“I’m lazy, I’m comfortable, I don’t want to go find it…” felt that in my soul.

it's 6pm where i am, and rain or shine, when Cari posts on a thursday night at 6pm, it gets me through that mid-week slog. 💘

@caricanread

27 күн бұрын

hope the weekend comes soon for you!

omg you should be so lucky is AMAZING!!!! one of the most beautifully written yet realistic romances i've read in a long time. i felt the characters were so REAL and i thought the baseball aspects were done really well too

@caricanread

27 күн бұрын

right?!!! i will eat up ANYTHING cat sebastian serves!

Seeing Tempest of Tea here made me feel weirdly validated-I tried to start it, got 100 pages in, and couldn’t keep going but I wasn’t sure if that was just me, this makes me feel a little better

@caricanread

27 күн бұрын

yeah i pushed through only because of my love of hafsah and the need to review the ARC but :////

@joannarigby1989

27 күн бұрын

I saw so much hype for tempest of tea and was really disappointed by it. Felt I’d missed something, as everyone else seems to have loved it.

@natoop12309

27 күн бұрын

I'm reading it right now and ngl I'm really liking it and if it helps I do think it starts off slow

@caricanread

27 күн бұрын

I loved the beginning/set up but it fell off for me after that 😭

@maylosaa

27 күн бұрын

I felt the same too, I was so excited for it but...😢

Had a miserable day in college but who cares when Cari is posting

@caricanread

27 күн бұрын

noooo hope that means tomorrow will be better!

we literally have the exact same three anticipated releases!!! You got me onto T. Kingfisher and I have never looked back, such a staple author for me now! You've never steered me wrong before and I'm about to read One For My Enemy and A Crane Among Crows so I'll have you to thank for those too I'm sure!!! 🥰🥰

@caricanread

27 күн бұрын

yessss! i just found out i got it on netgalley as an arc so hopefully a review will be coming soon!

@love.lauren...

27 күн бұрын

@@caricanread I just saw on your story!! I'm equal parts jealous and happy for you, can't WAIT to hear what you think 🥰

@nospoonfulofmayonnaiseforme

27 күн бұрын

I love t kingfisher. I reread paladins grace and it was so good ❤❤❤

@love.lauren...

27 күн бұрын

@@nospoonfulofmayonnaiseforme i need to reread it honestly it's been a little while and i remember how much i loved it!

Just wanted to thank you for an earlier video! Your short story recommendations completely got me out of a reading slump - especially The Six Deaths of a Saint and The English Understand Wool x

Hearing you (my favourite booktuber) talk about June (a friend and one of my favourite authors) is so heartwarming! I'm so happy to hear you loved her books - I always recommend her stuff for fans of k-dramas and similar things and it never misses haha. I remember being a baby bookstagrammer and June being a debut author in 2020 and I posted a review on my insta and tagged her and she was the first author to have interacted with my post. Just so cool all around

Cari, I want you to know that I am a new viewer as of yesterday and I can't stop binging your videos. Your reviews and commentary are so fun and comfortable. It feels like I'm talking about books with my bestie at brunch!

i’m stuck in the worst reading slump ever so this video couldn’t have come at a better time! i need some recs

@caricanread

27 күн бұрын

noooo hope any of these help!

@sleepyyy27

27 күн бұрын

@@caricanreadholds have been placed at the library 🫡

@sleepyyy27

27 күн бұрын

@@caricanreadholds have been placed at the library 🫡

@sardonisms

22 күн бұрын

I hope you share which one gets you out of the slump if one does!

@sleepyyy27

10 күн бұрын

@@sardonisms hi! i just read the hedgewitch of foxhall which cari had mentioned in a previous video! she described it as a palate cleanser and i have to agree with that description. the only reason i even ended up reading it was because the cover is gorgeous and it arrived before my other library holds lol but it did the job!

I went book shopping today and now I'm almost nervous I'll find them on the wrong side of your lists XD

@caricanread

27 күн бұрын

noooo! but if so, i hope you have a diff experience with them hahah

@rixanoz

27 күн бұрын

@@caricanreadone ended up in the disappointment category 🤣 but then again I only picked it up for the vibes and not so much the plot so it’s okay

It was an early bedtime for me last night, but back first thing early in the morning to catch this upload! Love it 😍

Great video💕. This type of video is one of my favorites to watch.

OMG!!!I'm adding a lot of books to my cart now. Thanks Cari 🥰

Best part of my Thursday! Cari time! Thanks for being here for us! You're such an inspiration! ❤

@caricanread

27 күн бұрын

thank you always :''')

Love that you're doing tags again!

@caricanread

27 күн бұрын

love that they seem to be making a comeback!

Oh yay!!! I needed this thank you Cari!

@caricanread

27 күн бұрын

thank YOU!

I'm now reading Snowglobe which I got it as soon as I saw it on your video last time! And added more books on my tbr after this vid too 😍

Weather and pimple check..off to a great start let's go!

@caricanread

27 күн бұрын

hahahha 💘

Omg not you making me rethink half of my tbr, and also add like five books to it every video 👏👏 anyway, loving the video! thanks for cluttering and declutterring my bookshelves ❤

@caricanread

27 күн бұрын

LOL! any time :')

i just finished watching the miniseries “one day” and my world is shaken (in both the best and worst way possible, please go watch it), so i’m very happy i can watch this video and wind down! thanks for your work, cari, i love this tag!

@burnt-croissants

10 күн бұрын

one day WRECKED me

Every Cari video posted gives me the same excitement of a new book release- Thank you, Cari!!

@caricanread

27 күн бұрын

:''') thank YOU!

I wish for rain, we had several weeks of heat (to the point of people having heatstrokes and fainting). It's crazy. But thank you for some of the books mentions, they sound interesting to put in tbr.

@caricanread

27 күн бұрын

careful what you wish for - we have rain AND heat :'''') hope you're staying safe!

@cheeseisdelicious4627

27 күн бұрын

@@caricanread OMG IT RAINED! Although it's a small one, it rained. Better than nothing. It's almost 5am and I hope it dispells some of stuffiness. Cari, either this is a coincidence or you have a magic touch.

I have been WAITINGGGGGGG for this ❤❤❤❤

Cari some of my favourite reads so far: Sheila Norton "Winter at Cliff's End cottage", Sangu Mandanna "The Very Secret society of irregular witches", Nancy Atherton "Aunt Dimity and the heart of Gold", Iris Johanson "Last Bridge Home", Carola Dunn "The Bloody Tower", Margery Allingham "The Oaken heart", K. O'Neill "The Tea dragon society", Sam Argent "Sebastian" Jacqueline Wilson "The Primrose railway children" Matt Rogers "Hunted" Allison Rushby "The Ghost locket" Melissa Fu "Peach Blossom Spring" E.C.R. Lorac "Murder in the Mill-Race", Zoulfa Katouh "As long as the Lemon tree grows", Amanda Hampson "The Tea ladies"

Ahhhhhh so excited to hear your thoughts about Heir!! 🎉 I'm literally dying in anticipation for October 1st!

i’ve never been this early before!! thanks cari 💖💖 your content always warms my heart :) hope you’re doing well!

@caricanread

27 күн бұрын

thank YOU! hope you're doing well toooo!

I‘m in my cozy mystery era right now but I think I need to squeeze in a couple of fantasy books! Again your recommendations sound so good thank you so much ❤ For all the Poirot lovers out there: Tarquin Halls the case of love commandos is a treat! Or any other Vish Puri case!

Me: Sees that Cari has uploaded a new booktube video. Also me: Sighs deeply and pulls up my GoodReads

Yesss I also loved when among crows!! Such a nice surprise how good it was!

@caricanread

27 күн бұрын

looooved the atmosphere!

I love the Mii theme in the beginning. It gives me life.

I read Snowglobe because of your earlier video and I LOVED IT! I recommend it to people. It was my favorite read that month.

Finished my last Libby audiobook today so you are saving me from audio boredom at work!!!

@caricanread

27 күн бұрын

yeeeee!! happy to help hehehh

I totally agree with your "favorite new author." I loved Mafi's unique writing.

I'm reading Library at Mount Char at the moment because i saw you recommend it on April's recap and i must say i am loving it, so thanks!

OMG YOU GOT AN ARC OF HEIR!!! SO EXCITED TO HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS

I've been in dire need of some good, wholesome romance to fend off the 'bleh' of life lately, thank you for reccing Cat Sebastian!! Grabbed both books on sale, just in time for the weekend ❤️

I'm impatiently waiting for Ludy Undying to come out! I love Dracula retellings and the cover is absolutely gorgeous

I just ordered Map of the Otherlands at my local bookstore today! Can’t wait to read it!

@caricanread

27 күн бұрын

hope you enjoy it!!!

oooohh i can’t wait to hear your thoughts on Heir and then A Dark and Drowning Tide which comes later on. Both are also on my most anticipated list for the year.

*so* excited for the new M. L. Rio

Yesss loved My lady Jane!!! Hope they announce season 2 soon!!

I read the library at mount char because of your January wrap up and it’s been one of my favorites of the year!!!

@caricanread

27 күн бұрын

☺️🫶 yesss!!

Completely know what you mean about some Korean (and also Japanese) books feeling like they're translated. I somdtimes find they cold and distant but when you get one with a good translation there's nothing better!

Five broken blades i started and put down and I’m so glad you influenced me to finish it up it was such a good time 😭

@caricanread

27 күн бұрын

right?! just simple fun!!

Now I need a vlog of you reading the divergent series…

My favourite book so far this year is What the River Knows. So mostly looking forward to the sequel What the Library Hides!

@cocopuff3438gmail

18 күн бұрын

omg I haven't heard about this but just googled it and I'm adding it to my tbr rn! 😩💞

I so enjoyed snowglobe per your recommendation. So glad my library had it

@caricanread

27 күн бұрын

omg im so glad too!!!

I feel seen! The mention of Shattered but with a new book! I cant wait to check it out myself

@caricanread

27 күн бұрын

!!!

The English Understand Wool is so good. Indeed a surprise. Now that you mentioned it, it would indeed be nice to see it in film.

Takkan is my crush too I love him 🥺 also You Should Be So Lucky is one of my favourites now it's so wonderful, it made me cry from happiness 💙

@caricanread

27 күн бұрын

🥹🫶

Books I am looking forward to this year: 1. The maid and the crocodile Jordan Ifueko 2. The lotus empire Tasha Suri Everything else on my tbr list for this year has come out already so I’m just waiting on my holds at the library.. 😢

Takkan is my pick too! Just finished Six Crinson Cranes and loves it.

i love cat sebastian thank you for spreading the good word

OMG YES a fragile enchantment was so bad 😂 glad i wasn't alone to think so, i dnf'd it at 40%

I read We Could Be So Good by Cat Sebastian and then proceeded to read everything Cat Sebastian has ever written. That is how much of a Queen Cat Sebastian is as an author. 13 books in and I do not regret it. I have not been able to read another author since. You need to read the first book PLEASEEE.

@aeonism

27 күн бұрын

seconding this!

What I want to read before the end of the year, here’s my short list lol 1. The Time I Got Drunk And Saved A Demon - Kimberly Lemming 2. Darling Venom - Parker S Huntington 3. Godkiller - Hannah Kaner 4. The Name Drop - Susan Lee 5. Sing Me To Sleep - Gabi Burton

I think you’re going to love A Sorceress Comes to Call, I can’t wait for your thoughts! I got the ARC and ate it upppp.

@caricanread

27 күн бұрын

🥹🙏🥹🙏🥹🙏

I first heard about June Hur in one of your videos and I must say she is one of my favourite new authors as well. Red Palace was amazing, the romance, OMG, the romance 💕 and then The Crane among Wolves is just beyond words! Chapter 46 destroyed me! And for someone who’s not particularly familiar with Korean history it’s not just an enjoyable read it’s also an amazing look into a new culture ❤

I’m sending you love❤❤❤

OMG what am i looking forward to rest of this year? Let's go. (Also this list got way out of control and i'm sorry not sorry? xD) - A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna (author of The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches) (adult paranormal magic witches cozy mystery) - The Whispering Night (The Luminaries #3) by Susan Dennard - I Am the Dark That Answers When You Call (I Feed Her to the Beast #2) by Jamison Shea - We Called Them Giants by Kieron Gillen, Stephanie Hans (illustrator) (graphic novel sci-fi fantasy post apoc) - Interstellar MegaChef by Lavanya Lakshminarayan - Don't Let the Forest In by C.G. Drews (ya horror queer mystery thriller paranormal gothic) - The Blood Orchid (The Scarlet Alchemist #2) by Kylie Lee Baker (PLEASE KLB don't let me down on the second in a duology /again/ (The Empress of Time kinda sucked...)) - The Hollow and the Haunted by Camilla Raines (paranormal queer mystery YA horror urban fantasy) ("Perfect for fans of The Raven Cycle, Cemetery Boys and Sixteen Souls.") - Metal from Heaven by August Clarke (the author of The Scapegracers YA trilogy) (queer adult sci-fi fantasy) ("for fans of Princess Bride and Gideon") - Fledgling: The Keeper's Records of Revolution by S.K. Ali (ya sci-fi fantasy dystopia duology) - The Dark Becomes Her by Judy I. Lin (YA horror mythology Asian lit paranormal) ("Perfect for fans of Ryan LaSala and Trang Thanh Tran") - Old Wounds by Logan-Ashley Kisner (YA horror queer) - The Scarlet Throne (The False Goddess #1) by Amy Leow (adult sci-fi fantasy Asian lit mythology) - The Gods Below (The Hollow Covenant #1) by Andrea Stewart (adult high fantasy queer sci-fi fantasy romance) - Compound Fracture by Andrew Joseph White (YA horror queer thriller) - Immortal Dark (Immortal Dark Trilogy #1) by Tigest Girma (YA paranormal romance fantasy vampires dark academia) ("The Cruel Prince meets Ninth House") - Celestial Monsters (The Sunbearer Duology #2) by Aiden Thomas (YA queer romance mythology) - Practical Rules for Cursed Witches by Kayla Cottingham (YA sapphic queer sci-fi fantasy romance) - Come Out, Come Out by Natalie C. Parker (YA horror queer sapphic thriller) ("Perfect for fans of Kayla Cottingham, Andrew Joseph Smith, and Aiden Thomas" this book was written for me specifically) - Asunder by Kerstin Hall (adult horror queer dark fantasy sci-fi fantasy eldritch entity) - The Doors of Midnight (Tales of Tremaine #2) R.R. Virdi (adult sci-fi fantasy epic fantasy read this fantasy) - The Dark We Know by Wen-yi Lee (YA horror queer thriller mystery supernatural) ("perfect for fans of She Is a Haunting, Stephen King’s IT, and The Haunting of Hill House") - Ami (Guardians of Dawn #2) S. Jae-Jones (YA fantasy romance queer fairy tales) - This Ravenous Fate (This Ravenous Fate #1) by Hayley Dennings (YA queer vampires romance historical fiction) (set in Jazz Age Harlem) - The Empire Wars by Akana Phenix (YA dystopia fantasy magic sci-fi fantasy speculative fiction) - Between Dragons and Their Wrath (Shattered Kingdom Trilogy #1) by Devin Madson (adult dragons sci-fi fantasy queer) - The Last One by Rachel Howzell Hall (adult fantasy romance sci-fi fantasy) ("The Witcher meets N.K. Jemisin") - The Book of Elsewhere by Keanu Reeves, China Miéville ( adult sci-fi fantasy "new weird" thriller) - Portrait of a Shadow by Meriam Metoui (YA thriller horror mystery) - The Sky on Fire by Jenn Lyons (adult fantasy dragons romance queer sci-fi fantasy)

@shalice21

27 күн бұрын

This took like 5-6 screenshots of space 😂 I love it!

14:18 I was looking at my phone and thought someone called my name when you said that 😭💀 my head snapped up bc I’m home alone

Seeing your opinion on the book that shall not be named from Allison Saft makes me feel so validated 😭 I hated it, there was one point where she couldn’t keep the timeline straight and I thought I was going crazy. To be quite honest, I’m put off her other works so I’ll be looking forward to seeing what your opinions on a dark and drowning tide. I hope it’s an improvement on what I’ve read from her so far.

@caricanread

25 күн бұрын

I really want to know how it passed final edits because there was just so much going wrong 😭😭

Watching this on a rainy morning with a cup of sweet chai is perfection! 💖 My fave books this year were Yami-hara, Emily Wilde 2, Strange Weather in Tokyo, A Magical Girl Retires, When Among Crows, Mermaid scales and the town of sand (manga). Book that made me cry was The Goodbye Cat; book that made me happiest was Milk & Mocha comics collection; fav character is Vera Wong from Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers; and book that surprised me most was The New Seoul Park Jelly Massacre! There are too many books I'm looking forward to, esp the new T.Kingfisher, but even if I don't get to all, I'll be satisfied if I can get more 5 stars before the end of the year!🥰

love your video, i will learn from you for my daughter read more book

I'm looking forward to reading: A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher, The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst, The Dubliners by James Joyce, Ninth House and Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo, The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham, Autumn by Ali Smith, and finishing the Throne of Glass series. There are many others I'd like to read by the end of the year, but these are the ones that immediately came to mind.

I think I may have to make a "world building, world building, world building" tote or something 😅 thanks for the video! 💛

I must highly recommend Divergent. Read it for the first time in March and loved it.

I mean yeah definitely wherever you are in the world I look forward to all her new stuff that comes out😂

15:32 Oh my god I I thought I was the only one😭😭❤️❤️

Can’t wait for the Songbird and the Heart of Stone !!

ahhhh yes!! i’ve been waiting for this one! so glad you decided to do it 😅 also, i feel the same. last year i had such a phenomenal first semester reading wise, and this year nothing really stuck even if i have enjoyed most of them. but hm no scratch that i looked at my goodreads and i’m having a blast 😂 let’s go top 3? 1. a brilliant friend (elena ferrante, she’s a genius only my opinion matters) 2. the hunger games trilogy (a reread, but what a fantastic experience 10 years later) 3. The love hypothesis (we never forget our first ali hazelwood am i right?) most excited to read for the next 5 months: - six crimson cranes (you made me do it) - i want to try an Emily Henry as well, i don’t know which one

I read the arc of A Dark and Drowning Tide and it's soooo good, it was 4.5 stars for me, I hope you enjoy it!

Some of my favorites were Battle Royale by Koushun Takami, The Revenant Games by Margie Fuston, and Atalanta by Jennifer Saint. I also got the Waterstones edition of A Curse for True Love, which is so pretty.

The English Understand Wool is so delightful! Best to go in knowing nothing, I think. (I also found it through Ann Patchett.)

I love putting your long book video's on in the background. So now I have 46 minutes to clean up my apartment. 💮

feeling traslated totally makes sense

I'm really looking forward to The Ashfire King in November. I loved The Stardust Thief and I'm looking forward to re-reading that as well. It's been a long 2 years. No more unfinished trilogies for me lol

The book I'm most looking forward to reading this year is "Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret" from Benjamin Stevenson. It'll be the third installment in the Ernest Cuningham series (following Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone and Everyone On This Train Is A Suspect) and both of those books made my favorites' list last year and this year respectively. Really happy to get another one this coming October.

Don't know what new books I am looking forward to this year, but in 2025 we get a new Hunger Games and Legendborn book. Excited for those the most!!!

I'm getting Snowglobe soon, coz I got to read a first page preview, and I like how it was written/translated. I consume Kdrama, Korean webtoons, and even some of the older manwha, but I haven't read translated Korean books yet, except for some parts of Coffee Prince someone fantranslated. I hope I like it~

I read The Library of Mount Char and you were right, it was INSANE. The bull in particular…

ha I just bought that same copy of Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere at the thrift store a couple days ago!! I also love that cover

@caricanread

27 күн бұрын

its so good!!

I'm reading OUABH and i think ive found my new favourite book. The folk of the air have been my favourite for years but they might be overtaken. And i am in love with Jacks.

@caricanread

27 күн бұрын

buckle up for a ballad of never after!

I recently read The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown and it’s been living in my head rent free ever since. It was such a well executed book. It’s Magical Realism and his debut novel. Definitely recommend and I’m excited to read his future novels.

the setting of when among crows reminds me of one for my enemy, except that we're in chicago instead of nyc

because of my library job i got an early audiobook copy of a sorceress comes to call and i really enjoyed it!!!! can’t wait for everyone to be able to read it so i can hear other people’s thoughts on it

@emmakates

27 күн бұрын

also speaking of my job, veronica roth is coming to my library this weekend!

I fell in love with Takkan too, golden boy

Just read Paladins Grace by T. Kingfisher, loved it! Got it on a whim from the library and it’s not my usual type of book but it was so cute. So definitely putting the new release on my radar.

Totally agree with your take on A Fragile Enchantment. I LOVED A Far Wilder Magic, so it was a big disappointment. I'm really looking forward to her new one.

Editing idea, would you mind letting a small visual of the book you're talking about as you are presenting it ? I tend to not quite retain book names until I've read them, as I have more of a visual memory, so having a reminder of the cover at all times would be a great help since I can just take a peak whenever I want to remind myself (I listen to the vids while doing smtg else). That would be really great, thank you for your great vidéos !!!

Lol you saying "20 years ago" about the Divergent books made me stop in my tracks. I read them, just when the first movie came out. And I'm 25 now. So it can't be 20 years 😂

My absolute most anticipated release for 2024 is the House in the Cerulean Sea sequel Somewhere Beyond the Sea!!

watching this in the morning it’s midnight in germany haha

@caricanread

27 күн бұрын

goodnight! hahah

I’m trying to read a lot more epic fantasy. My hold for The Lies of Locke Lamora just came in and I’m incredibly excited to read it this weekend, and I’m also waiting for The Rage of Dragons

Cari, i totally agree with your take on A Tempest Of Tea. I was so disappointed as well. I wished for tea house shenanigans, a good heist storyline and a new take on the King Arthur legend. None of it was there!! 😢😢 But i loved one of the two romances as well. It unfortunately fell flat for me overall. ❌

I've just recently read We could be so good by Cat Sebastian (I really liked her mystery detective series Page & Sommers a few years ago), and I'm in love with it. So looking forward to reading You should be so lucky. And really want to start with some T. Kingfisher, your reviews are always amazing🤩

I have been in a reading slump for 2 years after finishing Throne of Glass 😅. But I did start The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo and as far as beautiful book covers go - WHEW. I also have When We Lost Our Heads which sounds like a fun read.

I’m really looking forward to Death At Morning House by Maureen Johnson! I absolutely love her Truly Devious series, and her new stand-alone that’s coming out in August sounds just as good!

Just for the summer was a 5 star read for me! So good!!

@caricanread

27 күн бұрын

that will likely be my first airplane read today hahah

@cedartonk3382

27 күн бұрын

@@caricanread oooo enjoy!