I TRY not to judge people based on the books they buy (as a bookseller), but gosh, Colleen Hoover, I SWEAR.

@tobiokageyama1152

Жыл бұрын

u r so real for this, colleen hoovers books are just.. bad + her cult like following are all impossible

@kesleyloy9735

Жыл бұрын

Not to mention she’s a homophobe.

@giannaminocha

Жыл бұрын

UR SO REAL BC SAME

@sineadcarty7256

Жыл бұрын

No you are absolutely allowed judge me for buying beloved with one last stop

@jiyaaaaaaaaa

Жыл бұрын

@@kesleyloy9735 she is??

“Don’t read sally Rooney if you don’t like characters who don’t know how to communicate with each other” THANK YOU. Ugh, I love so much how honest and thorough you seem with these kinds of videos. Saved me so much time & money

@sineadcarty7256

Жыл бұрын

When you find out she's Irish this makes a LOT of sense. It's a whole cultural thing here which sucks

@yelenskareads

Жыл бұрын

@@sineadcarty7256 Can you elaboratd? Im curious :)

@sineadcarty7256

Жыл бұрын

@@yelenskareads ok ok The shirt answer I that Irish people refuse to communicate The long answer is that between everything we have a MASSIVE culture of bottling everything up to save our lives and not saying our feelings and leaving the other party to mind read our interactions. I unsurprisingly, as an autistic person, HATE THIS SO MUCH AND IT ANNOYS ME MORE THAN A LOT OF THINGS hhhh Obviously though, in trying to wrote what she sees as normal relationships, Rooney is just exposing the rest of the western world to what is a largely Irish thing.

@hambonefakenamington69

Жыл бұрын

that's exactly why i despised watching normal people even though i understood why people would enjoy it

@ginat.8064

Жыл бұрын

thank you! Also, I just couldnt root for the characters in normal people because they thought so negatively of each other.

As a bookseller, this was so helpful. I feel like recommending these books will be sooo much easier now. So thanks for that! 🙇 But, since "Cain's Jawbone" was published, exactly three people have managed to put the pages in the correct order. :)

@jaginaiaelectrizs6341

Жыл бұрын

This reminds me that...I wanted to try and solve this book someday, but I forgot what it was called!!!!! 🤣🤣

@christinaa8531

Жыл бұрын

I believe the 4th one solved it during quarantine!

@victorvale1015

Жыл бұрын

The competition closes soon too

@ohwell6421

Жыл бұрын

i remember jack edwards giving it a try, i forgot if he succeeded or not tho xd

@christinaa8531

Жыл бұрын

@@ohwell6421 He was unsuccessful. In the first part I think he matched a couple of pages but in general this is extremely difficult to solve and he just did it for fun~ ☺️

I loved song of Achilles not just because of the crying factor bc I partially knew I wasn’t going to cry, but because of the story. Ik it’s not like mythologicaly accurate but it was still such an amazing book that catered to my interests and had some of my favorite tropes

@24studiosbrm

Жыл бұрын

👍

@raphael8383

Жыл бұрын

I so agree, The Song of Achilles is my favourite book and will forever have its tattoo in my heart because it was just written beautifully, I love Patroclus’ character. The romance is so beautiful and the ending just makes you so sad, the quotes Madeline Miller writes to explain how they feel about certain things omfg it tears your heart out. One of the best books, it’s so aesthetically pleasing too.

@sincerelybonnie

Жыл бұрын

I guess that didn’t bother me since I don’t know too much about Greek mythology. But I loved The Song of Achilles. It was so well written and emotionally gripping. I couldn’t put it down and I finished it in one night.

@Bunny-ks1md

Жыл бұрын

I don't consider it a good *romance* book because Achilles... is an awful person. But other than that, it's a good read.

@daniahhamdan9753

Жыл бұрын

I didn't cry, I just loved Patroclus' unreliable narration and the way he views Achilles

As someone who tries to avoid booktok...I was amazed to learn that apparently my year in books consisted on TJR and Hot Sad Girls recommendations... and honestly it was an amazing book year 😂

@24studiosbrm

Жыл бұрын

😂

@danijones8314

Жыл бұрын

Same! I adore TJR. If you don’t mind, do you have any recommendations? My collection needs some new additions & I’m not active on TikTok😂

@AkshadLahariya

Жыл бұрын

Exactly I don't even use tiktok and now I know that I am into hot sad girl space 🌌 and I am a boy but honestly I am great TJR fan

@3choblast3r4

Жыл бұрын

@@AkshadLahariya Naaahh bro.. this kid is real lol... thanks for the laugh kid.. idk what your youtube channel is about .. but it doesn't really matter I guess

@luvswinwin

Жыл бұрын

@@AkshadLahariya Me too. tjr is such an amazing author.

Top 2 things I need more in books: 1. Fun and relaxed female characters 2. Well written romance between two women

@twentypaphnies108

Жыл бұрын

read the priory of the orange tree!! (it has 2, idk about 1 hahah)

@lachemineepingouin3635

Жыл бұрын

Sarah Waters is nice for the second. Her books lean on the dark side but are very well written historical fictions. Affinty and Fingersmith are my personal favorites. But it is quite a struggle to find wlw that's not horrid and written for men. If you're okay with bonecrushingly heavy queer undertones and gothic horror I'd also recommend Haunting of Hill House.

@lavnderam

Жыл бұрын

@@mushruem personally, i really liked afterlove, the first half of it is about how these 2 teenagers navigate through their relationship while one of them is a woc lesbian who has been used as an experiment before who thus didn't believe the other main character was all that serious in the start, and the second half is about how one of them died (the lesbian woc who's btw the Narrator of the book) (which is actually not a spoiler because that's written on the back lol) and how she can't get back to her gf bc of some afterlife rules but they do get back together and it gets angsty for a bit and stuff haha

@bananafishsticks3579

Жыл бұрын

The seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo pls it’s my favorite ;-;

@yasminechoerryscherry3701

Жыл бұрын

@@lee-chan3973 ohhh I have that one on my tbr! I read The falling in love montage last year and I LOVED IT because of how funny and real and honest and also sad it was, like it literally made me cry and laugh at the same time

For Song of Achilles I know you didn’t read it but it should have been expanded. Sure, some ppl read it bc of the crying factor but I know a lot of ppl read it bc it was really good. It blew up bc of the crying AND BECAUSE IT WAS SO WELL DONE. One of my favorites, if not my favorite book ever. So well written, beautiful story and romance.

@desmodeus2866

Жыл бұрын

@Sofía Jiménez even if you didn't like it, there's no way it's the worst one you ever read lmao

@priiifrg

Жыл бұрын

I wanted to love it so bad but couldn't get over how fanfic-y it was, like something they took directly from Wattpad. I DNFed with pain in my heart 🥲 huge disappointment.

@camicsc7738

Жыл бұрын

Agreed

@cupofjohoe

Жыл бұрын

Also just a general interest in greek mythology

@jfarmerswatermelon6061

Жыл бұрын

@@priiifrg Overall i enjoyed it but yeah wasn't big fan of how romance was done imo Circe is way better

Actually Sad Gay Romance is also a theme of my life

@Lai_ba

Жыл бұрын

Me same.

@amber1884

Жыл бұрын

Saaammeee bestie 💀

@yeahbravesound

Жыл бұрын

At least there’s the romance

@kookiecream7259

Жыл бұрын

Samee.

@flowerinepriv

Жыл бұрын

mine's just Sad Gay

Every time you said “I personally hated this” I screamed THANK YOU. I’ve read 90% of these books this year and had very similar perspectives to you.

"Don't judge booktok by its algorithm friendly books" 100% There are so many pockets of creators who are creating content and speaking about more diverse books.

It’s kind of hilarious to me because I feel like a lot of Tik Tok books are books that blew up on booktube a few years ago or books that would blow up on booktube if Tik Tok wasn’t a thing. It’s like same stuff, different era/platform yet people avoid one for the other like there’s some huge difference

@24studiosbrm

Жыл бұрын

👏

@allisonfagan3835

Жыл бұрын

I have been thinking this exact thing and you put it to words THANK YOU

@24studiosbrm

Жыл бұрын

@@allisonfagan3835 👍

@jaginaiaelectrizs6341

Жыл бұрын

I'm not sure that's true...when it comes to smuttok reccomends tho. I feel like booktube is a whole different vibe, in the spicy department; except when something gets noticed specifically _because_ of its booktok popularity making it into tiktok reposts on yt shorts or whatever. But maybe that's just my own misperception, idkk!! _DEFINITELY know of a few tiktok famous books that were famous on booktube just years earlier tho 🤣_

@Intothesunset89

Жыл бұрын

I find this is so true for ACOTAR, like I read that book idk 7/8 years ago and realised it wasn’t for me but booktok are like wow this new series is so good. Haha there’s lots more examples of this but ACOTAR is the one that comes to mind

I absolutely love Taylor Jenkins Reid as an author, not just for a specific book of hers and I'm so glad you mentioned her and agreed!

@EvySversa

Жыл бұрын

It's just.. her books are really forgetable for me.. But to each their own !

@randomone532

Жыл бұрын

@@EvySversa her books are good but not "AMAZING" soo..

@tramya183

Жыл бұрын

its always something in her books that makes me mad. like in in the evelyn hugo book with her wanting men for sex, but cecelia for love. in daisy jones it’s the daisy/billy/camilla love triangle!! hate it, hate it, hate it!!!!

As someone who read The Song of Achilles, long before it blew up on tiktok, I hate that it's got this tag attached of being popular because of the crying factor, because IT'S NOT TRUE. Like, yes, it made me cry, but it's also one of the most beautiful books I've ever read, and it's so much more. The writing is so beautiful I literally used to cry because of it 😭 But if you guys are hesitant to try the book because it's a "booktok" book, I still think you should try, because it's been years since I read it, and nothing tops this book for me.

@singulariteas

Жыл бұрын

same, i read the book way before this tiktok boom ever happened and like yeah it made me cry obviously, but i was much more enthralled by how gorgeous madeline miller’s prose is. it might not be the most completely accurate book when it comes to the mythology but it’s definitely worth reading and not just because it has a sad ending 😭

The Song of Achilles may be not that historically/mythologically accurate, but it's one of the best books I've ever read, the scenarios and characters are so well built and that's why it is so "devastating" in some sort of way.

The Secret History feels like an old friend to me every time I think about it because of how long I sat reading it and being immersed in its world. I was quite sad when I finished the book because it was as if I was parting with my friend.. also I read it in digital format so I didn't even notice like 700 pages go by.

@edithspieler

Жыл бұрын

Loved this comment because I felt exactly the same after finishing "The Goldfinch", also by Donna Tartt. It was the first lenghty book I read in years and I got so cozy in it that the plot really became secondary to me. Can't way to start reading "The Secret History".

@Piriah5678

9 ай бұрын

One of my absolute favourite book ever, I really wish there was more books like it

TJR consistently creates masterpieces and that is a hill I will die on!!! She writes complex, nuanced characters so well. I also love how she explores different styles/storytelling tools; a biography in Evelyn Hugo, oral history in Daisy Jones & The Six, time jumps in Malibu Rising. I read each of the novels above in less that 3 days and plan on re-reading them once I finish Carrie Soto Is Back. I’m not active on TikTok but I’m so glad TJR popular on there! If you love the dichotomy of good and evil existing in one person, characters who fuck up and hurt other people but still make you feel for them, her novels are for you.

@Sarah-ss6fr

Жыл бұрын

I thought exactly like you abt TJR until she let me down with Carrie Soto 😅 but Malibu rising is one of my fav book

@danijones8314

Жыл бұрын

@@Sarah-ss6fr Oh no😭 I just ordered Carrie Soto & haven’t started reading it yet, that’s a bummer but hopefully I’ll like it. I agree Malibu Rising is incredible though. I’ve never been to Malibu but the descriptions are so vivid I feel like I can imagine it well.

@jenniferv5148

Жыл бұрын

@@danijones8314 I read Carrie Soto in about 2 or 3 days. I think it’s more predictable than Evelyn Hugo but I really enjoyed it. Carrie is a character who knows what she wants and would be absolutely not likeable in real life. Also there is romance but it’s not the focus of the story.

@danijones8314

Жыл бұрын

@@jenniferv5148 That’s my favorite kind of character haha so thank you for the info🙏🏻 I read malibu rising at a similar speed, I think her writing style just makes it easy to keep reading lol

@CeCeBookworm07

Жыл бұрын

I honestly hated Daisy Jones. The whole interview format made me feel disconnected from the characters because she was trying to use WAY to many characters at once so I never felt like I was connected to any of them (which was why I loved Evelyn Hugo, in spite of that also being similarly formatted like an interview). Also I just hated Daisy and Billy, Daisy never felt as nuanced as Evelyn and more or less got whatever she wanted with no growth or consequences and Billy was just kind of the worst. I do understand why people like it though, I just personally didn’t.

A CREATOR WHO IS THIS THOROUGH IS *THE* GOAT !

So excited to see "S." on here! It came out about 8 years ago, and I got it for Christmas that year and I read it through 3 times in 4 days. To this day, I still think about it constantly and the prose from that novel and some of the statements the two characters have in the annotations in the margins plays through my mind. That book is just SO creative and I'm glad to see booktok is highlighting it to readers even now.

@najawin8348

Жыл бұрын

Have you read any other ergodic literature?

@aneya1517

Жыл бұрын

Same same ❤️

@zephyr2266

Жыл бұрын

It's called "S. The Ship of Theseus" apparently

@najawin8348

Жыл бұрын

@@zephyr2266 I don't think it is? Depends on what database you're using. Amazon just says _S._ _Ship of Theseus_ is the book within the book.

@MsGloomyLamp

Жыл бұрын

Same!! S is still one of my absolute favourites!

It's always a bit weird to me to see books that used to be popular on booktumblr years ago to now have a resurgence on tik tok 😂 I've already moved on, the book is a thing of the past etc. and suddenly it's being talked about again. Just recently for example a friend commented on my Aristotle and Dante Discover The secrets of the universe copy on my bookshelf and how she saw it on tik tok, meanwhile it was my favourite book as a teenager and I'm now 27 and it's been a decade since I've last read the book. (I get that in this particular instance it's partially because the sequel was released just a year ago, but I've had similar experiences with other books as well.)

@ayesha36

Жыл бұрын

Essentially, it seems like teens on Tik Tok who weren't big readers are discovering the major hits of the 2010s and rehashing them.

@anonyme4659

Жыл бұрын

Haha I almost had no idea Aristotle and Dante were popular. I just randomly saw it at my middle schools library in 7th grade and thought it looked like a good book and then realized my sister had it so i readed it and it became one of my favourite book ever and really helps me with teenage struggles

@aromanticfranziskavonkarma

Жыл бұрын

I still need to finish Aristotle and Dante, I bought it for my birthday one or two years ago and I ended up crying like 50 pages in so I've been procrastinating on picking it back up lmao

@hassanammar8797

Жыл бұрын

@@aromanticfranziskavonkarma I LOVED this book! At the time of reading it, I remember it having such an impact on my life and was one of the integral books that helped me in coming out. While I don’t read much YA these days, I always think back of that book of having a warm fuzzy feeling in my heart. And tbh I Completely forgot that it was recommended from my Tumblr days.

@ElinWinblad

Жыл бұрын

Every generation rediscovers everything 😂

The (accurate) comparison of the 4 horsemen has me rolling 😂💀

There is no such thing as a good Sunday without Your video 🌿

@24studiosbrm

Жыл бұрын

Well said

So glad you shouted out The Priory of the Orange Tree!! It's fantastic.

First it was Twilight, next it was Fifty Shades of Gray, now it's Colleen Hoover + SJM. Every few years, a new generation of readers rises up and has questionable taste in books. I say let them have their trashy "romance" novels. (This isn't directed at you, btw. I'm just on a soapbox lol)

@AP-uc7oz

Жыл бұрын

No no you’re right, SJM sucks. 50 shades was an older Gen though, and twilight and SJM are the mostly the same generation

@wabi-sabi5621

Жыл бұрын

There is After too. I read that idk why 😭😭.

@OkamiRose

Жыл бұрын

All of them display abuse in some form or another. But it’s really about the authors, since you don’t seem to know. At least Stephenie Meyer didn’t intentionally lie or misdirect the truth about abuse in her books like EL James, or try to give herself a pass with it while letting her own child potentially abuse someone like Colleen Hoover. It’s no longer just ‘we hate fiction that women enjoy’, it’s a ‘critically think about the fiction and its authors before narrow-mindedly defending them’ like said author’s audiences do. Esp where it concerns kids being told about 2/3 of these books/series bare minimum.

@tm67724

Жыл бұрын

What's SJM?

@tayler2957

Жыл бұрын

@@tm67724 I think they’re talking about Sarah J Maas but I could be wrong

i am obsessed with how much effort and detail you put into these, please keep producing

A note on SOA as someone who loves the book: It is not sad all the way through. It can be a bit melancholy at times, but it's mostly just sad at the end. If you don't get super sad, it's not gonna make you cry. It didn't make me cry and I still love it. If you get bored easily, you probably won't like it. If you need tons of drama and action to drive you forward, you probably won't like it. If you don't like endings that are happy but also not, you probably won't like it. Hope this helps

As someone without TikTok but constantly getting Booktok recommendations from friends, THANK YOU!

@imsoooboredjaehyun

Жыл бұрын

Same i only look for books on insta and utube

I loved this video, especially the shoutout to more diverse books at the end, AND I'M SO EXCITED FOR YOUR DECEMBER CONTENT 😍😍❄️❄️

@24studiosbrm

Жыл бұрын

🙂

BookTok can be so overwhelming but this is actually a really helpful guide and overview, well done 😊

@saturn6563

9 ай бұрын

Here are the popular booktok books: we were liars, it ends with us, verity, six of crows, song of Achilles, a good girls guide to murder, the secret history, acotar, seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo, and anything by Emily Henry

Do I know all of the popular booktok books? Yes. Am I still going to watch the whole thing? Also yes.

that sweater & collar combo is spectacular. i'm obsessed

I just could watch your videos for hours. I love the cozy vibe and how much effort you put into your videos

This video is a gift! Really appreciate the absolute dedication to this deep dive! 😁

This is a SUPER well done video! What a creative and easy way to break down the massive genre of tiktok books

This is such a helpful and unbiased video! Thank you for giving an objective description of all of these books - even the ones you didn’t love!

Not only was this the best lecture I’ve ever watched where I feel like I should be taking notes 😂 but all of your outfits are always perfect , love the sweaters and collars ❤

The way you structured this video is so good like the way you moved between the genres!

hi. i found you through your gothikana review and loved you immediately. my new year’s resolution for next year is to get back into reading by reading a book every month, and i’m loving your reviews. cant wait to binge watch all of your content!

I cannot express how much i love your sweater and how it looks with your eyes. That's art right there

I love these videos from you! I love how comprehensive you are. I would watch a hundred more Dark Academia and Cottage Core videos from you.

Awesome video! I love the way you mapped everything out into categories and what to expect. Your descriptions were a lot better than most videos like this, and I liked that you didn’t base it off of your opinions and instead just gave us the facts, and didn’t condescend us so we could decide. There was no judgment on your part, and I really like that. ❤

Hello!! I just wanted to thank you for this video! I've always struggled to understand a lot of the broad aspects of "booktok" and the recommendations they give, and how you gave suggestions/summaries was so incredibly helpful. Can't wait to see what other videos you put out :D

Ahh I love you! About to read the secret history and currently reading priory of the orange tree, I loveee your videos!!!❤

@booknerd369

Жыл бұрын

I started reading The Secret History and then got like 7 library books at once lol so I had to put it on the back burner

since im never home Sundays and don't get home until late on Mondays, your videos are always so relaxing to wind down with. I have a tea and maybe a biscuit and I watch. :) thanks Leonie

This is such an well-researched video, you actually summarised booktok perfectly

I have apparently read a lot of Booktok booms without doing TikTok at all. Every time you said "I loved this book" it turns out Inloved it so I definitely have to listen to you. Love these breakdown videos and the dry erase board. More please!

The black book with the "S" is called "S. La nave di Teseo" in italian (The Theseus ship, don't know if the title is different in english) and I've been eyeing it ofr like two years now, didn't know it was famous on TikTok!

@24studiosbrm

Жыл бұрын

Story within a story

@Aigra

Жыл бұрын

Same in English: Ship of Theseus. I have been tempted to buy this a couple of times, but it's kind of expensive and I remember how long it took me to finish House of Leaves.

@najawin8348

Жыл бұрын

@@Aigra /Laughs in _The Book of the War_ / Apparently Danielewski's _Familiar_ series is quite good but was canceled after people stopped buying it?

@alien777

Жыл бұрын

I bought it the time it was released, do not need tiktok to choose a book. Still like the video

I enjoyed this too much 😂 you’re so good at analyzing & predicting where the interest will lead or connect with other types of book genres/topics

Your analysis bookish videos are always so good and interesting 💙

You're a hero, Leonie! Have a great week!

Leonie! I think you're gonna love Witch Hat Atelier! The magic system in this manga is amazing and the art is so beautiful!!!

Amazing summary of booktok recs! I've been trying to figure out which ones are actually the most well-read and this helped a ton

I’m always so impressed by the quality of your videos🤯🤯😍 this is pure art!! Thank you so much for all the effort you put into creating these amazing videos🧡

I’m a science minded person, and I find the format of this video to be extremely interesting and unique. I love the chart!!

Great video! So much effort. ❤ Thanks for sharing this. Feel a little more aware about my book choices.

This was honestly so well thought out and helpful! ❤ I've been curious about most of these and it was great to have an honest opinion

I don't have tiktok so this was so interesting to watch! I haven't read most of these books tbh but from the ones I've read and that you mentioned I loved Six of Crows the most! (and the ones you shouted out at the very end). Love your honesty and how you always say who would like and who would dislike these books cause it all comes down to personal taste most of the times :3

Definitely taking notes because there’s so many books to read but not enough time 💗😭

thank u so much for putting this together! it was so well thought out and i loved seeing all the popular books and how they relate to each other, i never thought about it before but it totally makes sense. also the shout out to poc authors at the end 🤌🤌

I adore your videos and I absolutely love your style. Thank you for another brilliant video. They’re always bring joy to my day! ✨💛

I read The Cruel Prince because I liked Jude and Cardan dynamic that booktok gave off and I discovered I actually like fantasy books !

@lunarialoonatic

23 күн бұрын

Me too. Came for the romance, stayed for the political conflict

S and Cain's Jawbone being listed as TikTok books made me laugh because they were both discussed in my college classes as being really unique and new takes on books that should be explored more and I went "wow, where are my classmates finding such cool books like this?!"

the effort put into this is amazing, such a great video

This video was fun. Normally I find this kind of thing boring, but I am loving this and am rivatied. Leonie you would be a good teacher.

"a published one direction fan fiction" I CAN'T 💀💀😭

It’s nice to hear someone who isn’t a fan of CoHo talk about her books without bringing down people who do enjoy them. At the end of the day, people will read what they want to read. Don’t worry about being judged, you read for YOU, not for others. 💜

In love with the whole new series of Guides era💜!!

this video was sooo good! first video I've seen from you, and it's amazing. very well organized/explained. love the moodboard idea with the books!

I have a feeling like more and more people are reading, like the youth loves reading again. When I was younger, I was one of the few who loved reading in my school and friend group. It's cool that it's changing!!

The research that goes into your videos is amazing 😊

@24studiosbrm

Жыл бұрын

👏

the amount of work that went into this, with all the covers...such a fun watch, THANK YOU!

Wow, appreciate the effort you've put in the video! It was really great!

I used to think I read whatever but the only one out of your collection that I've read is Six of Crows and I loved it. Your review of the Emily writer books makes me want to read them and even hyped my opinions of The Cruel Prince.

Everyone’s always like “Oh I don’t ever read booktok books they’re not even that good!” Well in my opinion I love most booktok books and I am in the majority and I have loved almost all the booktok books I’ve read!

Your videos are just so good, smart and aestetically pleasing to watch !!

I don't know about tiktok but This channel needs to blow up on KZread cuz the content is immaculate..... And the minute leonie starts mapping and whiteboarding U know it's gonna be à great time.... Just last week I recommended your previous video to a friend of mine... And she practically found you to be 100% relatable... 😍😍😍😍

I really appreciate you noting that most of those books were straight and white people centric and shouting out some more diverse ones, and actually some of those diverse ones are my favorites! and all in all really just wanna say I appreciate the effort you put into your videos

I loved watching this as a book seller! I’m personally a big Fantasy fan and naturally fall in the Fantasy side of Tiktok, and smut haha. One of my favorite authors is Sarah J Maas. I absolutely adore her. She got me out of my reading slump and it’s just interesting to see all the books I have and what categories they are in.

This is such a helpful summary and visual of booktok books! Thanks so much

so many books i want to read now! Thanks for this deep dive !

Im new to reading and really fancied fantasy, TikTok introduced me to SJM and honestly as a first time fantasy reader ACOTAR was amazing! I’m now doing throne of glass and hope to do priory of the orange tree next!

honestly so impressed by your whiteboard/charlie-day-style-mood-board skills 😘👌🏻

Thank you for the diverse books at the end!!

I really enjoyed watching this video …. It was delightful and fun and helped me sift through the dozens of books in my TBR

Such a fun video! I really like that you explain who might enjoy a certain book and who probably won't.

I don't even use tik tok, but I always enjoy your videos! I've found a book and thought of you - so I'm just going to drop the title: Valerie and Her Week of Wonders. Disclaimer: I haven't actually read it yet, but the description sounded like something you would like.

Wow, you are really good as a content creator in catching and maintaining the viewer's attention. Kudos to you!

I always really enjoy your videos, this was a great look into the world of Booktok.

the only book I bought after seeing it in tiktok was On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong and honestly... I'm glad I did, it's now one of my favorite books ❤️❤️

I love books with beautiful covers (those sprayed edges really get me going) but what I’ve come to realize is the more beautiful cover, the worse the books is. If the cover is crap, and something you wouldn’t even want on your bookshelf, it’s most likely a masterpiece.

first time around here and that was a great video! i've gotten most of those book recomendations on my fyp so i had a lot of fun whatching you talk about them

This was so wellmade and well-informed THANK YOU

I think another aesthetic book that I would have included would be the Crave series? The publishers would send the books to tiktokers and the unboxing was an experience

four horsemen analogy is 🔥🔥🔥

The Night Circus is one of my favorite books so thank you for the recommendation 😊

This video was so good and entertaining! I've been trying to research the booktok popular books for a reading vlog and this definitely will help me navigate the algorithm 🤭

The 'S' book is called the ship of Theseus, my mom read it years before tiktok was even a thing and really enjoyed it, truly a woman ahead of her time

I'd say pretty much everything else is pretty on-point except I do think The Song of Achilles genuinely is just a good book too. Sure it got a lot of kick out of making people cry, but that's only because of the absolutely stunning writing. I think you'll love the book too! Anyway, I love your videos and I love the vibe you've been giving the past few months!

I am watching your channel for the first time and you have become one of my favorites

ahhh another leonie lesson! i'm so excited 💖

I do have to note that while she kind of breezed past She Who Became The Sun, I thoroughly enjoyed it and it definitely ranks among my top books. Not only is the prose beautiful, but the character grows SO MUCH throughout the book. It also has an incredibly rich take on gender and sexuality. All of this is mixed in with awesome asian fantasy that really just blew me out of the water. It was glossed over in a few seconds in this video, but as the (literally only book I've read in this whole list) I HIGHLY recommend it.