A lot of new releases are meh. The covers are better than the books. I have theories as to why. I’m trying to slow down on buying new books and go back to older titles and browsing the library.
@Dr.Jalondra-MamiMelusineКүн бұрын
Your locs! So thick and long and beautiful! As another natural and locs girl, It’s been fun to watch the hair journey through years of this channel.
@LolaLinkКүн бұрын
Thank you for mentioning some leniency for indie authors. So many content creators encourage indie authors to just hire an editor. If you can afford that, great! But it rubs me the wrong way to hear because, in theory, indie is supposed to be a space that more underrepresented voices are heard. So I guess underrepresented, as long as they can afford an editor? Not saying someone shouldn't be careful in editing themselves or asking for volunteer readers, but "just hire an editor" feels kind of out of touch. Also, yes. So many books are 400+ pages and there is no forward momentum. I'm reading a book right now that I realized I'm over a quarter of the way through and NOTHING has happened. I'm all for character-driven narratives, but I need the characters to... I don't know, drive somewhere.
@rachaelburr8821Күн бұрын
I love your videos and book recommendations 😊 ! I just finished reading a recommendation of yours, the 'March' graphic novel trilogy by John Lewis, and these were amazing!
@RobinReads3 күн бұрын
Gothikana…what a time 🫠 but im glad I suffered through it with you because who else was I gonna text about that terrible plot?!
@RobinReads3 күн бұрын
I would like to request a 90s song at the beginning of every video
@RedeemedRestored4 күн бұрын
2 years in and realize why there are hardly any black male librarians. And I am probably one of the more accommodating and inclusive people you can meet. It’s the passive aggressive low key racism that is super stressful and unnecessary. The gaslighting is real. They say DEI all day but are anything but that. But even outside of the color barrier, some libraries are just toxic in general with the cattiness and gossip. I’m honestly getting close to potentially leaving.
@maatheru55434 күн бұрын
great reading plans. Question: how is AI going to help or hinder us book lovers. e.g. the use of AI advanced audiobook voices, speed reading, or authors using it to help write a better plot for instance.
@TangibleReads4 күн бұрын
I wrote down Gothicana and halfway through ur review I scratched that bad boy out. 😂 thanks also for clarifying Home is Where Bodies are
@TheAwkwardBookNerd5 күн бұрын
watching ya'll read gothikana was hilarious
@caitlin38965 күн бұрын
As soon as I saw the cover for home is where the bodies are I knew it wasn't gonna be what I hoped... I haven't read it but books with covers that get me hyped from vibes alone never end up working it so sad 😭
@bookishblindandbroadwaybound5 күн бұрын
I love your channel so much!! Thank you for all of your energy and recommendations! I am a big young adult and middle grade reader but I haven’t seen as many videos, including those so thank you for talking about them!!
@lesliepressley84525 күн бұрын
Maid For It reminds me of a middle grade book I just read called Shark Teeth. Similar subjects and also deceptive in how heavy it got.
@caitlinlucyhenderson84175 күн бұрын
It's a scifi-thriller, not a pure thriller, but I didn't see the big twist in These Burning Stars coming. I'd actually thought the twist would be the exact opposite, but it was so much better!
@lonaoerther57775 күн бұрын
I loved Hard By a Great Forest! (To be fair, I love lit fic too)
@honeyghostgames5 күн бұрын
Boys II Men in the first second, I'm sat!!
@ohladysamantha6 күн бұрын
Worst Wingman Ever was so touching and lovely! I both want to devour Just for the Summer and save it at the same time! Just started Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward and taking my time with it.
@lusalma54046 күн бұрын
I really have to admit I am old school and I prefer fantasy romance or even rofan to romantasy :( I mean it has been a subgenre that has actually been around a long, long time.
@ShadeTreeReads6 күн бұрын
I see you dabbling in your fantasy bag!
@Heothbremel6 күн бұрын
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@Atalinay6 күн бұрын
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@Alysses6 күн бұрын
OMG SAME SAME ON GOTHIKANA. I gave it 2 stars but it was not a good read at all. It gave me the icks the entire time. However, the indie published book tells us what happened to the kids. SAME SAME on Spark of the Everflame. THAT ENDING.
@letsgoevie6 күн бұрын
I just read Worst Wingman Ever yesterday and even though it was really good I think it confirmed I won’t be able to handle her full length works because I was balling😢
@LocDBooktician6 күн бұрын
Damn I am nervous to read Jeneva Rose
@LocDBooktician6 күн бұрын
"Made for it" sounds healing and I would cry reading it.
@saramm37656 күн бұрын
Hearing about that one character is why I haven't read SOTE but now you're making me want to try it.
@saramm37656 күн бұрын
I'll never understand why so many dark romances have terrible things happening to kids as subplots and then spicey time between the two main characters. The two do not belong in the same book. There are three I can think of off the top of my head with that setup. One I forced myself through to the end and I have regrets (looking at you Haunting Adeline). I will never be into the romance or spice of a book that throws such upsetting subject matter at me.
@LocDBooktician6 күн бұрын
F all THAT! Y'all SHOULD be subscribed to The Realm Comics channel!!! How many Black Women reviewers of comics and manga do yall know?? Don't worry I'll wait! #ashleysbiggestfan
@saramm37656 күн бұрын
I'll never understand why so many dark romances have terrible things happening to kids as subplots and then spicey time between the two main characters. The two do not belong in the same book. There are three I can think of off the top of my head with that setup. One I forced myself through to the end and I have regrets (looking at you Haunting Adeline). I will never be into the romance or spice of a book that throws such upsetting subject matter at me.
@LocDBooktician6 күн бұрын
What a time!!! Not you uploading while I am in the depth of paperwork. I am sit, sat, and seated!
@fttoma6 күн бұрын
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@jenniferross68526 күн бұрын
I got suckered by the pretty cover of gothikana at the library and I have never been so annoyed that I wasted valuable reading time with something. The best part was the music playlist in the back
@erwillow20956 күн бұрын
I was curious about Home is Where the Bodies Are, but also a little iffy from what I had read in reviews. A lousy ending is a no-go for me. Thanks for the heads up.
@Tarasreadingnook6 күн бұрын
Gothikana beafutul cover as least. But one book i will not read ive watch half the peoole i follow and trust Do Not Like it... so its a nope..
@KristinKravesBooks6 күн бұрын
Yes! Worst Wingman Ever made me cry! How???
@chocolateoreo64896 күн бұрын
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@mr.bookworm2136 күн бұрын
Have you read the graphic novel "Other Boys"? It's one of the looks-happy types that is really crushing, and based on a true story at that. Read it in my local lgbtq books shop and immediately bought it for my classroom after bawling my eyes out finishing it. A great book to emphasize reaching out to a classmate that may be struggling.
@amyschmelzer64457 күн бұрын
I did the Amazing Readathon in August 2023. It was super fun but it put me into a slump for a month or two afterwards. I decided not to do it in June to protect my reading life knowing that I would be on vacation the next month (ie right now.) A reading slump on top of jet lag just isn’t my cup of tea.
@alexandrasstudio53087 күн бұрын
Great list so far! Can’t wait for the rest of the titles in your list!! 😊
@josieann43908 күн бұрын
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@lauratolhurst34438 күн бұрын
I had a very mid reading month in June, and like you I did the amazing readathon and i found it quite stressful. I did reread A wizard's guide to defensive baking by T. Kingfisher, which i love. And I loved Tender Beasts by Liselle Sambury.
@Booklover329 күн бұрын
You still doing this, and how's it going?
@theecharmedfairy9 күн бұрын
Are you a Libra ?!
@moonyreadsbystarlight10 күн бұрын
I'm sorry that such a big reading month came out with so few faves for you. But I'm glad you liked Danez Smith -- I love their poetry too! My favorite book of June was The Deep Dark by Molly Knox Ostertag (though if we're not looking at graphic novels, then on a completely different vibe, Rat Bohemia by Sarah Schulman was my favorite novel).
@ohladysamantha11 күн бұрын
Role Playing was definitely one of my favorite reads last month. Homie is also amazing! Sorry you had so many misses but the hits you had were HITS!
@firewhiskeyreader825711 күн бұрын
I also love that green on you!!
@kaotic_fabel11 күн бұрын
My numbers for the amazing readathon was 72. Which is crazy for me. I knew your numbers were going to be out of this world. I was so excited seeing your face in our chats. I signed up because of your video. I completely agree that our leaders were amazing.
@ascontralto11 күн бұрын
(commenting at the top of the video, still watching lol, but i love talking colors) I agree, that shade of green DOES look great on you!! It might just be the camera affecting it, but from my side it could also be a bright shade of sage green 🥰 not quite as blue-ish as mint can be, and looks great with your warm gold undertones. "Duck egg blue" is in a similar family, kind of like powder blue, but a little more of a desaturated warm tone (just in case you wanted some very specific colors to look up when shopping around lol)
@the_sapphirerose11 күн бұрын
Yeah I've never been one for reading challenges because I only ever read before I go to bed and I'm just a very slow reader in general, but I do feel like I'm missing out on something from not being able to participate. I think there is a conversation to be had on reading just for reading's sake though since I feel like these days we are encouraged to read a lot in short spaces of time and the effects it can have on our reading habits, discussions on book communities and publishing as a whole. Also I'm not a romance person myself but you 100% sold me on Role Playing because online spaces are so hostile to anyone on the ace spectrum that it sounds like a carthartic read to have someone willing to stand up for their partner.
@Dr.Jalondra-MamiMelusineКүн бұрын
Yes I am actually a scholar and read and write for a living but I can never keep up with these reading challenges. I enjoy prompts sometimes just for help in deciding what book of something I already have or is already on my radar to read next but I’m not going to just race through a book for the sake of saying I read it.
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A lot of new releases are meh. The covers are better than the books. I have theories as to why. I’m trying to slow down on buying new books and go back to older titles and browsing the library.
Your locs! So thick and long and beautiful! As another natural and locs girl, It’s been fun to watch the hair journey through years of this channel.
Thank you for mentioning some leniency for indie authors. So many content creators encourage indie authors to just hire an editor. If you can afford that, great! But it rubs me the wrong way to hear because, in theory, indie is supposed to be a space that more underrepresented voices are heard. So I guess underrepresented, as long as they can afford an editor? Not saying someone shouldn't be careful in editing themselves or asking for volunteer readers, but "just hire an editor" feels kind of out of touch. Also, yes. So many books are 400+ pages and there is no forward momentum. I'm reading a book right now that I realized I'm over a quarter of the way through and NOTHING has happened. I'm all for character-driven narratives, but I need the characters to... I don't know, drive somewhere.
I love your videos and book recommendations 😊 ! I just finished reading a recommendation of yours, the 'March' graphic novel trilogy by John Lewis, and these were amazing!
Gothikana…what a time 🫠 but im glad I suffered through it with you because who else was I gonna text about that terrible plot?!
I would like to request a 90s song at the beginning of every video
2 years in and realize why there are hardly any black male librarians. And I am probably one of the more accommodating and inclusive people you can meet. It’s the passive aggressive low key racism that is super stressful and unnecessary. The gaslighting is real. They say DEI all day but are anything but that. But even outside of the color barrier, some libraries are just toxic in general with the cattiness and gossip. I’m honestly getting close to potentially leaving.
great reading plans. Question: how is AI going to help or hinder us book lovers. e.g. the use of AI advanced audiobook voices, speed reading, or authors using it to help write a better plot for instance.
I wrote down Gothicana and halfway through ur review I scratched that bad boy out. 😂 thanks also for clarifying Home is Where Bodies are
watching ya'll read gothikana was hilarious
As soon as I saw the cover for home is where the bodies are I knew it wasn't gonna be what I hoped... I haven't read it but books with covers that get me hyped from vibes alone never end up working it so sad 😭
I love your channel so much!! Thank you for all of your energy and recommendations! I am a big young adult and middle grade reader but I haven’t seen as many videos, including those so thank you for talking about them!!
Maid For It reminds me of a middle grade book I just read called Shark Teeth. Similar subjects and also deceptive in how heavy it got.
It's a scifi-thriller, not a pure thriller, but I didn't see the big twist in These Burning Stars coming. I'd actually thought the twist would be the exact opposite, but it was so much better!
I loved Hard By a Great Forest! (To be fair, I love lit fic too)
Boys II Men in the first second, I'm sat!!
Worst Wingman Ever was so touching and lovely! I both want to devour Just for the Summer and save it at the same time! Just started Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward and taking my time with it.
I really have to admit I am old school and I prefer fantasy romance or even rofan to romantasy :( I mean it has been a subgenre that has actually been around a long, long time.
I see you dabbling in your fantasy bag!
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OMG SAME SAME ON GOTHIKANA. I gave it 2 stars but it was not a good read at all. It gave me the icks the entire time. However, the indie published book tells us what happened to the kids. SAME SAME on Spark of the Everflame. THAT ENDING.
I just read Worst Wingman Ever yesterday and even though it was really good I think it confirmed I won’t be able to handle her full length works because I was balling😢
Damn I am nervous to read Jeneva Rose
"Made for it" sounds healing and I would cry reading it.
Hearing about that one character is why I haven't read SOTE but now you're making me want to try it.
I'll never understand why so many dark romances have terrible things happening to kids as subplots and then spicey time between the two main characters. The two do not belong in the same book. There are three I can think of off the top of my head with that setup. One I forced myself through to the end and I have regrets (looking at you Haunting Adeline). I will never be into the romance or spice of a book that throws such upsetting subject matter at me.
F all THAT! Y'all SHOULD be subscribed to The Realm Comics channel!!! How many Black Women reviewers of comics and manga do yall know?? Don't worry I'll wait! #ashleysbiggestfan
I'll never understand why so many dark romances have terrible things happening to kids as subplots and then spicey time between the two main characters. The two do not belong in the same book. There are three I can think of off the top of my head with that setup. One I forced myself through to the end and I have regrets (looking at you Haunting Adeline). I will never be into the romance or spice of a book that throws such upsetting subject matter at me.
What a time!!! Not you uploading while I am in the depth of paperwork. I am sit, sat, and seated!
💗💗
I got suckered by the pretty cover of gothikana at the library and I have never been so annoyed that I wasted valuable reading time with something. The best part was the music playlist in the back
I was curious about Home is Where the Bodies Are, but also a little iffy from what I had read in reviews. A lousy ending is a no-go for me. Thanks for the heads up.
Gothikana beafutul cover as least. But one book i will not read ive watch half the peoole i follow and trust Do Not Like it... so its a nope..
Yes! Worst Wingman Ever made me cry! How???
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Have you read the graphic novel "Other Boys"? It's one of the looks-happy types that is really crushing, and based on a true story at that. Read it in my local lgbtq books shop and immediately bought it for my classroom after bawling my eyes out finishing it. A great book to emphasize reaching out to a classmate that may be struggling.
I did the Amazing Readathon in August 2023. It was super fun but it put me into a slump for a month or two afterwards. I decided not to do it in June to protect my reading life knowing that I would be on vacation the next month (ie right now.) A reading slump on top of jet lag just isn’t my cup of tea.
Great list so far! Can’t wait for the rest of the titles in your list!! 😊
💜💜
I had a very mid reading month in June, and like you I did the amazing readathon and i found it quite stressful. I did reread A wizard's guide to defensive baking by T. Kingfisher, which i love. And I loved Tender Beasts by Liselle Sambury.
You still doing this, and how's it going?
Are you a Libra ?!
I'm sorry that such a big reading month came out with so few faves for you. But I'm glad you liked Danez Smith -- I love their poetry too! My favorite book of June was The Deep Dark by Molly Knox Ostertag (though if we're not looking at graphic novels, then on a completely different vibe, Rat Bohemia by Sarah Schulman was my favorite novel).
Role Playing was definitely one of my favorite reads last month. Homie is also amazing! Sorry you had so many misses but the hits you had were HITS!
I also love that green on you!!
My numbers for the amazing readathon was 72. Which is crazy for me. I knew your numbers were going to be out of this world. I was so excited seeing your face in our chats. I signed up because of your video. I completely agree that our leaders were amazing.
(commenting at the top of the video, still watching lol, but i love talking colors) I agree, that shade of green DOES look great on you!! It might just be the camera affecting it, but from my side it could also be a bright shade of sage green 🥰 not quite as blue-ish as mint can be, and looks great with your warm gold undertones. "Duck egg blue" is in a similar family, kind of like powder blue, but a little more of a desaturated warm tone (just in case you wanted some very specific colors to look up when shopping around lol)
Yeah I've never been one for reading challenges because I only ever read before I go to bed and I'm just a very slow reader in general, but I do feel like I'm missing out on something from not being able to participate. I think there is a conversation to be had on reading just for reading's sake though since I feel like these days we are encouraged to read a lot in short spaces of time and the effects it can have on our reading habits, discussions on book communities and publishing as a whole. Also I'm not a romance person myself but you 100% sold me on Role Playing because online spaces are so hostile to anyone on the ace spectrum that it sounds like a carthartic read to have someone willing to stand up for their partner.
Yes I am actually a scholar and read and write for a living but I can never keep up with these reading challenges. I enjoy prompts sometimes just for help in deciding what book of something I already have or is already on my radar to read next but I’m not going to just race through a book for the sake of saying I read it.