this is my super bowl

You are such a powerhouse! How you managed to read all these books and those in the romance category then edit these incredible feature-length videos, I don't know how you do it. I'm so thankful for your videos and your insights, I love them so much!

IM SO EXCITED I DROPPED EVERYTHINGGGG

@abc123band

Жыл бұрын

Same 😂

Loved your comments on Hidden Pictures. I appreciate reviewers calling out the difference in a character having a bad take on something that gets checked in the text, vs. just showing bad opinions that are never questioned, that leave you with the feeling that maybe the author doesn't get it. I look forward to reading Our Wives Under the Sea after hearing your thoughts.

I love how you put on clothes according to colors of the book cover

I’ve been waiting for this! Thank you for doing the Goodreads for horror on top of the romance books!

You have no idea how GLAD I was to hear about your opinion on Hidden Pictures. I read that book and I was like - holy shit - am I reading a different book than everyone else is reading??? I felt like I was crazy! So this was so validating to listen to, because my god- was that book a hot mess and not in a good way.

@PaulinaSanchez

Жыл бұрын

SAME!

@abibliophobe2731

Жыл бұрын

So many positive reviews and I honestly would have liked it more but the ending and "reveal" or "twist" did not sit well with me

@sherryemiller

Жыл бұрын

I’ve seen a lot of negative opinions on this book.

Every year this is my favourite video I anticipate it for months! So excited 😊 have been watching these since you uploaded the first one

@BooksandLala

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much bestie!! 🥹💕

What you said about watching your best friend be in a bad relationship but wanting to be supportive but also wanting her to get out was SO RELATABLE. It really is exhausting 😬

@the_eerie_faerie_tales

Жыл бұрын

then they finally break up. then... get back together again 🎪

the color change or whatever it's called on the title cards was so cool!

Oh my gosh yeeeees!!! Made my day. Love these have become an annual tradition. Love Kayla trying to explain her taste in weird horror I’m definitely hooked and adding them to my tar.

Hidden Pictures was fabulous! What a freaking twist at the end- never saw that one coming!

I love it when I’m watching your old videos and then a new one pops up!! These are the best even though I’m too scared to read horror! 😂💕

I'm so glad you enjoyed the Cherry Robbers, it was such a pleasant surprise for me. Normally I'd hear "long, dense, and historical" and go running in the other direction, but something about the vibe and writing of the book really worked for me. It was immersive, like swimming in atmosphere. Can't wait til House of Hunger and Our Wives Under the Sea come in at my library, I think I'm going to love them!

Always love this vlog every year! Gentle horror sounds like my kind of horror

Im really glad your videos get suggested to me at the end/start of the year! There are so many things to watch I forget about booktube and feel so silly when I do see these and enjoy them a ton for not watching them the whole rest of the year haha. Thanks for all your efforts!!! Love your channel 🥳

🎉 I love when you do this video! I wait for it all year! You definitely convinced me to pick up We Spread.

This is my favorite series from your channel! Loved the video😁🤌

I love how you do horror goodread list very year. It helps me do the list what to read next

Love how you did the title cards with two colour ways for the covers!

I’m so glad you loved We Spread! It was my favorite of the year!

I am so intrigued by “We Spread”, but I am also hesitant to read it because the subject matter scares me. I cannot think of anything more horrifying than losing my own mind and not being able to trust myself. So sad 😢

@bookswithtofucado

Жыл бұрын

I finished it this week and it was heartbreaking and so scary but I recommend reading it because it was very well written!

@meljstephan

Жыл бұрын

I was just thinking the same. I just lost my grandmother last week, so themes of aging and deteriorating health are really bothering me right now. I also have a lot of childhood trauma from losing my grandpa to Alzheimer's. It sounds powerful and I might keep it on a list, but I don't know if I'll ever be ready to read that subject matter.

I’m so happy you are enjoying horror and sharing thoughts. I have loved the genre since I was a teenager reading 80’s slasher paperbacks 💀🎃🤡☠️👀

OMG my most highly anticipated video of the year! I'm making breakfast and coffee and then diving straight into this, ty

I don’t read horror. At all. Zero. But I LOVE being here.

@BooksandLala

Жыл бұрын

🤗💕

One of my favorite yearly series! ❤️

I look forward to this video all year. Love it.

obsessed with your blonde hair especially with that green top 🥰 you truly have such a good sense of style💗 also I think the inferior cover of our wives under the sea is the UK one which is tragic bc I want to read it but I like the cover you have more ahaha

An amazing video, very well done. Horror is becoming my favorite genre in the world of books/novels/graphic novels.

It's been so long since I've picked up a horror novel that actually scared me, I'm beginning to wonder whether the genre is changing or I'm just not sensitive to it anymore. Or maybe the most popular books aren't actually scary. It's weird! I have We Spread on hold from the library.

Why do you think the publishing / PR people label everything horror when it is far from it? Does it sell more books? It feels frustrating that they will label anything horror these days. I doubt that most authors even have any say in it, which sucks cause people will go in expecting one thing then get another and might view the book as 'meh.' I guess they have a very loosey goosey definition of horror.

I look forward to this all year! I've started exploring more horror this year thanks to you, and I like what I've read so far, so thank you!

@stef_1018

Жыл бұрын

What would you recommend

@SarahAtHeart

Жыл бұрын

@@stef_1018 I've liked Dead Silence, House of Hunger, and The Hacienda this year. All well-written, unsettling, and creepy!

@stef_1018

Жыл бұрын

@@SarahAtHeart Thank you!!!

Gah!! Your editing is sooo good! #goals I can’t fathom the amount of time you put into even just the post-production of this video. You’re a superstar!

Can’t wait to finish watching this in the bath later 🤪 I look forward to this each year!!

So so excited to watch this video and hear your opinions on these books (Specially the winner....)!! Also, I'm honored to have been mentioned in your description, it's like the biggest compliment 😭

I got so excited when i saw the video pop up. This is personally the highlight of my year 😁

I've been waiting all year!! I was supposed to leave my house right now to run an errand but it's gonna have to wait!

This is the one I’m waiting for all year!

i have no clue if you’ve already picked which genre you’re doing next year, but i would love to see you do the sci fi category in 2023! who knows now what will be in it, but i think it would be a fun one lol

My favorite video! I wait every year for this!

Our Wives Under The Sea was my top favourite book this year, cannot get over it, I think I want it to be the first book I read next year too (FYI I really enjoyed this video, you + horror is always the best time lol)

I love these videos, also your hair colour is so pretty

Omg can I just have ALL of your clothes?! I love your wardrobe! Also the book talk isn’t bad either lol 😉 Thanks for the great video Kayla!

Yay!!! Love your horror/thriller book reviews!!

I personally give Juniper and Thorn five stars, but it didn't really read like a horror book to me. It has horror elements, and the trauma in it is horrifying/triggering, but it was a dark Slavic fairytale...still, happy it made top 5 on the goodreads list. I'm curious to see what the category will be next year! Thanks Kayla.

Sundial was so amazing and so weird, it's definitely stuck with me all year. I'm glad you read it!

@Growingroot_allotment

Жыл бұрын

Iv just started this book its strange literally from the start 😳 im enjoying so far x

time to grab a coffee and enjoy this movie, so excited!!

I lost my grandpa, my favorite person, to Alzheimer's. I was in college when he passed but it had been many years since I was able to really interact with him because he forgot me and sometimes my presence confused and upset him. He and my grandma were soulmates, married for 57 years and devoted to the end. Last week my grandma passed and went to reunite with him. She cared for him even after he could not remember who she was and was with him when he took his final breath. She was ready to go to be with him again. I can't even say strongly enough how sorry I am for everyone going through that type of loss. It's indescribable.

I was hoping you'd read We Spread by Iain Read. Everybody I follow who read loved it, cried or almost did it, and gave 5 stars and I'm glad you also did.

OMG YES I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS!!

seeing you give House of Hunger 1 for scary and 2 for unsettling really shocked me, that book freaked me out! 😅 but I'm also really sensitive and new to horror, so maybe this was just a good scare level for me as a beginner.

Love the vid as always and I adore your hair I it looks incredible!

I enjoy the wardrobe choices that match the book covers.

Fingers crossed next year you do the romance category for this video!!

i'm excited to hear what your new genre will be next year! I really love the idea that you're exploring the whole genre until you figure out what you like - thank you!

Yay! My favorite yearly video!!

I have been waiting all day bestie. 🥰🥰🥰🥰 So excited.

The video we've been waiting for!!

lala you’re an icon ilysm

Oh yes I loooooove this end of the year goodreads content. \°^°/ Looking so forward to the Wrap-Ups and statistics.

If you're in your vampire era, you have to read Le Fanu's Carmilla-audible has a really good audiobook (ft. David Tennant & Rose Leslie!). It was published 25 years before Dracula & is known for its sexy lesbian-ish vampire vibes ❤

@abbiel7566

Жыл бұрын

Carmen Maria Machado’s introduction is a MUST read with this too! I read it *after* finishing the book and wow it blew my mind.

@SpinesAndSpoilers

Жыл бұрын

I recommend Carmilla to as many people as I can haha.

@priscilla.t.a

Жыл бұрын

Yess, Carmilla. It actually predates and inspired Dracula, which I always think is pretty interesting.

A tbr idea reading short stories and full novels based on those short stories.

Hi Kayla! I love your videos. I usually don’t read any horror, but it’s a genre I’d like to dip my toes into. Could you give like five varied recommendations to help me navigate what kind of horror I might like best? Thanks, and happy 2023!

I’m doing this too 😍 reading through as many as I can to see how my ranking on the horror books stacks up to Goodreads.

@BooksandLala

Жыл бұрын

So fun! Have you had any favourites so far??

Our wives under the sea is my favourite book of the year so I’m now very interested in We Spread

Love when you do these!!!

Literally my fave KZreadr ❤ I love your opinions

here we go! love these videos

Fun fact, I hated I'm thinking of ending things by Iain Reid. I only listened to We Spread because Gabby Reads loved it and had such a strong reaction to it. Glad I gave it a shot cause I absolutely loved it and the ambiguous ending didn't annoy me and usually ambiguous endings annoy me and is a big pet peeve when I finish books. I can't remember what I rated it but it was around 4 or 5. I'm thinking of ending things was like a 1 star. I'd definitely pick up something else by Iain Reid because of how much I loved We Spread.

Hidden Pictures sounds like it would be right up my alley but after your review and hearing about iffy statements...idk anymore...

OMG yes I’ve been waiting for this video to drop🎉🎉🎉🎉

hidden pictures sounds like something i shouldn't pick up...thanks for talking about it

I've been waiting for this one!

Your comments on Hidden Pictures made me feel so seen - I had similar icky feelings!

I've been waiting for this 😍😍😍

I preordered We Spread but haven't read it yet. I hope I love it as much as you did.

My fave video to watch at this time year, Bestie. 💖 I loved Just Like Mother and it was my second fave horror release this year. My fave horror release this year was We’ll Never Leave This Place. I was shocked to not see Mary or Daphne or The Pallbearer’s Club. I also want to see more indie horror on this list. This list was not it this year. Half of the most read horrors I’ve seen across the board were not on the list and it was lackluster.

I’ve been waiting all year for this!!!!

Yesssss I’ve been so excited to hear your review of We Spread and I 100% agree with everything you said. Definitely my favorite book that I read this year, it’s so thoughtful and absolutely terrifying and made me so emotional 😭

@BooksandLala

Жыл бұрын

After posting this I FINALLY got to go back and watch your We Spread vlog and your reaction was *exactly* how I was feeling 😭😭😭

My favorite video of the year!🎉

YAAAAY THOSE ARE MY FAVORITE VIDEOS!! Are we gonna have one for thriller? 👀👀👀

completely agree about Hidden Pictures! I can’t imagine a reason that the neighbor needed to be so bigoted, literally added nothing to the story

We Spread by Ian Reid had me in tears. My favorite book of the year. Five stars. I’ll read anything he writes.

This was my most anticipated video of the year!

I do agree about the rating comment. So many of the horror novels I love are quite honestly grotesque and taxing reads that not many people would enjoy and definitely not give a high rating if they don’t traditionally dabble in the disgusting. I mean heck I still have vivid dreams about my read through of a book called Dead Inside. A charming book about the love between a hospital security guard and a doctor, both with unique preferences 🤢.

I'm so glad you didn't like Hidden Pictures! I checked the ebook out of my library twice and I just couldn't finish it. Imagine my surprise when it got Nr. 1.

I was soooo excited for this video to go up like literally most anticipated video of the year

Have you read Stolen Tongues by Felix Blackwell? I would be really interested in your thoughts on it, it was the scariest book I've read this year. Thanks for the video, kind of disappointed you didn't like Hidden Pictures but you've got me really hyped to pick up We Spread now. :)

Im just happy you gave just like mother three stars given that you hate cult books lol 😆 I really enjoyed it and was curious to hear what your thoughts on it were. I can totally see what you mean about your comment where you said it seemed like the author went back on her previous commentary about the subject matter during the end of the book.

Omg omg omg it's here. My all time favorite kind of video that I look forward each year 🥺🥺🥺💜

@BooksandLala

Жыл бұрын

🤗🤗🤗

yayyyyyyyyyyyy you uploaded it!!!

Not gonna lie, I was pretty sad to see that Mary didn’t make it. It’s a new all time favorite for me. I think most didn’t love the length of it? I recommend it to everyone, even if it’s just to give it a try.

Cozy horror sounds so good somehow 😅

Your HAIR omg 😍 what did you ask for??

I’m so excited!!!

Seeing all those romance books in the background 😍😍😍😍😍

For a random channel member video... Can you show us your layout and programs. I always find it so satisfying and I would totally sit through you making these book layout edits lol is it just me

Are you going to be making any end of the year vlogs? Those are always some of my favourite videos of yours (I probably should have asked this a few videos ago, since there are literally only 10 days left in the year)

@BooksandLala

Жыл бұрын

No vlogs, but plenty of videos! Favourites, least favourites etc. once my reading for the year is complete! 💞

Hidden Pictures sounds similar to The Boy Who Drew Pictures. I had not heard the synopsis before.

Have been waiting for this for a year!!!!!!!! EEEEEEEEE!!!!!