Librarian here- most of us actually love it when you put in a purchase request, it helps us build a collection that reflects what our community is interested in reading 😊

As a librarian, I love when people request the library to buy a certain book, it makes me happy to buy a book I know someone wants to borrow!

@bee7160

Ай бұрын

i want to be a librarian when i grow up! it’s my dream ❤❤

@preciousgahan

Ай бұрын

I work at my library and I know that our head librarian loves buying books that people want to read! The more people use the library, the better chance for libraries sticking around ❤

@iammehowru

Ай бұрын

Would you please be able to answer a question about this I've been wanting to ask a librarian!? Does your library use libby? I've been wondering if me adding books to a "notify me" list informs my libraries that I'm interested in these books or not!

I WISH every book had a recap from the author in the beginning! Not in the actual book itself. Just like a, "Hey, here's everything that happened in the last book that you might need to remember" that's included before the actual book. Bc my memory is soooooo bad, and so often books DON'T recap what happened and I have no idea what's going on, and I just can't be bothered to reread every book every time!!

@theforgottenstorytellers8763

Ай бұрын

Absolutely! I think it should be a publisher requirement, particularly for super-long Fantasy books. I feel like James Islington did this for his Licanius Trilogy but I can't quite remember.

@nyxschmidt7728

Ай бұрын

The Rook and Rose trilogy does this! (I love that series)

Please, please do not feel bad about asking for book purchases I used to be the same until my libraren told me they wish everyone used it because the more requests they get the more funding they get.

Me: having the time of my life with this video 🙂 Becca: I hope you didn't enjoy this video because we're not doing it again Me: 😯

BOOKOPOLY AND SHELVE IT OR SCRAP IT IN ONE??!?! never clicked on a video so fast in my life

dont feel bad about purchase requests at your library! Few ppl are up to date enough to come up w a book the library doesnt have, and if they dont think its a good purchase, they won't fill the request. its also rly likely they have a to-buy list and ur request is a great way to track interest in the title! think of it like you giving them the green light to purchase a new release. (from a US library worker)

I actually like the footnotes in Babel because it showed that hey this isn't just stuff that the author is putting in here to add to character depth, these are supported/inspired by real things that happened. I dont know... its kind of like if you read a scholarly article, there are footnotes to support their statements.

Bookopoly being your 2nd most popular series seems so surreal! I get it though, Shelve It or Scrap It is amazing

Bookopoly really said "I don't wanna play"

I had the same thoughts about Babel. I didn't like that the reader isn't trusted to make those connections for ourselves, instead we were spoon fed it. However, I did like what it was doing and do plan to reread it at some point

so many hyped books this time! Even though bookopoly didn't give you much choice it feels like it cleared some big chunkers and ones you were anticipating (or we 😅) to come up for a while in this series! love it

This combines my two very favorite things with Bookopoly and Shelve it or Scrap it and I loved it!! I do see how hard it was with not giving you options at all when Bookopoly normally would let you have options. Loved every minute of this combo though!!!

I too am a vanilla coke zero girlie and I feel your pain! If I see the cans anywhere I have to buy them, my Aldi usually sell the 8 packs so there's that at least!

hour and a half bookopoly edition of shelve it or scrap it is the best thing that could have happened for this evening!!! just starting assassins apprentice, and so excited to go back and watch elderlingalong live shows as i read through the series :D

The overthinking going into Babel is uncomfortably relatable. Just read and stop overthinking, brain brain!!

Love your review of Babel! I’ve been putting it off myself for the same reasons😅 I have read Yellowface & I will say, I don’t think R.F Kuang’s strong point is subtly in that book either! Another great episode, I loved the crossover & am delighted this series is going so well🥰 Hope you enjoy the ERAs tour, I was at Liverpool Night 1 and it’s truly magical! ✨💜🦋

Currently reading A Tempest of Tea and here's how I recommend going into it: don't think Peaky Blinders meets Six of Crows, think a London-based version of We Hunt the Flame. It has helped my enjoyment level when I realized it was more like We Hunt the Flame than Six of Crows. It doesn't feel like an exact repeat of We Hunt the Flame, but has some similarities. Are their similarities to Six of Crows? Maybe, but more or less that A Tempest of Tea and Six of Crows are heist books with morally grey characters. Hope that helps! P.S., this is coming from someone who LOVES the Sands of Arawiya duology. Edit: finished A Tempest of Tea and gave it 4 stars and plan on continuing the duology.

@Tiffs-bookshelf

Ай бұрын

Yea. I gave this 3 stars. It was interesting but I won’t read the next book.

My two favorite becca videos in one?? Clicked the notification immediately

I love how when you were talking about the second 200 page section of The Plated Prisoner series and your cute little pupper in the background, looked like he was contemplating life 😂

I did the same thing when I read Babel. I almost DNF’d it when I was just reading the physical copy at the beginning because the footnotes were killing me and it felt sooo pretentious. So I started listening along to the audiobook too and ignoring the footnotes. Once I did, I was able to really get into the story and was glad I didn’t DNF in the end

This might be my favorite episode yet! Love Bookopoly and seeing this incorporated in shelve it or scrap it 😍

This episode was awesome. I know it's hard to read books when you don't have some wiggle room for choice, but watching you push through was inspiring. 😊

56:00 love the dark hair and blonde hair braid ❤️

Thanks for the balanced review of Babel - the only reviews I've seen before were either overly gushing or of a neutral, "nah, not really for me." type. I love linguistics and etymology, and I'm quite partial to a Victorian setting, but I until now I had no idea about the overexplanatory footnotes. I can't bear being talked down to, especially if it's regarding a topic I already have some knowledge of. If I ever get around to reading Babel, I'll make sure to go the eBook route so I can easily skip the footnotes if necessary.

I've read 3 of these books - Babel I gave 4 stars, Fire with Fire I gave 2 stars (you were smart to DNF it), & Mexican Gothic I personally loved and gave it 4 stars.

Just watched your Shelve It or Scrap It videos for the second time, as I was due to for a rewatch of them. Love this series so much!! ❤

The way I look forward to these videos sooooo much ❤

Please continue to do this series! And this made me to do the same with my infinite tbr 😅

I love this video!! I would absolutely love to see more of the monopoly board!! Such a fun way to pick reads 🫶🏻

I love this series, can't wait for the new episode! I am finally caught up!

Hi Becca 🤗 As a librarian, I love when people make a request or a suggestion (even for a book they allready have read and love). I try to follow the publications but sometimes, I don't see everything and the ultimate goal is to have a library that ressembles its readers. A library created for and by the readers 🥰

Shelve it or Scrap is bigger than bookopoly!!! 🎉👏👏👏💜📚

yay i love that you brought Bookopoly into this series! i've missed it so much. i would love to see you continue to choose books that way instead of the random number generator i just think its more fun!

Great to see you back in another episode of this brilliant series, doing a Bookopoly version of it too BRING IT ON 🤗🤗🤗🤗

@cleg78

Ай бұрын

I love Vanilla Coke but I am not keen on the zero, does it taste super different to the full sugar one?

@cleg78

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Loved this, absolutely brilliant ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Libraries often have a set aside budget for purchase requests, so you shouldn't feel bad for using it!

I loved A Fate Inked in Blood but I definitely agreed with everything you said about it 😅

This is my favorite series to watch 😭❤️

OMG I love your bedroom mirror! what a horrible lack of choice you had this round. Still very interesting to watch... love this series.

I'm so happy that you liked Babel!

You're killing it with the content you're creating 🔥

You had to read some thick books this episode so good on you for getting through them 💪🏾 I did love Mexican gothic… and have been dragging Babel. I put it on pause but it was the pretentiousness that I was struggling with so maybe I should skip the footnotes 😅

I am living for this series!

I felt the same way about Babel because I don't like dark academia so didn't think it was for me and then really enjoyed it.

I thought you put the muffin in the bath. I was very confused for a moment. I also wanted to say, you're looking so fresh and calm

I loved adding both of these together

Loved this. I also had a rough time Mexican Gothic and I'm also thinking of unhauling it... I just really liked the cover 🙈

I always feel bad when you don't have a good time with these, but I've loved every episode. I started reading A Fate Inked in Blood a month ago, but put it down because I wasn't enjoying it. I'm trying to finally finish it now, but I think you described my feelings on it perfectly. Also, the MMC in The Plated Prisoner series is my #1 favorite 👀

Becca! I am really loving this series! I’m really excited that you’re getting back on the gilded prisoner series. No spoilers, but fair warning.- the plot thickens in book 3! 😎 I loved it!!!

Bookopoly came with a vengeance.

i started watching this series with the last episode and i’ve been loving it!!! i need to go back and watch the beginning. there’s a certain book in your stack that i can’t wait for you to get to 👀 so i will be eagerly waiting all the upcoming installments!!

I love the new gameplay you are using for your bookopoly. You have inspired me to do this too with the boards from the bookoplathons you do. 🥰

I loved the combination of Shelve It or Scrap it and Bookopoly!! I hope you do another video like this with the bookopoly board being nicer to you.

Really love these series! SO interesting to watch! And love seeing you unhaul stuff lol

Just here to watch my fav series ever 💞💞💞

Oooh, if you get that Other space again, Bats of the Republic's a good choice. You have to kind of let go of the concept of a novel, since it's definitely ergodic lit (stories told through format instead of strictly words), and it's fantasy, but wild west fantasy mixed with a dose of Just Plain Weird and Kinda Cool™. I think with how much you loved the Illuminae books, you'd love this one, too. Completely different stories, but the feel's there.

Omg bookopoly + shelve it or scrap it 😍 Genius!!

Bookopoly & self it or scrap it all in one?? Talk about a good time 😍😍😍

I have a similar issue with Babel like you - the characters don't feel like characters, they feel like "tools" in a way. They are just stand-ins for clichees and to voice the author's opinion like hitting you over the head with it instead of letting you draw your own conclusions. I really liked your combination of Bookopoly and Shelve it or scrap it, it's two fun things combined.

This was so much fun to watch, but I can imagine how you felt getting two bricks in one go. Glad to hear your thoughts on Babel though; I've been wanting to read it, but I don't want to buy it (unless it's cheap, and I haven't seen it in a used store in Japan yet) because I'm not sure I'll like it or not. Also, I felt the friend betrayal. I also have a bestie that would pick a book (accidentally, or on purpose) that I wanted to avoid.

I love watching your videos as I do my work study ❤ thank you for your content 🙏

Absolutely love that this has turned into your most popular series 🎉❤

I'm excited for the Plated Prisoner series, but I've just noticed (i.e. by checking while watching this video!) that my library only has the e-books of books 1-3, with no sign of Book 4, so I think I'm going to have to junk my hold on Gild, and just buy it instead. Also, I know you weren't keen, but you telling me that Babel has footnotes has finally got me to add it to my TBR! 🤣 Love me a footnote!

You have inspired me to do the same with my books, and it's gotten me out of my book slump even if some I've got half way and dnf. I'm OK with that there gone no more keeping just in case

Sucks you didn't love more of the reads but I am glad you got some space freed up too.

Amazing. Love this project!

59:20 oh my god thank you ! I ended hating babel because of this very reason : R.F Kuang really thought that her readers were dumbasses who wouldn't get the point if she didn't explain it. I rarely felt that insulted while reading a book, it was so condescending. I ended up give it 2 stars because the prose was very good and I liked the discussion around languages. Her crusade against white feminism really pissed me off as well because setting that in a middle of XIXth century setting was immensely stupid.

@GeekyC.

Ай бұрын

Exactly why i will not pick up this book.

@Rainbopagn

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She wasn’t being intentionally condescending. Academic settings can easily lose a reader and so she overexplains to try to make it more accessible. She was also playing with a new style with the footnotes etc. She’s said that it’s her worst. Though if you hate this style then avoid Emily Wilde because Fawcett does the same thing.

@ellyra412

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​​​@@Rainbopagn I totally disagree with you, she wasn't overexplaining the academic side of things at all, she was slamming the reader with the political message over and over as if they didn't have the critical thinking skills to get it. I have read plenty of academic setting books, this was absolutely not the problem here. And I have read Emily Wildes, completely different than what I am talking about. I actually enjoy academic style, why would you assume that I wasn't familiar with it in the first place ?

You're looking so wonderful! ❤

@rootingbranches

Ай бұрын

Every year, me and my husband each buy a book for the library as a anniversary gift and it's so fun deciding. Requesting and donating makes libraries so accessible to modern readers.

I felt totally the same with Mexican Gothic. I was actually really excited about it before I read it but it took me so long to read just because I found it boring. I was intrigued by the premise and wanted to know what was going on so I finished it but I regretted it by the end.

I read 1-3 of Plated Prisoner and then 4 & 5 as they came out so I totally understand the cliffhanger from glow. Now just struggling for Goldfinch

A fun tip- you can just add vanilla extract to your regular coke and it will taste pretty much the same as the one that has it initially ( in case you actually run out)

@Rainbopagn

Ай бұрын

How much to add? Vanilla Coke is MY drink and one of the few drinks that are always safe (I’m autistic lol).

i felt the same way about a fate inked in blood. it didnt make the reader attached to the characters like the bridge kingdom :(

Yay another shelve it or scrap it! Love this series! Plus bookopoly is actually such a great idea! Also what is the sports bra at just under an hour in?! that's so amazing! (Also also if u your wondering how I'm an hour in so quickly I watch youtube at 2x speed! )

Oooooooh dang. Ok. Here we go.

Great episode! I've been putting off reading Babel for a lot of the same reasons, so this is encouraging for me!

I love this series, tempted to do this myself to get the tbr down

One of my favorite series to watch

I love it here 😍

Loving this series!!

yayy I’m glad you liked babel🖤 I definitely have similar critiques as you did but I still love it

I had the same issue with Mexican Gothic, though it felt too much like The Shining for me, but not even as good...

I went to Taylor Swift today on Saturday!!! AMAZING!!! My second favourite concert EVER! I’ve been to 30+ at this point!

I had a very similar opinion on Mexican Gothic, I got to the end and wished I had DNF’d because I just didn’t care. The book could have ended the opposite way and I wouldn’t have minded at all.

I dnfed Babel not even 30% in cause it was so annoying.

I hated Mexican Gothic. I haven’t read Babel yet - but one day. Great video as always!

I love the mashup of these 2 series! I loved glow but dnf’d gold 😭 I’m hoping to pick it back up tho..

@hannahblackwellbooks

Ай бұрын

Gold is on KU so you could read it that way

1.5 hours weeeee, I am sat

Glow was my book of the year for 2022! I am now too scared to read Gold so I'm waiting for the last book to back to back read them. I agree with you when it comes to academia books- they just come across as SO pretentious and like they're making you feel inadequate or stupid. I'm not the biggest fan and am struggling to get to Babel, I haven't had any interest in it. Oh I dnf'd fire with fire on page 2 because I knew I would hate the writing!

For your next backlist book club please consider doing a classic romantasy. Like romantasy before it had its cute little name. I would love to see a read along with all the romantasy girlies linked up.

The issue I had with Babel and the author in general, is that I am always going to dislike being lectured at by someone with extreme privilege (and anyone who can afford that level of education is going to be coming from EXTREME privilege) and also because I was disappointed it we set in Victorian London and not the actual ancient city of Babel.

What were those muffins? They look so good.

@latasharenay3890

Ай бұрын

Thank you for the recipe!!

As a very frequent library user, I know that libraries cannot get a copy of a book until it has been released for 6 week, so if the hardback is out already they should be able to get it in.

@latasharenay3890

Ай бұрын

Is this in the UK or something? My local library posts a new video on every new release Tuesday showing off the new releases that they’re adding to their shelves that day.

@annamarieinbookland

Ай бұрын

@@latasharenay3890 Yes this is in the UK, in Wales though not England

I DNFed “A Fate Inked in Blood” at 300 pages 😆 It takes a lot for me to DNF a book that far in, but I was just not invested in the story, and I had to force myself to read a page.

@kaylan456

Ай бұрын

Also I didn’t like Babel that much either… I did finish. I just thought it was too heavy handed with the ideas and talked about it as if I was stupid and ignorant

I gave Babel four stars for that exact reason. I loved it except for the details about language. I understand that it is about language, but I don't need an entire page of explaining. Just summarize.

THE MAINE!!!! 8123 🖤

I love shelf it or scrap it, but maybe for the next one allow yourself to mood read and choose?! That way you don't end up starting with a chonky book or read a genre you're really not in the mood for! Just a thought!

I looove these videos ❤

I'm curious how booktubers can get through books they admit they absolutely don't want to read. Does it feel like a chore? Do you look on the positive side by trying to find things to enjoy in it?

Everyone in my book club pretty much felt mediocre about A Fate Inked in Blood and they all hated the main character 😂

ANDDDD I'M HAPPPPPY