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the good left undone
yolk
reprieve
just kids
the woman warrior
ugly love
book lovers
bridgerton
a is for aunties
queerly beloved
the wedding crasher
the wedding party
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re: bridgerton i love the show ESPECIALLY season 2. specifically season 2. particularly season 2. season 1 is still good until the SA that happens which sours the whole thing for me. but season 2. season 2.
Agree! Season 2 was EVERYTHING for me. Benedict’s book is my favorite though. 😍
Agreed and actually book 2 in the series is the best. Book 1 has the scene you mentioned that is abhorrent however book 2 and Season 2 is enemies to lovers and they are two characters who are an equal match for each other in every way. *chefs kiss*
The show is better due to the diverse casting and slight changes to the story that in my opinion made the story better
Where The Crawdads Sing! I just CANNOT get over how beautifully the author is able to depict nature. The end (last like 25 pages) was a little *meh* for me after how fulfilled the rest of the book was for me, but still gave it a 5/5!
I loved that book last year! My favorite part was how the author portrayed solitude, a 5/5 for me too :)
My best book of the month was “East of Eden” by John Steinbeck - OMFG!
My most delightful book of the month was “Book Lovers” by Emily Henry - I devoured it too!
And my biggest surprise was “Don Quixote” - by Miguel de Cervantes - So funny, but so tragic. It kind of made me feel bad for laughing out loud at some moments, since a mental illness is involved.
@@molliee5183 Do it, please! You won’t regret it. The writing is so beautiful. A masterpiece in my humble opinion.
I love all of John Steinbeck's books, my favorite is The grapes of wrath.
@@deidrediane9594 Thanks so much for the tip. I’m going to add this one to my TBR. I’m in love with his writing and can’t believe I have never tried his books before. Shame on me!
I just ordered book lovers Glad to hear everyone likes it I can’t wait to read it
@@tracy_cakkes It’s so good! The perfect summer read.
For the month of May I read "The Girl with the dragon tattoo, and currently reading "The girl who played with fire." I am really enjoying this series.
I read "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" this month as well and I really liked it. I'm planning to read the second one soon.
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There is also a third, The girl who played in the hornet's nest. I just ordered today 😃.
@@deidrediane9594 We're both roped in this series and I don't know if it's funny anymore.
I read the first 3. I enjoyed the second book the most…I think? It’s been a LONG time since I read them. I distinctly remember the ending of the second book being bonkers 😂
my biggest surprise this month was “conversations with friends” by sally rooney. i decided to read it before i watched the tv show. i still haven’t made up my mind about this book, but i couldn’t put it down. i was so intrigued by the narrator’s thought process and behavior + the interactions between the characters. i loved that it sparked actual conversations between me and my own friends as i was reading. nonetheless, i’m not sure what’s my opinion on it (LMAO).
i’m currently reading this too and i feel the exact same way!
Agreed, I've been reading Tropic of Cancer except I like to pretend the character Van Norden is like a Bailey Jay, mite write my own book think I'll call it "Beyond the Valley of Penises"
I definitely recommend listening to Viola Davis’s memoir on audio! Listening to her tell her own story was SO powerful!
I work in a secondary school as a maths teacher. Your videos got me back into reading about a year ago. And now I read out loud to my tutor group of SEN students and have got them all interested in reading! We’ve read six books together since September and some of my students had never finished a book before and are now on their second or third independent read. I wanted to leave a comment so that you could see some of the positive impact your actions have :D thank you!
still recommending Moti on the Water for you, it’s a wedding romance so it ties in with your previous video 😁 it’s got island hopping so perfect for summer, also, food!!
In second this recommendation! The food 🤤 and Moti is hilarious to me.
I third this recommendation!!!!!!!
This month i finally got on the Taylor Jenkins reed train and didn’t expect to like the seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo as much as i did. I’m usually not into historical vibes but i ended up flying through it and now wanna read more by TJR!
Daisy Jones and the Six is a master piece. Really recommend the audio book!
@@Freakingcurly I agree, the book is sooo good
The spicy scenes in Book Lovers were surprisingly the best ever, like so well written and romantic without ick.
I just finished In a New York Minute by Kate Spencer and it was a very cute rom-com about a woman who gets laid off from her job, gets her dress stuck in the subway doors, and a handsome stranger literally saves her behind by giving her his jacket. Lots of over the top rom-com situations and I liked all the New York vibes. Fun, light read with a nice cast of characters. I really liked Anthony's book (second Bridgerton) and even though they changed a lot of his story in season two of the tv series, it is a lot of fun. And as always thank you Noelle for your wonderful videos! I always look forward to them.
Since you're into memoirs i would recommend "This is going to hurt" . It's a doctor's memoir, super funny, but also heartbreaking. I think you'll love it!
loved this read!!
Just honestly so obsessed with your sense of humor, truly makes me laugh out loud. My little sister shared your channel with me a while ago, and the clip that sold me was you talking about August from Beach Read… and I was like YUP IM IN!! Have loved your videos ever since! 🧡😊
I hope youre gonna LOVE piranesi. I read it this year in february and it became my new favorite book. Its confusing to get into but its so rewarding when you finish it. I loved the magical realism of it and the writing
Also bridgerton season 2 is EVERYTHINGGG. The YEARNINGGG!!! You must watch
i read „the last house on the needless street“ this month. i really enjoyed this book and was suprised by the twist at the end
With Bridgerton, I found (and am finding) the books to be very middle of the road. The tv series though is quite stunning, I love the way they have adapted and modernised it. I particularly love the way they have used modern music.
I am SO PUMPED for this video!! The way you describe things is chefs kiss 🤌
I love the 60’s-70’s Just Kids sounds right up my alley 😍
I didn’t think I could love Noelle more then she does a British accent 😂❤️🥰
favourite book was book lovers and delilah green doesn’t care
biggest surprise was conversations with friends because i hated normal people last year but i gave this 4.5 stars!
I devoured Book Lovers and it's so good so glad you loved it too!!
agreed about colleen! which is why the only book i truly truly love is it ends with us. i felt for the characters deeply
Just Kids is such a good book! I read it almost 15 years ago, and still remember so many details!! I didn’t realize how much she expects you to know who she is talking about in the books, but I picked it up specifically wanting the behind the scenes of some of my favorite artists and musicians, so I had a different perspective.
omg i love SO MUCH her accent, i literally would just sit all day and listen her talking (sorry for the bad english, not native tough)
A safety book!!!! Only book people understand the need for a safety book. Love it!
Hey Noelle!
My favourite (& biggest surprise) is Bernadine Evaristo's Girl, Woman, Other. It's soooo beautiful!
Re Bridgerton, I've watched and really enjoyed both seasons - fun, addictive, great romances - but I had the same issue with S1 as you. I was really loving the romance until around halfway through the season when, really, we straight up have one half of our pairing sexually assault the other in a pretty triggering scene, and then this event is framed as absolutely fine (even justified) behaviour, with no criticism of it within the narrative whatsoever. In fact, it ultimately gets that character what they wanted out of it. Frankly I'm astonished that when adapting this to screen the writers/show runner didn't alter this part of the story.
That said, I enjoyed the rest of the season but it put a big dampener on it and I was no longer enthusiastic about our main couple. I'd still recommend watching if you think you can get past it. If not, S2 was was brilliant and much less problematic - really great enemies to lovers storyline - so I'd definitely recommend just starting from there!
Totally agree! Could not get over the SA on season 1. I can’t watch past the third episode of season 1 but love season 2!
“Finding Me” Viola Davis memoir. Breathtaking
This month I read Yolk, Ugly Love, The Unhoneymooners, All Boys Aren’t Blue & Behind Closed Doors. My favourite book was Behind Closed Doors and my least favourite book was Ugly Love🫣
I feel like Ugly Love is trending everywhere but a lot of Goodreads reviews said it was bad The warnings confirmed it wasn’t for me
Agreed, I've been reading Tropic of Cancer except I like to pretend the character Van Norden is like a Bailey Jay, mite write my own book think I'll call it "Beyond the Valley of Penises"
I skipped straight over season one of bridgerton and jumped to season 2 but season 2 was SO GOOD. as long as you look up a summary of who each character is, season one isn't necessary to watch
my favorite books this month were disorientation (U SHOULD READ IT!!!), i kissed shara wheeler, and book lovers! i think i kissed shara wheeler is the most surprising because it all really hit me at the end of the book how much i loved it 🥰
I haven't been reading that much, so listening you talk about books always motivates me a little bit!!❤
Bridgerton the show was amazing! It’s a must watch! They do a better job with that scene you described in the show
Hey Noelle! Do give Bridgerton 2 Viscount who loved me a shot. It is my fav from the series. Season 2 is totally different from the show. And maybe you can do a video comparing your thoughts on the books and the show! Tropes- Enemies to lovers, bold female protagonist in hist romance, sibling energy, family bonding.
“Immediately has feelings in her nether regions” so funny 😂 love your monthly wrap ups Noelle!
Agreed, I've been reading Tropic of Cancer except I like to pretend the character Van Norden is like a Bailey Jay, mite write my own book think I'll call it "Beyond the Valley of Penises"
I haven't read a book in over a year, but your videos just bring me so much joy!
My favorite was Hotel Magnifique. A bit dark at times but SO SO good. I was very pleased.
my biggest surprise was a book I expected to be an average so-so, as I haven't heard of it anywhere, but I found it on scribd and the mix of tropes fit. and all the deities above and below, her royal happiness was one of the best romances and certainly the best sapphic romance I have ever read. it won't be for everybody, I think some people might find it somewhat boring. but I love that there is no annoying melodrama. it was both sweet and steamy, and the steam was done in a way my demi heart loved.
ok i felt like the ending of ugly love was obvious and was foreshadowed (???is that a word) so much, i wasnt shocked at all. i was genuinely confused after i read it and watched reviews and people were talking about how good of a reveal it was and i was just completely unaware that it was supposed to be a twist at all lmao
I usually do not like historical fiction so I was super surprised that I LOVED the book "little: a novel" by Edward Carey. Loved it so much it is one of my new favorite books. I listened to it on audible and the voice actor did such a wonderful/perfect job. The synopsis is: "The wry, macabre, unforgettable tale of an ambitious orphan in Revolutionary Paris, befriended by royalty and radicals, who transforms herself into the legendary Madame Tussaud." It's told like a fictional memoir. This both surprised me that I loved it and also became one of my favs!
i definitely think you would like season 2, their chemistry is so palpable!!
My biggest surprise this month was The Paper Palace - I wasn't expecting to like it as much as I did
YESSS PIRANESI ONE OF MY FAVORITE BOOKS EVER!
brings tears to my eyes to see how close you are to 200000!!!! you were my lil secret for a long time HAHAHWHA and I'm so happy so many people in the booktube community agree w me on how amazing you are 🤎
best book this month - the house in the cerulean sea. made me so damn happy and it was so wholesome
biggest surprise - salem’s lot. it was my first time reading stephen king and i enjoyed it much more than i thought i would!
I havent read salems lot, but i just read Needful Things by Stephen King and i loved it! The Stand is also very good
Ah The House In The Cerulean Sea is my ultimate comfort book, and the audiobook is great too. I love it so much, and I’m always happy when other people love it too!
I don’t usually jump on the bandwagon when it comes to what social media does. So I haven’t and probably never will read CoHo. I wasn’t planning on watching bridgerton. BUT my friend forced me to watch it, and you know what! 1st season, good! 2nd SEASON!!! Amazing, delicious. Kate and Anthony??!? Loved it
biggest surprise this month is one i’m not finished with yet- dune! i tried to read it a few years ago and couldn’t get into it but for some reason this time around it’s clicking wayyy more for me and i’m actually surprisingly loving it 😳 i thought i wasn’t intellectual enough to get into it but having an audiobook AND a physical book at the same time has been helping me focus and not miss things lol
The painting in the background is truly amazing :)
SHOOK over Book Lovers beating out The Hating Game!!!
I tried reading the Duke and I after watching both seasons of Bridgerton on Netflix and it was ughh not great. I love the show though! Particularly season 2. Season 1 is great for the aesthetics, the music and the side characters but I didn’t love the romance as much. Season 2 though??? I’m obsessed with Anthony and Kate 😍
I had an amazing reading month! I read Yolk, Project Hail Mary, and Hamnet :)
I love that you read Yolk as I felt the exact same way about the story. I have been thinking about the book ever since I finished it and have been telling so many of my friends with sisters to brace themselves and read it.
Also just wanted to add that my boyfriend started watching your videos with me and even then we have different tastes, we get still amazing recommendations from you. When we find out you read a book that I’m either of us have read, we race to watch the video together to hear what you have to say :) thank you for being you!! ❤️
OKAY WAIT NOELLE WAIT!!! The duke and I is terrible but THE SECOND ONE??? everything to me! The Viscount who loved me is perfect and I dare say better the the second season
Read Book Lovers in the month of May too and really loved it! That book got me hooked right from the beginning.
Please do more vlogs! Miss seeing more into your life and what you’re up to 🧡
The Pattie Smith memoir sounds great. Noelle you should really give a listen to some 60s and 70s rock n roll. IMO the best music ever recorded by talent which we will never see the likes of again. So many wonderful songs and artist.
you perfectly described how i felt about just kids! loved the story, patti’s writing, but it was so painfully hard to read this book just because of all the names i didn’t know, events that i’ve never heard about. like the story isn’t boring, the writing isn’t THAT dense, but still it took me month to finish it. i even thought of dnfing it at some point😭
New favorite romance of all time???? Now I gotta read itttt
I loved Reprieve so much, and I have about 100 pages left of Patsy, and I’m loving it too
My best book of May: Perks of Being A Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Biggest surprise: It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover (I thought it was just.. a romance. Still great but wasn’t ready)
Most delightful: HEARTSTOPPER omg, obsessed.❤️
Why did u like perks of beinga walflower. Its my least fave out of 27 ive read this year. Would be intrested to know why u loved
@@megangainsford interesting question! There were a few reasons. When I was a freshman in HS (11 years ago) I had a similar feeling of being outcasted and not really having anyone and my jr high best friend didn’t end up going to the same school but I also got taken under the wings by people in the grade above me, so I feel like I related to that part. I relate to all the parts about social anxiety. I also unfortunately relate to the strained family dynamic/domestic abuse and his perspective was one I felt familiar with. And I am also a teacher so the relationship between Charlie and Mr Anderson warmed my heart so much. I just feel for Charlie a lot and I think it’s interesting that each character has their flaws but also have the things that make them beautiful, too.
@@megangainsford I think it’s cool that you asked/wanted to know because there have been people who have had favorite books that I have hated and I never really thought to ask why they liked it I would just skip on to other recommendations 😂
I think thats cool you found a book u can relate too whats some of your all time fave books
@@megangainsford honestly kind of a variety! Call me by your name became one of my favorites when I got back into reading as an adult. Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo.. The Martian, Project Hail Mary, Beach Read. I’m probably missing a bunch. What are your favorites???
Your videos immediately make me smile! Best book in May for me was Part of Your World. I loved it! And I bought Sharks in the Time of Saviors for my flight to Hawaii next month! 😊
Piranesi is, without a doubt, my favorite book of all time. Susanna Clarke is one of my favorite authors. i hope you enjoy it. i’ve recommended it to everyone and all of my customers at B&N.
A book that surprised me and I really liked was The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin! I thought that something that was basically a sci-fi love letter to New York would be hard to relate to but Jemisin's writing is just so *chef kiss*. I found myself really rooting for the characters and feeling the affection she had for the unique bits of each borough.
Bridgerton - several of my close friends tried to read the books. Based upon what they have said, I’m only going to watch the show. They all say the show is a fuller world and the characters are fuller and the show is inclusive.
Don’t knock the romances. Seeing you read romances gave me permission to read them, and they have been all I can handle lately. But they allowed me to keep reading. I’m all in for romances.
I read Locke and key vol 1, heartstopper 1-4, the stranded, under one roof, this is how you loose the time war, deadly class vol 3-5. 11 altogether!
my favorite book and the one that suprides me this month was season of migration to the north I wasn't expecting to love it as mych as I did .
Favorite and most surprising this month was Vladimir by Julia May Jones. Loved the conversations around gender roles, relationships, and the ideas around women feeling responsible for their partner's actions.
I wanted to love Reprieve and I felt like it failed as an escape room horror and as social commentary (it made interesting points, but it never took them anywhere). I finished it not really understanding some motivations and feeling like we absolutely needed the haunt owner’s POV to get the full story.
Yolk🙌🏻🙌🏻 My favorite book of 2022 so far!
I also read 12 books in May! My biggest surprise was rating 7 of them 5⭐️! I just genuinely had such a good reading month and loved everything I was reading
I think you might like Weather Girl! Cozy romance, steam, super close siblings, MC struggles with depression similarly to her mom
I feel the same way you do about Book Lovers. I read it so quickly and it tops my list of favourite romances. It was the best book I read in May. Worst book was The Road Trip by Beth O’Leary.
its funny because i've always said how easy colleen hoovers characters can pull me in and make me adore them. no matter what the book is about i always, always connect with her characters. just interesting to see how different it can be for some readers.
Bridgerton: The show is EVERYTHING! (Costumes & scenes visually stunning, script is witty, banter is clever. The music beautiful) The books not so much, IMO.
My absolute favorite reads this month where act your age eve brown(which is one of my all time favorites now I love it so much 🥲) and the mothers ugh I loved all the quotes in the mothers it was written so beautifully
Favorite books this month were Dave Grohl’s memoir and Dial A for Aunties. Also really enjoyed Nghi Vo’s novellas!
Love on the Brain taught me Ali Hazelwood writes the most nerdy, wholesome, and lovable romance. She's definitely a comfort romance author for me
I read Song of Sorrow and State of Sorrow by Melinda Salisbury this month and I absolutely loved them. Drew me in wholly and completely and captured all of my attention. The kind of books where it’s all you think about until you pick it up again. 5/5 100% recommend!
I’d love the Patti Smith book. I’m in my 40’s. I’m glad you reviewed it. Now I have an inkling of its content. 😀
Wow, 12 books, that's amazing 👏 I can't decide whether Normal People or A Man Called Ove was my favourite this month... loved both of them 🥰
shoko’s smile was a translated short story collection that i loved this month by choi eunyoung. about family, grief, love, heartbreak, and illness. i totally recommend it!
I am loving memoirs rn and I just finished ‘lust and wonder,’ by Augustine Burroughs and it’s genuinely one of the best, most life changing books I’ve ever read. I truly adore it
Biggest surprise for me was getting invited to Lacie Waldons book signing party!!
They both die at the end. It was so enthralling from the beginning! And Monday’s Not Coming. Both are older releases, but my tbr shelf is fuller than my life and I just got to them 😅
It took me a long time to watch Bridgerton because I had heard of the consent issue. I was really disappointed that they left it in the show and I had a similar feeling as you described with the book. I really enjoyed the show still, and especially season 2.
my favourite May read was Young Mungo, was absolutely bawling by the end of it.
Finding Me is AMAZING! I listened to the audiobook narrated by Viola Davis herself and it was spectacular. Highly recommend!
I’m obsessed with Emily Henry I can’t live like this Book Lovers was so good
my fave book of the month was a darker shade of magic!
About to start Book Lovers today on a plane ride!! Can't wait!!
Fully agree with you about "The Duke & I". After that horrid scene, I will also not be continuing with the books.
My absolute favorite this month was Book Lovers, it definitely became one of my favorite of all times!!! What a supreme book (like everything Emily Henry writes).
To answer your Bridgerton question: I didn't like season 1, didn't like it at all but season 2... Oh my god, season 2!!!! I was obsessed. Ever since I finished it I want to watch it again cause it was that good
My biggest surprise was Gallant by V E Schwab! Because a lot of other people were disappointed but I got a very strong Coraline vibe from it (almost spooky middle grade) and I thought it was great for a rainy read!
'that of the bible' is such a funny way to refer to pages of a book and looked accurate! i finally read rising strong by brene brown in may and appreciated some of the wisdom she had to share in the book about courage and getting real.
favourite surprise~ stay with me by ayobami adebayo. i don’t normally read books like that so i wasn’t expecting to love it so much but it was stunning!
disappointment~ final girls by riley sager. which hurts my heart because he’s my favourite author… the book was still good and i enjoyed it but i just hoped to enjoy it more!
The way I gasped when you said Book Lovers beats out the Hating Game for you 😮😧
My favourite read of may and also my most surprising was The Book Ninja. It was just such a fun read.
i have about 80 pages left in yolk and i’m absolutely obsessed with it. i’ve felt the complete spectrum of emotions while reading it so far aside from crying, but i’m just waiting for something to happen that makes me lose it hahaha