1:24 1: None of this is true by Lisa Jewell 4:05 2: The Mindfuck Seeies by S.T Abby 7:20 3: And then there were none by Agatha Christie 10:00 4: The Housemaid by Freida McFadden 13:25 5: Yellowface by R.F Kuang 15:25 6: The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides 17:52 7: A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson
ooohh I have a recommendation Confessions by Kanae Minato it's a short book, so fast paced with such good twists so if you haven't read it already, I highly recommend
I wouldn’t say I’m in a reading slump necessarily but I was/am struggling with a few books that were kinda slow and not super interesting so I ended up finishing the last two Bloodlines books in 3 days. Richelle Mead’s Vampire Academy and especially Bloodlines series are some of my favorites because they’re so easy to understand and I never wanna put them down. I know there’s a lot of not so great opinions on certain aspects and characters but personally I love the characters and how it feels like Richelle actually made side characters important and interesting rather than just having them be there or forgetting about them altogether, two things which some authors tend to do. I would definitely recommend reading VA first since there’s a lot of context and references that I think made Bloodlines so much better than if you just read that, but I will say I prefer Bloodlines over VA because of Sydney and Adrian’s relationship, her entire journey as a person (which technically starts in VA), and Adrian Ivashkov is my absolute favorite character ever to exist, no other character could ever compare to him
I highly recommend the Inheritance Games and The Naturals, both series by Jennifer Lynn Barnes. Her writing style is addictive and gripping. The short chapters constantly keep you at the edge of your seat. Characters are enjoyable and the plots are exciting. Very good YA mystery/thrillers that have gotten me out of reading slumps multiple times. Definitely check them out!
I'm looking for some new stuff to read to I'll be checking out some of these! A couple of recommendations: Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey. This one is a mystery and a bit dark. It hooked me from the beginning. More Than This by Patrick Ness. YA but for older teens, so a little more mature and unputdownable. It's about 500 pages and I read it in 2 days!
I think you should consider changing your channel's name, I've searched "raya" and I couldn't find the channel that time, so I've typed "raya reading slump" in order to find the exact video, maybe the name is too short for yt algorithm 😒
I haven't read "A Good Girls Guide to Murder" yet but a very similar series that I absolutely adored, and I feel gets over shadowed by "A Good Girls Guide to Murder," is the "Truly, Devious" series by Maureen Johnson. It was so good and the mystery is very twisty and surprising, the book has a past and present point of view, the present character is a hyper intelligent high school student who's goal it is to become a detective and solve mysteries that no one else can solve. She goes to this school specifically to solve this supposedly unsolvable murder. There is a great group of friends and a background romance. Loved the dark academia themes also. I just love this series and I want more people to talk about it. 🖤🤎
okay so we're all in a reading slump??? LMAO
🫠🫠🫠 it’s the worst!!
@@rayareadzzzz great recs btw!!!
I've definitely been wanting to read yellowface! Sounds like a REALLY good one 📚✨️
it’s great especially for those of us who are obsessed with books and publishing industry 😂📚
1:24 1: None of this is true by Lisa Jewell
4:05 2: The Mindfuck Seeies by S.T Abby
7:20 3: And then there were none by Agatha Christie
10:00 4: The Housemaid by Freida McFadden
13:25 5: Yellowface by R.F Kuang
15:25 6: The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
17:52 7: A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson
ty, added to the des box 🤓
a bit late to the party but I devoured all of Claire Keegan's (which are also fairly short) in 1 sitting :) amazing vid and love the channel btw!
thank you! ❤️ i have only read 1 book by her and did not really enjoy it :( maybe i should give her another chance
ooohh I have a recommendation
Confessions by Kanae Minato
it's a short book, so fast paced with such good twists
so if you haven't read it already, I highly recommend
thank youu!! adding to my tbr ✍🏻✍🏻
second Confessions!!
I wouldn’t say I’m in a reading slump necessarily but I was/am struggling with a few books that were kinda slow and not super interesting so I ended up finishing the last two Bloodlines books in 3 days. Richelle Mead’s Vampire Academy and especially Bloodlines series are some of my favorites because they’re so easy to understand and I never wanna put them down. I know there’s a lot of not so great opinions on certain aspects and characters but personally I love the characters and how it feels like Richelle actually made side characters important and interesting rather than just having them be there or forgetting about them altogether, two things which some authors tend to do. I would definitely recommend reading VA first since there’s a lot of context and references that I think made Bloodlines so much better than if you just read that, but I will say I prefer Bloodlines over VA because of Sydney and Adrian’s relationship, her entire journey as a person (which technically starts in VA), and Adrian Ivashkov is my absolute favorite character ever to exist, no other character could ever compare to him
i’ve heard a lot of good things about Vampire Academy, but never actually got to read it
Have you read The Girls I've been by Tess Shape? It's YA, has two time lines and I thought it was really easy to get into
i haven’t actually, thanks for the recommendation, def gonna check it out 😍
I highly recommend the Inheritance Games and The Naturals, both series by Jennifer Lynn Barnes. Her writing style is addictive and gripping. The short chapters constantly keep you at the edge of your seat. Characters are enjoyable and the plots are exciting. Very good YA mystery/thrillers that have gotten me out of reading slumps multiple times. Definitely check them out!
ahhh been meaning to pick up The Naturals for the longest time i ve heard so many great things!!
idk what stops me hahaha
I'm looking for some new stuff to read to I'll be checking out some of these!
A couple of recommendations:
Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey. This one is a mystery and a bit dark. It hooked me from the beginning.
More Than This by Patrick Ness. YA but for older teens, so a little more mature and unputdownable. It's about 500 pages and I read it in 2 days!
thank youuu ✨✨✨
Oh, Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao, super fast paced, makes you angry but in a good way, normbreaking and just awesome all around!
thank youu
Six Crimson Cranes. It was super fun!
ty ✨🤗
Daisy Darker pulled me out ❤
ohh i ve heard so many opposite opinion about that one, so i’m kind of afraid to pick it up 🙉
I think you should consider changing your channel's name, I've searched "raya" and I couldn't find the channel that time, so I've typed "raya reading slump" in order to find the exact video, maybe the name is too short for yt algorithm 😒
hey, i think i’m also just too small of a channel for YT that’s why 😁🥲
I haven't read "A Good Girls Guide to Murder" yet but a very similar series that I absolutely adored, and I feel gets over shadowed by "A Good Girls Guide to Murder," is the "Truly, Devious" series by Maureen Johnson. It was so good and the mystery is very twisty and surprising, the book has a past and present point of view, the present character is a hyper intelligent high school student who's goal it is to become a detective and solve mysteries that no one else can solve. She goes to this school specifically to solve this supposedly unsolvable murder. There is a great group of friends and a background romance. Loved the dark academia themes also. I just love this series and I want more people to talk about it. 🖤🤎
sounds like something i might totally enjoy
thank uu!