Literally took We Hunt the Flame off my TBR thanks to your criticism, here I was hoping for some Graceling "I'm the opposite of what I'm supposed to be and that gives me angst and themes" shit and you set me right.

@Babiebackbooks

29 күн бұрын

@@ellainaboucino5005 this is one of those ones I really tried and tried to force myself through because of the hype, but it hit a certain point where I just wasn’t connecting, the stakes didn’t feel there, and I was just begging for them to get to their goshdang destination already! I feel like I love a quest book but this one just did NOT do it for me!

Love this video 🖤 I put a couple on my list to look out for , mainly home is where the bodies are , one of us knows and you dreamed of empires

@Babiebackbooks

29 күн бұрын

@@nessasxreads PLEASE keep me in the loop of One Of Us Knows; I’m a little unsure of just how I feel about how camp it was? Like I had a good time and loved the concept, but at the same time had moments where I couldn’t reconcile how I was supposed to feel. Like am I scared? Curious? If you read You Dreamed of Empires watch the author speak in an interview!!! He has a way of speaking about his book that really made me love it in a way I didn’t think I would have without him! Also no shade if you can’t Sherlock the ending of Home is Where the Bodies are! 😂😉

@nessasxreads

28 күн бұрын

@@Babiebackbooks will do because now I’m kind of excited to check out one of us knows 🤔 I can kind of guess who but not why when I’m reading thrillers…honestly I never thought to look up authors interviews on their books until you mentioned them in your hot girl book video and I’m like that’s a brilliant idea, why haven’t I thought of that?!!!😲

@Babiebackbooks

28 күн бұрын

@@nessasxreads there’s a bit of a booktube argument surrounding separating the author from their work and just reading a book and not letting any influence sway you. But I feel like for me personally I like it better when I have that access point in a sense? Like I get what people are saying. But I even gain a perspective from the interviews where it feels like the author is pushing too hard to sell a narrative. WAIT UNTIL YOU WATCH INTERVIEWS FROM YOUR FAVORITES!! Even books I hated are more interesting when I hear what the author has to say.

I’m currently reading Beach Read and so far, it’s more boring in comparison to other Romantic type books that I’ve read. So glad you liked The Other Woman. I devoured that book. The mom is one of those characters that really gets under your skin, but you can’t help but understand why while flying through the pages.

@Babiebackbooks

28 күн бұрын

@@hollyholly27- Emily Henry is the it girl author for the contemporary romance girlies, and Beach Read just didn’t do it for me. I’ll give her another chance but I need a break after this one. But I also don’t think I have ever had a real stand out experience with any contemporary romance..? Thank you for the recs by the way! Definitely getting me out of the thriller slump I put myself into for a while there. Thriller is something I just got into this year but some of the insanely triggering content threw me off for a second 😬 do you like any Riley Sager!? He is SO hyped up but I read Survive the Night and Lock Every Door and hated it.

@hollyholly27-

28 күн бұрын

@@Babiebackbooks I have read Final Girls by Riley, and I did like it overall, but the beginning felt very slow for me. I have a few Riley books on my shelf and haven’t opened yet mostly because I’ve been so into audiobooks recently. I think I’m so drawn to thrillers because from beginning to end, it’s entertaining and gets to the point. Some other genres can be really slow and I lose interest fast lol. I think with Beach Read I’m struggling to connect to the characters and it’s been a push to finish. I am really trying to get into different genres because there’s so many stories out there to enjoy.

@Babiebackbooks

26 күн бұрын

@@hollyholly27- I literally tell everyone that nothing is better than a good thriller on audiobook! It makes it so much better for me for some reason. Especially if the person reading it really does the characters justice. I also feel like there is no in between when it comes to thrillers. I either love them or hate them-no middle ground 😅

@hollyholly27-

26 күн бұрын

@@Babiebackbooks I agree, when it’s a good thriller I’m like “wow I couldn’t have seen that coming”, but a bad one is like “ehh not original, too predictable”. I do love listening to a thriller. Other genres of audiobooks can feel longer because the story is more slow paced. But a good thriller makes the time fly by!

I thought I was going to enter into my Emily Henry era with Beach Read, but I found it so unromantic? It was my first book of hers and I think it might turn out to be my last. I didn’t like either of the main characters and the “love confession” made me sick

@Babiebackbooks

26 күн бұрын

@@papernat don’t even get me started on the love confession… This was early Emily Henry, so I want to give her another shot and see if she got better as a writer. At the same time this one put such a bad taste in my mouth!! I’m usually really easy to please with books like this!

@papernat

25 күн бұрын

@@Babiebackbooks I wish you would get started on the love confession lol! Praying that that type of love never finds me I already have a copy of Funny Story so I’ll read that one at some point in time, I’m just not in any hurry whatsoever if that makes sense? You kinda put it perfectly; Beach Read left a bad taste in my mouth and now Emily Henry is sorta tainted in my mind, (I'm unfortunately very good at holding grudges)