I read 16 books in april and these are my thoughts 📚 *april wrap-up*

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I have some new favourites & some new disappointments lol, let's chat 🌷
reading Song of Achilles & Babel: • reading books I've bee...
reading Maybe Meant To Be, Paper Princess, One Dark Window, The Iron King, Flowerheart: • random number generato...
reading Funny Story, Powerful & Just For The Summer: • reading new releases f...
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  • @poppyleanne
    @poppyleanne29 күн бұрын

    Don't worry about not rating books highly!!! It's your opinion. Own it! We watch your channel because we love YOU, not a fake you. We love your authentic ratings!!! 💞

  • @maxinem934
    @maxinem93429 күн бұрын

    I feel like YA at this point needs to split into two separate genres. One for 12-15ish and one 16-18. There's so many YA books now with heavy content that boarders adult literature and you don't know until you read the book.

  • @misskikikat

    @misskikikat

    29 күн бұрын

    100% agree - I work in a bookstore, and there is always the question from some parents with their children in the YA age group for reading, questions on content.

  • @kidcurry7138

    @kidcurry7138

    29 күн бұрын

    Agree! Some YA books have terrible content that even I don’t want to read

  • @manonvo8615

    @manonvo8615

    28 күн бұрын

    I agree. Sometimes I see books in the YA section that I've heared stuff about... that I wouldn't call YA themes

  • @Kevinakletva

    @Kevinakletva

    28 күн бұрын

    Nah, google "Night in Zagreb" by Adam Medvidovic.Readers already declared it the book of the century. It's like Lord of the rings for grown ups plus they say all the shit is true in the book

  • @indiethebindi

    @indiethebindi

    27 күн бұрын

    These sorts of books should be assigned New Adult rather than YA labels.

  • @mckr3088
    @mckr308829 күн бұрын

    25 minutes left in school and rachel posts a 24 minute video 😍😍

  • @kkfaith08
    @kkfaith0829 күн бұрын

    MOTHER IS FEEDING US WITH CONTENT!!

  • @kathrynhoward5979
    @kathrynhoward597929 күн бұрын

    YES to reading the other two Abby Jimenez books before Just For the Summer!! My jaw was on the FLOOOOOOR.

  • @skyethorne4568
    @skyethorne456829 күн бұрын

    all rhodes lead here by mariana zapata was my favourite read from april!!

  • @manonvo8615

    @manonvo8615

    28 күн бұрын

    Ohh it's on my shelves. What season does it take place in? The cover gives me fall vibes but I can't tell from the chapters/first few pages. I love matching my read to the seasons.

  • @skyethorne4568

    @skyethorne4568

    28 күн бұрын

    @@manonvo8615 at first I think it takes place in the winter but you spend a whole year with the characters so you get every season. I think it would make a great cozy read but also it would hit at any time since it spans a whole year!

  • @manonvo8615

    @manonvo8615

    28 күн бұрын

    @@skyethorne4568 Thanks! That's very helpfull😊😊

  • @shaylaatiles
    @shaylaatiles29 күн бұрын

    no, because why is “just for the summer” SO GOOD!! literally the definition of “if he wanted to, he would” it was a 6 ⭐️ read for me 🫶

  • @chellbi-jlsharp98
    @chellbi-jlsharp9829 күн бұрын

    I didn’t read before you, I have now read 2 books in two days and more on the way, thank you

  • @lauradelgado9880
    @lauradelgado988026 күн бұрын

    I’m in the middle of one dark window and I’m loving it

  • @booknerdktree
    @booknerdktree29 күн бұрын

    Praying you feel better soon girl💗 shows how much you love doing this and appreciate everyone who supports you still filming with a cold💗

  • @marth5326
    @marth532629 күн бұрын

    had a very draining day and came home to this video, exactly what i need right now! thank you for being here rachel 💕

  • @mansoor3159
    @mansoor315929 күн бұрын

    My comfort youtuber and inspiration As Always Rachel😭😭😭😭😭

  • @nataschademarco5783
    @nataschademarco578325 күн бұрын

    The Iron King was one of the original YA series, it’s like over 10 years old. So really the other series took notes from Julie Kagawa ❤

  • @ems3272
    @ems327229 күн бұрын

    Omg that edition of Powerful?!?! Stunning

  • @katiebecker4022
    @katiebecker402229 күн бұрын

    I love your hair in this video it looks so healthy and I’m loving this color on you!💜

  • @ebonyedmonds
    @ebonyedmonds29 күн бұрын

    Truly every single time I open the KZread app, I check to see if Rach, Soph or George have a new upload for me to watch 🫠

  • @elyseirwin2587

    @elyseirwin2587

    29 күн бұрын

    Same lol

  • @mintandroses3715
    @mintandroses371529 күн бұрын

    Ooooohhhhh love your monthly reading wrap up!!! Love watching a fellow Aussie talk about books! Any chance you could make a video of your favourites (per genre) or top recommendations? Would love to see your favourites. I’ve seen all you book videos (or so I thought) but I can’t recall when you read “yours truly” and I love the video with Soph of you and Georgia recommending your favourite books.

  • @caeli-nubes
    @caeli-nubes29 күн бұрын

    You must be the most calming and comforting person on KZread ❤😮‍💨

  • @Marianareadsbooks
    @Marianareadsbooks29 күн бұрын

    Rachel, even sick your voice is beautiful!! You read so much! Love that for you

  • @queenbreezy895
    @queenbreezy89529 күн бұрын

    Just for the summer was one of my top reads of the month too! Such a good time reading it ☺️ ❤

  • @annamacleod5179
    @annamacleod517929 күн бұрын

    Started the Eden series in April and really have been liking that!!

  • @caitlinross563
    @caitlinross56329 күн бұрын

    My favorite book of the month was defiantly the second Magnolia Parks!

  • @Bookalicious1717
    @Bookalicious171721 күн бұрын

    Amazing wrap up, Rachel ❤ my favourite April read was hands down The Reappearance of Rachel price

  • @totalxroyal
    @totalxroyal29 күн бұрын

    I'm intrigued from bride of the shadow king that cover is gorgeous and the summary you gave I think I'd like it 😊

  • @lanis1133
    @lanis113329 күн бұрын

    OMG YAYAYAY A NEW RACHEL VIDEO 😄😄

  • @malloriemoreno4263
    @malloriemoreno426329 күн бұрын

    I’m excited to get to One Dark Window in May. I’m also going to listen to Song of Achilles. I’m not as excited about that one, but I hate being left out. Hopefully the audiobook helps me get through it. My favorite books from April were Before We Were Strangers, Life’s Too Short, and The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue.

  • @madis6780
    @madis678029 күн бұрын

    The Australian version of powerful is so pretty

  • @MarkHarwoodBooks
    @MarkHarwoodBooks24 күн бұрын

    Great video - so many books! I completely agree with you on Eric Journeys. Just getting to a place rarely holds my interest. My favorite April read was a middle grade novel, The First State of Being (by Erin Entrada Kelly). It's a time travel story, but not action packed; it's more an exploration of what makes any moment momentous.

  • @jjessicaisabelle
    @jjessicaisabelle27 күн бұрын

    my 100wpm self is so much keener to try reading again thanks to your enthusiasm towards and description of books 😃

  • @elyseirwin2587
    @elyseirwin258729 күн бұрын

    Yay another video from you this week. I love all your book videos. I read better than the movies last month and it was my five star read. It was amazing. Any recs for a book similar to it that would be enjoyable ?

  • @sereneadair4941
    @sereneadair494129 күн бұрын

    You got me beat this month! Barely read 14 books. But I also started Spanish lessons. :)

  • @booknerdktree
    @booknerdktree29 күн бұрын

    Romancing the Grump by Jenny Proctor & The Cursed Princess Club vol. 1 was two of my favorites from April!

  • @AstridPizarro
    @AstridPizarro28 күн бұрын

    I felt similar with Invocations, I enjoyed the writing and how the characters connect too. It was slow in some parts but I enjoyed it overall and I picked it up because of my book club if not I wouldn’t have

  • @clauvcruz
    @clauvcruz29 күн бұрын

    am I the only one who saw 2 butts on the cover of Paper Princess? hahaha love your videos so much!

  • @fallonturner7441
    @fallonturner744129 күн бұрын

    My top reads of April were The Sword of Kaigen (epic fantasy) & The Familiar (historical fantasy). Highly recommend for anyone who enjoys those genres. The Sword of Kaigen, in particular, is a book I can’t stop thinking about ❤️. Funny Story was also a fun read that month 😊

  • @berna_bookish
    @berna_bookish29 күн бұрын

    Hey Rachel, please read Ember in the Ashes. It's so good - high stakes, trials, and fast paced scenes. ❤ I think you will love it

  • @imchristinac
    @imchristinac25 күн бұрын

    I feel like I’m missing something with the Powerless hype 😭 I thought it was one of the worst written books I’ve read

  • @thefallybear
    @thefallybear29 күн бұрын

    Love all your videos❤❤

  • @hashbrownreads
    @hashbrownreads28 күн бұрын

    We all have different reading tastes and it's ok to not have the same opinion as most people, never feel bad about that. Thank you for the tip on the Abby Jimenez book, I recently picked that up and will now download the other 2 on my kindle. Thank you for such great videos. Legendary by Stephanie Garner was my top read for April ✨🪄

  • @omshoug1066
    @omshoug106628 күн бұрын

    Where did you get the powerful cover version ugh it's so beautiful

  • @inthebookland4078
    @inthebookland407829 күн бұрын

    She never fails to motivate me to pick my book !! Love her Sm 🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻

  • @aprilvaughn1089

    @aprilvaughn1089

    29 күн бұрын

    SM??

  • @lobna4233

    @lobna4233

    29 күн бұрын

    So much ​@@aprilvaughn1089

  • @lobna4233

    @lobna4233

    29 күн бұрын

    ​@@aprilvaughn1089 so much

  • @Showtunediva

    @Showtunediva

    29 күн бұрын

    @@aprilvaughn1089so much.

  • @natoop12309

    @natoop12309

    28 күн бұрын

    ​@@aprilvaughn1089 so much

  • @Pollylu5
    @Pollylu526 күн бұрын

    So funny what you said about Song of Achilles, I felt like I wasn't expecting it to be a romance when I picked it up, I thought it was gonna be more of a war story with two best friends. And I ended up not liking it as much because it was MORE romance heavy than I wanted it to be haha

  • @Jordan_elaine
    @Jordan_elaine24 күн бұрын

    Thanks for the honest review of Iron King! I can tell based on what you said that it’s not for me so I won’t waste my time 😂

  • @marthabrick7123
    @marthabrick712329 күн бұрын

    I just finished the invocations I liked it alot

  • @EssenceEtienne
    @EssenceEtienne29 күн бұрын

    I subscribed soon as I read the Bible quote 🖤

  • @emilyjade7708
    @emilyjade770829 күн бұрын

    Totally agree about not connecting to The Song of Achilles 😢

  • @manonvo8615
    @manonvo861528 күн бұрын

    My april favorite probably my spring favorite read was Book Lovers by Emily Henry😻

  • @BrinkleyK
    @BrinkleyK20 күн бұрын

    Of all the books I read in April, my favorite was the Knockemout series. While I loved them all, they got better as the series went on, with the third and final book being my favorite.

  • @biancajulia3612
    @biancajulia361229 күн бұрын

    Looking extra forward to picking up funny story now, mines still in the mail 😭

  • @lisafletcher4518
    @lisafletcher451829 күн бұрын

    My favourite book of April was a feather so black by lyra selene 5 stars I loved it I think you would enjoy this one

  • @aileechristian3653
    @aileechristian365325 күн бұрын

    From how you described it, paper princess sounds like the Hawthorne brothers books

  • @cassandrafortin4684
    @cassandrafortin468429 күн бұрын

    Funny Story 🥺🤍🫶🏻 5 stars for me too!!! Em Henry is my girl. I can’t believe I have nothing left from her to read! 🥲 Buttttt, Im about to start Just for the summer 🫶🏻🤍

  • @aprilvaughn1089
    @aprilvaughn108929 күн бұрын

    My favorite book 📖 that i read last month was The Notebook 📓📒 by Nicholas Sparks... My one and only 5 🌟✨⭐⭐⭐ rating, i highly recommend it to ya if you wanna read it this month or anytime soon in the near future

  • @Showtunediva

    @Showtunediva

    29 күн бұрын

    I LOVE The Notebook!

  • @elenamitropoulou3213

    @elenamitropoulou3213

    29 күн бұрын

    I had read the book was much worse than the movie(that I LOVED) and this was the reason I had never thought of reading it till yesterday! Now with your comment I will definitely pick it ip🎉

  • @ryanfrisby7389
    @ryanfrisby738929 күн бұрын

    Fantastic video Rachel, hope you’re feeling better!

  • @eustaquiozambrano2974
    @eustaquiozambrano297429 күн бұрын

    Thanks for sharing. Have a nice day ❤

  • @ewajedynasty4222
    @ewajedynasty422228 күн бұрын

    Please read the bridgerton series it's soo good

  • @TheBookChameleon
    @TheBookChameleon28 күн бұрын

    I feel the same way about books where a quest is the main storyline 😂

  • @janaleepieters2414
    @janaleepieters241421 күн бұрын

    May i ask why you enjoy ya fantasy so much ? 🌟love you by the way

  • @lauren._chanchan
    @lauren._chanchan28 күн бұрын

    so annoyed that just for the summer was my first abby jimenez!! but i loved it sm

  • @scarlettmonroe427
    @scarlettmonroe42729 күн бұрын

    i remember reading the iron king series when i was 12 or 13 and i really loved it , now im 18 and i was like why not re read it u know omg i coudnt even get through the first book , i was so confused that i loved it back then but now being more experienced i keep comparing to other YA books ive read overall i rate the series a 3 out of 5 cause the third ne is pretty good ngl but yeaaah it doesnt hit the same for me anymore, which made me really sad.

  • @bliss7166
    @bliss716629 күн бұрын

    Omg the iron king was my childhooood! I read it in early high school and I loved it at the time but it is veryyyy YA hahah I feel like the iron king walked so ACOTAR and all other fae fantasy books could run. I’m pretty sure it was released in 2010 so before all of the others came out, so if anything the others copied off iron king in my opinion!

  • @midnightrose6868

    @midnightrose6868

    29 күн бұрын

    Yep, same! Definitely would recommend it for those looking for a book on the younger end of YA.

  • @whatsmadsreading
    @whatsmadsreading29 күн бұрын

    My fav book of April was before we were innocent.

  • @maddimarina
    @maddimarina29 күн бұрын

    not me being 200 pages deep into just for the summer before hearing i should’ve read her 2 other books first 😭

  • @susansegal1808
    @susansegal180829 күн бұрын

    Wow 16!

  • @farrege
    @farrege29 күн бұрын

    I didn’t like The Song of Achilles either and felt like what am I missing here why is it so obsessed over on social media!

  • @annedixon7609
    @annedixon760914 күн бұрын

    I have a 16 books I wish I could do that

  • @Chaxzer
    @Chaxzer25 күн бұрын

    there is one book called Navigating through time by an American author Named Eric jones the book is quite expensive but it isa mind-blowing book the ebook costs 490 rs but every penny was worth spending i am a book lover and this book blows my mind importance of time time management time i have never read a book better then this one on time management ONE must at least Once in life read itread it once in life man

  • @wendyvilla2904
    @wendyvilla29049 күн бұрын

    💚🖤

  • @naomiking7518
    @naomiking751829 күн бұрын

    ❤❤❤

  • @Chloeeeeev
    @Chloeeeeev29 күн бұрын

    It always makes me laugh that Erin Watt is in fact Elle Kennedy…AND it’s been turned into a podcast series on Spotify (called the royals or something??) which is the most insane and cringe but kind of amazing thing ever 😭🤣

  • @Thejuliafletcher
    @Thejuliafletcher29 күн бұрын

    FIRST ILY RACHEL COME TO AMERICA

  • @aprilvaughn1089

    @aprilvaughn1089

    29 күн бұрын

    Ily?? What is that? What does that stand for?

  • @natoop12309

    @natoop12309

    28 күн бұрын

    ​@@aprilvaughn1089 it stands for ' i love you '

  • @beautifulmama862
    @beautifulmama86229 күн бұрын

    ❤❤❤❤❤

  • @emmar9190
    @emmar919029 күн бұрын

    Not me seeing Hothouse Flower in the background and just singing How did it end? in my mind the whole time 😂

  • @elenamitropoulou3213
    @elenamitropoulou321329 күн бұрын

    One recommendation I would make is speaking more about each book, without rushing through ALL of them . I know they are 16, but maybe you could make 2 parts and we would definitely watch both videos. I always want to know more things about the books *even spoiler parts with the appropriate warning*. I really like hearing your opinion and more in depth reviews would be amazing!

  • @chocolateoreo6489
    @chocolateoreo648929 күн бұрын

    ❤❤❤

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