18:20 "I love my dark hair edgy boy" MEEEE!!! 😂🤭 These vlogs are so fun to watch 🥰 Community day was rough here too. It was 90 some degrees and my phone was overheating 😂 I'm excited to see how your tbr game goes. Every time I do a tbr style video I'm always halfway through the month and completely behind on reading the books I picked out 😅 I'm a strong mood reader too but picking tbrs is so addicting haha. Also patiently and excitedly waiting for you to get to Just for the Summer! I think you're going to love it. I'm still trying to come up with a final rating for Not in Love 😬 because of how obsessed I was for the first half and I actually like Rue and Eli a lot. I think I was hoping for more drama with the workplace issues and would've loved to see more of Rue and Eli after they fully got together. And if we'd gotten 50 or so more pages to see the dynamic between Eli's coworkers and Rue because I think they get along so well! It's probably because I always love the friendships she writes in her books I could go for endless chapters of them just hanging out! Thanks for the mention 💕 It's crazy seeing me on someone else's screen 😂🥰

@itsmimiduong

14 күн бұрын

AHHH, just something about them just makes me scream ✨ I hope you got some good catches for the community day! I got some shinies but no hundo here 🥹 I put in a lot of effort for this board so I hope it works out for me 😭I'm almost the same as you, a big mood reader but I love seeing people's TBRs and planning around it. This month hasn't been SO bad for me but definitely not without getting side tracked 😂I really cannot wait for Just for the Summer. I managed to get the first 2 books from my library and I was HOOKED onto Abby Jimenez's writing. But I'm mainly hoping for crumbs of Jacob and Bri 😂 Yessss, I wish there were more scenes of the friend group as a whole. Probably repeating myself at this point but if she focused a little more on the dynamics of the relationship/friendship/and the plot, I think it could've been a solid read plot-wise! But it seems like she wanted to go into a different pool of genre so 😅 Definitely not an expected read for sure. Not sure how I like her rapid changes in genre -- I think I'm probably going to hold off on pre-ordering the next book... And OF COURSE! I was SO hyped for your Not in Love vlog; sad that it wasn't it for you but still thoroughly enjoyed watching you read it 😍

@jesisreading

14 күн бұрын

@@itsmimiduong I got a few shinies but none of them were good 😞 There are little crumbs of Jacob and Bri and it's so cute!! It'll be fun for you since you read the other books recently and it's fresh in your mind. I really want to pick up her other three books that are also a little connected from what I've heard. I already miss her writing 😂 She's doing a lot of different genre changes and I'm all for her testing them out! I think with the changes and her being one of my favorite authors, I'm curious to see what she does with it all. Even if she releases books I'm not too sure of I feel like I need to read it just to see how she pulls it off! Although I do miss her previous feel so I may need to do a reread on an oldie soon 😅

I hope I'll enjoy not in love just as much!

OMG congrats on 100 subs!!!! 💖💖💖💖💖 I fear i may cry hearing you talk about Villains Are Destined to Die, I'm genuinely ECSTATIC that you enjoyed it!!! Seeing you read it finally made me re-read it and i ALSO binged the entire thing in like a day! But yeah if Derrick has no haters im DEAD if i ever see that man only one of us is making it out alive 💀 I saw you also started How to Win My Husband Over--EXCELLENT choice!!! but also if you're looking for something with kind of similar vibes to Villains Are Destined to Die, then you will EAT UP "Not Your Typical Reincarnation Story"!! Your review has also convinced me to DEFINITELY start Not In Love!! Great video as always this was so fun!!!

@itsmimiduong

9 күн бұрын

Thank you so much 🥹!! I absolutely LOVE your recommendations. Like they NEVER miss 😩 Pretty sure like 50% of my TBR books are from your recs alone.... I'll be adding that to my list of books to read on my phone during down time and inevitably end up trying to find the novel format to MTL 😂 Villains Are Destined to Die & How to Win My Husband Over. omgggg I thought I'd stop reading manhwa/manga for a hot minute because of the hang-over and the lack of good manhwa I've read recently, but seems like I just needed good recommendations from you 😂 Honestly... it's a good mindless read. But definitely waaaay to smutty LOL. It's a 50/50 on whether or not I'd actually recommend it.

Congrats on hitting 100 subscribers!!! 🥳 Such a nice surprise to get an unexpectedly signed copy of a book! I loooove your board game idea, this is so creative! I also plan to try something fun with a TBR in July, but I'm like you, I'm very much of a mood reader, and I've been struggling to get much reading done lately, so we'll see how it goes. Ugh, I'm useless in the heat, I feel ya. I'm getting nervous about getting into the summer months and the potential heat waves they will bring 😅 Last year, we still got into the 30°C well into October which is *not normal* for where I live.

@itsmimiduong

12 күн бұрын

Thank you!! I know right?? I picked it up and saw the stickers and was blown away 🥹 I don't know how many copies there were but I'm glad I got my hands on one! Thank you! Not an original idea but definitely inspired by a lot of TBR games I saw on KZread 😂I have a HUGE backlog of books and feel like if I don't do something like this... I'll end up sticking with romance for 90% of the books. I'm a pretty big mood reader too so I'll probably only roll for half of my normal reading amount (~4 -ish books), and fill in the gaps with other books for mood. Ahhh 😩Yeah, hopefully it'll get better soon but I feel like we're hitting record high every other week. I've been mostly trying to stay cool and indoors but that just makes me sleepy lol

Your board game looks so cool! I'm always so impressed by the board game TBRs. I just read the first Percy Jackson book and loved it! So fun.

@itsmimiduong

6 күн бұрын

I don't know how I ended up in the TBR board game youtube, but I did and I wanted to do one so bad 😂 Played my first game and it's actually pretty fun! OH, I can't wait to hear you talk about it! I enjoy it the series so much even though it's so far out of my usual reads!

@BonnieNicoleWrites

6 күн бұрын

@@itsmimiduong I just saw your video posted about it!! Trying to upload a video myself but then that's the first one I'm watching. :D Can't wait to see how it turned out!

Such a cozy vlog! I don't even care about the books, it's just a fun time hanging out with you. Not even at 2x speed either XD I'm so glad you enjoyed the books, you seemed to get through a lot of pages!!! And good for you reading PJ for/with your boyfriend, next time you'll get to choose the book, right? ;D And I can't wait to see your TBR game! 😁💜

@itsmimiduong

14 күн бұрын

Thank you!! It's the tech brain getting to me 🥴 I don't think I can normally consume most things without it being sped up anymore and it's definitely bad because I feel like I don't take my time to enjoy things 😭 I've been trying to figure out what book to make him read but no luck currently 😂 Percy Jackson is definitely out of my reading comfort zone but I'm pleasantly surprised -- kind of feeling like reading again as a child. I can't wait either for the TBR game! Definitely took some inspiration from you, and you pushed me to make one since I was on and off about whether or not I should do it. I figured I wouldn't know how much I like/dislike it without trying 😂 But of course I'm a little extra and made a whole board game to go with it. But I saw my friends dice and I HAD to do it!!

@ellenmadebookclub

14 күн бұрын

@@itsmimiduong I watch things sped up sometimes too! But I know what you mean, it’s hard to calm your brain down sometimes. Try not to add pressure to watch things slower just because it’s “better” though, that will only stress you out more! Just do what works for you 😊 Have you both read Piranesi? I’m reading it right now and it’s somewhere in the weird in between of everything! I’m definitely going to make my boyfriend read it, and I think he would like it. It has some fantastical elements, I guess you could say, but perhaps a bit more intellectual than PJ (haven’t read that, but you won’t feel like a kid reading this 😂) No spoilers if you have read it though 😂 I’m a mood reader at heart too, but the tbr helps with my indecision! (Except during filming haha) But if you feel trapped by it, you could always do it as a pile of possibilities and choose more books than you think you’ll get to, and just have them as options! It’s so fun, wether you read the books or not! 😂

ONE OF US! ONE OF US! Villains are destined to die is so good! 😂 I did the same and read the MTL novel lololol PLEASE let me know what you think of the family reconciliation!! I was happy but also hella side eyeing everyone. I’m the same when it comes to uploading. Skipping or delaying videos was really hard, but I had to keep telling myself I’m doing this for fun. 🤔 I’m convinced it’s the perfectionist in me that’s the source of the guilt. 😫 as a corporate girlie that went through a huge take over.. I’m SCARED to pick it up. Idk if I can handle reliving the trauma lololol but hearing your review is definitely pushing me toward it!

@itsmimiduong

13 күн бұрын

YESSS. I have a hate/love relationship with MTL but I gotta do what I gotta do and eat the crumbs where it exists. Luckily it's serialized by Tapas so there was an official translation since... uhm, the MTL is a little weird sometimes 😂 I think it has to do with localization & styles of writing that's different from KR vs US. I think just reminding myself that it's for fun is the biggest thing. But definitely harder said than done 😭Honestly, my favorite part is chatting on the videos with other people HAHA. Well, honestly, the book isn't suuuper focused on the takeover. It's more like a subplot if anything. There were some pretty relate-able moments in the book like "Neither of us have the mental constitution for job insecurity" 😭We also had a similar thing happen to use a couple of years back too! Some private equity firm bought out the company and all the shares, and then "trimmed the fat" and resold us lol. The stress during that time was 🥴 Luckily this one has a happy ending, and not really about the takeover itself.

i'm reading my first abbey jimenez book right now, and i love it so much that i'm tempted to just go to the bookstore and buy every single one of her books 😂

@itsmimiduong

14 күн бұрын

You most definitely will!! I saw your updates on goodreads! I don't think I've heard anything bad about Abby Jimenez yet. 🥰 Also thank you so much for watching the video 🥹