I have 157 unread books...let's start reading!
Summary
TLDRThe transcript follows a book enthusiast's journey through their reading list, highlighting their experiences with various books and authors. They discuss their process of selecting books, the emotional impact of the stories, and their personal connection to the characters and narratives. The reader shares their excitement for new releases, particularly from favorite authors like Emily Henry, and provides insights into the themes and writing styles that resonate with them. The summary also touches on the reader's personal preferences in genres, their approach to managing their to-be-read (TBR) pile, and the joy they find in discovering and immersing themselves in new literary worlds.
Takeaways
- 📚 The speaker has a large collection of unread books and is attempting to read more by treating their library like a shop and selecting books at random.
- 🔄 They have a specific TBR (To Be Read) shelf for books they want to read more urgently and plans to participate in a 24-hour readathon for thrillers.
- 😕 The speaker encountered a book they thought they hadn't read, only to realize they had and decided not to continue due to its sad themes.
- 🔥 They express a desire to continue reading a specific indie romance book that they are already 100 pages into, despite its length.
- 🤔 The speaker is reading 'Binding 13', a book with a lot of dialogue and strong language, which they find entertaining and reminiscent of high school.
- 😢 The book 'Binding 13' has emotional depth, dealing with serious issues such as abusive households and bullying, which the speaker finds compelling.
- 🎉 The speaker has finished reading 'Binding 13' and is eager to start the sequel, despite its hefty size.
- 📖 They decide to DNF (Do Not Finish) the sequel to 'Binding 13' due to it being overly drawn out and not maintaining their interest.
- 🌊 The speaker chooses 'Tress of the Emerald Sea' by Brandon Sanderson for its whimsical feel and unique magic system, which they find appealing.
- ❤️ The speaker is a big fan of Emily Henry's books, particularly admiring her ability to craft relatable characters and engaging stories.
- 🎉 The speaker is excited about the release of a new book by Emily Henry and shares their enthusiasm for immediately purchasing and reading it.
Q & A
How many unread books does the speaker have on their shelf?
-The speaker has approximately 157 to 161 unread books on their shelf.
What does the speaker plan to do with their unread books?
-The speaker plans to move some of the unread books from their unread shelf to their red shelf.
What is the title of the book the speaker initially thought they had not read?
-The speaker initially thought they had not read a book by Catherine Center but realized they had mixed it up with another of her books.
What is the name of the book series that the speaker mentions is more than a trilogy?
-The book series mentioned by the speaker that is more than a trilogy is the Red Rising Trilogy.
What is the name of the book that the speaker decided to continue reading?
-The speaker decided to continue reading a book that is described as a 'Wattpad read' with a main character named Shannon.
What is the title of the book that the speaker is reading with tiny text and a massive page count?
-The title of the book the speaker is reading with tiny text and a massive page count is 'Binding 13'.
What is the name of the author that the speaker mentions writing a book for their wife?
-The author mentioned by the speaker who wrote a book for their wife is Brandon Sanderson.
What is the unique magic system in the Brandon Sanderson book the speaker is reading?
-The unique magic system in the Brandon Sanderson book involves spores that fall from one of the 12 moons and can activate to grow vines or trees through a person's mouth, throat, and nose if they come into contact with something wet.
What is the title of the book that the speaker describes as a 'cozy fantasy'?
-The title of the book that the speaker describes as a 'cozy fantasy' is 'Tress of the Emerald Sea' by Brandon Sanderson.
What is the name of the author whose new book release the speaker is excited about?
-The speaker is excited about the new book release by Emily Henry.
What is the title of the book that the speaker buys on the day of its release?
-The title of the book that the speaker buys on the day of its release is 'Funny Story' by Emily Henry.
Outlines
📚 Tackling the TBR Pile: A Bookworm's Strategy
The speaker discusses their extensive collection of unread books, numbering between 157 to 161, and their plan to tackle this 'To Be Read' (TBR) pile. They mention a random selection process for choosing the next book and share their excitement about treating their library like a shop to pick out what interests them most. The speaker also talks about different genres they are interested in, such as romance and thrillers, and shares their experience with a particular book that they put aside due to its emotional content. They also mention sequels and series they have yet to finish and their intention to continue one of the books they've partially read, highlighting their current reading mood.
📖 Engaging with a High School Drama Novel
The speaker provides a detailed account of their experience reading a book titled 'Binding 13', which they describe as a massive book with tiny text. They share the book's unique lingo, characterized by strong language and conflicts among the characters. The narrative follows a high school reality show-like atmosphere with a main character named Shannon and a popular rugby player, Johnny. The speaker is invested in the story's emotional depth and the development of the characters, particularly the protective dynamic between Shannon and Johnny. They also touch upon the book's length and the detailed nature of the scenes, which contribute to its size.
🎉 Celebrating Completion and Moving On
The speaker shares their experience of finishing 'Binding 13' and starting its sequel, 'Keeping 13'. They found the latter to be a drag in comparison and decided to set it aside, not feeling invested in the drawn-out scenes. Despite this, they express a desire for more high-quality writing and a change of pace, leading them to pick up 'Tress of the Emerald Sea' by Brandon Sanderson. They are pleasantly surprised by the book's whimsical tone and the author's ability to write from a female perspective, which they attribute to the author's wife. The speaker also discusses the book's unique magic system involving spores and the potential dangers they pose.
🌊 A Shift in Reading Preferences: From Fantasy to Romance
The speaker contrasts their experience with 'Tress of the Emerald Sea' with their expectations, noting that while the book had charming characters and a sweet theme, it lacked the high stakes they prefer in fantasy novels. They mention that the book felt more like a cozy read, which they generally find less engaging. Despite this, they appreciate the author's world-building and the character development of the protagonist. They also discuss their reading habits and preferences, including their enjoyment of romantic comedies and literary fiction that deals with relatable emotional turmoil.
🏈 The Emotional Rollercoaster of New Book Anticipation
The speaker expresses their excitement for the release of a new book by Emily Henry, comparing the experience to a significant event like the Super Bowl. They discuss their love for Henry's previous works and how they resonate with the characters' journeys and emotional arcs. The speaker shares their ritual of purchasing and immediately reading the new release, providing a peek into the book's storyline involving two heartbroken individuals who become roommates. They also mention their connection to the protagonist's struggles with storytelling and social belonging.
💖 Embracing the Journey of Love and Self-Discovery
The speaker dives into the new Emily Henry book, enjoying the character development and the relatable themes of belonging and self-discovery. They appreciate the author's skillful storytelling, which includes multiple through lines and character dynamics. The speaker also discusses the protagonist's relationship with a character named Ashley and the symbolism of feeling like a closed book. They highlight the emotional relatability of the book and how it compares to other works by the author, ultimately giving it a five-star rating for its engaging narrative, word choice, and the fun they had while reading it.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Unread Books
💡TBR (To Be Read)
💡Readathon
💡Indie Romance
💡Wattpad
💡Cliffhanger
💡DNF (Did Not Finish)
💡Fantasy
💡Cozy Fantasy
💡Romance
💡Storytelling
Highlights
The individual has a collection of 157 to 161 unread books and plans to read more of them.
They treat their library like a shop, selecting books at random to read.
The person has a specific shelf for 'To Be Read' (TBR) books they are most interested in immediately.
They express an interest in reading romance and thriller genres, but decide to save thrillers for a later readathon.
The individual discovers they have already read one of the books they thought was unread, causing some confusion.
They decide to continue reading a book that they had started previously but put aside.
The person is reading 'Binding 13', a book with tiny text and a large amount of profanity.
They describe the book's characters as acting like they are much older than they are, with a reality TV show-like dynamic.
The reader is invested in the story of a girl named Shannon and a popular rugby player, Johnny, who takes an interest in her.
The person finished 'Binding 13' and found the ending to be both humorous and emotional, leading to a cliffhanger.
They express a desire to immediately start the next book in the series but acknowledge the book's length.
The reader decides to put 'Binding 13' down due to the dragged-out scenes and sadness in the sequel.
They express a craving for a fantasy book and choose 'Tress of the Emerald Sea' by Brandon Sanderson.
The individual is pleasantly surprised by Sanderson's ability to write from a female perspective and the whimsical tone of the book.
They mention that Sanderson initially wrote the book as a secret novel for his wife, which was later published through a successful Kickstarter campaign.
The reader finds the book's magic system, involving harmful spores from the moon, to be very creative and unique.
Despite enjoying the characters and the story's themes, the reader struggles with what they perceive as a lack of high stakes in the fantasy genre, leading to a mixed review.
The person is excited to read a new release by Emily Henry, comparing the experience to a 'Super Bowl' for them.
They discuss how Emily Henry's writing has been influential in their love for reading and the creation of their book channel.
The reader finds the characters in the new Emily Henry book relatable and the story engaging, even staying up late to finish it.
They appreciate the book's word choice and writing style, giving it a five-star rating and expressing their love for the book without wanting to critique it.
Transcripts
I have roughly 157 to 161 unread books
on my bookshelf so this week I'm going
to try to move some of them from my
unread shelf to my red shelf I have some
of the unread books around me but I also
have a particular shelf of TBR books
that I want to read more immediately so
shall we choose one at random and just
get to
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reading okay we're going to have a
little shop my library we're going to
treat my library like a library right
now and go shopping for what I want to
read because obviously I have more books
than this that are unread on my shelves
but these are the ones that I'm most
interested in right now all of these
books I'm very interested in Reading
romance and then these are all Thrillers
but I think I'm going to save The
Thrillers for a 24-hour readathon coming
up this book wait a second I read this
book why is this on here I think I got
this mixed up with another Catherine
Center book that I own oh yeah these are
the two Catherine Center books that I
haven't read I started things you save
in a fire but she has to take care of a
sick parent I felt like it was getting
sad and I was like I can't handle this
right now I'm not going to read this so
that's where I'm at with these books I
have the sequel to Divine Rivals that I
haven't got to we have the fourth book
in the Red Rising Trilogy that makes no
sense it continues on it's more than a
Trilogy these two big books here these
used to be Indie romances if you can
tell by these covers you actually cannot
get these covers anymore because I think
they got traditionally published but
these are super viral kind of like Tik
Tok Indie romance books that have sat on
my TBR for a long time because I read
the first 100 pages of this one and then
I stopped reading it and it's like 600
pages so I'm already 100 pages into this
one I honestly should just continue it
and I feel like I'm in the mood for like
a wat pad read which is what this is if
we're being honest so I think I'm going
to try to get back into
this so I've been reading binding 13
this massive book with the tiny text
literally any page I show you would have
1 million cuss words on it the way that
they talk in these books it's so funny
but it's also so rash is that a word it
is a word strong energetic or irreverent
bold audacious cheeky pertinent Brazen
yeah those are all words to basically
describe that they just curse in each
other's faces all day they're always
getting into fights they're threatening
to kill each other but that's just their
lingo that's what this book is like this
book is literally like watching a
reality television show of kids in high
school who act like they're way older
than they are because they're like rugby
players Superstars or this girl who is
model pretty everyone bullies her and
she comes from a really hard abusive
home life so far the book has consisted
of Johnny this Superstar rugby player
consistently knocking over our tiny
frail little main character Shannon from
the first time that they meet she gets
knocked in the head by the ball I don't
understand rugby like I don't know what
the ball looks like I don't know if it's
like a football she's walking to class
late she cuts through the field and he
kicks the ball wrong or something and it
lands on her head and she falls over and
Johnny comes over and tries to help her
and he just takes a liking to her
immediately you follow Shannon in her
house which like I said she comes from
an abusive household and there's a whole
host of things going on in her house
that no one knows about and she got
transferred to this boarding school
because she keeps getting bullied at
other other ones but now that Johnny is
aware of her he's going to make sure
that she stays safe and that she doesn't
get bullied and from that point on every
single interaction they have somehow it
starts with her just running into his
chest because she's so small and short
and he's so big and tall that she never
sees him and she's so frail that she'll
just fall over every single time and
then he picks her up and then in some
shape or form he's always saving her
from something so yeah there are more
layers to it as well they each have
their best friends which I think other
books down the line are about but every
scene is so drawn out like that's why
this book is so big every conversation
that would normally take place in a book
it's probably three times longer than
that like every time I think a
conversation is about to be over it
keeps going and going and going and it's
not that I don't enjoy it like I've
actually thoroughly enjoyed this book
which is shocking to me because I read
the first 100 Pages a few months ago and
I just was like I know I could love
books like this but I don't really I
didn't want to at the time but now my
heart is open to enjoying a piece of
watpad literature it makes me feel like
I'm actually in high school again but it
is a very emotional book I think it does
things so much better than a traditional
romance because you just get so many
scenes of them in normal everyday life
situations obviously they're a bit
dramatic with her falling all over the
place but that's the fun of it and you
just watch this Superstar popular boy
take care of a girl who no one has ever
taken care of her no one at her house
cares about her and finally this boy all
he wants to do is make sure that she's
safe and he just has a soft spot for her
because he's used to girls using him for
his status and where he's going to go in
life and this girl Shannon has no clue
why he has any renowned about him she
doesn't know about rugby she doesn't
care but her brother Brother played the
sport so she still kind of understands
what his life is like so yeah I feel
like there's just so many aspects of
this romance book that are done so well
that traditional Romance Books miss out
on so many of them just miss out on
actually romantic things happening and I
feel like this one is doing it really
well with that being said though it's
not like a it's it's like w hat pretty
much but I am not knocking that in any
way like I love books like that you just
have to know what you're getting into
cuz it's definitely like a specific type
of writing and it's the type of thing
that you could easily hate and make fun
of because so many of the things like I
said are so outlandish like Johnny was
trying to give her two pills to take for
her cramps and she's just trying to take
them out of his hand and she like can't
do it and they fall everywhere and then
he's like oh my gosh just let me pick
these up and put them in your mouth like
it's so outlandish in those ways but if
you don't care about that it's a really
fun time I'm 84% through and I've only
read it on Kindle because if I were to
read it on this I think my neck would
break like it's actually so heavy it
hurts my neck and the text is so tiny
but I'm on page 53 and it's 601 pages so
I really don't have much left so I'm
going to finish it and we'll see what
happens
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I finished it those last scenes were
cracking me up and then immediately had
me crying I didn't actually cry but it
was really sad at the end and it's a
cliffhanger to the next book but that
officially means I get to move this book
from this shelf to this shelf woo one
more book down and I honestly just want
to dive straight into the next book and
it's already on my TBR it has been for
like 7 months so I might as well read it
there's so long but it's fine I think
I'm going to do it cuz I know I will
read this to no end and I cannot
guarantee that with any other book on
here for now so let's get
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started this book is humongous holy crap
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it's the next day I got about 150 pages
in a keeping 13 the sequel to binding 13
and this one leaves on such a
cliffhanger that I dove straight into
this one thinking it would be the same
experience but what I said about the
first book where you think a
conversation is going to end and then
it's six times longer than you expect
that is what's happening in this one but
way way way worse in my opinion every
scene is super dragged out and it's
really sad and I just found myself
getting sad getting really distracted
and not wanting read anymore so I'm
going to dnf this one for now just
because the series as a whole is not
really something I'd recommend in
general so I might as well move on and
I'm really craving Reading Writing that
is good in my opinion like this writing
is not something that it's not good I
want to read some pros and I'm randomly
in the mood for a fantasy book now I'm
going to take out my bookmark for now
don't worry I have it on Kindle so I
know where I am I'm going to put it back
on the unread shelf
unfortunately I have most of the fantasy
ones I could read over here I think a
lot of these are ya too I have fantasy
romance at the bottom but ultimately I
already know what I want to
pick tress of the emerald Sea by Brandon
Sanderson I've read one other Brandon
Sanderson book over here called Miss
born it's back here and his writing is
actually very simple for fantasy books
he writes complicated magic systems but
because his writing is not complicated
it feels digestible but I wanted to pick
this one up I think it's a standalone
fantasy book and it's very Whimsical
feeling that's so cute the back of the
book says Dear reader I started writing
this in secret as a novel just for my
wife she urged me to share it with the
world and alongside three other secret
novels with the support of readers
worldwide it grew to the biggest
Kickstarter campaign of all time oh what
that's crazy no wonder cuz I started
reading this and I was like this feels
so different than Miss born by Brion
Sanderson it feels like a completely
different author and that makes so much
sense that's so cool wow it's just so
Whimsical and I feel like he's writing
from a girl's perspective so well
probably cuz his wife has taught him a
thing or two but yeah it just starts off
really sweet she's on this little island
that they call the Rock and she's
trapped on it and she's fallen in love
with the King son but she's not allowed
to do that and suddenly the king
announces that he's going to take his
son away to get married to someone he's
like don't worry I'm going to bore them
all to death I will not get married and
let's just say the king figured out his
little plan did not like it sent him
somewhere very far away and Trust
decides that it's only going to be up to
her to save this boy that she loves so
she has to escape the island somehow and
go on that Journey so I'm like 50 pages
into it which flew by for me so I'm
pleasantly shocked and surprised that
I'm liking it so much and I'm just so in
the mood for like a Whimsical fairy tale
esque Vibe
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so I have my book and I'm going to try
this Barbie ollipop peaches and cream
let's see if it's
good oh wow yeah that's kind of gas
white peach gummy flavor M and I'm going
to munch on some raspberries and a storm
is about to roll in this is a perfect
reading
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Vibe so like I was saying earlier
Brandon serson always has a very unique
Magic system and in this one it's
interesting as always there are things
called spores that will fall from one of
the 12 moons that just hangs over their
planet and I think they fall down as
like sand and they don't harm you unless
they're activated by something wet so
like if you sweat or if you have saliva
or if there's water nearby it will
activate the spores and then it will
make vines or trees grow through your
mouth and throat and nose and suffocate
you to death pretty much and if it's
like on a ship spores could fall into
the ship water activates it and then the
whole thing is taken over by Vines and
it sinks so that is the very unique
Magic system in this book I don't know
how he thinks of them and how they're
different in every single book he is the
most creative person and I cannot stop
thinking about the fact that he made
this entire book for his wife for one
person in mind which is so cool because
when I read Stephen King's Memoir on
writing he said that he writes books
with one person in mind because if you
write something with everyone in mind it
won't be good so he writes his books
with just his wife's reaction in mind
but it's so so crazy that he actually
never planned on publishing this book
and that is so sweet and special that he
wrote this cute little story but put
just as much effort into the magic
system and the characters it's just so
crazy I feel like this is a little
secret that I shouldn't be able to read
this book but I can can't wait for the
storm to roll in it'll just make it even
more cozy the storm has arrived now
that's some reading ambiance
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morning and the rats look how cute these
insides are there's a talking rat in
this book and he's right here I have
about 160 pages left of Tres of the
emerald sea the story's really taking a
turn our main character Tres has gotten
herself into a side plot but it's a good
side plot so it's okay I just wasn't
expecting it let's read shall we
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it's the next morning but I spent the
entire day yesterday grinding through
tress of the emerald sea I think I
started the day on page 188 and it was
like 363 Pages total and I was
determined to finish it and I did so I
read the little author's note at the
back and he said that he wrote this book
after watching The Princess Bride with
his wife or family I've never watched
that movie but apparently it's the same
Vibe where your narrator is separate
from your main character and he's kind
of playful with you as the reader
talking to you saying like oh I haven't
explained this yet in the story or blah
blah blah and it's supposed to be
humorous it's supposed to be
light-hearted and fun and playful I
think this was published as an adult
fantasy but it kind of reads like a ya I
think the thing about this book that I
didn't enjoy is that I would almost call
it a cozy fantasy because I just feel
like technically the stakes were really
high but they just don't really feel
like it and I think I need really high
stakes books when it comes to Fantasy my
faes are the Throne of Glass series this
is more sci-fi but the Red Rising
Trilogy and the thing that they have in
common are super high stakes and every
time I've tried to pick up a book that's
called cozy fantasy or just cozy
anything unless it's cozy mystery cuz
those are funny they're just too relaxed
for me and I find myself bored every
single time so even though this one had
very Charming characters I really like
how it this girl from a small town who
discovers that there's more to herself
than just washing windows and being in
love with the boy she discovers that
she's actually really smart and had she
never gone on a crazy adventure she
would have never discovered that so
there's really cute sweet themes but
overall I just was struggling to get
through it and something about his Pros
in this one was really difficult for my
brain to follow I just felt like every
word I was tripping up in my brain
reading it and it just didn't flow for
me so I'm going to give it three stars
it's really difficult for a Brandon
Sanderson book to be bad he's like the
top dog of fantasy right now if you were
not aware and they made a Kickstarter
for this secret project that he made for
his wife to actually be published and
let me tell you people supported that
Kickstarter people love Brandon
Sanderson so I will always be curious
about his work but this one was just a
Miss for me which I'm really sad about
because a lot of people I think love
this one I don't know it's kind of a
mixed bag so we can officially move this
from the TBR to the red shelf this is
the most satisfying thing that I've ever
done I think the book was like right
here so we'll just
pretend T my jelly cats are getting
pushed off to the side here we almost
filled up the 2024 shelf this is so
exciting I like to read before bed so
since I finished this a lot longer
before bed I picked out this book which
is three Ali Hazelwood novellas bound
together so there's three little stories
in here and I've read the first one on
my Kindle like 2 years ago so I thought
it would just take me a night to read
the second Nolla and I actually fell
asleep before I finished it it will
probably take me like an hour more to
finish it so I think I'm going to do
that right now cuz today is a very big
day and I will tell you why in a second
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you got it Ali Hazelwood lowy always has
a little plot twists minor plot twists
but they're there I have 30 pages left
of the Nolla that I'm reading and it's
so good obsessed
but I'm giddy today is my Super Bowl
today is the day that Emily Henry's new
book funny story comes out it's in that
bookstore right now I have access to it
right now if I go in there and walk in
and I could read it right now if I
wanted to I can find out what what's on
the first page in a matter of a minute
that's crazy to me there is no other
author that I get this excited for
release day and this is kind of the
antithesis to this video of me walking
into a bookstore buying a new book and
then reading it because the whole
purpose is that I already have some on
my bookshelf at home that I need to read
but here's the thing if Emily Henry
drops a new book I am buying it
regardless so I could pretend I could
keep doing this video and I could
pretend that I didn't go and buy this
book today but that would be a lie and
you would see it on my shelf the next
day so inevitably this book will be on
my shelf inevitably I have to read it as
if it was on my TBR so we're just going
to be honest about it and I'm going to
take you along for the journey because
this is one of my favorite days every
single year is when her new books come
out it probably seems a little Overkill
but I love her books I think they're
like the perfect romantic comedies
there's the perfect amount of Romance of
Comedy but also literary fiction her
main characters go through these mid 20
inner turmoil emotions that I just love
reading about because I happen to be am
I in my mid 20s that's kind of weird I'm
23 it's kind of weird to say mid 20s
that's really strange okay anyways let's
walk in there right now it looks like
the parking lot is empty I got here 30
minutes after it opened let's go get the
book you got
it you got
it I know sometimes life can be
tough I got it I had no idea that the
spine looked like this it's so cute and
then there's like pops of pink on the
inside because the hard cover is pink
this is so cute this is my least
favorite Emily Henry cover even though
this color is like one of my favorite
colors ever the guy is wearing Crocs and
I haven't even read it yet but people
keep comparing him to Nick from new girl
all I know so far is it's a forest
proximity something to do with a very
small apartment that for some reason
they both end up in I'm so excited to
read this I'm going to finish this in
the car and then I'm going to get a new
coffee cuz it's a big day and perhaps I
will start this at the coffee shop or at
home cuz I don't have any pens with me
probably want to at least underline some
things this literally is my Super Bowl
it's not a funny expression it is the
most comparable thing I could think
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of I'm all cozy in bed to start reading
funny story but I did what I said I
would and I finished the Nolla in the
car Ali Hazelwood makes reading so easy
which is exactly why I picked up one of
the novellas after reading Tres of the
emerald sea it served its purpose as a
nice little palette cleanser because I
felt like I was falling into a reading
slump reading trust the emerald sea so
this made me confident that I'm not and
was the perfect thing push me onwards
onto greatness I actually gave that
Novella four stars I really liked it it
felt like a smaller version of Love
theoretically which I loved by her she
gets critiqued for doing the same
characters every time and it's so
accurate but I am obsessed with her
formula so I do not care so four stars
for that Nolla they are all like I
haven't read the last one yet but
they're all very spicy so keep that in
mind it was probably like five Pages out
of an 100 page Nolla which is like kind
of a lot yeah I will finish the last
Nolla in between reading other books and
then we can finally move this from the
unread shelf to the red shelf but for
now I tried to wear an outfit like the
character on the book but my outfit is
like a more Brown version of it cuz I
don't have a bright yellow shirt like
that and then my pants are more subdued
so I don't think I pulled it off at all
but I can't stand up without disturbing
my perfect dog and you guys wouldn't
want me to do that right I mean look at
him he's fast asleep I made a coffee at
home it's hot but with a straw because I
haven't Invisalign now and I don't want
to get more stained I have my pen so
let's start this thing this is my
favorite thing to find out what the
first line of her book is and I love the
font she uses in her books now they're
so cute okay the first sentence is some
people are natural storytellers short
and simple I'll give you the next
sentence too for fun they know how to
set the scene find the right angle when
to pause for dramatic effect or Breeze
past inconvenient details I wouldn't
have become a librarian if I didn't love
stories but I've never been great at
telling my own okay fine one more if I
had a penny for every time I interrupted
my own anecdote to debate whether this
actually had happened on a Tuesday or if
it had in fact been Thursday then I'd
have at least 40 cents and that's way
too big a chunk of my life wasted for
way too small of a payout Peter on the
other hand would have zero sense and a
wrapped audience okay so we haven't even
read a page yet and she's just an expert
Storyteller in that the first line
hooked you the second line told you a
little bit about her she's a librarian
the third line told you that she's a
little bit awkward and stumbles on her
storytelling abilities and the fourth
line introduce you to the other
character Peter who is the opposite of
her and is a good Storyteller and that's
all in this much book see how talented
she is I'm going to read
now it's
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funny I think we just met who's going to
be the love interest but I feel like the
way that Emily Henry has been
introducing love interests lately have
been not in the most attractive of ways
which I think is on purpose when they're
supposed to be enemies to lovers but
like in Book Lovers when you're
introduced to the male main character in
the prologue I thought he was like a
50-year-old man from the way that she
wrote him it turned out he was a love
interest and he was not 50 years old and
similarly in this book the way that you
meet miles is he's playing a really loud
movie in his room which is a super messy
room and he was just smoking and she can
smell it but it's because he's also
heartbroken because they both got broken
up with and their partners are now
together and now they're living in this
apartment together that's the setup I
got from chapter 1 and Miles has not
made a good first impression so I'm
curious to see how we start to like him
cuz I think we're supposed to eventually
guess who I like miles yeah that was
pretty easy it feels like I blinked and
I'm 100 pages in it feels like I'm
watching the show new girl which I love
I actually have the feeling that I'm
liking this book way better than
honestly happy place and Book Lovers I
feel like I'm connecting to the
character in this one way more already
and I really like miles he's just really
nice he's really sociable he's tattooed
up a little bit someone thinks he's a
drug dealer he's giving those vibes but
in a really good way so
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I'm now 100 33 pages in I'm just so
obsessed with this and it brings me back
to when I first discovered reading when
literally nothing else in the world
sounded more appealing than just sitting
down and reading my book if you guys
didn't know Emily Henry is kind of
responsible for this entire Channel
because the first fiction book I ever
picked up in my adulthood was the
perfect couple by elen Hilder brand and
then the second one I picked up was be
read by Emily Henry and that is the book
where I felt the obsession it lit a fire
in me and it hasn't gone out in this is
the fourth year now which is crazy cuz I
used to have obsessions that would last
for 2 weeks and then fizzle out and I
still love reading with everything in me
so it's just such a special day to get
to read a new book by her and it's
totally living up to the hype so I'm
just having a really really really good
day and I hope you can all experience
this feeling that I'm feeling cuz it's
the best so let's keep reading I'm
giving therapist office I'm giving
therapist
office I learned a lot about the back of
my head from shots like this so it was
hair washing day nothing scary should be
back
there morning it's the next day I
continued my reading and I'm on page 244
where I believe there is a mention of
beach read because it says that they
drove down to a little town called
northbear Shores which is in this book
for a bookstore event with a romance
writer this book is about two authors
it's got to be about one of them that's
all she gives though that's genius I
love that
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let's see if I finish it
tonight look so cute yeah let's see so
cute what P you on 300 how you got
384
wow yes I did end up finishing it that
night and I'm okay thank you for asking
even though 84 pages is like an hour and
a half of reading for me normally I
easily stayed up and finished it because
I felt like oh it's upside down towards
the end of the book everything is spiral
out and you can tell there needs to be
resolutions to so many things where she
hases to tie it back up into a bow it
just felt like we were barreling towards
the end at great speed honestly I think
she's gotten really good at having a
bunch of through lines in her stories
because we weren't just following two
characters anymore we're also following
her becoming friends with someone who
she works with at the library the
Dynamics between her parents she has a
father who likes to come in unannounced
and leave announced as well and almost
every chapter starts with the date and
then it says 76 days until I can leave
or it says 16 days until the readathon
so she's planning this big event at her
job throughout the entire book you feel
like you know where we're heading which
I think is really genius and I wrote
down in this book that it feels like
starting with happy place that one and
this one both feel like she's writing
the book with a most satisfying words
ever a dictionary open next to her
because her word choice is just so
phenomenal nowadays I feel like I could
find an example on every page my heart
ke at the thought of my own mother ke
this was not supposed to be the example
but I had this underline this is in
reference to her trying to make friends
with people because she feels very
closed off because in her childhood she
moved around a lot but there's this girl
named Ashley at her job and she says if
I'm a closed book found in Chains and
kept under a padlock Ashley rahimi might
have just said the one thing that could
function as the key so that part of this
book where she is struggling with
feeling like she belongs anywhere either
with a group of people or in a city was
just painfully relatable and I think
that's why I like this one way more than
happy place because I personally don't
think I really related to the character
in Happy place I can't even remember
what her inner turmoil was because I
don't relate to it if I'm remembering
properly maybe I do and I just don't
remember but this one was hitting a
little bit too hard in those aspects in
fact I feel like this book was so good
in all the aspects that weren't the
romance and I loved the romance as well
which is why Emily Henry books tend to
be five stars for me because literally
everything she Nails I saw saw a Tik Tok
of someone saying that she felt like the
two main characters in this book were
not meant for each other and the guy was
just not her type at all which I think
you could kind of see I had a similar
reaction in the very beginning when I
was like oh this is miles is our main
character like I'm supposed to like that
guy with the messy room and the smell of
smoke and Crocs on okay but then you
realize it's because they both just got
broken up with with people who they
thought they were going to spend the
rest of their lives with so of course
you didn't get to see him at a nice time
perhaps and he definitely doesn't have
these Larger than Life qualities that
romance book men typically have he's not
Prince Charming who's going to take you
away and give you the most magical life
ever I feel like he's a very subdued
character in that he's just a normal guy
but he's really likable and everyone in
the town is Charmed by him and he's just
a reliable dude and he has some normal
issues that have stemmed from his
childhood that he has to work through
that they help each other with so yeah
it's not like you meet this main
character and you're like wow that's my
dream man I feel like that's really not
the vibe in this book I did root for
them and I loved them I loved the
descriptions of him he's not my favorite
speech read still has my favorite
character Gus ever and then I honestly
feel like Alex from people we meet on
vacation is a close second Charlie
lastra and Nora in this book are
entertaining to read about but I didn't
really connect with either of them and
then I also wasn't like the biggest fan
of win in this book so I think miles is
one of my upper Emily Henry men and that
it's closer to beach read than any of
her other books and since this one is so
high up in my heart this one follow suit
I gave it five stars cuz I like to have
fun I like to love things that I love
without picking them apart cuz could I
do that yes but I don't really want to I
loved it I loved her word choice I love
her writing there were no tear jerking
moments for me in this one I cried at
the end of Book Lovers I think I almost
cried in happy place so that just ended
up being a ranking on my Emily Henry
books so yeah we get to take this book
basically from the bookstore and put it
on our red books shelf along with this
one and this one almost this one if I
read the last Noll we've officially
squished the jelly C to full capacity
which I think makes this video a success
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