I love how you’re so open to Ashlynn’s picks despite some of them not being genres you may typically read. Love your videos Ian!

@ElinWinblad

5 ай бұрын

It’s refreshing to see someone so open minded and ALSO we get to see his take on the books from a perspective we don’t normally get to see.

@Yassyyy

5 ай бұрын

@@ElinWinblad yes exactly!

@iangubeli

5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!! There’s too many books to read to be picky, know what I mean!?

I suggest a blind date book swap. You each select 5 to 10 books you know the other one hasn’t read. Then offer a brief description (maybe just a drawing) of each book but vague enough to not give away title. The other person selects their blind book date. Then the two of you could go somewhere offsite for a book reading date (park, book shop, coffee shop). Valentine’s is coming up. Might be a good theme.

@iangubeli

5 ай бұрын

That’s an amazing idea!!!

Definitely need a video of how many sitting positions can Ian read an entire book in!! 😂

Dude the death metal “stop calling me” had me in bits 😂 great vlog you two. I enjoyed watching

@iangubeli

5 ай бұрын

Thank you!!

You could also do a book swap where you go to your local library and check out books for each other.

@iangubeli

5 ай бұрын

This one too!!

Just so you know I, as a viewer, don’t actually like it when people do 24 hour straight readathons 😂 There’s a certain point where I become genuinely scared for their health and don’t like seeing people unhappy or struggling. It seems ridiculous for people to apologise for sleeping, you need it to function! The superior option by far is to do “24 in 48” where you have to read for 24 hours over 2 days, with plenty of time to cook and exercise and look after yourselves ❤ love the video guys and can’t wait to see more ❤️❤️

@hannahsutherland9329

5 ай бұрын

100% agree

@iangubeli

5 ай бұрын

Absolutely!! Ash and I went into the video with the attitude of “when we feel tired, we’ll just go to bed.” Straight through 24 hours is not fun nor healthy!

2:14 Ian, you should be a metal vocalist, lol.

@Morfeusm

5 ай бұрын

I think he’s a drummer

@iangubeli

5 ай бұрын

Been practicing for close to a decade now!!

@TheDragonbornReviewer

5 ай бұрын

@@iangubeli Sounding good, brother. Love to hear it.

Double upload once again! Very nice to see videos with you guys, especially book swaps! You struck gold when you first tried this and I love that you're continuing.☺️

@iangubeli

5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!! It all Ash’s idea!! It’s been fun putting twists on it!

❤📚 You two are so cute together! I really liked The Love Hypothesis due to the funny aspect.

I WISH my husband would even read a book!! Tessa Dare or Lisa Kleypas he listened to on a long road trip&he actually enjoyed it.

@tc8404

14 күн бұрын

I was just thinking the same thing for my hubby BECAUSE he probably thinks I don’t do anything and then all I want to do is read BUT to be a good wife, I have to stop reading and do HUBBY things sighs Lolol then I rush home and then read but man I could read a lot more if I could just read and read and THEN READ SOME MORE. But I love my man but he needs to READ!!!!!

I agree, miscommunication is a no for me in romance books as well! also 7:48 had me laughing😂 “fruitless and pointless and..worthless” period.

Good Morning Ian and Ashlynn. Happy Tuesday. 😁

Such a cute idea. I prefer clean books 📚 so I can understand being frustrated having to skip parts... I do the same thing.

Yaaassss!!! Love the book swaps!!! Love all of y’all’s videos for real! Immediately went and put the two books Ashlynn liked on hold at my library! I’m so excited to read them!! I recently just read the love hypothesis cause of how much Ashlynn loves it and I really loved it also! I can’t wait to see your thoughts on all the books she chose for you!!❤❤❤❤

At last another video up. Thank you! 😂 On an un selfish note I enjoy your videos 😂

I love these book swap challenges so much....enjoyed both vudeos in this channel and in Ashlynn's channel...keep the videos coming....im tuned in 😌💜

I love these videos with you and your wife!

I always love to watch people read books out of their "reading comfort zones"! And so happy to see you enjoyed The Naturals, one of my most surprising books I read in 2023 and absolutely loved, the series is so addictive!

You called her “my lady love” !!! 😍😍😍😍 I love that for yall!!! So sweet and amazing☀️

Both of y’all’s episodes were so much fun to watch! Keep it up

@iangubeli

5 ай бұрын

Thank you sir!!

Love to see this. Love Hypothesis and The Naturals have been sitting at the top of my physical aTBR for a bit ❤❤

As a woman in my forties who has never been lucky enough to be married, I love watching you and Ashlynn look so much in love and have obvious respect for each other. I love the videos you do together, also.

@readknitwithcheryl

5 ай бұрын

Sorry, autocorrect, lol. I meant Ashlynn.

@readknitwithcheryl

5 ай бұрын

I don't know if that last reply went through, but it probably doesn't make sense now because I corrected her name, lol. I called her Ashley at first, by mistake.

Almost 10k congratulations 🎉🎉🎉...you've started your big journey and we are to stick to the end with you ...wish you luck for your future..I am exited to see how this channels turns out

@iangubeli

5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!! That means a lot!! This community is so amazing, and I cannot thank you you and others like you enough for all of your encouragement and support!!

Wow you really made me want to read The Naturals, I already had it on my TBR but it just moved up on the list. I am not much of a romance reader but now I'm curious about the two books also. I love seeing your reactions thruout reading and your pups squeak toy interuptions were great. Now to go watch Ashlynns video :D

Love the video. My favorite type of video. Love the mini dog content. The dog 🐕 is super cute. Also thank you for telling us if it spicy or not. I am not a spicy book fan so that information review is useful to me. 🙂

you should do a 24 hour challenge where you split up the time between a few days instead of doing it straight... sleep deprivation is a form of torture...

@iangubeli

5 ай бұрын

That was to plan with this one pretty much! We didn’t want to do straight through.

I really enjoy watching your videos! Vlogs are not easy and take a long time to edit so thank you for sharing this!

@iangubeli

5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!!!

You two are #relationshipgoals I love your content both separately but more so together. ❤

@TheKookyKennedys

5 ай бұрын

They are adorable

omg yay i was waiting for this video ever since ashlynn posted hers on patreon

Amazing video as always!!! You look so much like Aquaman. You and ur wife are so cute together❤

13:04 your dog is so cute!! He can be in every video 😊

Congratulations of finishing your 24 hour read along. Not easy for sure. I love how Ashlynn acts so surprised by things that you are saying happen in the book. It is so funny how we can read something and forget some of the parts that others just don't like. I love both of you and your videos are my favorites. Your reactions are the greatest!!!

@iangubeli

5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!! She is so adorable with how she forgets the bad stuff in her favorite books!! We love you too!!

omggg u two are so adorableeeeeeeeee

I have been totally binge watching your videos. You have become a comfort youtuber for me! And not going to lie, you are kinda inspiring me to start a channel and stop being a chicken!!

This was so fun! I think the next time you guys do a book swap, you should give each other your favourite fantasy books. I'm so happy you liked The Naturals best, I gave it 4 Stars and enjoyed it more then the inheritance games. I gave the love hypothesis a 4 stars as well, but you're so right, Malcolm was so annoying! I zoned out for most of his scenes.

Ian you got some great books to read! You are such a champ!!! 😊😊😊

Ian's back!

Oh my goodness! I would love to get my husband to read a fiction book. I love the book swap with you two. And Ian… you reading romance books bc of your beautiful wife! Amazing vlog! Bring more

@iangubeli

5 ай бұрын

Thank you!!! What does your husband like to read?

@tessib.1043

5 ай бұрын

@@iangubeli He doesn’t 🤣🤣🤣

Ok I’m back again just finished the video and I loved all the little thoughts you were having reading the naturals! I was having the same thoughts when I read that book also! I still need to read the last 2 books in the series. I have a couple suggestion for books swaps one could be book swapping your 1 star or most disliked books and then another doing you 5 star or highest rated most liked books you have on your shelf’s.

@iangubeli

5 ай бұрын

I love those ideas!!! Absolutely adding those to the video idea list!!

Youre facial expressions are hilarious

Another VIDEOOOOOOO let’s goooo!!! Combining 2 of my favourites of yours? 24 hour and book swap???!!! You’re a genius Ian !!! I love the videos so much they bring me so much joy every single time . Thank u so much for everything both u do god bless!!!

@iangubeli

5 ай бұрын

God Bless you my friend!! Glad this could bring a some light!!

@user-bm7zg7sj3u

5 ай бұрын

@@iangubeli Ian ! Brother , It was my birthday recently and now I have SO HECKIN MUCH TO READ. My gf got me the ENTIRE JADE LEGACY TRILOGY. My parents got me the ENTIRE FIRST LAW trilogy AND malice. And I had gotten myself a couple king stuff to add to my collection, Misery and The Talisman . It’s so much but I’m so pumped to read literally ALL of it!!!!

2:16… please start a metal band!

I kept hearing your dog and thinking that my dogs were making mischief in my house! Love the pup content. Also, I am now going to try out the Naturals, I have read Jennifer Lynn Barnes before and was only somewhat impressed...but Ashlynn had me when she described the books as Criminal Minds adjacent!

@iangubeli

5 ай бұрын

It’s actually a very well-paced thriller/mystery!

25:32 I lost ittttt 😂😂😂😂😂 this was soooo funny oh my gosh “I’m talking about the PLOT of the book…” lmaoooo

Fantastic video, now to watch Ashlynn's! You guys are fantastic and one of the reasons I'm considering starting my own channel!

@iangubeli

5 ай бұрын

YOU SHOULD!!

You both bring so much joy to booktube! 😊

@iangubeli

5 ай бұрын

Thank you!!!

I want to be able read diff genre, but then I just can’t get into them. I’m def horror thrillersish reader so love how you can read all genres!

I love this! I was laughing at all your reactions to The Naturals. So glad you loved it! I still need to read the second one. If you ever want to Buddy read it I would be down! Also it was funny to see that guy throwing snow. I was like, what the heck? lol.

@iangubeli

5 ай бұрын

I love that!! We could totally buddy read it!

@AmandasBooktopia

5 ай бұрын

@@iangubeli Let me know when you’re ready for it!

I never laugh out loud watching videos, but I did when you commented on the random neighbor throwing snow off the roof. Sent your video to my boyfriend too!! Told him how cute you both are! Love both you guys!!!!

@iangubeli

3 ай бұрын

Hahah thank you!! I was speechless watching that guy shovel snow off the roof FROM STORIES IN THE AIR!!!

Ooh ooh! I have a good video idea for a book swap!! If you have Little Free Libraries near you…. Both of you take separate trips to a few of them…. And pick books for each other! Adore you both! ❤

@iangubeli

5 ай бұрын

That is an awesome idea!!

@kaylarudolph6438

5 ай бұрын

@@iangubeli yay! Hope you guys do it! ◡̈

I think an impromptu book swap of what your currently reading tbr so you would have to wait to finish the book your reading, haha. Read each others most anticipated reads that you haven't read yet. Blindly pick a book from each others shelves, random number generator, and could do a cute book swap for valentine's day of books for gifts and wrap them up or do a bouquet of flowers but with books. I enjoy seeing these videos. ^_^

@iangubeli

5 ай бұрын

I love these ideas!!

An alphabetical book swap or color book swap- like swapping books by color of the cover or the title of the name! Also Id love to see one maybe of books that arent so spicy or maybe like a faith based book like C.S. Lewis or like a Redeeming Love!

I love the way your dog 🐶 brings in his little toys 🧸 to his dad love it so adorable 🥰

@iangubeli

5 ай бұрын

He does it ALL the time!!

@JohnSaxon-vw5vi

5 ай бұрын

@@iangubeli 💚💚💚💚

This was a great video! As you were reading The Love Hypothesis, I was just waiting to see your reaction to those two special chapters. You mentioned you thought things were about to get steamy, and I was like, oh man, put your seat belt on. Lol. It was nice that it was easy to just gather those two chapters and easily flip over and move on. 😅 Also, I am about 200 pages into Wrath. I'm enjoying it! I'm sad it's the last book and I know I will be crying many tears before it's all over, but I'm happy to be back in the Banished Lands.

@iangubeli

5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!! WRATH!?! Oh my goodness what a book!! It left me sad because everything was wrapped up🥹

I’m new to your channel and I’m enjoying your videos! 😊 I just finished reading The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy and I’m so curious what y’all’s opinions would be lol I guess it would be a fantasy/paranormal romcom and I loved it 😂

My wife is currently reading “The Naturals” series and she’s loving it! 😅

You guys are the most adorable 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰 book couple ever. Couple reading goals. Love you guys ❤️❤️🥰🥰🥰❤❤❤❤❤

@iangubeli

5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!! We love you too!!

I have been waiting for this 😂😂 I knew Ashlynn was gonna throw you some romances eventually 😂❤

@iangubeli

5 ай бұрын

Same here🙈

Save it for later guys is so FUNNYY

I’ve been putting off The Naturals on my TBR. This video is making me really want to start it 👀

@iangubeli

5 ай бұрын

It’s a fun book!!

“oh my freakin shat”😂😂

Just watched Ashlynn's video...time to watch yours😁 I'm currently on a book buying ban but I will definitely be reading The Naturals in the future😁

@angelaholmes8888

5 ай бұрын

You probably should check if your local library has a copy since your on a book ban

@queenkim8631

5 ай бұрын

@@angelaholmes8888 oooo that's a good idea👀

@iangubeli

5 ай бұрын

Yes, Libby changed my reading experience because I can just wait for an audio or ebook without having to pay!!

You guys need to read the none shall sleep books! Esp if you liked the naturals- its like silence of the lambs but ya and its incredible

The Naturals was my Favorite read of 2023

wow, congrats on 10k!!

@iangubeli

5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!!

I always enjoy hearing you talk about books 👌

@iangubeli

5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!!

@dianaisme

5 ай бұрын

@@iangubeli 😊📚

I really enjoyed one day in December 😊

Omg the premise of 'one day in december' reminds me so much of how I met my ex 🥺 we met on the subway and he was my first love

2:16 Are you in a Metal band? If not, you should make it happen. 👍🏾👍🏾

I really appreciate how you tell us how many chapters we have to skip etc. Thanks!

@iangubeli

5 ай бұрын

It’s my pleasure! I hate being surprised with that stuff!

I'd say get each other a book the other one doesn't want to read but you liked it so much

@iangubeli

5 ай бұрын

I love that!!

Loved this video

@iangubeli

5 ай бұрын

Thank you!!

"The chapters are so short you just eat them up like cAAAAndy!"🤣

i’m a girl that LOVES romance books but i HATED the love hypothesis 😅 so i’m like ashlynn, i’m surprised you even liked it a little bit! great video i love you both ☺️

@iangubeli

5 ай бұрын

Thank you!! I tried to be as objective as I could🙈

you guys are so adorable!! i would do this with my boyfriend if he was open to reading my kinds of books, lol

@iangubeli

5 ай бұрын

What does he like to read??

@camillereadss

4 ай бұрын

@@iangubeli he’s super into fantasy, specifically light novels which are turned into manga! i’m more of a romance/general contemporary person.

The way I read both her books and his books actually surprised me to realise how varied my reading habits are 😂

Wrapping up a handful of books and using a number generator to pick blindly from each other book.

@iangubeli

5 ай бұрын

Love this idea!!

is mish a german shepard mix? because that is one beautiful puppy :). just found both your channels by the way and wrote down several of the books you guys are reading to help expand my reading library as it were.

It's when i see these videos that i realise i'm a really slow reader xD

You’ll like Killer Instinct Book 2 of The Naturals.

Awesome vlog 💯‼️i 🩷💜💖 the Naturals series I still need to get book 2 also my absolute #1 favourite Ali Hazelwood book is Love, Theoretically because I related to the female main character and it has the least amount of spicey scenes. My second favourite book is Love on the Brain then Check & Mate is also very low in the spicey scenes and finally The Love Hypothesis . Ali Hazelwood has me on the stem/science/math so that makes me be okay with the spice scenes. Because I am a stem/science/math girl. 😅 I am also really bad with 24 hour reading challenges 😅 because I can’t stay still and focused for more than 30 minutes 😅so no worries you and Ashlynn just do the 24hr readathons your way 😅😊 Adam Driver imho is the Levy from Love on the Brain, also Olive and Adam make cameos in the other Ali Hazelwood books especially Love, Theoretically. 😊😅 I also gave The Love Hupothesis a 3.5

I watched Ashlynn's video and I want to share if you like a good horror book, please read H.P. Lovecraft. I love his writing! There are warnings if you do read the books.

she needs to give you the seven year slip next omg that book is so good

@iangubeli

5 ай бұрын

Possibly coming up in a video😉😏

What about do book swaps of your favorite childhood books that got you into reading or just ones you fell in love with at a young age. Itll be a way to share a piece of each others childhood with one another

@iangubeli

4 ай бұрын

Love this!!

I love all you can eat sushi 🍱 lol 😂😂😂

I could not get through the love hypothesis 🙈 the way they constantly described the mmc as being sooooo big all the damn time drove me crazy so I just couldn’t continue, it was a strong dnf for me 🤣

@iangubeli

5 ай бұрын

That is my beef with a lot of romance books. Authors tend to over-emphasize certain aspects of physical traits of characters. It becomes tedious🙄

Ian! Did you do a reading vlog for Pet Sematary? It's my favourite Stephen King book and I don't think I've seen your reaction to it. I really liked to see Ashylnn reading it though, both of your videos are very entertaining :)

@iangubeli

5 ай бұрын

I didn’t do a vlog for it, I just read it for fun!

Now I want him to read seven year slip!

Ian, I think you live in the same apartments as my boyfriend!! We are ALWAYS looking for more bookish friends and I think you guys are very similar to us 😂

@iangubeli

5 ай бұрын

For real!? You all are in Utah?

@kkayi1995

4 ай бұрын

Yes sir!! My boyfriend is primarily a fantasy reader and LOVES a good loooong book 😂 I am a huge horror/thriller/litfic girl myself! Let me know if you ever want to do a bookstore meet up with us! You HAVE to go to 2nd and Charles, it just opened up down the street from Barnes and it blew my mind with the selection!

I love these book swaps, can we have one with your sister ?

@iangubeli

5 ай бұрын

Already in the works😏

I want you both to pick a classic for each other or have us pick one.

Is it just me or did this swap feel more ruthless than previous ones? 😂

Love these challenges! Also real people with real jobs can’t read for 24hrs straight we need sleep lol, you did great!

@iangubeli

5 ай бұрын

Thank you!! Because I work a lot we planned this on a weekend thankfully!

Is Mishak (i hope i spelt that right) a husky?? 😄 He's so beautiful!! I also have two huskies. Also, you making interested in The Naturals - i might have to buy a copy..

@iangubeli

5 ай бұрын

He’s a German Shepherd-Husky mix!! The Naturals is so worth it!!

I just need to know how you can read that fast?! P.S. you guys are amazing!

@iangubeli

5 ай бұрын

Audiobooks save the day for videos like this!!

I will have to read The Love Hypothesis…unless there is language.

@iangubeli

5 ай бұрын

It does have some language (certain characters run their mouth)🙈

@chelseagubeli3443

5 ай бұрын

@@iangubeli 😑

I need to get a husband like you. someone who enjoys reading as much as I do and who is willing to read books they typically wouldn't read so we could switch books and talk about them. My bf at the moment isn't much of a reader but I am slightly getting him into reading by giving him some manga's to start with (good start to get motivation since they don't have too much text and you can slightly build up to more and more text). He did read warrior cats almost fully tho wich I'm so proud of.

@iangubeli

5 ай бұрын

He’ll come around!! There’s plenty of fantasy (or just fiction in general) that is similar to manga! He’ll find his niche!!

I agree 100% with your review of The Love Hypothesis. Not only did I dislike Malcolm, but felt equal disdain for Holden:/

@iangubeli

5 ай бұрын

YES!! Both were insufferable🙈

What about a Christian nonfiction book swap? 🤔🙂

@iangubeli

5 ай бұрын

Oooooo🤔🤔 That would be interesting!!

Did you just drop a Young Dr Frankenstein line?

@iangubeli

5 ай бұрын

I did indeed😂