Agreed, I finished The Talented Mr. Ripley is summer but liked Strangers on the Train so much more by Patricia Highsmith. The first 15 lives sound so good! Thanks for the rec!
Lots of interesting books as always lovely. I have two Patricia Highsmith books on my shelves so definitely want to try her writing at some point soon. The last I book I read was The Private Lives Of Trees ❤
Not an Alexis Hall book not being a favorite!!! Sociopath seems so interesting! I respect the lack of romance in Darius the Great is Not Okay because I feel like that's so rare in YA.
omg yes the first fifteen lives!!!! i’m glad you loved it, i can’t remember any plot elements which makes me think i should reread - and look out for the author’s other work :)) i’ve tried darius the great a couple times but i never got through it, i think because of the writing too. unfortunate!
I absolutely loved it! I really want to read another book by her as well. A shame to hear you didn’t like Darius either but I’m glad I’m not the only one it didn’t work out for 😔
We don't read many of the same books, but that's one of the reasons that I like watching your videos. I finished 'Mickey7' today and enjoyed my time reading it.
I loved Darius the Great. I've read it twice, both times via audiobook and I wonder if that played a part in me not picking up on what you said about the writing? Both times it made me cry. There's just something about it for me.
I just finished howls moving castle for gothtober and really enjoyed it. When I went charity book shopping with Charlie I found the boyfriend material. Had to get it after your recommendation 😊😻💜
the last book I finished was In the Ravenous Dark by A. M. Strickland and it was ok, I dragged at the beginning but the ending was interesting and faster. I have read The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August and I really liked it too. I have another book by Claire North, but haven'r read that one yet.
That review of The Husband Material, oh no :- D Still patiently waiting to one day find out what you think of the bake-off series by him :- D Quite intrigued by Caleb Femi's poetry, more so because it's about London life. I wonder if you've ever read a good book that focuses on different types of grief than losing a person, let's say disability related or losing/gaining an identity label?
I still have some new content in the Spires series by Alexis Hall to read before I can start a new series of his, but I’m bound to get there at some point 😅 Maybe the Caleb Femi would work for you more. And absolutely! Lots of disability books on that grief. I think Sing if you can’t dance by alexia Casale that I read this year was especially good for this, but also Scars Like Wings (can’t recall author immediately)! In terms of identity / label I actually think the third season of Heartstopper is doing that, but also Solitaire by Alice Oseman.
I really disliked husband material too, which suprised me because i liked rhe first one. It was mostly because the whole book was "things go wrong" until the end. And luke was SO mean! The first book he was a little mean but his plot was learning to be better, so i thought it was ok. I thought maybe the mean thing was a britsh humor thing, but hearing you say similar things makes me feel validated 😂
Definitely not a British humour thing 😅 Just mean through and through which as you said, felt out of line with the character development by the end of book 1!
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Nice that you got to some of the oldest books on your TBR and found such a good one!
It felt good to clear some of the ones that had been there for a while 💪🏾
Im glad that some of your TBR vets are proving so good to you! Gives me some hope for mine :)
It feels rewarding to find some gems there - I hope yours treat you well too!
I'M SO GLAD YOU LOVED THE FIRST FIFTEEN LIVES!!!! I really do need to reread it because I haven't since my first read in like 2016!
Still thinking about how good it was tbh 😚
Agreed, I finished The Talented Mr. Ripley is summer but liked Strangers on the Train so much more by Patricia Highsmith. The first 15 lives sound so good! Thanks for the rec!
Good to know she has other books that are better! And yes, do try Harry august 🙌🏾
Lots of interesting books as always lovely. I have two Patricia Highsmith books on my shelves so definitely want to try her writing at some point soon.
The last I book I read was The Private Lives Of Trees ❤
Ooh, I’ll be curious to see what you make of the two Patricia Highsmith you have, especially if they are different novels of hers 👀
Not an Alexis Hall book not being a favorite!!! Sociopath seems so interesting! I respect the lack of romance in Darius the Great is Not Okay because I feel like that's so rare in YA.
omg yes the first fifteen lives!!!! i’m glad you loved it, i can’t remember any plot elements which makes me think i should reread - and look out for the author’s other work :))
i’ve tried darius the great a couple times but i never got through it, i think because of the writing too. unfortunate!
I absolutely loved it! I really want to read another book by her as well. A shame to hear you didn’t like Darius either but I’m glad I’m not the only one it didn’t work out for 😔
We don't read many of the same books, but that's one of the reasons that I like watching your videos. I finished 'Mickey7' today and enjoyed my time reading it.
Aww, thank you for watching even if we don’t have much overlap 🥰
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You've just reminded me that I need to watch Andrew Scott's Ripley, because I haven't done it yet, despite being a big Andrew Scott fan!
I still need to do it too! I watched the original film and it was really good so I’m curious to see what he will bring to the role 😇
@@OliviasCatastrophe I haven't watched that either tbh - I only got interested because of Andrew lol
I loved Darius the Great. I've read it twice, both times via audiobook and I wonder if that played a part in me not picking up on what you said about the writing? Both times it made me cry. There's just something about it for me.
Judging from Goodreads, I’m actually the odd one out with this opinion! I’m glad you love it though 🧡
I just finished howls moving castle for gothtober and really enjoyed it. When I went charity book shopping with Charlie I found the boyfriend material. Had to get it after your recommendation 😊😻💜
Ahh I think you’ll like boyfriend material, the first one is very good 🥰
Fifteen lives sounds great
It’s such a cool concept!
the last book I finished was In the Ravenous Dark by A. M. Strickland and it was ok, I dragged at the beginning but the ending was interesting and faster.
I have read The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August and I really liked it too. I have another book by Claire North, but haven'r read that one yet.
I’m glad the ending picked up for you! I need to read more Claire North at some point too 😊
All the Fighting Words sounds like a lot, but really good and important
Yes. And it was well done too 😊
That review of The Husband Material, oh no :- D Still patiently waiting to one day find out what you think of the bake-off series by him :- D Quite intrigued by Caleb Femi's poetry, more so because it's about London life. I wonder if you've ever read a good book that focuses on different types of grief than losing a person, let's say disability related or losing/gaining an identity label?
I still have some new content in the Spires series by Alexis Hall to read before I can start a new series of his, but I’m bound to get there at some point 😅 Maybe the Caleb Femi would work for you more.
And absolutely! Lots of disability books on that grief. I think Sing if you can’t dance by alexia Casale that I read this year was especially good for this, but also Scars Like Wings (can’t recall author immediately)!
In terms of identity / label I actually think the third season of Heartstopper is doing that, but also Solitaire by Alice Oseman.
I really disliked husband material too, which suprised me because i liked rhe first one. It was mostly because the whole book was "things go wrong" until the end. And luke was SO mean! The first book he was a little mean but his plot was learning to be better, so i thought it was ok. I thought maybe the mean thing was a britsh humor thing, but hearing you say similar things makes me feel validated 😂
Definitely not a British humour thing 😅 Just mean through and through which as you said, felt out of line with the character development by the end of book 1!