Also, you were the first booktuber I’ve ever followed and you remain my favourite. I was just starting high school (I’m almost done university now) and my love for books grew because of you so thank you for everything
Again, but Better was definetly a standalone I read at the right time in my life, I start uni in a few weeks and ABB has made me feel ready and so excited. I feel like I really get Shane and how she is feeling, I can not wait for your next book! Thanks for writing such a fantastic novel Christine💛
my top standalones are(I haven't read very many yet) 1: Unbroken 2: Pride & Prejudice 3: Again But Better 4: Talking As Fast As I Can 5: Nicholas Nickleby
Jandy Nelson is for sure one of my favorite authors if not my favorite author. The way she writes and the pictures and stories she paints... they’re so amazing and colorful and beautiful even if they can be sad. I’ll Give You the Sun and The Sky Is Everywhere are wonderful novels. I NEED HER TO WRITE ANOTHER BOOK
After all these years, you're still my favorite Booktuber ever, the way you're so passionate about books is so relatable and I love it and I love you! 🥰
“Again, but Better” was the book for me. I read that book a week before I left to go on a trip to Europe for 2.5 weeks. I visited a lot of places that were mentioned in the book which gave me so much joy to be able to relate. I recently broke up with my long time boyfriend, but I remember even comparing my love life to how well you’d written Pilot and Shane. I’m also about to head to college for my freshman year. Thank you for creating something so relatable and personal.
Such a great list! I read I'll Give You the Sun for the first time last year. I knew I wanted to read it one day, so when I found it at a thrift shop for like a dollar I knew I had to get it. I read it last August and I still think about it to this day.
When you were talking about how Fangirl was the first book you fully related to my mind jumped straight to ABB and how much Shane reminds me of myself 😂😍. And btw I loveee your book, it was the first YA contemporary I'd ever read and it filled me with so much bubbly joy! I can't wait to read it again 😊😊💕
I guessed Anna and the French Kiss, What if it’s us, I’ll give you the sun, A very large expanse of sea, They both die at the end, And Fangirl correctly. 6/10. I feel so accomplished
Girl, I miss your videos. I use to read a bunch of books, but I got accepted into medical school two years ago and haven’t touched a book since. I will read some of these books, I promise!
Again But Better came out at the perfect time because I just finished my first year of college but I lived at home and commuted and it felt really lonely while all my friends were gone having a great time. So I’m transferring to a new school for this fall and it’s in a state I’ve never been to. I feel like I’m trying to do college again but better. I’m really excited. There’s so much about friendship and travel too that’s inspiring and I love it. Thanks Christine, your book was really happy and encouraging.
lol It's not a sequel, it's a retelling from the guy's point of view. honestly, do not recommend. it was super frustrating cuz the whole time i was reading it i thought it was a sequel but they both end ON THE SAME MOMENT.
I read Anna and the French Kiss and Fangirl because I watched you’re video recs for contemporary noobs , and ever since then I always look for books you recommend ♥️ Fangirl and Just One Day definitely left such an impression in my life they’ll always be in my top 3
Not that it matters but my favorite standalones are: 13. Finding Audrey by Sophie Kinsella 12. How to Make Friends with the Dark by Kathleen Glasgow 11. Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell 10. Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami 9. The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud by Ben Sherwood 8. Turtles All the Way Down by John Green 7. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green 6. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne 5. Love and Other Words by Christina Lauren 4. Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky 3. Sophie's World by Jostein Gaardner 2. November 9 by Colleen Hoover 1. Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell Got a bookstagram @_mirasol__ for more book recommendations. Have a good day, everyone.
I’ve owned “They both die at the end” for about a month and a half, but I wasn’t motivated to read it. After watching this video, I got excited to read it. So, I just read the first 179 pages in three hours while listening to the audiobook, and I’ve already cried thrice. I’m scared but definitely excited. Thank you so much for this! It’s also convinced me to read “I’ll give you the sun,” which I’ve owned for multiple months.
You have no idea how amazing was the timing of this video. I just finished 2 different trilogies, both very dark and hard to read, and didn't want to start another series. I'm dying to read a stand alone and was just looking for some. Thank you so much. Lots of love from Brazil, byee ♥
@@DashawnLoves The Farseer trilogy by Robin Hobb, and The Broken Empire trilogy by Mark Lawrence ... I read them within a week, I think I shouldn't have done that lol.
@@DashawnLoves Not scary type of dark, but both are very violent and the heroes suffer A LOT to a point that The Farseer actually gets depressing. The Broken Empire is basically about a sociopath looking for vengeance. I loved both series, but as I said I read them to quickly one after the other without a break... I don't recommend that hahaha
What should I read next? I have three books staring at me and they are: The Shadowy Horses (Kearsley) The Chemist (Meyer) or Our House (Candlish) 📚📚📚 👸🏼💋💖🔥📚📚📚📚
I just stayed up until 2 a.m. to finish Again, but Better (I started it today) and I have a lot of emotions, but I loved it!! Thank you so much for writing this book, I really needed it. It reminded me of how much I love and want to travel. Also, 🥧🥧😍
That's my favorite stand alone too! When I finished Just One Day, I just like closed the book and cried, because I knew no other reading experience could top that one.
Oh my goodness, I LOVE I’ll give you the sun!!!! So happy you love it too. There aren’t enough people that talk about it. It’s such a beautiful emotional read!
1. Amy and Rogers Epic Detour 2. Love & Gelato 3. Perks of Being a Wallflower 4. Love Letters to the Dead 5. If I Stay 6. Night Circus 7. The Unhoneymooners 8. Just One Day 9. TFIOS 10. Isla and The Happily Ever After
I’m so with you on the Lola and the Boy Next Door above Anna and the French kiss. Mainly bc a lot of Anna’s choices stressed me out whereas Lola’s made perfect sense to me, and her fashion hobby and wonderful family made me so happy
If you’re in the UK, read ‘I’ll give you the sun’ in Cornwall, it works perfectly, I love’d it, I tend to tie certain places to certain books, like Dante and Aristotle ... in NYC
I'm in an awful reading slump and I just remembered how unique the experience was when I read Verity and watched your review. Time to pick up a book now.
In no particular order, my favorite stand-alones are Dark Places by Gillian Flynn, The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling, 11/22/63 by Stephen King, A List of Cages by Robin Roe, We Are The Ants by Shaun David Hutchinson, They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera, and in honorable mention I'd say More Happy Than Not :)
OMG I LOVE Landline and Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell!! And I completely agree with your assessments about each! I love them both more every time I read them. I try to read them each at least once a year or every other year. I just love Rainbow Rowell's writing in general though too. Also, I LOVE LOVE LOVE Just One Day too! It's amazing. You have fantastic book taste :). I loved your book too! Easily one of my top 10 favorites in YA!
I got none right! Yay! But one that I read that turned into my favorite book of ALL TIME, is Call me by your Name. I know there is a second one coming, but the original is so beautiful and an awe inspiring work of words and knowledge and love it blows me away every time I read it. P.s. I’ve read it six times now, not including the audiobook. That’s even worse at a whopping 13 listens. 💙
My favorite standalone of all time is Life of Pi, because I was overcome by this refreshing feeling of peace when I was reading it and when I finished it. Oh my god, I LOVE What If It’s Us so much! It HAS to become a movie, it JUST HAS TO! I’ll be SO MAD if it doesn’t.
Omg I’ll give you the sun! I read that a while ago and nobody else liked it/ doesn’t read too much! I completely agree with you it’s such a good book and it doesn’t get as much credit as it shouldddd 😍
My favorite standalones are: Fangirl Just One Day Anna and the French Kiss The Book Thief Heartless Eleanor and Park If I Stay The Fault in Our Stars And btw after watching your videos for like 7 years now, I guessed almost every book on your list 🤗🤪❤️
My favourite standalone is "Midnight at the Electric", which is a book I've never seen on Booktube (well I don't think I have). It really moved me and it's full of mystery and love and hope I loved it so much. I wish more people had read it.
I only got two right because I knew you were gonna put Colleen Hoover on the list. The way you talk about those books makes me really want to read it but that goes for every single one of these books because you are so passionate about it! I just love your energy! Also I agree with your number 5 pick. They Both Die At The End is one of my all time favorite standalones. What If It’s Us didn’t do it for me though unfortunately :( But I would really want to give most of these a try. Although I’m surprised you did not pick The Book Thief for this list
Uau, I was betting your first favorite stand alone would be 'turtles all the way down' or 'Evelyn hugo' for some reason haha but it is actually my favorite book too! 'just one day' is so amazing, it makes me think a lot about who Allison was before and who she became and how I relate to that. Great choice!
I got 3 books right yaaay! :) Some of my favorite standalones are Amy & Roger's Epic Detour, Since you've been gone, Anna and the French Kiss and oh - AGAIN BUT BETTER! ♥
WOOO! I NEED TO REREAD SINCE YOU'VE BEEN GONE BECAUSE IT'S NOT ON THIS LIST CUZ I CAN'T REMEMBER IT ENOUGH BUT I KNOW I REALLY LIKED IT. and also ahh! yay
I actually had “I’ll give you the sun” on my bookshelf for years and I finally read it back in January and I was so glad I read it and kinda mad that it took me this long to get to it.
A stand alone i would highly reccomend is Echo After Echo by Amy Rose Cappetta. Its a beautiful story - part murder mystery, part theater story, part girl/girl romance. I read it earlier this year, and I didn't realize until I was done how much I needed the story. Her writing style is amazing, and the story just kind of... changed my perspective. In a lot of ways. Christine, if you ever see this comment, I really, really think you should read it. And if you do, post on instagram or yt about it so that I know if it meant as much to you as it did to me.
It's hard to pick and favorite standalone but i'd say my favorite is Letting Go of Gravity by Meg Leder. The lead character struggles with anxiety and it's so raw and real how accurate it is and it's so special to me
I'm reading all the books you mentioned that I haven't read yet as soon as possible! VERITY and All Your Perfects is the real deal. The emotional blows were too real for AYP, it was hurting me since it was a struggle I'm closely familiar with. Verity though, was a mind blowing read. A first for COHO and she did not dissapoint. :)
Just One Day’s ending gave me the biggest book hangover I was like: no wait, no, MORE!! I read it because you recommended it I think in your contemporary 101 video thank u ♥️
ok lmao what happened to the art of seduction video series on your other channel from like 4 years ago???? lmao i’m still waiting for the next episode HAHAHAH
The way you were talking about Cath is the exact same way that Lara Jean felt to me. I was reading her and I literally turned to my sister, who was sitting in the couch next to me (I was on the floor laying down) and said, “Dude, she is literally me,” and started listing the ways that we were the same
I guess a Series of companion novells or something are still standalone, but for some reason I never consider them as standalones which is why I was quite confused seeing anna and the french kiss and the other one here... but I guess it still counts lol
I SWEAR I wrote I'll Give You The Sun on my prediction list but then when you said it I looked down and it WASN'T THERE. What? I didn't write it? What was I thinking? I got all my predictions wrong- EXCEPT FANGIRL, I GOT FANGIRL. I knew Christina Lauren and Colleen Hoover were going to be on it but I haven't read all their books so I couldn't remember which ones you liked the best!! I also completely forgot to put Adam Silvera on my list so that failed lol
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“Lock in your bets”
Me: instantly forgets every book that ever existed
LOL
Same lol
But i did get 3 right at the end
Lol me too
The last time I was this early Cassandra Clare was releasing City of Bones
😂
Christine: yeah u can try to get but idk it’s not that predictable
Me, watching for eight years: ah, she underestimates my power
Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell is my favorite book of all time
You really remind me of Phoebe from 'Friends' 😂
THANKS XD
polandbananasBOOKS wow I can’t unsee it now.
I love I’ll Give You The Sun! It broke my heart and put it back together! 😊
Raise your hand if you drop everything to watch a new Christine video!!
Me:* raises hand* 🙋♂️
Me!!!
Raises hands and legs
🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌
take a shot everytime she corrects ten to eleven
Also, you were the first booktuber I’ve ever followed and you remain my favourite. I was just starting high school (I’m almost done university now) and my love for books grew because of you so thank you for everything
🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤
Again, but Better was definetly a standalone I read at the right time in my life, I start uni in a few weeks and ABB has made me feel ready and so excited. I feel like I really get Shane and how she is feeling, I can not wait for your next book! Thanks for writing such a fantastic novel Christine💛
me too bc I just finished my freshman year
It was the last book I read before I graduated high school. :)
One of my favorite standalones is Again, but Better. You should check it out, Christine, I think you'd really like it!
Aristotle and Dante Discover The Secrets of The Universe is hands down my favorite standalone of all time :)
aHHH I have to read that one I keep forgetting! I have to fish it off the shelf and place it front and center cuz I really want to read it
my top standalones are(I haven't read very many yet)
1: Unbroken
2: Pride & Prejudice
3: Again But Better
4: Talking As Fast As I Can
5: Nicholas Nickleby
I was literally searching for ‘best standalone books’ videos and you posted lol.
YAY IT'S FATE
Same, but I'm a bit late
Jandy Nelson is for sure one of my favorite authors if not my favorite author. The way she writes and the pictures and stories she paints... they’re so amazing and colorful and beautiful even if they can be sad. I’ll Give You the Sun and The Sky Is Everywhere are wonderful novels. I NEED HER TO WRITE ANOTHER BOOK
Isabella Darlington right?!?! I need another book by that author!
After all these years, you're still my favorite Booktuber ever, the way you're so passionate about books is so relatable and I love it and I love you! 🥰
I was expecting Simon Vs the Homosapien Agenda the whole video before realizing that it’s no longer a stand alone, after Leah and the Offbeat
Yes What If It’s Us is one of fav standalones too! I love that book so much! 😭 I also need to read The Unhooneymooners!
“Again, but Better” was the book for me. I read that book a week before I left to go on a trip to Europe for 2.5 weeks. I visited a lot of places that were mentioned in the book which gave me so much joy to be able to relate. I recently broke up with my long time boyfriend, but I remember even comparing my love life to how well you’d written Pilot and Shane. I’m also about to head to college for my freshman year. Thank you for creating something so relatable and personal.
polandbananasBOOKS you’re welcome!
Such a great list! I read I'll Give You the Sun for the first time last year. I knew I wanted to read it one day, so when I found it at a thrift shop for like a dollar I knew I had to get it. I read it last August and I still think about it to this day.
My favorite standalone right now is “The Book Thief” by- Markus Zusak
I'm reading that one right now!
My favorite book of all time
So happy you mentioned Landline! Rainbow Rowell’s adult novels are so underrated
your energy never fails to make me smile
Omg I love her vids and I have to get Again, but better. I usually read big fantasy series, but that book has been calling my name. ❤❤❤
karla mijić Same, usually a fantasy girl but I ADOREDDD Again but Better
When you were talking about how Fangirl was the first book you fully related to my mind jumped straight to ABB and how much Shane reminds me of myself 😂😍. And btw I loveee your book, it was the first YA contemporary I'd ever read and it filled me with so much bubbly joy! I can't wait to read it again 😊😊💕
OMOG KENDRA I ANSWERED BEFORE I SAW THIS WAS YOU HI!!!
HI! OMG ILY! 😍😍💕
I guessed
Anna and the French Kiss,
What if it’s us,
I’ll give you the sun,
A very large expanse of sea,
They both die at the end,
And Fangirl correctly.
6/10. I feel so accomplished
Girl, I miss your videos. I use to read a bunch of books, but I got accepted into medical school two years ago and haven’t touched a book since. I will read some of these books, I promise!
I always liked Lola better than Anna and my friends NEVERRRR understood why!
Again But Better came out at the perfect time because I just finished my first year of college but I lived at home and commuted and it felt really lonely while all my friends were gone having a great time. So I’m transferring to a new school for this fall and it’s in a state I’ve never been to. I feel like I’m trying to do college again but better. I’m really excited.
There’s so much about friendship and travel too that’s inspiring and I love it.
Thanks Christine, your book was really happy and encouraging.
Is Just One Day a stand-alone? Isn’t Just One Year a sequel? Or is it a companion novel?
lol It's not a sequel, it's a retelling from the guy's point of view. honestly, do not recommend. it was super frustrating cuz the whole time i was reading it i thought it was a sequel but they both end ON THE SAME MOMENT.
To All the Boys I've Loved Before was my Fangirl. First time I read it I was like "I am Lara Jean, Lara Jean is me!"
I read Anna and the French Kiss and Fangirl because I watched you’re video recs for contemporary noobs , and ever since then I always look for books you recommend ♥️ Fangirl and Just One Day definitely left such an impression in my life they’ll always be in my top 3
Not that it matters but my favorite standalones are:
13. Finding Audrey by Sophie Kinsella
12. How to Make Friends with the Dark by Kathleen Glasgow
11. Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
10. Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami
9. The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud by Ben Sherwood
8. Turtles All the Way Down by John Green
7. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
6. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
5. Love and Other Words by Christina Lauren
4. Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
3. Sophie's World by Jostein Gaardner
2. November 9 by Colleen Hoover
1. Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell
Got a bookstagram @_mirasol__ for more book recommendations. Have a good day, everyone.
I’ve owned “They both die at the end” for about a month and a half, but I wasn’t motivated to read it. After watching this video, I got excited to read it.
So, I just read the first 179 pages in three hours while listening to the audiobook, and I’ve already cried thrice.
I’m scared but definitely excited. Thank you so much for this! It’s also convinced me to read “I’ll give you the sun,” which I’ve owned for multiple months.
Red is definitely her color!
She looks so stunning! 🤠✌🏻
They both die at the end is my top standalone book. I’m using it for my A Level coursework (comparing it to hamlet)
You have no idea how amazing was the timing of this video. I just finished 2 different trilogies, both very dark and hard to read, and didn't want to start another series. I'm dying to read a stand alone and was just looking for some. Thank you so much.
Lots of love from Brazil, byee ♥
yay!!!
What was it? I need more dark books to read
@@DashawnLoves The Farseer trilogy by Robin Hobb, and The Broken Empire trilogy by Mark Lawrence ... I read them within a week, I think I shouldn't have done that lol.
@@yaralppes how dark is it
@@DashawnLoves Not scary type of dark, but both are very violent and the heroes suffer A LOT to a point that The Farseer actually gets depressing. The Broken Empire is basically about a sociopath looking for vengeance. I loved both series, but as I said I read them to quickly one after the other without a break... I don't recommend that hahaha
I love love love I’ll Give You the Sun! It made me happy and angry and sad just all of the emotions!
But Anna and the French Kiss is not a standalone
but it really is
@polandbananasBOOKS do you have a favorite Fantasy Standalone list for those of us who dont really like contemporary novels?
LOL honestly i haven't read many standalone fantasies! I don't know if i know any? most of them are series. I CANT THINK OF ANY XD
Book series I recommend
The White Rabbit Chronicles by Gena Showalter
Pegasus by Kate O’hearn
Endling by
What should I read next? I have three books staring at me and they are: The Shadowy Horses (Kearsley) The Chemist (Meyer) or Our House (Candlish) 📚📚📚 👸🏼💋💖🔥📚📚📚📚
I just stayed up until 2 a.m. to finish Again, but Better (I started it today) and I have a lot of emotions, but I loved it!! Thank you so much for writing this book, I really needed it. It reminded me of how much I love and want to travel. Also, 🥧🥧😍
polandbananasBOOKS thank you for being amazing!!
That's my favorite stand alone too! When I finished Just One Day, I just like closed the book and cried, because I knew no other reading experience could top that one.
Oh my goodness, I LOVE I’ll give you the sun!!!! So happy you love it too. There aren’t enough people that talk about it. It’s such a beautiful emotional read!
Some of my fav stand alone include:
The sun is also a star by Nicole yoon
The kiss of death by malcolm rose
And the house on cold hill by Peter james
I also read "Anna and the French Kiss" immediately after John Green recommended it!!
Oh my gosh Christine you are amazing and I love your book!!! 💜
1. Amy and Rogers Epic Detour
2. Love & Gelato
3. Perks of Being a Wallflower
4. Love Letters to the Dead
5. If I Stay
6. Night Circus
7. The Unhoneymooners
8. Just One Day
9. TFIOS
10. Isla and The Happily Ever After
I am so happy fangirl was in your top, I feel like people hate on it often and it makes me so happy knowing YOU one of my favorite people like it
I’m so with you on the Lola and the Boy Next Door above Anna and the French kiss. Mainly bc a lot of Anna’s choices stressed me out whereas Lola’s made perfect sense to me, and her fashion hobby and wonderful family made me so happy
If you’re in the UK, read ‘I’ll give you the sun’ in Cornwall, it works perfectly, I love’d it, I tend to tie certain places to certain books, like Dante and Aristotle ... in NYC
Great video Christine!
Thank you 🖤
@@polandbananasBOOKS
I read your book and it got me out of my reading slump. I really enjoyed it and I can't wait to read your next book!
SO MANY of my favourite are on here!! But *sniffs* what about Isla????! 🥺 also totally agree that Landline is HIGHLY underrated material
I have to reread Isla, I wasn't in the best place when I read it so it didn't leave any feelings on me
I predicted that all of the authors, though not which of their books, would be on the list except one! 💛 Love the video!
I had to read fangirl for a class in college and I fell in love with it. I finished it in one sitting.
You really need to read all the bright places by jennifer niven, the feels are even more powerful the second time round too
I'm in an awful reading slump and I just remembered how unique the experience was when I read Verity and watched your review. Time to pick up a book now.
In no particular order, my favorite stand-alones are Dark Places by Gillian Flynn, The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling, 11/22/63 by Stephen King, A List of Cages by Robin Roe, We Are The Ants by Shaun David Hutchinson, They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera, and in honorable mention I'd say More Happy Than Not :)
I definitely can see your favorites based on your own book, like Again but Better did have a mix of Anna, Just One Day, and even Landline a bit
you look so close to tears about your books and thats honestly such a mood
OMG I LOVE Landline and Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell!! And I completely agree with your assessments about each! I love them both more every time I read them. I try to read them each at least once a year or every other year. I just love Rainbow Rowell's writing in general though too. Also, I LOVE LOVE LOVE Just One Day too! It's amazing. You have fantastic book taste :). I loved your book too! Easily one of my top 10 favorites in YA!
I got none right! Yay!
But one that I read that turned into my favorite book of ALL TIME, is Call me by your Name.
I know there is a second one coming, but the original is so beautiful and an awe inspiring work of words and knowledge and love it blows me away every time I read it.
P.s. I’ve read it six times now, not including the audiobook.
That’s even worse at a whopping 13 listens.
💙
You explaining about picking up a book at the perfect moment describes how I felt about Again, But Better!
My favorite standalone of all time is Life of Pi, because I was overcome by this refreshing feeling of peace when I was reading it and when I finished it.
Oh my god, I LOVE What If It’s Us so much! It HAS to become a movie, it JUST HAS TO! I’ll be SO MAD if it doesn’t.
Omg I’ll give you the sun! I read that a while ago and nobody else liked it/ doesn’t read too much! I completely agree with you it’s such a good book and it doesn’t get as much credit as it shouldddd 😍
Christine: Drops a new video
Me: *DROPS EVERYTHING AND RUNS TO WATCH VIDEO*
My favorite standalones are:
Fangirl
Just One Day
Anna and the French Kiss
The Book Thief
Heartless
Eleanor and Park
If I Stay
The Fault in Our Stars
And btw after watching your videos for like 7 years now, I guessed almost every book on your list 🤗🤪❤️
Daria Elizabeth the book thief and if I SFSU was great!!
My favourite standalone is "Midnight at the Electric", which is a book I've never seen on Booktube (well I don't think I have). It really moved me and it's full of mystery and love and hope I loved it so much. I wish more people had read it.
I LOVED the unhoneymooners too!
I have yet to read fangirl yet but I own it now so that’s a start right!? 🤣
I only got two right because I knew you were gonna put Colleen Hoover on the list. The way you talk about those books makes me really want to read it but that goes for every single one of these books because you are so passionate about it! I just love your energy!
Also I agree with your number 5 pick. They Both Die At The End is one of my all time favorite standalones. What If It’s Us didn’t do it for me though unfortunately :( But I would really want to give most of these a try. Although I’m surprised you did not pick The Book Thief for this list
Omg I was literally asking for this 😍
WOOO =D
Uau, I was betting your first favorite stand alone would be 'turtles all the way down' or 'Evelyn hugo' for some reason haha but it is actually my favorite book too! 'just one day' is so amazing, it makes me think a lot about who Allison was before and who she became and how I relate to that. Great choice!
I really miss book talks!
me too
I got 3 books right yaaay! :)
Some of my favorite standalones are Amy & Roger's Epic Detour, Since you've been gone, Anna and the French Kiss and oh - AGAIN BUT BETTER! ♥
WOOO! I NEED TO REREAD SINCE YOU'VE BEEN GONE BECAUSE IT'S NOT ON THIS LIST CUZ I CAN'T REMEMBER IT ENOUGH BUT I KNOW I REALLY LIKED IT. and also ahh! yay
I loved this video
I actually had “I’ll give you the sun” on my bookshelf for years and I finally read it back in January and I was so glad I read it and kinda mad that it took me this long to get to it.
I read What If It’s Us early July this year and finished it within 26 hours.
It began reading hangover/slump that I’m still not over.
No regrets.
A stand alone i would highly reccomend is Echo After Echo by Amy Rose Cappetta. Its a beautiful story - part murder mystery, part theater story, part girl/girl romance. I read it earlier this year, and I didn't realize until I was done how much I needed the story. Her writing style is amazing, and the story just kind of... changed my perspective. In a lot of ways. Christine, if you ever see this comment, I really, really think you should read it. And if you do, post on instagram or yt about it so that I know if it meant as much to you as it did to me.
It's hard to pick and favorite standalone but i'd say my favorite is Letting Go of Gravity by Meg Leder. The lead character struggles with anxiety and it's so raw and real how accurate it is and it's so special to me
I'll give you the sun is one of those books that you just can't forget. definitely in my top 10 too
I'm reading all the books you mentioned that I haven't read yet as soon as possible!
VERITY and All Your Perfects is the real deal. The emotional blows were too real for AYP, it was hurting me since it was a struggle I'm closely familiar with. Verity though, was a mind blowing read. A first for COHO and she did not dissapoint. :)
Just One Day’s ending gave me the biggest book hangover I was like: no wait, no, MORE!! I read it because you recommended it I think in your contemporary 101 video thank u ♥️
Heeey! Brazilian fan here! Luv u s2
Lola and the Boy next door is my favourite too! It's just so cute and I could keep reading it forever.
Am I the only one who made bets at the beginning and then every book that was wrong was like dang I should've known that...
lol
Living for the edits in this video
ok lmao what happened to the art of seduction video series on your other channel from like 4 years ago???? lmao i’m still waiting for the next episode HAHAHAH
Same!!! I loved those videos so much
Still something I think about haha
A new Christine video yayy, IM HERE FOR ITTT. You always brighten up my Tuesdays ^_^
The way you were talking about Cath is the exact same way that Lara Jean felt to me. I was reading her and I literally turned to my sister, who was sitting in the couch next to me (I was on the floor laying down) and said, “Dude, she is literally me,” and started listing the ways that we were the same
Hope you have a great day christine!💜💜 And keep up with the good vids!
THANK YOU
I love salt to the sea
OH MY GOD I FORGOT ABOUT SALT TO THE SEA
I guess a Series of companion novells or something are still standalone, but for some reason I never consider them as standalones which is why I was quite confused seeing anna and the french kiss and the other one here... but I guess it still counts lol
AH! I KNEW Just One Day would be your #1 it's mine too, because of you!! Love it.
I am new here! I want to ask you something? Are you polish? (You have Poland in name of your yt channel)
Have you ever read Kiss an angel by Susan Elizabeth Phillips? It’s one of my favorite books ever, so romantic and moving, an oldie but soooo goodie
Fangirl is just such a nice feel good book and although it's been years since I've first read it, I feel giddy at the thought of Levi and Cath
If you feel like doing another top 10, may I suggest a top 10 childhood books/series?
Predictions by authors: Dan Brown, John Green, Rainbow Rowell
I SWEAR I wrote I'll Give You The Sun on my prediction list but then when you said it I looked down and it WASN'T THERE. What? I didn't write it? What was I thinking?
I got all my predictions wrong- EXCEPT FANGIRL, I GOT FANGIRL. I knew Christina Lauren and Colleen Hoover were going to be on it but I haven't read all their books so I couldn't remember which ones you liked the best!! I also completely forgot to put Adam Silvera on my list so that failed lol
LOLOL GETTING ONE IS STILL A WIN *PARTICIPATION AWARD*