Laughed so hard i had tears in my eyes when Kristen started gentle parenting maddie about choosing books like 8 minutes in😂 I love yalls relationship thank you for sharing these tid bits with us
Maddie’s very subtle pan to camera and slow blink upon Kristen announcing that she doesn’t IMMEDIATELY log her books on fable after finishing is a wonderful example of your guys’ dynamic 😂 and somehow I’m both of you? hahaha
The orange vanilla Waterloo is like drinking a cream soda-but I didn’t realize there was a pure vanilla. Learned something I absolutely did not expect to learn tuning in to this
@ oh don’t apologize-I got excited that they did just a vanilla… I just spent the last 6 hours paying millions of dollars to find some. Nooo but in all seriousness, loved the rankings and the bracket style. Absolutely entertaining and insightful
This was really fun, I love book brackets. I am with y'all on M.L. Wang, The Sword of Kaigen and Blood Over Bright Haven were two of my top reads this year as well. Just incredible. I am EAGERLY awaiting to see what she does next! Happy New Year!
I can’t imagine being asked to pick my absolute favorite of the year, but this process would definitely help me narrow it down. Thanks for sharing gals!!!
Kristen’s side eye to the camera at “soft core” made me giggle😂 I am also so with you on the “unassuming hero” main character, those are the stories that often stick with me❤
If you want to truly make it more random for next year, consider drawing which months will go up against each other in the first round! I’ve done that in the past for my bookish bracket and it’s so fun! Love your picks!! ❤
I thoroughly enjoyed this video and have added several to my own TBR! Please do a bracket in 2025! I worked on a book bracket all year long for 2024 and The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson ended up being my top book of the year. I am very excited to dive deep into the fantasy genre this year! :D
I was already excited to read The Sword of Kaigen this month, but this just made me even more excited! Loved this video so much! My favourite book of the year was Kingdom of Ash🥹
Wait, this was the most fun video! Your stress makes the video lol, because it is just a reflection of how incredible the stories we read can be! I need to read M.L. Wang this year, and damn if I’m not about to buy the Liveship Traders trilogy when I haven’t read the other series 😭 Here’s to a wonderful 2025 💫
Liveship Traders is sooooo good! If you aren't planning to read all of Realm of the Elderlings, you can totally just read Liveship Traders on its own. SO GOOD!
Honestly I've read most all the books you guys have read here. We have the exact same taste. And zodiac academy is my guilty pleasure too. It just gets better and better. You are in for a treat ;)
Considering after every good book I read I say this is my new favorite book ever. I don't think there is anyway I could possibly choose. My reading just gets better and better I swear.
Def need yall to do this every year .. also Kristen we (I) totally appreciate you owning ZA as a guilty pleasure .. this makes me wanna get into it!! 🤪
I hope you can do this annually it was such a fun video, my fav book of 2024 would have to be Under the whispering door by T.J Klune & planning on reading a M.L Wang I’ve heard so many people rave about Sword of Kiagen
This year was such a great reading year for me! My top 2 were Blood Over Bright Haven and The Sword of Kaigen! I did pick between the 2 and went with Blood Over Bright Haven as my top of the year only because I LOVED the ending more, it spoke to me so much. But it was so hard to pick between the two but wow are those books amazing! My number 3 was Manacled 😭
@@Krisandmads it was The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon. I read it while I was on vacation in Barcelona which is where the book is set and I think that made it my book of the year!
Hello! New subscriber here. I was watching Sarah from Your True Shelf, and she did a video called: "Top 10-Booktubers of the Year, and she gave a shout out to your channel. I love the energy that you both have and I hope to open up my interest in different genres of reading. Happy New Year!! -Marc
What a fun video! Not that I love to see you sweat haha idk how you did it 😂 going to coin the “right in the feel balls” expression! Haha that’s what I am for this year!! I’ll be using the spreadsheet tracker btw!! 🙃
Yay for the tracker! FYI, I updated the link on Patreon, because the first one had a couple of formulas missing. All fixed now! We need to copyright "right the feel balls" lol
It is TRULY so painful to choose a favorite book of the year. I felt all of your pain lololol. Mine came down to Sea of Tranquility and Jurassic Park. Interestingly enough those were both rereads. Have to go with Jurassic Park - doesn't get better! If I were to choose a new book for me though I think it would be James!
Trying to rank books like this gives me anxiety, I can never do it loll Random q but just curious… have you two played fantasy videogames? Zelda, Skyrim, dragon age, etc?
@@Krisandmads Absolutely! I think you might like Skyrim too, it's a Norse-inspired world like the Bloodsworn Saga by Gwynne and you can be a badass lady warrior who hunts dragons lol. Highly recommend
Kristen's breakdown of how she experienced Sword of Kaigen best thing for the new year xD
Were you even reading the sword of kaigen if you weren't rolling around in clean laundry weeping?
@@Krisandmads I cried three times reading this book.. and no amount of laundry screaming for my origami-skilled hands could have satiated my tears
Laughed so hard i had tears in my eyes when Kristen started gentle parenting maddie about choosing books like 8 minutes in😂 I love yalls relationship thank you for sharing these tid bits with us
I will always protect Maddie hahah
This is so fun. I can't wait for bookish MASH
It's going to be so much fun!
This was so fun! I also immediately added both of your top picks after watching this. I need some emotional distress in my life.
Maddie’s very subtle pan to camera and slow blink upon Kristen announcing that she doesn’t IMMEDIATELY log her books on fable after finishing is a wonderful example of your guys’ dynamic 😂 and somehow I’m both of you? hahaha
We find so many people are fun mashup of the two of us. We're just the extremes I guess. lol
The orange vanilla Waterloo is like drinking a cream soda-but I didn’t realize there was a pure vanilla. Learned something I absolutely did not expect to learn tuning in to this
Oh I am so sorry! It is the orange vanilla and it is my favorite too!
@ oh don’t apologize-I got excited that they did just a vanilla… I just spent the last 6 hours paying millions of dollars to find some.
Nooo but in all seriousness, loved the rankings and the bracket style. Absolutely entertaining and insightful
Ok, I guess I have to read Sword of Kaigen this year. I’ll have my fresh laundry ready.
Glad we could help you prep! Lol. You'll be ready to go!
This was really fun, I love book brackets. I am with y'all on M.L. Wang, The Sword of Kaigen and Blood Over Bright Haven were two of my top reads this year as well. Just incredible. I am EAGERLY awaiting to see what she does next! Happy New Year!
We are NOT ready for whatever she is cooking up next. That woman is AMAZING!
So fun!!!! Ok, it’s gonna SUCK, but I’m totally going to do this next year for 2025 reads.
I can’t imagine being asked to pick my absolute favorite of the year, but this process would definitely help me narrow it down. Thanks for sharing gals!!!
It was so hard! We wouldn't wish it on anyone. lol
Kristen’s side eye to the camera at “soft core” made me giggle😂 I am also so with you on the “unassuming hero” main character, those are the stories that often stick with me❤
We love the unexpected and maybe even resistant hero!
This was so fun!
Thanks for watching ❤
If you want to truly make it more random for next year, consider drawing which months will go up against each other in the first round! I’ve done that in the past for my bookish bracket and it’s so fun! Love your picks!! ❤
Oh this is a great idea!
Mine was the sword of kaigen too! Thank you for the rec girlies because it was BRILLIANT ❤
So glad you loved it as much as we did. It's going to stick with us forever.
I thoroughly enjoyed this video and have added several to my own TBR! Please do a bracket in 2025!
I worked on a book bracket all year long for 2024 and The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson ended up being my top book of the year. I am very excited to dive deep into the fantasy genre this year! :D
That is so cool! We love that you did a book bracket!
Please do this annually! Watching ya’ll sweat over your favorite books was hilarious and so relatable!
We'll see if we can muster up the courage to brave it again.
I was already excited to read The Sword of Kaigen this month, but this just made me even more excited! Loved this video so much!
My favourite book of the year was Kingdom of Ash🥹
We love Kingdom of Ash so much! Enjoy the sword of kaigen!
My favorite of 2024 was Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough and favorite fantasy was The Shadow of What was Lost by James Islington
So excited to read the Licanius trilogy this year. I hear such good things! -M
Watching this video was so fun. You guys have to keep making these! My book of the year was #1 TSOK and #2 was BOBH!!
We are twin flames! Yes! M.L. Wang is QUEEN!
Wait, this was the most fun video! Your stress makes the video lol, because it is just a reflection of how incredible the stories we read can be! I need to read M.L. Wang this year, and damn if I’m not about to buy the Liveship Traders trilogy when I haven’t read the other series 😭 Here’s to a wonderful 2025 💫
Liveship Traders is sooooo good! If you aren't planning to read all of Realm of the Elderlings, you can totally just read Liveship Traders on its own. SO GOOD!
Honestly I've read most all the books you guys have read here. We have the exact same taste. And zodiac academy is my guilty pleasure too. It just gets better and better. You are in for a treat ;)
Ok ok! So does Maddie need to give it a go?!
Considering after every good book I read I say this is my new favorite book ever. I don't think there is anyway I could possibly choose. My reading just gets better and better I swear.
We love this for you so much! That's the best place to be as a reader!
Def need yall to do this every year .. also Kristen we (I) totally appreciate you owning ZA as a guilty pleasure .. this makes me wanna get into it!! 🤪
Zodiac Academy is just one of those "sparks joy" things for me!
My favorite book of the year was also the sword of Kaigen. Absolutely loved it. A billion stars
It's unmatched! Seriously so good!
This video was everything
Glad you enjoyed! Thanks so much for watching!
I hope you can do this annually it was such a fun video, my fav book of 2024 would have to be Under the whispering door by T.J Klune & planning on reading a M.L Wang I’ve heard so many people rave about Sword of Kiagen
We'll try to muster up the courage to do it again next year. This was so brutal lol!
Oh I am soooo here for this!!
It's about to go DOWN!
This year was such a great reading year for me! My top 2 were Blood Over Bright Haven and The Sword of Kaigen! I did pick between the 2 and went with Blood Over Bright Haven as my top of the year only because I LOVED the ending more, it spoke to me so much. But it was so hard to pick between the two but wow are those books amazing! My number 3 was Manacled 😭
Oh man! We're the same!!! Manacled is so freaking good. We need a reread.
@ literally I alllllmost restarted it last night hahaha
This is great but now I am sooooo ready for book mash!
Oh it's HAPPENING! Stay tuned!
This was so fun and inspired me to make my own bookish bracket for 2024!
Amazing! You'll have to let us know what your book of the year is!
@@Krisandmads it was The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon. I read it while I was on vacation in Barcelona which is where the book is set and I think that made it my book of the year!
Bookish MASH yes please
Stay tuned! We're making it happen!
This was so fun! Please do this again next year!
And Blood over Bright Haven was no 1 for me to! Sword of Kaigen is on my reread list! Also sooooo good!
Blood Over Bright Haven is just tooooooooo good!
i picked sword of kaigen as my fave read of the year !!
We approve!
Eeeee this was fun! Thanks for the girl talk while I folded laundry
It's so fun thinking of you guys watching while you do household chores.
Hello! New subscriber here. I was watching Sarah from Your True Shelf, and she did a video called: "Top 10-Booktubers of the Year, and she gave a shout out to your channel. I love the energy that you both have and I hope to open up my interest in different genres of reading. Happy New Year!! -Marc
Hi Marc! Thanks so much for subscribing! So lovely of Sarah to mention us!
Fantastic video
Thanks so much! It was stressful but worth it in the end!
What a fun video! Not that I love to see you sweat haha idk how you did it 😂 going to coin the “right in the feel balls” expression! Haha that’s what I am for this year!! I’ll be using the spreadsheet tracker btw!! 🙃
Yay for the tracker! FYI, I updated the link on Patreon, because the first one had a couple of formulas missing. All fixed now! We need to copyright "right the feel balls" lol
Bookish mash sounds awesome 😂👏🏻
Must make it happen!
It is TRULY so painful to choose a favorite book of the year. I felt all of your pain lololol. Mine came down to Sea of Tranquility and Jurassic Park. Interestingly enough those were both rereads. Have to go with Jurassic Park - doesn't get better! If I were to choose a new book for me though I think it would be James!
You know a book is really good when it hits just as hard on the reread!
Kristen rolling in the laundry😂
It's like a canon event.
I’m such a Kristen. I loved zodiac academy
It's one of those "sparks joy" series, right?!
Why was i thinking Kristen uses the travelers style notebooks that maddie has in this video
I have one too hahah
loved this!! why did it give me sm anxiety for u both 🤣
We were sweating so bad the whole time!
This is like picking a favorite cereal😂😂
Too tough too tough ya know?!
Did we not all cry and roll around on our floors and laundry while reading *that* scene in Sword of Kaigen 😭😭😭😭😭😭
It's a right of passage honestly
Okay fine I’ll continue robin hobb to get to mad ship 😅
So worth it! You won't be disappointed! Just check trigger warnings!
I'm starting The Sword of Kaigen tonight and I am TERRIFIED!
You've got this! Godspeed.
My BOTY goes to Golden Son. That book was a trip!
The Red Rising series is our Roman Empire so we fully endorse this pick!
Trying to rank books like this gives me anxiety, I can never do it loll
Random q but just curious… have you two played fantasy videogames? Zelda, Skyrim, dragon age, etc?
We played Zelda back in the day...like on Nintentdo 64. Does that count?
@@Krisandmads Absolutely! I think you might like Skyrim too, it's a Norse-inspired world like the Bloodsworn Saga by Gwynne and you can be a badass lady warrior who hunts dragons lol. Highly recommend