one of my (many) favourites of the year. I can't wait to read their newest work! You just made my day by mentioning this😆
So early yay! Your videos always make me so happy. Thank you for hosting the book club too. Love you Cari 💕
wahhh thank YOU!!!
happy new year!!
happy happy new year!
I’ve read One Dark Window and excited to read her second novel Two Twisted Crowns coming out in October! 😊
yes it will be a long year of waiting haha
Haha! Yeah definitely a long wait. I didn’t know that it was a series either. I picked it up at Barnes and Noble after they praised the book on their shelf so I got curious. I enjoyed it. 😊
Two great thrillers/mystery The Overnight Guest by Heather Gudenkauf and The Broken Girls by Simone St. James (one of my favorites ever). I also did not enjoy either Alice Feeney.
Cari I am so glad I have stumbled upon both of your channels, they bring me so much joy. You seem like such a sweet and wholesome individual and I love seeing you live your life on your main channel and then hearing all about your bookish thoughts on here! My reading list is now so incredibly long but I could not be more overjoyed. I hope you remember how many people you make smile and get so excited for your next upload. Happy 2023 I hope your year is amazing!
Congrats on 200K Cari! I just got Fable and Namesake and I can’t wait to read them!
My comfort person 😂💕 I absolutely love your hour long videos ~ your voice is so soothing to listen to 🥺🫶🏻
you read so many books this month 😭 that’s really impressive for me, bc i still haven’t finished the book I started in October
I must say I am very excited to see you making more long-term content :) love having your videos on in the background when doing chores or relaxing and longer videos are perfect for that!
Thanks for an awesome vid Cari! I have so many thoughts but here are a couple:
- Ninth House was def clunky for me when I read it last month, but once I got past 30% or so I truly started adoring the main cast and became so invested in the story despite my confusion
The daevabad trilogy by s a Chakraborty is a completed fantasy that's phenomenal!! I binged all of them between Christmas and new years and it was so incredibly phenomenal, great characters, great magic, set in 1800s golden age of Islam middle east and its literally my favorite series I read last year. Def recommend if you haven't read it yet.
yes!! such a good read
She has read it!!!!!!!!!!! I also love it soooo much (Muntadhir is my fave) and the author will release a new book/series next month and I'm so excited to read it!
I just wanna say I’m so glad I found your channel. I got back into reading fantasy/romance a few weeks ago but I didn’t have anyone my age (late 20s) to really talk about it with. Then a week or so later RUclips recommend your HOEAB plot review and i had JUST finished that book so I immediately watched it and loved the video and started watching all your plot videos and then all the other videos on your channel! It’s been so nice to have your channel bc it feels like I get to enjoy all these books with someone now❤️
I feel the same about all the mystery/ thrillers you read. I highly recommend you read The Sundown Motel
Happy 200k! I love your channel smuch, I even download your vids so I can watch it anytime Im free and I love all your recos! Cheers to 2023! 😊
wahhhh thank you!! hope you have a happy new year 💘💘💘
About the Egyptian woman... I'm a 70 year old American woman that has been living in Egypt the past 18 years. I haven't read the book but I so identify with her situation BUT in reverse 😂. I will have to read that one now; although I myself could write a book about my crazy life and how both choice and destiny guide our life journey. Thanks for the great reviews❤
I read "Sorcery of Thorns" in December because of you and it was *fantastic*! Thank you for recommending it in your videos!
It's always so interesting seeing how different people's tastes are and their experiences with books because I absolutely adore Lovelight Farms. I know the year just started and it's a fave of what I've read within the last little bit of 2022. But I function off of fluff pieces and cheesy romance.
I would recommend Don't Wake Up as a possible thriller! It's not 5 star personally, but it wasn't at all horrible either! The beginning is definitely intruiging.
I still think that you should read Five Quarters of the Orange by Joanne Harris sometime (and, honestly, the rest of her books, too), BUT also you might really enjoy Narine Abgaryan's books (I know that I do).
I've been thinking about reading Fable recently, so I hope I'll have the time very soon to give it a go.
Happy New Year and keep being as amazing and lovely as you are, making even more incredible videos and reading books that you fall in love with!
You always read a mix of popular books I'm curious about and books i've never heard about that I add to my tbr, thats why I always love your wrap ups 💕😊excited to follow your reading in 2023 ! 😄
Congratulations on hitting 200k! Your channel is the very first booktube channel that I subscribed to back in 2020. Thank you for all the recommendations and fun videos!!
as someone from portland, kiss her once for me is a 5 star. i cant imagine anyone not from portland or who has never been to portland rating it above 3 stars. the most magical part was the local culture and refrences, having been to all the romantic places they go myself, i so easily am swept away. BUT I AGREE WHY WAS THE BIG TRUTH REVEALED HALF WAY??? still love this book.
I’ve been in the discord since the middle of December and I absolutely love it in there! It’s so cosy and sweet, the creator section is so cute in helping us connect and support each other as creators big and small. I also have to thank you for making me pick up Sorcery of Thorns because I absolutely adored that and it’s already a new favourite, I’m soooo excited for the novella 🥹
I'm SO glad I finally found someone with the same opinion on Daisy Darker as me. Great video, thank you!
I also read _Kiss Her Once for Me_ and was let down. I liked the idea of having demisexual and ace-spec representation but didn't feel like it was done right. As a demisexual person, I found it hard to believe the main character would be attracted to someone *that* quickly. They didn't have enough time together for their connection to feel deep or authentic.
I also didn't like the ending. I won't spoil it here but it didn't feel like the right ending for the characters.
I did appreciate the way it handled generalized anxiety disorder, I have it myself and it was a very accurate portrayal of it.
I’m often a little underwhelmed by thrillers but I like all of the ones I’ve read by Gillian McAllister (my favorite is called The Good Sister in the US and Anything You Do Say in the UK) and Night Film is a really good one too
ohhh i really enjoyed night film! i read it during a typhoon while staying in a cabin in the woods and i was freaked out ahhaha
@@caricanread "Wrong place wrong time" by Gillian McAllister was my favorite thriller released in 2022
I loved The Marriage Portrait too! It’s one of my five-star reads last year. Maggie O’Farrell is an angel for giving Lucrezia that ending, albeit a fictional one. I’m happy you read and enjoyed it as well. ❤
Yay, 200k 🎉🥳🏆!!! I am SO glad I found your channel a little over a year now, it has really kick-started my reading again! I just finished A Wilderness of Stars (chef's kiss good😙!), and yet again perfect timing for a little Cari counsel on what I should read next 💖. I may finally break into Sorcery Of Thorns!! Thank you, Cari!! You're THE BEST!!
yyaaay! congratulations on 200k!! Your channel is one of my favorites to watch and I'm so happy for you!! I look forward to your videos in 2023 as well!! 🥳🤩😍 I'm normally easily nervous about big chats like this, but I hope I can hype myself up because your discord sounds amazing!!
If you liked the idea of Kiss Her Once For Me, but the execution was a miss, try Make You Mine This Christmas (by Lizzie Huxley-Jones)! It also reads like a hallmark movie, but I adored it so much
besties gather around a new cari can read video dropped!!
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Ahhhh! I just started Magic Triumphs today. I love the Kate Daniels series so much that I was putting it off because I didn't want it to end :) I highly recommend listening on audiobook when you can! Also their newsletter is really fun.
I absolutely love your channel and am so grateful it helped bring me back to reading! Hope you have an amazing 2023🥳🫶
i've caved, it's turned up so much i can't help it, i've got fable on hold at my library now 😂 they've actually got all three books (shocker) so i'm looking forward to diving in!
My favourite thrillers I read last year were;
In My Dreams I hold a Knife by Ashley Winstead (Dark Academia vibes)
True Crime Story by Joseph Knox (Interview format/ Book within a book vibes)
and The One by John Marrs (Black Mirror vibes)
Hope you like them :D
I just opened my YT and this is the first video to greet me. Ily Cari, thank you for the video 🤍
I bought a hardcover of Witches Steeped In Gold when it came out because I'd heard a lot of buzz about it pre-release, but I have very little hope that I'll enjoy it haha
i hope you do tho :'''') for the hardcover's sake!
When you were talking about the Ilona Andrews covers, it made me think of a podcast episode. I would super recommend episode 445 of 99% Invisible called The Clinch. It's about why romance novel covers "look like that" and how we've been taught to be put off by them. 💛
my fav thriller i read last year was No Exit by Taylor Adams, i was so on the edge of my seat that i stayed up until like 2 am to finish it!! and also, Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica was one of the most insane things i’ve ever read, it was like a lifetime movie, so i recommend that one too for just a crazy ride
oooooh and also, whenever i just want a quick mystery fun read, i pick up a karen mcmanus book. guaranteed easy read and a good time
Congrats on 200k+, Cari!!!! 🎉 It’s been fun taking this ride with you……. ❤❤❤
hi cari
it was a mixed bag hahaha but thank you! hope you have a great 2023!
Congratulations on the 200K! that is amazing and on your birthday! i look forward to reading Saint this year
I would try joan of arc by herself and her witnesses, by regine pernoud, if you’d like to read some nonfiction about her! It’s considered to be one of the most complete biographies about joan 💕
For thrillers, here’s some I really enjoyed last year:
- SUMMER’S EDGE by Dana Mele (YA)
- IN MY DREAMS I HOLD A KNIFE by Ashley Winstead (Adult)
- WHITE HORSE by Erika T. Wurth (Adult); more horror than thriller
I agree 100% about everything you said regarding Saint! You reviewed it perfectly.
Loved Saint He was so hard in Fable. I like seeing his soft side and how much he loved Fable's mom Her mom was so brave You see how much Fable was like Fsble. Crown of Coral and Pearl is like Fable. You should read it too
Oooo, I got One Dark Window a while ago and haven't had time to start it! Hearing your thoughts about it makes me want to read it even more, so I'm going to make more of an effort.
I was so irritated with Daisy Darker. I bought the book and tried to be outdoorsy and read it in the park and a bird immediately shat in the middle of the page and I had to cut the 2nd chapter out of the book :( I hated the twist reveal but I will admit I LOVED the setting. I thought the cottage was cute and I loved the name Seaglass and all the 80 coo-coo clocks for every year the grandma had been alive. I found myself way more interested in the dynamic of the dysfunctional family than the plot, but the mystery was so bad to me that it didn't even begin to make up for it.
If you wanna learn more about Joan of Arc I highly recommend Joan of Arc: A History by Helen Castor! It's a biography of her life and as someone who doesn't read too many historical nonfiction books I found it relatively easy to read!
i love your background, it looks so aesthetic and artsy
I'm in the middle of reading Bridge Kingdom, and I feel so validated right now thank you, Cari. I may just google spoilers for the ending and the next book because I cant be bothered by the characters.
it was a dnf for me, i don’t understand why it is so popular
don’t skip it!! The ending was so good imo (but defo heartbreaking)
I truly love the way you talk about books and I'm so glad I found your channel!! I am a more recent subscriber, so I'm not sure if you've read the "A Good Girl's Guide To Murder" series, but if you like well written thrillers you should absolutely read that series! It's YA but definitely not afraid to tackle darker topics.
Congrats on 200k! Well deserved! Hope your year is starting well!
Aw man if you like thrillers you should read. Tear by Erica McKeen. Btw this also goes out to other people who like reading thriller and yes this is my first thriller book and I'm enjoying it so much!
The book description :
Frances is quiet and reclusive, so much so that her upstairs roommates sometimes forget she exists. Isolated in the basement, and on the brink of graduating from university, Frances herself starts to question the realities of her existence. She can’t remember there being a lock on the door at the top of the basement stairs-and yet, when she turns the knob, the door won’t open. She can’t tell the difference between her childhood memories, which bloom like flowers in the dark basement, and her dreams. Worse still, she can’t ignore the very real tapping sound now coming-insistently, violently-threatening to break through her bedroom wall.
Hiii, happy new year Cari ❤So excited about this video
happy happy new year!!
We have a really similar taste and love the same authors so I use your channel to keep up to date haha like I didn’t know Hell Bent came out and now I do thanks to you!
I randomly clicked on the video and I just happen to have finished the newest book by Ilona Andrews yesterday. The covers of most of her books (except for the Innkeeper Chronicles) are horrendous and I'm really close to just get into book binding soley for the purpose of having nice versions of the books. I absolutely love their stories though! They're my favorite authors and there are only like 2 books by them I haven't read (so far). I hope your read more by them, I'd love to hear your opinion on their other books
Cari I just finished the seven realms series and I need you to read it! My new favorite ya fantasy!!!!! I cried all day yesterday because it was over.
Totally!! Finished the whole series within 4 days
@@falcorosso3182 read the first book on the 4th when i got back to college and than proceeded to read it in all my free time, like I was eating and it would take 2 hours because I’d forget about my food while I was reading.
No mention that the translator for Lie with Me is the actress Molly Ringwald?? I had to skip back to make sure I had read the name correctly and look it up to make sure it wasnt just someone else with the same name
Yayyy Cari 🥰🥰🥰 watching whilst preparing Apple peanut butter waffles for my little one. Perfect vibe 🥰☺️✨
Kate Daniels (Magic bites) saga is a m a z i n g! Please read the next! The lore develops in very interesting ways
Love your videos. I really wanted to love Witches Steeped in Gold (as I am of Jamaican descent) however it was sooooo hard! I DNF’d it and I have a special copy of it 😢. I was rooting for it too!
I'm with you on historic retellings, it should be clear if a book is total fiction or not before you start. I learnt a lot from philippa gregory (i even drew my friend a family tree before her history exam) but I knew going in that i was reading fiction and that if i wanted to know more i needed educative sources.
i absolutely love your videos! ive been saving up for a camera and absolutely love the quality of yours. do you have a list of your recording setup somewhere? thank you for your time!
I think One Dark Window sounds great but I am going to wait for the next one to come out based on your review I think haha. I actually really liked The Bridge Kingdom and the sequel but I would agree that I'm surprised there was so much hype. It's not one I would widely recommend. I would say book 2 was more character focused if that's something you like. I haven't read #3 yet - it's a different couple so I'm interested to see how that one goes!
For what it's worth, i think your hair is fabulous!
Back to the books!
If you like fantasy, I recommend the Dresden Files, or the War of the Lance Trilogy( starting with Dragons of Autumn Twilight)
The problem you had with the Joan of Arc book is the problem I had with "Booth" about John Wilkes Booths family. Like, I get that in the story format, you have to fill in things you don't know. But it still feels weird to find out that for one of the central people in the story, they basically had no idea what she was actually like.
I loved The Hidden Girl ❤In keeping with the Mexican theme of some of your reads, I just finished Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Morena-Garcia. Not sure if you've already read it, but I thought it was great. Very fairy tale-esque and I love the main relationship and the world that the author creates (not to mention there are just some beautiful lines). Highly recommend.
Also, if you're after a good romantic book, please read The Other Bennett Sister. It basically gives Mary (from Pride and Prejudice) her own spotlight and just... the character arc/growth and the romance was so so good. Definitely a win for all the introverts! It's a bit long, but I did the audiobook (there's a fantastic narrator) and it was so hard to not keep listening to the next chapter.
Thrillers are always hit or miss for me too. I read Magpie by Elizabeth Day last week and really liked it. It's not super gruesome but I found it very captivating. Maybe that could be something for you, although it does deal with sensitive topics that lead to people either loving or hating it I think. But I thought it was a quick and interesting read.