I’m dying laughing at your description of the freezer scene in beach read “why is she up so high- how can he reach her?” 😂😂 tbh i’d be confused too but sometimes these smut scenes tend to defy gravity.

@caricanread

20 күн бұрын

i was so concerned for everyone involved!!

@bunny_koo

20 күн бұрын

@@caricanread i can just imagine the confused and concerned expressions on your face haha

@hippie1325

20 күн бұрын

I too was laughing as she expressed her confusion and concern over the freezer and the male character’s height. 😂

@burntbacon8817

20 күн бұрын

The only reason I knew what she was talking about in the book was because people where I live freeze their excess meat from hunting in those out in the garage. That's all I could think of the entire scene though, so is that any better?

@tungstensmum1491

19 күн бұрын

I’ve only had chest freezers so I would have had no problem with this scene, so Cari’s description of her picturing the scene made me cackle

pushing the Cari to tier rank all the fantasy books she’s read agenda againnnn

@caricanread

20 күн бұрын

ahhh yeah i've been slipping hahah used to do that every year!

@JordanS-ww4eu

18 күн бұрын

@@caricanreadyou’re my best friend I really like you ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

"Ali Hazelwood would never" 😭😭😭😭

When I’m in a reading slump she appears (but no fr I’ve been needing more books to read to get out of the slump so this is great

@caricanread

20 күн бұрын

hope this helps :''') june was a very odd reading month...

the concept of the turnglass is so cool

@caricanread

20 күн бұрын

right?! i want more books like it!!

It's so nice to see Brazilian novels being read in other places!

« who hurt you…. kristy?? 🤨 » 😂

@caricanread

20 күн бұрын

we need to help her :'''')

I got to the Emily Henry part and I am honestly laughing out loud to the freezer part. My entire life I've only had these low horizontal freezers so that's what I imagined while reading the book :D AND, while everyone might say that Beach Read is her best book, I will proudly say I think Book Lovers is the far superior Emily Henry book out of all the books she published!

@dareisayit

16 күн бұрын

I laughed too when I got to that part. I’d be the opposite because freezer outside of fridge = chest freezer. Anything else will need to be specified 😂

@Wanderlenz

16 күн бұрын

Absolutely agree about Book Lovers being her best!

Cari, you literally pick the perfect upload times for my region, right when I'm winding down in the evening, and available to watch and listen 😊

@caricanread

20 күн бұрын

hehe its meant to beeee!

definitely will pick up hour of the star, i love a narrator breaking the fourth wall

@caricanread

20 күн бұрын

it was such a good read!

the freezer confusion is so funny

@caricanread

20 күн бұрын

i guess all basement freezers are the long kind but my brain said no, we're launching her to the ceiling hahaha

june was getting too crazy so i reread all of the hunger games books and that was the best decision ive ever made ✨ tatiana maslany narrating was a gift i didnt know i needed!!!

@caricanread

20 күн бұрын

omg yes they deserve a reread for sure!

I can't stop laughing of Cari mentioned the fridge :))))

@caricanread

20 күн бұрын

the trauma i never expected hahah

All the books I read in June: Finished 'The Long Walk' Read 'Billy Summers' Read 'Dune' Read 'Dune Messiah' Read 'The Weight Of Blood' Started 'Children of Dune' Six books in a month is a new record for me.

@caricanread

20 күн бұрын

i really want to read dune! kurt has read the series a million times and i love the films :')

@TheEmeraldSword86

20 күн бұрын

@@caricanread the new films are quite similar to the books, but reading the books helped me understand what was going on. If you were confused by the movies as well, I'd recommend reading the book.

Every time I'm in a reading slump, Cari comes to the rescue!!!

@caricanread

20 күн бұрын

I had to read The Hour of the Star in High School, more than 15 years ago (God, I'm old 👵🏻) and because of you now I want to reread it. One fun fact about Clarice Lispector that I love (besides the fact that she grown up in my hometown) is that she did the Brazilian translation of Interview with the Vampire and it's the translation that we use to this day. 💜

YAY!! So glad to see brazilian authors reaching the world! Super excited and warm hearted to see it!

I absolutely love seeing Brazilian authors getting more recognition abroad! Clarice's short stories are also awesome

Totally agree with you about Emily Henry books - Book Lovers is my absolute fave, followed by Funny Story. She’s great for a reading slump 💕💕

I LOVE THESE MONTH RECAPS! I look forward to them so much!💖💖

Ugh I’m in my READING phase right now 😭 three books a week which is probably not great because finals are coming up. And I know that in a month or so, it will be the dreaded SLUMP phase where I’ll forget the existence of my bookshelf

@caricanread

20 күн бұрын

ahhh i know the feeling! enjoy it while you can and good luck with finals!!

I’m about an hour away from House of Hollow and I am loooving it! Can’t wait to get into the Invocations next!!!!!!

@caricanread

20 күн бұрын

yessss i love this author's work!!

@laceyapril2620

20 күн бұрын

@@caricanread have you read The Watchers?? It was riveting. Kiiiinda saw the twists coming but still a very engaging read.

I immediately added My Throat An Open Grave to my TBR after your review!!! Excellent wrap up!

feeling the same things cari felt reading these books

@caricanread

20 күн бұрын

🩷🩷🩷

brasil mentioned!!!🎉 i had to read hour of the star in high school and it was super fun, glad you loved it

@caricanread

20 күн бұрын

i would have loved to have read this in school and really dissect it!

I’m so glad you ended up (mostly) enjoying The Measure too!! Such a fun concept for a book haha, I thought it was very thought provoking 😊

AHHHHH i finished the Ember quartet last month and got sooooo hyped for Heir!

@caricanread

20 күн бұрын

YESSSSS!

@danyamathews.school

14 күн бұрын

Whose it by?

IVE BEEN WAITING ALL DAY 💗✨🤍⭐️

@caricanread

20 күн бұрын

thank youuu :')

As a type of a mood girl, when I hear someone saying - I picked up and put down - I want to say, girl, it's okay, it's not like you have to finish it if you picked it up, each book has its' moment. And as a person who is an avid reader of online novels, I must say dnf-ing or putting down novels in this field is even a necessary practice)))

@caricanread

20 күн бұрын

Yesss im trying to feel less guilty about it! I think it hurts when its a book i have waited weeks for at the library and then i return it without reading it - feels like a waste. But a bigger waste for me to push myself unhappily thru a book!!

@cheeseisdelicious4627

19 күн бұрын

@@caricanread I still think you're a champ for pushing through. Correct me if I'm wrong, but sometimes I feel that you also don't want to disappoint subscribers who recommended you books, even if you might not click with that book or push through it, you still want to finish to give your honest opinion about it.

Happy 4th, Cari! June was a weird reading month, I agree. Hope you have a great weekend!

@caricanread

20 күн бұрын

same to you!!!

In June I read Fable, Namesake, Beasts of a Little Land and Five Broken Blades so it was a great reading month for me!! All past recs from you Cari so thanks for that 🥰

I genuinely held The Turnglass in my hands earlier today and decided against it… and I almost regretted it but now my soul is at peace 😌

@caricanread

20 күн бұрын

it was so fun to flip it but...that was it hahaha

I recently bought Emily Wilde first book so I’m excited to read it

@caricanread

20 күн бұрын

ohhh enjoy!!

Perfect timing! I have a whole house to pick up and little ones napping so I’m all set for a Cari video!

I always get reading slumps in the summer so this list is awesome!!! Hope we all get out of reading slumps soon lol

@caricanread

20 күн бұрын

good luck to the both of us!

My favorite romance novel has been Before I Let Go. I’m not sure if it is a rom com more like women’s fiction. BUT IT’S FANTASTIC

@caricanread

20 күн бұрын

i have it physically sitting on my shelf!!!

I love Cari's face (sounds weird) but I just love looking at her ok? She's so gorgeous I could look at her forever and never get tired 😭❤️

Omg thank you for mentioning the double pants situation in Funny Story! Some of the hook up scenes didn’t make sense and I was like maybe I don’t understand English anymore 😂

If you haven’t already you should read Deathless by Catherynne Valente - it uses major elements from Russian folklore and it’s kind of a love story, kind of a coming of age if a young woman, but also just kind of devastating. One of my favorite books

The fridge bit was funny haha. The long/horizontal freezer is called, as I know it from growing up, a deep freezer. We had one in our garage (since there was 5 people in our household).

Yas new vid lets go I look forward to these every month

@caricanread

20 күн бұрын

🥹🫶

Not me adding half of these books to my TBR like I don't have a million books on it already hahahaha

I am so validated by your beach read opinions!! I felt these same things but was just going to keep my mouth shut 😂🫢

I had exactly the same moment of confusion with the freezer scene in Beach Read 😂 I’m glad it wasn’t just me!

TBH most of the novels that I've been enjoying have been recommended by you! So thank you for the great recommendations!! 👌🏼💓

CARI YOU ARE KILLING ME WITH THE FREEZER LOLOLOLOL

I’m so excited to hear your thoughts on This Will Be Fun! I loved it! The title is very fitting.

@caricanread

20 күн бұрын

When i heard it took inspiration from the princess bride i was all in 🥹

I’m reading an ARC of Buried Deep and Other Storied and am loving it! In such a short time she builds worlds that draw you in. Plus there’s a Scholomance short story!

RomComs: Abby Jimenez’s recent trilogy starting with Part of Your World, hands down! Otherwise I recommend checking out Elyse Meyers’s recent reading wrap ups, she gives incredible my thorough but quick wrap ups that could really help you pick

I also read Beautyland in June and I it hit for me, even though I got a little unsure in the middle too. I reserved it after a super brief perusal of the description and wasn’t not prepared for the gut punches. “When someone dies, where does the way they eat egg rolls go?” That got me.

I loved house of hollow so much. Can't wait to read the invocation

@thebeesycorner

19 күн бұрын

Same, I need this book in my life

the cover of undercover by tamsyn muir is STUNNING im obsessed

I absolutely loved Where The Dark Stands Still. I read it in May.❤

@caricanread

20 күн бұрын

🤍🤍🤍

I’m so early… Hello!!! Happy July! Can’t wait to hear your book reviews 🥰 love your videos

@caricanread

20 күн бұрын

thank you!! cant believe 2024 is halfway thru!!

I don’t have any romcom recs but I’m also excited for quite a few of the same books you are! I’m currently reading the Tainted Cup (80% done!) and I’m obsessed it’s so good! It’s been a while since I’ve read a Sherlock and Watson type story and it’s just so good and the fantasy aspects are on point. Really hoping the end is as good as the rest of the book has been!

I’m so early woa,,, love your videos

@caricanread

20 күн бұрын

thank you for being here^^

Ooo I also read Beach Read in June! Ironically I was actually in a touristy lake side town while reading! Very vibey

@caricanread

20 күн бұрын

ugh love when reality matches my book choice!!

@cedartonk3382

20 күн бұрын

⁠@@caricanreadhonestly I agree with you I liked Book Lovers a lot more than Beach Read. Idk what it is about Emily Henry but she is very hit or miss. I HATED The People We Meet on Vacation though so anything is better than that.

@debanjanachakraborty7416

20 күн бұрын

OMG me too....Such a good book ..perfect summer book

Loving the short story love!

@caricanread

20 күн бұрын

So glad six deaths of the saint sent me down the rabbit hole hahha

Hi love your vids !!

@caricanread

20 күн бұрын

thank you so much!!

I’m not a huge romcom reader more of a fantasy reader. But just finished love and other words and it was incredibly sweet

38:19 "to be honest i was confused. but it got me" pretty much sums up my entire relationship with tamsyn lol

@caricanread

19 күн бұрын

Exactly 🥲

Rom coms! I absoluteky adored Better Than the Movies by Lynn Painter, very high school wholesome romance. Mr. Wrong Number is also pretty good. I also like May the Best Man Win by Mira Lyn Kelly, as well as her other books in that series. Mia Sosa is good as well! Hope you enjoy some of these 😁

Oooh! I read The Measure last month I believe. Won it through goodreads and really liked it. Now I reallt wanna grab Beach Read out of my tbr pile...

Yep, for me too Book Lovers was my favorite in comparison to Beach Read! Emily Henry always takes me off reading slumps!

BOOK LOVERS IS THE BEST EMILY HENRY THANK YOU CARI!!!!!

talia hibbert's brown sister series are some of my favorite romcoms!!

@caricanread

20 күн бұрын

Yes they are on my list 😍😍😍 i have been warned about the smut tho haha

She writes more Romantic dramadies than anything else, but I really like Alison Cochrun’s work. Twelfth Knight is a YA romance I read that leaned more on comedy-I mean, I laughed at it, but that was really good, too. (Oh, and I LOVED Where the Dark Stands Still. The ending had me in shambles.)

Cari! I was looking for something to watch!! Happy 4th!! 💥 Hugs from Arkansas!!

@caricanread

20 күн бұрын

wahh thank you! hugs back

Recently read Out on a Limb by Hannah Bonam-Young and it was absolutely AMAZING!! I'm normally not one for the unexpected pregnancy trope, but both Win and Bo's stories had me in absolute tears. Their love story was so utterly compelling and I just adored it! Would totally recommend!

I literally love u sm

@caricanread

20 күн бұрын

:''''')

Highly recommend Monstrous by Lily Mayne as a romance series. I did not expect to enjoy these books but they're currently my life, so 😁

For romcoms, I really liked The Flatshare by Beth O'Leary

@caricanread

20 күн бұрын

Oh i think i heard of this one!! Will look it up 🤍

@myriam8190

19 күн бұрын

@@caricanreadI really like Mhairi Macfarlane’s books ❤

Rom com recs! I am a die hard Abby Jimenez fan and there is no one else I would put more faith in to get me through an 11 hour plane ride. Her newest release “Just for the Summer” is my favorite I think, but I recommend you read “Part of Your World” first because the stories are connected.

Remember Me - Sophie Kinsella. Super fun with a unexpected twist towards the end.

Beach Read is the only one I haven’t read by Emily Henry out of her adult romances but my favorite is Happy Place. It just had moments I really loved and thought I needed to hear in the moment so it might have just been a time thing, but yeah, recommend!

Purple burglar alarm! I love you, Cari. You just made 4th of July for me.

@caricanread

20 күн бұрын

I stand by the fact that no one can say those words perfectly on the first try agha

I never thought I’d see a Cari x Ethel Cain mashup. I got whiplash. 😂❤

@caricanread

20 күн бұрын

I am alll about ethel

Thanks for recommendation 😊

RomCom recs: -Part of Your World Trilogy by Abby Jimenez (would really recommend reading them in order, all three of them are great) -The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren (couldn't put it down, such a fun read)

I read The Maniac a few months ago and absolutely loved it. It's actually a fictional biography :D

@caricanread

20 күн бұрын

Ah ha!! I knew i couldnt have read a straight up non fic 😂😂

I'm not sure if you have already read them, but if not- "Yours Truly" and "The Happy Ever After Playlist" by Abby Jimenez (they are part of two different series, but can be read as stanalones ). It should make a perfect summer/plane read. I love the way Abby Jimenez writes the first part of of her romance books- the way they meet, flirt, write to each other ect, it makes me see that they actually have chemistry/feelings for each other, which then makes me root for them. Overall really fun reads. Love from Poland❤

I read so many more books in June than compared to other months 😭

I’ve been meaning to read the invocations so this might be my push

@caricanread

20 күн бұрын

it really hit the spot for me :')

Some of my fav roms are: The Flatshare - Beth O’Leary , Someone I Used to Know - Paige Toon, The Rosie Project - Graeme Simsion, The Deal - Elle Kennedy, The True Love Experiment - Christina Lauren, In the Weeds - B K Borison, Forget Me Not - Julie Soto. I’m another vote for Beach Read being Emily Henry’s best (though I’m yet to read Happy Place and Funny Story).

I liked both Book lovers and Funny Story way more than Beach Read tbh 😅

@caricanread

20 күн бұрын

ok so im not alone!! i think i'd rank them book lovers, beach read, and then funny story!

the freezer explanation 😭😭😭

@caricanread

20 күн бұрын

the confuuuusion

I really loved Just For the Summer. A rom com but a lot of heart

Cari since you enjoyed The Maniac I would HIGHLY recommend When We Cease To Understand the World by the same author, Benjamin Labatut…It’s a collection of short stories that are fictionalized accounts of great scientific discoveries, it’s definitely one of a kind and merges literature, history, and science into one unique collection!

One of my favorite rom coms is The Burnout by Sophie Kinsella ❤ I was laughing through the entire book! Loved to side characters too. ❤❤❤

not a romcom but a coming of age story about friendship (and a small romantic subplot). foolish hearts by emma mills is such a sweet wholesome story and claudia (the mc) is so funny and it did make me shed some tears. highly recommend

i just started my winter vacations and have been able to put myself up to date with your videos and boom just when I finished the last one this one was uploaded ----> instantly happy. I read "un verdor terrible" by Benjamin Labatut an it is really cool how he approaches science themes!!

@caricanread

20 күн бұрын

I have another one of his books waiting on my bookshelf! Definitely a new fav!!

the Emily Henry refrigerator 😭 😭 😭 omg very curious about the Mary Gaitskill read in interview with her in The Paris Review a spring ago and have been meaning to get to her work! and homegirl's first Lispector WOOP WOOP!!!

Happy Place is my favorite romcom and I would NOT recommend reading it on the plane lol. I am not a big crier and I cried throughout that entire book… good luck!!

I thought almost universally the best Emily Henry book was People We Meet on Vacation. It's certainly mine. Actually, it's one of my favorite contemporary Romances of all time.

@caricanread

20 күн бұрын

oh no i actually really disliked it - maybe because i spend so much time in palm springs where it takes place? idk i feel like that's easily my least fav :( glad you loved it tho, i think its getting a movie??

I just read just for the summer by abby jiminez and it is absolutely my new favourite romance - highly recommend!! ☀️

Cariii, I think you'd really like the Queen's thief series! I reread the series after a long time. The first book reads more middle grade but from the second book onwards, I was gagged. Every book feels like heist but with actually well written female characters

@caricanread

20 күн бұрын

Just put it on my list!! 🫡🫡

Anything by Cathy Yardley is really good but my personal favorite is Role Playing.

@caricanread

20 күн бұрын

ohhh looking this up!

“Ali Hazelwood would never.” - iconic, loved it

Adding The Invocations to my list immediately! I've just finished A Botanist's Guide to Flowers and Fatality by Kate Khavari. It follows a young female researcher in the 1920's London, trying to get taken seriously by men in an academic setting... there's multiple murders, the flower language, jazz clubs, greenhouses, a solid easy read overall.

I picked up “forest of dreams and whispers” because i loved the dynamic of cardan and jude so hopefully this will remind me of my love for reading that i once had since I’ve only read one book this year so far 🥲

@caricanread

20 күн бұрын

i hope it works! i had a fun time with it :'')

@bunny_koo

20 күн бұрын

@@caricanreadthanku ^^