telling the viewers not to strive to read as much as content creators do is one of the reasons why you're my favorite. you're a genuine genuine soul, destiny!
I fear you ate this video up destiny!!! I hope you take care of your mental and physical health through this season, I can’t even imagine how stressful it is to get a video up for 12 straight days!! Lots and lots of love!🩷
anything CS Lewis is so great for the holiday season. They can definitely be on the more difficult side but such a rewarding read! Perfect to recenter yourself on the reality of Christ and the reason for the Christmas season. Id personally recommend reading Screwtape in the fall for a more serious spooky vibe. So excited for bookmas!❤
Des, I'd recommend reading more Backman in the new year - he has a mini universe, just like Taylor Jenkins Reid does! So characters reappear here and there.
Hey Des! I wanted to share my story because I feel like it might help you and maybe some other people. I have never related to anyone more than you, I get anxious so easily, I get burnt out around people, I always feel like a burden and am constantly apologizing. Recently I got diagnosed with autism and it has changed my life, I did a lot of research and found so many people exactly like me. I had always associated autistic people as people who can't take care of themselves and function in the world but that is the farthest from the truth-it is simply what media shows us. I am a strong capable young woman and I love my life. The diagnosis does not change you but it simply gives you a sense of calm that you are not alone. If this resonates with you Des or anyone reading this, it might be worth it to look for psychiatrists in our area and ask for an evaluation. The result might simply be "you're just an anxious person" but it might be a diagnosis that helps you understand and love yourself better. Let's break the stigma around mental health ❤❤❤
i am also on the spectrum and have been thinking this for a long time, the way des talks about her mental health screams undiagnosed neurodivergent to me, it doesn’t feel like she’s “just anxious”, i see her as a “the world is a difficult place to live in and it wasn’t made for me” type of girly which is exactly how i feel lol. i’m so happy you got your diagnosis, for me it completely changed my life for the better. sending love bestie, hope you’re doing well and taking care during these holiday times 🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼
My biggest letdown of the year was Tomorrow, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin. I made a Barnes run just to pick it up and read it immediately after and ended up giving it 3 stars. I closed it and I was like “that’s it? That’s what the hype was about?” and it left such an empty feeling inside lol
Pride and Prejudice has been a favorite movie of mine for years since it came out in 2005. This year I decided to read it. I really enjoyed listening to it since with was one of my first classic novels to read. I feel like the audio book made it easier to grasp and understand so I’d recommend reading it that way. It’s great for banter, romance, family, female friendships. Also it’s a “enemies to lovers” type of romance. Anyway, I personally really loved it. It was a 5 stars for me.
i think you should definitely read pride and prejudice, it is my all time favourite book and i think it is a perfect read for the winter. i really love your chanell you always put a smile on my face, i watch you from argentina, south america
I just finished reading these violent delights last night and it has become one of my new favorites! The characters and story were super entertaining as well as the plot twists. The hobbit is also one if my favorites but its been a while since I last read it. Love your videos and hope you have a great holiday!
Pride and Prejudice is incredible🙌🏻🙌🏻 and I think it’s really good for the winter/holiday time!!! once you finish it, also recommend watching the BBC miniseries of it (one of the best book to tv adaptations I’ve seen)
You have some work to do, Destiny! I believe in you!! A Reign of Vipers gave me Game of Thrones vibes. Season 1-4 vibes as well. That had everything and was speedy with less bloat. OMG Abygail is my favorite character ever. Pride and Prejudice I read in the summer, and I really enjoyed it. I see why it is a classic.
These violent delight and babel are soooo good and interesting!!!! You’ll never expect how crazy Chinese history is and these books represent it very well❤
The screwtape letters was one of my favorites this year! It is a satire and meant to be comedic. I read it physical copy but also on audio too! I also highly recommend The Problem with Pain which was my fave read this year!
The Bell Jar is a great book! It's loosely based off experiences Sylvia Plath went through and rlly makes you understand her mind. I have a lot highlighted from that book that I deeply relate to. I would just be careful abt reading it rn if you struggle with seasonal depression since that is the main topic!
I also have the Book Club Hotel on my winter tbr! I also have Spectacular, The Nightmare Before Kissmass, Love in Winter Wonderland, and The Winter Cottage 😊
I loved my grandmother asked me to tell you she’s sorry. I read it YEARS ago and I rated it 2 stars, I was just too young to understand. I re-read it this year and absolutely fell in love
destiny, please make a video doing a in depth tour of your book club discord? I joined but there is so much there that I felt super overwhelmed and didn’t know how to navigate it!
If you’re not super motivated to read Pride and Prejudice I would recommend watching the movie first! I feel like I’m the past that has helped me to visualize classics which can be harder for me to focus on
Hi destiny! I just wanted to thank you for your videos, your vulnerability with the internet really inspires me and I always get excited when you post a new video! I can't explain how much you have positively impacted my life. If you are looking for more Fredrick Backman books I would really recommend "My Grandma Told Me To Tell You She's Sorry". I really enjoyed the book and hope you will too! Thank you again for everything.
If you like Kristin Hannah, you should try Kate Quinn. Different historical fiction and focus on women’s friendships through different periods in history. They’re great!
Night road yes ! It's not the women type but it is very different and still love the depth of characters ❤ get it girl . Golden son... yes ! I am with you on the journey . Loving non fiction myself!
BOOK REC I highly recommend getting to Night Road by Kristin Hannah! The whole time I was reading it, it gave me similar vibes to Binding 13 and I kept thinking man Destiny needs to read this
I read the bell jar for an English class in high school and it totally changed my mindset and I really loved it. HOWEVER, you have to remember the it was based in the 60s and is racist but the characters are very naïve and not culturally rounded. And it is much more than the fig tree analogy I promise u
loved this video and not trying to put pressure or anything but no December reset, notion reset, etc? or maybe I missed it? love your vlogs and sit down content, excited for vlogmas later this month
I would love to see you read Night Road. I read it because it was on KU and I feel like I haven’t seen anyone talking about it. Which I think is sort of weird because I feel like a lot of the book creators have KU. It made me sob to the point where my husband had to ask if I was ok. It was so good. It’s not really historical fiction, it’s more stories about women. And I think KH has a blurb in her acknowledgment about how that is what she writes, women at some point in time, dealing with their circumstances. I hope you like it!
i would save my brilliant friend for the summer!! it’s set in italy and i feel like heat is a big motif in the story so saving it until summer would give you the right atmosphere
I really think you should read these violent delights soon? It is one of my all time favorite duologys ever! It is such a fun historical, fantasy, Romeo and Juliet retelling. I think you’d really enjoy it. There is even a spin-off series duology and novellas as well.
red rising books are only enjoyable when binged imo. I also struggled through golden son for a few months, got to like 50 pages in, put it down half another 6 months, picked it up again and then read it quickly and got obsessed. the audio books are great too so if you find yourself dragging try to listen instead. I just finished morning star right before I started watching this video lol. red rising is the weakest in the series. if you can push yourself to binge golden son and still don't like it then just stop, but I have a feeling you'll love it. good luck!
It's always a good day when you post. :) Also, I really loved Fear the Flames!!!! I read it at the beginning of this year, and it was about 4.5 stars. However, I have heard you need to read the newly published version because some things change.
Some books I hope to read before the end of the year are: Spectacular by Stephanie Garber, Killer Instinct by Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Nightbane by Alex Aster, The Grandest Game by Jennifer Lynn Barnes, and The One That Got Away With Murder by Trish Lundy.
I wish you would’ve read “never lie” by Freida before her strikes were over because it’s so good! I like her books but I didn’t love the inmate either.
Good luck with your end of year tbr reading 📖 hopefully 🙏 you can do it and get it all done ✅ prayers and blessings for you and your family love your Aussie family friend John xx
Sara doing 1-12 and Des doing 12-25!?!?!?!! Are you kidding me this is going to be the best month!!
Exactly
literally
Exactly my feelings too ❤
this might be the best day in youtube history
Literally! Soooooo many people have posted today! I've never been this happy to be on RUclips!
FRRRRRR
When Destiny and Sara post in one day you know it's a good day
Who is Sara? I’m sorry to bother you though
@ No worries! I mean Sara Carrolli, another book tuber
@@somtoochukwunsude8851yessss frr❤ they are both the best❤ and also Gianna, Sara and destiny are all great book tubers
@ oh maybe I’ll take a look at her channel then
@@RayMcVey-t6m yess! also destiny and sara have a podcast together called "Bookmark'd"
Larry, Des, Sara, AND Rachel all in one day?? YES 🙌
And Emmy!
telling the viewers not to strive to read as much as content creators do is one of the reasons why you're my favorite. you're a genuine genuine soul, destiny!
I actually love that you’re doing the 12th-25th ❤️❤️
I fear you ate this video up destiny!!! I hope you take care of your mental and physical health through this season, I can’t even imagine how stressful it is to get a video up for 12 straight days!! Lots and lots of love!🩷
Will there be a Harry Potter reading vlog
I can’t take it if she doesn’t like them. Those characters are my besties 😂
I listened (mostly) to pride and prejudice and definitely recommend reading it that way!!
anything CS Lewis is so great for the holiday season. They can definitely be on the more difficult side but such a rewarding read! Perfect to recenter yourself on the reality of Christ and the reason for the Christmas season. Id personally recommend reading Screwtape in the fall for a more serious spooky vibe. So excited for bookmas!❤
START WITH THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS! It is such an interesting concept, you’ll finish it in one sitting 27:48
Des, I'd recommend reading more Backman in the new year - he has a mini universe, just like Taylor Jenkins Reid does! So characters reappear here and there.
Hey Des! I wanted to share my story because I feel like it might help you and maybe some other people. I have never related to anyone more than you, I get anxious so easily, I get burnt out around people, I always feel like a burden and am constantly apologizing. Recently I got diagnosed with autism and it has changed my life, I did a lot of research and found so many people exactly like me. I had always associated autistic people as people who can't take care of themselves and function in the world but that is the farthest from the truth-it is simply what media shows us. I am a strong capable young woman and I love my life. The diagnosis does not change you but it simply gives you a sense of calm that you are not alone. If this resonates with you Des or anyone reading this, it might be worth it to look for psychiatrists in our area and ask for an evaluation. The result might simply be "you're just an anxious person" but it might be a diagnosis that helps you understand and love yourself better. Let's break the stigma around mental health ❤❤❤
i am also on the spectrum and have been thinking this for a long time, the way des talks about her mental health screams undiagnosed neurodivergent to me, it doesn’t feel like she’s “just anxious”, i see her as a “the world is a difficult place to live in and it wasn’t made for me” type of girly which is exactly how i feel lol. i’m so happy you got your diagnosis, for me it completely changed my life for the better. sending love bestie, hope you’re doing well and taking care during these holiday times 🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼
@@g0dhatesemma A fellow neurodivergent bestieee, haha hope you have an amazing holiday season too❤🫶
My biggest letdown of the year was Tomorrow, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin. I made a Barnes run just to pick it up and read it immediately after and ended up giving it 3 stars. I closed it and I was like “that’s it? That’s what the hype was about?” and it left such an empty feeling inside lol
It’s one on my dnf books. I don’t get the hype!
@ I read it all the way through because I was enjoying highlighting good quotes, but it’s far from my favorite read of the year
I NEED THE HARRY POTTER VLOG 😭 love u des!!
I love the Twilight dust jackets! They look stunning!!
Babel is incredible! I just finished it a couple of days ago and haven’t been able to stop thinking about it
Pride and Prejudice has been a favorite movie of mine for years since it came out in 2005. This year I decided to read it. I really enjoyed listening to it since with was one of my first classic novels to read. I feel like the audio book made it easier to grasp and understand so I’d recommend reading it that way. It’s great for banter, romance, family, female friendships. Also it’s a “enemies to lovers” type of romance. Anyway, I personally really loved it. It was a 5 stars for me.
i think you should definitely read pride and prejudice, it is my all time favourite book and i think it is a perfect read for the winter. i really love your chanell you always put a smile on my face, i watch you from argentina, south america
A 30 min Des and a 30 min Sara video on the same day?!?! 😧
Babel is my favourite book of 2024, and def like top 3 books of all time it's SO GOOD LIKE AMAZING BEAUTIFUL, EYEOPENING, A MASTER PEICE
I just finished reading these violent delights last night and it has become one of my new favorites! The characters and story were super entertaining as well as the plot twists. The hobbit is also one if my favorites but its been a while since I last read it. Love your videos and hope you have a great holiday!
the cozy vibes here are everything
Pride and Prejudice is incredible🙌🏻🙌🏻 and I think it’s really good for the winter/holiday time!!! once you finish it, also recommend watching the BBC miniseries of it (one of the best book to tv adaptations I’ve seen)
Pride and prejudice is phenomenal! I know it’s a classic but I feel like you just have to get over that and it’s a romance you should like that!
The little note about the beeping killed me 💀I literally always feel like I hear things when watching videos so thank you sm for that
You have some work to do, Destiny! I believe in you!! A Reign of Vipers gave me Game of Thrones vibes. Season 1-4 vibes as well. That had everything and was speedy with less bloat. OMG Abygail is my favorite character ever. Pride and Prejudice I read in the summer, and I really enjoyed it. I see why it is a classic.
These violent delight and babel are soooo good and interesting!!!! You’ll never expect how crazy Chinese history is and these books represent it very well❤
Queen destiny has posted! Merry Christmas book bestie! Your acually the best my day has been hard but you just made it so much better!!🎄🎅🏼✝️
I love when I see a notification saying that destiny posted its so fun. I love ur video x
The screwtape letters was one of my favorites this year! It is a satire and meant to be comedic. I read it physical copy but also on audio too! I also highly recommend The Problem with Pain which was my fave read this year!
Britt Marie was Here is one of my faves from this year! I wasn’t expecting much but I LOVED it
9:30 okay ngl i almost want to say I like Nothing like the Movies as much or even more than the first😭 I really loved it
Kind of random but I would love to hear your faith journey! A video on your testimony or anything like that would be so fascinating!
The Bell Jar is a great book! It's loosely based off experiences Sylvia Plath went through and rlly makes you understand her mind. I have a lot highlighted from that book that I deeply relate to. I would just be careful abt reading it rn if you struggle with seasonal depression since that is the main topic!
I also have the Book Club Hotel on my winter tbr! I also have Spectacular, The Nightmare Before Kissmass, Love in Winter Wonderland, and The Winter Cottage 😊
My brilliant friend series is one of the best things I have EVER read- it spoiled me for all other books for a very long time! xoxo
I am really enjoying the Christmas Tree farm by Laurie Gilmore bcs its like a cute tiny town christmas romance and I just looove that bcs its so cozy
I loved my grandmother asked me to tell you she’s sorry. I read it YEARS ago and I rated it 2 stars, I was just too young to understand. I re-read it this year and absolutely fell in love
i’m so obsessed with it! i also tried to read it when i was younger and just couldn’t get through how sad it was
You’re glowinggg, skin is looking so good!
You know you're back into reading AND have similar book tastes with Destiny's when you are nodding all along her end of the year tag
destiny, please make a video doing a in depth tour of your book club discord? I joined but there is so much there that I felt super overwhelmed and didn’t know how to navigate it!
I’ll also be reading The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year this month! I can’t wait to hear what you think 🎄
If you’re not super motivated to read Pride and Prejudice I would recommend watching the movie first! I feel like I’m the past that has helped me to visualize classics which can be harder for me to focus on
Hi destiny! I just wanted to thank you for your videos, your vulnerability with the internet really inspires me and I always get excited when you post a new video! I can't explain how much you have positively impacted my life. If you are looking for more Fredrick Backman books I would really recommend "My Grandma Told Me To Tell You She's Sorry". I really enjoyed the book and hope you will too! Thank you again for everything.
If you like Kristin Hannah, you should try Kate Quinn. Different historical fiction and focus on women’s friendships through different periods in history. They’re great!
The Bell Jar is SUPER GOOD- but I would recommend being in a good headspace when reading it. It deals a lot with mental illnesses
I love the sit down vids ❤
Night road yes ! It's not the women type but it is very different and still love the depth of characters ❤ get it girl . Golden son... yes ! I am with you on the journey . Loving non fiction myself!
BOOK REC
I highly recommend getting to Night Road by Kristin Hannah! The whole time I was reading it, it gave me similar vibes to Binding 13 and I kept thinking man Destiny needs to read this
I don't know if I believe a reread can bump up a rating so much as the nostalgia makes you like it more than you did before.
I read the bell jar for an English class in high school and it totally changed my mindset and I really loved it. HOWEVER, you have to remember the it was based in the 60s and is racist but the characters are very naïve and not culturally rounded. And it is much more than the fig tree analogy I promise u
These Violent Delights is so good! It was one of my 24 books for the year, and it's one of my favorites!
loved this video and not trying to put pressure or anything but no December reset, notion reset, etc? or maybe I missed it? love your vlogs and sit down content, excited for vlogmas later this month
I can’t wait for you to read pride and prejudice it was my first classic, and I loved it so much
I literally just finished Clockwork Angel before watching this video. I loved it and hope you get to the series soon!!
Great video 🎄⭐️🥹 excited for bookmas 🫶🏻
2 views. Hell yeah. I have never been this early. Yesterday was my birthday and this feels like a gift from you!!! 🎉❤
Viola's memoir is one of my favorites!! I read educated by your recommendation and loved it, so I think you would love viola's too
I was so let down with the second and third book in the Crescent City Series - I agree the quality went down with each book.
Yes!! I just didn’t get the plot, it changed constantly
I feel like me and Destiny have super similar book taste, which is why i love hearing about her favorites 💕
I would love to see you read Night Road. I read it because it was on KU and I feel like I haven’t seen anyone talking about it. Which I think is sort of weird because I feel like a lot of the book creators have KU. It made me sob to the point where my husband had to ask if I was ok. It was so good. It’s not really historical fiction, it’s more stories about women. And I think KH has a blurb in her acknowledgment about how that is what she writes, women at some point in time, dealing with their circumstances. I hope you like it!
Pride and Prejudice surprised me so much, it kinda felt like reading *THE* OG Enemies-to-lovers trope if that makes sense 😂
i would save my brilliant friend for the summer!! it’s set in italy and i feel like heat is a big motif in the story so saving it until summer would give you the right atmosphere
When did she read Harry Potter? 😮 I wanna watch that video so bad ❤
I really think you should read these violent delights soon? It is one of my all time favorite duologys ever! It is such a fun historical, fantasy, Romeo and Juliet retelling. I think you’d really enjoy it. There is even a spin-off series duology and novellas as well.
Some authors that I found this year that I really liked were H.D Carlton and Stephanie Garber. I loved all the books I read by them.
i would love love love to join the giveaway but book of the month doesnt deliver in europe 😢😢😢
Same so sad :(
I clicked so fast 😂
I really enjoyed this!! Love emd of year and beginning new year book talk videos
red rising books are only enjoyable when binged imo. I also struggled through golden son for a few months, got to like 50 pages in, put it down half another 6 months, picked it up again and then read it quickly and got obsessed. the audio books are great too so if you find yourself dragging try to listen instead. I just finished morning star right before I started watching this video lol. red rising is the weakest in the series. if you can push yourself to binge golden son and still don't like it then just stop, but I have a feeling you'll love it. good luck!
Definitely got my fix of you bestie! Can’t wait for your 12 days if bookmas! ❤
It's always a good day when you post. :) Also, I really loved Fear the Flames!!!! I read it at the beginning of this year, and it was about 4.5 stars. However, I have heard you need to read the newly published version because some things change.
Some books I hope to read before the end of the year are: Spectacular by Stephanie Garber, Killer Instinct by Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Nightbane by Alex Aster, The Grandest Game by Jennifer Lynn Barnes, and The One That Got Away With Murder by Trish Lundy.
I’m so excited for bookmas and this upload!!!
21:13 this!!!
be prepared for clockwork princess! one of the best books i've ever read, it's sooo sad
Oh my god I read these violent delights last year and it’s become my favorite book I literally can’t find a book like it
about to make my own tag from your questions ASAP
Yay so happy you’re doing bookmas. xx
oh definitely doing this tag in a video!! ❤
Sara, Rachel, Ali, Larry, and Destiny is a life changing day!!❤🎉
Did Des say she read Harry Potter? Did I miss that video?
6:58 whattt i wish😭 in NJ it’s dark by like 4
Literally came from Sara’s video to this!
I wish I was exaggerating when I tell you I SCREAMED when destiny said she wished she got to the infernal devices this year 😭🤣
When you said it's getting dark at 6 pm and where i live it's getting dzrk at 3:30pm 😂
I saw this and immediately clicked on it 😅
i needddd your thoughts on harry potter
I must’ve missed you ready Harry Potter I was looking forward to swing your reactions!
I wish you would’ve read “never lie” by Freida before her strikes were over because it’s so good! I like her books but I didn’t love the inmate either.
Looking forward to you doing Bookmas!!!
Good luck with your end of year tbr reading 📖 hopefully 🙏 you can do it and get it all done ✅ prayers and blessings for you and your family love your Aussie family friend John xx
My brilliant friend 🗣️🗣️🗣️ excellent and gripping story you have to read all four books, they are wonderful
i hope you have the happiest holidays❤️❄️
I was so sad to hear Frieda McFadden!! She’s definitely one of my go to authors as of this year 😭
you should make a twilight reading vlog!!
I got my Christmas tree today!!!
It’s so pretty❤❤❤
Destiny is the giveaway US only or international?
It’s the US only I think
I need you to read babel I can’t decide if I should read it 😂 also The Hobbit was so good!!